A History of the World in 500 Maps

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share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.Organized chronologically, A History of the World in 500 Maps tells a clear, linear story, bringing together themes as diverse as religion, capitalism, warfare, geopolitics, popular culture and climate change. Meticulously rendered maps chart the sequence of broad historical trends, from the dispersal of our species across the globe to the colonizing efforts of imperial European powers in the 18th century, as well as exploring moments of particular significance in rich detail. The weakness of China has not prevented her from exporting her civilization wholesale to neighboring peoples. States modeled along Chinese lines are being built in Korea and Japan, and their inhabitants are importing Chinese culture and religion in large doses. This includes Buddhism, which is now spreading throughout East Asia and South East Asia. Here, Chinese cultural elements vie with Indian influences to produce a unique synthesis. The Asian steppes In Africa, the future expansion of agriculture is being assured by the domestication of tropical plants as food crops.

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At the same time, a civilization, made possible by irrigation, is emerging in the southern tip of Arabia. Albert Herrmann, Ph.D. History & Commercial Atlas of China. Map of “ Chun-ch’iu Period, 722-482 BC”. In their homelands, the Western nations have experienced a series of political upheavals. We have already seen the creation of the USA in the American Revolution. Then the French Revolution broke out in 1789 and led to 20 years of war, reaching to every part of the continent and shaking European politics to its foundations. Later, wars of liberation in South and Central America have created almost a dozen independent nations where before there had been just two empires. Features major technical developments, from the invention of farming in the Fertile Crescent to the Industrial Revolution. Indian traders are pioneering maritime trade routes between India and South East Asia. As a result, Indian civilization is beginning to spread amongst the peoples of Burma, the Malayan peninsula and the islands of Indonesia.At this point in world history, at the height of the Bronze Age, civilization is continuing to spread throughout the Ancient World. There has been no such tranquility further west. The power of Rome has grown to take in the entire Mediterranean region, a process accompanied by brutal wars of conquest, and by bitter civil wars and fierce political in-fighting. However, the young politician, Octavian, has just defeated his rivals, Antony and Cleopatra, at the battle of Actium. This victory makes Octavian the sole master of the Roman world and brings to a close the civil wars. He will soon take the title “Augustus”, and rule as the first of the Roman emperors. The steppes of Asia BC | 550 BC | 549 BC | 540 BC | 527 BC | 500 BC | 400 BC | 350 BC | 335 BC | 323 BC | 300 BC | 250 BC | 220 BC | 200 BC | 150 BC | 100 BC | 50 BC