Beginning Civilizations

Ancient Near East

Alexander The Great's Empire (c. 323 BCE)

World Civilizations, 100 CE

Roman Empire and Barbarian Invasions (c. 400 CE)

The Spread of Islam; 622-750

Mongol Asia

Africa 1200-1600

Africa c. 1400, with products key

The Americas 900-1500

The African Slave Trade

Spanish and Portuguese Empires in the Americas; 1492-1750

19th Century Latin American Independence

Distribution of Muslim Religion (Sunni and Shi'a)

Expansion of Mughal India; 1556-1707

Ming to Qing China; 1644-1760

World Religions

Africa 1914

Peace of Versailles Settlement; European border changes

Asia 1930-1941

The Cold War Alliances

Decolonization Process, 20th century

Current Latin America

Current Africa

Current Middle East

Russia and CIS

World Languages

Current World; population and land area guides

Credits; World History Atlas (Longman, New York, 1996), World Civilizations (Stearns, Longman, New York, 2002), Historical Atlas Of The World (Rand McNally, Houghton Mifflin, Illinois, 1997), A History of Western Societies (McKay, Houghton-Mifflin, New York, 2000), World's Together, Worlds Apart (Tignor, et.al, Norton, 2002)