« Animation of the arguably most interesting 200 years in European History: The years 1800 until 2000. It includes the Napoleonic Wars, World War 1, World War 2 and Post-war Europe. This is an update of my previous video, since I made lots of small errors there. The entire time frame is much better presented now, and the animation is much more smooth. The size of the countryball corresponds to the country’s relative economic power, military power, population, size and influence in European politics. The text frame on the left shows important events, and the text frame in the top-right shows general trends of the era. I couldn’t fit every country to appear on the right time, My apologies to Albania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova and Switzerland. You did appear in the final shot. Also there was not enough room for the European city states. The video was made using Adobe After Effects and with the help of lots of historical internet sources. Music: The Emperor’s army – Jeremy Blake »