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Post by onlymark on Dec 23, 2010 21:22:12 GMT
"History of Europe through a sequence of 21 historical maps, every map depicting the political situation at the end of each century." From year 1 to 2000 - www.euratlas.net/history/europe/index.htmlInteresting to look at. Isn't there someone on here who is fascinated by maps? Can't quite remember who though. There's quite a few on that site.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 23, 2010 22:33:02 GMT
It was nice under the Romans. So many fewer colors and pesky borders.
This is really useful and interesting, Mark -- thanks.
You might enjoy looking at this, although I think it goes too fast to be practical:
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Post by fumobici on Dec 24, 2010 1:27:45 GMT
Very interesting, thanks for the link.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2010 6:01:34 GMT
Thanks, Mark. I think there are at least a dozen of us here fascinated by maps.
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Post by bjd on Dec 24, 2010 10:25:19 GMT
Thanks, Mark. That's really interesting how some countries have gained and then lost importance over the centuries.
A good lesson for certain "superpowers" who figure they will just go on being important.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2010 11:33:45 GMT
It was also interesting to see how so many things, not just in Europe, lasted less than 100 years, sometimes less than 50 years, which is exactly the case of many countries in the 20th century... the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, 2 Vietnams, 2 Yemens, the French and British colonial empires, etc.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 24, 2010 12:24:28 GMT
Indeed. very interesting - thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2011 8:33:11 GMT
I was looking at these fascinating maps again and wondering what the map will look like in 2100, when I don't really expect to be around. I suppose it would not be unreasonable to imagine that a number of the countries will have merged again, particularly in the EU group. Since we now seem to be ruled almost exclusively by economic matters, once all of the banks finish merging, they can pull all of the strings on their political marionnettes.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2012 20:26:41 GMT
I somehow missed this thread!! It's very cool. I have a collection of National Geographic maps that I inherited from an elderly client of mine who had them in her basement and before she died she gave them to me. They date back to the 1920's. They are in amazingly good condition given our harsh climate here. I have always wanted to display them in some way. One of those things I'm going to get around to... Part of my hoarding affliction. I am incapable of throwing away any kind of map,no matter how obsolete it may be.
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