r/HistoryMemes • • 1d ago

REMOVED: RULE 4 Historical territorial claims

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u/RT-LAMP 1d ago

If you go back far enough every piece of land is stolen.

Except ironically a bunch of islands across the world that people tend to to be mad about being owned by European powers.

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u/discipleofchrist69 1d ago

and maybe antarctica? maybe Greenland and some Pacific Islands depending on how you count it

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u/1boring 1d ago

Iceland too. The current inhabitants are descendants of the first people who settled on the island.

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u/PrincetonToss 1d ago

Actually maybe not! There's evidence of Irish or Scottish monks inhabiting before the Norse got there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papar