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The years are in the upper left corner.
Amazing isn't it?
There is nothing "solid' about Europe. Never has been. It's the most remarkable ebb and flow of boundaries, nations, empires, and all kinds of other political structures.
And look at the changes Russia has gone through and what a politically dominant force Islam has been throughout the centuries.
When you show kids the current map and tell them "this is Europe, this is it" you're leaving out a huge part of the story.
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