Together they managed to extend the rebellion until it covered most of present-day Sichuan province.
The settlements of the ancestors of the Lithuanians the Samogitians and the Aukstaiciai covered most of present-day Lithuania, stretching into Belarus.
The A-mdo, or Mdo-smad, region reaches from the Huang He to Mchod-rten dkar-po in Gansu province, comprising most of present-day Qinghai.
Under a succession of ambitious kings in the 15th century, the Aztecs established a dominion that eventually stretched over most of present-day Mexico.
The two countries made peace at Wichale in 1889, and Crispi expanded the Italian possessions along the Red Sea to include most of present-day Eritrea and along the Indian Ocean coast to include eastern and southern Somalia.
Even after a new dynasty, the Capetians, took over the crown in 987, it took several centuries before they were able to impose their authority on most of present-day France.
France took possession of most of present-day New Caledonia in 1853 in ceremonies at Balade and the Île des Pins with the aim of reserving the territory as a possible site for a penal colony.
But when Leopold's claims had been recognized by other European powers in 1885 and Germany was claiming most of present-day Tanzania, the disillusioned Barghash had no choice but to acquiesce in the dismemberment of his kingdom late in 1886.
The towns were to be spaced a day's ride apart, forming a spokelike pattern radiating from the capital; the Mormon church referred to this area as the intermountain empire, or Deseret, the latter the name of a proposed state that incorporated most of present-day Arizona and Nevada, portions of Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming, and approximately one-third of California.
By the 15th century the dynasty had become Slavic in culture (a version of Belarusian was the official language of the realm), and at its height under Vytautas (1392 1430) it controlled all the old Kievan territory outside Russia proper that is, most of present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine.
