For centuries, European powers dominated the globe, controlling empires that stretched across continents and oceans. One of the most astonishing facts in history is that Europe once ruled over 84% of ...

Johannes Putsch’s 1533 map personified the continent as a queen and inspired a wave of mapmaking that depicted places as people, animals, and even plants. "Europa regina" ("Queen Europe") is ...

Europe's Oldest Map. Posted: August 18, 2024 | Last updated: August 18, 2024. A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe ...

Here’s a map showing a longer period of time, from 1 A.D. to 2000 A.D., made using maps from Euratlas. At the beginning of the common era, Europe was dominated by the Roman Empire.

The map shows how the High Middle Ages was dominated by the rise and fall of the Mongol Empire, which at its peak stretched from China to the Baltic sea in Europe, with the Mongols led by Genghis ...

A century ago at the beginning of the First World War, the maps of Europe, Asia and Africa looked much different than they do today. Historians say many of the border changes - agreed upon after ...

The Vault is Slate's history blog. Like us on Facebook, ... This stunning geological map of Europe was produced in 1875 by Andre Dumont, a Belgian scientist and mapmaker.

This map shows Europe on the eve of Franco-Prussian War of 1870. While Prussia is a fat man that is going to burst, Russia is shown as an angry man who is only bothered with how to fill his basket.

The map gives an account of how European cities and border zones have been transformed over time by migrants’ presence. ... Their struggle to stay is now becoming part of Europe’s history.