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Xavi Ruiz

@xruiztru

4 years

THREAD of awesome bastion forts around the world, also called star cities. 1. Bourtange, the Netherlands (1593)

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Xavi Ruiz

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3 years

Me: “Quarantine won’t take that long”. Quarantine:

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Same-sex marriage legalisation: 2001: 🇳🇱 2003: 🇧🇪 2005: 🇪🇸🇨🇦 2006: 🇿🇦 2009: 🇸🇪🇳🇴 2010: 🇵🇹🇮🇸🇦🇷 2012: 🇩🇰 2013: 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇺🇾🇳🇿 2014: 🇬🇧 2015: 🇺🇸🇮🇪🇱🇺 2016: 🇨🇴🇮🇲 2017: 🇩🇪🇲🇹🇦🇺🇫🇮 2019: 🇦🇹🇹🇼🇪🇨 2020: 🇨🇷 2022: 🇨🇱🇨🇭🇨🇺 🇸🇮 🇦🇩🇲🇽 2023: 🇪🇪🇳🇵 Greece just legalised marriage equality! 🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈

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Same-sex marriage legalisation: 2001: 🇳🇱 2003: 🇧🇪 2005: 🇪🇸🇨🇦 2006: 🇿🇦 2009: 🇸🇪🇳🇴 2010: 🇵🇹🇮🇸🇦🇷 2012: 🇩🇰 2013: 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇺🇾🇳🇿 2014: 🇬🇧 2015: 🇺🇸🇮🇪🇱🇺 2016: 🇨🇴🇮🇲 2017: 🇩🇪🇲🇹🇦🇺🇫🇮 2019: 🇦🇹🇹🇼🇪🇨 2020: 🇨🇷 2022: 🇨🇱🇨🇭🇨🇺 🇸🇮 🇦🇩🇲🇽 2023: 🇪🇪🇳🇵 2024: 🇬🇷 Today, Thailand joined the club! 🇹🇭🏳️‍🌈

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Xavi Ruiz

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This is a superb visualization of European history (1500-2022).

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2,200 years old Gazintap Castle destroyed by the earthquake in Turkey. Before vs Now.

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Europe hasn't seen a snow cover like this since 2010—60% is blanketed in white! ❄️

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Xavi Ruiz

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32 years after German unification, the faith divide between East and West is astonishing.

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The 4 Europes.

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Xavi Ruiz

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US Native land loss from 1776 to 1930. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

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Xavi Ruiz

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Brilliant.

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Xavi Ruiz

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Same-sex marriage legalisation: 2000: 🇳🇱 2003: 🇧🇪 2005: 🇪🇸 🇨🇦 2006: 🇿🇦 2008: 🇳🇴 2009: 🇸🇪 2010: 🇵🇹 🇮🇸 🇦🇷 2012: 🇩🇰 2013: 🇬🇧 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇺🇾 🇳🇿 2014: 🇱🇺 2015: 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 🇫🇮 🇬🇱 🇲🇽 2016: 🇨🇴 🇮🇲 2017: 🇩🇪 🇲🇹 🇦🇺 2019: 🇦🇹 🇹🇼🇪🇨 2020: 🇨🇷 2022: 🇨🇱🇨🇭🇨🇺 🇸🇮 🇦🇩 Today Estonia legalised marriage equality!🇪🇪🏳️‍🌈

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Denmark 👀

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Alan Turing killed himself 69 years ago today. He broke the Nazi Enigma code in WWII, leading to victory over Hitler. Turing was chemically castrated by the British state for being gay. His suicide warns us today of where intolerance and hatred can lead to. #PrideMonth

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All the countries mentioned in the Polish anthem 🇵🇱

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Europe right now.

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Impressive. The collapse of a huge glacier in Kyrgyzstan. The author of the video managed to hide behind a large stone and survived.

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Map shows what share of South American countries’ population resides in the capital.

