Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics): In 1991, the Soviet Union, which had existed for more than 70 years, collapsed and split into 15 countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, etc.
Yugoslavia: In the 1990s, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia disintegrated and split into several countries, including Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia (now North Macedonia), Montenegro, etc.
Czechoslovakia: In 1993, the Czechoslovak Federal Republic peacefully split into two countries, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.
Ottoman Empire: After World War I, the Ottoman Empire disintegrated and its territory was divided into several new countries, including Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, etc.
United Arab Republic: Pan-Arab state formed in 1958 by Egypt and Syria, also including North and South Yemen for a time, but dissolved after Syria withdrew in 1961.
East Pakistan: In 1971, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) separated from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and became a country.
Dutch East Indies: In the mid-20th century, the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) broke away from the Netherlands and became a country.
British India: In 1947, British India disintegrated and split into two independent countries, India and Pakistan. Later, Bangladesh separated from Pakistan.
Federation of the West Indies: A short-lived political entity comprising several English-speaking Caribbean countries that was dissolved in 1962.
Cyprus: After a coup in Cyprus in 1974, Turkey sent troops, resulting in the actual division of Cyprus into the Republic of Cyprus controlled by the Greek Cypriots and Northern Cyprus controlled by the Turkish Cypriots.
When was the new China founded? October 1, 1949.
When was the Soviet Union founded? December 30, 1922.
This is only the recent one. Some distant ones, like the Roman Empire, Persia, etc., not only disintegrated, but disappeared.
Thousands of years ago, Emperor Qin Shi Huang standardized the wheel gauge and the written language. But look at India today, it still hasn’t learned how to do it. India doesn’t even have a unified written language.
English is not India's native language, but it has become one of India's official languages. To this day, India does not have a unified native language.
zg has been around for five thousand years. Although its land area is slightly smaller than that of the Tang, Yuan and Qing dynasties, its heritage is still there. In so many countries, the grass on the graves in Africa is three meters high.
In a few hundred years, China will still be China, but many countries may no longer exist.
zg Dynasties that have been united for a long time will eventually divide, and divided for a long time will eventually unite, but in the end they will still be unified. The final result of the Three Kingdoms was that they were unified by the Western Jin Dynasty.
The Roman Empire, which spanned Europe, Asia and Africa during the same period as the Three Kingdoms, had already laid to rest.
What do you think about this? The idea of "great unity" in Chinese culture seems to be rooted in many factors such as historical tradition, cultural heritage, geographical environment and political needs.
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