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Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...
The new nation, identified simply as Rhodesia, initially sought recognition as an autonomous realm within the Commonwealth of Nations, but reconstituted itself as a republic in 1970. Following the declaration of independence in 1965, [ 4 ] the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution that called upon all states not to grant ...
Over 40% of the world’s borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. The British and French drew the modern borders of the Middle East, the borders of Africa, and in Asia after the independence of the British Raj and French Indochina and the borders of Europe after World War I as victors, as a result of the Paris ...
Renamed to Benin in 1975. August 5, 1960 France: Upper Volta: Renamed to Burkina Faso in 1984. August 7, 1960 France Ivory Coast: August 8, 1960 France Niger: August 11, 1960 France Chad: August 13, 1960 France Central African Republic: Central African Empire from 1976-1979. August 15, 1960 France Congo: August 16, 1960 United Kingdom Cyprus
The new nation developed as a democratic republic amidst the interwar turmoil in Europe. According to the August 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, Finland was placed in the Soviet Union's sphere of influence. Consequently, the Soviets attacked Finland on 30 November 1939 to begin the Winter War. Helsinki ...
Day & month Year Afghanistan: 19 August: 1919: Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 [2] Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua, Leeward Islands [a] 1 November: 1981: Antigua Termination of Association Order [3] The Bahamas: 10 July: 1973: Bahamas Independence Act 1973 [4] Bahrain: British Protectorate of Bahrain 15 August: 1971: Now an independent kingdom outside ...
renamed Congo, Democratic Republic of the [10] Congo renamed Congo, Republic of the Corsica: dropped [11] Western Samoa 1998 renamed Samoa [12] Kazakstan renamed Kazakhstan; spelling change Wake Island 1999 renamed Wake Atoll [13] Wake Atoll 2000 renamed Wake Island [14] Southern Ocean added Serbia and Montenegro 2001 renamed Yugoslavia [15 ...
The German empire was the first unified, centralized German nation, created after the North German victory in the Franco-Prussian War. It was also a colonial empire, with territories outside of Europe. Greece (Kingdom) 1832 1924 Greece, Turkey: Greece (4th of August Regime) 1936 1941 Greece, Turkey: Greece (Kingdom) 1944 1974 Greece, Turkey