Nations that are no more Martin Bernatz/Public domain/Wikimedia Commons There are 195 countries in the world today, but there are many, many more that have risen and fallen since civilisation began.

While some countries break away from larger ones to become independent, others are absorbed and reshaped as borders and allegiances shifts. Others, such as Rhodesia and Siam, maintain their borders ...

South America’s history is filled with shifting borders, experimental states, and nations that rose and fell within just a few decades. Many of these countries disappeared due to wars, revolutions, or ...