Civ'ed
I ain't gotta explain a thing
But only because the brits didn't exist yet
Top hats, monocles and imperialism ho!
Altered Maps XIV: Cartographical Consistency
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Top hats, monocles and imperialism ho!
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
Well, you see. It all happened in one visit of Darius the Great in the Macedonian court, where he stole the ancient guarded recipe for rakia. Since he stole a trade secret, it was the first trade war, and before you know it, he was standing in Persepolis, where he justly retook the recipe for rakia, which is currently preserved in the National Historical Institute.
Visit Sofia, the European City of Culture!
Visit Sofia, the European City of Culture!
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
It's ракия in Bulgarian. The closest English has to the last part is ia.
Domen
Misico dux Vandalorum
Distance to airports in minutes (red below 60 minutes, white over 180 minutes):
warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
No airports in Bialystok? (northeastern part of Poland, where my dad is from)
'ya' or, more properly, thanks to a man called Gaj, 'ja'. Rakija/Ракија is the correct spelling.
Domen
Misico dux Vandalorum
I was also surprised, Warpus! Something has to be done with this.
Another map:
The development of Poland's (within current borders) network of cities and towns (timeline is shown in the lower right corner). "Początek miejscowości" is the date when a town was founded, while "Uzyskanie praw miejskich" is acquisition of a city charter / town charter (LINK) - in other words - adoption of Medieval urban law (bear in mind that the very concept of town charter didn't exist in Medieval Europe before 1188 AD, which doesn't mean that urban settlements, a.k.a. towns and cities, also didn't exist - as we know they have been around already in Ancient Mesopotamia, and in Europe from the Bronze Age or earlier):
http://mapowy.pl/historia-2/15-wiekow-polskich-miast/
Rok (lower right corner) = Year
Link to video.
Of course some towns could exist earlier than according to this video (it seems that dates in the video are based on when a town was first mentioned in written sources, or on archaeological excavations - in case of estimated dates, for example 10th century, year in the middle is given, for example 950).
If I understand correctly, this video shows only settlements which currently have the status of towns or cities. Historical towns or cities which today have the status of villages or don't exist at all, aren't shown by this animation. Here is a map of former towns deprived of urban status during history:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ies_in_Poland_deprived_of_town_privileges.png
Another map:
The development of Poland's (within current borders) network of cities and towns (timeline is shown in the lower right corner). "Początek miejscowości" is the date when a town was founded, while "Uzyskanie praw miejskich" is acquisition of a city charter / town charter (LINK) - in other words - adoption of Medieval urban law (bear in mind that the very concept of town charter didn't exist in Medieval Europe before 1188 AD, which doesn't mean that urban settlements, a.k.a. towns and cities, also didn't exist - as we know they have been around already in Ancient Mesopotamia, and in Europe from the Bronze Age or earlier):
http://mapowy.pl/historia-2/15-wiekow-polskich-miast/
Rok (lower right corner) = Year
Link to video.
Of course some towns could exist earlier than according to this video (it seems that dates in the video are based on when a town was first mentioned in written sources, or on archaeological excavations - in case of estimated dates, for example 10th century, year in the middle is given, for example 950).
If I understand correctly, this video shows only settlements which currently have the status of towns or cities. Historical towns or cities which today have the status of villages or don't exist at all, aren't shown by this animation. Here is a map of former towns deprived of urban status during history:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ies_in_Poland_deprived_of_town_privileges.png
Spoiler :
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
"It might appear you're piloting a plane in one of the many new South East Asian companies, where they get planes with slightly-less-than-adequate security systems! Please sit tight as you're about to sink 4000 feet under!"
Well, that was dark.
Well, that was dark.
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
I know. It was a dark joke made on expense of the several hundred people who boarded Malaysian airplanes and never returned.
Domen
Misico dux Vandalorum
warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
What people call football in different places around the world.
Mind you, the Polish one isn't fully correct, as a lot more people use the literal translation of "football" - pilka nozna - "Ball of the foot", instead of Futbol. But maybe things have changed since I left?
Mind you, the Polish one isn't fully correct, as a lot more people use the literal translation of "football" - pilka nozna - "Ball of the foot", instead of Futbol. But maybe things have changed since I left?
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
Someone also posted this in an earlier Altered Maps thread, but anyways it's pretty interesting to see. I also believe the Vietnamese one is wrong, the words should be switched around.
EDIT: Hmm. Apparently Vietnamese wikipedia has Bong Da rather than Da Bong. Weird, all the Vietnamese people I've ever known and all the Vietnamese media I've come across tend to have Da Bong. Might be a Vietnamese refugee thing.
EDIT: Hmm. Apparently Vietnamese wikipedia has Bong Da rather than Da Bong. Weird, all the Vietnamese people I've ever known and all the Vietnamese media I've come across tend to have Da Bong. Might be a Vietnamese refugee thing.
Domen
Misico dux Vandalorum
warpus said:
Nope, it is still "piłka nożna".
What people call football in different places around the world.
Mind you, the Polish one isn't fully correct, as a lot more people use the literal translation of "football" - pilka nozna - "Ball of the foot", instead of Futbol. But maybe things have changed since I left?
"Sacar" is the best
(or Saker is, but that is too far away).
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