ANGUILLA
Introduction ::ANGUILLA Background: Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla was administered by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when the …
ANGOLA
Introduction ::ANGOLA Background: Angola is still rebuilding its country since the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002. Fighting between the Popular Movement for …
ANDORRA
Background: ANDORRA The landlocked Principality of Andorra is one of the smallest states in Europe, nestled high in the Pyrenees between the French and Spanish …
AMERICAN SAMOA
Introduction ::AMERICAN SAMOA Background: Settled as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was not reached by European explorers until the 18th century. International rivalries in the …
ALGERIA
Introduction ::ALGERIA Background: After more than a century of rule by France, Algerians fought through much of the 1950s to achieve independence in 1962. Algeria’s …
ALBANIA
Background: ALBANIA Albania declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, but was conquered by Italy in 1939, and occupied by Germany in 1943. …
AKROTIRI
Introduction ::AKROTIRI Background: By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction …
AFGHANISTAN
Introduction ::AFGHANISTAN Background: Ahmad Shah DURRANI unified the Pashtun tribes and founded Afghanistan in 1747. The country served as a buffer between the British and …
What is religion?
A religion is a set of beliefs that is held by a group of people so passionately with some sort of sacrifice. There are many …