Does geography still decide who rules Eurasia? This geopolitical story map tests Mackinder's Heartland and Spykman's Rimland theories against history, mapping the World Island zones alongside the Mongol, Ottoman, Russian, British and Soviet empires, their campaigns, capitals and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Chaptered stops explain the barriers that repeatedly halted conquest, a rich resource for history teachers, international relations students and geopolitics writers.