Description
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Date
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Answer
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At one point, it controlled the entire Mediterranean before it decided to split.
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284
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Roman Empire
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A mountainous country led by the Dalai Lama himself.
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1950
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Tibet
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This empire ended the Byzantines. By WWI it was considered the "sick man of Europe".
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1918
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Ottoman Empire
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This nation claimed to be three things it was not. It was actually a union of many smaller kingdoms.
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1806
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Holy Roman Empire
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This country was led by Giuseppe Garibaldi to unify a peninsula.
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1861
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Sardinia
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This Empire spanned the Andes mountains and was the largest on its continent.
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1572
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Inca Empire
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Claimed by both Mexico and the US, but de facto ruled by itself.
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1845
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Texas Republic
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This small former Soviet state held off the Russian army for two years, however it was annexed 4 years later.
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2000
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Chechnya
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This nation took many generations to unify, only to be taken over by United States businessmen.
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1898
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Hawaii
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An ancient country that was occupied many times, only to re-emerge once again. It only finally fell after Persian takeover.
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583 BC
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Babylon
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This ancient nation believed that losing a battle would mean the end of the world... and its demise began once a battle was lost.
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609 BC
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Assyria
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The largest empire of the Indian subcontinent before British rule.
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1857
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Mughal Empire
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The Zoroastrian empire of Iran that fell to the rise of Islam.
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651
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Sassanid Empire
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The predecessor to Ethiopia and the first country to bring christianity to Africa
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960
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Aksum
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This nation assimilated smaller kingdoms into itself, making its king the king of kings.
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330 BC
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Persian Empire
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Pol Pot believed all other communist states had done it wrong, so he decided to rid his country of ALL western influence.
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1975
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Khmer Rouge
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This nation succeeded the Mali empire as ruler of West Africa, and profited greatly off of the land's gold, salt, and ivory.
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1591
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Songhai
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The Southern counterpart kingdom to Israel.
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586 BC
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Judah
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This Germanic tribe lived in the Hispanic and Gaulish regions of Rome's carcass.
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712
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Visigoths
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This Pre-Russian Kingdom, named after its capital, controlled land from the black sea to Northern Scandinavia, to the Ural Mountains.
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1478
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Novgorod Republic
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What was ruled by Isabella before she married Ferdinand.
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1469
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Castile
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This Kingdom was directly ruled by the pope for over a millennium.
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1870
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Papal States
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This South American nation eventually split into four smaller ones and lost its "grand" status.
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1831
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Gran Colombia
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This empire was already falling before the Spanish brought pestilence and conquest to the land.
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1521
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Aztec Empire
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