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  • 51Poland — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Poland <p></p> Background: <p></p> Poland s history as a state begins near the middle of the 10th century. By the mid 16th century, the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth… …

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  • 52Saudi Arabia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Saudi Arabia <p></p> Background: <p></p> Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and home to Islam s two holiest shrines in Mecca and Medina. The king s official title …

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  • 53Serbia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Serbia <p></p> Background: <p></p> The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was formed in 1918; its name was changed to Yugoslavia in 1929. Various paramilitary… …

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  • 54Taiwan — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Taiwan <p></p> Background: <p></p> In 1895, military defeat forced China s Qing Dynasty to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan came under Chinese Nationalist control after… …

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  • 55Thailand — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Thailand <p></p> Background: <p></p> A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid 14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian… …

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  • 56Vietnam — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Vietnam <p></p> Background: <p></p> The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Vietnam… …

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  • 57Yemen — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Yemen <p></p> Background: <p></p> North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern… …

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  • 58Western Allied invasion of Germany — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Invasion of Germany partof= Western Front, World War II caption= date= March 22 – May 11 1945 place= Germany result= Allied victory, unconditional German surrender combatant1=flag|United States|1912 flag|United …

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  • 59Burkina Faso — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Burkina Faso <p></p> Background: <p></p> Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and… …

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  • 60Chad — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Chad <p></p> Background: <p></p> Chad, part of France s African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare, as well as invasions by Libya, before a… …

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