The result is that Europe (although also Africa) is in the centre of the conventional world map – a rather colonial perspective. Pacific-centred map. DEMIS Mapserver/Wikimedia ...

UK, Europe and world maps Because the world is a sphere, it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map. When the world is flattened to fit on a piece of paper it is distorted.

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.