“The New Imperialists” Map Collection

August 19, 2025 Herman Pirchner, Jr.,  Ilan I. Berman American Foreign Policy Council
Related Categories: China; Iran; Russia

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Territorial Expansion of Russia, 1300-1991

Source: American Foreign Policy Council
Citations:
Barraclough, Geoffrey, editor. HarperCollins Atlas of World History. Borders Press in Association with HarpersCollins, 1998. 
Quam, Joel, and Scott Campbell. “Russian Domain: Historical Geog. I – the Empire Expands and Contracts.” The Western World: Daily Readings on Geography, College of DuPage Digital Press, 31 Aug. 2020, cod.pressbooks.pub/westernworlddailyreadingsgeography/chapter/russian-domain-historical-geography-i/.
Persian Empires
Source: Geopolitical Futures

 

All the Territories that have been ever ruled by China since circa 1750 BC
Source: Kenneth Sui
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