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  2. History of cartography - Wikipedia

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    The history of cartography refers to the development and consequences of cartography, or mapmaking technology, throughout human history. Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for millennia, allowing humans to explain and navigate their way through the world. When and how the earliest maps were made is unclear, but maps of ...

  3. Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History - Wikipedia

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    Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History, originally published as Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History is a synchronological wallchart and timeline ("timechart") that graphically depicts the history of humanity from 4004 BC (date of the Biblical creation of the world proposed by James Ussher) to modern times.

  4. Territorial evolution of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The formal end to Tatar rule over Russia was the defeat of the Tatars at the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasili III (r. 1505–1533) had consolidated the centralized Russian state following the annexations of the Novgorod Republic in 1478, Tver in 1485, the Pskov Republic in 1510, Volokolamsk in 1513, Ryazan in 1521, and Novgorod-Seversk in 1522.

  5. Early world maps - Wikipedia

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    Early world maps. The earliest known world maps date to classical antiquity, the oldest examples of the 6th to 5th centuries BCE still based on the flat Earth paradigm. World maps assuming a spherical Earth first appear in the Hellenistic period. The developments of Greek geography during this time, notably by Eratosthenes and Posidonius ...

  6. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Territorial evolution of the United States. After Japan's defeat in World War II, the Japanese-ruled Northern Mariana Islands came under control of the United States. [1] The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776.

  7. History of Europe - Wikipedia

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    History of Europe. The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the ...

  8. Timelines of world history - Wikipedia

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    These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history. For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history. For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history.

  9. History of Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    History of Ukraine. Prehistoric Ukraine, as a part of the Pontic steppe in Eastern Europe, played an important role in Eurasian cultural events, including the spread of the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages, Indo-European migrations, and the domestication of the horse. [1] [2] [dead link] [3] A part of Scythia in antiquity, Ukraine was largely ...

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