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This map shows how far you can travel from each station in Europe in less than 5 hours! 👉🏼

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🌎 Half of world’s GDP is in 3,6% of the land area.

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Tel Aviv! 😍🇮🇱 What life looks like post-lockdown and post-vaccines.

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Beavers in Europe, 1900 and 2021.

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Subway Line Comparision: Rio de Janeiro vs Shanghai

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Welcome to Zhaotong City, China, the narrowest city in the world!

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Most common foreign nationals in Japan, by prefecture.

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Today. the world marks 104 years since the end of WWI. Maps shows the % of populations killed during the conflict.

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Dubai. 1981 vs. 2016

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I literally am left without words! The Acropolis covered with snow.

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These three regions comprise 50% of world GDP.

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Italy has issued a a new €2 coin to say “Grazie” to its doctors and nurses.

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Xavi Ruiz

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Armenian population in 1915 vs today.

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Spanish humilty.

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Percentage of people showering/bathing daily in Europe 🚿

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Map of Africa using ethnically drawn borders, rather than those drawn by imperial powers.

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Passenger trains: United States vs Europe

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Europe’s great divide.

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Xavi Ruiz

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Constantinople / Istanbul - Capital of the Ottoman Empire, 1905.

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Italy has a higher GDP than all of the countries in red combined.

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Most common foreign nationality in prisons of each European country.

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Xavi Ruiz

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Did you know that Turkey borders 8 countries with 7 different alphabets? Turkey is a bridge between different cultures and civilizations.

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To kiss or not to kiss? Map shows in red the countries where cheek kissing is a common way of greeting people.

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Tradition of taking shoes off in Europe.

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The real divide between northern and southern Europe is evident here.

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Population of Africa and Europe compared through time.

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Foreign Born Population in the US yearly from 1850-2019.

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Love this map! 🇳🇱 Map shows the roads Dutch people use for their holidays (every blue dot is one person using a traffic app).

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Same-sex marriage legalisation: 2000: 🇳🇱 2003: 🇧🇪 2005: 🇪🇸 🇨🇦 2006: 🇿🇦 2008: 🇳🇴 2009: 🇸🇪 2010: 🇵🇹 🇮🇸 🇦🇷 2012: 🇩🇰 2013: 🇬🇧 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇺🇾 🇳🇿 2014: 🇱🇺 2015: 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 🇫🇮 🇬🇱 🇲🇽 2016: 🇨🇴 🇮🇲 2017: 🇩🇪 🇲🇹 🇦🇺 2019: 🇦🇹 🇹🇼🇪🇨 2020: 🇨🇷 2022: 🇨🇱🇨🇭🇨🇺 🇸🇮 🇦🇩 2023: 🇪🇪 Nepal just joined the club!🇳🇵🏳️‍🌈

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Xavi Ruiz

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Beautiful drone footage shows the temples and monuments of the Acropolis in Athens covered by snow.

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Snow ball war in Madrid city centre. 09/01/21

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Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Map shows the roots of the death march into the Syrian desert. Approximately 1.5 million Armenians were systematically deported, massacred, or marched to their deaths by the Ottoman Empire

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Conflicts in neighboring regions of Turkey over the past 30 years.

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The Mediterranean Sea fits inside Australia.

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Arabic-speaking areas. In the 6th century vs now.

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How to figure out what European language you are reading.

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Which countries actually speak English the best as a second language? 1. The Netherlands 🇳🇱 2. Austria 🇦🇹 3. Denmark 🇩🇰

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The only countries with economies bigger than California. 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇨🇳🇯🇵

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🇮🇹 The new Interior Minister, and leader of Italian far-right Lega party, Matteo Salvini, goes on the airport bus and people spontanously sing WWII resistance song 'Bella Ciao'.

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Fascinating to watch. 1000 years of European borders change.

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I wonder why 😉

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Europe split in two. Where Europeans would move if they had to leave their country.

