A century ago at the beginning of the First World War, the maps of Europe, Asia and Africa looked much different than they do today. Historians say many of the border changes - agreed upon after ...

but much of present-day Europe is based on the lines drawn following the conflict sparked by Princip's bullet. (Pull cursor to the right from 1914 to see 1914 map and to the left from 2014 to see ...

Redrawing the borders of Europe was a contentious and political process—and the end result helped set the stage for World War II—but maps published around this time (like the one below ...

No doubt, however, the question of expense entailed the omission of the less necessary maps. An Historical Atlas of Modern Europe from 1789 to 1914, with an Historical and Explanatory Text.

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.

This map prefaced a 1918 book by the United States ... arguing that much work was left to be done in Europe. Children might be enticed to help the still-hungry Allies by reminders about the ...

In the summer of 1914, Americans began reading news accounts of a conflict that would soon be called the Great War—and that would draw the United States in three years later. (See also: The ...

Former foes have gathered in the Belgium city of Liege to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, one of the grimmest episodes of Europe's history that laid the groundwork of World ...

So, here we have a prominent Kentuckian who shaped the map of post-World War I Europe. She was born in Louisville on Jan. 8, 1863, and was educated at Vassar College and the University of Leipzig ...