Alliances – The Map Archive

Showing 1–12 of 43 results

African Membership of International Organizations c. 2000
$3.95 ADD GO TO MAP
African Membership of International Organizations c. 2000
$3.95
The Organization of African Unity (OAU) was established in 1963 to coordinate African state cooperation, to defend state sovereignty and eradicate colonialism. In 2001, it became the African Union (AU) and consisted of all 55 African states. The AU’s 2017 mission statement is ‘Towards a Peaceful, Prosperous & Integrated Africa’.... More
BCE 656 Saite kingdom
$3.95 ADD GO TO MAP
BCE 656 Saite kingdom
$3.95
Necho I, ruler of the city of Sais, died in 664 BCE fighting the Kushites, invaders from Nubia, on the behalf of his Assyrian overlords. The Assyrians rewarded his son, Psamtek I, with the governorships of Memphis and Sais. While careful to maintain cordial relations with the Assyrians, Psamtek amassed... More
British Conquest of India 1753–1914
$3.95 ADD GO TO MAP
British Conquest of India 1753–1914
$3.95
In 1600 the East India Company was established to run British trading operations in the Indian Ocean. It established numerous coastal trading posts and factories against competition from its Dutch, Portuguese and French counterparts. British influence was extended after victory against the Nawab of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey... More
Central and South America in World War I
$3.95 ADD GO TO MAP
Central and South America in World War I
$3.95
Latin American allegiances in World War I were complex, often reflecting the heterogeneous ancestry of their migrant populations. However, the hardships caused by the German shipping blockade of the Atlantic caused rising resentment, and left the US the dominant trading partner and power-broker in the region. The tipping point came... More
Central Europe 1914
$3.95 ADD GO TO MAP
Central Europe 1914
$3.95
At the breakout of World War I, the borders of central Europe had generally coalesced into large nation states and regional empires which had incorporated the numerous small principalities and kingdoms that were spread across the region throughout much of the 19th century. The unification of Germany under the large... More
Central Italy 300 BCE
$3.95 ADD GO TO MAP
Central Italy 300 BCE
$3.95
By the middle of the 4th century BCE, Rome was a significant regional power in the centre of Italy, leading the Latin league of affiliated city-states. Its main rivals at this stage were the Samnites who had their own league of allies and vassals. The first war (343–41 BCE) between... More
East Central Europe 1570
$3.95 ADD GO TO MAP
East Central Europe 1570
$3.95
Over the course of the 16th century the expansionist ambitions of the Ottoman Turks in Europe became focussed on the land route, turning their Balkan borders with the Habsburgs and Poland into a battle-scarred wasteland of tenuous vassal states over the next century. An early casualty was the kingdom of... More
Expansion of Sparta 8th to 5th Centuries BCE
$3.95 ADD GO TO MAP
Expansion of Sparta 8th to 5th Centuries BCE
$3.95
Sparta’s homeland was in Laconia, a Greek city-state in the southern Peloponnese. Run by a military elite who concentrated on warfare and politics, it forbade money-making activity. Each Spartan warrior was given a plot of land, farmed by state slaves (helots). Land was at a premium and in the 8th... More
German Unification 1815–71
$3.95 ADD GO TO MAP
German Unification 1815–71
$3.95
The experience of collective subjection under Napoleonic rule awakened a spirit of German nationalism for long dissipated in the dynastic patchwork quilt of the Holy Roman Empire. After liberation, the establishment of a Customs Union (1834) and a common rail network have been described as the ‘Siamese Twins’ facilitating the... More
Greece on the Eve of the Peloponnesian War 435 BCE
$13.19 ADD GO TO MAP
Greece on the Eve of the Peloponnesian War 435 BCE
$13.19
The starting point of the Peloponnesian War was the expansion of Athenian power, especially as it began to extend into the Greek west and Sicily. Corinth, strategically placed on the route northwest was feeling increasingly vulnerable, and when the Athenians and Corinthians clashed diplomatically over the island of Corcyra (Corfu)... More
Greece under the Theban Hegemony 371–362 BCE
$13.19 ADD GO TO MAP
Greece under the Theban Hegemony 371–362 BCE
$13.19
The city of Thebes, according to legend founded by King Cadmus, was located in Boeotia, the fertile region of central Greece. In 447 BCE the city of Thebes instigated the foundation of the Alliance of Boeotians, which shared a common foreign policy and defensive force. The Boeotians were allies of... More
Greek Italy c. 500 BCE
$3.95 ADD GO TO MAP
Greek Italy c. 500 BCE
$3.95
The colonies of ‘Greater Greece’ were planted as far afield as Spain and North Africa, but nowhere compared for prosperity, power and density of settlement to southern Italy and Sicily. Often, the impetus for colonization was domestic misfortune, either brought about by rival Greek city-states, or, as in the case... More