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"The Histomap" by John B. Sparks, published 1931
(www.visualcapitalist.com)
It is certainly not perfect, but still an impressive piece of work.
And here is a version embedded in a web page so it scales to your browser window's width.
I think that's a fair criticism. It seems very Euro-centric to me.
I didn't see anything about some of the large and wealthy African empires like Mali or Benin.