Tuesday, October 3, 2006

5,000 Years of Conflict

Lest you think that strife in the Middle East is a fairly recent problem, the folks at Maps of War have created a flash animation showing just how many different Empires have claimed the same pieces of real estate:

9 commentitos:

clu said...

Cool clip. Would have been better with some "Smack my bitch up!"

atari said...

very interesting

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Anonymous said...

Very cool, and now what is the next empire, Nort Korea mmmmmm?

Ra Ra Sis Boom Bah said...

Well it's obvious to me now that the Egyptians are the first true inhabitants of the middle east.

So I hearby demand on behalf of the Nation of Egypt and of the Pharohs, that all other governments and religious leaders vacate the premisise immediately or face grave retaliation.

There, that should settle things down over there.

Elly said...

That is really really neat.

Shiggy said...

Neat, yes. Very. I likee.

Loubnani said...

not very accurate. for example the phoenicians were not mentioned.

FuzzyDave said...

True. But let's be fair: The Phoenicians were pussies.