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Around 60 countries gained independence from the United Kingdom throughout its history, the most in the world, followed by around 40 countries that gained independence from France throughout its history. [2] Over 50% of the world's borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [3] [4] [5]
A majority of breakthroughs and innovation originate in Western Europe and the U.S. and later their effects permeate globally. As judged by the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, most of the Top 30 Innovations of the Last 30 Years were from former First World countries (e.g., the U.S. and countries in Western Europe ...
This is a list of articles covering the history of present-day nations, states, and dependencies. Countries are listed in bold under their respective pages, whereas territories and dependencies are not. Disputed and unrecognized countries are italicized.
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System : 193 UN member states , [ 1 ] two UN General Assembly non-member observer ...
List of terms for country subdivisions; List of national capitals serving as administrative divisions; List of autonomous areas by country; List of sovereign states; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area, comparing continents, countries, and first-level administrative country subdivisions.
First Empire of Haiti: 1804: 1806: 2 Second Empire of Haiti: 1849: 1859: 10 Hafsid Kingdom: 1229: 1574: 345 Han Dynasty: 206 BC: 220: 426 Empire of Harsha: 606: 647: 41 Hephthalite Empire: 408: 670: 262 Hittite Empire: 1600 BC: 1178 BC: 422 Holy Roman Empire: 962: 1806: 844 Hospitaller Colonial Empire: 1651: 1665: 14 Hotak Dynasty: 1709: 1738: ...
The most powerful pharaohs of the Twenty-first dynasty were psusennes I and Siamun who built extensively compared to the other pharaohs of the dynasty. The Pharaohs of the Twenty-first Dynasty transported all the old Ramesside temples, obelisks, stelae, statues and sphinxes from Pi-Ramesses to the new capital Tanis. The obelisks and statues ...
List of countries with their first Major League Baseball player; List of countries with their first National Hockey League player; List of association football stadiums by country; List of first Olympic gold medalists by country; List of Grand Slam singles champions by country; List of Open Era Grand Slam champions by country