Map Enthusiasts @sopuli.xyz spiritedpause @lemmy-u6723.vm.elestio.app 1y ago

All countries that have been conquered by Europe at some point

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This color design is horrible for color blind people
- It's horrible for everyone.
What exactly does "European sphere of influence" mean? How is it distinct from "partial control/influence"? Why is Turkiye one and not the other?
- For Nepal and Bhutan at least, I think they were essentially a tributary state for the British empire and if they stepped out of line they'd be colonised.
  
  Same with Mongolia for the Soviet Union
- I guess it's because of Turkey being occupied after WWI
So, Afganistan, Iran and Mongolia are listed as "European sphere of influence", but Japan and Korea are not?
- Yeah, it seems kind of strange to say that Japan has never been in Europe’s sphere of influence considering the history of how the Dutch East India Company and later the British East India Company operated in Japan.
- I think is more in a power relationship mean, like Japan and Korea are influenced by Europe because they are partners, not because they are influencing their government.
Eastern Russia has never been colonized?
- I don’t even think Russia considers that part of Russia to be Europe
  
  Am I the only one who's never considered Russia part of Europe?
- It was colonized by Russia.
  
  But did the European part of Russia colonise the Asian part or the other way around?
- Same for French Guiana
Europe is in south america?
- That is French Guiana, which is an "overseas department of France" and is in the European Union. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guiana
  
  For those that don't know, French Guiana being an overseas department of France makes it analogous to Alaska or Hawaii, rather than a mere territory. It's considered a fully-fledged part of France, at the same level as all the departments of metropolitan France.
  
  So, a european construct, not part of Europe, the actual continent.
  
  Then there should be much more purple scattered throughout the world.
  
  Within Canada's borders is another part of France.
  
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon
- That's French Guiana and is considered part of France. Just like most of Russia is in Asia, but the map still says it's part of Europe.
Sad how much unique culture we don't have in the world today that is instead replaced by ubiquitous European sourced culture.
- Every time I think of the near complete destruction of Pre-Columbian Indigenous American culture by European colonizers I get angry and sad. It must be one of the worst crimes in history.
  
  Completely agree, the whole Americans conquer was a complete cultural disaster
Interesting, do you have a source? It seems to be Vice from the logo
- I think that's the vox logo.
  
  https://www.vox.com/
  
  Indeed!
- Yup, got it from this article!
  
  https://www.vox.com/2014/6/24/5835320/map-in-the-whole-world-only-these-five-countries-escaped-european
  
  Thanks!
Ethiopia has never been colonized either :/ what else is wrong here?
- How do you say “not so fast” in Italian?
  
  I believe it is "mamma mia" while running around with their heads on fire haha.
  
  Chotto mate
- Ethiopia was briefly colonized by Fascist Italy and, subsequently, the British.
  
  Fine, fine, there were those 5 years of occupation, that was not colonization, but ok, there was an attempt.
Hence the saying: The sun never sets on the British Empire

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-does-the-sun-never-sets-on-the-british-empire-mean.html
- I've heard that expression to describe the Spanish Empire, TIL that it's also used to talk about the British one.
  
  From Spanish Wikipedia: El imperio donde nunca se pone el sol - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
  
  The expression The empire where the sun never sets has been used in different contexts to define a certain type of global empire, so extensive that there is always at least a part of its territory where it is daytime. It was originally used by the Spanish Empire, mainly between the 16th and 17th centuries. In more recent times it has been used for the British Empire, mainly in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Ireland 👀
Bad gateway...

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