Why Do Countries Collide Over Maps?

Examples

1. Two kids fighting over who gets more of the cookie, just like countries fighting over land on a map.
2. A country redraws its borders by adding a small piece of land, but the neighboring country doesn’t agree and starts a war.
3. Maps show two countries sharing a river, but when the river moves, both sides claim it belongs to them now.

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See also

• Why Do Countries Fight Over Tiny Pieces of Land?
• Why Do Countries Go to War Over Tiny Bits of Land?
• Why Do Countries Go to War Over Tiny Islands?
• Why Do Some Countries Have So Many Different Flags?
• How Does The Most Disputed Borders Nobody Talks About Work?

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