Earth With Cities

Since April 2020, when I was in 7th grade I have used the same map of the earth (linked here): https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/complete-earth-map-with-custom-ore-generation-and-accurate-biomes/ with the intention of recreating history and arriving at the present day. Before I get into the lore, here are the important details:

Other Downloads:

1.12.2 Version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fxZAuv5Do3Ib0ZQa3Xl7GXk9QRP9xriC/view?usp=drive_link

Bedrock Edition: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ju9raWEk2gnG16MXFgQY6OxljFUlKQ-n/view?usp=drive_link

(The map is centered around the pacific)
Spawnpoint is in Paris


I used the Prefab mod and the Ancient Warfare mod to create a lot of cities and used schematics created by other users on PMC to add realism and wonders afterward.
Schematics used:

Effiel Tower: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/eiffel-tower/
Some of the schools: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/dayz-school-rework/
Statue of Liberty: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/statue-of-liberty-3949627/
Kremlin Gate: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/moscow-red-square-4324834/
St. Basils https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/st-basils-cathedral-2725917/
Burj Khalifa: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/burj-khalifa-3262480/
Istanbul: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/sultan-ahmet-camii-w-i-p/
Colosseum: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/amphitheater-4619574/
Christ the Redeemer: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/christ-the-redeemer-5406015/
Reichstag: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/reichstag-island-1936/
Chichen Itza: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/chichen-itza-3462656/
Pingan: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/pingan-international-finance-centre-by-wiggins-creative-labs/
Canton Tower: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/canton-tower-guangzhou/
Bank of America Tower: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/bank-of-america-plaza-atlanta-ga/
Amsterdam: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/dutch-city-block/

I added these schematics very recently while I was restoring the map to make it playable, burying cringe stuff I put from I was 12 underground, and repairing damage from the wars I'd simulate (lmao)



The Lore (how this got created):
Okay, so three years ago, I was obsessed with history since I watched YouTubers like Oversimplified, Alternate History Hub, Potential History etc, and playing games like HOI4 and CIV6
In 2020, the pandemic had set in, and I wanted to find a way to recreate historical events and wars in Minecraft. I had already been fighting mock-wars using mods since 2018, so all I needed was a map. After a lot of searching and a lot of world maps, I decided to stick with this one since I liked how realistic the terrain was, and the navigability of the rivers. My goal with this one was to recreate all of history from 4000 BCE to 2020. That's where this began. After installing a bunch of mods, which are still present in the save file, I created the Ancient world and fought in different ancient wars using swords and modded catapults. The ancient, medieval, and renaissance eras didn't last very long though as I was more interested in modern conflicts. I remember using Custom NPCs to fight the Seven years war, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. By then, a lot of the world had basic infrastructure and roads, books and artifacts, and remnants of what I would do at the time still exist on the map to this day (although I buried most of the books underground because they're pure cringe) World War One is where the most damage and artifacts came from though, I discovered how to create map art propaganda with world painter, which I based in Greenland, and is still there on the map to this day. All the map arts are currently stored in Washington D.C. I also destroyed a lot of Belgium during that recreation of WW1, but I've repaired it somewhat and rebuilt Brussels for the sake of releasing this map. World War Two also had a lot of stuff I had to repair, such as Volgograd, St. Petersburg, and Normandy. The Cold War and Modern Day mostly just has map art I had created, and a few 'lasting impacts' such as the northern Amazon being on fire and underground facilities with tons of TNT minecarts. I then took a 2-year break from the map and Minecraft in general until 2023 (now) when I decided to repair most of the damage, build a bunch of unadded cities, and add wonders to turn this into something beautiful. I decided to keep the artifacts in the world hidden as a way to preserve the history of the map. (I did not create any of the books in the Alexandria Library, those were generated by the Ancient Warfare mod, which I used when building cities.)

tl;dr: there's explosion craters in Belgium and books underground because 3 years ago I was trying to recreate history



Some coordinates to help you:

4862 42 5415 - Dubai, UAE
6136 54 5158 - Delhi, India
8615 46 4371 - Beijing, China
8908 42 4955 - Shanghai, China
8456 42 5524 - Hong Kong, China
4043 43 2938 - Moscow, Russia
3569 42 3608 - Kyiv, Ukraine
4182 49 4771 - Baghdad, Iraq
9208 43 4465 - Korean DMZ, South Korea
3389 45 4244 - Istanbul, Turkey
3055 44 4435 - Athens, Greece
1763 45 3696 - Paris, France
1682 46 3420 - London, United Kingdom
2555 51 3633 - Vienna, Austria
10047 42 4613 - Tokyo, Japan
2831 48 3293 - Warsaw, Poland
1468 44 4288 - Madrid, Spain
7930 47 5685 - Hanoi, Vietnam
16772 46 4182 - Toronto, Canada
14932 42 4803 - Los Angeles, United States
17070 46 4291 - New York, United States
16343 44 4326 - Chicago, United States
16093 44 4953 - Houston, United States
16606 54 4926 - Atlanta, United States
16668 42 5142 - Kennedy Space Center, United States
13071 47 5396 - Honolulu, United States
16354 42 5455 - Cancun, Mexico
15894 63 5549 - Mexico City, Mexico
18688 46 7334 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
18460 44 7590 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
5544 59 4913 - Kandahar, Afghanistan
4749 54 4603 - Tehran, Iran
3876 45 5391 - Mecca, Saudi Arabia
3226 47 4952 - Alexandria, Egypt
3449 43 5046 - Cairo, Egypt
7879 82 3838 - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
5611 43 3757 - Astana, Kazakhstan
1246 42 4755 - Rabat, Morocco
2408 43 3274 - Berlin, Germany
2989 43 2679 - Helsinki, Finland
2474 42 4220 - Rome, Italy
2636 44 2832 - Stockholm, Sweden
7548 42 6632 - Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
10650 42 9377 - Sydney, Australia
8450 43 8886 - Perth, Australia
8794 42 5967 - Manila, Philippines
1926 42 6645 - Lagos, Nigeria
2069 58 6337 - Abuja, Nigeria
3095 57 8596 - Harare, Zimbabwe
4032 42 7448 - Zanzibar, Tanzania
5647 42 5370 - Karachi, Pakistan
2799 44 9234 - Cape Town, South Africa
3791 147 4811 - Jerusalem, Israel
2602 42 4937 - Benghazi, Libya
16991 141 6979 - Machu Picchu, Peru