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Goverment systems from 1500 ~ 2000

	Year	Brazil	USA	Russia
	1500···
		Overseas Territory	Overseas territory	Monarchy
	1550···
	1600···
	1650···
	1700···
	1750···
	1800···
			Democracy
		Monarchy
	1850···
	1900···
		Limited Democracy
				Communism
	1950···
		Dictatorship
		Democracy
		Military Dictatorship
	2000···
		Democracy
				Democracy

The source file for this timeline:

year_gap 50        # it'll show each 50 years
year_pixels 3      # each year = 1 pixel height
year_name "Year"   # the word "Year" in the top left
start 1500         # first year: 1500 A.D.
end 2000           # last year: 2000 A.D.

# description of the timeline
description "Goverment systems from 1500 ~ 2000"

# the first group is called "Brazil"
group "Brazil"
	# the colors for this group are 70% red, 100% green and 70% blue
	color 70 100 70
	
	# an event called "Overseas Territory", from years 1500 to 1822
	event "Overseas Territory" 1500 1822
		# the image is a file called overseas.png
		image "overseas.png"
		# the description for this event
		description "Under portuguese rule"
		
	event "Monarchy" 1822 1889
		image "monarchy.png"
		description "Emperors: Pedro I and Pedro II"
	event "Limited Democracy" 1889 1930
		image "democracy.png"
		description "'Coffee and Milk' democracy"
	event "Dictatorship" 1930 1945
		image "tirany.png"
		description "Getúlio Vargas dictatorship: the good dictatorship"
	event "Democracy" 1945 1968
		image "democracy.png"
	event "Military Dictatorship" 1968 1985
		image "tirany.png"
		description "Bloody regime ruled by the military, censored the media. Through it, hundreds were exiled and tousands were torture and killed."
	event "Democracy" 1985 2000
		image "democracy.png"
		color 70 70 100

group "USA"
	color 80 80 80
	
	event "Overseas territory" 1500 1776
		image "overseas.png"
		description "Under British rule"
	event "Democracy" 1776 2000
		color 70 70 100
		description "Achieved by the american revolution of 1776"
		image "democracy.png"

group "Russia"
	color 100 70 70

	event "Monarchy" 1500 1917
		image "monarchy.png"
		description "Absolutist power of the tzars"
	event "Communism" 1917 1989
		image "communism.png"
		description "Achieved by the October Revolution in 1917, transformed Russia in the first communist country"
	event "Democracy" 1989 2000
		image "democracy.png"
		color 70 70 100
		description "Achieved through the bankrupt of the communist system"