Daily Archives: May 17, 2012

Europe in under Four Minutes

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This time-lapse video of a map of Europe shows how the borders of our continent changed from around AD1,000 through to 2012. We challenge you not to be transfixed as the Holy Roman Empire becomes what we know today as Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland and other countries, and Castile and Aragon are transformed into Spain. It’s like being in a history lesson again, only more fun.

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