History and geography of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms. In the 14th century the Ottoman Turks began to encroach on Byzantin
Map of Old Testament Israel - Growing Interactive Old Testament map.Map of the Roman Empire - Overview Roman Empire map.Enlarged Map of the Roman Empire - Interactive, early first century.Map of Ancient Jerusalem - Interactive map of Second Temple Jerusalem....
A very good source for German regional maps at the time of the French Revolution is Thomas Höckmann'sAtlas Deutschland, and in particular the section entitled:Historische Karten - Deutschland am Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts/Historical maps - Germany at the end of the 18th century, which includes...
A survey of the notable events and people in the history of Angola, focusing on the late 15th century to the present day.
A European priest looks 1,500 years into the past and imagines the Holy City at the birth of Christianity.
Conquer, rule and manipulate the Roman Empire with the ultimate goal of being declared as the "Imperator" of Rome. Set in a time when the mighty Roman Empire emerged to conquer the known world against powerful enemies, when gladiators fought to a bloody death in the Coliseum; when Spartacus...
The Roman Empire at its Greatest Extent (John Vanderspoel) -- "This map of the Roman Empire was scanned from pages 16 & 17 of a 1925 reprint of the 1907 Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography... Clicking anywhere on this map will give you a more detailed look at that portion of th...
The Neo-Assyrian Empire was a powerful state that existed in the ancient Near East from 911 BC to 609 BC. It was the largest empire in the world at the time and covered much of modern-day Iraq, Syria, and parts of Iran, Turkey, and Egypt. The Neo-Assyrians were known for their mi...
Electric charge is a fundamental property of matter that causes objects to attract or repel each other. It is carried by subatomic particles, such as electrons and protons, and is measured in units called coulombs. Objects can become charged through the transfer of electrons, leading... Charge...
Its landmarks, like the Brandenburg Gate, and the remnants of the Berlin Wall, symbolize its turbulent past. Italy, a Southern European country, is home to Rome, one of the world’s oldest cities, and the heart of the once mighty Roman Empire. Italy’s artistic and architectural treasures...