Historical atlas of the world
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Wikimedia Commons Atlas of the World The Wikimedia Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. Discussion • Update the atlas • Index of the Atlas • Atlas in categories • Other atlases on line |
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The introductions of the country, dependency and region entries are in the native languages and in English. The other introductions are in English.
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World history |
Atlas of world history
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Pangaea |
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Animated map from Pangaea to present |
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Laurasia and Gondwana |
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Development of the Earth |
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North American craton |
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The northern Iceshield |
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The northern continents during Pleistocene |
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Map of early human migrations, according to mitochondrial population genetics (numbers are millennia before the present) |
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The World in 2000 BCE
uninhabited
- Red outline indicates areas of bronze working, c. 2000 BCE.
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The World in 1000 BCE
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- Pink outline indicates area of bronze working, c. 1000 BCE.
- Red outline indicates area of iron working, c. 1000 BCE.
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The World in 500 BCE
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The World in 323 BCE
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Greek and Hellenized states and empires
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The World in 200 BCE
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Greek and Hellenized states and empires
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World in 820 |
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Eurasia before 1200 |
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Empires in 1898 |
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World War I (animated map):
Allies
Allied colonies, dominions, territories or occupied territory
Central powers
Central powers' colonies or occupied territory
Neutral
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Colonization in 1945 |
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Belgian colonial empire |
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British colonial empire |
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Danish colonial empire |
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Dutch colonial empire |
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French colonial empire |
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German colonial empire |
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Italian colonial empire |
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Portuguese colonial empire |
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Russian empire |
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Spanish colonial empire |
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The Cold War (1959) |
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Communist expansion |
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The Cold War (1980) |
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The world in 1985 |
Notes and references
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General remarks:
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