World War II casualties as a percentage of the population
World War II was the deadliest military conflict in the history of humankind (85 million people were killed). The USSR
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Historical Maps
Historical maps showing territorial changes of countries and historical events of the past.
All territories ever of Germany
t different times, Germany had incorporated Austria, Belgium, Czechia, the Netherlands, Northern Italy, Liechtenstein, Poland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Slovenia, and Western Poland. The German colonial empire began developing in 1883 and ended in 1919 following WWI when its colonies were seized and given to the victors
Read More1910 World map
“The World: Colonial possessions and commercial highways (1910)” Portugal becomes the 1st republican nation in the century after the revolution,
Read MorePresent days borders over 1937’s countries
The map of Europe changed considerably after the WWI. Germany lost about 10 percent of its territory to its neighbors.
Read MorePictorial atlas (1868)
Anthropomorphic maps of European countries. The maps below were printed in ‘Geographical Fun’, a beautiful atlas of parody maps of
Read MoreBorder changes in Finland
Finland bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and the Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to
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Indian land cessions
From 1778 to 1871, the U.S. signed 368 treaties with different indigenous tribes across North America. These treaties were based on the fundamental concept that each Native American tribe was a sovereign nation. But as white immigrants started moving onto Indigenous American lands, this concept confronted the rigid pace of westward expansion. As a result, many promises were broken by the U.S. government.
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Empire of Japan at its height
From the middle of the nineteenth century, Japan began to see a colonial empire on the Western-type as one of the traits of state power and political modernity.
Read MoreItaly in 1796
Today the Vatican City State is just a new name for the Papal States. Italy never occupied the territory that
Read MoreThe Changing Value of Land (1860 – 1870)
From 1860 to 1870, the South of the U.S. demonstrated considerable homogeneity in land value gains across specific regions, such as urban areas and river counties. On average, the most significant increases occurred in the slave-dense areas such as the Mississippi Delta and Cotton Belt.
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