What Is The World's Oldest Country?

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Of the roughly 190 countries in the world today, fewer than ­30% existed in their current form 100 years ago.

Most historical nations, kingdoms, and empires have vanished and others have arisen in their place. But some have stood the test of time.

So what is the world's oldest country, how have they survived, and what does it have to do with Satanically possessed Dalmatians?

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Sources and Further Reading:

China
China - John Keay John King Fairbank, Merle Goldman - China_ A New History-The Belknap Press (2006)
Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Kwang-ching Liu - The Cambridge Illustrated History of China-Cambridge University Press (1999)
M.Loewe , E.L.Shaughnessy - The Cambridge History of Ancient China-Cambridge University Press (1999)

Iran
The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 2: The Median and Achaemean Periods
by I. Gershevitch (Editor), Stanley I. Grossman (Editor), H.S. Darke (Editor)
The History of Early Iran by George G. Cameron
Iran in History by Bernard Lewis
Xavier de Planhol, “IRAN i. LANDS OF IRAN,” Encyclopædia Iranica, XIII/2, pp. 204-212
Iran A Modern History (Abbas Amanat)
Shahnameh The Persian Book of Kings (Abolqasem Ferdowsi Davis (trans.))

Armenia
A History of Armenia by Vahan M. Kurkjian
Armenia, Cradle Of Civilization by David Marshall Lang
The Armenians by Anne Elizabeth Redgate

Greece
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece by Robin Waterfield
A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture by Sarah B. Pomeroy, Stanley M. Burstein, Walter Donlan, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts. Oxford University Press
Daniel Ogden - The Blackwell Companion to Greek Religion

San Marino
https://www.sanmarinosite.com/en/history/origins-of-san-marino/
The Republic of San Marino. Author(s): William Miller. Source: The American Historical Review , Jul., 1901, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul., 1901), pp. 633-649. Published by: Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Historical Association.
https://youtu.be/plgsUtbHCns
San Marino World Bibliographical Series; V. 188 by Edwards, Adrian.; Michaelides, Chris.

Egypt
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw
Ancient Egypt: From Prehistory to the Islamic Conquest (The Britannica Guide to Ancient Civilizations) by Kathleen Kuiper (Editor)

India
A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century by Upinder Singh
India’s Ancient Past by R.S. Sharma
The Penguin History of Early India from the origins to AD 1300 by Romila Thapar

Ethiopia
The History of Ethiopia by Saheed A. Adejumobi
A History of Ethiopia by Harold G. Marcus
Foundations of an African Civilisation, Aksum & the northern Horn 1000 BC - AD 1300
by David W. Phillipson

Other
Nationalism A Very Short Introduction (Steven Grosby)
Nationalism, Colonialism, and Literature (Terry Eagleton, Fredric Jameson, Edward W. Said)
Nations and Nationalism since 1780 Programme, Myth, Reality (Eric J. Hobsbawm)
Imagined Communities Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (Benedict Anderson)
Nations and States (Hugh Seton-Watson)

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