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Tokyohoon
10-03-2006, 04:00 AM
http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/imperial-history.html

Nice little clip showing the spreads over time of the various factions that have controlled the region.
King of all Buffets
10-03-2006, 11:21 AM
Very cool!
grouchybastid
10-03-2006, 11:32 AM
Good stuff. Shows very neatly how much of a clusterfuck that region has been for several thousand years.
King of all Buffets
10-03-2006, 12:47 PM
Good stuff. Shows very neatly how much of a clusterfuck that region has been for several thousand years.

Which part of the world hasnt been?
Ihateyou
10-03-2006, 01:13 PM
Which part of the world hasnt been?
Well, Antartica has been pretty stable.:wink:
grouchybastid
10-03-2006, 01:15 PM
Which part of the world hasnt been?

Antarctica :biggrin:

[EDIT] Damn! Not quick enough!
siobahn
10-05-2006, 01:44 PM
wow, that makes history look all interesting and stuff.

pretty striking how it seems that the borders are a construct of the 20th century.
smacker
10-05-2006, 08:04 PM
Which part of the world hasnt been?
America really wasn't that much of a clusterfuck until Europeans came here.
bacon_lettuce_tomato
10-05-2006, 08:18 PM
America really wasn't that much of a clusterfuck until Europeans came here.
Yes it was. Dont for a minute think that everything was peaceful until whitey arrived. The estimated population of pre-columbian North America had a population of between 20-40 million, and they were not unified by any means. Central Mexico was a particularly hot spot, with tribes constantly waring over the lands of what is now Mexico city. Here's some trivia: the great Aztec Empire that is remembered for being the civilization that was wiped out by Cortez and his spanish Conquistadores in the early 16th century was only founded about 40 years before the Spanish arrived.
bacon_lettuce_tomato
10-05-2006, 08:21 PM
You know whats ironic? that tiny strip of land that makes up modern Isreal/Palestine has been almost constantly fought over for thousands of ears, yet it is the only piece of land in the area that doesnt have oil. Actually it doesnt have many natural resources at all. It is by all definition a barren wasteland.
weknowhowtolive
10-05-2006, 08:24 PM
You know whats ironic? that tiny strip of land that makes up modern Isreal/Palestine has been almost constantly fought over for thousands of ears, yet it is the only piece of land in the area that doesnt have oil. Actually it doesnt have many natural resources at all. It is by all definition a barren wasteland.Religious artifacts....phhttt...i say let em wipe eachother out, i dont care.
smacker
10-05-2006, 08:31 PM
Yes it was. Dont for a minute think that everything was peaceful until whitey arrived. The estimated population of pre-columbian North America had a population of between 20-40 million, and they were not unified by any means. Central Mexico was a particularly hot spot, with tribes constantly waring over the lands of what is now Mexico city. Here's some trivia: the great Aztec Empire that is remembered for being the civilization that was wiped out by Cortez and his spanish Conquistadores in the early 16th century was only founded about 40 years before the Spanish arrived.
Yeah I guess i really wasn't thinking in terms of all of the wars between the various Native cultures over land and resources. I guess my statement was made based on the romantized view of native Americans as peace loving hunter/gatherers that some of the tribes were, not as a whole.
Dutch Raven
10-06-2006, 10:22 AM
I was waiting for a big explosion at the end...

Now I'm dissapointed.
Cuchulainn
10-06-2006, 07:16 PM
I was waiting for a big explosion at the end...

Now I'm dissapointed.
That's next year...