amazing! This was in my todo list since, like, forever aha!
Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History
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#162Much of the story of the Russian empire, Germany's unification, WW1, WW2 and even today's war in Ukraine can be told by dragging this timeline from 1000 to modern day and focusing on Poland. The east/west lines of Poland from 1029-1569 roughly correspond to today's east/west lines. But between now and then Poland shifts east then back west. Only after a ton of wars and death: 1. Poland basically expands massively to…
Ukrainian state of 1917-1921 is unfortunately missing on the map
It seems like much is missing from Ukrainian history. I did notice the brief appearance of the Hetmanate(1648-1667).
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#163leaving the first people's areas blank (presumably due to lack of information) still perpetuates the story that those areas are't worth talking about until they were discovered/settled/conquered/etc by 'civilization'
Yeah, the first group to show up on the map is the Iroquois Confederacy.
I think, fundamentally, the problem with this kind of project is that it centers empire as the fundamental force in history. Then the nation state shows up when it becomes necessary to differentiate between the imperial core and far-flung sea-based empires. What that means is, until you start conquering, you don't matter.
Still, I won't lie to you. It's fun to watch the Mongol Empire grow. Wouldn't have been as fun to experience if you were on the wrong side of it.
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#164Something very related I've been trying to find is a tool to create my own timelines. When I read about history, I always struggle to remember the order of events, or put them in historical context (eg who was the english monarch who sent troops to Ireland?). I'm often off by hundreds of years on when an event happened because I don't have a good mental model.
I'd love a tool that lets me create my own timeline. Ideally, what I'd want is:
- An arrow of time, graduated by year - Ability to create events (eg invention of TV) and periods (eg rule of Elisabeth I) - Ability to put events and periods in themed swimlanes (eg ireland-related stuff, foreign affairs, religion...) - A lot of freedom: add arbitrary boxes, notes, nested/collapsable stuff...
Basically diagrams.net with a built-in timeline and first-class concepts of event, period and swimlanes would be great.
Does anything like that exist?
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#165Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes! Please just use the "Feedback" button on the side of the interface - after you zoom the map and select time - then you can annotate, and it gives us most relevant context to your feedback
I don't see the "Feedback" button. I'm using the Vivaldi browser (based on Chromium, I think). Most of the place names are clickable, with the notable exception of Israel (both Judah and Samariah) around 900 BC, and for Israel (the united monarchy) around 1000 BC. The mouse cursor changes shape, but nothing happens if you already have the Wikipedia panel open; if it's not already open, you get a blank panel. Broken l…
I can second this. This problem happens on Firefox as well.
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#166Something very related I've been trying to find is a tool to create my own timelines. When I read about history, I always struggle to remember the order of events, or put them in historical context (eg who was the english monarch who sent troops to Ireland?). I'm often off by hundreds of years on when an event happened because I don't have a good mental model. I'd love a tool that lets me create my own timeline. Idea…
Have you tried https://markwhen.com/
I have not personally used it yet, but I would consider it if I wanted to work with timelines
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#167oh my good this is sooo cool!!!! i have been wanting something like this since forever
<3 <3 <3 for doing this!
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#168Hi HN! I’m Klokan, one of the creators of TimeMap. It’s exciting to see this project here — thank you for the interest and support! We just launched TimeMap on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/timemap If you find what we’re building valuable, an UPVOTE there would mean a lot. Stanford University recently hosted an event to introduce TimeMap to the world, which you can check out here: * Recording on You…
I was so excited to see this project as I was dreaming of such a thing, followed by immediate disappointment that west coast indigenous territories aren't included.
Curious how what appears on the map or not is decided, is it just repackaging existing data sources? Are those sources editable by anyone (like OSM)?
Either way, good job! As a low key OSM contributor, this motivates me to contribute to the mapping, if data can be added by the public.
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#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes! Please just use the "Feedback" button on the side of the interface - after you zoom the map and select time - then you can annotate, and it gives us most relevant context to your feedback
Is it possible to show contested territories? Ex Oregon territory/British Columbia
This would be a very important feature to me! Very interesting to understand the dynamics of it, before and after changes, how long areas were contested for etc.
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#170Well, it's not really a "map of history", it's more of a historical map. It's useful, sure, but there's more to history than borders, battles, rulers and famous people.