The past 100 years have seen another world war and the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, but much of present-day Europe is based ... right from 1914 to see 1914 map and to the left from 2014 ...

Because the world is a sphere, it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map. When the world is ... seven continents and five oceans. Europe is a continent.

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.

but you may not learn some of the most interesting facts about the countries you're visiting. Instead, arm yourself with the stats seen in these cool maps of Europe. After all, who knows what ...

Other historians argue the map already existed ... a magnificent reminder of Europe’s first efforts to chart the world as they were coming to know it.