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Map of Napoleonic Europe at its Greatest Extent - Rise and Fall of the French Imperial System, 1804–1815
The First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (reign 1804-1814; 1815) marked the peak of French political and military dominance in Europe following the French Revolution (1789-1799). Through the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon reorganized much...
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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 the political landscape of Sumerian city-states, Sargon established...
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Napoleon at Brienne
The young Napoleon Bonaparte studying at the military academy at Brienne-le-Chateau, France, c. 1780. Litho by Job (pseudonym of Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville), published in Bonaparte by Georges Montorgueil, Boivin & Cie, Paris...
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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 transformation in global maritime commerce, linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas through a direct sea-level canal across the Isthmus of Suez. Constructed between 1859 and...
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Map of Europe at the End of World War I, November 1918 - Lost Empires, Uncertain Borders, and New Nations
This map illustrates the geopolitical landscape of Europe in mid-November 1918, immediately after the signing of the Armistice of Compiègne (11 November 1918), which ended the First World War (1914–1918). The Great War, fought on an unprecedented...
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Map of the Macedonian Kingdom at Philip II's Death c.336 BCE - Legacy and the Road to Imperial Expansion
At the time of Philip II’s death (reign 359–336 BCE), the Kingdom of Macedon had emerged as the dominant power in the Hellenic world. Through sustained military reform, most notably the development of the Macedonian phalanx, and a combination...
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Relief of Cleopatra VII and Caesarion at the Dendera Temple
This relief from one of the walls of the Dendera Temple in Egypt portrays Cleopatra VII along with her son Caesarion as Pharaoh. Cleopatra had intended for her son to succeed her as ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, however her defeat at the...
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Map of Europe at the Peace of Westphalia, 1648 - From the Thirty Years’ War to a New European Order
The Peace of Westphalia (1648), concluded through treaties signed at Osnabrück and Münster (May-October 1648), marked the end of two major conflicts: the Thirty Years’ War and the Eighty Years’ War. What began as a religious and dynastic...
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Vasco da Gama Arriving at Calicut, India
A c. 1900 painting by Alfredo Roque Gameiro showing the arrival of the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama (c. 1469-1525) at Calicut in India. He was the first European to sail directly from Europe to India via the Cape of Good Hope, a voyage...
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Washington at the Constitutional Convention, 1787
Washington at the US Constitutional Convention, 1787. Oil on canvas painting by Junius Brutus Stearns, 1856.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
