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  • ...erce resistance of the native Caribs. [[France]] ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after i
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  • ...only became famous as a nature artist and naturalist later, after going to Britain and Europe in 1826. He is considered one of the greatest painters of birds
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  • ...en Capt. James COOK took possession of the east coast in the name of Great Britain (all of [[Australia]] was claimed as British territory in 1829 with the cre
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  • ...en Capt. James COOK took possession of the east coast in the name of Great Britain (all of [[Australia]] was claimed as British territory in 1829 with the cre
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  • ...eed not to interfere in Bhutanese internal affairs, and [[Bhutan]] allowed Britain to direct its foreign affairs. This role was assumed by independent [[India
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  • ...eed not to interfere in Bhutanese internal affairs, and [[Bhutan]] allowed Britain to direct its foreign affairs. Read more [[About Bhutan]].
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  • ...t borders through the 19th century. Over a period of 62 years (1824-1886), Britain conquered [[Burma]] and incorporated the country into its Indian Empire. [[
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  • ...t borders through the 19th century. Over a period of 62 years (1824-1886), Britain conquered [[Burma]] and incorporated the country into its Indian Empire. [[
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  • ...port crop; in the 20th century, nutmeg became the leading export. In 1967, Britain gave [[Grenada]] autonomy over its internal affairs. Full independence was
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  • Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, [[Iraq]] was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nati
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  • Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, [[Iraq]] was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nati
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  • ...ecame small farmers. [[Jamaica]] gradually increased its independence from Britain. In 1958 it joined other British Caribbean colonies in forming the Federati
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  • ...of Nations awarded Britain the mandate to govern much of the Middle East. Britain demarcated a semi-autonomous region of Transjordan from Palestine in the ea
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  • ...of Nations awarded Britain the mandate to govern much of the Middle East. Britain demarcated a semi-autonomous region of Transjordan from Palestine in the ea
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  • Britain oversaw foreign relations and defense for the ruling Kuwaiti AL-SABAH dynas
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  • During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current [[Malaysia]];
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  • Great Britain formally acquired possession of [[Malta]] in 1814. The island staunchly sup
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  • Great Britain formally acquired possession of [[Malta]] in 1814. The island staunchly sup
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  • ...] in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria
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  • ...] in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria
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  • ...s declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gra
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  • ...s declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gra
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  • ...ltanate in Muscat signed the first in a series of friendship treaties with Britain. Over time, [[Oman]]'s dependence on British political and military advisor
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  • ...ltanate in Muscat signed the first in a series of friendship treaties with Britain. Over time, [[Oman]]'s dependence on British political and military advisor
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  • A lengthy struggle between [[France]] and Great Britain for the islands ended in 1814, when they were ceded to the latter. Independ
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  • Britain withdrew from British Somaliland in 1960 to allow its protectorate to join
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  • ...he mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, [[France]], and [[Germany]] in economic and political power. [[Spain]] rem
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  • ...he mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, [[France]], and [[Germany]] in economic and political power. To learn more
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  • Shortly after achieving independence from Britain in the early 1960s, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of [[
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  • The colonial boundaries created by Britain to delimit [[Uganda]] grouped together a wide range of ethnic groups with d
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  • ...rin. He and his army are said to be sleeping under a mountain somewhere in Britain, to be resurrected at a time of great need. Chambers, E.K. Arthur of Britain. ([[New York]]: October House, 1967)
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  • ...only became famous as a nature artist and naturalist later, after going to Britain and Europe in 1826. He is considered one of the greatest painters of birds
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  • ...e conversion of Britain, recognized as the first ecclesiastical history of Britain. He was one of the first historians to try to verify facts instead of uncri [[Category: UK/Great Britain]]
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  • ...ounder of The Big Issue, the magazine produced and sold by the homeless in Britain. ...d the police to [[France]] where he spent several years until returning to Britain.
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  • These are the children sent from Britain and Ireland to colonies and former colonies with the express intention of h [[Category: UK/Great Britain]]
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  • ...cript book of recipes and formulae which in many way parallels the work of Britain's Mrs. Beeton.
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  • ...nt and influential second-hand and antiquarian book businesses in post-war Britain, with many influential customers in the UK and abroad. He was also an impor [[Category: UK/Great Britain]]
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  • ...iated with Borley Rectory (see image), known as "the most haunted house in Britain." Adelaide is the adopted daughter of the Rev. Lionel and Mrs. Marianne Foy [[Category: UK/Great Britain]]
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  • ...ing author and extraordinarily popular public speaker in North America and Britain, even conning some Canadian Natives and the likes of the young David and Ri [[Category: UK/Great Britain]]
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  • ...a sawmill, served as a missionary in Palestine, [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]] and Britain, improved Mormon pastoral agriculture, served 12 years in the [[Utah]] stat
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  • ...he army and her parents went to [[India]] when she was six, leaving her in Britain with a relative who ran a girls' school. Her father died soon afterwards an [[Category: UK/Great Britain]]
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  • ...cript book of recipes and formulae which in many way parallels the work of Britain's Mrs. Beeton.
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  • ...Tokyo, Paris and Sydney, and she has been described by Wedgwood as "one of Britain's most exciting new talents." In her twenties she was hospitalized in a cli [[Category: UK/Great Britain]]
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  • ...the army, then went to university, where he began to act. He has lived in Britain since 1990. [[Category: UK/Great Britain]]
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  • ...r, are associated with Borley Rectory, known as "the most haunted house in Britain." Adelaide is the [[adopted]] daughter of the Rev. Lionel and Mrs. Marianne [[Category: UK/Great Britain]]
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  • In Britain he is most famous for his attempt to introduce the first tram service, in 1
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  • Oldham, Wilfrid. Britain's Convicts to the Colonies. (Syney: Library of Australian History, 1990) [[Category: UK/Great Britain]]
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  • ...s to his bibliography. At one point in his career 25% of all books sold in Britain were by Wallace, and his total sales to date are over 25,000,000. [[Category: UK/Great Britain]]
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  • Colley, Linda. [[Captives]]: Britain, Empire and the World, 1600-1850. (London: Jonathan Cape, 2002)
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  • Fryer, Peter. Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain. (London: Pluto Press, 1984) [[Category: UK/Great Britain]]
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  • ...footholds in [[India]] during the 16th century. By the 19th century, Great Britain had become the dominant political power on the subcontinent. The British In
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  • ...independent from the UK in 1922, [[Egypt]] acquired full sovereignty from Britain in 1952. The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lak
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  • ...footholds in [[India]] during the 16th century. By the 19th century, Great Britain had become the dominant political power on the subcontinent. The British In
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