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London
Capital of United Kingdom of Great Britain
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Paris
Capital of France
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Berlin
Capital of Germany
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Warsaw
Capital of Poland
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Dublin
Capital of Ireland
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Madrid
Capital of Spain
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Rome
Capital of Italy
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What country is located inside the city of Rome?
Vatican City
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Athens
Capital of Greece
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England
United Kingdom of Great Britain
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Calvados
France
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Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
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China
Beijing
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North Korea
Pyongyang
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South Korea
Seoul
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Japan
Tokyo
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Taiwan
Taipei
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Philippines
Manila
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Vietnam
Hanoi
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Cambodia
Phnom Penh
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Laos
Vientiane
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Thailand
Bangkok
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Bhutan
Thimphu
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Burma/Myanmar
Naypyjdaw
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Bangladesh
Dhaka
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Nepal
Kathmandu
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India
New Delhi
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Sri Lanka
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
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Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
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Singapore
Singapore
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Brunei
Bandar
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Indonesia
Jakarta
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Mauritania
Nouakchott
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Senegal
dakar
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Gambia
banjul
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Guinea-bissau
bissau
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Guinea
conakry
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mali
bamako
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mali
powerful west african state that flourished in 14th century
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niger
niamey
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chad
n'djamena
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sudan
khartoum
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eritrea
asmara
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djibouti
djiboutisomalia
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somalia
mogadishu
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ethiopia
addi ababa
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central african republic
bangui
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cameroon
yaounde
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nigeria
abuja
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burka faso
ouagadougou
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sierra leone
free town
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liberia
monrovia
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cote divoire
yamoussoukro
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ghana
accra
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togo
lome
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benin
porto-novo
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sao tome& principe
sao tome
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equatorial guinea
malabo
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gabon
liberville
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rep. of the congo
brazzaville
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democratic repulic of the congo
kinshara
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uganda
kampala
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kenya
nairobi
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rawanda
kigali
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burundi
bujumbura
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tanzinia
dodoma
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malaawi
lilongwe
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mozanbique
maputo
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madagascar
antanarivo
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zambia
luska
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8angola
launda
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nambia
windhoek
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botswana
gaborone
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zimbabwe
harare
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zimbabwes
stone-built administrative centers for rulers
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south africa
pretoria
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lesotho
maseru
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swaziland
mbabane
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south sudan
juba
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the Mongol Peace
Era in the 13th and 14th centuries when Mongol rule created order and stability in Central Asia and enabled goods and ideas to flow along the Silk Roads.
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silk roads
key overland trade routes that connected eastern and western eurasia
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Il-khan
branch of Mongol empire, center in present day Iran
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mandate of heaven
source legitimacy for chinese emperors
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mamluks
egyptian muslim slave army
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deforestation
process which trees are eliminated from an ecosystem
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sufis
members of islamic groups that cultivate mystical beliefs and practices
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empirical
view that experience is only source of knowledge
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francisians
religious order founded by francis of assisi dedicated to virtues of harmony, poverty, and charitable work among the poor
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sahel
semiarid region of north Central Africa south of the Sahara Desert
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the black death
term for lethal disease/s that struck large parts of Eurasia and north Africa
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el nino
periodic reversal of normal flow of Pacific currents that alters weather patterns
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hohokam people
native american culture that flourished from 3rd century to mid 15th century
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anti-semitism
hostility or prejudice against jews or judaism
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revolutionary millenarianism
doctrine tha in imminent, divinely contrived relaunch of history, god, would empower the poor
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shogun
hereditary military ruler of japan
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zen
school of mahayana buddhism
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sundiata
legendary hero said to have found the kingdom of mali
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chimu
civilization centered on pacific coast of peru
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hajj
pilgrimage to mecca that all faithful muslims are required to complete at least once
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incas
peoples of highland Peru
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aztecs
people of central mexico
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ottoman empire
islamic empire based in present day Turkey, capital Istanbul
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Renaissance
humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning originated in italy
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humanism
cultural and intellectual movement of the renaissance on the study of literature, art, and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome
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chivalry
qualities idealized by medieval European aristocracy and associated with knighthood, bravery, courtesy, honor
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world system
system of interconnections among the world's population
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imperialism
policy of extending a nation's authority and influence by conquest or by establishing economic
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trading post empires
term for the networks of imperial forts and trading posts that europeans established in asia
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dutch east india company
dutch company (1602) that enjoyed a government-granted monopoly on trade between Holland and Asia.
