This new edition is a comprehensive guide to nearly 200 invasions, conquests, battles, and occupations, from ancient times to the present. Throughout history, invasions and conquests have played a remarkable role in shaping our world and defining our boundaries, both physically and culturally. -- Provided by publisher.

The ancient world -- The classical world -- The dark and middle ages -- The renaissance and the age of exploration -- The age of revolutions and Napoleon -- The age of empires -- The 20th-21st centuries -- Readings -- Historical time line of entries.