HOMO INSAPIENS BATTLEGROUNDS: 1000 YEARS OF WAR IN 5 MINUTES

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This animation shows all important battles that took place over the last ten centuries. The sizes of the explosions and labels are proportional to the number of casualties. The music is "Ride Of The Valkyries" by Richard Wagner. The data comes from the wikipedia article, List of Battles.

Most of the activity seems to happen in Europe, this is because the english wikipedia was used. In a future release of this video I will merge wikipedias in different languages to solve this bias.

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SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES AND EXHIBITION CONFERENCE (SOFEX): THE BUSINESS OF WAR

King Abdullah II opens SOFEX 2014. Source: Ammon News.

The Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference (SOFEX) is a special operations and homeland security event that is held every two years at the King Abdullah I airbase in Marka, Jordan. The specialized event is held under the patronage of King Abdullah II, the supervision of HRH Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein and is supported by the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). [Wikipedia 2014]

SOFEX is where the world's leading generals come to buy everything from handguns to laser-guided missile systems. It stands for "Special Operations Forces Exhibition Conference" and it's essentially a trade-show where just about anyone with enough money can buy the most powerful weapons in the world. [Vice News]

SOFEX: The business of war by Vice News.