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An Indigenous American participatory democracy made up of six states that some speculate to have been a model, at least partly, for the United States.
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c. 1812
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Iroquois Confederacy
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A kingdom on the coast of the Baltic Sea that would grow to unify Germany
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1871
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Prussia
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The very difficult to pronounce kingdom on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Borneo, and the Malay Peninsula
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1527
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Majapahit
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An Italian Kingdom named after a city, south of Rome.
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1816
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Naples
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The nations of Great Britain, now part of a larger collective.
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1707
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Scotland
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Wales
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England
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The largest European empire since the Romans (up to that point), covering France, Germany, Italy, and more, led by Charlemagne himself.
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c. 800
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Franks
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The first distinctively Greek civilization.
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c. 1100 BC
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Mycenae
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The Ferdinand half of Ferdinand and Isabella
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1479
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Aragon
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This kingdom, also known as "West Saxony," existed in southern Great Britain until it was unified with other kingdoms by Athelstan into England.
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927
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Wessex
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Description
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Date
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Answer
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The dynastic union between Portugal and the Spanish crown
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1640
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Iberian Union
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A medieval feudal state found in modern-day Georgia, and eventually unified with the Kingdom of Iberia (not the peninsula) under one king until it was eventually conquered by the Mongols.
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c.1240
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Abkhazia
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A kingdom in modern-day Romania that eventually fell to the Ottomans
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1417
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Wallachia
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An expansive empire that covered modern-day southern Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and other central asian countries at its peak. It eventually fragmented into smaller khanates which lasted until around 1850.
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c. 1466
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Gold Horde
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This Iberian kingdom was formed from the division of the Old Asturian kingdom between Alfonso III's three sons. This one lasted the longest, before eventually joining the Kingdom of Castille.
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1479
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Leon
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The first three great Muslim Caliphates
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661
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Rashidun Caliphate
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750
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Umayyad Caliphate
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1517
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Abbasid Caliphate
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A Catholic crusader-state on the Southeast Baltic shore.
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1525
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Teutonic Order
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A highly contested region, under the control of China, India, and Pakistan today. It was briefly independent and ruled by the Shah Mir Dynasty.
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1561
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Kashmir
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The short-lived, only Mormon-led country in history, led by Brigham Young.
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1858
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Utah
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Island nation off the coast of Africa that briefly was the capital of Oman.
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1964
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Zanzibar
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The large part of Tanzania before the union with the above.
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1964
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Tanganyika
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