Historical Atlas

Show the world civilization changes and country geographical boundaries from 3000 BC to 1900 AD.

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Major civilizations and historical polities

Reappearance of major historical events affecting the development of human civilization

Marking the path of great figures from the perspective of time and geography

3000 BC ~ 1900 AD

Explore civilizations, peoples and historical polities across time and geography.

Civilization

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Empire

Republic

Confederation

3000 BC ~ 1900 AD

Show the events that have affected the development of human civilization in history from the dimensions of time and geographical space

War

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Revolution

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3000 BC ~ 1900 AD

Marking the life path of great figures from the perspective of time and geographical space

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Writer

First Punic War (264–241 BC) — Rome and Carthage contest Sicily; Carthage is not destroyed
Second Punic War (218–201 BC) — Hannibal crosses the Alps and campaigns in Italy
Third Punic War (149–146 BC) — Rome destroys Carthage
Duchy of Aquitaine — a major duchy in the Frankish world
Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) — Louis XIV’s war over the Spanish Netherlands
Great Northern War (1700–1721) — Russia, Denmark–Norway, Saxony and Poland–Lithuania challenge Swedish power in the Baltic
French Indochina — French colonial administration in mainland Southeast Asia
Goryeo Thousand-Li Wall — defensive works of Goryeo on the Korean Peninsula
Great Wall of Gorgan — about 200 km of fortifications against the Hephthalites
Battle of Tsushima (1905) — decisive naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War
Zheng He’s treasure voyages — seven Ming expeditions across the Indian Ocean; capture of the pirate Chen Zuyi; Ming support for Melaka
Vasco da Gama’s voyage — first documented sea route from Europe to India around Africa
Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation — first circumnavigation of the Earth; Magellan died in the Philippines
Alexander’s eastern campaigns — Macedonian campaigns from the eastern Mediterranean into Central and South Asia
Jin frontier walls — Jurchen Jin fortifications in northern China
Hadrian’s Wall — Roman frontier in northern Britain
Antonine Wall — a later Roman frontier in Britain

History of Normandy — duchy founded by the Normans
Russian expansion into Siberia — eastward expansion of the Russian state
Founding of the United States — independence and the early republic (1776–1789)
Dzungar Khanate — Oirat power in Dzungaria and western Mongolia
Qara Khitai (Western Liao) — Khitan elite found a state in Central Asia; “Cathay” as a name for China
Break-up of the Mongol Empire — fragmentation among successor khanates
Ryukyu Kingdom — maritime kingdom later annexed in the modern era
Vandal Kingdom — a Germanic kingdom in North Africa; sack of Rome in 455; later conquered by the Eastern Roman Empire
Inca Empire — Andean empire, ended in the 16th century
Oghuz Turks — a major branch of the Turkic peoples
Srivijaya — maritime power based in Sumatra
Dharmasraya — successor polity in Sumatra
Shaybanid dynasty — Uzbek state-building in Central Asia
Republic of Ezo (1869) — short-lived regime in Hokkaido
Later Baekje — a later Korean polity on the peninsula
Champa — historical kingdom in what is now central and southern Vietnam; centuries of Vietnamese southward expansion
Sultanate of Rum — Seljuk successor state in Anatolia
Qing dynasty — last imperial dynasty of China
Republic of Texas (1836–1846) — the Lone Star Republic

Educational historical map (to 1900). Names and borders are for reference and do not represent a political position.