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Map of the Rise & Fall of Carthaginian Power, c. 650–146 BCE
Carthage (traditionally founded c. 814/813 BCE; destroyed 146 BCE) emerged from the wider Phoenician colonial world to become the leading Punic power in the western Mediterranean. From roughly...
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Map of Marco Polo’s Travels, 1271 - 1295
Marco Polo’s travels (1271–1295) represent one of the most famous European journeys into Asia during the late Middle Ages. Setting out from Venice with his father Niccolò and uncle Maffeo, Polo crossed through...
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Map of the Trade in the Indian Ocean 15th-16th century - From Afro-Asian Exchange to European Intervention
The Indian Ocean trade network of the 15th and 16th centuries formed one of the most extensive and dynamic systems of exchange in the premodern world, linking...
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Ancient Near East c.1500-1300 BCE - The Old Hittite Collapse and the Rise of Kassites, Mitanni, and the New Kingdom of Egypt
This map illustrates the geopolitical landscape of the ancient Near East following the destructive campaigns of the Old Hittite Empire (circa...
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Map of Japanese Expansion in Asia & the Pacific, 1875–1942 - Japanese Empire at Its World War II High-Water Mark
Japan’s imperial expansion developed over several decades rather than from a single fixed plan. Modernization during the Meiji era transformed Japan into...
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Map of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany’s Invasion of USSR - World War II’s decisive 1941 campaign in the East
Operation Barbarossa (22 June–December 1941) was the codename for Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union during the Second World War (1939–1945...
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Map of the Indus Valley Civilization, c. 3300-1300 BCE - Cities, Trade, and Settlement in the Bronze Age
The Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300–1300 BCE) was one of the earliest complex societies of the Bronze Age world, extending across parts of present-day Pakistan...
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Map of Trade Networks of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean - Empires, Merchants, and Maritime Routes of the Ancient World
The Late Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean (c. 1500–1200 BCE) was marked by an unprecedented level of diplomatic and commercial interdependence...
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Map of the Akkadian Empire at Its Height - Ruling the Four Quarters of the World
The Akkadian Empire (c. 2334–2218 BCE), founded by Sargon of Akkad (reign c. 2334–2279 BCE), is widely regarded as the first territorial empire in recorded history. Emerging from...
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Map of Europe After World War II (1945 to c. 1989)
In the aftermath of the Second World War (1939–1945), Europe emerged physically devastated and politically polarized. As Allied cooperation gave way to rivalry between the United States and the Soviet...
