Reading the shaded extent from Anatolia and Egypt east to the Indus Valley, which empire is shown?

The shaded territory rings the Mediterranean and reaches the Rhine, Danube, Britain, and Egypt. Which empire is shown at its greatest extent?

A single shaded realm runs from Iberia across North Africa and the Middle East toward the Indus. Which empire is shown?

The shaded land spans much of Eurasia from China and Mongolia west toward eastern Europe. Which empire is shown?

The shaded empire is a long north-south strip along the Andes beside the Pacific Ocean. Which empire is shown?

The shaded territory centers on Lake Texcoco and central Mexico, with routes to the Gulf and Oaxaca. Which empire is shown?

The shaded territory includes Anatolia, the Balkans, Egypt, Syria, and North African coasts. Which empire is shown?

The shaded territory covers most of the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947. Which empire is shown?

The shaded system is centered on France in 1812 and includes dependent or controlled lands across western and central Europe. Which empire is shown?

Use the map. In 1942, which empire controlled all of the shaded territory?

Reading the shaded Mughal territory under Aurangzeb, which part of the subcontinent stayed outside imperial control?

On the Qin map, which region stayed outside the shaded empire?

Reading the Han map, which region lay outside Han imperial rule and commandery control?

Reading the New Kingdom Egypt map, which region was part of the empire's southern reach?

The Tang figure shows a wide frontier reaching from China toward Central Asia. Which region did the shaded Tang power include?

On the Qing map, the ring marks a western region the empire conquered during its eighteenth-century expansion. Which region is it?

Reading the African colonial map, which pair of coastal territories belonged to the same Portuguese empire?

On the Europe map of the Axis high-water mark, which country remained outside Axis conquest?

Two empires are shaded: one around the Mediterranean, one from Greece through Persia to the Indus. Which empire reached the Indus River?

The map compares Mauryan and Gupta India. Which empire extended farther into the northwest toward Afghanistan?

The map compares Ghana and Mali. Which empire extended farther west and south across the savanna?

The map compares two American empires. Which shaded empire followed the Andes rather than central Mexico?

The map compares the Ottoman and Safavid empires. Which shaded empire controlled Anatolia and the Balkans?

On the 1913 Africa map, which power held the broad connected block across northwest and central Africa?

The map contrasts a central Congo colony with Angola and Mozambique. Which European power controlled the Congo basin colony?

The marked city sits on the strait between the Black Sea and the Aegean. Which city stood there?

The marked city lies on the Tigris in Iraq and became the Abbasid capital. Which city is it?

The marked island city is in Lake Texcoco and ruled the Aztec-led Triple Alliance. Which city is it?

The marked highland city lies in the central Andes and was the Inca capital. Which city is it?

The marked city in north China served as the main imperial capital for the Ming after Yongle and for the Qing. Which city is it?

Around 2300 BCE, which empire did Sargon build by uniting the city-states of Mesopotamia under one ruler?

After expelling the Hyksos, which empire pushed south into Nubia and northeast into Canaan and Syria?

During the 1300s, which West African empire controlled major Niger River trade towns such as Timbuktu and Gao?

Which kingdom built a great stone-walled capital between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers and grew rich from the gold trade?

Which dynasty unified China's warring states in 221 BCE and created the first Chinese empire?

Which empire under Ashoka ruled most of the Indian subcontinent except the far southern tip?

After Alexander's empire broke apart, which successor kingdom ruled Egypt from Alexandria?

The Mongol Empire's first fixed imperial capital under Ogedei was which city?

The Mauryan Empire was ruled from a capital near modern Patna. Which city was it?

Which city was the imperial capital of Mali near the Bure goldfields?

Shah Abbas I made which city the Safavid capital at the end of the sixteenth century?

The Umayyad caliphs ruled their empire from which city?

After conquering Constantinople in 1453, the Ottomans ruled their empire from which city?

Which empire covered the largest connected stretch of land at its height?

Compared with Han and Tang China, which dynasty ruled a smaller realm after losing northern China to the Jin?

Which caliphate reached farther west into Iberia?

Compared with the Ming, which Chinese dynasty brought Tibet and Xinjiang under imperial rule?

Which of these became the largest of the three great medieval West African empires?

Which two early modern empires shared a contested frontier across Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and the Caucasus?

During the Cold War in Europe, which bloc lay mostly east of the Iron Curtain and included Poland and East Germany?