[addaon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Wu0Q7x5D0 isn't a bad attempt, although obviously limited by available information.

[vanderZwan]

Thank you, that is pretty close to what I had in mind. An interactive timeline that could be explored step-by-step would probably be even better.

... maybe the Wikimedia Foundation should spend some of their ridiculous surplus in donations on developing that.