<p>Map of major world powers by year, derived from public domain animated map on wikipedia.
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<table class="toccolours" style="width:50%; margin:auto;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="background:#e0e0e0; text-align:center;"><b><big><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_of_the_world_showing_history" title="Category:Maps of the world showing history">Maps of world history</a></big></b>
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<p><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_2000_BC.svg" title="File:World in 2000 BC.svg">2000</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_1000_BCE.png" title="File:World in 1000 BCE.png">1000</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_500_BCE.png" title="File:World in 500 BCE.png">500</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_400_BCE.png" title="File:World in 400 BCE.png">400</a> ·
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_323_BCE.png" title="File:World in 323 BCE.png">323</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_300_BCE.PNG" title="File:World in 300 BCE.PNG">300</a> ·
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_200_BCE.png" title="File:World in 200 BCE.png">200</a> ·
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_100_BCE.PNG" title="File:World in 100 BCE.PNG">100</a> ·
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_50_BCE.PNG" title="File:World in 50 BCE.PNG">50</a>
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<hr></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:0.5em;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD" class="extiw" title="w:AD">AD</a></b>
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<p><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_1_CE.png" title="File:World in 1 CE.png">1</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_50_CE.PNG" title="File:World in 50 CE.PNG">50</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_100_CE.PNG" title="File:World in 100 CE.PNG">100</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_200_CE.PNG" title="File:World in 200 CE.PNG">200</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_250_CE.png" title="File:World in 250 CE.png">250</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_300_CE.PNG" title="File:World in 300 CE.PNG">300</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_400_CE.png" title="File:World in 400 CE.png">400</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_500_CE.png" title="File:World in 500 CE.png">500</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_700_CE.png" title="File:World in 700 CE.png">700</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_750_CE.png" title="File:World in 750 CE.png">750</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_820.png" title="File:World in 820.png">820</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_in_900_CE.png" title="File:World in 900 CE.png">900</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1555-56_CE_World_Map.PNG" title="File:1555-56 CE World Map.PNG">1556</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1700_CE_world_map.PNG" title="File:1700 CE world map.PNG">1700</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_map_1815_(COV).jpg" title="File:World map 1815 (COV).jpg">1815</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1859-60_CE_world_map.PNG" title="File:1859-60 CE world map.PNG">1859</a> 
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<p>Maps of colonization history<br><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonisation_1492.png" title="File:Colonisation 1492.png">1492</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonisation_1550.png" title="File:Colonisation 1550.png">1550</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonisation_1600.png" title="File:Colonisation 1600.png">1600</a> ·
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonisation_1660.png" title="File:Colonisation 1660.png">1660</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonisation_1754.png" title="File:Colonisation 1754.png">1754</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonial_empires_in_1800.svg" title="File:Colonial empires in 1800.svg">1800</a> ·
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonisation_1812.png" title="File:Colonisation 1812.png">1812</a> · 
<a class="mw-selflink selflink">1822</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonisation_1885.png" title="File:Colonisation 1885.png">1885</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_1898_empires_colonies_territory.png" title="File:World 1898 empires colonies territory.png">1898</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_1914_empires_colonies_territory.PNG" title="File:World 1914 empires colonies territory.PNG">1914</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_1920_empires_colonies_territory.png" title="File:World 1920 empires colonies territory.png">1920</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_1936_empires_colonies_territory.png" title="File:World 1936 empires colonies territory.png">1936</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonisation_1938.png" title="File:Colonisation 1938.png">1938</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonization_1945.png" title="File:Colonization 1945.png">1945</a> ·
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonisation_1959.png" title="File:Colonisation 1959.png">1959</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonisation_1974.png" title="File:Colonisation 1974.png">1974</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_1975_empires_colonies_territory.png" title="File:World 1975 empires colonies territory.png">1975</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonisation_2007.png" title="File:Colonisation 2007.png">2007</a><br><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonisation_territorial_changes_from_15th_to_20th_century.ogv" title="File:Colonisation territorial changes from 15th to 20th century.ogv">Animated Map</a>
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<p>Maps of Cold War<br><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cold_War_Map_1959.svg" title="File:Cold War Map 1959.svg">1959</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cold_War_Map_1980.svg" title="File:Cold War Map 1980.svg">1980</a> · 
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Second_Cold_War.svg" title="File:Second Cold War.svg">Nows</a> · 
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<p><small>see also: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:World_History_Maps" title="Template:World History Maps">Eastern Hemisphere only maps template</a> (1300BC-1500AD)</small><br></p>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><small> (this template: · <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Maps_of_world_history" title="Template:Maps of world history">view</a> · <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Maps_of_world_history" title="Template talk:Maps of world history">discuss</a> ) </small>
</td></tr></tbody></table><p>As the orriginal licence of the animation was Public Domain, this image which has been derived from it is too:
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<table class="licensetpl" style="display:none"><tbody><tr><td><span class="licensetpl_short">Public domain</span><span class="licensetpl_long">Public domain</span><span class="licensetpl_link_req">false</span><span class="licensetpl_attr_req">false</span>
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<td>This work has been released into the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:public_domain" class="extiw" title="w:en:public domain">public domain</a></b> by its author, <b><span class="licensetpl_attr"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Andrei_nacu" title="User:Andrei nacu">Andrei nacu</a></span></b>. This applies worldwide.<br><p><small>In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:</small><br><i><span class="licensetpl_attr"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Andrei_nacu" title="User:Andrei nacu">Andrei nacu</a></span> grants anyone the right to use this work <b>for any purpose</b>, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.</i>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Andrei_nacu" class="extiw" title="w:User:Andrei nacu">Andrei nacu</a>
2007-03-22
public domain animated map by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Andrei_nacu" class="extiw" title="w:User:Andrei nacu">Andrei nacu</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Image:Colonisation2.gif" class="extiw" title="w:en:Image:Colonisation2.gif">here</a>