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• About Australia
  ...east 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK t
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• Adopting from Australia
  ...east 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK t
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• About Grenada
  ...ury, cacao eventually surpassed sugar as the main export crop; in the 20th century, nutmeg became the leading export. In 1967, Britain gave [[Grenada]] autono
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• Adopting from Grenada
  ...onized for more than a century. The French settled [[Grenada]] in the 17th century, established sugar estates, and imported large numbers of African [[slaves]
  7 KB (961 words) - 04:41, 19 February 2018
• About Guyana
  Originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 [[Guyana]] had become a British possession. The abolition of slave
  1 KB (161 words) - 02:12, 25 March 2018
• Adopting from Guyana
  Originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 [[Guyana]] had become a British possession. The abolition of slave
  6 KB (913 words) - 04:47, 19 February 2018
• Adopting from Haiti
  ...rtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispaniola.
  8 KB (1,147 words) - 04:48, 19 February 2018
• Adopting from Indonesia
  The Dutch began to colonize [[Indonesia]] in the early 17th century; [[Japan]] occupied the islands from 1942 to 1945. [[Indonesia]] declared i
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• About Mauritius
  ...e Dutch - who named it in honor of Prince Maurits van NASSAU - in the 17th century. The French assumed control in 1715, developing the island into an importan
  1 KB (205 words) - 01:39, 26 March 2018
• Adopting from Mauritius
  ...e Dutch - who named it in honor of Prince Maurits van NASSAU - in the 17th century. The French assumed control in 1715, developing the island into an importan
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• Adopting from Mongolia
  ...eventually retired to their original steppe homelands and in the late 17th century came under Chinese rule. [[Mongolia]] won its independence in 1921 with Sov
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• About Morocco
  ...ry. In 1860, [[Spain]] occupied northern [[Morocco]] and ushered in a half century of trade rivalry among European powers that saw [[Morocco]]'s sovereignty s
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• Adopting from Morocco
  ...ry. In 1860, [[Spain]] occupied northern [[Morocco]] and ushered in a half century of trade rivalry among European powers that saw [[Morocco]]'s sovereignty s
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• About Netherlands
  ...vinces declared their independence from [[Spain]] in 1579; during the 17th century, they became a leading seafaring and commercial power, with settlements and
  1 KB (196 words) - 02:22, 26 March 2018
• Adopting from Netherlands
  ...vinces declared their independence from [[Spain]] in 1579; during the 17th century, they became a leading seafaring and commercial power, with settlements and
  8 KB (1,102 words) - 15:26, 29 June 2021
• About Russia
  ...Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Defeat in the
  2 KB (325 words) - 03:10, 26 March 2018
• Adopting from Russia
  ...gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to
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• About Sri Lanka
  ...trolled by the Portuguese in the 16th century and by the Dutch in the 17th century. The island was ceded to the British in 1796, became a crown colony in 1802
  2 KB (349 words) - 03:50, 26 March 2018
• Adopting from Suriname
  ...niards in the 16th century and then settled by the English in the mid-17th century, [[Suriname]] became a Dutch colony in 1667. With the abolition of African
  4 KB (643 words) - 02:45, 21 February 2018
• Adopting from Sweden
  A military power during the 17th century, [[Sweden]] has not participated in any war for almost two centuries. An ar
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