All histories of England commence with the invasion of Julius Caesar, the earliest event in that quarter of which we have any authentic account. The Island of Britain was an unknown region to the Romans, and nearly so to the rest of...

This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...

This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...

This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...

This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...

This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...

This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...

This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...

This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...

This site from the The Domesday Book provides a timeline on the life of William the Conqueror. Discusses his background, the Battle for France, the English Conquest, and his parents. There is also a Norman family tree at the end of the...

Earthwork castles in pre-Norman Conquest England featured two main types, mottes and ringworks, which featured a fort on top of an artificial hill.

"Egypt is another of those countries whose prehistoric ages are wrapped in mystery as impenetrable as the sources of her Nile, whose exact location ling baffled the most enterprising of explorers. Great interest attaches to the country's...

A map of Egypt at the time of the Persian conquest by Cambyses (525 BC) at the end of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty under Psamtik III. The map shows the delta city of Pelusium and the lower capital of Moph (Memphis) conquered by Cambyses. At...

A map of Europe showing major cities and sites (with dates) of conquest.

A map of France during the revolution period of 1789 to the end of the War of the First Coalition in 1795 under the Peace of Basel. This map of France shows the change in Revolutionary France's old Provinces (outlined in pink) to the new...

A sketch map of the Battle of Meanee (Meeanee or Miani), fought on 17 February 1843 between the Talpur (Beluchis or Balochi) Amirs of Sindh and British forces under Sir Charles Napier during the conquest of the Sindh (now Pakistan) by...

A map of Ireland from the ascension of Queen Elizabeth (1558) to the end of the Cromwellian conquest and the Act for the Settlement of Ireland (1652). This map is color-coded to show the territories of the expanded English Pale, the...

A facsimile of a map by Francisco Saverio Clavigero (1780) of central Mexico in 1521, showing the Aztec dominion during the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan. The map shows the territorial divisions and native cities at the time.

A map of Britain during the Norman Conquest of 1066-1070. The map is color-coded to show the territories controlled by the Normans as a result of the campaigns of 1066, 1067, and 1069.

A map of England in 1065, showing the territorial boundaries prior to the Norman conquest. The map is color-coded to show the Earldoms of the House of Godwine, the Earldoms of the House of Leofric, and the areas held by other families....

A map of England and Wales in AD 584 at the end of the conquest of the Britons by West Saxons under Ceawlin and Cutha. The map is color-coded to show the territories of the native Britons or Welsh, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and the Scots...

A map of the area from London to the Mouth of the Thames from the time of the foundation of the English Monarchy under Ecgbert (Egbert), King of Wessex (AD 827) to the Norman Conquest (1066). This map shows the city of London in...

A map of England and western France (Normandy) in the time of William I (William the Conqueror), Duke of Normandy and King of England (1066-1087). This map shows England after the Norman Conquest (1066-1071), and is color-coded to show...

A map of the Battle of Senlac, or Battle of Hastings, on 14 October, 1066 in East Sussex, England during the Norman Conquest of England.