1,000 years in 3 minutes... putting the latest Crimea escapade in context;

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/crimea-just-a-blip-time-lapse-map-video-shows-1000-years-of-europes-history-in-three-minutes-9201414.html

(it's a third-of-the-way-down... click full-screen icon for maximum impact)