50 Centuries in 10 Minutes 3400 BC 2014 AD

A geopolitical history of all empires, nations, kingdoms, armies and republics. More than 500 world maps spanning all historical events up to today. View in the high resolution. Turn on annotations for labels if you cannot read the key in the upper-left corner. Thanks to everyone who gave me feedback. If you have any questions, think I left something out, or find any mistake, leave a comment. All serious feedback is valuable to me. Most of what is shown here are civilizations with a writing system and urban centers. There are some exceptions to this where possible. This does not include most pre-historical cultures. Special Thanks to mutong for research and translation of several Chinese maps. FAQ-- Q: Canada was created in 1867, why is that not shown here? Canada became a Dominion in 1867. This meant that it had a great amount of internal autonomy. However, before the Balfour Declaration of 1926, Dominions had no control over their foreign policy, which was completel