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Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Number Date Map analysis Essay After the First World War, national boundaries in Europe were redrawn such that some countries were created whole others were deleted. Germany had to relinquish under the terms of the Versailles treaty that was signed in 1919. After the war, the success states of Austria (German) were carved from the region of Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy. The then Habsburg monarchy was divided into Italy, Poland Romania and kingdoms of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes were formed too. Through the destruction of old boundaries and construction of new ones, independent movements in colonies in Europe was encouraged (Prescott, 20). Evidently, Poland experienced the most noticeable changes since its borders shifted completely. The country’ borders were redrawn after the decision that was made at the Potsdam Conference in 1945. Therefore, it is worth noting that countries such as Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman and Russian ceased to exist while new states emerged. Dismantling the three empires named above took about five years and some treaties. Nevertheless, so many of the new countries had a problem adjusting to the new rule as the old empires had provided some level of stability. Some of these treaties included the Brest-Litovsk and Versailles treaties. According to Prescott (71), the modern day Hungary and Yugoslavia gained their independence after the war having enjoyed some autonomy under Austrian rule. On the Yugoslavian, Austrian and Italian border emerged a self-governing city of Trieste. Even beyond Europe, many of the colonial empires split and the German empire was dismantled. For instance, lost
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