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Thursday, January 21, 2010
History of Vietnam in Maps
"Curzon", one of the contributors to the always interesting international affairs blog, Coming Anarchy, has created an animated map showing the history of Vietnam, from ancient times to the present:
This is only the latest in a series of historical geography maps from "Curzon". Other nations covered previously: Ethiopia, Poland, Armenia, Persia, Russia, India, Britannia, Sweden and Saudi Arabia.
Poor Laos. They get screwed out of any coastline. Vietnam's slim size is just teasing Laos. But Vietnam is hogging the Gulf of Tonkin and the South China Sea.
Poor Laos. They get screwed out of any coastline. Vietnam's slim size is just teasing Laos. But Vietnam is hogging the Gulf of Tonkin and the South China Sea.
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