Atlases of world history (English)

Divergent times: how much is our perception of history distorted by the atlases of world history we study? This data visualization compares 3 famous atlases of world history and finds a series of distorted chronologies, key topics, event durations and continent coverage for each textbook, upon a 50 year basis. 50-year period Atlases of world history vertical size = topic importance (% of paragraphs per éach 50-year period) society religion politics events are scaled according to the textbook time ranğe allocated to a specifič historical period line every 250 years < > line every 50 years war De Agostini Atlas of world 2000 a.C. history colour code + topic еconoту 50-year period size = % of textbook pages allocated for each 50 years of the actual period Ancient Egypt 1000 Roman Empire European Colonialism WI WWII 10000 1000 2000 d.C. upper > timeline is distorted (according to atlas content) actual > timeline 10000 2000 1750 1500 1250 1000 750 500 250 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 key topics for each 50-year period (according to atlas content) continent Coverage for each 50-year period (according to atlas content) Europe Africa Asia Oceania N. America S. America Garzanti Atlas of world history Ancient Egypt 2000 a.C. 1000 Roman Empire WWI European Colonialism WWI 1000 2000 d.C. 10000 10000 2000 1750 1500 1250 1000 750 500 250 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 Europe Africa "Asia Oceania N. America S. America Zanichelli Atlas of world 2000 a.C. 1000 WWI Ancient Egypt Roman Empire European Colonialism WWI history 10000 1000 2000 d.C. 10000 2000 1750 1500 1250 1000 750 500 250 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 Europe Africa "Asia Oceania N. America S. America