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|[[Azerbaijan]]<br>[[File:Azerbaijan flag.gif|60px|link=Azerbaijan]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 03||??||Azerbaijan combines the heritage of two venerable civilizations--the Seljuk Turks of the 11th century and the ancient Persians. Its name is thought to be derived from the Persian phrase "Land of Fire," referring both to its petroleum deposits, known since ancient times, and to its status as a former center of the Zoroastrian faith. | |[[Azerbaijan]]<br>[[File:Azerbaijan flag.gif|60px|link=Azerbaijan]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 03||??||Azerbaijan combines the heritage of two venerable civilizations--the Seljuk Turks of the 11th century and the ancient Persians. Its name is thought to be derived from the Persian phrase "Land of Fire," referring both to its petroleum deposits, known since ancient times, and to its status as a former center of the Zoroastrian faith. | ||
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|[[Bahamas, The]]<br>[[File:Bahamas The flag.gif|60px|link=Bahamas, The]]||??||??||Eighty-five percent of the Bahamian population is of African heritage. About two-thirds of the population resides on New Providence Island (the location of Nassau). Many ancestors arrived in The Bahamas when the islands served as a staging area for the slave trade in the early 1800s | |[[Bahamas, The]]<br>[[File:Bahamas The flag.gif|60px|link=Bahamas, The]]||??||??||Eighty-five percent of the Bahamian population is of African heritage. About two-thirds of the population resides on New Providence Island (the location of Nassau). Many ancestors arrived in The Bahamas when the islands served as a staging area for the slave trade in the early 1800s. | ||
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