Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) or Transvaal colony; today the Limpopo province of
Central and Northern Asia
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Abkhazia (Region name is still in use)
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Bactria (Bakhtria)
historical region of Greater Iran, located between the Hindu Kush mountain range and the Amu Darya (Amu river). The region was the birthplace of Zoroastrianism (Mazdaism) and later, also hosted Buddhism before becoming Muslim after the 7th century. The Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valleyare a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Afghanistan with the remains of two huge standing Buddha statues which were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
| Afghanistan (north), Turkmenistan(east), Uzbekistan (south east) andTajikistan (west) |
Circassia
was located east of the Black Sea and west of the Caspian Sea in the Caucasus region, it was the mountainous territory of the Circassians (Adyghe), it was wiped from the map in the late 19th century whenRussia conqueredthe Caucasus region. All Circassians were displacedfrom their homeland. Historians refer to the displacement of the Adyghe people by the Russian Empire to "the inventing of the strategy of modern ethnic cleansing and genocide".
| Circassia was situated north of today Georgia in the southern half of Russia's Krasnodar Krai, south of Kuban River,as well as in the Beshtau, an isolated mountainous region in Stavropol Krai, and in todays Russian Republics of Adygea, Karachay–Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and North Ossetia–Alania, in south westRussia. |
East Turkestan; Eastern Turkestan; Chinese Turkestan
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Kashmir (region)
is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the Vale of Kashmir, the valley between the GreatHimalayas (in northeast) and the Pir Panjal mountain range (in southwest). Today the term Kashmir refers to a larger area that includes the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir (including the Kashmir valley and Jammu and Ladakh), the Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan and the Azad Kashmir provinces, and the Chinese-administered regions of Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract.
See: Map of Pakistan
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| Kirgizia | Kyrgyzstan |
Pashtunistan (region)
is aterm used for the historical region inhabited by the native Pashtun (Pakhtun people) since at least the 1st millennium BC.
| Afghanistan, Pakistan |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union (USSR) was the former name of a large Eurasian empire, roughly coequal with the former Russian Empire.
| Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania,Moldova, Russian Federation,Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,Uzbekistan |
Turkestan, ("Land of the Turks")
a region in Central Asia largely inhabited by Turkic peoples like the Oghuz Turks (Turkmens), Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Khazars, Kyrgyz and Uyghurs are some of the Turkic inhabitants.
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Alashiya,
state during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, it is the ancient name of
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Dilmun,
mentioned in ancient texts as a trade partner of Mesopotamia, although the exact location of Dilmun is unclear, it is associated with
| Bahrain, the Eastern Province ofSaudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and nearby coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf. |
Galilee, Galilea
is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. See: Map of Israel
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Judea, Judäa,(region)
Hebrew: יהודה
was the name of the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel from the 8th century BC (Assyrian rule) to the 2nd century AD, when Roman Judea was renamed Syria Palaestina following the Jewish Bar Kokhba revolt.
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Mesopotamia,
geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern
| Iraq, southeastern Turkey, and the Khūzestān Province of southwestern Iran |
Mishmahig (islands)
| Bahrain |
Muscat and Oman, Sultanate of Muscat and Oman until 1970
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North Yemen or Yemen Arab Republic
was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the western part of what is now Yemen.
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Ottoman Empire
the Turkish empire, established in northern Anatolia by Osman I (Osman Gazi Khan) at the end of the 13th century and expanded by his successors to include all of Asia Minor and much of southeastern Europe. After setbacks caused by the invasion of the Mongol ruler Tamerlane (Timur) in 1402, the Ottomans captured Constantinople (today Istanbul) in 1453, and the empire reached its zenith under Suleiman the Magnificent (ruled 1520 to 1566). At the height of its power, in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Ottoman Empire controlled territory in southeastern Europe, southwestern Asia, and North Africa. It had greatly declined by the 19th century and collapsed after World War I.
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Palestine (region)
| Israel, West Bank & Gaza Strip |
Persia, name for today
The ancient kingdom of Persia became the domain of the Achaemenid dynasty in the 6th century bc. Under Cyrus the Great, Persia became the center of a powerful empire that included western Asia, Egypt, and parts of eastern Europe; it was eventually overthrown by Alexander the Great in 330 bc. The country was conquered by Muslim Arabs between ad 633 and 651. It was renamed Iran in 1935.
