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  • 41Turkmenistan — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Turkmenistan <p></p> Background: <p></p> Present day Turkmenistan covers territory that has been at the crossroads of civilizations for centuries. The area was ruled… …

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  • 42Zambia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Zambia <p></p> Background: <p></p> The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the [British] South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the… …

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  • 43Hong Kong — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Hong Kong <p></p> Background: <p></p> Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in… …

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  • 44Macedonia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Macedonia <p></p> Background: <p></p> Macedonia gained its independence peacefully from Yugoslavia in 1991. Greece s objection to the new state s use of what it… …

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  • 45Sao Tome and Principe — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Sao Tome and Principe <p></p> Background: <p></p> Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands sugar based economy gave way to coffee and… …

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  • 46South Sudan — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::South Sudan <p></p> Background: <p></p> Egypt attempted to colonize the region of southern Sudan by establishing the province of Equatoria in the 1870s. Islamic… …

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  • 47Tunisia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Tunisia <p></p> Background: <p></p> Rivalry between French and Italian interests in Tunisia culminated in a French invasion in 1881 and the creation of a protectorate …

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  • 48Turks and Caicos Islands — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Turks and Caicos Islands <p></p> Background: <p></p> The islands were part of the UK s Jamaican colony until 1962, when they assumed the status of a separate crown… …

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  • 49Saint Pierre and Miquelon — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Saint Pierre and Miquelon <p></p> Background: <p></p> First settled by the French in the early 17th century, the islands represent the sole remaining vestige of France …

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  • 50Somalia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Somalia <p></p> Background: <p></p> Britain withdrew from British Somaliland in 1960 to allow its protectorate to join with Italian Somaliland and form the new nation… …

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