paulfunI

Excellent!

3 years ago

tickman

@ ashgabat:

I was thinking that the size reduction of the maps would make that unreadable, but as I don't read Chinese, I couldn't really tell. Now I know.

I don't think it is much of an advantage for you, though. It was established pretty early on in games on album covers that the people who were reading the titles were slower than those who were just going by graphic images.

But thanks for letting me know.

3 years ago

Ashgabat

I can read some of the dynasty names (the Chinese script)

3 years ago

Dal

I like how the maps shows the extent of the ruling dynasties, great game and idea!

4 years ago

tickman

Note that:

There are gaps between some dynasties, and overlaps between others. Some dynasties were split,others waxed and waned. The maps here may not match other maps of the same dynasties because of that.

In the older dynasties especially, dates may be uncertain.

The cause of all this is that Chinese history is very complex.

And yes, I left out some of them, especially ones that were limited in time or geographic extent. There just wasn't room.

Finally, this game covers much of the same material as Dal's game:

http://www.purposegames.com/game/1080058f/info

The difference is that this game has the maps, which could be taken to be sort of a "crutch'. Or as another way to learn the same material...

So be sure to see that game too, and all the other Dal timeline games...

4 years ago

tickman

You can catch all the maps here; click on them to get to their specific pages:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_of_the_history_of_China

More about the subject here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_china

The maps all have GNU Free Documentation Licenses, Version 1.2

Details:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GNU_Free_Documentation_License

4 years ago