The History of the World: Every Year (3800BC-Present)
created by davidjl123 (YT: davidjl)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs03z0Lsu9g

NOTES:

• Vassals/protectorates are not shown separately (as a general rule).
• There will be perceived inaccuracies! It is unrealistic for a project of this scale to be 100% accurate. There will also be simplifications/oversimplifications for time & sanity's sake. You can constructively comment anything you think I missed.
• Many areas are derived or "traced" from other creators. A primary point of creating this project was (and still is) to see what it would look like if the creations of the videomapping community were put together in one world video. Although there are many areas that are indeed completely original, I do not claim every pixel as my own original work.
• This video shows actual control (as a general rule), which means unrecognized countries will appear if de facto control was established.
• Ancient lakes/coastlines, modern reservoirs, ice caps, etc. may be anachronistic.
• Areas will be "blank" until state-level entities form (as a general rule)
• Video may be subject to artifacts.
• Ideally the video would have had nation name labels on the map itself, but it is virtually impossible as 1) have to sacrifice territory visibility, 2) there is no convenient way to add labels onto each of the thousands of image files and 3) labels made within the video editor would bloat the video project exponentially. Hopefully the nation pixel rankings are better than nothing at all as a compromise.
• Presence/firm control in certain civil conflicts may be simplified.

Nation Pixel Rankings Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hINM9JTl-dgDZvoZJ3DYpRybas5J9AHzQnJn-9PCEG8/edit?usp=sharing

Author's statement:
Of course there is always more things to fix & improve--a lot of things in fact--but if I went and worked in every videomapping video in history this video would never get finished. Something to take into consideration (in addition to having a job + graduate school + things that come with being older than a lot of people which cuts on the free time) that I did this project for fun and if I'm not having fun anymore that's when I will draw the line for my sanity. I still tried as much as I reasonably could to put care into as many areas I could and keep the accuracy standard.

(For the videomappers): One of the reasons I created this project back in 2019 was a curiosity to see what it would look like if multiple videomapping projects were put together in one world video, then it just grew from there. So indeed much of it's traced but that's the point which I don't hide. i edited the description so this is clarified more.

Hopefully, at the end of the day any concerns you have at least won't completely distract from having fun watching. :)

Music:
3800BC-1792BC: "All-Conquering Tide" by Yupeng Chen (from "Genshin Impact")
1792BC-830BC: "The Persian Army" by Andreas Waldetoft (from "Crusader Kings II")
830BC-457BC: "Ferocious Battlefield" by Lee Jong-hyuk (from "MapleStory")
457BC-258BC: "Fodlan Winds (Rain)" by Takeru Kanazaki (from "Fire Emblem: Three Houses")
258BC-180BC: "Blue Skies and a Battle (Thunder)" by Takeru Kanazaki (from "Fire Emblem: Three Houses")
180BC-43BC: "Mongolia (Atomic)" by Geoff Knorr (from "Civilization VI")
43BC-189: "A Cruce Victoria" by Andreas Waldetoft (from "Europa Universalis III")
189-476: "The Long Road (Thunder)" by Takeru Kanazaki (from "Fire Emblem: Three Houses")
476-566: "Chasing Daybreak (Rain)" by Takeru Kanazaki (from "Fire Emblem: Three Houses")
566-717: "Rage Beneath the Mountains" by Yupeng Chen (from "Genshin Impact")
717-968: "Sudden Death" by Kevin Lee (from "Gunbound")
968-1182: "March to Deliverance" by Takeru Kanazaki (from "Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia")
1182-1376: "Duke of Death" by Jeff van Dyck (from "Medieval II: Total War")
1376-1669: "The Stonemasons" by Andreas Waldetoft (from "Europa Universalis IV")
1669-1945: "Five Armies" by Kevin MacLeod
1945-2024: "The Last Stand" by Ben Prunty; remix by Misty D'mello (from "FTL: Faster than Light")

Minor notes:

• Although Spain agreed to transfer Louisiana to France in 1800, Spain continued to administer the territory until less than a month before the territory was transferred to the United States.

