The Entire History of the World—Really, All of It—Distilled Into a Single Gorgeous Chart
In 1931, John B. Sparks created the Histomap, condensing more than 4,000 years of world history into a vibrant infographic.
By Rebecca Onion (from the archives)
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@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social It's a shit map. How did the Carolingian Empire get to be larger than Tang China? How did the post-Carolingian HRE get to be larger than Song China? Song China had something like five times the population of the Early Modern HRE (not just the Habsburg lands), let alone the population of the medieval one.