China - 3,000 Years of History in a Minute
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in passing to show how China's borders have expanded and contracted over history.
What it is
An animated map of the territories of Chinese dynasties from 1000 BC to the present, compressed into about a minute.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2017 to 2020.
What Hacker News said
Cites adrianratnapala · 2018-06 · on “Rome vs Greece: a clash of empires”
> And China was never very ambitious beyond its own borders. True, but very informative, as China's borders have grown and shrunk and grown again quite a bit over the centuries. [this video]
Cites Iv · 2020-01 · on “The Oldest Living Civilization (1944)”
Like I said, erudites in the 19th century all across Europe would be fluent in ancient Greek. As to read vs understand, that's the difference between alphabet and ideograms. But IIRC modern Greek speakers have an easy time making sense of ancient Greek. Kings of Europe would claim their legitimacy comes from the Roman empire times. The pope would continue to crown people emperors of Rome, like Charlemagne (emperor of both Germany and France) Napoleon or the Habsburgs. And Roman empire was in the clear cultural continuity of ancient Greece. We just don't do these claims (outside of some fringe far-right groups), because they are not really relevant to what our countries are today. Ancient Gre
Critical Retric · 2017-09 · on “China Makes Chat Group Administrators Criminally Liable for Unlawful Messages”
Milenia of failure. None of their dinasty's lasted even 1,000 years and many where very short. [this video]