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How the European map evolved over 10 centuries; ...a video / time-lapse
Topic Started: Nov 17 2010, 07:02 AM (718 Views)
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Video: http://wimp.com/europeanhistory/
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jon-nyc
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awesome. shame there's no year count.
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Nice!! Germany, France, and Italy were constant hot-spots for a long time! Wow!
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jon-nyc
Nov 17 2010, 07:13 AM
awesome. shame there's no year count.
I agree - although it was fun trying to guess what year it was. I didn't realize Germany was such a cluster-F while England and France just sat their drinking their respective mead/wine.
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I really enjoyed watching Western Europe evolve. No wonder Switzerland is neutral - they were a land without a name for so long throughout all of that.
It's really interesting to watch very suddenly the Prussian kingdom come into effect, and then immediately Germany is formed and much of the cluster of western Europe is over. Northern italy mellows out, Switzerland forms, Germany and Poland share people for awhile, but then it all really mellows out.
Fascinating.

I also really like how the Mongols dominated. We were fortunate enough to see the Kahn exhibit when it was here last year, and at the time I had no idea that the Mongols' empire was larger than the Roman empire at its height.
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KlavierBauer
Nov 17 2010, 10:05 AM
I really enjoyed watching Western Europe evolve. No wonder Switzerland is neutral - they were a land without a name for so long throughout all of that.
It's really interesting to watch very suddenly the Prussian kingdom come into effect, and then immediately Germany is formed and much of the cluster of western Europe is over. Northern italy mellows out, Switzerland forms, Germany and Poland share people for awhile, but then it all really mellows out.
Fascinating.

I also really like how the Mongols dominated. We were fortunate enough to see the Kahn exhibit when it was here last year, and at the time I had no idea that the Mongols' empire was larger than the Roman empire at its height.
Largest empire in the world and it's not even covered in grade school history, for most.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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AL: Totally - and people think they were all nomadic and tribal, living in yurts - but they built vast cities.
It was really an impressive empire by any measure, lasting generations - and you're right - it's not even taught in school as part of world history.
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Nov 17 2010, 10:07 AM

Largest empire in the world and it's not even covered in grade school history, for most.

Sarah Palin ruled over a large area.

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Nov 17 2010, 10:07 AM
KlavierBauer
Nov 17 2010, 10:05 AM
I really enjoyed watching Western Europe evolve. No wonder Switzerland is neutral - they were a land without a name for so long throughout all of that.
It's really interesting to watch very suddenly the Prussian kingdom come into effect, and then immediately Germany is formed and much of the cluster of western Europe is over. Northern italy mellows out, Switzerland forms, Germany and Poland share people for awhile, but then it all really mellows out.
Fascinating.

I also really like how the Mongols dominated. We were fortunate enough to see the Kahn exhibit when it was here last year, and at the time I had no idea that the Mongols' empire was larger than the Roman empire at its height.
Largest empire in the world and it's not even covered in grade school history, for most.
I'll bet it figures prominently in Russian grade school history.
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Nov 17 2010, 10:27 AM
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Nov 17 2010, 10:07 AM

Largest empire in the world and it's not even covered in grade school history, for most.

Sarah Palin ruled over a large area.

I'd rather live under the leadership of Vigo the Carpathian.

Pretty interesting to watch a speeded up version of both World Wars, and I also found all the back and forth between Ireland, Scotland and England pretty interesting.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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JBryan: You may be right - I'm not sure.

Mrs.KB's family line actually goes back directly to Genghis - but I don't know if even she growing up knew the far reach of his (and his offspring's) empire.
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I don't think there's a person of Russian or Ukrainian descent who doesn't carry Genghis Khan's genes.
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Renauda: Probably true - though I think her family's lineage is actually traced that far back. I may be mistaken...
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jon-nyc
Nov 17 2010, 07:13 AM
awesome. shame there's no year count.
It's about 3 years per second. Sic transit gloria mundi.
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KlavierBauer
Nov 17 2010, 01:36 PM
Renauda: Probably true - though I think her family's lineage is actually traced that far back. I may be mistaken...

Check your Haplogroup here.

I did it a few years ago.

https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/lan/en/atlas.html
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