Meanwhile Map
what else was happening in the world at the same time
About Meanwhile Map
Browse historical events from Wikipedia and Wikidata on a period-correct OpenHistoricalMap.
In the maker’s words
When reading a history book, I sometimes have a hard time internalizing when the events are taking place. Sure, I know the dates, but it takes a bit of effort to put them in a broader context, to understand where in history they belong. What usually helps is to put them in relation to other contemporaneous events. To play around with this, I've made Meanwhile Map. You select a date and a time window, then scroll around the world map to see a list of contemporaneous events. For example, yes, the Mughal Empire was founded by Babur in the 1520s, but it paints a different picture in my head when I see that this roughly coincides with Cortés' capture of Tenochtitlan, or that it's close to the Siege of Vienna. Example link: https://meanwhilemap.com/#y=1520&m=1&span=120&off=founded,pe... On the technical side, the app is a single static web page. It uses Wikidata for data (via SPARQL) and OpenH…
Where people found it
- Hacker NewsShow HN: Meanwhile Map – what else was happening in the world at the same time4 points1 comments8 hours ago
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