1.  Create an online topographical and hydrological atlas of the Mediterranean basin as a website
     a.  Use about 60 tiles from the Digital Chart of the World
     b.  A sample tile is shown that has used two of the dozen or so variables available for each tile.
         i.  Drainage net
        ii.  Elevation contours
     c.  ArcView was used to create a Triangulated Irregular Network from the contours so that one might see clearly the relationship between drainage and topography.
     d.  To create a single digital file, it will be necessary to:
         i.  Open each of the 60 tiles individually and bring up the two variables for each and rename them.
        ii.  Merge, in ArcView, all 60 shape files for each of the two variables.
       iii.  Then, a TIN can be created for the entire basin.

2.  Use the results from 1 above as a backdrop for an historical map.  The Ottoman Empire:  The Classical Period, by Halil Inacek, has a map showing the evolution of the Ottoman Empire from 1300 to 1600.  It is a black and white line drawing.
     a.  Use the Inacek map as a base map from which to create an animated view of spatial change over time--watch the empire grow--spacing between successive frames of the animation will reflect time spacing.
     b.  Make each frame of the animation a clickable map to link to a timeline.
     c.  Create clickable maps in which polygons link to the database (interactive maps)--as needed.

3.  The final product might be useful to others and it might be a straightforward matter to integrate this work with that of others.