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|[[Wallis and Futuna]]||??||??||?? | |[[Wallis and Futuna]]||??||??||?? | ||
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|[[West Bank]]||??||??|| | |[[West Bank]]||??||??||From the early 16th century through 1917, the area now known as the West Bank fell under Ottoman rule. Following World War I, the Allied powers (France, UK, Russia) allocated the area to the British Mandate of Palestine. After World War II, the UN passed a resolution to establish two states within the Mandate, and designated a territory including what is now known as the West Bank as part of the proposed Arab state. Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War the area was captured by Transjordan (later renamed Jordan). [[West Bank|>>>Read More...]] | ||
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|[[Western Sahara]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]]||??|| | |[[Western Sahara]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]]||??||Western Sahara is a disputed territory on the northwest coast of Africa bordered by Morocco, Mauritania, and Algeria. After Spain withdrew from its former colony of Spanish Sahara in 1976, Morocco annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara and claimed the rest of the territory in 1979, [[Western Sahara|>>>Read More...]] | ||
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|[[Yemen]]||??||??|| | |[[Yemen]]||??||??||Yemen was one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East. Between the 12th century BC and the 6th century AD, it was part of the Minaean, Sabaean, and Himyarite kingdoms, which controlled the lucrative spice trade, and later came under Ethiopian and Persian rule. >>> [[Yemen|Read More....]] | ||
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|[[Zambia]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]]||??|| | |[[Zambia]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]]||??||About two-thirds of Zambians live in poverty. Per capita annual incomes are well below their levels at independence and, at $1,500, place the country among the world's poorest nations. | ||
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|[[Zimbabwe]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]]||??|| | |[[Zimbabwe]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]]||??||Zimbabwe's wide range of natural resources makes agriculture and mining the main pillars of the economy. In 2009 agriculture and industry accounted for about 19% and 24% of gross domestic product (GDP), respectively. Zimbabwe has an important percentage of the world's known reserves of metallurgical-grade chromite. | ||
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==How many Countries in the world?== | ==How many Countries in the world?== | ||