I’m a little embarrassed that I’m just getting around to reading this old Mapping Hacks post from last June, but I thought the growth and decay of empires over time map was very interesting. Rich’s link is dead now, but Googling for it came up with this, which I think is the same thing.
Going through old notes I stumbled on this link to a flash animation of the Middle East, showing the growth and decay of empires over time (link).
“Imperial History of the Middle East: Who has conquered the Middle East over the course of World events. See 5000 years of history in 90 seconds.”I used to sit in history class staring at the maps showing European borders from pre-WWI, then through the two World Wars. I’d marvel at the strange names. It was not just countries, but whole empires of which I was totally, or nearly totally, ignorant.
Interesting stuff.
