Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Political map of Italy in the year 1843. Following the defeat of Napoleon's France, the Congress of Vienna (1815) was convened to redraw the European continent. In Italy, the Congress restored the pre-Napoleonic patchwork of independent governments, either directly ruled or strongly influenced by the prevailing European powers, particularly ...
Tabula Peutingeriana (1265, medieval map of the Roman Empire, believed to be based on 4th century source material) Hereford Mappa Mundi (c. 1285; the largest medieval map known still to exist) Map of Maximus Planudes (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) Gangnido (Korea, 1402) Bianco world map (1436)
Kingdom of Italy (1805–1814, 1861–1946) French Empire (1804–1814, 1851-1870) Kingdom of Bavaria (1806–1918) Kingdom of Saxony (1806–1918) Kingdom of Württemberg (1806–1918) Kingdom of Westphalia (1807–1813) Kingdom of Hanover (1814–1866) United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822) Kingdom of the Two ...
Pages in category "Historic maps of the Americas" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Italian colonial empire (Italian: Impero coloniale italiano), also known as the Italian Empire (Impero italiano) between 1936 and 1941, was founded in Africa in the 19th century. It comprised the colonies , protectorates , concessions and dependencies of the Kingdom of Italy .
Cities along the Italian coast still received their trade from North Africa and places on the Eastern Mediterranean. [42] In the Ostrogothic Kingdom chattel slavery was practiced with it primarily being seen in the rural areas. Slaves had a harsh life enjoying little rights or privileges and "could be transferred at will from one estate to ...
The Italian kingdoms thus fell, and Italy's Restoration period began, with many pre-Napoleonic sovereigns returned to their thrones. Piedmont, Genoa and Nice came to be united, as did Sardinia (which went on to create the State of Savoy), while Lombardy, Veneto, Istria and Dalmatia were re-annexed to Austria.
Map showing Roman colonies as of the mid-2nd century AD. Augustus' "Roman coloniae" in north Africa are depicted in red. It was an old custom in ancient Italy to send out colonies for the purpose of securing new conquests.