{"id":8804,"date":"2010-06-11T01:50:19","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T01:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/11\/flags-of-forgotten-countries-in-recent-years-we\/"},"modified":"2018-12-11T01:36:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T01:36:48","slug":"flags-of-forgotten-countries-in-recent-years-we","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/11\/flags-of-forgotten-countries-in-recent-years-we\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8804 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/11\/flags-of-forgotten-countries-in-recent-years-we\/attachment\/8805\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tumblr_l3tufvHJ5b1qzxaqho1_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tumblr_l3tufvHJ5b1qzxaqho1_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tumblr_l3tufvHJ5b1qzxaqho1_640-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkroastedblend.com\/2009\/07\/flags-of-forgotten-countries.html\" target=\"_blank\">Flags of Forgotten Countries<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In recent years, we have seen a number of countries disappear, along  with their flags. The Soviet Union came to an end, to be replaced by a  multitude of new or revived republics, all with their own flags.  Czechoslovakia split into its two component parts, while Yugoslavia  splintered, as the individual nationalities all asserted their  independence. All this happened very recently, but many states have  vanished from the map before over the centuries. Here\u2019s a look at some  flags of those long gone &#8211; and in many cases forgotten &#8211; kingdoms and  countries.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This article is very thorough and well-illustrated; I highly recommend spending some time perusing it&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>[via <a href=\"http:\/\/crookedindifference.tumblr.com\/post\/677225282\/flags-of-forgotten-countries\" target=\"_blank\">crooked indifference<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flags of Forgotten Countries In recent years, we have seen a number of countries disappear, along with their flags. The Soviet Union came to an end, to be replaced by a multitude of new or revived republics, all with their own flags. Czechoslovakia split into its two component parts, while Yugoslavia splintered, as the individual &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/11\/flags-of-forgotten-countries-in-recent-years-we\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8806,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804\/revisions\/8806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}