Maps · Module 8
History on the map: the world
GS1 world history runs from the 18th century: revolutions, industrialisation, the World Wars, colonisation and decolonisation. Placing each event on the map makes the links visible, from the Atlantic world of 1776–1789 to the Africa and Asia of the 1950s. Tap a pin, then test yourself.
Countries: Natural Earth, India point-of-view edition (public domain), shown with today's borders as a guide; historical borders differed. India: Survey of India–based data. Pins are approximate.
Tap a feature on the map to learn why it matters.
Quiz · locate the event
Tap Start, then tap each one on the map.
Timeline on this map
| Place | What happened |
|---|---|
| Boston | Boston Tea Party (1773): colonists protest British taxes and the trade monopoly. |
| Philadelphia | Declaration of Independence (1776) adopted by the American colonies. |
| Paris | Storming of the Bastille (1789) begins the French Revolution. |
| Manchester | Centre of the cotton-textile factories of Britain's Industrial Revolution. |
| Tokyo | Meiji Restoration (1868): the state drives Japan's rapid 'latecomer' industrialisation. |
| Berlin | Berlin Conference (1884–85): European powers set rules for dividing Africa. |
| Sarajevo | Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914) triggers the First World War. |
| Petrograd (St Petersburg) | Russian Revolution (1917); Lenin's New Economic Policy follows in 1921. |
| Versailles | Treaty of Versailles (1919) ends the First World War on harsh terms for Germany. |
| New York | Wall Street Crash (1929) begins the Great Depression. |
| Hiroshima | Atomic bombing (1945) ends the Second World War in Asia. |
| Suez | Suez Crisis (1956): Egypt nationalises the canal; the failed Anglo-French invasion ends Britain's great-power image. |
| Accra | Ghana (Gold Coast) becomes independent in 1957, the first in sub-Saharan Africa, under Kwame Nkrumah. |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaya becomes independent in 1957 after the Malayan Emergency; ethnic balance shapes the new state. |
India history places (Harappan sites, 1857 centres, freedom-struggle movements) come next in this module.
Practise in the sketch lab
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Themes that use this map
T1 Harappan civilisation, early urbanism & civilisational continuityT4 Buddhist art & sculpture schools: stupa, Gandhara, PalaT5 Temple architecture & regional dynasties: Pallava, Chola, Chandela, Vijayanagara, GuptaT6 Sculpture, painting, motifs, coins & safeguarding art heritageT7 Bhakti–Sufi movements & religious syncretismT8 Patronage, learning centres & medieval technologyT10 Colonial economy: drain, deindustrialisation, famines, economic policyT12 1857 and tribal–peasant resistance to colonial ruleT15 Gandhi: mass movements, constructive programme, ideas & contemporariesT17 Final phase: Quit India, Naval mutiny, Maulana AzadT22 American & French Revolutions and their legacyT23 Industrial Revolution and its spread: England, Japan, railwaysT24 World Wars, interwar crisis, Great Depression & ideologiesT25 Colonisation & decolonisation: Africa, Malaya, SuezT51 Tribal identity, rights & developmentT127 Planning: Nehruvian planning, Soviet influence, NITI AayogT151 Nuclear & fusion energy: FBR, ITER, raw materials