The area of what is now Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires, including the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, the Turkic Khaganate, and others. In 1206, Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous land empire in history. His grandson Kublai Khan...
Maps of the ancient Near East that can be used for personal research, for classroom or lecture use, or for publication on your website can be found on the Internet, it just takes a little digging. The websites listed below are portals for what are in some cases decades of research by ...
Given that this is just a thought experiment, I think that their approach makes the most sense. In case you’re wondering the amazing map below shows the actual growth (and partition) of the Mongol Empire overlaid on modern borders: Map created byAstrokey44 via Wikimedia Want to learn mor...
the Byzantine Empire. The Seljuk Turks began migrating into the area in the 11th century, starting the process of Turkification, which was accelerated by the Seljuk victory over the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. The Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm ruled Anatolia until the Mongol ...
The Mongol Empire at the Death of Genghis Khan, 1227 European Map Collection at University of Texas (Atlas To Freeman's Historical Geography, 1903). Central Europe, 1180 -- (366K) South Eastern Europe, 1180 -- (374K) South Eastern Europe, 1210 -- (349K) Spanish Kingdoms, 1210...
Mongol Empire to 1280Muslims, Military exansion by, to CE 1000Portuguese voyages, 1336 to 1526Remnants of the Roman Empire, circa CE 500 Saffarid EmpireSeljuk Empire Tahrid EmpireWest-Central AsiaWest-Central Europeto the top 16th to 19th Centuries ... index of places Afghanistan, India, ...
author of Living Water: Vodka and Russian Society on the Eve of Emancipation (1990), Imperial and Soviet Russia: Power, Privilege and the Challenge of Modernity (1997), and A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Volume 1: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire (1998)....
The Dubrovnik Republic 6420d.Resettlement of the Danubian basin 6621.Central Europe, ca. 1721 6822a.The Partitions of Poland, 1772–1795 7122b.Austria and the Ottoman Empire, 1718–1792 7223.The Napoleonic era, 1795–1814 7424.Central Europe, 1815 7725a.The Austrian Empire, 1815–1866 7925b...
The map also gives a bar graph to show the relative size of the world’s largest countries: Map found via reddit, click for larger versionFinally, here’s an example to what happens to Mexico and Greenland when you swap them: Video Player Media error: Format(s) not supported or source...