The map above clearly shows when Egypt has and hasn’t been ruled by Egyptians. Overall, it’s been ruled by Egyptians for 2,194 years (42.8% of the time) and non-Egyptians for 2,930 years (57.2%) of the time.
Where is the north/south divide? [Map Men]
Main Summary
- 🤔 The north/south divide in England has historical roots dating back to the Viking invasion, leading to suspicion and stereotypes between the two regions.
- 🏠 The north/south divide in England can have significant impacts on house prices, education, and life expectancy.
- 🌍 A proper academic study by Professor Danny Dorling took cultural and economic factors into account to determine the north/south divide in the UK.
- 🌐 The concept of the north/south divide is subjective and can vary depending on different perspectives and interpretations.
- 🌍 The north-south divide is a global phenomenon, affecting countries like New Zealand, Italy, the USA, and many others.
Mappa Mundi: the worst world map? [Map Men]
Key insights
- 🗺️ The 13th century Hereford Mappa Mundi is orientated with East at the top, which is why it looks nothing like the actual world.
- 🗺️ There are no oceans, and only three continents, And THIS is supposed to be Britain!
- 🌍 Ptolemy’s map of the known world in 100 AD challenges the idea that ancient civilizations lacked scientific knowledge.
- 🗺️ The Hereford Mappa Mundi seeks to portray a global Christian hegemony by charting the history of creation, the soul’s journey to the afterlife, and predicting the end of the world.
How to Split a City in Half (Berlin) By City Beautiful
Key insights
- 🏗️ Political ideology clashed with city planning realities when the Iron Curtain split Berlin in two, impacting the lives of 3 million people.
- 🕰️ 1948 was the year when everything changed for Berlin and where the split really happens.
- ✈️ The Berlin Airlift provided 1,500 tons of food and 3,500 tons of coal each day to the 2 million people within the Western zone by air.
- 🚰 East Germany disconnected all essential services connecting West Berlin, including electrical lines, telephone lines, bus and tram services, and water pipes, creating a divide between the two sides.
- 🧠 The Berlin Wall was built to put an end to the defector loophole and cut off all daily trips between East and West Berlin.
- 🚧 The Berlin Wall extended to the transit system below ground, with several stations becoming ghost stations and one station, Friedrichstrasse, remaining open as a checkpoint.
- 🎉 The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 ended West Berlin’s relative isolation, leading to the celebration of the city’s reunification.
95% Of Plastic Polluting The World’s Oceans Comes From These 10 Rivers
The map above shows a rather stunning fact, 95% of the plastic found in the ocean comes from just 10 rivers. The data comes from a 2017 research paper titled: Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea.
British & Irish Words For Mother: Mum, Mom & Everything Else
The 7 maps here show how people in the UK and Ireland refer to their mothers. From Mum to Mom and everything in between. Full credit to Star Key comics for creating all of them.
Bir Tawil – the land that nobody wants (Map Men #1)
The video above is the first in the Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones Map Men series. The area they discuss is Bir Tawil. See a map below:
Video Summary:
The video titled “Bir Tawil – the land that nobody wants” discusses the unique situation of Bir Tawil, a piece of land between Egypt and Sudan that is unusual because neither country claims it. Here’s a summary of the video:
- Introduction to Bir Tawil: The video starts by introducing Bir Tawil, a piece of land about the size of London, located in the disputed border area between Egypt and Sudan. It is notable because, unlike most disputed territories, nobody wants to claim it.
- Historical Background: The situation in Bir Tawil is traced back to the British colonial era. The British drew a straight line in the desert to demarcate the border, ignoring tribal boundaries. Later, in 1902, they drew a new line to better reflect cultural differences, resulting in two borders: a straight one and a squiggly one.
- The Hala’ib Triangle Dispute: The creation of these two borders led to a dispute over the Hala’ib Triangle, a valuable area that both Egypt and Sudan wanted to control. Egypt claimed the straight line border, while Sudan claimed the squiggly line. The unique situation arose where if either country claimed Bir Tawil, they would have to relinquish their claim to the more valuable Hala’ib Triangle.
- Bir Tawil’s Status: As a result, Bir Tawil remains the only territory in the world where both neighboring nations insist it’s not theirs. This has led to it being internationally recognized as terra nullius, meaning ‘land belonging to no one’.
- Attempts to Claim Bir Tawil: The video mentions a 2014 incident where an American named Jeremiah Heaton traveled to Bir Tawil and claimed it so his daughter could be a princess. However, due to a lack of United Nations recognition and recognition from any other country, such claims are not taken seriously.
- Conclusion: The video concludes by reiterating the unique status of Bir Tawil as a piece of land with literally nothing in it, which remains unclaimed due to the surrounding geopolitical situation.
The video provides an interesting insight into the complexities of territorial disputes and the unusual circumstances that can arise from colonial-era border decisions.
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England and Wales East/West Divide By Population
The map above is the companion to England’s North/South Divide Based Only On Population, expect this time splitting the England and Wales East/West rather than North/South based on 2021 census numbers on official county borders.
England’s North/South Divide Based Only On Population
The map above show’s England’s North South divide based solely on where 50% of the population live based on the 2021 census using official county border.
The blue areas has 50.25% of the population or 28.3 million people and the red areas have 49.75% of the population or 28.1 million people.
19 World Maps In The Style of Famous Artists
The 19 maps below were all created by AI image tool Midjourney. I asked it to create a world map in the style of each artist and here’s what it came up with:
1. Gustav Klimt
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