• PatFusty@lemm.ee
    493·
    1 year ago

    Not a historian but i feel like this map exaggerates the strength of the roman empire and underestimates the strength of the Mongolian/Chinese/Indian empires. Id love to know more though if you guys have more info

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
    23·
    1 year ago

    First off, that’s awesome.

    Second off, it reads like the end of a Civilization game, score, events and all.

  • Why9@lemmy.world
    15·
    1 year ago

    I mean it’s a fact I’ve known previously but to see the Chinese empire never end is actually crazy and impressive.

    • karmiclychee @sh.itjust.works
      24·
      1 year ago

      It’s good branding. “China,” as we think of it, fragmented into states that recombinated into different versions of what they each claimed to be the rightful empire, many, many times. It’s like a ship of thesius thought experiment, almost, but sometimes the boat is a pile of wood, sometimes it’s a galleon, other times it’s a fleet of smaller boats.

      And sometimes it’s Turkish. (Sorta)

      Source: degree in Song Dynasty era Chinese history. (It’s a long story)

    • JungleJim@sh.itjust.works
      62·
      1 year ago

      It’s against my political philosophy to say this about a monarchy but it makes me kind of sad it’s gone. The world feels smaller without these sorts of things.

      • Why9@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Definitely. Once upon a time, the prestige of the title of “Reigning Monarch of the British empire and all its territories” was incredible.

        The weight of the crown back then was immense. Now it’s more like a party hat…