i find it hard to believe there aren’t more recorded battles in china. unless even those records were lost during the revolution?
or is this using english-language wikipedia or something.
gerhardsymons on
Iron sharpens iron.
DeGaulleStan on
This cannot possibly be accurate. China should be just as dense as Europe and what about Iran?! That big gap south of the Caucasus could be filled with battles from the classical era alone. I’d love to know the source of this information, as it’s clearly biased towards Western data. How do you define a battle? Ethiopia has been the home to wars soooo many times, and they’re nearly empty. I bet the Italo-Ethiopian war had more battles than this.
Edit – Okay so this is a map of every battle with its own wiki page, huge difference but makes sense where the western bias comes from. There is probably a page for every skirmish and tiff from Rome to WW2, whereas Asian sources just aren’t available for the general wiki-editing public.
Abdelsauron on
If I had to guess for some apparent confusion.
1. It’s possible that whoever is made this only relied on English sources, which would obviously have a blindspot the further away from the English speaking/Americanized world you get.
2. Record keeping practices and understanding of history is not universal. Rome and the Europeans and eventually Americans after them were meticulous record keepers. Today you can find records of „battles“ that were like 6 dudes fighting each other. It’s possible those extremely minor „battles“ are recorded here. Meanwhile in other parts of the world a lot of history is based on oral tradition and legends. As time moves on many things will be lost if not literally dug up by archeologists.
AlashMarch on
This is misses a lot of recorded battles in Africa and Asia.
midatlantik on
According to English literature? China should be solid white lmfao
Wide-Bunch-6122 on
This is mainly due to record keeping btw.
CumSlurpersAnonymous on
Surely there are more in India.
Such-Farmer6691 on
That point in the Pacific Ocean, south and to the right of Hawaii – if I’m not mistaken, there’s not a single piece of land for a thousand miles. How the hell did they meet there to fight?
upd: I googled sea routes and a little off the beaten path there is one route from Argentina to Southeast Asia, but damn, it’s still a matter of catching someone there.
lowprofilefodder on
Gore-ea.
p1ayernotfound on
Normandy and England specifically
TheIceWitness on
What battle in the tundra of siberia?
Physical-Cut-2334 on
Well Europe was busy
GerFubDhuw on
More like map gore.
All this map does is show the bias of the creator.
AMBJRIII on
Surprised China doesnt have more
PianistWorried on
Bs map.. there was numerous battles in the south and northeast brazilian regions not counting other numerous in other parts of the country between the 17th and 18th century.
MagdalaNevisHolding on
Leaves out all the Argentinian Dirty War Battles.
yep975 on
Writing development in civilization.
sirniBBa on
We Europeans have war coded into our genetics
outdoorvolvo on
Western Europe: I’m tired boss
Parzival_2k7 on
I don’t think this is accurate
PowerandSignal on
White people, amirite? SMH
Athlosz on
Whats the one in north siberia?
HunterThin870 on
I see americans count shooting people with bows with guns as battles.
PizzaLikerFan on
History is written by the literate
but kept by the competent
Xiguet on
Recorded in English wikipedia*
IIITommylomIII on
I find it unbelievable that China isn’t completely yellow
Val2K21 on
Certainly far from actual data. For instance, take Ukraine – add more of WW1 and WW2 battles + war since 2014, must be many more dots
NasMau on
Now do the map for unrecorded ones
likwitsnake on
One battle after another
ricosmith1986 on
What is that dot in the center of Alaska?
Diegovelasco45 on
I bet there were millions of unrecorded battles in Africa and China
HoagiesHeroes_ on
I’m surprised there’s not a lot going on in China considering there were constant wars, and the Chinese were generally meticulous record keepers. They probably are recorded, but just in the local language and simply didn’t make it to the people who made the maps. This seems to be a Western centric map based upon the records shown.
WaxDonnigan on
What are those cluster of battles in Canada around the Alberta area?
ValtitiLeMagnifique on
Are the Europeans belligerent? Naan
RaidenTheBlue on
How does Africa not have more dots?
mkbilli on
People really don’t like fighting in extreme cold or rainforests lol.
Edit: at least according to the sources of this map.
garysaidwhat on
We fight for land that is desirous. We defend land we want to keep. This is the way of us.
HayloK51 on
Not accurate.
Early_Comedian_6841 on
Hopefully Egypt was peacefull country…
Odolana on
what a diffecence good record keeping makes
CyberCamus on
What‘s the battle in Alaska?
