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We’ve decided to develop a map-guessing game that turns much of our existing content into an interactive experience.
The goal is simple: grow our brand while making geography education more engaging and fun.
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Europe in 1618: a patchwork of empires and hundreds of small states, about to tip into 30 years of war. The map before the storm.
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6/ The toll: modern estimates run from 4.5 to 8 million dead, mostly civilians. Some German regions reported population drops of over half, though that includes people who fled.
Was this a religious war or a power struggle in disguise? Follow @forummapping for more maps like this.
Historians estimate Mansa Musa of Mali may have been the richest person in history — his gold spending on one pilgrimage disrupted Cairo's economy for years (1324).
Watch the swastika get pushed off the map in four snapshots as Allied forces swept across France in the summer of 1944.
England executed a king in 1649. Eleven years later it invited his son back to be king again. This is the story in between.
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6/ By 1660, with no workable alternative left, Parliament invited Charles II home. He landed at Dover that May and was crowned — the monarchy restored after an eleven-year gap that started with an execution and ended with an invitation.
7/ We go deeper on how England got to the execution in the first place — the newsletter has the full year-by-year breakdown: buttondown.com/forummapping
