I concur, a timeline is very much called for -- you lack any feel for WHEN certain clear shifts of power occurred.
There's also issue to be had with the change of national colors -- does it actually signify anything or is it just an artifact of the mapmaking...? (ex.: Poland changes color several times during its existence. Does this represent a major shift in its internal arrangement?).
I assume this was done using successive maps from the book series by the same name, but one which "flowed" (to show expansion and contraction more visually), rather than boink! -- boink! -- boink! would be a major improvement.
Oh, and salad. There should be a free salad to go with it. :^D
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Here's one with a timeline.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71XjyUxPmvk
Ahh, but yours ends too early for the real fun of European state-lets forming and combining.
800 AD to 1812AD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTVHeLwQpA0&feature=related
1812 to 1943:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8siN2y2NVA&feature=related
There may be a video starting from 1943 but I can't find it.
I concur, a timeline is very much called for -- you lack any feel for WHEN certain clear shifts of power occurred.
There's also issue to be had with the change of national colors -- does it actually signify anything or is it just an artifact of the mapmaking...? (ex.: Poland changes color several times during its existence. Does this represent a major shift in its internal arrangement?).
I assume this was done using successive maps from the book series by the same name, but one which "flowed" (to show expansion and contraction more visually), rather than boink! -- boink! -- boink! would be a major improvement.
Oh, and salad. There should be a free salad to go with it. :^D
The link now returns the message:
"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Centennia Software."
Sigh. Late to the party again, & so I missed it.
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