This is the traditional Countries of the World quiz, except that you must guess them in order of when they gained sovereignty! I gave you to (sometimes approximate) date at the bottom. Good luck, you'll need it.
In the case of the same date, alphabetical order is applied.
It is based off of the date of acquisition of sovereignty column in the Sortable List on Wikipedia
I like the concept, but some countries appear out of order on the list. Also some of these dates are debatable. For example, Poland existed as of 966. Lithuania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and several others also had iterations earlier than their modern forms. In fairness, I know it's difficult to discern what counts. :)
I would suggest changing it to its most recent form. For example the Iran of 7000 years ago is not the same country as today's Iran. If we went by most recent, San Marino would be first and France second.
I'm considering putting some more work into this quiz and want to, but the only struggle would be finding a consistent source of dates as everything says something else.
The UK did not declare independence in 1707. In fact it did not exist until 1801. The Kingdom of Great Britain was formed in 1707 but was formed from two independent nations.
Also surely Germany only became independent after reunification in 1990?
I would take research from different site and sources, but then people would be questioning why some sources said a certain date while others said something else, so I decided to use what I felt was the most trusted source on this site, Wikipedia.
but the reliable source IS the sortable list, it has date of last subordination and aquisition of sovereignty, which in general (and based on the original title of this quiz) should give u an estimate of date of independence. so albania would be 1912, algeria 1962
right now the numbers dont mean anything much. no-one reall conquered the whole of India back then, etc
Also surely Germany only became independent after reunification in 1990?
sort of stopped after that.
I really like the concept but this needs work.
Great quiz!
right now the numbers dont mean anything much. no-one reall conquered the whole of India back then, etc