The History of Oil on an Animated Map
A narrated historical explainer turns one world map into a dated sequence of discoveries, alliances, and price shocks.
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Why it works
The world map stays spatially consistent while 98 internal graphic changes introduce dated locations, icons, country fills, and a price gauge across the measured six minutes. A large barrel and its unit conversion at 2:30–2:42 make an abstract market measure concrete; 2:34–2:42 is the strongest replay peak in the measured segment. Four-second narration gaps before major chapters let each new map state register.
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