Where can I find an interactive or animated geopolitical map of Europe
that would show the changing areas of influence of various major
groups over time?  Ideally, there would be color-coded areas of
political control which would change over time showing, for example,
the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the various occupations Italy
and Greece, the unification of Germany under Kaiser von Wilhelm, etc.
The ideal solution would have a time slider which would allow
inspection of the geopolitical map at selected points in time.

Hi iswhatis,

Hyper History Online
Over 2000 files covering 3000 years of world History.  
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

Click on Maps on the left frame.  From there you'll see all the
information you request.

Be sure to click on the links inside each map for more details.  And
much more can be found - everything from events to people, economic
discoveries, science, culture, philosophy, religion, politics, and
more.

This is a fascinating site! Recommended by The History Channel and The
Discovery Channel School.

I liked it so much I put a link to it on my personal Webspace on My
Favorite Links page.

Enjoy,

tlspiegel
Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Answer Clarification by iswhatis-ga on 05 Apr 2003 13:38 PST

That's pretty cool, but not quite what I was looking for. I was really
hoping for a map that would show the transitions over time in a
continuous animated fashion. This collection of maps is great, but
it's a collection of disjoint snapshots that make it very hard to see
what happened on the transitions between maps.  For example, on
"barbarian invasions", we see the Avars controlled much of
northeastern Europe.  But then on the next map, there is no mention of
the Avars whatsoever, nor is it clear who controlled those regions
next.
Extra $3 tip if you can find something that shows the changing areas
of influence in a continuous (rather than snapshot) fashion .
Thanks,
-Roy

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Clarification of Answer by tlspiegel-ga on 05 Apr 2003 14:20 PST

Hi iswhatis,

There's a bit of a learning curve to using the site.  (I was not able
to find anything other than a "snapshot" approach.

One thing I want to ask, (for example) did you click at the map on
Avar... and it will take you to another page.  That page will give you
information on the right, on the bottom of the information panel
you'll see:  "See Map"  click on that link for more.
 
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Ex: "Avar

The destruction of a great Mongolian Empire by the revolt of its
Turkish vassals (552) led to a westward flight of the vanquished,
known to the Chinese as the Juan-juan, to the West as the Avars. The
Avars moved to the Russian steppes, where the Byzantine emperor
Justinian paid them to subjugate the Huns and Slavs who had been
raiding Roman provinces in the Balkans. The empire of the Avars peaked
at the end of the 6th century when it reached from the Volga to the
Danube. They were partly responsible for the southward migration of
the Serbs and Croats. The Avar state, weakened by internal dissent,
was destroyed by a combined Frankish and Bulgarian attack in 796."

Best regards,

tlspiegel
Google Answers Researcher

Not exactly what I was looking for, but pretty good.  Thanks!

Your very welcome! :)

tlspiegel
Google Answers Researcher