GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

Histomap: Visualizing the 4,000 Year History of Global Power

Dec 29, 2017 | 09:15 GMT

This visualization is effective at showing the ascent and decline of various states, nations and empires.

Histomap, published by Rand McNally in 1931, is an ambitious attempt at fitting a mountain of historical information onto a five-foot-long poster.

(JOHN B. SPARKS)

Imagine mapping the ebb and flow of global power all the way back to 2000 B.C. in one coherent timeline....

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