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  • 61Congo, Republic of the — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Congo, Republic of the <p></p> Background: <p></p> Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. A quarter… …

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  • 62Czech Republic — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Czech Republic <p></p> Background: <p></p> At the close of World War I, the Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia.… …

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  • 63Ecuador — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Ecuador <p></p> Background: <p></p> What is now Ecuador formed part of the northern Inca Empire until the Spanish conquest in 1533. Quito became a seat of Spanish… …

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  • 64Honduras — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Honduras <p></p> Background: <p></p> Once part of Spain s vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of… …

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  • 65Indonesia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Indonesia <p></p> Background: <p></p> The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; Japan occupied the islands from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared …

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  • 66Kazakhstan — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Kazakhstan <p></p> Background: <p></p> Ethnic Kazakhs, a mix of Turkic and Mongol nomadic tribes who migrated into the region in the 13th century, were rarely united… …

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  • 67Latvia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Latvia <p></p> Background: <p></p> The name Latvia originates from the ancient Latgalians, one of four eastern Baltic tribes that formed the ethnic core of the Latvian …

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  • 68Libya — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Libya <p></p> Background: <p></p> The Italians supplanted the Ottoman Turks in the area around Tripoli in 1911 and did not relinquish their hold until 1943 when… …

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  • 69Mauritania — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Mauritania <p></p> Background: <p></p> Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) in 1976 …

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  • 70Mauritius — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Mauritius <p></p> Background: <p></p> Although known to Arab and Malay sailors as early as the 10th century, Mauritius was first explored by the Portuguese in the 16th …

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