Minor errors/inconsistencies:
+Minoa (Minoan) 1750BC-1450BC
+Punt 2500BC-980BC
Lithuania independent (1440-1447, 1492-1501)
Spain not in New Mexico (1680-1692)
Socotra to STC (from 2020)
Occupied Belgium should be larger (1940-1944)
L. Jin should be L. Han (947-951)
Joara should be the same entity as Cofitachequi (1492-1600)
Hulunbuir to Mongolia (1912-1915)
Medieval Urbino should be smaller
Ragamuffin War should extend to 1835
Indigenous Taiwan is accidentally colored as Anhui (1917)

Most notable sources:
Africa: The Borys (Modern), Wandrative (Egypt), Arsha (West), From Nothing (West), EmperorTigerstar (South)
Americas: zed381 (USA), Here Mapping (Peru, Florida), Ollie Bye (Central), Paulista (South)
East Asia: Eightfifths, Yan Xishan, Bukharin, The Dragon Historian (Korea), Histodome
Europe: Ollie Bye, POGKPP, Tominus Maximus (Rome), PolSerb
India: Ollie Bye
Middle East: Ollie Bye, Koopinator (Yemen, WWI), Honey Mad (Arab), 1_rma (Persia, Anatolia), Basil Bourtch (Iran), Khey Pard (Caucasus), Anwoo Mapping (Maghreb)
Southeast Asia: Lazardi Wong Jogja, The Dragon Historian, DeliriumMaps (Philippines), EmperorTigerstar
Base map: QBAM created by Qazaq2007

A list of sources (not necessarily complete):
A.D.T. Mapping
Ahmed Ibrahim
Alternate History
Anja Fischer
Antiquistik
Anwoo Mapping
ArnoldPlatton
Arsha
A.S. Mapping
Aztlan Historian
Basil Bourtch
Bleinz
Blight55
Bommel Mapping
Borysk5
Bukharin
CBKWGL
Centennia
CherepashkaShusha
Crazy Boris
DailyKosia
Dann Silver
davidjl123
Delirium
Devon Rowell Mapping
Dinospain
Dirk Vandewalle
D-Mapper
DodoLuluPepe
Doodlate Here
Drex
Eightfifths
EmperorTigerstar
Encyclopædia Britannica
Entrerriano
Esemono
Fasolasuchus Tenax
From Nothing
GalacticPenguinTV
Golbez
Great Lakes Mapping
Hellerick
Histodome
Historical map Animator
History Guru
Honey Mad
Huu Nhat
Hurricane Hunter03
Illinois State Museum
Indigenous Digital Archive
Ingoman
Islamic Cartographic Society
Jake Mapping
kaastermdk
Kailan Campbell
kardboardking
Karu
Kayra Atakan
KennyH2O
Koopinator
kreiviskai
Kutwor
Lazardi Wong Jogja
LeaMapper
Linn Atlas
Luggerink
Maquze
Michigan State University
Neutronex
Nicolay Sidorov
Nikater
NY Mapper
Ollie Bye
Omniatlas
OrsoBartholomew100
PANONIAN
Paulista
POGKPP
Political Geography Now
PolSerb
pruxo
Qazaq2007
Richard Schofield
Rowan Productions
S&F Production
Seasonsinthesun
Sharklord1
Skilla1st
SoulChester
Suomi
Takshashila
The Dragon Historian
The Gilliams
Vologda Mapping
Wanax TV
Wikipedia
World Statesmen
Yan Xishan
Yeast
Yugoslav Mapping
zed381
Ziegelbrenner

Minor errors/inconsistencies (Pixel Rankings):
Han should be L. Jin (940); 17529 (950)
Palmyrene Empire: 20374, 271, 5, Vaballathus
Heping: 22895, 1277, 6, Shiregi
Alash Orda should be removed from final pixel leaderboard
Greco-Bactria's region should be Asia South
Francia should be #5 in 810
France should be #8 in 1740
UK should be 562410 in 1900
Russian State should be 373225 in 1918
Ottoman Empire should be 10082 in 1410