And the Whiskey war isn’t marked either.
corksoaker84 on
Battles in New Zealand? Are we sure there are not the battles in Mordor?
Macau_Serb-Canadian on
So basically Tasmania, Greenland and what are those islands in Norway, Jan Mayen?
OK, because of climate just Tasmania. Good to know. Do they have the same immigration policy as the rest of Australia or…?
wzzrd on
I need the list please
lucyolovely on
Come on Greenland, are you even trying?
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Is the one dot on the western coast of Australia the Great Emu War?
Since this came from a YouTube video, I’ll just put the source right [here](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HK5OsDWYJmQ)
i find it hard to believe there aren’t more recorded battles in china. unless even those records were lost during the revolution?
or is this using english-language wikipedia or something.
Iron sharpens iron.
This cannot possibly be accurate. China should be just as dense as Europe and what about Iran?! That big gap south of the Caucasus could be filled with battles from the classical era alone. I’d love to know the source of this information, as it’s clearly biased towards Western data. How do you define a battle? Ethiopia has been the home to wars soooo many times, and they’re nearly empty. I bet the Italo-Ethiopian war had more battles than this.
Edit – Okay so this is a map of every battle with its own wiki page, huge difference but makes sense where the western bias comes from. There is probably a page for every skirmish and tiff from Rome to WW2, whereas Asian sources just aren’t available for the general wiki-editing public.
If I had to guess for some apparent confusion.
1. It’s possible that whoever is made this only relied on English sources, which would obviously have a blindspot the further away from the English speaking/Americanized world you get.
2. Record keeping practices and understanding of history is not universal. Rome and the Europeans and eventually Americans after them were meticulous record keepers. Today you can find records of „battles“ that were like 6 dudes fighting each other. It’s possible those extremely minor „battles“ are recorded here. Meanwhile in other parts of the world a lot of history is based on oral tradition and legends. As time moves on many things will be lost if not literally dug up by archeologists.
This is misses a lot of recorded battles in Africa and Asia.
According to English literature? China should be solid white lmfao
This is mainly due to record keeping btw.
Surely there are more in India.
That point in the Pacific Ocean, south and to the right of Hawaii – if I’m not mistaken, there’s not a single piece of land for a thousand miles. How the hell did they meet there to fight?
upd: I googled sea routes and a little off the beaten path there is one route from Argentina to Southeast Asia, but damn, it’s still a matter of catching someone there.
Gore-ea.
Normandy and England specifically
What battle in the tundra of siberia?
Well Europe was busy
More like map gore.
All this map does is show the bias of the creator.
Surprised China doesnt have more
Bs map.. there was numerous battles in the south and northeast brazilian regions not counting other numerous in other parts of the country between the 17th and 18th century.
Leaves out all the Argentinian Dirty War Battles.
Writing development in civilization.
We Europeans have war coded into our genetics
Western Europe: I’m tired boss
I don’t think this is accurate
White people, amirite? SMH
Whats the one in north siberia?
I see americans count shooting people with bows with guns as battles.
History is written by the literate
but kept by the competent
Recorded in English wikipedia*
I find it unbelievable that China isn’t completely yellow
Certainly far from actual data. For instance, take Ukraine – add more of WW1 and WW2 battles + war since 2014, must be many more dots
Now do the map for unrecorded ones
One battle after another
What is that dot in the center of Alaska?
I bet there were millions of unrecorded battles in Africa and China
I’m surprised there’s not a lot going on in China considering there were constant wars, and the Chinese were generally meticulous record keepers. They probably are recorded, but just in the local language and simply didn’t make it to the people who made the maps. This seems to be a Western centric map based upon the records shown.
What are those cluster of battles in Canada around the Alberta area?
Are the Europeans belligerent? Naan
How does Africa not have more dots?
People really don’t like fighting in extreme cold or rainforests lol.
Edit: at least according to the sources of this map.
We fight for land that is desirous. We defend land we want to keep. This is the way of us.
Not accurate.
Hopefully Egypt was peacefull country…
what a diffecence good record keeping makes
What‘s the battle in Alaska?
And the Whiskey war isn’t marked either.
Battles in New Zealand? Are we sure there are not the battles in Mordor?
So basically Tasmania, Greenland and what are those islands in Norway, Jan Mayen?
OK, because of climate just Tasmania. Good to know. Do they have the same immigration policy as the rest of Australia or…?
I need the list please
Come on Greenland, are you even trying?