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- Malaysia (27892 bytes)
43: | From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[August 31]], [[1...
66: ...wly-built [[Putrajaya]]</small><br> <small>2. 020 from [[Singapore]]</small>
76: The earliest recorded Malay kingdoms grew from coastal city-ports established in the [[10th ce...
78: ...by a prince (Parameswara) from Palembang who fled from the island Temasek (now known as Singapore). Wi...
82: ...formed. These settlements were collectively ruled from the [[British East India Company]] seat of gove... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
41: | [[June 19]], [[1961]] from the United Kingdom
65: ...igrated to the northern shore of the Persian Gulf from the Najd, their famine-stricken homeland in cen...
66: .... The current rulers of the country are descended from Sabah I, who was chosen by the community, which...
68: ...was occupied by tribes and used for spice trading from [[India]]. By the [[18th century]], most of the...
70: ...8 (largely due to the desire for Iraqi protection from Shiite [[Iran]]), Kuwait was invaded and annexe... - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
37: ... Soviet Union|Independence]]'''<br> Date || From [[Soviet Union]]<br>[[August 24]] [[1991]]
55: ...r the name. Most translate it as "borderland" or "frontier" (compare [[Krajna]], [[Krajina]] - in Poli...
60: ... the speakers of the Proto-Iranian language moved from Ukraine to the southeast but many also remained...
64: ...us' was founded by [[Varangian]]s, Scandinavians, from present-day [[Sweden]]. The Varangians later be...
66: ...ars]] (a [[Turkic]] semi-[[nomad|nomadic people]] from [[Central Asia]] who adopted [[Judaism]]) found... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
40: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[August 6]], [[1825]] |
62: ...of the Viceroy of [[Lima]]. Local government came from the Audiencia de Charcas located in Chuquisaca ...
67: ...y. For nearly 60 years, [[coup]]s and short-lived constitutions dominated Bolivian politics. Bolivia's weakness ...
71: ... political awareness among the indigenous people. From the end of the Chaco War until the [[1952]] rev...
74: ...tenssoro]], the MNR introduced universal adult suffrage, carried out a sweeping land reform, promoted ... - Gabon (7342 bytes)
1: ...], Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new constitution in the early [[1990s]] that allowed for a more tr...
19: | [[French language|French]]
31: | [[Jean-Fran篩s Ntoutoume Emane]]
46: | (From [[France]])
51: | [[CFA franc]] - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ... remains unclear; it is held to be either derived from that of southern tribes, or noting the 'glitter...
7: national_motto = Unity and Freedom |
35: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[July 6]], [[1964]] ...
49: ...similar to peoples living today in the [[Horn of Africa]]. At another site, dated 1500 BC, the remains...
51: ...f traders, mostly from [[Glasgow]], formed the [[African Lakes Company]] to supply goods and services ... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
37: established_dates = From [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugo...
54: ...rope]], [[NATO]], and has observer status in [[La Francophonie]].
59: ...its independence, being largely subsumed into the Frankish empire. Many [[Slavs]] [[christianization|c...
61: The [[Freising manuscripts]], the earliest surviving writt...
65: ...med on [[25 June]] [[1991]] upon its independence from Yugoslavia. Slovenia joined [[NATO]] on [[29 Ma... - Togo (15373 bytes)
1: ...e '''Togolese Republic''' is a country in [[West Africa]], bordering [[Ghana]] in the west, [[Benin]] ...
14: ...ail, Liberté, Patrie<br>([[French language|French]]: Work, Liberty, Homeland)''</small>
19: | [[French language|French]]
37: | From [[France]]<br>[[April 27]], [[1960]]
40: | [[CFA franc]] - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
10: ...t mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and my right)''<sup>2</sup></small> |
16: government_type = [[Constitutional monarchy]] |
56: ...r, although there is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The ...
62: ...d). This political usage of "Great Britain" dates from the personal union of the Crowns of Scotland an...
64: The [[British Isles]] is a term frequently used to refer to the [[archipelago]] whic... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
1: ...ocked country in [[southern Africa|south-central Africa]]. It borders the [[Democratic Republic of th...
10: ... = [[Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free]] |
49: ...e joined in the 19th century by [[Ngoni]] peoples from the south. By the latter part of that century, ...
