Basic Examples

View the historical geographic development of the Byzantine Empire:
[◼]
HistoricalCountryAnimate

Byzantine Empire
HISTORICAL COUNTRY

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Options

CurrentCountries

View the history of the Roman Republic, excluding modern country borders:
[◼]
HistoricalCountryAnimate

Roman Republic
HISTORICAL COUNTRY
,"CurrentCountries"False
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Tooltips

View the historical Ottoman Empire without tooltips:
[◼]
HistoricalCountryAnimate

Ottoman Empire
HISTORICAL COUNTRY
,"Tooltips"False
If
"CurrentCountries"
is set to
False
, the
"Tooltips"
setting will be ignored:
[◼]
HistoricalCountryAnimate

Ottoman Empire
HISTORICAL COUNTRY
,"CurrentCountries"False,"Tooltips"True
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GeoBackground

View the progression of the Mongol Empire over a relief map to show terrain:
[◼]
HistoricalCountryAnimate

Mongol Empire
HISTORICAL COUNTRY
,"CurrentCountries"False,GeoBackground"ReliefMap"
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PlotStyle

Use
PlotStyle
to customize the color of the map and labels:
[◼]
HistoricalCountryAnimate

Assyria
HISTORICAL COUNTRY
,PlotStyleRed
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Rasterize

Rasterize the frames (and remove tooltips) for a smoother-running animation:
[◼]
HistoricalCountryAnimate

Roman Empire
HISTORICAL COUNTRY
,"Rasterize"True
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Possible Issues

HistoricalCountryAnimate will only work for
"HistoricalCountry"
entities that include at least one polygon in the system. Any other input will result in an unevaluated expression:
[◼]
HistoricalCountryAnimate

Ottoman Greek Period
HISTORICAL PERIOD

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[◼]
HistoricalCountryAnimate

Ottoman Greek Period

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