Countries That No Longer Exist Explained in 16 Minutes

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// TIMESTAMPS //

0:00 Abyssinia (The Ethiopian Empire)
1:07 AustriaHungary
2:23 Byzantine Empire (The Eastern Roman Empire)
4:32 Corsica
6:00 Gran Columbia
6:53 The Confederate States of America
7:53 The Ottoman Empire
9:18 Prussia
10:14 Taiwan
11:53 Texas
13:22 Tibet
14:07 The USSR or Soviet Union (Communist Russia)

// RESEARCH //
Most of the information sourced in this video comes from Wikipedia, but other sources include:
https://unacademy.com/content/upsc/st...
https://www.history.com/topics/middle...
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/cliffsnot...
https://www.britannica.com/place/Taiw...
https://www.thoughtco.com/causesoft...
https://www.history.com/topics/europe...

// ICONS AND DRAWINGS //
Texas by Lluisa Iborra from Noun Project
Prussia by Mehmet I K Berker from Noun Project
Taiwan by Hans Liu from Noun Project
Corsica by Alexander Skowalsky from Noun Project
Abraham Lincoln by Bonnie Beach from Noun Project
Dalai Lama by Amethyst Studio from Noun Project
Orthodox by Evgeni Moryakov from Noun Project
Ethiopia by Chanetsa Mukahanana from Noun Project
Austria Hungary by Mehmet I K Berker from Noun Project
Simon Bolivar by Diogenes Herrera Ortega from Pinterest
Ottoman Empire by Mehmet I K Berker from Noun Project
USSR by Gacem Tachfin from Noun Project