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Carving up the globe : an atlas of diplomacy /

Where do you draw the line? In the context of geopolitics, much hinges on the answer to that question. For thousands of years, it has been the work of diplomats to draw the lines in ways that were most advantageous to their leaders, fellow citizens, and sometimes themselves. Carving Up the Globe off...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Belknap Press
Other Authors: Ruthven, Malise (Editor), Avenell, Andrew (Contributor), Bewicke, Henry (Contributor), Chapman, Caroline (Contributor), Wyse, Elizabeth (Contributor)
Format: Map
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Political geography > Maps.
Treaties > History > Maps.
World politics > Maps.
Political geography.
Treaties.
World politics.
Atlases.
History.
Maps.
Table of Contents:
  • The ancient and classical world, to 500 CE
  • The age of transition, 500-1000
  • The Middle Ages, 1000-1500
  • The world of the emerging West, 1500-1814
  • The colonial age, 1815-1919
  • The age of global civilization, 1919 to present day.