Historical Country Names http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/hist_country_names.htm "One World - Nations Online: Made to improve cross-cultural understanding and international awareness. ... List of formerly used country names names of countries, dependencies, and other regions of particular geopolitical interest." - from the website The site has an easily navigable layout and provides a useful list of countries which have undergone name changes over previous decades. In addition, there are direct links to the main site's excellent database of information on individual nations. This is a particularly convenient reference source for general information on countries around the world. ~*~*~*~*~ Was this forwarded to you? Want to subscribe? Send an email to 1stpicksites-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe. For a complete list of email commands for our list send an email to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line of "info 1stpicksites" without the quotes. If you wish to unsubscribe from our list send an email to 1stpicksites-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe To contact the list moderators send an email to 1stpicksites-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ~*~*~*~*~