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ComradeCosmobot posted:^^^^ Then the Eritrean thing makes even less sense unless people have a hard-on for spreading democracy to a repressive state that lacks oil ^^^^ I don't think this is intended as a map of how the author thinks things should be, but instead as a prediction of how things might end up in a few decades if the stability in the Middle East continues to break down. I presume in such a situation the map's creator thinks Ethiopia is going to have another go at getting a coastline.
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Is it really meant to be a serious map? It just looks like a strategy boardgame to me. A pretty neat looking one too.
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Djibouti: funniest country name since 1977!
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I was on the Guardian's website, and clicked on their Middle East section to read about Iraq. They break it further down by country. And on that list is Comoros. The gently caress? How did they become part of the Middle East? They must have been settled or conquered by Arabs at some point since Arabic is one of their languages.
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I don't know if I would call Comoros the middle east just because they use arabic. There used to be a lot of muslim/arabic sultanates along the east coast of Africa. edit: Also the trade routes between the middle east and east africa. VVV no kidding Peanut President fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Jun 22, 2014 |
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Count Roland posted:I was on the Guardian's website, and clicked on their Middle East section to read about Iraq. They break it further down by country. And on that list is Comoros. The gently caress? They're members of the Arab League, as are Somalia
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Count Roland posted:I was on the Guardian's website, and clicked on their Middle East section to read about Iraq. They break it further down by country. And on that list is Comoros. The gently caress? Arab colonists and slave traders, actually. Same reason there's a city in Tanzania named Dar es Salaam. Vincent Van Goatse fucked around with this message at 06:25 on Jun 22, 2014 |
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Yeah, East Africa has had some strong Arab influence for centuries. That said, I definitely wouldn't put the Comoros into a middle eastern grouping.
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The secret reason this is politically-loaded is because it has Arabic as a European language.
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From Arabic root meaning to drink vs. From Arabic root meaning to reject Turks and Persians don't give a gently caress. 
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That's amazing. Interesting that the borders of Székely land don't show up clearly at all. (Or am I just missing something obvious?)
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SaltyJesus posted:That's amazing. Interesting that the borders of Székely land don't show up clearly at all. (Or am I just missing something obvious?)
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 Not sure if this counts as "politically loaded" but I'm sure we can have arguments about how Oklahoma sucks because it only has a lovely D-list movie that was made fun of by RiffTrax. EDIT: Just noticed Giant Spider Invasion in Wisconsin, one riffed by MST3k proper, touche.
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How on Earth is "An American Crime" a horror movie?
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Also, how did they decide to put Carrie for Maine. Isn't every single Stephen King's horror book/movie located there?
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Could be it only shows actual Romanian dialects, not languages spoken within Romania. It does say "in Romanian". I know but I would have assumed the Romanian spoken in that area would be influenced by Hungarian, like the stretch of land on the Hungarian border that uses "dobă" from Hungarian "dob". e: It probably is but not for this particular word. I was just surprised it doesn't show up at all. SaltyJesus fucked around with this message at 12:01 on Jun 22, 2014 |
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Phlegmish posted:There was actually a Sino-Albanian split. That's right, by the end of the Cold War Albania considered itself to be the only properly communist country in the world. I'm a junche hoxaist third wolrdist  greater Yugoslavia as claimed by Tito right after ww2 
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A Buttery Pastry posted:From Arabic root meaning to drink vs. From Arabic root meaning to reject Supposedly there were significant numbers of vineyards up until 1979 in Iran.
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 Ah, what could have been, and may yet be!e: No, gently caress it. We should've claimed some of Turkey too. Constantinople is
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SaltyJesus posted:
Yeah, that map really looks incomplete.  There, much better
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Disco Infiva posted:There, much better I love this thread so much.
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computer parts posted:Supposedly there were significant numbers of vineyards up until 1979 in Iran. Iran has a long, long winemaking tradition. Shiraz being the most common example we get in the west.
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Disco Infiva posted:Yeah, that map really looks incomplete. I think we have good arguments to claim Corfu as well.
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That's true. I think it would be pretty sweet irony to claim both Constantinople and Vienna, considering the history of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires in the Balkans. E: Unrelated, I remembered an old comedy sketch which illustrates the quality of irredentist debate in the Balkans. Serbian guy: We Serbs are the most ancient peoples. Croatian guy: Older than us, the Croats? Who came all the way from Persia?! S: Because we Serbs came first, from space. Soooome, roughly 200 billion years ago. Then you Croats came from Persia. C: How many billions of years ago? S: Something like half a billion years ago. Then came the Illyrians, then the amoebas, and then the Jews. From the same sketch: C: I have information that you are somewhat obsessed with Serbdom. S: I am a Yugoslav! Then with what love remains from Yugoslavia, I love Serbia a liiitle bit. SaltyJesus fucked around with this message at 15:25 on Jun 22, 2014 |
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A couple of strange things with this: no borders in Africa? And why would anyone care about the scale?
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Disco Infiva posted:Also, how did they decide to put Carrie for Maine. Isn't every single Stephen King's horror book/movie located there? It's a short title that is both well-recognized and fits within the borders of Maine. Although, I guess "It" would have worked as well.
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mcustic posted:I think we have good arguments to claim Corfu as well. as Fourth Rome has rightful claims to most of Europe, but let's be realistic here
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Disco Infiva posted:Also, how did they decide to put Carrie for Maine. Isn't every single Stephen King's horror book/movie located there? Mu Cow posted:It's a short title that is both well-recognized and fits within the borders of Maine. Although, I guess "It" would have worked as well. I notice Alaska and Hawaii are missing, can anyone come up with a horror movie for each of those places?
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Disco Infiva posted:Also, how did they decide to put Carrie for Maine. Isn't every single Stephen King's horror book/movie located there? Carrie is probably the most popular of King's movies set in Maine. Also Lycus posted:How on Earth is "An American Crime" a horror movie?
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The second-largest religion in each US State source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/theprotojournalist/2014/06/21/322919723/the-runner-up-religions-of-america 
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fade5 posted:I notice Alaska and Hawaii are missing, can anyone come up with a horror movie for each of those places? 30 Days of Night
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fade5 posted:I notice Alaska and Hawaii are missing, can anyone come up with a horror movie for each of those places? Fifty First Dates
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:
It's been a while, but I think most of Near Dark took place in Oklahoma, and that was a really good movie.
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Freudian posted:Fifty First Dates Lmao
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I had no idea Wolf took place in Vermont. It doesn't even make sense...there aren't any wolves here! Though I guess since it's a werewolf, it doesn't matter. "What Lies Beneath" is probably the (slightly) better horror movie that takes place here, but I guess the title is too long. DrBouvenstein fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Jun 26, 2014 |
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DrBouvenstein posted:I had no idea Wolf took place in Vermont.
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Ehhhh, it's possible. But here's their official range: They aren't in southern Quebec, either, so it'd have to travel a long ways. Most wolf sightings in the US, outside of a few select areas, are just coyotes or wild dogs.
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Disco Infiva posted:Yeah, that map really looks incomplete. What happened to the claims on Austria?
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