40 more maps that explain the world
The empires of Africa, before colonialism: This map of indigenous African empires is not exhaustive. It spans two thousands years from 500 B.C. to 1500 A.D., so these empires were not concurrent; some existed centuries apart. But it shows that, like with North America and perhaps even more so, sub-Saharan Africa was rich with vast and powerful empires long before the Europeans arrived.
Political Geography Now
Libya control map: Shows detailed territorial control in Libya's civil war as of August 2015, including all major parties (Tobruk government, General Haftar's Operation Dignity forces, and Zintan militias; Tripoli GNC government, Libya Dawn, and Libya Shield Force; Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries and other hardline Islamist groups; and the so-called Islamic State).
871: The battle for Wessex, or how Alfred the Great came to the throne.
Legend has it that the The Great Heathen Army was led by the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok. It was a group of hitherto uncoordinated bands of vikings under a unified command who came together to invade the four Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England in 865 AD. The campaign of invasion and conquest against the four remaining Anglo-Saxon kingdoms lasted fourteen years.
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