Altered Maps ΙΓ: To make a map larger than what it maps.

[JohannaK]

Prisoners per 100,000

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U!S!A! U!S!A!

So much for being the land of freedom.

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[Kyriakos]

Why does Granada have a mostly Green flag? I doubt there are many muslims there now

I suppose that a number of the 'seperatist' regions are not really active or serious (eg Crete).

 

[Heretic_Cata]

That map gets posted all the time. And everyone concludes it has no basis in reality for most of the countries shown.

 

[cybrxkhan]

Why does Granada have a mostly Green flag? I doubt there are many muslims there now

I suppose that a number of the 'seperatist' regions are not really active or serious (eg Crete).

I guess Andalusia keeps the green because of the Muslim past, but what not.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Nobody wants to stay in Italy, apparently.

 

[Takhisis]

Well, Italy was a convenient creation in the late 19th century.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Most countries are. Except that some hail from the 18th Century, although Bonaparte sure did ruin their party.

 

[Takhisis]

He was Italian, wasn't he?

 

[gay_Aleks]

He was Italian, wasn't he?

Technically, he was French, as he was born on French land. It was once when Corsica went to France after a war of some sort.

 

[Domen]

Greater Luxembourg:

Greater Switzerland:

Austro-Bavaria:

 

[Imrahil91]

Midday (12:00) is supposed to be when the sun is at its highest on the horizon, but dividing the world into time zones for practical reasons has obviously changed that for many parts of the world.
Here is a map showing the time skews.

RED: Sun is highest after 12:00, sun rises late and sets late
GREEN: Sun is highest before 12:00, sun rises early and sets early

It may be practical to know when the sun is most effective in giving away UV-rays. It may also explain why the Spanish siesta is a little later than the french one etc.

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[cybrxkhan]

Disney and Dreamworks films placed on a map.

A few nitpicks:

• I think Cinderella makes more sense as mid-19th century Italy; France was only a kingdom until Louis-Phillippe got kicked out, but the names of several of the characters appear Italian-ish and there are plenty of candidate kingdoms to choose from there. But I guess officially Disney says it's France, so whatever, guess the Prince is Louis-Phillippe's son then.
• I thought it was made kinda explicit that the Road to El Dorado took place in Maya territory? Or, well, at least they had Cortes, that's something.
• For Aladdin artist doesn't bother to distinguish between Arabia and Iran in his/her reasoning (which is a pity as there is nothing much to suggest Iran over the Arab world), but I think the movie makes more sense as somewhere closer to the Levant/Fertile Crescent, the setting is too urban a place to be in the middle of the Arabian desert.

 

[Takhisis]

Cortés dealt with the Maya? No, with the Aztecs…

 

[cybrxkhan]

Cortés dealt with the Maya? No, with the Aztecs…

True, but the Maya are closer to the Aztecs than Columbia. And, well, one of the villains' names was Cortes, and he's going on an expedition to find something in the movie, sailing from Cuba.

Also I remembered a good number of the characters' names sound Mayan, so there's that.

 

[cybrxkhan]

Very realistic.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Australia confirmed for potential superpower.

 

[Masada]

For Aladdin artist doesn't bother to distinguish between Arabia and Iran in his/her reasoning (which is a pity as there is nothing much to suggest Iran over the Arab world), but I think the movie makes more sense as somewhere closer to the Levant/Fertile Crescent, the setting is too urban a place to be in the middle of the Arabian desert.

Aladdin's weird. The characters are Muslim but the original setting is China at least in the version that was related to Antoine Galland and later added to the One Thousand and One Nights. The train of transmission is this: Galland listened to a Marionite in modern Syria relate Alladin. He then added Alladin which is set in China to the One Thousand and One Nights. Disney's Alladin is rather corrupt. Anyways, to return to Galland because his story and that of the One thousand and One Nights still has a bit of mileage to go. Galland's version of the One Thousand and One Nights is based on an Arabic version. (I believe from Syria but don't quote me on that). But the One Thousand and One Nights proper is actually set in Persia and is based on earlier Persian versions. The Arabs to their credit didn't change much: the storyteller is universally identified as Šahrzâd and the person she is telling the story to is her fickle husband Shahryar both of whom are obviously Persian. (Shahryar literally means Great King in Persian). Lets move on: the origin of the Thousand and One Nights is probably traceable to a book called the Hazār Afsān (Thousand Stories) which is even more Persian because we know it was a favorite of the Sassanids but unfortunately it hasn't survived. So far sas we can tell, the main difference seems to be the incorporation of the framing device, Šahrzâd, to link the stories and the inclusion of a range of non-Persian stories into the collection(s). (There's a few iterations). Anyways, Galland who was French added Aladdin to the collection based on a story told to him by a Marionite in what-is-now modern Syria about events that happen in China. (Interestingly, Sinbad and Ali Baba were also added into the collection by European translators). And that's that. Make of if what you will.

 

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[gay_Aleks]

So... you're screwed if you live anywhere near Bayou?

 

[madviking]

uh considering half of america gets chances of severe weather in april/may i'm gonna say no to that question.