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[Steve Netwriter]

Few people realise they are living through history.
I wonder how many people realised they were living through momentous times while they were happening.

I often think people gain a poor world view based on their very short lifespan and experiences.

This is an amazing site: http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/

I think some of the images from this site and others put things into perspective.

For example, from http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2008/0...rice-1791-2007/




And from http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2008/0...e-of-world-gdp/




And finally what must be the most amazing chart, from http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000453.php

4000 years of world history

[Steve Netwriter]

No I am wrong, it is not the most amazing chart.

Here are some amazing charts     

A collection of images of various periods of history
http://chaos1.hypermart.net/fullsize.htm

Here are a couple of bits as examples:







Then there is this:

Grand Unified Timeline of Human History
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grand_Unifi...f_Human_History


And this looks just amazing. I wish there were bigger pictures:

World History Timeline
http://www.history-timeline.com/en

[Ologhai Jones]

Have a look at the chart of population (native against non-native) in the bottom-left corner of this image: U.S. History 1492-1750.

[Steve Netwriter]

Have a look at the chart of population (native against non-native) in the bottom-left corner of this image: U.S. History 1492-1750.

Yes I noticed that  

[CIGA]

No I am wrong, it is not the most amazing chart.

Here are some amazing charts     

A collection of images of various periods of history
http://chaos1.hypermart.net/fullsize.htm

Just check out each period eg http://chaos1.hypermart.net/fullsize/ancivfs.gif


Then there is this:

Grand Unified Timeline of Human History
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grand_Unifi...f_Human_History


And this looks just amazing. I wish there were bigger pictures:

World History Timeline
http://www.history-timeline.com/en

Thankyou very much.

These links are amazing.

[Matt]

[Layman]

And this looks just amazing. I wish there were bigger pictures:

World History Timeline
http://www.history-timeline.com/en

# Overview of nearly 13.7 billion years of universal history
# 4,6 billion years of Evolution

Of course, if McCain and Palin win the election, Palin will have it banned and silently replaced with a Creationist version.

[CIGA]

Steve,

I definitely think this deserves to be in your pinned 'collection of favoured threads'

[Steve Netwriter]

Steve,

I definitely think this deserves to be in your pinned 'collection of favoured threads'

Done
And I've added a couple of bits as examples to encourage people to look at them.

[GTG]

Some great finds there Steve, thanks.

[Ologhai Jones]

Yes I noticed that  

Did your post previous to mine always contain the 'native / non-native population' chart when I posted about it.

If it was, I'm just amazed I missed it in your post... Old age, I suppose...  

Ahem.

So, er... sorry, were you saying something?  

[Steve Netwriter]

Did your post previous to mine always contain the 'native / non-native population' chart when I posted about it.

If it was, I'm just amazed I missed it in your post... Old age, I suppose...  

Ahem.

So, er... sorry, were you saying something?  

No you're OK, not senile yet    

I added the two as I thought otherwise people might not investigate that link.
And yes I picked the one you mentioned

[Steve Netwriter]

A visual history of UK interest rates.

Interest rates through the ages
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/interac...t-rates-history

Example point:

[THEBIGMAN]

Here's an image... um... of some text. From 1980.

[attachment=856:TimesArticle.jpg]

Plus ca change...