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The Histomap
- Nicholas_C 12y agoThis is awesome. I have something like it that I bought on Amazon [0], but I think this is better looking and far more detailed. [0]http://www.amazon.com/World-History-Timeline-Schofield-Sims/dp/0721709419 http://www.amazon.com/World-History-Timeline-Schofield-Sims/...
- mparramon 12y agoWhere can I buy a poster of it that ships to Spain?
- walterbell 12y agoPrint version, http://www.amazon.com/Time-Chart-World-History-Histomap/dp/1435118111 http://www.amazon.com/Time-Chart-World-History-Histomap/dp/1... Digital: https://www.google.com/search?q=histomap+high+resolution https://www.google.com/search?q=histomap+high+resolution
- mparramon 12y agoThanks!!
- sanoli 12y agosomeone's selling a copy of one on eBay right now. Not cheap though: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rolled-Map-John-Sparks-5-1-2-HISTOMAP-of-World-History-11-5-x-66-5-Rand-McNally-/331475359191?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d2d7895d7 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rolled-Map-John-Sparks-5-1-2-HISTOMA...
- brandur 12y agoYou may want to also consider this alternative: http://www.amazon.com/World-History-Timeline-Schofield-Sims/dp/0721709419/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423699988&sr=8-1&keywords=history+map http://www.amazon.com/World-History-Timeline-Schofield-Sims/... It has the advantage of being a little more modern/complete than the original Histomap, even if it's a little lighter on that nice minimalist aesthetic. I have one hanging on my wall and it looks good.
- cjslep 12y agoHow is relative power measured? I am curious, because it reminds me of the Civ III Histographs which had some underlying formula. Ex: http://www.civ3.com/previewwin.cfm?mode=screenshot&img=images/screenshots/histo_1.jpg&width=800&height=600 http://www.civ3.com/previewwin.cfm?mode=screenshot&img=image...
- ghaff 12y agoNo idea in the case of this map, but in Why the West Rules--For Now, the author comes up with a fairly complex social development index which factors in things like population, largest city, agriculture, etc. http://shc.stanford.edu/news/research/why-west-rules%E2%80%94-now http://shc.stanford.edu/news/research/why-west-rules%E2%80%9... He focuses solely on the Western and Eastern cores however. If you're interested in the topic, you might want to check out that book. (It's a good read as a whole as well.)
- thrownaway_away 12y agoSee also: http://www.hyperhistory.com/ http://www.hyperhistory.com/ http://www.worldhistorycharts.com/ http://www.worldhistorycharts.com/
- s_q_b 12y agoThis looks very Eurocentric to me. China and the various Indian empires are getting short-shrift here, at least from an economic and military power perspective. It's a cool diagram, but what was the methodology used to generate this? EDIT: Makes sense in the context of the times. Would be interesting to see an updated version, based on modern historical estimates.
- sanoli 12y agoProbably because it was made in 1931. Eurocentric times.
- mxfh 12y agoAn interactive version of this by Santiago Ortiz http://intuitionanalytics.com/other/histomap/ http://intuitionanalytics.com/other/histomap/