12.20.2006

Awesome

And fascinating.

This.

7 comments:

Dan said...

Wow.

I thought there were two Crusader Kingdoms. Or did one utterly fail to establish any holdings?

Pat said...

There were four actual Crusades.

I suspect they lumped them together due to time constraints.

I've been wondering about something exactly like this map for a few months now. Particularly for Europe - where I'd like to see what the various lesser groups controlled and when - relative to one another. How far did the Celts get? Visigoths? Etc.

Dan said...

Sounds like somebody's up for a rigorous round of Castle Risk.

Pat said...

Nope. Just have a hard time keeping all the various groups in the right place and the right time.

C.F. Bear said...

The Mongols had the largest empire. Wow! What was the name of the Ass.... Empire? I bet they were a bunch of ass holes?

Interesting stuff.

Pat said...

A freaky percentage of people in Eastern Europe and the old Soviet Union have Genghis Khan's DNA. He was prolific to say the least.

To misquote The Police - it's your destiny to be the king of ass.

Dan said...

Ghengis Khan prolific; thus, the Ghengis Khan Genetic Fitness Test (unfortunately, no longer active).