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Socotra (island)
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Transjordan
The Emirate of Transjordan was a former Ottoman territory that was part of the British Mandate of Palestine. In 1921 it was excised from Palestine and became an autonomous political division under as-Sharif Abdullah bin al-Husayn.
| Jordan |
Trucial Coast
also known as the Trucial States, Trucial Oman, and the Trucial Shaykdoms
| United Arab Emirates |
Tylos, was referredby the Greeks to today
| Bahrain |
United Arab Republic (UAR)
The United Arab Republic or U.A.R., was a union between Egypt and Syria. The union began in 1958 and existed until 1961, when Syria seceded from the union. Egypt continued to be known officially as the "United Arab Republic" until 1971. The President was Gamal Abdel Nasser. During most of its existence (1958–1961) it was a member of the United Arab States, a confederation with North Yemen.
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Yemen Arab Republic (YAR)
The Yemen Arab Republic, also known as North Yemen, was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the western part of what is now Yemen, its predecessor was the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962), also known as the Kingdom of Yemen, its capital was at Taiz (Ta'izz).
See: Map of Yemen
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Cathay, (English) Cathay is the Anglicized version of "Catai" the name used for northern China, and an alternative name for:
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Choson, Chosen
| the Korean peninsula today split into Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
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Formosa (island)
Dutch Formosa,
period of a colonial Dutch government (1624–1662), the Dutch East India Company established its presence on Formosa to trade with China and Japan and to prevent Portuguese and Spanish trade and colonial activities in East Asia.
Spanish Formosa,
a Spanish colony established in the north of of the island (1626–1642).
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Great Korean Empire
was the name of the Korean empire that existed on theKorean Peninsula, from the Proclamation of the Korean Empire in October 1897 to the Annexation of Korea by Japan in 1910. The Great Korean Empire was an absolute monarchy with a constitution.
| Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) |
Kingdom of Tungning
(1662 - 1683) The kingdom was founded by Koxinga (official name: Zheng Chenggong),on the island of Formosa. Koxinga was born in Hirado, Japan to Zheng Zhilong, a Ming dynasty admiral-pirate-merchant, and his Japanese wife. The Kingdom of Tungning was run by the Zheng family, supporting the Ming Dynasty in mainland China which was replaced by the Manchu-ruled Qing Dynasty in 1644. Koxinga wanted to use the island as a base of operations to train its Ming military forces and recapture the mainland from the Manchus. Hedied in 1662 six month after the conquest of Formosa. His son Zheng Jing ruled the next 20 years from its court at Tainan.
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Manchuria
historical a vast geographic region in northeast Asia, commonly referred to as Northeast China.
See also: Chinese Imperial Dynasties
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Amarapura (Land of Immortality)
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Annam, Anam (1883-1954) French protectorate in
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| Ayutthaya, Kingdom of; (Siam) | covered Thailand, half ofCambodia, most of Laos and large areas of present day Myanmar (Burma)
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| Bengal, region in the northeast of South Asia | today divided between Bangladesh(formerly East Pakistan), and theIndian federal stateWest Bengal.
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Balochistan or Baluchistan
a region on in the Iranian Plateau in Southwest Asia, named after the local Baloch tribes of Persian origin.
| part of the region is now the province Balochistan inPakistan, other areas of the region were part of today's Iran and Afghanistan. |
Baluchistan States Union existed between1952 and1955 in southwest
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British North Borneo, former British protectorate and crown colony, occupies the northern tip of the island of Borneo.
| Malaysia |
Burma, changed its name in 1989 to
| Myanmar |
| Cochin-China, French colony, | the southern part of Vietnam, Capital: Saigon, today Ho Chi Minh City.
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Celebes (island)
| Sulawesi, part of Indonesia
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Ceylon
in 1972 thename of the country was changed to "Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka", in 1978 the name was changed to "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka"
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Dutch East Indies (Netherlands East Indies)
was the Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia following World War II. It was formed from the nationalized colonies of the former Dutch East India Company that came under the administration of the Netherlands in 1800.
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East Pakistan, a former province of Pakistan.
East Pakistan was created from Bengal Province based on the 'Mountbatten Plan' in what was then British India in 1947. Eastern Bengal was given to the Dominion of Pakistan and became a province of Pakistan by the name East Bengal. East Bengal was renamed East Pakistan in 1956 and later became the country of Bangladesh after the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, which took place after the General Elections of 1970.
