Spotted at ZeroHedge, the following video demands several viewings if only to see everything going on in various parts of Europe as empires ebb and flow. One particularly impressive moment in the video is when Germany becomes a unified country rather than a myriad small states and then suddenly explodes to colour the whole map as WWII takes off. Also notable is the growth of Russia as well as the incursions into Northern Europe by Denmark and Sweden and the size of the Polish/Lithuanian empire.

The only downside is the lack of a year counter but we can’t have everything can we …

I would recommend full screen to get the details.

Update – unfortunately the video has been pulled due to a copyright claim – sorry about that …

Update 2 – it’s back up again 🙂
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