tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post6067537931824028583..comments2024-01-23T17:14:04.067-05:00Comments on Jaltcoh: Europe, 1000-2005 in 3 and a half minutesJohn Althouse Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-20162949599713649082012-05-19T10:16:08.863-04:002012-05-19T10:16:08.863-04:00Woops! I wonder if I indirectly caused it to get t...Woops! I wonder if I indirectly caused it to get taken down by posting the link to Metafilter.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-18609977638382930972012-05-19T09:50:36.473-04:002012-05-19T09:50:36.473-04:00The map's not available any more, due to copy ...The map's not available any more, due to copy right issues it says. -SusanSusannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-7148343475601516352012-05-16T10:22:49.369-04:002012-05-16T10:22:49.369-04:00In many ways! If, for example, A German prince mar...In many ways! If, for example, A German prince married a Polish princess who brought a little of Poland with her as a present and added it to his realm. Or if a Holy Roman Emperor divided his lands among his sons, which might occur peacefully at first but then lead to internecine war and further boundary changes. (A lot of this stuff happened in the Holy Roman and Hapsburg empires. Also when Napoleon doled out his conquered lands to his family.)Richard Lawrence Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951947957345891398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-74847645656735327762012-05-15T10:49:04.984-04:002012-05-15T10:49:04.984-04:00How would "dynastic succession" cause a ...How would "dynastic succession" cause a change in two countries' borderlines?John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-20122741631422500222012-05-15T10:08:18.142-04:002012-05-15T10:08:18.142-04:00Cool. Assume an average of one war per change on t...Cool. Assume an average of one war per change on the map. (There would have been some map changes due to peaceful dynastic succession, but also some wars that didn't result in map changes. Also some of the big wars like WWII resulted in more than one map change.) Sustain that for a thousand years and see if you don't want to become a unified, peace-loving continent of government-protected office workers and intellectuals.Richard Lawrence Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951947957345891398noreply@blogger.com