Empires Rise and Fall:

 

 

When I am in a mischievous mood, I say to people

‘I was born in a country that no longer exists.’ When I tell people that, they give me strange looks, as if I was maybe born in Saturn or Narnia.

But I assure them that my place of birth is not the stuff of futuristic scapes or fantasy. After they make a poor guess or two I put their confusion to rest by way of clarifying, I was born in the Federal Republic of Germany or West Germany for short.’

The Federal Republic of Germany came into existence because of a string of empires that rose and fell before it: the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1871), then the German Empire (1871–1917), then the Weimar Republic (1918–33), then the German Reich (1931–45).

After the Second W. War, the country was partitioned into West and East Germany (1945–90), by the victorious Allies and then, after the Berlin Wall came down, the country was again unified as a new nation.

 

Of course if you are from the continent of Africa, something like that could play as well. Or from a nation in the shifting sands of the Middle East. The above illustrates well the morphing nature of the world around us and  humankind's role.

If you have a similar story, drop a comment,let us know?