Fiji became independent in 1970, after nearly a century as a British

The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th c

In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by

Although discovered by the Dutch and the British in the 17th and 18th

Equatorial Guinea gained independence in 1968 after 190 years of Span

Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 1

The Sultanate of Brunei's influence peaked between the 15th and 17th

The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Paki

Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centur

First settled by the British in 1623, the islands became an associate