Making Sense of History, One Meme At A Time
The following 10 images show the flags of 120 countries that ceased to exist at some point in the 20th century. Some like the Ottoman Empire stretched back to the 13th century, while others like the Italian Social Republic barely lasted more than a year.
All of the images come from geomapas.gr who you should 100% follow.
Here’s what they were and what happened to them:
Below are the 11 bloodiest battles of World War 2 as taken from Wikipedia‘s, List of battles by casualties ranked using the low estimates.
The following 8 memes look at how Europe and China’s roles have flip flopped from the 19th to the 21st centuries in a variety of ways from economic growth to city sizes and even their role in Africa.
They are not meant to be taken too seriously, but would love to hear your thoughts in the comment section at the end.
A little more about this.
The meme above is to show how Rosa Parks didn’t back down when was asked to move to the back of the bus December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama.
More about here:
The Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773) was a protest by American colonists against British taxation policies.
The main causes were:
This meme above is a humorous commentary on British colonialism. The joke in the meme implies that during the 18th and 19th centuries, the British Empire expanded so aggressively that no matter where you were in the world, relaxing peacefully on your beach, sooner or later, “the British” would arrive to colonize your land.
In other words, the cloud shaped like Britain symbolizes the sudden and often unwelcome arrival of British imperial power looming overhead.
More about the process:
