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Map of the European Union in the world, with Overseas Countries and Territories and Outermost Regions. Danish Gold Coast; Danish India; Danish West Indies Frederiksstad on Saint Croix, Danish West Indies, 1848; Faroe Islands; Greenland
East Asia Kwang-Chou-Wan (廣州灣) leased territory, now the city of Zhanjiang (Guangdong province) French settlements (French Concession of Shanghai, Guangdong, Tianjin, and Hankou) French zone of influence officially recognized by China over the provinces of Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan, and Guangdong; Indochina. Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam. Annam ...
During its Siglo de Oro, the Spanish Empire had possession of Mexico, South America, the Philippines, all of southern Italy, a stretch of territories from the Duchy of Milan to the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium, parts of Burgundy, and many colonial settlements in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Possessions in Europe, Africa, the Atlantic ...
A map of the Thirteen Colonies (in red) and nearby colonial areas (1763–1775) just before the Revolutionary War. In response, the colonies formed bodies of elected representatives known as Provincial Congresses, and colonists began to boycott imported British merchandise. [62]
The colonial map was redrawn following the defeat of the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire after the World War I (1914–18). Colonies from the defeated empires were transferred to the newly founded League of Nations, which itself redistributed it to the victorious powers as "mandates".
Map of German Colonies in the Pacific, 1914. Brown, German New Guinea; Orange, North Solomons; Red, German Samoa; Yellow, Other Pacific Territories. These were German colonies established in the Pacific: German New Guinea, 1884–1919 Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, 1885–1914; Bismarck Archipelago, 1885–1914; German Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1885 ...
Germany lost all of its colonies in Asia. German New Guinea, a part of Papua New Guinea , became administered by Australia . German possessions and concessions in China, including Qingdao , became the subject of a controversy during the Paris Peace Conference when the Beiyang government in China agreed to cede these interests to Japan , to the ...
Asia. Orintid Armenian Kingdom (c. 600 BC–335 BC) Bosporan Kingdom (c. 600 BC–443 AD) Pandyan Kingdom (c. 600 BC–1345 AD) Scythia (c. 600 BC–c. 100 BC) Kingdom of Tambapanni (543 BC–437 BC) Odrysian Kingdom (460 BC–46 AD) Kingdom of Anuradhapura (437 BC–1017 AD) Armenia (331 BC–428 AD) Caucasian Iberia (302 BC–580 AD) Dian ...