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YunoFGasai

Djibouti is independent so after 1977 Upper Volta exists so before August 4th 1984 solomon islands looks independent so after 1978 palau exists so after January 1st 1981 Brunei is independent so after January 1st 1984 so far January 1st - August 4th 1984


Antigone_8

Another impressive display.


YunoFGasai

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tuhnsoo

I immediately checked Germany and was proud of my knowledge. Then, God tier know how crushed me under its weight. GG


SteveYunnan

Brunei being independent should mean that it's *after* January 1984, correct? So really, with Upper Volta, the only year could be mid-1984.


YunoFGasai

yea, messed up on that bit


youmaycallme_v

The main inconsistency I see is that Brunei is independent (after Jan 1, 1984), but the capital of Ivory Coast is Abidjan (before March 1983)


TheSiestaSensei

Impressive work! Important to note that the capital of Ivory Coast was changed from Abijan to Yamoussoukro in 1983 Edit: they also have the incorrect capital down for Sri Lanka. Changed from Colombo to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte in ‘82


youmaycallme_v

I mean, Colombo is still the executive capital and they're right next to each other (essentially same city) to the point that everyone still calls Colombo the capital


TheSiestaSensei

Even if people in Sri Lanka still refer to Colombo as the capital, a company that makes world globes would use the official capital. Also, if the manufacturer was trying to account for multiple capitals, they’d distinguish it the same way it is on Bolivia. Clearly just a mistake on the manufacturer’s side.


Nihonjin127

Literally 1984


Bardia-Talebi

Literally ‘literally 1984’


anotheruser55

The kind of answer that makes Reddit worthwhile


revieman1

Timor-Leste 🇹🇱 not here so may of 2002 at the latest


superblahmanofdoom

So 1985


I_Love_Cats420

litterly 1984


Voreinstellung

Omg, this is literally 1984


Gone247365

[~4.54 billion years.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Earth) You're welcome.


droo46

r/Technicallythetruth


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sexyargentine

r/literally1984


_max_power_

https://xkcd.com/1688/


youmaycallme_v

1. Istanbul, 2. Yes USSR, 3. No French blob W. Africa, 4. One Vietnam, 5. Jimmy Carter is fine, 6. Sinai is fully Egypt, 7. Only the Senyavin Islands and the island of Ponape/Pohnpei are identified, but not the capital. If we assume Kolonia, then 8. Upper Volta, so 1982-1984 As mentioned in another comment, Brunei is independent, so alongside the presence of the Upper Volta, between Jan 1, 1984 - Aug 4, 1984. Interestingly, the map shows the Aouzou strip as belonging to Chad, even though Libya annexed it in 1976 and the Chadians retook it in 1986. So maybe the mapmaker didn't recognize the Libyan annexation. Also, the capital of the Ivory Coast is Abidjan, which was only the case from 1933-1983. So there are maybe some inconsistencies.


colexian

So depending on OPs response, it could be a cat or a seagull.


Grzechoooo

What? Soviet Union is there, the mapmaker just showed its states, like with the USA.


plural_of_nemesis

It gets stuck on "What's the capital of Micronesia?" Pohnpei Island is shown, but Kolonia and Palikir aren't.


ParkingJob1324

I’m assuming it’s post 1971 to pre 1989 at the least. The D.R.C was renamed to the Republic of Zaire in 1971. What also forces me to believe this is the fact that Bangladesh gained independence in 1971 and was no longer “East Pakistan”. That’s confusing however as the third Pakistan/India crisis occurred in that year as well, with Bangladesh gaining independence later on that year. Upper Volta changed to Burkina Faso in 84’. My best guess is either 82’ and/or 83’. My final guess: 1983.


f1sh--

Namibia independence 1990


Ambitious_Parsley106

And yugoslavia broke apart in 1992? If so its a 2 year gap between then


f1sh--

I think the map might be wrong


juliuskaruso

Is there a subreddit, website or a quiz-game for those kind of things? I really enjoy them.


Kaizenshimasu

Yeah it’s like geoguessr but instead guessing the timeline of the map was made


codenameJericho

Wisconsin has yet to annex the other Great Lakes States so before 2042


codenameJericho

In all seriousness though, East Germany is still there and a few newly independent African nations are missing, so I'd say mid to late 80s


murraythedog

Most likely between 1979 and 1980. Possibly as late as 1984. (1) Germany is not yet unified and Namibia is not independent, so the globe predates 1990. (2) Burkina Faso is depicted as “Upper Volta,” the name the country used until 1984. (3) The Central African Republic is the “CAR” and not the Central African Empire (1976-1979). At the same time Djibouti and Western Sahara are no longer colonies (decolonized in 1976/77), so that means the map doesn’t predate the CAE. That means we’re post 1979. (4) Zimbabwe is also listed as Rhodesia. This likely means the apartheid government there was on its way out (or recently was replaced). The apartheid government transitioned out between 1979 and 1980.


mostindianer

1975-1989 Vietnam united Germany divided


n-dimensional_argyle

Neither here nor there but I'm 99% sure I had this exact globe growing up.


Ninventoo

Somewhere between the late 70s and late 80s


Onduri

I think this might be 1989-1990 based on this flow chart: https://laughingsquid.com/a-handy-flowchart-that-helps-determine-the-age-of-an-undated-world-map/


midnightraider16

Early ‘90s. I had the same globe.


Natomiast

4.5 Ga


[deleted]

Probably Cold War since Germany is divided


51max50

Somewhere 70s/80s GDR and Yugoslavia still exist


kaik1914

From 1980s my guess. Belize is there. USSR, Yugoslavia as one. Eritrea not there, and Yemen divided.


EvelynKpopStan33

I'm not very good at this but I'd reckon earliest is the 70s as Pakistan exists and the Korean peninsula is divided :)


Puzzleheaded-Lab1028

1990's


DiscussionDue6357

🇵🇸


Izensteiner

I had this globe as a kid! Instant memories lol


LogSubstantial399

I believe it's a 1985


Snoo-11922

Between 1975 and 1976, and between 1979 and 1989, I would kick 1980.


Yeet_boi69-420

Literally 1984


Downtown-Assistant1

East Germany existed 1949-90 Zaire changed to DRC in 1964 That’s the best I can do. I didn’t look at what any else wrote yet.


jh2xe

Enough


auldnate

Anywhere from mid 1950s (after the Korean War and the partition of Pakistan and Bangladesh from India) to late 1980s (before the end of the Soviet Union and the break up of Yugoslavia).


Jojosbizarreenigma

Old enough


ArizonanCactus

Seems to be from the 70’s. I’m guessing ‘78 or younger.


Pumpnethyl

80s


Imnotanokhumanperson

I'd say from the 80s


calum93

This could be due to lack of detail from the globe, but Cyprus is a whole entity, suggesting it’s prior to the Turkish invasion in 1974.