The very first version of the “Europe” Wikipedia article from 23 years ago. Credit to @depthsofwiki for discovering it.

by BalticsFox

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  3. All the important countries and Sweden mentioned 👍

  9. Definition of European border:

    It is bordered by Asia to the east – the watershed of the Ural Mountains (RUSSIA), the Ural River (KAZAKHSTAN), the Caspian Sea (AZERBAIJAN), the Greater Caucasus (GEORGIA), the Black Sea (UKRAINE, ROMANIA, BULGARIA), the waterways of the Turkish Straights (TURKEY), the Aegean Sea (GREECE), the Mediterranean Sea to the south (MALTA, ITALY, MONACO, FRANCE, SPAIN), the Atlantic Ocean to the west (PORTUGAL, UNITED KINGDOM, IRELAND, FAROE ISLANDS, ICELAND), and the Arctic Ocean to the north (NORWAY). 

    CYPRUS is not geographically included. But yes ethnically, religiously, politically, and economically part of.

    Like ARMENIA (Lesser Caucasus) isn’t geographically in Europe but ethnically, religiously, politically, culturally, and historically part of.

    However, I do believe that Cyprus and Armenia are part of the European Family.

  10. Amazing how it is still broadly accurate after all these years.

  12. He probably has a family now. Imagine him browsing reddit to see other parents stories and sees his work after 23 years.

    ‘damn is this me’

  14. I feel like this wiki article was written by an Estonian

  15. We should go back to listing countries in order of importance.

  16. Looks like someone wanted to list the countries from north to south, but then got yelled at by mum to get off the internet so she could use the phone.

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