53: ...tral Africa, obtained a mineral rights concession from local chiefs. In the same year, Northern and So...
55: ...s. At the core of the controversy were insistent African demands for greater participation in governme... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
1: ...the continental [[European Union]], bordered by [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[Belgium]].<br>
15: ...'''[[Official languages]]''' || [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Luxembourgis...
48: ...sup>1</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[Franc|Luxembourg franc]].</small>
53: ...]], [[Habsburg]]s, [[Hohenzollern]]s and [[France|French]]. Even after the [[Treaty of Paris (1815)|de...
62: ...nstitutional monarchy]] by inheritance. Under the constitution of [[1868]], executive power is exercised by the ... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...e cities of [[Ceuta]] and [[Melilla]] in [[north Africa]], and a number of uninhabited islands on the ...
58: ...in the sense that they are not known to have come from elsewhere), consisting of a number of separate ...
70: ...s present languages, religion, and laws originate from this Roman period.
73: ...frica. Much of Spain's distinctive art originates from this seven-hundred-year period, and many Arabic...
81: ...but the uncontrolled influx of goods and minerals from [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish ... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
1: ...d one of the smallest countries in continental [[Africa]]. It borders [[Cameroon]] on the north, [[Gab...
19: | [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]]
50: | [[CFA franc]] (XAF)
56: | From [[Spain]]<br />[[October 12]], [[1968]]
70: ...ds of State of Equatorial Guinea|two leaders]]: [[Francisco Mac� Nguema]], the former mayor of [[Mon... - Flag of Delaware (1314 bytes)
2: ...ame the first state to ratify the [[United States Constitution]]. The colors of the flag reflect the colors of t...
6: ... was adopted on [[July 24]], [[1913]]. Regiments from Delaware during the [[American Civil War]] flew... - Flag of Rhode Island (948 bytes)
3: ...y depicted with golden [[braid]] around the three free (i.e., non-[[hoist]]) edges. - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...t are now [[Albania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Egypt]], [[France]], [[Libya]], [[Romania]], [[Spain]], and [[U...
4: ...izations, while Greek-speaking, were so different from later Greek cultures that they should be classe...
14: [[Image:vcycladic.jpg|thumb|left|Marble statuette from the Cycladic islands, 3000 BC]]
15: ...th century BC is a "[[Greek Dark Ages|dark age]]" from which no primary texts, and only scant archaeol...
20: ..., where every island, valley and plain is cut off from its neighbours by the sea or mountain ranges. - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
3: ...of education, health, transportation, and other infrastructure are generally the responsibility of the...
5: Over time, the Constitution has been amended, and the interpretation and appl...
34: ...'<td>Ky.<td>[[Kentucky]]<td>[[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]]</tr>
79: ...arianas]]) which do have a legal status different from the states.
85: ...ee to organize their judicial systems differently from the federal judiciary, as long as [[due process... - Alabama (10792 bytes)
59: ...the province of Carolina. Nevertheless, when the French took over [[Louisiana]] they also took over t...
61: The state of Alabama seceded from the Union and became a [[Confederate States of ...
66: *The current [[Alabama Constitution]] was adopted in [[1901]].
71: ...ico]]. Alabama generally ranges in [[elevation]] from [[sea level]] at [[Mobile Bay]], to a little mo...
88: -26.9% [[African American|Black]] - Alaska (24727 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun |
14: Governor = [[Frank Murkowski]] |
40: ...ackground:#efefef; text-align:center;"|''The Last Frontier''
66: ...|2000]]. The name "Alaska" is most likely derived from the [[Aleut]] word for "great country" or "main...
71: ...Americas|the first Europeans to reach Alaska came from Russia]]. [[Vitus Bering]] sailed east and saw ... - Arkansas (11679 bytes)
42: ...me, which is probably a phonetic spelling for the French word for "downriver" people, a reference to t...
44: ...d States]] as a [[slave state]]. Arkansas seceded from the Union on [[May 6]], [[1861]] during the [[...
50: ... for a short period of time, because the Arkansas Constitution does not allow a convicted felon to be governor o...
54: ...cted separately from the governor and thus can be from a different political party.
70: ... Mississippi. The Grand Prairie is slightly away from the Mississippi river in the southeast portion ...
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