Reference

The glossary

Every territory on the map can be clicked for a summary. These pages are the long version: where a state came from, who ruled it, how big it really got, and how it ended — each one written against named sources and linked back to the exact year on the map.

Entries: 1,280
Regions: 12
Span: AD 1 – today

Europe446 entries · 2 regions

Europe430 of 562 written 430 entries Rome and its heirs, the Holy Roman Empire, the nation-states AD 1 – today Among them: Roman Empire · Ottoman Empire · Grand Principality of Moscow
Northern Eurasia 16 entries Kievan Rus', Muscovy, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union AD 793 – today Among them: Tsardom of Russia · Khanate of Sibir · Novgorod Republic

Middle East & Africa286 entries · 2 regions

Asia & the Pacific441 entries · 5 regions

The Americas107 entries · 3 regions

Still being written

Europe is still being written. Until a territory has its own entry, the map falls back to the source dataset's record and says so plainly in the panel.