Ruling empires timeline

[UsedtobChrisFord]

Does anyone know of a comprehensive timeline (preferable visible) of the major ruling empires in the history of the world with their controlled geography?

 

[Mike_Pratt33]

This might be useful but probably won't give you exactly what you want.

http://www.timesearch.info/timesearch/default.asp?conid=home

Its a new history search engine developed by Bamber Gascoigne. He was talking about it on Radio 4 this morning.

 

[WhistlingJack]

I've just found these, the second of which looks particularly good: -

Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd

atlasofworldhistory.com

 

[UsedtobChrisFord]

Wow, thank you, all three of those links are exactly what I was looking for and that downloadable atlas of world of history is better than anything I could have imagined.