It would be great to make one for all the innovations and discoveries be its technical, mathematical, etc etc. Also maybe creating some linkage or graph sort of thing for showing the discovery or invention which led or built foundation for another discovery in later years (umm not sure, might be too complex... just an idea)
I’ve been thinking about building precisely that sort of tech tree for a while, then extending it forwards in time to see if we can guess at how to work backwards from hypothetical technologies to where we are or if we can see obvious gaps
That book has always been a favorite of mine to just meander through and find interesting parallelism, but incorporating Wikipedia links as you've done adds a new dimension.
This is nice, I once did something similar for my SO to chart artworks on timeline by different geographic areas. Time was on x-axis, different geographic areas were different timelines vertically, and different art periods were colour coded.
The hardest thing was mapping approximate date descriptions (think "1st half of 17th century") into years to draw on chart.
I always enjoy these types of timeline comparisons. In cases where the results are surprising, I think it highlights that we often learn history (and science) in specific silos. The idea even comes up in memes when, for example, we learn that Martin Luther King Jr., Anne Frank and Barbra Walters would all be the same age if alive today.
I like that. Though I just skimmed it. What is missing IMO is volcanism, and how the larger eruptions overlap, maybe with a few years delay, with larger wars and epidemics, caused by misharvests. Maybe I've missed that, by only skimming?
The only eruption I have now is Mount Tambora in 1815. I looked at a couple others but wasn't sure how many to include. The effects tend to be regional.
Cool visualization! I was wondering if you could find sources for war deaths before 1800. I would be interested to see how they compared to the later wars. Also, making the icons and the labels for the categories sticky (so that they are always on the left side) would make it more useful and less cluttered.
Thanks for sharing it!
It would be great to make one for all the innovations and discoveries be its technical, mathematical, etc etc. Also maybe creating some linkage or graph sort of thing for showing the discovery or invention which led or built foundation for another discovery in later years (umm not sure, might be too complex... just an idea)
I’ve been thinking about building precisely that sort of tech tree for a while, then extending it forwards in time to see if we can guess at how to work backwards from hypothetical technologies to where we are or if we can see obvious gaps
If you are interested, would love to collaborate!
I linked this in another comment, but someone built this - https://www.historicaltechtree.com/
This is very cool!
I wonder if you took inspiration from "The Timetables of History" (https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1756160M/The_timetables_of_h...)?
That book has always been a favorite of mine to just meander through and find interesting parallelism, but incorporating Wikipedia links as you've done adds a new dimension.
This is nice, I once did something similar for my SO to chart artworks on timeline by different geographic areas. Time was on x-axis, different geographic areas were different timelines vertically, and different art periods were colour coded.
The hardest thing was mapping approximate date descriptions (think "1st half of 17th century") into years to draw on chart.
Very nice, thanks for sharing! Is the source available somewhere? Do you want contributions?
I've once built something similar for myself (still at https://github.com/fdw/timelines/), but not half as polished as yours. I like yours better ;)
The repository is open source, so you can contribute if you feel inclined.
https://github.com/SeanHollen/1300-2000
I like how your project has such a long time horizon, I'm glad you're showing it.
Another project in a similar vein that might influence you is the historical tech tree. https://www.historicaltechtree.com/ It has literally thousands of technologies all mapped together. I was curious so I calculated the most "influential" technologies: https://github.com/etiennefd/hhr-tech-tree/issues/12
Thanks, that's also a very impressive visualization. Slightly too much and confusing, but amazing nonetheless. Thanks for sharing!
I'll also have a look around your repo. And maybe I know feel inspired to put some more work into mine - thanks for the kind words.
I always enjoy these types of timeline comparisons. In cases where the results are surprising, I think it highlights that we often learn history (and science) in specific silos. The idea even comes up in memes when, for example, we learn that Martin Luther King Jr., Anne Frank and Barbra Walters would all be the same age if alive today.
I like that. Though I just skimmed it. What is missing IMO is volcanism, and how the larger eruptions overlap, maybe with a few years delay, with larger wars and epidemics, caused by misharvests. Maybe I've missed that, by only skimming?
The only eruption I have now is Mount Tambora in 1815. I looked at a couple others but wasn't sure how many to include. The effects tend to be regional.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa
I added a couple items based on the comments here.
I like it very much. I could also include the philosophical advances in the timeline and also events that are happening.
I'm thinking of building one for climate change.
I enjoyed browsing through it. One comment: the "philosophy and art" row is missing anything after 1890.
I love the design of your site
Cool visualization! I was wondering if you could find sources for war deaths before 1800. I would be interested to see how they compared to the later wars. Also, making the icons and the labels for the categories sticky (so that they are always on the left side) would make it more useful and less cluttered. Thanks for sharing it!