10 countries that no longer exist The world has changed dramatically over the years.
Populations have increased, cities have thrived, technology has taken the world by storm,
and new industries have aided in economic growth. Another way in which the world has changed is that
some countries have vanished. Nations no longer exist for a variety of reasons. Some countries,
such as East and West Germany, merged to form a single state. Other countries, such as the Persian
Empire, which spanned land from the Mediterranean Sea to India before becoming Persia and, later,
Iran, have split apart. Other countries, such as Ceylon, which became Sri Lanka in 1972,
have changed their names. Climate change, which causes floods and erosion,
has also contributed to the disappearance of some countries. Hello and welcome back to Grace Media,
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10. Dominion of newfoundland 1933- 1949 The Dominion of Newfoundland was an eastern
North American country that is now the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
It was founded on September 26, 1907, and was confirmed by the Balfour Declaration of 1926
and the Statute of Westminster of 1931. This country was never a part of Canada;
it was a separate dominion within the United Kingdom's commonwealth.
Following the Great Depression, an economic breakdown compelled Newfoundland to forego
independence and join Canada. In 1949, she became one of Canada's ten provinces, changing its name
from Dominion to Newfoundland and Labrador. This province is now in northeastern Canada, north of
Quebec and the Maritime Provinces. This province is well-known for having the highest proportion of
English-speaking citizens from all over the world. And it has over 97 percent of the population,
making it the most linguistically homogeneous province in Canada.
9. Confederate states of American: 18 65 The Confederate States of America (CSA),
also known as the Confederate States or the Confederacy, was an unrecognized breakaway
state that existed from February 8, 18 61, to May 9, 18 65, and fought against the Union during the
American Civil War. The majority of the CSA was made up of eleven states that had declared their
independence from the Union. During a time when the rest of Europe was enslaving people,
the United States was debating whether or not to continue in this line of business.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States in 1860, many slave-dealing
states in the southern United States feared that their business would come to an end,
resulting in a bloody war known as the American Civil War. Slave states such as Maryland,
Kentucky, Missouri, and Delaware did not succeed and joined the Confederacy,
while Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina did. Georgia and Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas, and Florida all have taxes. These 11 countries merged to form a new country known as
the Confederate States of America. When the civil war ended in favor of the union, the
Confederate States of America ceased to exist as a separate country and became part of the Union.
8. Republics of Texas: 18 45. The Republic of Texas was a sovereign
state in North America that existed from March 2, 18 36 to February 19, 18 46, despite the
fact that Mexico considered it a rebellious province throughout its entire existence.
It was bounded to the west and southwest by Mexico, to the southeast by the Gulf of Mexico,
to the east and northeast by the two U.S. states of Louisiana and Arkansas, and to the north and
west by United States territories encompassing parts of the current U.S. states of Oklahoma,
Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico. The republic's citizens were referred to as Texians.
This lone star state existed as a sovereign nation for 9 years before being admitted
to the Union as a new state in 18 45. This was established in 18 36 as a secession from Mexico,
and despite the fact that they had welcomed American settlers into taxes,
and the fact that Mexico had outlawed slavery, and American settlers never wanted her to continue
in the slavery activities, it resulted in a revolt from Mexico and declaring independence.
The republic of California, as well as several other US states that were previously separate
colonies or countries from the rest of the United States, including Hawaii,
7. Czechoslovakia: 19 93. Czechoslovakia, also known as Czecho-Slovakia, was
a sovereign state in Central Europe that declared independence from Austria-Hungary
in October 19 18. The region was long a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire,
which collapsed at the end of World War I. Tomá Garrigue Masaryk established the new state.
The Bohemian Kingdom ceased to exist when it was absorbed into Czechoslovakia in 19 18.
Czechoslovakia was established in October 19 18 as one of the successor states of
the Austro-Hungarian Empire following the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
It included the modern-day states of Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, and Carpathian Ruthenia.
Its territory included some of the former Austria-most Hungary's industrialized regions.
The new country was multi-ethnic, with Czechs and Slovaks constituting the constituent peoples.
The population was made up of Czechs (51%), Slovaks (16%), Germans (22%), Hungarians (5%),
and Rusyns (1%). (4 percent ). Many Germans, Hungarians, Ruthenians,
Poles, and some Slovaks felt oppressed because the political elite did not generally allow minority
ethnic groups political autonomy. Czechoslovakia was divided into two sovereign states,
the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, in January 19 93.
6. Rhodesia. From 19 65 to 19 79,
Rhodesia, officially known as the Republic of Rhodesia until 1970, was an unrecognized state
in Southern Africa, roughly equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe.