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capitalism
economic system in which means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned
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low countries
a region northwest europe comprising what is today Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
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joint-stock company
business whose capital is held in transferable shares of stock. (DEIC was first)
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english east india company
british trading company found in 1600 that played a key role in colonization of india
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czars
"Caesars", title of emperors who ruled russia
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safavids
shiite dynasty that ruled Persia
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hispaniola
modern haiti and dominican republic
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stranger effect
tendency some peoples have to esteem and defer to strangers
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genocide
systematic and planned extermination of an entire race, political, ethnical group
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country trades
commerce involving local or regional exchanges of goods from one asian destination to another
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manila galleon
spanish galleons that sailed each year between Philippines & mexico
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ecological exchange
exchange of plants and animals between ecosystems
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military revolution
change in warfare in 16&17th centuries that accompanied rise of firepower technology
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songhay
ancient empire of west africa in present day country of mali
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minas gerais
"general mines", region of brazil rich in mineral resources
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east india trade
trade between west. Europe & New England and Asia
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christendom
european states that christian is dominant or only religion
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council of trent
series of meetings to direct response of the roman catholic church to protestantism
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inquisition
tribunal of roman catholic church that was charged with suppressing heresy and immorality
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reformation
protestant break from roman catholic church
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counter reformation
catholic effort to combat the spread of protestantism
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jesuits
order of regular clergy strongly committed to education, scholarship, and missionary work
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protestantism
theological system of any of the churches of Western christendom , separted from roman catholic church during the reformation
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orthodox church
dominant christian church in byzantine empire, balkans, russia
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dominican
order of preaching friars established by saint dominic
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dalai lama
ruler of tibet
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ongons
tibetan images which spirits are thought to reside
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syncretic
reconciliation of fusion of differing systems of belief
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confraternities
catholic charitable brotherhoods
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millenarianism
belief that the end of the world is about to occur
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copernican revolution
development of heliocentric model of the solar system
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inductive method
scientists turn individual observations and experiments into general law
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epistemology
branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge
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chinese board of astronomy
official department of chinese imperial court created in early 17th century
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state system
organization of early modern europe into nation-states
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holy roman empire
loose federation of states under elected emperor
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realpolitik
political doctrine that says that the state is not subject to moral laws and has right to do whatever safeguards it
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law of nations
all states must obey and govern relationships between them
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clans
social group made up of number of families that claim descent from a common ancestor & follow a hereditary chieftain
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grand vizier
chief minister of state in ottoman empire
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ming dynasty
chinese dynasty noting for flourished foreign trade & achievements in art
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qing dynasty
last chinese emperial dynasty
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samurai
hereditary japanese feudal-military aristocracy
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daimyo
japanese feudal lord who ruled a province
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tokugawa
family of shoguns that ruled japan
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edo
former name of Tokyo
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maroons
runaway slaves in Americans who formed communities, states
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creole
people of at least part european descent born in west indies, french lousiana, or spanish america
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mestizos
descendants of european and native americans
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dahomey
west african slave trading state
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kongo
kingdom located in west central africa
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progress of the human mind
one of the proofs of progress was the growth of population
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essay on the principle of population
statistical basis of malthu's thinking from condorcet's work
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malthusian
idea that population growth would always outpace growth in food supply
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urbanization
process which urban areas develop and expand
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industrialization
process which industrial economy is developed
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scientific revolution
sweeping change in investigation of nature and view of universe
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industrial revolution
complex set of economic, demographic, and technological events began in western europe
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french revolution
political, intellectual, and social upheal began in france
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physiocrats
french political economists who argued agriculture was foundation of any country's wealth and recommended agricultural improvements
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monocultures
cultivation of single dominant food crop
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imam
muslim religious teacher
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dutch east indies
dutch colonies in asia
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wahhabism
muslim sect found by abdul wahhab
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marathas
petty hindu princes
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saint-dominigue
french colony in hispaniola (slave labor, coffee)
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boers
dutch settlers and descendants in southern africa
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mahdi
muslim messiah
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fulani
traditional herdsmen of sahel
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