The History of the World: Every Year (3800BC-Present)

The History of the World: Every Year (3800BC-Present)
by davidjl/davidjl123
More information (including sources, music, etc.):
rentry.org/dav...
NOTE(S):
Vassals/protectorates are not shown separately (as a general rule).
There will be perceived inaccuracies! It is unrealistic for a project of this scale to be 100% accurate. There will also be simplifications/oversimplifications for time & sanity's sake. You can constructively point anything you think I missed.
Many areas are derived or "traced" from other creators. A primary point of creating this project was (and still is) to see what it would look like if the creations of the videomapping community were put together in one world video. Although there are many areas that are indeed completely original, I do not claim every pixel as my own original work.
This video shows actual control (as a general rule), which means unrecognized countries will appear if de facto control was established.
Areas will be "blank" until state-level entities form (as a general rule)
Ancient lakes/coastlines, modern reservoirs, etc. may be anachronistic.
Video may be subject to artifacts.
I already know about the Minoans, unfortunately the video is already uploaded and I can't add any missing things now. I have to make it a blacklisted word because for some reason a lot of people still try to point this out despite this already being addressed
Ideally the video would have had nation name labels on the map itself, but it is virtually impossible as 1) have to sacrifice territory visibility, 2) there is no convenient way to add labels onto each of the thousands of image files and 3) labels made within the video editor would bloat the video project exponentially. Hopefully the nation pixel rankings are better than nothing at all as a compromise. :)

[@davidjl]

The History of the World: Every Year (3800BC-Present) (read the description for more information) In a project with as large of a scope as this there will always be missing things, but I hope you will be able to appreciate it. Please thoroughly read the description before making a judgement ^^ Music list is also in the description

[@davidjl]

More information (including sources, music, statements, etc.): rentry.org/davidjl_worldhistory

[@ollierox9]

this is actually epic

[@guillermo.mserrano]

Don't want to be a party pooper because this is amazing (a masterpiece), but please do note that paleo-coastlines have important changes not just in the Persian Gulf, but also in all major deltas and in the Netherlands.

[@davidjl]

​@@guillermo.mserranoTy just added a line in the description acknowledging this

[@lunix8661]

Now this is awesome! This will be famous very soon

[@Juxtaposed_IRL]

This is why youtube exists. To store history and data and make it as accessible as possible to the public. Thank you for your dedication.

[@RonaldoFan-b9w]

Made for messi greatness to be

[@NinoDesbordes256]

​@@RonaldoFan-b9wRonaldo better SUUUIIIIIIIIII

[@savme37]

Yeah but this also causes misinformation to spread rapidly.

[@Slapbattler666]

@@NinoDesbordes256 pele better

[@Aaron-fj1gr]

❤❤❤

[@PearlHarbor1941]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="435">7:15</a> I wonder if that red dot in Italy will do anything notable

[@divineanimator8044]

12:26 greatest in the world

[@Luke-y3w]

I doubt it, it’s just a city.. no way it’d beat Carthage or anything

[@iceteazen]

16:31 this too tiny Kingdom of Asturias will gave birth to Portugal and Spain the first global empires.

[@sterlingsimmons2212]

The map just shows that empires or states emerge out of nowhere and can rapidly become a world power.

[@turtol6494]

@@sterlingsimmons2212 They could back then

[@VologdaMapping]

A true masterpiece

[@invertigo5706]

fr, i cant imagine the time, effort, and research is made to do this

[@xeno9889]

yooo vologda mapping!!! im a big fan of

[@SirBoggins]

Agreed; your one on Middle-Earth was fantastic tho 👏🏼

[@Theegghorse]

QUITE

[@liamtgreat]

Oh hey there

[@Patriasburg]

This is the type of stuff that should get popular, words cannot describe how amazing this project is! Five years and it was worth it

[@sevball9735]

The music intensifying the moment Alexander's empire collapsed was amazing lmao

[@senarmstrongfanaccount]

why does this thing have just 313 views? one of the most high quality videos i’ve seen to date. *especially* respect you putting breakaways, conflicts and unofficial states on the map. this needs 313 million views instead edit: ok mb everyone, yes i was excited, yes it grew overtime, i was just very impressed when i saw it

[@Ossian_Milk]

The video has just been posted, it will grow its views will grow overtime.

[@sldsldsld828]

Don't worry, now it have 800 views and will be more.

