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Join World History Encyclopedia as they chat with medievalist Katherine Pangonis, all about her new book Queens of Jerusalem, the Women Who Dared to Rule. Kelly: Do you want to start off by telling us what your book is all about? Katherine...

A map illustrating the expanding control and organization of Roman rule in Britain between c. 43 and 410 CE. It took about a century between Julius Caesar’s 55 BCE foray across Britannicus Oceanus (known today as the English Channel) and...

A map illustrating Roman rule in the Balkans around 200 CE, characterized by significant administrative, military, and cultural integration into the Empire. The region was divided into several provinces (Moesia Superior, Moesia Inferior...

A map illustrating the transformation of the East India Company from a hopeful merchant venture in 1600 with isolated trade outposts governed by isolated and mostly independent town councils into a major ruler of large territories in India...

A map illustrating the scope and organization of the Roman provinces in North Africa. Since the establishment of the first Roman territory on the continent (roughly corresponding to modern Tunisia) in 146 BCE following the destruction of...

A map illustrating the geopolitical landscape in Asia Minor during the reign of emperor Septimius Severus around 200 CE. The territory (comprising modern-day Turkey) had been under Roman control for several centuries following conquests by...

Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule by Katherine Pangonis.

This map illustrates the Roman Levant c. 200 CE, encompassing the provinces of Syria Coele, Syria Phoenice, Judea (renamed Syria Palaestina), and Arabia Petraea. It was a culturally diverse and strategically vital region, serving as a trade...

This map illustrates the administrative and geopolitical situation in Roman Gaul two centuries after the Roman conquest, which began with Julius Caesar's campaigns (58–51 BCE), bringing the region under Roman control. By 200 CE, Gaul was...

The Roman province of Thrace, formally annexed in 46 CE, was a strategically important region of the Roman Empire by 200 CE. Situated in southeastern Europe (modern-day Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, and European Turkey), Thrace's fertile...