But shift your gaze east, and you’ll discover that China was in the throes of its own civil war, the Taiping Rebellion, which lasted from 1850 to 1864. This interactive history map connects ...

As Boing Boing explains, TimeMap.org combines the what, who, and where of history into one convenient world map. Use the timeline ... farther-flung goings-on: China, for example, was dealing ...

“The work on the map is under process ... it’s about erasing the historical background behind the name. When you adopt these terms, as China insists, it aligns with their narrative.” ...

An international arbitral court's 2016 decision rejected these sweeping claims, but China maintains the ruling is invalid, citing historical ... the Monster. The map, based on ship-tracking ...