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Although the exact timing of when each island group was settled is debated, it is widely accepted that the island groups in the geographic center of the region (i.e. the Cook Islands, Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, etc.) were settled initially between 1000 and 1150 AD, [33] [34] and ending with more far flung island groups such as Hawaii ...
Map of the historical and geographical provinces of Georgia (provinces outside the borders of modern Georgia are indicated in italics). Regions (mkhare) were established by presidential decrees from 1994 to 1996, on a provisional basis until the secessionist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are resolved. They roughly correspond to the ...
The Great Depression proved to be difficult, [clarification needed] economically, for both rural and urban Georgia. Farmers and blue-collar workers were impacted the most. Georgia benefited from several New Deal programs, which raised cotton prices to $.11 or $.12 a pound, promoted rural electrification, and set up rural and urban work relief ...
Map of the colonies with the proclamation line of 1763 shown in red. The Southern Colonies within British America consisted of the Province of Maryland, [1] the Colony of Virginia, the Province of Carolina (in 1712 split into North and South Carolina), and the Province of Georgia.
The prehistory of Oceania is divided into the prehistory of each of its major areas: Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, and these vary greatly as to when they were first inhabited by humans — from 70,000 years ago (Near Oceania) to 3,000 years ago (Remote Oceania).
The Province of Georgia [1] (also Georgia Colony) was one of the Southern Colonies in colonial-era British America. In 1775 it was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to support the American Revolution. The original land grant of the Province of Georgia included a narrow strip of land that extended west to the Pacific Ocean. [2]
After a brief period of independence as Democratic Republic of Georgia, the country soon ended up being a Soviet Republic until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The current republic of Georgia has been independent since 1991. The history of Georgia is inextricably linked with the history of the Georgian people. [1] [2]
Svaneti region, northwestern Georgia Black Sea coast of western Georgia, with the skyline of Batumi on the horizon. The coastline of Georgia about 315 kilometres (196 mi): [14] of the coastline, 57 kilometres (35 mi) is the coastline of Ajaria (Ajara) [15] and 200 kilometres (120 mi) is the coastline of Abkhazia. [16]