The Histomap - infographic

[Jesus Malverde]

[bemildred]

1. I saved the pretty picture.

It looks chaotic because it was.

[Jesus Malverde]

2. Disappointed the Maya were not included.

One thing that blew me away at the national museum in Taiwan was the historical timelines of different cultures. The maya timeline was prominent and over 1000 years.

[bemildred]

3. Indeed.

And that's anywhere you go. Even in the Arctic, culture goes back thousands of years, and you can see the ebb and flow of it.

And we only have bits and pieces of it left now.

[Jesus Malverde]

6. I'm still working my way through the book 1492

Great book.

[Scootaloo]

8. Don't forget to check out 1491 and 1493 as well, both by Charles C. Mann

The first is about precolombian civilizations in the Americas, the second is about the colombian Exchange.

[bemildred]

9. Farley Mowat and Barry Lopez are good on the Arctic.

"Westviking", "The Farfarers", and "Arctic Dreams".

[Scootaloo]

4. They are, actually. It's tiny, but it's there.

This thing is interesting in concept but very flawed in execution. Obviously, it's wholly Eurocentric, with the only attention outside the Bible and Europe given to "great empires."

[bemildred]

5. "interesting in concept but very flawed in concept"

+1.

Exactly right.

[Scootaloo]

7. yurp durp, thanks for pointing that out