Peak Year: 1700 (0.4%) Benin’s peak reflects its role in the Atlantic slave trade. State Proportions for Selected Country Table Country Start Year End Year Proportions Benin -3000 1299 None-1, Benin 1300 1550 Ardra-0.3,None-0.7, Benin 1551 1700 Allada-0.3,Benin-0.4,None-0.3, Benin 1701 1724 Allada-0.3,Oyo-0.4,Parakou-0.3, Benin 1725 1748 Dahomey-0.3,Oyo-0.4,Parakou-0.3, Benin 1749 1823 Oyo-0.7,Parakou-0.3, Benin 1824 1890 Dahomey-0.3,Oyo-0.4,Parakou-0.3, Benin…

Peak Year: 1010 BCE (0.1% of world GDP) Albania is relatively well-documented. State Proportions for Selected Country Table Country Start Year End Year Proportions Albania -3000 -627 None-1, Albania -626 -450 Epidamnos-0.2,None-0.8, Albania -449 -356 Apollonia-0.2,Epidamnos-0.2,None-0.6, Albania -355 -318 Apollonia-0.2,Epidamnos-0.2,Macedon-0.6, Albania -317 -317 Apollonia-0.2,Epidamnos-0.2,Macedon-0.4,Polyperchon-0.2, Albania -316 -316 Apollonia-0.2,Epidamnos-0.2,Macedon-0.2,Polyperchon-0.4, Albania -315 -315 Apollonia-0.2,Epidamnos-0.2,Macedon-0.6, Albania -314 -294…

Peak GDP Year: 1947 (0.6%) The peak year of 1947, reflects industrialization under Stalin. That number is largely projected backwards from 1973 data and it is hard to believe that war-ravaged Belarus was actually in good condition. There is little historical information about Northeastern Europe before the 9th century. I have followed Phersu Atlas in…

Peak Year: 933, 1.8% of world GDP This part of the world is populous but it remained backward economically until recent decades. Much of the early history of Bangladesh is obscure. Phersu Atlas shows substantial gaps and often contradicts Geacron. The Wikipedia entries are somewhat useful but there seems to be a lack of primary…

I have redid this using Phersu Atlas. Phersu-Atlas is more thorough than other online sources. https://phersu-atlas.com/ State Proportions for Selected Country Table Country Start Year End Year Proportions Afghanistan -3000 -800 None-1, Afghanistan -799 -687 None-0.5,Scythians-0.5, Afghanistan -686 -654 Media-1, Afghanistan -653 -653 Media-0.75,Scythians-0.25, Afghanistan -652 -625 Scythians-1, Afghanistan -624 -600 Media-1, Afghanistan -599 -551…

The modern nation of Afghanistan had normally been at the periphery of empires. Peak Year: 2997 BCE (1.2% of world GDP/population) Here is how I have allocated its territory over time. State Proportions for Selected Country Table Country Start Year End Year Proportions Afghanistan -3000 -551 None-1, Afghanistan -550 -330 Persia-1, Afghanistan -329 -328 Macedon-0.5,Persia-0.5,…

It was common in European feudalism, to have a various territories to have the same ruler despite being administratively and even geographically separated. I view that it is important to show these as being a single state. In most cases, I identify this by the primary or home territory of the ruler. For example, the…

Peak: 1300 (7.8%) France was unaffected by the Mongol conquests. Other parts of Europe grew faster after 1300.

Peak Year: 1991 (8.7%) Japan was the first Asian nation to industrialize. With its large population it became the world’s second largest economy, until China caught up.