Histomap of Civilization

Very good quality

Accurate, easy to understand, easy to visualize events

I can't believe how much I love this histomap. As a minor historian I absolutely love seeing what has been happening when for the last 4000 years on Earth. I have this displayed on the front entryway to my home and people remark on it all the time. I even bought magnetic thumbtacks so that I don't put holes in it. Marvelous map.

This is a really cool item. I would’ve given it five stars except that the “4000 years of world history,” which purports to run from 2000 BC to 2000 AD is highly misleading. In reality, the varying strengths of world civilizations stops in the 1930s, before World War II, so the map does not take into account the totality of the rise and fall of the USSR, the further of expansion of American power, the rise of China, the disintegration of the British Empire, and all of the geopolitical events of the last 70 years, etc. So although the map “goes up“ to 2000 A.D., it stops depicting the relative strength of civilizations as they were in the 1930s. It’s too bad the people that sel this map don’t have the ability and/or desire to update it in that regard. In my opinion, this maps paper is not cheap, and while it is not super high-quality printing, it’s good enough to look good and clear enough to read the entire thing without any problem.

The paper is good quality and matte. The “stains” are from the original copy, it’s a real antique map from the 1940s I believe. It’s really big and beautiful and I can always find new stuff to read about. I bought a magnetic poster holder, it’s two pairs of wooden strips that hold the top ends together because they are magnetic. The top one has a string and you can hang it with a hook in the wall. I bought this as a gift for a history buff and he loved it!

Brightly colored poster increases my visualization of history

The item arrived timely and in good condition. What surprised me was that for $70 it is literally a paper print of the map. And not a particularly great, heavy, quality paper material. The seller is making a killing off of selling this for the production quality. I'be been wanting this for over a year and will be keeping it, but be aware (as other reviews also say that I didn't read before hand) have very low expectations of the material the map is printed on.

I saw the histomap originally on Pinterest and made it my mission to find it. As soon as I found it on Amazon, I bought it. I set it up next to my bed and enjoy reading all the different parts of history I enjoy and learning new things from other parts of the world. It truly is amazing.

The last 100 years missing is a big deal actually. I'm still keeping it as it's extremely valuable for learning history. Lesson for all: Be honest in your marketing, then people like this reviewer won't post 1 star reviews.