The acrimonious dispute, which flared into violence last week, concerns much more than a few square kilometers of rugged territory.

And while Cambodia continues to use the French-drawn map as a reference for where nations begin and end along the 800km-length of the Thai-Cambodian border, Thailand contests the validity of these borders.

Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have erupted into deadly clashes over a century-old border dispute, with airstrikes, landmines, and mass evacuations pushing both nations to the brink. Here's ev