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[-] morto@piefed.social 20 points 3 months ago

Those older maps with overlay drawings were so cool

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

I never understood if it was Prussia or already Germany before WW1

[-] PenguinInLaw@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago

Prussian Kingdom was technically one state in the German Empire. But since the Prussian king was the emperor, distinction between them was somewhat artificial.

[-] Sergio@piefed.social 9 points 3 months ago

I love how Corsica has a picture of Napoleon.

[-] PenguinInLaw@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

Pre-Balkan wars even.

[-] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago

It's should be from 1878-1885, as it shows Eastern Rumelia as a somewhat separate state. It was an autonomous province of Bulgaria for that 8 years; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Rumelia

I couldn't find anything to narrow it even more.

But it has some errors, e.g. Austria wa called Austria-Hungary at that time

[-] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago

Colloquially 'Austria' (or equivalents) was still widely used, just as the Ottoman Empire is referred to Turkiye here.

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

I was bummed that they gave Bulgaria a fifth color, when they were clearly aware that you only need four colors, but then I saw that it's not a contiguous landmass, so I guess, that's a valid way of grouping those two...

[-] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

Switzerland be like:

this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
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