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  2. List of colonies - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Colonies by Asian countries subsection. 3. ... List of colonies. 1 language. Magyar; ... An 18th-century casta painting from New Spain shows a Spanish man and ...

  3. History of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    In early 2020, Malaysia faced a political crisis, [20] concurrent with the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to political, health, social, and economic disruptions. [21] [22] The 2022 general election resulted in Malaysia's first hung parliament, leading to Anwar Ibrahim's appointment as Prime Minister on November 24, 2022. [23] [24] [25] [26]

  4. Colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    Portugal began establishing the first global trade network and one of the first colonial empires [6] [7] under the leadership of Henry the Navigator.The empire spread throughout a vast number of territories distributed across the globe (especially at one time in the 16th century) that are now parts of 60 different sovereign states.

  5. List of countries that have gained independence from Spain

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    In 1597, the Spanish (Castilian) crown lost the Netherlands (Holland). In 1640, Portugal split away after Philip II had incorporated it to its domains in 1581. A second independence tide came about following the Independence of the Thirteen Colonies in North America and the Battle of Trafalgar that heralded the end of the Spanish Atlantic hegemony.

  6. History of colonialism - Wikipedia

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    The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire (2008). Merriman, Roger Bigelow. The rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New (3 vol 1918) online free; Ness, Immanuel and Zak Cope, eds. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism (2 vol, 2015), 1456pp; Osterhammel, Jürgen: Colonialism: A Theoretical Overview, (M ...

  7. List of historical films set in Asia - Wikipedia

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    Malaysia The film deals with the 13 May Incident. Never Shall We Be Enslaved: 1997: 1885: Myanmar: A two-part film depicting the events of the Third Anglo-Burmese War and the fall of Thibaw Min and his dynasty. 1965 (film) 2015: 1963–1966: Singapore: Singapore in Malaysia, 1964 race riots in Singapore (Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation) and ...

  8. Category:Former countries in Spanish history - Wikipedia

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    Former countries, kingdoms, states, territories, and client states − that were historically located in Spain. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

  9. Western imperialism in Asia - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish war against Brunei failed to conquer Brunei but it totally cut off the Philippines from Brunei's influence, the Spanish then started colonizing Mindanao and building fortresses. In response, the Bisayas, where Spanish forces were stationed, were subjected to retaliatory attacks by the Magindanao in 1599-1600 due to the Spanish ...