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Map of Pakistan |
Federation of Malaya, (31 Jan. 1948 - 16 Sept. 1963) a federation of 11 states comprising the nine Malay states of Peninsular Malaysia and the British settlements of Penang and Malacca.
| Malaysia
Map of Malaysia |
Gorkhali (The Nepali Empire (1769) covered an area that was at least a third more than its present confines.)
| Nepal
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Hindoostan, Hindustan the name was used to refere to the Indian Subcontinent, including the present-day nations of
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| Indo-China (French Indochina) former federation of states comprised of | Cochin China, Tonkin, Annam,Laos, and Cambodia.
Cochin China (in south), Annam (central) and Tonkin (in north) were later united to form today Vietnam.
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Java (island) today part of
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Kampuchea, state (1975 - 1979), The Khmer Rouge regime, led by Pol Pot (Saloth Sar, 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998), changed the official name of the country to Democratic Kampuchea.
| Cambodia
Map of Cambodia |
Khmer Republic (1970-1975)
| Cambodia |
Malay States (Federated Malay States) 1895-1946
| Malaysia |
Moluccas (Spice Islands) today part of
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Mustang, Kingdom of;was once an independent kingdom,a hereditary dynasty which survived as the Kingdom of Lo in Upper (northern) Mustang (Nepal), bordering Tibet Autonomous Region (China), to which it is closely tied by language and culture.The Kingdom was abolished by Nepali government on 7th October2008.
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Netherlands East Indies
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New Territories (mainland region)
| Hong Kong |
Portuguese Timor (former name for East Timor)
| Timor-Leste |
Serendib is the old Arabic, Persian and Urdu name for
| Sri Lanka |
Siam was the foreign name for the Kingdom of Siam (Rattanakosin Kingdom), and still isa synonym for
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Sikkim, Kingdom of; today a state of
| India
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Straits Settlements
British Settlements on the Malay Peninsula at the Strait of Malacca: Penang, Malacca, and Singapore.
| Malaysia, Singapore |
Sultanate of Malacca
was first a Hindu kingdom which later became Muslim, it existed 1402–1511 covering large parts of the Malay Peninsula with a small portion on Sumatra.
| Malaysia, Singapore |
Tonkin (French protectorate, later North Vietnam with the Capital Hanoi)
| Vietnam
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West Pakistan official (1955–1970) name of the western wing of today
| Pakistan |
 Historical Map of Asia (1914)
Annotated Map of Asia with international borders as of the year 1914, with a short description of the countries of that time.
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British West Indies - the colonies of the British in the Caribbean:
today the term refers to the British Caribbean overseas territories which are: | Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica,Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago
Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands.
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Danish West Indies or "Danish Antilles",
were a colony of Denmark-Norway in the Caribbean. They were sold to the United States in 1916 in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies and became the United States Virgin Islands in 1917.
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| French West Indies, the French overseas departments | Guadeloupe and Martinique, as well as the French CaribbeanDépartments d'Outre Mer, include the Guadeloupe dependencies of the French part of the island St. Martin and the islands Saint-Barthélemy, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante and La Désirade.
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Haiti, the Arawaks name for the island of Hispaniola
| Dominican Republic and Haiti |
New Spain (Nueva España) colonial territories of the Spanish Empire in North and Central America, including
| Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,Costa Rica and parts of South-WestUSA |
Somers Islands is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean better kown as
| Bermuda |
| United Provinces of Central America - UPCA later renamed to Federal Republic of Central America (from 1823 to approximately 1840). Capital cities were Guatemala City (Until 1834) and San Salvador. | UPCA consisted of the states ofGuatemala, El Salvador, Honduras,Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
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Newfoundland (island, with mainland area, and a province of)
| Canada
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New Spain (Nueva España) colonial territories of the Spanish Empire in North and Central America, including
| Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,Costa Rica and parts of South-WestUSA |
New Netherland, or Nieuw-Nederland in Dutch,
was the 17th-century colonial province of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands on the East Coast of North America. | The settled areas are now part of the Mid-Atlantic States of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut, with small outposts in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. The provincial capital, New Amsterdam, was located at the southern tip of the island ofManhattan on upper New York Bay.
