Society

Each of the 12 sons of Jacob, also known as Israel, fathered their own tribes, which collectively made up the Israelites.

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The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic receives limited recognition internationally, and Morocco continues to assert that it has rightful territorial claims to the region.

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Somaliland has remained largely unrecognized following its self-declared independence from Somalia in 1991.

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Tunisia is one of the most homogeneous of the Maghreb states in terms of languages spoken by ts people, with the vast majority using Tunisian Arabic.

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Togo is a multilingual country where the official language is French, and other national languages are Ewé and Kabiyé.

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Tigrinya, Tigre, and Standard Arabic are the three most widely spoken languages in the African country of Eritrea.

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Liberia is a multicultural country with high ethnic diversity, and is experiencng some of the fastest population growth rates in the world.

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Cape Town is the legislative capital, Pretoria is the administrative capital, and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of South Africa.

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Lhasa is the political and religious capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.

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Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands according to the Dutch Constitution, although The Hague is the seat of its government.

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In the second half of the 20th Century, life was transformed around the world as digital technology rapidly advanced and became more accessible.

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Social dances comprised by sets of couples have long been popular in Britain and other English-speaking countries, coming into their own during the Elizabethan Era.

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Italian painter Caravaggio's dramatic and realistic style spread across much of Europe in the 1600s.

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On the 11th Anniversary of 9/11/2001, Ansar al-Sharia Islamist militants attacked U.S. government personnel in Benghazi, Libya, an event still shrouded in controversy.

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The European occupation of Uruguay for centuries has influenced the languages of the country.

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The Civil War in Sierra Leone has been one of the most grotesque ones in history, and the nation's rich diamond reserves have driven much of the violence.

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Cameroon is often called "Africa in Miniature" due to the country's incredible cultural, linguistic, and geographical diversity.

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Kuala Lumpur is the official and royal capital of Malaysia, while Putrajaya is the administrative and judicial center of the country's government.

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Sucre is the official and judicial capital of Bolivia, while La Paz is the seat of the executive and legislative branches of the national government.

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Lilongwe, Malawi's political capital, and Blantyre, the nation's center of finance and commerce, are by far the two largest cities in the country.

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