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Country |
Former name |
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Bangladesh |
East Pakistan |
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Belarus |
Byelorussia |
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Belize |
British Honduras |
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Benin |
Dahomey |
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Botswana |
Bechuanaland |
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Burkina Faso |
Upper Volta |
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Burundi |
Urundi |
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Cambodia |
Democratic Kampuchea |
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Central African Republic |
Ubangi-Shari |
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China |
Cathay |
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Columbia |
New Granada |
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Democratic Rep. of Congo(Zaire) |
Belgian Congo |
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Republic of Congo |
Middle Congo |
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Cote d'Ivoire |
Ivory Coast |
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Djibouti |
French Somaliland |
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Equatorial Guinea |
Spanish Guinea |
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Ethiopia |
Abyssinia |
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France |
Gaul |
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Ghana |
Gold Coast |
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Greece |
Helle |
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Guinea-Bissau |
Portuguese Guinea |
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Guinea |
French West Africa |
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Guyana |
British Guiana |
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Indonesia |
Dutch East Indies |
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Iran |
Persia |
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Iraq |
Mesopotamia. |
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Jordan |
Transjordan |
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Kiribati |
Gilbert Islands |
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Kyrgyzstan |
Kirghizia |
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Lesotho |
Basutoland |
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Malawi |
Nyasaland |
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Malaysia |
Malaya, Sabah (North Borneo), and Sarawak |
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Mali |
French Sudan |
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Mexico |
New Spain |
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Moldova |
Moldavia |
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Myanmar |
Burma |
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Namibia |
South-West Africa. |
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Netherlands |
Dutch East Indies |
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Pakistan |
West Pakistan |
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Samoa |
Western Samoa. |
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Somalia |
Somaliland (Brit. & Ital.) |
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Sri Lanka |
Ceylon |
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Suriname |
Dutch Guiana |
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Taiwan |
Formosa |
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Tajikistan |
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic |
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Tanzania |
Tanganyika and Zanzibar |
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Thailand |
Siam |
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Timor-Leste |
East Timor |
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Togo |
French Togoland |
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Tuvalu |
Ellice Islands |
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Ukraine |
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic |
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United Arab Emirates |
Trucial States, Trucial Oman |
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Uzbekistan |
Uzbek Socialist Republic |
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Vanuatu |
New Hebrides |
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Western Sahara |
Spanish Sahara |
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Zambia |
Northern Rhodesia |
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Zimbabwe |
Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia |