It will become like this when visualizing the state that culture and knowledge spread throughout the world over about 2600 years

Database published by Google "Freebase"Various data is stored, and anyone can browse it for free. Analyze the data of "born place" and "place of death" of historical persons registered in Freebase and those who have made a contribution to society, how people convert culture and knowledge to the world Whether it has spread or animated visualized on the world map is "Charting culture"is.

Humanity's cultural history captured in 5-minute film: Nature News & amp; Comment
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He is an artist representing the Renaissance period in Italy and he was active not only in art but also in various fieldsLeonardo da VinciI was born in Vinci of Tuscany in 1452. In the movie, the place of birth is indicated by a blue circle.


Da Vinci was in France for his later yearsAmboiseWith a long sleep. The deceased place is indicated by a red circle.


The movie visualized "birth place" and "place of death" of 120,000 people who repeated living and death for about 2,600 years on the world map.


When looking at the world as a whole, movement of people will be active mainly in Italy around the year 104 AD.


You can confirm the move in China in 960 AD. However, in Europe, movement of people is actively and extensively spread as far as China can not be compared.


People moved from Europe to America, South America, Asia, etc. in 1686.


In 1982, the number of people who moved from Europe and moved to Europe has expanded to an extraordinary extent, and even in the United States there is a big movement from east to west.


Next, we will focus on each area and look at people's movements. In Japan in 1632, just before the isolation policy of foreign policy restricting diplomacy and trade began in Japan, few people come from abroad. I created a movieNatureAccording to that, most of the foreigners who entered Japan in this era are missionaries.


Meanwhile, this is Australia in 1864. In Australia, immigration from Europe came in one after another, most of which concentrated in the eastern part of Australia.


Roman EmpireWas eating Europe, in 166 the immigrants entering the Italian peninsula began to stand out, mostly immigrants from Greece.


In 441, immigrants moved from the whole of Europe and West Asia to the Italian Peninsula, not from Greece.


In the 16th century not only Rome but also the movement to Paris in France and UK to London began to increase ... ...


In the eighteenth century people who came to Paris and London bulged as much as Rome.


In 2000, large cities were born in European countries, confirming the movement of people over a wide range. In particular, the red circle in Paris is big and you can see that a tremendous person closed his life in Paris.


Here, rewind until 1620.


The number of people moving from Poppots to America in 1620 began to increase, and in 1756 many people traveled across the ocean to the United States.


Among those who move to the United States, the first President of the United StatesGeorge WashingtonIt is an ancestor ofJohn Washingtonconfirm. After being born in Essex, England, Washington was a British colony in North America in 1656Virginia colonyI immigrated to.


The number of red and blue circles on the east coast of North America continues even after 1727 ... ...


After the founding of 1776 the number of blue sharply increased. In other words, the number of births has far exceeded the number of deaths.


In the nineteenth century people will move from the east to the west in the United States.


In the US in 1878, people are still concentrated in the eastern side, but the number of people moving towards the west coast has increased dramatically as a transcontinental railroad was built in 1862.


And with the spread of automobiles people's movements have expanded to such an extent that they can be confirmed with black lines.


In the 21st century, Florida gained popularity as a retirement summer resort, and the number of red circles is larger than in other areas.


Even in 2012, there are quite a lot of movements from the east to the west in the United States, immigration from Europe is conspicuous.


British newspaperThe EconomistAccording to the surprising thing discovered by the Charting culture "Although the traveling means developed in the 21st century it became possible to visit easily anywhere in the world, the total travel distance compared to the 14th century It is that it is not doubled. " It is a matter of what kind of change will come to human movement after 2012.