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  • 31Rwanda — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Rwanda <p></p> Background: <p></p> In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over… …

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  • 32Spain — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Spain <p></p> Background: <p></p> Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to …

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  • 33Turkey — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Turkey <p></p> Background: <p></p> Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was …

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  • 34Angola — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Angola <p></p> Background: <p></p> Angola is still rebuilding its country since the end of a 27 year civil war in 2002. Fighting between the Popular Movement for the… …

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  • 35Cabo Verde — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Cape Verde <p></p> Background: <p></p> The uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century; Cape Verde subsequently became a… …

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  • 36Isle of Man — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Isle of Man <p></p> Background: <p></p> Part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century when it was ceded to Scotland, the isle came under the… …

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  • 37Lebanon — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Lebanon <p></p> Background: <p></p> Following World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of Syria. The… …

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  • 38Syria — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Syria <p></p> Background: <p></p> Following World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of Syria. The French …

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  • 39Timor-Leste — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Timor Leste <p></p> Background: <p></p> The Portuguese began to trade with the island of Timor in the early 16th century and colonized it in mid century. Skirmishing… …

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  • 40Tokelau — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Tokelau <p></p> Background: <p></p> Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in… …

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