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Somehow multiple maps of Syria had an incorrect border with Jordan, and virtually no one seemed to notice. Why?
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Music used: "Hard Boiled" by Kevin MacLeod
Sources:
- “Jordan, Syria Seal Border Accord.” UPI, February 28, 2005. upi.com/Top_News/2005/02/28/Jordan-Syria-seal-border-accord/75971109605450/.
- "SKETCH MAP To illustrate proposed settlement of Syria - Trans-Jordan Frontier [186r] (1/2)", British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2848, f 186, in Qatar Digital Library https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100054845815.0x0000b9
- “Syria, Jordan Began Border Demarcation.” UPI, April 3, 2006. upi.com/Defense-News/2006/04/03/Syria-Jordan-began-border-demarcation/67341144057990/.
- Vignal, Leïla. “The Changing Borders and Borderlands of Syria in a Time of Conflict.” International Affairs 93, no. 4 (July 2017): 809–27. doi.org/10.1093/ia/iix113.
- syria.liveuamap.com
- https://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/data/WDB/ (Source of CIA World Data Bank coordinate files)
Somehow multiple maps of Syria had an incorrect border with Jordan, and virtually no one seemed to notice. Why?
➤ Support this channel with my Patreon!: patreon.com/emperortigerstar
Music used: "Hard Boiled" by Kevin MacLeod
Sources:
- “Jordan, Syria Seal Border Accord.” UPI, February 28, 2005. upi.com/Top_News/2005/02/28/Jordan-Syria-seal-border-accord/75971109605450/.
- "SKETCH MAP To illustrate proposed settlement of Syria - Trans-Jordan Frontier [186r] (1/2)", British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2848, f 186, in Qatar Digital Library https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100054845815.0x0000b9
- “Syria, Jordan Began Border Demarcation.” UPI, April 3, 2006. upi.com/Defense-News/2006/04/03/Syria-Jordan-began-border-demarcation/67341144057990/.
- Vignal, Leïla. “The Changing Borders and Borderlands of Syria in a Time of Conflict.” International Affairs 93, no. 4 (July 2017): 809–27. doi.org/10.1093/ia/iix113.
- syria.liveuamap.com
- https://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/data/WDB/ (Source of CIA World Data Bank coordinate files)
