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Portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
A portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59), the British engineer and key figure of the British Industrial Revolution (1760-1840). By John Horsley, c. 1870. (From The life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer, 1870, by Isambard...
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Map of the Kingdom of the Vandals (435–534 CE)
The Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans (435–534 CE) emerged as one of the most significant post-Roman states in the western Mediterranean. Founded after the Vandals, a Germanic people originally from Central Europe, and the Alans, an Iranian-speaking...
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Aethelwulf of Wessex
Aethelwulf (r. 839-858) was King of Wessex, a region in modern-day Britain, son and successor to Egbert of Wessex (r. 802-839), who had unified and expanded his kingdom with Aethelwulf's assistance. Aethelwulf fought at the Battle of Ellandun...
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Mutapa
Mutapa (aka Matapa, Mwenemutapa, and Monomotapa) was a southern African kingdom located in the north of modern Zimbabwe along the Zambezi River which flourished between the mid-15th and mid-17th century CE. Although sometimes described as...
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Map of the New Kingdom of Egypt, 1450 BCE
A map showing the maximum territorial extent of the New Kingdom of Egypt, ca. 1450 BCE.
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Kingdom of Jerusalem at the Time of the Crusades
This map depicts the Kingdom of Jerusalem (existed 1099-1291 CE), along with the Counties of Tripoli, Edessa, and Antioch.
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Royal Sceptre, Kingdom of Kongo
A gold sceptre used by the kings of the Kingdom of Kongo (14-19th century CE). 17th century CE (?). (Royal Museum of Central Africa, Brussels, Belgium)
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Magadha Kingdom
A map showing the extent of the ancient kingdom of Magadha in India from the 6th to 4th century BCE.
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Map of the Kingdom of Northumbria
A map of the Kingdom of Northumbria (c. 604-954 CE) in the northeast of Britain c. 802 CE.
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Map of Kingdom of Mercia
A map showing the greatest extent of the Kingdom of Mercia (c. 527-879 CE), an Anglo-Saxon political entity located in the midlands of present-day Britain