Back in high school history, I remember saying that what I wanted was a sort of interactive diagram of world history, represented as a graph -- nodes for major events, edges for processes and influences. I could never quite figure out how one would make that work, though, because I would *also* want it to show simultaneity and at least an abstract version of geographic relationships between events.
EDIT: Hmm... I think what would make that work is a map or globe, with annotations showing current processes and arrows showing major cross-regional influences. Examples of these might be "increasing dissatisfaction with the monarchy" or "colonization of X by Y". Then you could scrub forward or back in time. Showing events would be harder in this view; maybe have them fade in and out over time. But then you have to somehow indicate whether they're coming or going. :-)
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Date: 2023-10-13 09:37 pm (UTC)EDIT: Hmm... I think what would make that work is a map or globe, with annotations showing current processes and arrows showing major cross-regional influences. Examples of these might be "increasing dissatisfaction with the monarchy" or "colonization of X by Y". Then you could scrub forward or back in time. Showing events would be harder in this view; maybe have them fade in and out over time. But then you have to somehow indicate whether they're coming or going. :-)