recap.at

The network

Every event connected by typed edges.

Each circle is a recap, sized by editorial importance and colored by its primary category. Each line is a typed relationship - caused, responded to, replaced, evolved into - between two events. Hover for a preview, click to open the page. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom, filter to isolate a slice of the archive.

1903 recaps · 691 typed edges

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Decade
Country

How to read it

  • Bigger circles = higher editorial importance.
  • Line opacity is the same for every edge - visual weight comes from how many converge on a node.
  • Clusters form where recaps share many typed edges, often a single decade or theme.

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