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  • 21Cambodia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Cambodia <p></p> Background: <p></p> Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, descendants of the Angkor Empire that extended over much of Southeast Asia and… …

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  • 22Jordan — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Jordan <p></p> Background: <p></p> Following World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the League of Nations awarded Britain the mandate to govern much of …

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  • 23Macau — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Macau <p></p> Background: <p></p> Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement… …

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  • 24Kazakhstan — <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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  • 25Algeria — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Algeria <p></p> Background: <p></p> After more than a century of rule by France, Algerians fought through much of the 1950s to achieve independence in 1962. Algeria s… …

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  • 26Azerbaijan — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Azerbaijan <p></p> Background: <p></p> Azerbaijan a nation with a majority Turkic and majority Shia Muslim population was briefly independent (from 1918 to 1920)… …

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  • 27Burkina 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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  • 28Djibouti — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Djibouti <p></p> Background: <p></p> The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one… …

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  • 29Egypt — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Egypt <p></p> Background: <p></p> The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi isolation provided by deserts to the east and west,… …

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  • 30Papua New Guinea — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Papua New Guinea <p></p> Background: <p></p> The eastern half of the island of New Guinea second largest in the world was divided between Germany (north) and the UK… …

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