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  • 91Cote d'Ivoire — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Cote d Ivoire <p></p> Background: <p></p> Close ties to France following independence in 1960, the development of cocoa production for export, and foreign investment… …

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  • 92Croatia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Croatia <p></p> Background: <p></p> The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats …

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  • 93Cuba — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Cuba <p></p> Background: <p></p> The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492… …

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  • 94Djibouti — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Djibouti <p></p> Background: <p></p> The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one… …

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  • 95Dominica — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Dominica <p></p> Background: <p></p> Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native… …

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  • 96Dominican Republic — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Dominican Republic <p></p> Background: <p></p> The Taino indigenous inhabitants of Hispaniola prior to the arrival of the Europeans divided the island into five… …

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  • 97Ecuador — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Ecuador <p></p> Background: <p></p> What is now Ecuador formed part of the northern Inca Empire until the Spanish conquest in 1533. Quito became a seat of Spanish… …

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  • 98Egypt — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Egypt <p></p> Background: <p></p> The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi isolation provided by deserts to the east and west,… …

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  • 99El Salvador — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::El Salvador <p></p> Background: <p></p> El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12 year civil war,… …

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  • 100Eritrea — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Eritrea <p></p> Background: <p></p> The UN established Eritrea as an autonomous region within the Ethiopian federation in 1952. Ethiopia s full annexation of Eritrea… …

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