[@ghostv1999]

This video will be very Popular Just wait

[@grasstails9737]

it has been less than 2 days just wait

[@That-One-Guy855]

It has 2.55K at my time of commenting (14:40,11th September 2024)

[@АлександрЗаборин-з7у]

This video is nothing short of a masterpiece. Five years of dedication have resulted in the most detailed historical timeline I’ve ever encountered - a dynamic world map showing the shifting borders of civilizations and nations, year by year, from 3800 BCE to 2024. It’s an incredible journey through history, beautifully presented and accompanied by an excellent soundtrack that makes it even more immersive. Truly inspiring work - a must-watch for history enthusiasts and anyone who appreciates sheer brilliance in visual storytelling!

[@TheRotnflesh]

There is no recognition of the Americas until colonial Spain began a lengthy (and the most successful) gen0cide in history: 5,000 years of south American civilization was wiped out in the resulting Spanish Inquisition and its iconoclasm of all 'barbaric and unChristian things' in the Americas. Millions of books, statues, temples, cities, and bloodlines were burnt off the surface of the Earth. Not a single mention of the years before this, in this video. How is that a masterpiece? I haven't even begun mentioning the Tower of Jericho (8,000 BCE) nor Gobekli Tepe (11,600 BCE), Bonkuclu Tarla, or any of the other DOZENS of sites across the Anatolian landscape and the Levant...some archaeologists consider that region of Gobekli Tepe to have been a supercivilization, sprawling across thousands of square kilometers in potentially hundreds of small city-like villages surrounding temples of megalithic construction. All of that predates Egypt, Sumer, and Harappa/Indus-Valley by entire millennia. In between those eras we have the early Holocene, which seems to have been a shitty time to live; most megalithic stuff is crude and unsophisticated until (it seems) right before modern history begins. Which was right after the proposed Burckle Impact in the Indian Ocean, an event which would have ended evolving civilizations much like the Younger Dryas ended the supercivilization in the Levant/Anatolia. Just a few thoughts I wanted to share!

[@EmperorStew]

I think those 5 years were worth it. This is one of the best mapping videos ive ever seen

[@TheRotnflesh]

Except there is no recognition of Olmecs, Quechua, Mayan, Incan, or Aztec 'World History'. Nor is there acknowledgement of Native American civilization until colonization; the fact that Native Americans did not smelt steel or process concrete does not deny them civilization-status: They had organized government, social rights and stratification, argiculture, continuity of history, religion, and everything else that makes up a civilization (economy notwithstanding; they had 'medium of exchange' and the concept of property rights was vague and can be easily associated with the spiritual/religious practices of the various tribes). Sorry to say: Not including any of this is a huge glaring oversight; Caral-Supe has the oldest pyramid on Earth, and there are more pyramids in South America than the rest of the world combined. What makes it even more mysterious is that many sites (like Machu Picchu) are designed almost exactly like Egyptian megaliths, and those sites are in granite or andesite, much like Egypt or Anatolia (circa 3,500 BCE or earlier; later civilizations didn't seem able to cut megalithic/polygonal granite/andesite/basalt; that art was lost or abandoned in lieu of limestone, sandstone, alabaster, and marble)

[@bennyboy5949]

I cannot imagine how much effort went into this, your channel is criminally underrated. I love how you also showed all the modern civil wars and how the world map isn’t actually as stable as most people think. But I do think it might be worth making an alternative version with the countries labeled on the map itself, I did have a pretty hard time figuring out the names of the ancient civilizations, and after a certain point I just gave up. The map does look cleaner without labels, but it also makes it a lot harder to understand.

[@FunkyPhilYT]

Great work! I knew the creator was an EU4 fan when I saw the colors for certain major nations, but then hearing the EU4 battle music right around 1400 really drove that point home. Fantastic easter egg there! I think it's time to start a new aggressive Brandenburg save.

[@Brandon-c6f]

One of the best mapping videos I’ve ever seen. I can see why this took 5 years to make. I’ve been in this community for 7 years and this is probably one of the 5 best mapping videos I’ve ever seen, Fantastic job man.

[@micahistory]

Dude this is incredible. I remember first watching Ollie bye's history of the world 7 years ago but I am so glad that now someone else has made a video on this topic. I can't even imagine the amount of time and effort this must have taken. Bravo!

[@infinitememegod]

Absolutely brilliant, the detail is insane. You can see every individual rebellion play out and waring states periods in places like Japan and chin are really accurate! Incredible job.

[@bennyboy5949]

I’ve watched this like 5x already. The attention to detail is insane, I like how you showed North American colonies were claimed before they were actually conquered. I also liked how you showed conflicts where the invaders only control the roads/rail, like in Manchuria and Afghanistan.

