Map of Europe: 1000 AD to present day

[Lars77]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f54_1337075813


Nations come and go, blood is spilled, revolutions happen.

[GarroHorus]

1. That was cool.

Rec'd

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. I had no idea Hungary had been so big for so long

It's the kind of thing it'd be better to have fine control of forward and backward speeds over, rather than being a simple 'play' video - concentrate on one part, and you miss other stuff.

[Kaleva]

9. Same here. it was bigger then modern day France.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Sure did take Germany a long time to pull itself together. Would be

better if there was a time line showing with the dates.

[AlbertCat]

10. Sure did take Germany a long time to pull itself together.

Really. All those little changing confetti of states.... what where they all?

Too bad you can't stop and magnify areas.

[Lars77]

14. Many principalities. Play Victoria II, see how you do!

It's an excellent strategy game where you can take control of ANY nation on the planet in 1836, when the British and French empires were going.

If you choose Prussia or Austria your task will be to gain control of all those principalities and create your German empire. You can play those small principalities too but they are very difficult. I almost did it with Bavaria once.

[link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_II|

[Sirveri]

21. No, you play Crusader Kings 2, then Europa Universalis 3, THEN Vicki 2

Then you play Hoi3.

If you were unemployed you might be able to finish in a week. Maybe.

[Lars77]

23. Paradox makes some awesome games don't they? I gotta check out Crusader Kings 2.

[Sirveri]

25. I played 1, haven't touched 2 yet, don't have the time lately.

[raccoon]

4. Real interesting. nt

[MichaelMcGuire]

5. Its a shame, the video didn't have a year date. A lot of things have happened in a 1000 years. (nt)

[pampango]

6. Great animation. The mind boogles at all the wars that must have been waged to cause all

of those border changes over 1,000 years.

Glad that Europe has shifted away from hyper-nationalism over the past 65 years and largely enjoyed a measure of peace and prosperity compared to the thousand years before that - particularly the first half of the 20th century.

[ikri]

7. The default setting for Europe has been War

The last 65 years have been very unusual.

[Misskittycat]

8. Great video. Could have used dates, though. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Had no idea that Poland and Lithuania were so large at one time

and completely disappeared at other times.
Or that Russia was "gone" for awhile.

Sure does remind us how geography affects politics, and imperialist ideas.

[leveymg]

12. Recced. Interesting time-lapse map animation

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[Leopolds Ghost]

13. I love maps, especially historical maps.

[dems_rightnow]

15. Norway, Denmark, Sweden untouched

All those years.

[Lars77]

16. meh. Denmark and Sweden basically owned Norway in turn :)

[Sirveri]

22. Bit more complicated than that due to the personal unions and crown intermarriages...

But that's really really tedious stuff.

[Generic Other]

17. Really cool!

[XemaSab]

18. I wish it was color coded

or otherwise discussed.

[Shankapotomus]

19. Napoleon's invasion of Russia

was but a nano second blip on the map.

Cool.

[Lars77]

20. First page of the book of war.

Never march on Moscow.

[woo me with science]

24. Wow! Thank you for posting this.

I would love to see a revision with a scrolling date at the top.