Los Angeles isnt where you labelled it. In fact, its not even in that new state at all.Made this the other day: An Alternate USA with16 proposed states added.
Los Angeles isnt where you labelled it. In fact, its not even in that new state at all.
no indian stream? how dare you
It always leaves me puzzled as these "ethnic maps" of Africa often mismatch with each other ...
I have some doubts about the accuracy & relevancy of these maps, but this was literally just the results of some quick google searches. It shouldn't be too hard for someone to model internal borders off of these.
It always leaves me puzzled as these "ethnic maps" of Africa often mismatch with each other ...
It always leaves me puzzled as these "ethnic maps" of Africa often mismatch with each other ...
Its because "Africa is unstable because they're barbarians who were forced together and began killing each other the minute they were freed from enlightened European rule" is a really easy way to go and deny that Europe is responsible for a lot of problems in modern Africa, and a lot of these maps are rather artificial and among other things deny that these groups are often nomadic and borders are subject to change.It always leaves me puzzled as these "ethnic maps" of Africa often mismatch with each other ...
The argument that most often gets made in regards to these sorts of maps, though, is that "the borders are artificial", and that they don't reflect Africa's ethnic diversity like Europe's do. Never mind that the creation of the European nation-states involved the artificial creation of a pan-ethnic identity followed by the subsumption/annihilation of competing nationalisms; if we were to draw a pre-Westphalia map of all of Europe's 'ethnic groups', it could be nearly as chaotic.Its because "Africa is unstable because they're barbarians who were forced together and began killing each other the minute they were freed from enlightened European rule" is a really easy way to go and deny that Europe is responsible for a lot of problems in modern Africa, and a lot of these maps are rather artificial and among other things deny that these groups are often nomadic and borders are subject to change.
This, this so much. It happens other places too; the amount of cultures that were subsequently annihilated when someone decided that to be a Southerner meant, well, what all the racists say it means is boggling. In a way, the fact that African smaller languages and identities continue to this day as opposed to how in Europe these languages and regional traditions were annihilated is a good thing.The argument that most often gets made in regards to these sorts of maps, though, is that "the borders are artificial", and that they don't reflect Africa's ethnic diversity like Europe's do. Never mind that the creation of the European nation-states involved the artificial creation of a pan-ethnic identity followed by the subsumption/annihilation of competing nationalisms; if we were to draw a pre-Westphalia map of all of Europe's 'ethnic groups', it could be nearly as chaotic.
I mean, even the article says that Armenia would basically become a British colony/protectorate in this situation.In the world of strange news, while looking for political information of a completely different nature, I came across this nugget in the New York Times, where apparently Norway was offered the Mandate over Armenia and, should they refuse, Canada was prepared to take their place. As of this moment though I'm not sure what became of Canada's efforts in this regard.
Such idea was there from Berlin congress if not earlier (by conveention of Cyprus all of asian Ottoman empire became "protectorate")I mean, even the article says that Armenia would basically become a British colony/protectorate in this situation.
I mean, even the article says that Armenia would basically become a British colony/protectorate in this situation.
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In light blue are the territories an agitation group called the Pan-German League was demanding be annexed should Germany emerge victorious in WW1: All of Belgium, Luxembourg and northeastern France.
As some lads helpfully pointed out for me, it was more likely that the Germans would have been more modest. At most they would have annexed Luxembourg, the French border regions in dark blue, and eastern Belgium to up to Namur and Liege, shown in dark criss-crossy.
This is great, been looking for something like this for ages
also: interesting how the more extreme lot wanted virtually the exact same borders the Nazis would draw up 25 years later
Did y'all know that in 1943, aka when World War II was still going on, the British considered giving self-government to northern (aka modern) Sudan, while keeping the southern portion a British colony?
If that plan had gone ahead, there might've been a slightly earlier end to the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and a more stable South Sudan.
Anyway, here's a a worlda patch for that proposal, based on approximations of the provincial borders of the late colonial period (thanks, that one Italian atlas I found at DavidRumsey.com!). Also apparently the modern border between the Sudans goes back to at least the 1940s...
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