• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    Kinda the opposite really. They had horses and wagons and carriages which needed rules about which side of the road to drive on long before cars were invented. The left side was the natural side for horsey reasons and most of the world got around on the left until Napoleon came around and forced mainland Europe to switch.

    So the map depicts in red the European countries conquered by Napoleon and their colonies as well as the countries later influenced by the US.

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Article literally debunks the Napoleon theory.

      LHT-RHT is a classic case of a subject where everyone has their pet overarching theory but which is in fact pretty complex.