10 centuries in 5 minutes

[shijing]

I just received this -- it would have been cool if they were able to do the entire world, but I'll settle for Europe I guess:

10 centuries in 5 minutes

Oh, but here's something worldwide:

World Battleground, 1000 years of war in 5 minutes

There is probably some skewing because of lack of data, but the main hotspot kind of sticks out.

 

[Zadius Sky]

Interesting videos. Thanks for sharing.

Oh, but here's something worldwide:

World Battleground, 1000 years of war in 5 minutes

There is probably some skewing because of lack of data, but the main hotspot kind of sticks out.

The entire Europe was destroyed in 1914 and 1940s - that's alot of explosions.

 

[seek10]

Oh, but here's something worldwide:

World Battleground, 1000 years of war in 5 minutes

There is probably some skewing because of lack of data, but the main hotspot kind of sticks out.

It's good indicator that some body is feeding the humanity. Else they won't be so many battles.

 

[Nicholas]

And here is a time lapse video of the 2053 nuclear tests from 1945 to 1998:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U8CZAKSsNA

 

[Nienna]

Oh, but here's something worldwide:

World Battleground, 1000 years of war in 5 minutes

There is probably some skewing because of lack of data, but the main hotspot kind of sticks out.

It's good indicator that some body is feeding the humanity. Else they won't be so many battles.

That, plus, the power elite get rich off of war and us normal people dying.

 

[bngenoh]

Here's another one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoWtvpg77oE

Man, Europe's been through some heavy stuff, but then again, hasn't everyone.

 

[Palinurus]

The first link Shijing posted in 2010 (10 centuries in 5 minutes) is now dead:

This video has been removed by the user.
Sorry about that.

The link bngenoh posted today probably is the same as the old initial one from Shijing.

That video is also available in a longer slow version (11 min) which is more easy to follow, here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&hl=en&v=kBK9yncmps8&gl=US

The source materials come from this website:

http://www.clockwk.com/

CENTENNIA is a map-based guide to the history of Europe and the Middle East from the beginning of the 11th century to the present. It is a dynamic, animated historical atlas including over 9,000 border changes. The map controls evolve the map forward or backward in time bringing the static map to life. Our maps display every major war and territorial conflict displaying the status of each region at intervals of a tenth of a year. The maps reflect actual "power on the ground" rather than internationally-sanctioned or "recognized" borders.

They also feature several detailed submaps about certain hotbeds like the Balkans for instance.

It boggles my mind, heart and soul to imagine all the suffering that is summarized in these 'cool' statistics.

There's also this:

The Centennia Historical Atlas has been required reading for all beginning students at the US Naval Academy at Annapolis for the past ten years. Over 1200 copies have been purchased annually for all prospective naval officers at Annapolis. The software serves as a visual introduction to Western History from a cartographic perspective. Centennia is also licensed by hundreds of secondary schools, colleges, and universities worldwide. Editions of the Centennia Atlas are available in Greek and German, as well as English. (my bold)