The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 months agoFind your own spotlemmy.worldimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down12
arrow-up1163arrow-down1imageFind your own spotlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoIs there a tldr why its shaped like that apart from bigger army diplomacy.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·3 months agonever ask a man his salary, a woman her age, or someone from the Balkans why their borders are like that.
minus-squareMicrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoThe Republic of Ragusa/Dubrovnik ceded this strip of land (Neum corridor) to the Ottomans in 1699 in order to prevent Venice from taking it.
minus-squarebanghida@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoActually, in order to not have a land border with Venice. They hated them so much.
Is there a tldr why its shaped like that apart from bigger army diplomacy.
never ask a man his salary, a woman her age, or someone from the Balkans why their borders are like that.
The Republic of Ragusa/Dubrovnik ceded this strip of land (Neum corridor) to the Ottomans in 1699 in order to prevent Venice from taking it.
Actually, in order to not have a land border with Venice. They hated them so much.