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Clan Map of Ireland

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 5 Comments

Clan Map of Ireland

Map created by irishorigenes.com

The map above shows the location of over 400 of the most prominent historic clans and families in Ireland. And it includes whether they had an Irish, Scottish, Gallowglass, Norman, or Viking historical association.

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: Ireland

A View Of Roman Carthage, Built on the Site of the Previously Destroyed Punic Capital

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 Leave a Comment

A View Of Roman Carthage, Built on the Site of the Previously Destroyed Punic Capital

Map found via reddit user wildeastmofo

The map above shows what Roman Carthage may have looked like sometime in the 3rd century AD, when it was one of the leading cities of the Roman Empire and could have had a population into the hundreds of thousands.

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: roman empire

The Underground City of Derinkuyu Could Shelter As Many As 20,000 People & Reached A Depth of 60m

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 2 Comments

The Underground City of Derinkuyu Could Shelter As Many As 20,000 People & Reached A Depth of 60m

Map created by Stuart Jackson-Carter

The cutaway map above shows part of the underground city of Derinkuyu as it would have appeared at its peak during the Byzantine era.

The city is the largest of of over 200 underground cities discovered so far in Cappadocia, Turkey.

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: Turkey

Historic vs Present Geographical Distribution of Lions

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 13 Comments

Historic vs Present Geographical Distribution of Lions

Map created by Tommyknocker via Wikimedia

The lion (Panthera leo), once widely distributed across most of Africa and parts of Europe and Asia, is now confined to a number of isolated areas as shown on the map, amounting to only about 20% of its historic range.

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: animal

Canada’s Forgotten Prohibition Plebiscite of 1898

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 1 Comment

Canada's Forgotten Prohibition Plebiscite of 1898

Map originally created by Superbenjamin via Wikimedia, this version created by reddit user Samwell_

The map above shows the outcome of a federal plebiscite on the prohibition of alcohol that was held in Canada on September 29, 1898.

It was the first national referendum in the history of the country. It followed agitation over many decades by the temperance movement, which had succeeded introducing prohibition at the local (county) level in some areas, but wanted it extended nationally.

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Filed Under: Canada, History Tagged With: alcohol

Byzantine Empire’s Linguistic Divisions Under Justinian I c.560CE

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 8 Comments

Byzantine Empire Linguistic Divisions Under Justinian I c.560CE

Map from Wikimedia

The map above shows the Byzantine linguistic divisions of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire during the rule of Justinian I around 560 CE (AD).

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Filed Under: Europe, History Tagged With: Byzantine

Poland’s Territorial Changes 1635-Present – Life, Death & Rebirth

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 10 Comments

Poland has not been one of Europe’s luckiest countries.

It’s gone from being the largest country in Europe to being wiped off the map, not once but several times.

The map below traces the history of Poland’s borders from 1635 right through to the present day.

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: territory

Map of The Unexplored World From 1881

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 3 Comments

Map of The Unexplored World From 1881

Map found via reddit

The map above appeared in Jules Verne’s The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century and shows the areas of the world that remained unexplored (to Westerners) in 1881.

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Filed Under: History, World Maps

Soviet World War 3 Plans For Europe

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 4 Comments

WW3-Central-Europe

Cities in Central Europe that would be nuked at the beginning of World War III. Found via reddit

The map above shows how the Soviet Union thought World War 3 might play out in Europe.

The red mushroom clouds represent planned nuclear strikes on cities and targets in central Europe and the blue mushroom clouds represent the anticipated NATO response.

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: WW3

Short History of Colonialism Since 1492 In One GIF

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 15 Comments

Short History of Colonialism Since 1492 In One GIF

World map showing Colonialism from 1492-2008

The map above presents a very short history of colonialism around the world from 1492-2008 in one simple GIF. Interestingly, it doesn’t limit itself to European colonialism but also includes the colonial empires of the United States, Russia/Soviet Union and Japan.

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Filed Under: History, World Maps Tagged With: colonialism

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