This illustrated encyclopedia describes over 200 invasions, conquests, battles, and occupations (for example, the Israelite invasion of Canaan, the Norman conquests, the Nazi invasion of Poland, and Iraq's invasion of Kuwait), events, countries and regions, and individuals.

Since ancient times, groups of people have been invading one another's territory and conquering each other. In addition to death and destruction, these events have brought many important changes in the societies and cultures both of the winners and the losers. This illustrated encyclopedia describes over 200 invasions, conquests, battles, and occupations (for example, the Israelite invasion of Canaan, the Norman conquests, the Nazi invasion of Poland, and Iraq's invasion of Kuwait); events (for example, World War II); countries and regions (for example, Egypt and Normandy); and individuals (for examples, Alexander the Great, Hitler, and Genghis Khan).

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 century.