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Contents 1 Tibet 2 Netherlands 3 Russia 4 Portuguese Empire 5 United States 6 Denmark

[edit] Tibet

Great job! This map is amazing! But we normally forget that today, Tibet is still occupied by China!

because it is part of china... it is like saying Scotland is still occupied by England or Hawaii is still occupied by USA. colonialism does apply to part of your country even if it was orginally a country by itself. 222.165.72.43 (talk) 22:54, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Netherlands

In 1959 New Guinea was still a Dutch colony. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.163.180.208 (talk) 11:24, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Ceylon was still a Dutch colony in 1754, as were some possessions on the coast of India, which are now labeled British. They were conquered by the British during the Napoleon era. 145.221.52.72 (talk) 15:36, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Russia

a) Russia didn't exist as an independent country in 1938, 1959, 1974

b) Soviet Union didn't have colonies

(DVoit 13:38, 10 July 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Portuguese Empire

In 1492 Portugal already had possessions in Africa, like Arguin and Gold Coast. But congratulations this is a great work.Câmara 11:31, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] United States

a: The United States didn't exist as an independent country for the vast majority of the timeline in this piece but was itself a colony of England [Great Britain] and should be listed as such to avoid distasteful historical revisionism.

b: The 'United Kingdom' itself didn't exist until 1801.

(Twobells (talk) 23:23, 4 January 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Denmark

Denmark never lost possesion of Greenland and other islands. Also, the Danish West Indies and Danish India are left out.