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  • 121New Zealand — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::New Zealand <p></p> Background: <p></p> The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the… …

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  • 122Nicaragua — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Nicaragua <p></p> Background: <p></p> The Pacific coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was …

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  • 123Pakistan — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Pakistan <p></p> Background: <p></p> The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world and dating back at least 5,000 years, spread over much of what is… …

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  • 124Peru — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Peru <p></p> Background: <p></p> Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by… …

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  • 125Romania — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Romania <p></p> Background: <p></p> The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire secured their… …

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  • 126Russia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Russia <p></p> Background: <p></p> Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th 15th… …

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  • 127Samoa — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Samoa <p></p> Background: <p></p> New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the… …

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  • 128Senegal — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Senegal <p></p> Background: <p></p> The French colonies of Senegal and the French Sudan were merged in 1959 and granted their independence as the Mali Federation in… …

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