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1. This country had a kingdom established in 1642. It was invaded by Nepal in the 18th and 19th centuries. It came under British influence in 1817 and was made a British protectorate in 1890. It became a protectorate of India in 1950 and became part of India in 1975.
2. This country was established as a powerful Buddhist kingdom in the 7th-8th centuries. It became independent under British influence after the Chinese revolution of 1911-12.
3. This state in East Asia with capital at Hsinking (now Changchun) was set up as an independent republic in 1932. An empire was created here in 1934 with Emperor K'ang-te as nominal ruler. The state was dissolved in 1945.
4. This country with capital at Kyzyl was a part of Outer Mongolia until 1911. It was nominally independent 1911-14 and came under Russian protection in 1914. It became independent in 1921, but was annexed by the USSR in 1944.
5. This kingdom united with Hejaz as a dual kingdom in 1926.
6. This kingdom with capital at Hue became independent in 1428. It came under French influence in the late 18th century. The last emperor was deposed in 1955.
7. This former princely state includes the mountain ranges of Karakoram and Ladakh.
8. This medieval kingdom (also called Cilicia) was founded as a principality in 1080. It was conquered by the Mamluks in 1375.
9. This former khanate was included in the Russian empire in 1873. It now constitutes Khorezm subdivision of Uzbekistan.
10. This Seljuk sultanate with capital at Iconium (now Konya in Turkey) declined because of the Mongol invasion in the 13th century.
11. This once powerful dynasty was conquered by the Mongols in 1287. The capital with the same name is today a ruined town in Myanmar (Burma) which contains thousands of ancient Buddhist pagodas and shrines.
12. This ancient kingdom in India with capital at Pataliputra (modern: Patna) was the scene of many events in the life of Buddha. It was founded under the Mauryan dynasty (ca.322-185 BC) by Chandragupta and extended by Asoka (273-232 BC).
13. This was one of the Crusader states. It was given as a principality to the Norman crusader Bohemond in 1098. It was destroyed by the Mamluks in 1268.
14. This was also one of the Crusader states. It was conquered from the Seljuk Turks by Baldwin I of Boulogne in 1098, who ruled it as an earldom. It was reconquered by the Muslims in 1144.
15. This former Crusader state was formerly a Phoenician federation of three cities: Sidon, Tyre and Aradus.
16. The capture of this city/state by the Seljuks who mistreated Christian pilgrims was the immediate cause of the crusades. The crusaders captured the city and established a kingdom here in 1099. After its fall into the hands of Sultan Saladin in 1187 its recovery was the goal for several crusades.
17. This island republic ws proclaimed in 1950 but lasted only until 1952.
18. This former People's Democratic Republic declared independence in 1967 but united with a neighboring country in 1990.
19. This country was formerly federation of 9 states. It was set up in 1946 as the Union of _____, but reorganized and established as the Federation of ______ in 1948. It achieved independence in 1957. In 1963 it joined another federation along with 3 other areas, one of which left the federation in 1965.
20. Sir James Brooke visited Brunei in 1839 because he sought to quell piracy in the area. The Sultan of Brunei ceded _______ to Sir James Brooke in 1841. It then became an independent state. It became a British protectorate in 1888 and was governed for three generations by the Brooke family. It became a British crown colony in 1946.
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