[@БаторСамбуев-б3э]

Когда американские оккупанты что то контролируют почему то не указано. Ну это же другое.🤣🤣🤣

[@bennyboy5949]

@@БаторСамбуев-б3э It shows American occupation plenty of times, what are you talking about? 25:48 Liberia 🇱🇷 26:21 Cuba 🇨🇺, Philippines 🇵🇭, and China 🇨🇳 26:29 Honduras 🇭🇳, Nicaragua 🇳🇮, Haiti 🇭🇹, and the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 26:32 Russia 🇷🇺 26:46 Germany 🇩🇪, Japan 🇯🇵, and South Korea 🇰🇷 27:17 Iraq 🇮🇶

[@rockwoodenthusiast]

This deserves to have all the recognition in the world, even showed the kursk incursion. Insane attention to detail bravo my friend

[@urbainleverrier1]

Dude, you are terribly underrated. Your videos are amazing, and I for one am a big fan of your music choices. Nice job!

[@EuroballProductions]

This might just be the most UNDERRATED thing I've EVER seen on KZbin!

[@GeorgeLarryMIBU]

This is REALLY accurate, like the Caliphate civil wars, to the Chinese states battling eachother and the Indian empires weren't forgotten and most sizes are accurate, and you didn't leave out a lot of Africa and the Americas, so that's nice. Salam and appreciate it from Uzbekistan, History is the best (And it isn't just the 1900s world war fanboys)

[@Koopinator]

This is one of the best things I've ever seen, thank you so much. (I saw this a few days ago but now I'm got back from vacation onto my home computer and onto my account)

[@impytheimperialist]

holy shit this is SO much better, like INFINITELY better than that one really popular one by geography and space, the details are off the fucking charts, the borders actually look genuinely accurate AAAA OH MY GOD ITS SO GOOD

[@Tyler-ze4tg]

Not only did you map all of world history, but you even mapped EVERY MODERN CIVIL WAR????

[@Ucedo95]

Even the Roman civil wars.

[@peterbrown4677]

Not all of history they started about 80 thousand years late lmao 3:09

[@cshairydude]

​@@peterbrown4677There was no history that long ago. Before the first civilisations it's prehistory.

[@kaastermdk]

unironically i think this may be the best depiction of south america in a mapping video. Great video

[@Geo07ism]

Mind staggering accuracy and great music, well done. Also as a Greek, thank you for using the same colour for Greece as for the Eastern Roman Empire

[@RLGMapper]

You really deserve more views for this enormus project, massive support!

[@thanosandnobill3789]

720 AD. Caliphate "Who cares for those guys still resisting in north Spain they are tiny" >> Flash forward 1000 years later!

[@MrSchullP]

5 years, the best mapping I have ever seen, thousands of details, incredible

[@dapperduncle1972]

Absolutely Amazing man! Love from the land of Achaemenid, Parthians, Sassanids and Safavids 🇮🇷

[@Mr-8-Ball-88]

Hey! I saw you on some other stuff like the Zoroastrian religion video and some history about persia. It's good to see you here too.

[@FixterSuper]

Safavis havent anything clues with Iran its Azeri/Kurds history

[@HMJAA]

الصفوين والبارثيين من العراق😂😂

[@The_lastfallen]

​@HMJAA both names is farsi !!!

[@Hitmnn]

​@@HMJAA joke😂😂😂😂😂

[@ChippyMapping]

This video is so awesome man! It's awesome how far mapping has come in the past few years.

[@Sabyrcus]

Really cool that something like this was put together, great job

[@SandNukes]

The pixel counter is very smart, good work

[@kuluametin2]

Well, that's not correct, because on the map, the same pixel in the north or south does not actually have the same area as the one in the middle.

[@Jake100animations]

Wow! no words, this is just so incredible!!! good job :D rly epic, so many information, you included even Oxus for example

[@johnmann1ify]

Well done the Mappers. Good work. I’ve watched a few of these and they’re brilliant.

[@kavinska]

This is absolutely amazing and astonishing, this must've taken such a large effort to do over such a large period of time, yet as of now there are only 237 views.

[@Eitner100]

Thank you so much! Watching this and thinking there is stability, one nation after another appear and disappear. Amazing information.

[@djjanezick5588]

Just when I thought I could go a week without thinking about the Roman Empire...No, seriously, awesome video. You deserve to be rewarded

[@DavidGidey]

I Kinda want to explore the Arabian Desert now. Edit: I commend you and your team's work. This is the most accurate map of the world I've seen so far and proves that it took a very long time to commit towards. Everything, and I mean everything, is so accurately detailed. It's almost like I saw every shifting geopolitical conflict in recorded human history playing in real time. I had to stop at over thirty marks throughout the video noting to myself how a land demarcation changed due to an insurgency, rebellion, civil war, succession crisis, secession, annexation, etc. Seriously man, keep it up. You did an amazing job!

