Comments on: Pictured Power

By: Lightning Round – 2014/07/30 | Free Northerner

Lightning Round – 2014/07/30 | Free Northerner — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 05:01:47 +0000

[…] Power throughout the ages. […]

By: zimriel

zimriel — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 01:33:49 +0000

@C. Y. ChenThat was my thought too.

By: Ademonos

Ademonos — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:38:05 +0000

It’s interesting to see how *constant* China is on this chart.

By: Orthodox

Orthodox — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 06:03:04 +0000

Mogol turned into Russia, so it already happened if the map was fast forwarded to 1980.

By: Blogospheroid

Blogospheroid — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 05:39:45 +0000

There is value in a percentage map, however a map that shows the expanding capability of human civilization would be way more cooler. It is infobits like these that make me rue the politically correct climate of today. It would be awesome to have a more realistic depiction of this map, with all the civilizations given their due. Energy control could be used as the one universal basis for comparison.

I feel India and China look seriously underwhelming in this map, while in reality, India’s riches inspired the quest that led to the european discovery of America.

By: C. Y. Chen

C. Y. Chen — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:32:42 +0000

Very interesting, thank you for sharing. It does accurately show the destruction of Mycenaean Greece, as well as the comparatively slower declines that the Babylonian and Egyptian states suffered during the Bronze Age collapse (circa 1200 B.C. to 1150 B.C.). Also note the Assyrian empire’s great expansion at the expense of its neighbours during the turmoil of this period.

Strangely, though, it doesn’t seem to correctly show when the Hittites were conquered. The demise of the Hittite empire was certainly within that timeframe, with Hattusa being razed around 1180 B.C.. Maybe the author was thinking of the Neo-Hittite kingdoms after this event instead.

By: E. Antony Gray (@RiverC)

E. Antony Gray (@RiverC) — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:06:40 +0000

I suppose it must have to do a lot with projected power (look at the Mongolians!)

By: zimriel

zimriel — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:45:25 +0000

The thinness of China can be fixed by just pushing the map right an inch or three. Also gives space for the An Lushan Rebellion and the Mongols to squeeze it over.

The eastern Byzantine Empire should change colours to Greek green – but gradually (Justinian I still spoke Latin, etc). The final switch to green should strike at AD 668 when Constans II was murdered in Syracuse.

Above all the Hittites on this graph are laughable. They were barely more than cavemen prior to Thera’s eruption ~1625 BC; why are they here? Instead there needs to be a Hurrian section, abruptly ending when Suppiluliuma I quashes the Mitanni state.

By: Amon Khan

Amon Khan — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:26:59 +0000

Indeed. Based on this data, there appears to be an 800 year cycle of Mongolian imperial explosions. I am therefore going to predict another eruption some time around the middle of this century. The Mongol empire will rise again!

Be afraid, be very afraid: http://gdb.rferl.org/7986E854-FD2B-4B3C-ACA8-F088C299B43E_mw1024_s_n.jpg

By: admin

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:14:21 +0000

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