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Calculating Empires - A Genealogy of Technology and Power Since 1500 is a ginormous diagram of science and technology. The screen shot is like 0.3% of the whole image.
I'm panning over this drawing and most of it is drawings of devices along with descriptions, but then I come across this section with a whole bunch of vertical lines and no pictures, so I investigate and find these little tidbits:
- In 1925, when the British Empire was at its peak, they controlled 24% of the land on Earth.
- In 1960, when the USSR was at its peak, they controlled 17% of the land on Earth.
Via Indiana Thomas
That's a great piece of work but it would take a week to understand it all.
ReplyDeleteBetween 1816 and 2011 120 national leaders were removed by foreign powers.
Hitler and axis leaders makes sense but 120?
The US intervened in 81 foreign elections between 1946 and 2000 primarily covertly.
But that's ok because we're the good guys.
xoxoxoBruce