Is there any website that has world maps with nation boundries depicted throughout the centuries?

Question

in other words, is there a website that shows what countries controlled which regions from ancient times all the way through the present?

for example, a map from 50 A.D. showing the Roman Empire as well as the Chinese Empire, etc...

Answer 1

1300 BC

http://www.thomaslessman.com/History/ima...

1000 BC world map

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

100 BC trade routes

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

World history maps by region.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_...

95 history maps of the ancient world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_...

Asia 476 AD

http://www.thomaslessman.com/History/ima...

World War I

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

More world history maps.

http://www.thomaslessman.com/History/Map...