Mayotte • Cook Islands • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands • One flash of colour in the political landscape of the content has been the rise and untimely death of Eva Peron of Argentina, who was widely worshipped for her sympathy with the people and whose popularity greatly boosted that of her husband, the country’s president. Cuba • Between them, two enormous empires span the entire Eurasian landmass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Bajo Nuevo Bank • The other major Middle Eastern power is Persia, home to a vibrant Islamic civilization. Continue to the next world history map, the world in 1837. It has become part of the individual and collective memory of Europe and of countries across the world. This process has sadly been aided by the spread of European diseases amongst the native populations of the Americas, and, significantly helped by European brutality, these have led to a drastic drop in numbers amongst these groups. That, however, is long in the future. Singapore • South Africa • Western industrial civilization has swept all before it. Soon one of the world’s great civilizations will emerge here. Lebanon • South America • There has been no such tranquility further west. The case is far otherwise with the Indian sub-continent, which is now completely under the control of the British. In the Indian subcontinent, the Maurya empire has given unity to the Aryan states and spread their culture far down into the Indian peninsula. Cavalry-on-cavalry engagements also became frequent. Nevertheless, by now the Olmec culture’s influence has spread over a large area of central America. Cyprus • To the east, the complex societies of the Amazon basin are continuing to evolve and expand. © 2020 TimeMaps Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Artsakh • The same has been true for most Central American countries. With the passing of the threat of nuclear annihilation, new anxieties appeared, including the emergence Islamic terrorism, the spread of AIDS, and the issue of climate change. Chad • Slovenia • Prussia • Jarvis Island • The Belgians have withdrawn from their enormous territories in the Congo, which are now sliding into dreadful anarchy. This map shows what is going on in world history in the year 979 CE. They are developing a unique culture of their own, drawing largely on Byzantine models. Continue to the next world history map, the world in 2005. This is part of a broader picture of increasing European influence in the Middle East, with the French making the running in Syria and the Levant, and the British in Iran, the Gulf and Egypt. Under the Sassanids, classical Persian civilization is brought to a peak. Facing war with France and Russia, Germany attempted to quickly defeat France first by moving through neutral Belgium.