[@Keykhosrau]

WOW. This is an insane amount of detail. You have all the Igbo/Yoruba kingdoms as well as the Chaubisi/Baisi Rajyas here aswell. Insane stuff.

[@Unhominido]

This is a massive amount of work. Amazing.

[@delishboy9248]

crazy how in less than 100 years the world population went from 1.9b to 8b

[@jonnygzz1631]

I couldn't pay attention after there was 100 million 😭

[@刘永红-n5i]

南美洲的高产作物的传播，玉米，土豆，木薯，西红柿，辣椒……

[@2020-h3e]

​@@刘永红-n5i 중국은 고대부터 식량생산이 풍족했습니까?

[@GrzegorzusLudi]

It's also crazy to me that the population of the world during the start of the civilization in Middle East was roughly the same as my country (around 40 million).

[@idktbhwtf-k9i]

@@2020-h3e india and china have the most fertile lands for agriculture in the world hence they have always been heavily populated

[@byzantiummapping9899]

I remember watching these type of videos that got millions of views but DAMN this is underrated. Best mapping video in recent times seen, this deserves millions of views honestly. Amazing video, It's very well done.

[@coocoostryker]

Five years in the making paid off. Impressive, all there logically is to say is that your works are definitely very high quality and very appealing to the eye and very rewatchable.

[@Young5519]

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE MASTERPEICE

[@YesCoolRo]

I love how it has a leaderboard like thing (Edit, after watching the video, I have to say this is amazing. I love all the detail that has been put into this especially the de facto at the end. I can say that this is better than the very popular history of the world by Ollie bye. Good job!, also when I saw this it only had 300/500 views lol)

[@luissanpablo5092]

Amazing detail and quality. Seems very accurate, congrats on the masterpiece you just made!!! Hopefully, this gets more views than 71k as it deserves millions just by the work you have put into this.

[@JoanneTarhan]

I love this! I wish I could stop it at anytime and then cursor over the color to get the populace name, sometimes it is hard to differentiate the colors. But Great Work! Subscribed

[@StephenSi-f4r]

This is too good to be a single video, you should probably make it in your website so that everyone can see which country where in every year

[@pupsikkhan]

This has yet to blow up in views, truly an astonishing masterpiece

[@JoanneTarhan]

Again love this! But since it is not interactive, maybe adding really small numbers on each area would help when it is hard to color differentiate... subscribed

[@davefranklyn7730]

Great job! Enjoyed. Some of the colors in the earlier maps were confusing, but all out A+!

[@MappingEmpire]

One of the most impressive and detailed mapping videos ever!

[@ImperatorAugustus]

One of the best mapping videos in history 👍. Years from now this video will be considered as one of the most important mapping videos in mapping history.

[@harveymakwork5403]

Awesome dedication, feels like a real timeskip of crusader kings 3

[@hui-hui9921]

this is amazing! Honestly Meso-america/Peru deserve their own separate video where they can occupy the whole screen!!!

[@heremapping4484]

It's on my channel, this whole video is a compilation of the most accurate mapping videos.

[@pcs322]

Glad this video is blowing up, i've always wanted something like this. thanks for doing this project

[@ASMapping]

Absolutely amazing! Love it

[@Just_A_Guy_Here.]

Now this is up to my expectations of a great world history timeline video. All it needs is slight sea level changes shown across the world, ethnic timeline, continental drift, nah I'm kidding on those three especially the last one, but still this video is up to my expectations.

[@Italian_Mapper]

This video is a masterpiece, finally someone made a proper history of the world i love it so much thank you for making this it looks incredible. This might actually be the best video I've ever seen

[@eniascika3050]

I know you

[@eniascika3050]

Ur videos

[@ItalianRomaFan]

Hi italian mapper

[@peterbrown4677]

Except the world didn’t start in 3609 BC so not accurate and missing about 80 thousand yrs

[@peterbrown4677]

Not a proper history the world started almost 100 thousand yrs before 3800 BC

[@eddiedoesstuff872]

Beautiful man! I’ve been waiting for a more modern history of the world vid! Great work

[@Igxana]

Great video, i hope it gets more views. I really like the addition of the pixel count. Its an accurate way of showing how big each country really was

[@kotaro9296]

Awesome!! And I like that the BGM around 1400 is from EU4.

[@raduomega9923]

Respect for this guy! He spent 5 YEARS! For this VIDEO THiS MAN NEEDS MORE RECONITON HE SHOUD AT LEAST HAVE 1M subscribers

[@magnussongstad6733]

What an absolutely impressive display! Very taken with the accuracy and timeline. There will allways be, someone that opposes you in the very details. Make that a positive. History- Geography- Politics

[@Glazay-5603]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1290">21:30</a> Was that the Plague. Also AWESOME VIDEO. Definitely payed off. Love this so so much.

