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  2. History of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    The ancestors of the present-day population of Malaysia entered the area in multiple waves during prehistoric and historical times. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Hinduism and Buddhism from India and China dominated early regional history, reaching their peak from the 7th to the 13th centuries during the reign of the Sumatra -based Srivijaya civilisation.

  3. List of French possessions and colonies - Wikipedia

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    Taking up of the Louisiana by La Salle in the name of the Kingdom of France New France at its greatest extent in 1710. Present-day Canada. New France (1534–1763) Present-day United States. The Fort Saint Louis (1685–1689) Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1650–1733) Fort Caroline in French Florida (occupation by Huguenots) (1562–1565)

  4. Battle of Penang - Wikipedia

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    The Russian embassy in Malaysia holds memorial services twice annually in honor of the fallen sailors. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] In October 2024, corvettes Aldar Tsydenzhapov , Gromkiy and Rezkiy , along with replenishment oiler Pechanga , arrived in George Town where the crews attended a ceremony to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Penang.

  5. French Indochina - Wikipedia

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    French–Vietnamese relations started during the early 17th century with the arrival of the Jesuit missionary Alexandre de Rhodes.Around this time, Vietnam had only just begun its "Southward"—"Nam Tiến", the occupation of the Mekong Delta, a territory being part of the Khmer Empire and to a lesser extent, the kingdom of Champa which they had defeated in 1471.

  6. Decolonisation of Asia - Wikipedia

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    France had placed Norodom Sihanouk on the throne in 1941 and was hoping for a puppet monarch. They were mistaken. They were mistaken. However, the King led the way to Cambodian independence in 1953, taking advantage of the background of the First Indochina War being fought in Vietnam .

  7. History of Vietnam during World War I - Wikipedia

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    The fact that France succeeded in holding on to Vietnam during the war years was mainly due to the weakness of the national movement. There were, of course, patriots to carry on the fight for national independence, but the new and still embryonic social forces failed to give the movement the necessary vigor and direction.

  8. List of wars involving Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    Malaysia (16 September 1963 – present) Second Malayan Emergency (1968–1989) Malaysia Singapore Thailand: Malayan Communist Party Malayan National Liberation Army. Communist Party of Thailand. Victory. Peace Accord of Hat Yai, dissolution of MCP. [1] [13] Operation Gothic Serpent (1993) United States Malaysia Pakistan Italy South Korea

  9. Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I - Wikipedia

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    During World War I, conflict on the Asian continent and the islands of the Pacific included naval battles, the Allied conquest of German colonial possessions in the Pacific Ocean and China, the anti-Russian Central Asian revolt of 1916 in Russian Turkestan and the Ottoman-supported Kelantan rebellion in British Malaya.