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Countries that no longer exist (web.archive.org)
submitted 11 months ago by lars@lemmy.sdf.org to c/mapporn@lemmy.world
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[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is arbitrary horseshit.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’d say arbitrary but still interesting to think about. You could take 1,000 slices in time and get lost in the data, but it’s interesting just to look at a few I don’t think it claims to be EVERY country that no longer exists

[–] rojun@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Maybe this is a beginning of someone's mapping journey, so I wouldn't be too harsh on it. If you're interested in how the borders have changed throughout the history, you could also watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Wu0Q7x5D0