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  • 101Belize — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Belize <p></p> Background: <p></p> Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish …

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  • 102Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Saint Vincent and the Grenadines <p></p> Background: <p></p> Resistance by native Caribs prevented colonization on Saint Vincent until 1719. Disputed between France… …

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  • 103Ukraine — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Ukraine <p></p> Background: <p></p> Ukraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and… …

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  • 104Barbados — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Barbados <p></p> Background: <p></p> The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. African slaves worked the sugar plantations established on… …

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  • 105Cayman Islands — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Cayman Islands <p></p> Background: <p></p> The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries and were administered by… …

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  • 106Chile — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Chile <p></p> Background: <p></p> Prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, the Inca ruled northern Chile while the Mapuche inhabited central and… …

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  • 107Colombia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Colombia <p></p> Background: <p></p> Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and… …

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  • 108Uruguay — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Uruguay <p></p> Background: <p></p> Montevideo, founded by the Spanish in 1726 as a military stronghold, soon took advantage of its natural harbor to become an… …

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  • 109Ukraine — /yooh krayn , kruyn , yooh krayn/, n. a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 50,684,635; 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Cap.: Kiev. Russian, Ukraina. Formerly, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Ukraine… …

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  • 110Lithuania — Lithuanic /lith ooh an ik/, adj., n. /lith ooh ay nee euh/, n. a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic: an independent state 1918 40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 3,635,932; 25,174 sq. mi. (65,200 sq. km). Cap.:… …

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