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A breathtaking visaluisation of Africa’s rivers!

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Eight years ago today, Syrian archaeologist Khaled Al-Asaad was beheaded by ISIS after refusing to give away the location of the hidden treasures of Palmyra. He gave his life for the heritage he had so long cherished, in defiance of bigorty and brutality.

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Map of the Medieval universities and its founding date.

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Countries that have less population than Istanbul🇹🇷

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The Topography of Africa.

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European regions where the % of religious people is much higher than the rest of the country.

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Map shows the homeland of every character in Homer’s Iliad.

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30 years later, the iron curtain is still visible

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The rise and fall of the Roman Empire in 2 minutes! ✨

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He got the job. For life. #KavanaughConfirmed

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🇹🇩 The map of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918) overlapping the results of the 2014 presidential elections in Romania An example of the long term impact of past institutions.

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The spread of the Sanskrit word 'sarkara' (sugar) across the Old World.

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What a wonderful map - Mythical Beasts of Ancient Greece 🇬🇷

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🚅 Train speed in Europe.

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Today is the International Day of Basque Language. This map shows Basque language territory through the centuries. It is one of the oldest languages in Europe and little is known of its origins!

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High-speed rail network in China: 2008 vs. 2020 Absolutely impressive!

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Fertility rates in the world. 1970 vs 2022

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𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 of Mexico City maps and its evolution through history. 1. Nuremberg map of Tenochtitlán (1524)

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Forest cover in France: 18th century vs 2020.

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European regions with a lower GDP per capita than East Germany.

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European countries with a population smaller than European part of Turkey.

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Turkey borders 7 countries with 7 different alphabets.

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Today marks Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. This map shows the death march roots into the Syrian desert. About 1,5 million Armenians were systematically murdered and countless others were forcibly removed from their homes by the Ottoman Empire.

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In South America, poverty has worsened over the last decade.

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This is a really fascinating map. Languages of Europe around 600 AD.

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🇫🇷 Map shows minority vernacular languages spoken in France.

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wtf Denmark?!

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2024 is the biggest election year in history! 76 states will hold elections, including: 🇮🇳 India - 1.4bn people 🇪🇺 European Union - 448m 🇺🇸 US - 342m 🇮🇩 Indonesia - 280m 🇵🇰 Pakistan- 245m 🇧🇷 Brazil - 218m 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - 175m 🇷🇺 Russia - 144m 🇲🇽 Mexico - 129m 🇹🇷 Turkey - 86m

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Working hours vs Salaries.

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European countries in which August 15 is a public holiday.

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European countries with a population smaller than London.

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🇹🇩 The map of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918) overlapping the results of the 2014 presidential elections in Romania. An example of the long term impact of past institutions.

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People executed for Witchcraft in Europe, 1300-1850.

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Map reveals the % of people with Arab ancestry in the Americas.

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The Workd Cup is a victory for the immigrant background team. Congratulations! 🇨🇲 Umtiti 🇨🇩 Kimpembe 🇲🇱 Sidibe 🇨🇩Mandanda 🇩🇿Fekir 🇬🇳Pogba 🇹🇬Tolisso 🇨🇮Mendy 🇨🇩Nzonzi 🇲🇦Rami 🇲🇱Kante 🇸🇳/🇲🇱Dembele 🇩🇿/🇨🇲Mbappe #WorldCupFinal ⁠ ⁠⁠

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Number of universities in top 500 in Times Higher Education (2023)

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There are 34 countries that have officially recognized the Armenian Genocide. The only nations in the world actively denying it: Turkey and Azerbaijan.

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Following Covid-19, there has been a significant drop in life expectancy in the EU. Hardest hit regions: Madrid (-3,5), Lombardia (-2,8) and Castilla la Mancha (-2,8).

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Map of homicide rates in 4 countries and Europe.

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Ottoman Grand Viziers (prime ministers) born per country, with modern borders.

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