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Map of the Suez Canal at its Opening, c. 1869 - Engineering, Empire, and the Remaking of Global Trade
The opening of the Suez Canal on 17 November 1869 marked a major...
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Map of Jeanne d’Arc's Campaigns and The Hundred Years' War - Dynastic conflict, civil war & French resurgence, 1429–53
The Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453) was a prolonged dynastic and...
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Map of Rome's Civil War (49–45 BCE) - Caesar’s Campaigns and the Collapse of the Roman Republic
The Roman Civil War (49-45 BCE) was a decisive conflict that transformed...
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Map of the Portuguese Commercial Empire, c. 1580 - Fortified Ports, Maritime Trade Routes, and Global Sea Power
Portugal established the first and longest-lasting of Europe’s...
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Map of Ibn Battuta’s Travels, 1325-1354 - Medieval Travel, Scholarship & Connectivity in Afro-Eurasia
Ibn Battuta ((Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abd Allāh Al-Lawātī, 1304–c...
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Map of the Empire of the Huns under Attila, c. 450 CE - Power, Pressure, and Collapse in Late Antiquity
The rise of the Huns in the 5th century CE reshaped the political...
