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One of two countries that united and became Romania in 1881 (1330-1859)
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Wallachia
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One of two countries that united and became Romania in 1881 (1346-1859)
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Moldavia
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This US state was at first an independent country (1836-46)
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Republic of Texas
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The southern states that broke away from the USA (1861-65)
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Confederate States of America
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German kingdom that created Germany in 1871 (1701-1918, was still a kingdom within the empire)
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Prussia
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One of two Boer republics that was conquered by the British to later form South Africa in 1910 (1854-1902)
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Orange Free State
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One of two Boer republics that was conquered by the British to later form South Africa in 1910 (1852-1902)
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Transvaal (formally South African Republic)
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Union of an empire and a kingdom, also known as The Dual Monarchy (1867-1918)
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Austria-Hungary
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Dissolved into Turkey and many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (ca. 1299-1922)
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Ottoman Empire
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Japanese puppet state located in Northeast China (1932-45)
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Manchukuo
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De-facto independent of China (1912-51) [has had a government in exile in India since 1959]
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Tibet
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Short-lived union between Egypt and Syria under the Egyptian president Nasser (1958-61)
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United Arab Republic
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Short-lived separatist state in the Congo (1960-63)
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Katanga
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Short-lived separatist state in the Congo (1960-62)
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South Kasai
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One of two countries that merged to form Tanzania (1961-64)
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Tanganyika
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One of two countries (itself an island) that merged to form Tanzania (1856-1964)
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Zanzibar
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Successor state from the Ottoman Empire located south of Saudi Arabia (1918-70)
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Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
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Short-lived separatist state in Nigeria (1967-70)
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Biafra
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Former name of United Arab Emirates as a British protectorate (1820-1971)
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Trucial States
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Anti-communist state, abolished when conquered (1955-75)
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South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam)
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Preceded Zimbabwe (1965-79)
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Rhodesia
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Founded in a rebellion and overthrew the Yemeni monarchy in 1970 (1962-90)
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North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic)
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Communist state, succeeded British colony of Aden, one of two countries that merged into one (1967-90)
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South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen)
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Communist state, abolished in peaceful reunification (1949-90)
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East Germany (German Democratic Republic)
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Dissolved into 15 countries including Russia and countries in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe (1922-91)
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Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
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Dissolved to form several countries in the Balkans, including Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia (1918/29-92)
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Yugoslavia
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One of the Austro-Hungarian successor states, dissolved peacefully into two states (1918-92)
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Czechoslovakia
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Congo during the dictatorship of Mobutu (1971-1997)
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Zaire
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Unsuccessful separatist state in Russia (1991-2000)
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Chechnya (Chechen Republic of Ichkeria)
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