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Sundaland Map
This map shows what the world may have looked like around 20,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age. At that time, the climate was much colder and huge ice sheets covered large areas of the northern and southern parts of the Earth. So much water was locked up in the ice that sea levels were around 116 metres lower than they are today.
As a result, many islands and countries that are now separated by water were connected by land. People could travel on foot from mainland Asia to Indonesia and even as far as the Philippines. Over many generations, people lived in a vast area known as Sundaland, which is now mostly hidden beneath the sea.
Today, the waters covering Sundaland form some of the world's busiest shipping routes. However, thousands of years ago, this region was a rich landscape of rivers, forests and grasslands that supported human communities. Evidence suggests that humans first arrived in Sundaland around 70,000 years ago, although they were not the first 'people' to call the area home.
This map helps us understand how dramatically the Earth's landscapes can change over time and how these changes have influenced human migration and settlement throughout history.
There is so much more to write and describe about this map but we will leave that to Year 3 to discover and tell you about.
(Information source: 40 maps that will change how you see the World by Alastair Bonnett)
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