40 maps that explain the world
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Interesting perspectives
The map above of the political world in 200 AD is extraordinary:
What’s more amazing: how much things have changed over the last 1,800 years, a major chunk of the civilizational history of humanity, or how many of this map’s divisions are still with us today?
There are a lot more fascinating analyses on that page:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/40-maps-that-explain-the-world/
1:15 PM Aug 17 2013