[@pietreks3409]

What a beautiful piece of work, insane detail, I love it so much. One of the greatest autism projects I ever saw, I kneel.

[@Venemapping]

5 years to make this video. Big respect bro

[@xeno9889]

This is a master-piece, literally like this is my new favorite video on KZbin now 🌟🌟🌟

[@Saucy9049]

I absolutely love the quality of this video homie. I’ll be looking forward for future vids

[@gabrielelausdei1912]

What a colossal work! 5 years of pure commitment

[@tundra4057]

Such incredible work! Absolutely outstandingly well done!

[@MrBallerinakaka]

Wow! It Took Five Years to Make! It Was Fantastic Project for You! ^^

[@BlazeMaestro]

Damn, this is amazing! It deserves way more views. It's very well done. Awesome video!

[@The_Great_Mahratta]

Seeing this after going through several videos of the same, this one is of premium quality!

[@ThatQingMapper]

This needs to go viral

[@jamessullivan4164]

This was fantastic thanks for sharing this passion project of yours

[@bakubread9308]

the way you timed the rise of Alexander the Great's empire with the intensifying of Fódlan Winds and then it explodes when the beat drops was fantastic

[@ВладиславХуторний-в7т]

bro, this is an insane amount of work ! Congrats !

[@ALebaneseMapper]

this def gonna get like 1 million views

[@trevorphilips3724]

Amazing work dude, thank you

[@KINGONE6XIV]

I love that you added eu4 music around its start date

[@hf_61]

finally accurate China history map in KZbin, Good Job!

[@Lea_Avi]

Starting the vid off with the Dragonspine combat theme was a good move. Banger tbh

[@peterbrown4677]

The video started about 80 thousand yrs to late.

[@gamerjosh2297]

this is really high quality and i love the fact he included when ireland colonised west scotland (the colony was a bit bigger but it was in the vid so idc)

[@tedluis943]

For most part of human history, the American continent was dominated for civilizations in Mexico and Peru. Peruvians and Mexicans, feel proud of your cultural heritage, in the past, your territories gave birth to regional superpowers.

[@JordyJ.]

Guatemala is the one that had the best Mayan civilization

[@tedluis943]

@@JordyJ. Aztecs/Mayas and Incas

[@UnisonTheUnicornYT]

How does this only have 235k views? this deserves way more attention!

[@spencerm5612]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="570">9:30</a> the drop before Alexander's empire breaks up was awesome

[@GeorgeLarryMIBU]

9:26

[@DailyKosia]

Fantastic work! Of course, it's very hard to make it 100% accurate, but it contains plenty of important information and details. Congratulations, and it deserves many views

[@rimantasri4578]

I mean I am just blown away by the fact that each freaking year there appears to be happening incredible amounts of land exchange / occupation of various countries in the world! Especially before 1500! Each year!

[@patricioodwyer]

truly amazing the thoroughness of your work.

[@WageehHistory]

The video is very wonderful my friend Wow I am from Egypt the owner of the greatest civilization in history 😊

[@bluetophatanimations]

So many years spent on this masterpiece and only 9k views? This is unacceptable. You need a million views- no, 10 million views!

[@Gustavo_VoltBia]

Seriously, congratulations. I think you've made one of the best and most detailed videos in this style, and to think that there are people who spend years working on a project on this subject, makes me really happy.

[@Solo_Tree]

Excellent work very accurate to my knowledge.

[@LBS1422]

This video is really great, all those 5 years put into this. But next time I recommend you use the 8K Bam map or you could use the Gigamap (16K) or even the Examap if you dare (43K) since the Q-Bam map is inaccurate in some places but otherwise you made a great video!

[@lunix8661]

Awesome great video, the amount of work put into this is just crazy!!! this will be famous very soon

[@eniascika3050]

This guys top videos have 900k views from 12 years ago he definitely has a chance

[@alexandroskefalas4802]

Amazing work, can't wait to see more from you!!

[@a.d.t.mapping]

Knowing the stated goal of this vid, I think it's absolutely brilliant! But if anyone here thinks about trying to trace this, PLEASE don't, the borders and dates and even entire nations in the case of the ancient period are somewhat inaccurate since it's just a compilation of other mapping vids

[@a.d.t.mapping]

also this vid gives me an excuse to get my ass out of hiatus and finally finish the eastern med vid lol

[@CarlosQuesadaR]

Outstanding work!

[@RPGMITRA]

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