Empires Come, Empires Go

[bjarvis]

A friend send me this link, a graphical demonstration of empires in the middle east waxing & waning over the course of 5,000 years.

I would love to see a more global map, something demonstrating the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Russian Empire, the British Empire and the American Empire, as well as possibly the Japanese Empire and perhaps the Aztec, Mayan and Incan empires. It's useful to be reminded that nothing lasts for ever (thank god).

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Phenomenal Teaching Tool

[cuyahogarvr.livejournal.com]

This is awesome. I wish I had had something like this when I was teaching Western Civilization. The problem today is most people, especially the fools in Washington have forgotten the violence of this region. It's a geo-political thing. These people just don't get along and probably never will.