Rhodesia was the de facto successor state to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia, which had
been self-governing since 19 23, when it achieved responsible government. Rhodesia, a landlocked
country, was bounded to the south by South Africa, to the southwest by Bechuanaland (later Botswana),
to the northwest by Zambia, and to the east by Mozambique (a Portuguese province until 19 75).
From 19 65 to 19 78, Rhodesia was one of two independent African states governed by a white
minority of European ancestry and culture, the other being South Africa. Lord Sanderson of Arklow
was Rhodesia's first viceroy, and he ruled the state's rubber plantations with an iron fist.
5. Austria hungary: 19 18. Between 18 67 and 19 18,
Austria-Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy,
was a constitutional monarchy and major power in Central Europe. It was founded as part of
the Austro-Hungarian Compromise in 18 67 and disbanded following its defeat in World War I.
This alliance between these two countries created the second largest in terms of area
and the third largest in terms of population. Austria-Hungary is a diverse area of ethnicities
and nationalists, and it was never a single nation with a single identity,
but rather separate countries. In fact, despite being Ukrainian ethnically and linguistically,
the author's grandparents who immigrated to the United States had a "Austrian-Hungarian" birth.
Unrest among Serbian nationalists within Austria-Hungary precipitated World War
I in the first place, a disastrous war that precipitated the collapse of the unlikely empire.
4. Tanganyika and Zanzibar: 19 64. It gained partial independence from Britain
in 19 61 and total independence in 19 62. On the other hand, Zanzibar gained independence from the
Arab dynasty in 19 63 through a revolution. These two countries clashed over a Rift
lake in an African region during a period when Europeans were acquiring territories in Africa,
a period known as colonialism. These two collided, and then merged in 19 64 to form Tanzania,
a name derived from their own original names. As has been the case for many years in the world,
this new nation encompassed many ethnicities and languages, with a total of 130 languages,
making the creation of a coherent national identity difficult. That task has been completed,
and the nation of approximately 55 million people now largely identify as Tanzanians,
making Tanzania a suitable location for hunters and animal enthusiasts.
3. Netherland Antilles The Kingdom of the Netherlands
included the Netherlands Antilles as a constituent country. The country was made
up of several Caribbean Sea island territories. The islands were also known colloquially as the
Dutch Antilles. The country was established in 19 54 as the autonomous successor to the
Dutch colony of Curaçao and Dependencies, and it was dissolved in 2010. Surinam,
a Dutch colony on the continent of South America, did not become part of the Netherlands Antilles,
but instead became a separate autonomous country in 19 54. All of the island territories that were
part of the Netherlands Antilles are still part of the kingdom today, though their legal status
varies. Regardless of their legal status, they are still commonly referred to as the Dutch Caribbean.
In the Netherlands, people from this former territory are still referred to as Antilleans.
Despite the fact that the referendums held in the early 19 90s resulted in a vote in favor of
keeping the Netherlands Antilles, the arrangement remained unsatisfactory. Each island in the
Netherlands Antilles had a new referendum on its future status between June 2000 and April 2005.
Closer ties with the Netherlands, remaining within the Netherlands Antilles,
autonomy as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands (status aparte), and independence
were the four options that could be voted on. Sint Maarten and Curaçao voted for independence,
Saba and Bonaire voted for closer ties with the Netherlands, and Sint Eustatius voted to remain
part of the Netherlands Antilles. And three other Dutch islands became independent countries within
the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Curacao, Aruba, and Bonaire were the three islands.
2. Yugoslavia: 19 91 -2006. For the majority of the twentieth century,
Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe. It was founded in 1918, following World
War 1, as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. Following World War 2, communist
Serbian nationalist Jose of Tito merged with a Balkan olio of Slavic countries.
Following World War I, a proto-Yugoslavia known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats,
and Slovenes was formed from the shattered remains of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
However, religious and ethnic tensions prevented the formation of a cohesive nation, and by 1991,
discord had reached violent proportions, with warfare between competing ethnicities,
with Serbians representing the central government attempting to retain control of all parts of the
country. The country was painfully and eventually divided into separate nations, including Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1. United Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) From 192 2 to 19 91, the Soviet Union,
officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a socialist state that spanned
most of Europe and Asia. It was nominally a federal union of several national republics,
but its government and economy remained highly centralized until its final years. This country
arose from the ashes of Imperial Russia following the 19 17 Revolution; the USSR grew to become
the world's largest and one of the most populous. And, despite internal corruption and the enormous
cost of trying to keep up with the United States and western Allies military during the cold war,
she was a powerful nation during World War II. The USSR imploded on itself in the face of
national movement among its numerous republics that were not ethnically Russian, eventually
dissolving in 1991 in a basket full of separate, and that is how it changed from USSR to Russia.
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