thelastaxolotl [he/him]@hexbear.net to Maps@hexbear.net · edit-24 months agoCool Chinese World Maphexbear.netimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1imageCool Chinese World Maphexbear.netthelastaxolotl [he/him]@hexbear.net to Maps@hexbear.net · edit-24 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
Its a Latitudinally equal-differential polyconic projection map Looks like its actually a hao proyection map
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoIsn’t the etymology for China something like “middle kingdom”? Like, ancient China literally thought they were in the center of the world. So did the Romans and pretty much any other civilization, too.
minus-squareGaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-24 months agoWe as a collective also thought our world was the center of the universe and solar system too lmao
minus-squareFlyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoFrom an administration point of view it makes perfect sense. I think all the superiority shit is just a happy coincidence for supremacists
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIIRC a better translation is “central state”. like if the US called their own state “The Government” in official communication.
Isn’t the etymology for China something like “middle kingdom”? Like, ancient China literally thought they were in the center of the world. So did the Romans and pretty much any other civilization, too.
We as a collective also thought our world was the center of the universe and solar system too lmao
From an administration point of view it makes perfect sense. I think all the superiority shit is just a happy coincidence for supremacists
IIRC a better translation is “central state”.
like if the US called their own state “The Government” in official communication.