The Human Networks
STAGE XV · TODAY
The modern world
Rail, air and container routes make every port a hub, and the old roads fall away.
Read this stageNew places: , , , , , , , , and 4 more
Moves: The Gulf hub, Across the Arabian Sea, The Trans-Siberian railway, Along the West African coast, To the Atlantic and 8 more
The Human Networks: No new places this stage.
Dashed routes are rumoured, dash-dot routes are disputed. Routes follow trade and human migration and are approximate.
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The Human Networks
The merchants, couriers and families who served the lords, and what each one got in return.
The lords never hid alone. Every era, someone ordinary carried their money, their letters and their secrets. This map follows three networks: the merchants who moved their goods, the couriers who moved their word, and the families who kept their knowledge across generations.
Each file shows what the real world looked like at that place, then what the network knew and what it was given in return.