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| [Country] declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, but was conquered by Italy in 1939. | |
| The [people of what became this country] gained fame in the 13th century when under Chinggis KHAN they established a huge Eurasian empire through conquest. | |
| Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able...to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. | |
| The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation..., allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. | |
| A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, [country] became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. | |
| Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, [country] was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nations mandate... | |
| The [country, adjective form] Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. | |
| [Country] was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. | |
| [Country] prides itself on being the first nation to formally adopt Christianity (early 4th century). | |
| Most [people of this country] consider themselves to be Khmers, descendants of the Angkor Empire... | |
| Following more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, [country] gained its independence in 1822... | |
| Military regimes favoring Islamic-oriented governments have dominated national politics since independence from the UK in 1956. | |
| [Country] was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries, and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. | |
| Following its heyday as a global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, [country] lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake | |
| [Country] was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. | |
| The [country] has historically played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. | |
| Established as a Belgian colony in 1908, the [country] gained its independence in 1960, but its early years were marred by political and social instability. | |
| Known as Persia until 1935, [country] became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and Shah Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI was forced into exile. | |
| Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century... | |
| [Country] is the birthplace of Islam and home to Islam's two holiest shrines in Mecca and Medina. | |
| Modern [country] was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL... | |
| Britain's [country, adjective form] colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the [Country] following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. | |
| The Italians supplanted the Ottoman Turks in the area around Tripoli in 1911 and did not relinquish their hold until 1943 when defeated in World War II. | |
| The [country, adjective form] Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons. | |
| Unique among African countries, the ancient [country, adjective form] monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule with the exception of a short-lived Italian occupation... | |
| As Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation (after Russia), [country] is a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. | |
| Although ultimately a victor in World Wars I and II, [country] suffered extensive losses in its empire, wealth, manpower, and rank as a dominant nation-state. | |
| Europeans began to set up trading posts in the area of [country] in the 16th century; eventually the British came to dominate the region and it became part of British India. | |
| The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, [country] came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. | |
| A Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, most of [country] was formally annexed to Russia in 1876. | |