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British Guiana
was a British colony on the northern coast of South America, what is now the independent nation of Guyana. Capital was Georgetown.
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Dutch Guiana (Netherlands Guyana)
Dutch colonization of the Guianas began in the beginning of the 17th century. The colonies of Essequibo and Demerara (Demerary), Surinam, and Berbice were Dutch settlements, trading posts and plantations in the coastal areas ofthe north eastern part of South America, a region which is known as the Guianas, today divided into the countries of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and the north eastern part of Brazil. Capital city was Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo)
| Venezuela, Guyana,Suriname,French Guiana, and the Amapá province of Brazil. |
Gran Colombia (1819-1830), the former republic consisted ofthe territories of present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Panama, northern Peru and northwest Brazil.
| Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela,Panama, Peru and Brazil |
Inini, an inland territory of French Guiana, its capital was Saint-Élie.
| French Guiana |
New Holland (2), Nieuw Holland, or also known as Dutch Brazil, was a former dutch colony on the northeast coast of Brazil 1630 - 1654. Capital city was Mauritsstad, today part of the city of Recife.
| Province of Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Terra de Santa Cruz, in the early 16th century when the Portoguese realized it was not an island but part of a continent they were about to conquer, they renamed it from 'Ilha de Vera Cruz' (Island of the True Cross) to Terra de Santa Cruz (Land of the Holy Cross). Today the region is known as Brazil. | Brazil |
Historical Maps of The Americas
UT Library - Perry-Castañeda Library, Collection of historical maps of The Americas.
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Albion, is the oldest known name of the island of Great Britain.
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Batavian Republic (Bataafse Republiek) 1795 to 1806, was the successor of the Dutch Republic and the precursor of the Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810), the then capital was The Hague.
| Netherlands
Map of the Netherlands |
Bessarabia - historic region comprising most of current-day Moldova and districts of Ukraine. Capital city was Kishinev today known as Chişinău.
| Moldova and parts of Ukraine
Map of Moldova
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Bohemia, prior 1918 the term "Bohemia" was traditionally used for today's Czech Republic. Largest city and capital is Prague.
| Czech Republic
Map of Czech Republic |
Britain, the name Britain is derived from the Latin name Britannia used by the Romans for the Roman province on the island of Great Britain (the portion south of Hadrian's wall).
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Confœderatio Helvetica - CH (Latin for: Swiss Confederation)
| Switzerland
Map of Switzerland |
Czechoslovakia (Chechoslovakia)
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic; on 1 January 1993, it split into the
| Czech Republic and Slovakia
Map of Czech Republic
Map of Slovakia
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East Germany,
German Democratic Republic (GDR); the formerly Soviet influenced eastern part of then in two parts divided Germany, from 1945 - 1990. Capital city was East-Berlin.
| Germany
Map of Germany |
Fortunate Islands
| Canary Islands (Spain) |
Helvetia - Latin name for, and the female national personification of Switzerland.
| Switzerland
Map of Switzerland
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Kingdom of Sardinia
(1297–1861) comprised initially the island of Sardinia, its capital was originally Cagliari.
| Sardinia (Italy)
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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
1918-1929 renamed to Yugoslawia, since 1991 the countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Rep. of, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. Capital city was Belgrade (1918–1941), Capital-in-exile was London (1941–1944).
| Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,Macedonia, Rep. of, Montenegro,Serbia and Slovenia |
Moldavia,
created in the Middle Ages was a principality of Romania, its easterly extension now forming the state of Moldova. Capital city from 1564 to 1859 aws Iași (Jassy).
| Romania, Moldova
Map of Romania
Map of Moldova |
Moravia
(in German: Mähren) historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, one of the historical Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. Largest city and former capital is Brno.
| Czech Republic
Map of Czech Republic |
Podolia
is a historic region in part of the East European Plain in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central and south-western portions of present-day Ukraine and in northeastern Moldova (i.e. northern Transnistria).
| Ukraine, Moldova
Map of Ukraine
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Pridnestrovia (Transnistria)
formerly part of the Soviet Union (Russia), today a breakaway state of Moldova also known as Transnistria, which claims territory between the Dniester river and the eastern border of Moldova with Ukraine. It declared independence in 1990 but is unrecognised by any United Nations member state.
