A map of England, Wales, and southern Scotland during the Saxon Period from around AD 450 to the beginning of the Norman Conquest in 1066. This map shows major cities of the time, major river ways, topography, and is color-coded to show...

A map of Scotland and North Britain during the Saxon Period from around AD 450 to the beginning of the Norman Conquest in 1066. This map shows major cities of the time, major river ways, topography, battlefields, and political...

A map of Yorkshire, England, in the neighborhood of York, showing the location of the Battle of Stamford Bridge (25 September, 1066). The battle was fought between and allied army of Norwegians and Northumbrian rebels under King...

A map of coastal Sussex, England, at the time of the Norman Invasion (1066). This map shows Senlac Hill, battle site of the Battle of Hastings (14 October, 1066) between the Normans under William of Normandy (William the Conqueror) and...

A map of the United States showing the growth of the nation from 1776-1867. The map is color-coded to show the thirteen original states, the territory acquired by conquest during the revolution and the Treaty of 1783, the Louisiana...

A map of the United States showing the growth of the nation from 1783-1867. The map is color-coded to show the thirteen original states, the territory acquired by conquest during the revolution and the Treaty of 1783, the Louisiana...

Cordoba's period of greatest glory began in the 8th century after the Moorish conquest, when some 300 mosques and innumerable palaces and public buildings were built to rival the splendours of Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad. In the...

As Egypt's most ancient Islamic mosque, the Amr Ibn Al-As Mosque was built in the age of the Islamic Conquest of Egypt. It has been subject to many changes in the subsequent Islamic eras.

From cossacks to cowboys, this Library of Congress special online collection looks at American westward exploration and expansion, and Russia's eastward reach into and conquest of Siberia. Includes historical information and timelines,...

A description of the Norman conquest of Ireland in 1169.

Thirty one primary sources-historical documents, literary texts, and visual images-that explore European reactions to the land and the people of the New World and the Natives' responses to European contact and conquest.

A series of illustrations and accounts of Spanish conquest of Indians that reflect the fascination with and the brutality directed against native cultures.

A very good overview of the WWII Japanese conquest of the Philippines, with information on the Bataan Peninsula specifically, including a map, toward the bottom of the page.

Roman Foot Soldier during the Conquest of Italy

The Parthenon is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena, built in the 5th century BC on the Athenian Acropolis. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered to be the culmination of the development...

In 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found and gave the first key to the reading of hieroglyphics. On this stone the same inscription was given in three different sets of characters, -the hieroglyphics, the demotic text (a briefer and more...

A representation of an Assyrian griffin that adorned their buildings prior to the Persian conquest.

One of the distinguished cavaliers of the conquest of Peru and Chili, to whom Munoz assigned the authorship of the Relacion primera of the Ondegardo. He was distinguished at the defence of Cusco, when that town was besieged by the...

Henry I (c. 1068/1069 - 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his...

(1495-1541) Spanish conquistador who was second command to Hernan Cortes during the conquest of Mexico.

Pompey was one of the men, who, having distinguished himself in foreign wars, was looked upon as the natural leader of the city. He increased this already great reputation by his victory over the pirates of the Mediterranean, who had...

(1796-1859) "American historian of Spanish conquests in America." -Foster, 1921

Henry I (c. 1068/1069 - 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his...

An illustration of Caesar. A politician of the populares tradition, he formed an unofficial triumvirate with Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus which dominated Roman politics for several years, opposed in the Roman Senate...