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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on March 02, 2016, 01:56:56 PM

Title: Mapping all history's battles
Post by: Duncan Head on March 02, 2016, 01:56:56 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35685889

http://battles.nodegoat.net/viewer.p/23/385/scenario/1/geo/fullscreen
Title: Re: Mapping all history's battles
Post by: Erpingham on March 02, 2016, 04:51:53 PM
Nodegoat - I wish I'd thought of that name.

I think they are a bit unfair on wiki editors here - its not just the interests of editors but availability of sources in English, which in itself reflects a western-centric view of history.

They could improve this by using some of the other non-English wikis, especially non-European ones, with the caveat that wikis often expand by translating pages from one language to another, so there would be lots of duplication.