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Operation Barbarossa Superimposed onto a map of the U.S.

April 23, 2018 Alex 0 Comments Europe, United States

On this map is shown the vastness of the war effort of our Soviet Allies. The map of the western

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Historical Maps 

Countries that have changed their names

April 20, 2018October 21, 2019 Alex 0 Comments Africa, Maps of world

Official country name changes in modern times (not including changes due to independence or mergers). The Czech Republic -2016- Czechia

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World History Timeline
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World History Timeline

April 10, 2018September 26, 2020 Alex 0 Comments Maps of world

Is it possible to show everything that has happened in world history on one map poster? The diagrams below are excellent attempts to depict countries and their time of existence and the lifetime of influential historical figures on one map.

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If Germany was a TV show
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If [country] was a TV show

April 2, 2018January 22, 2019 Alex 0 Comments Germany, Poland, Roman Empire

United Kingdom The amazing original (519 – 10th century): Kingdom of Wessex. The pretty good sequel (927 – 1300): Kingdom

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Map of every Roman empire cities
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Roman Empire cities mapped

March 27, 2018January 20, 2021 Alex 0 Comments Cities, Italy, Roman Empire

At its peak, the Roman Empire had a population of about 70 million and a population density of nearly 16 people per sq km (~ 41 people per sq mi). Opposite to the European nations of medieval times, the Roman Empire had extraordinarily high urbanization rates.

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Ancient Gree Cities
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Location of every Ancient Greek city outside of Greece and Cyprus, that still is inhabited today

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 Alex 0 Comments Greece

  List of some ancient Greek cities (with the modern name) Abdera – Avdira (Greece) Acanthus – Ierissos (Greece) Acharnae

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Ephemeral states of the Russian civil war

March 23, 2018August 18, 2019 Alex 0 Comments Russia

The Russian Revolution of 1917 led to the collapse of the world’s largest multiethnic empire. In its wake, a multitude

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Number of years each part of former Yugoslavia spent under Ottoman rule
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Western Balkans under Ottoman control

March 20, 2018June 18, 2019 Alex 0 Comments Balkans, Turkey, Yugoslavia

Number of years each part of former Yugoslavia spent under Ottoman control. Another map of the number of years spent

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European cities ranked by Jewish populations (1939)
Ethnic maps Historical Maps 

Jewish population in Europe before and after the Holocaust

March 9, 2018 Alex 0 Comments Europe

Jews migrated from Western Asia to Europe just before the rise of the Roman Empire. The pre-World War II Jewish

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The Westward Expansion of the United States
Historical Maps 

US Population Growth Mapped

February 7, 2018October 27, 2020 Alex 3 Comments United States

At the moment, about 328 million people are living in the U.S, a nation that’s 9.84 million sq km (3.53 million square miles). But during the country’s history, these numbers haven’t stayed fixed. These maps show how the U.S. population density has changed from the 18th century to the present.

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