File:World empires and colonies around World War I.png
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Summary
- Taken from old colonialism wikipedia map and outlined.
- Dated around 1900 (shows <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" class="extiw" title="en:Italy">Italian</a> - although the flag is not correct - North Africa post 1910 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary" class="extiw" title="en:Austria-Hungary">Austro-Hungarian Empire</a> circa WW1). British territories of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" class="extiw" title="en:Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" class="extiw" title="en:Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" class="extiw" title="en:New Zealand">New Zealand</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" class="extiw" title="en:South Africa">South Africa</a> would later become dominions.
- Nations involved with imperialism, directly or indirectly, are coloured. Meant to portray the world around the time of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWI" class="extiw" title="en:WWI">WWI</a>.
- In case anyone wonders, the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Ha%27il.svg" title="File:Flag of the Emirate of Ha'il.svg">red flag with the yellow crescent and star is the Rashidi house and their allies</a>. Below them are <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Second_Saudi_State.svg" title="File:Flag of the Second Saudi State.svg">the Saudis and their allies</a>.
- Grey countries may be smaller empires (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" class="extiw" title="en:Nepal">Nepal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan" class="extiw" title="en:Bhutan">Bhutan</a>) or have extended their geopolitical boundaries over unsettled/inhabitated areas (i.e. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America" class="extiw" title="en:Latin America">Latin America</a> such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile" class="extiw" title="en:Chile">Chile</a> acquired <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island" class="extiw" title="en:Easter Island">Easter Island</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Peninsula" class="extiw" title="en:Antarctic Peninsula">Antarctic Peninsula</a>).
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| current | 18:39, 5 January 2017 | | 1,554 × 627 (37 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <br><ul> <li> Taken from old colonialism wikipedia map and outlined.</li> <li> Dated around 1900 (shows <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" class="extiw" title="en:Italy">Italian</a> - although the flag is not correct - North Africa post 1910 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary" class="extiw" title="en:Austria-Hungary">Austro-Hungarian Empire</a> circa WW1). British territories of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" class="extiw" title="en:Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" class="extiw" title="en:Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" class="extiw" title="en:New Zealand">New Zealand</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" class="extiw" title="en:South Africa">South Africa</a> would later become dominions.</li> <li> Nations involved with imperialism, directly or indirectly, are coloured. Meant to portray the world around the time of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWI" class="extiw" title="en:WWI">WWI</a>.</li> <li> In case anyone wonders, the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Ha%27il.svg" title="File:Flag of the Emirate of Ha'il.svg">red flag with the yellow crescent and star is the Rashidi house and their allies</a>. Below them are <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Second_Saudi_State.svg" title="File:Flag of the Second Saudi State.svg">the Saudis and their allies</a>.</li> <li> Grey countries may be smaller empires (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" class="extiw" title="en:Nepal">Nepal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan" class="extiw" title="en:Bhutan">Bhutan</a>) or have extended their geopolitical boundaries over unsettled/inhabitated areas (i.e. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America" class="extiw" title="en:Latin America">Latin America</a> such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile" class="extiw" title="en:Chile">Chile</a> acquired <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island" class="extiw" title="en:Easter Island">Easter Island</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Peninsula" class="extiw" title="en:Antarctic Peninsula">Antarctic Peninsula</a>).</li> </ul> |
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