Transnistria is one of four post-Soviet "frozen conflict" zones. (see: Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia)
After the dissolution of the USSR, tensions between the newly created Moldova and the de facto sovereign state of Pridnestrovia escalated into a military conflict. Unlike the rest of Moldova Pridnestrovia had not wanted to separate from the Soviet Union. Because of the Russian military contingent present in Transnistria, the European Court of Human Rights considers Transnistria "under the effective authority or at least decisive influence of Russia". | Moldova
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Prussia, Preussen
a former kingdom of the German Empire.Originally a small country on the south eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, under Frederick the Great it became a major European power covering much of modern northeast Germany and Poland. Capital city was Königsberg (today Kaliningrad, Russia), later Berlin.
| Germany, Poland
Map of Germany
Map of Poland |
Ruthenia
(region; former name for Carpatho-Ukraine)
| Ukraine
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Silesia,
(in German: Schlesien) historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts in the Czech Republic and Germany, its largest city and capital was Wrocław(Breslau).
| Poland, the Czech Republic andGermany. |
Soviet Union (1922 - 1991)
short form of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a former federation of Communist republics occupying the northern half of Asia and part of eastern Europe, capital city was Moscow.
12 constituent republics emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 as independent post-Soviet states.
| Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania,Moldova, Russian Federation (Russia), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,Ukraine, Uzbekistan |
Scotland,
the former independent kingdom is today one of four constituent nations which form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, capital city is Edinburgh
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Spitzbergen
| Svalbard |
Transcarpathia
(region; alternate name for Carpatho-Ukraine)
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Map of Ukraine
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Transylvania (region)
| Romania
Map of Romania |
West Germany,
was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; 1949-1990) to distinguish it from East Germany, the German Democratic Republic (GDR)
| Germany
Map of Germany |
Yugoslavia
(former name for a confederation of states in the western Balkan peninsula)
The country was formed as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in the peace settlements at the end of the First World War. It comprised Serbia, Montenegro, and the former South Slavic provinces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and assumed the name of Yugoslavia in 1929; its capital was Belgrade (today the capital of Serbia).
| Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia |
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is Siam, named after a 19th century king. Thailand means “land of the free”. It is the only Southeast Asian country to have never been colonized.
is Ceylon. It was under European rule for about 450 years. In 1972 the name was change to Sri Lanka.
was named after Philip II of Spain. Two of its oldest names were Ma-I and Maniola.
’s name comes from the Arawak Indian word “Xaymaca” which means “land of springs”.
is the old name of France and Helle is the old name of Greece.
China was taken from Chin dynasty.
y while Malaysia is formerly known as Malaya.
got its name from the agglomeration of the Czech and Slovak peoples in 1918. This country dissolved into the Czeck and Slovak Republics in 1993.
means "Land of the South Slavs". It was originally Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, created by joining Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and 
. It became Yugoslavia in 1929. It subsequently split into its constituent states in the years 1992-2006.
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in 1963.
from 1955 to 1971. It was also known as East Bengal.
is Byelorussia until 1991. It is also called White Russia.
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until 1975.
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. Its present name was adopted in 1984.
from 1971 to1975 and Kampuchea from 1975 to 1991.
until 1819.
is Middle Congo.
between 1971 and 1997. It was previously called Belgian Republic.
is formerly known as French Somaliland.
, which is known as Timor-Leste since its independence in 2002, is known as Portuguese Timor until 1975.
is called Spanish Guinea
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, an African country, is called Gold Coast until 1957.
in Africa is called French Guinea.
is known as Portuguese Guinea until 1974.
is called British Guiana.
until officially named Iran in 1935.
is part of the British Mandate of Palestine. It was previously renamed by the Romans to Palestine from Kingdom of Israel and Judea.
is known as Irish Free State and was at one time referred to in English as Eire.
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is known until 1991 as Moldovia.
in Oceania is called Western Samoa.
and Montenegro is from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2003. Split into two nations, Serbia and 
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is called Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
, in South America, is formerly known as Dutch Guiana.
is known as Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic until 1991.
until 1949.
before 1960 is French Togoland.
is known as the Ellice Islands before independence in 1978.
became independent from New Hebrides in 1980.
is known as Uzbek Socialist Republic until 1991.
, in Africa, is formerly known as Spanish Sahara.
. It assumed the current name in 1980.