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Historical Geographic Locations
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Definition
: Countries known in remote history (as BYZANTIUM) or former names of countries reflecting political changes in the 19th or 20th century (as GERMANY, EAST).
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Examples
Ancient Lands
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Austria-Hungary
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Commonwealth of Independent States
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Confederate States of America
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Czechoslovakia
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European Union
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Germany
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Holy Roman Empire
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Korea
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Middle East
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New Guinea
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Ottoman Empire
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Prussia
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Russia (Pre-1917)
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USSR
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Yugoslavia