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1707:South Africa
1697:Sierra Leone
1521:
1502:Burkina Faso
1410:
1406:
1375:
1294:slave routes
1291:
1258:Christianity
1247:
1241:
1240:
1107:Cook Islands
593:Turkmenistan
553:Saudi Arabia
296:South Africa
286:Sierra Leone
93:
74:Burkina Faso
15:
1759:recognition
1712:South Sudan
1602:Ivory Coast
1147:New Zealand
1040:Switzerland
968:Netherlands
778:Saint Lucia
708:El Salvador
543:Philippines
471:South Korea
466:North Korea
356:Afghanistan
301:South Sudan
174:Ivory Coast
1979:Categories
1814:(Portugal)
1772:Somaliland
1692:Seychelles
1657:Mozambique
1642:Mauritania
1627:Madagascar
1582:The Gambia
1517:Cape Verde
1367:References
1272:school of
1132:Micronesia
1010:San Marino
963:Montenegro
943:Luxembourg
683:Costa Rica
603:Uzbekistan
578:Tajikistan
483:Kyrgyzstan
456:Kazakhstan
406:East Timor
376:Bangladesh
366:Azerbaijan
281:Seychelles
241:Mozambique
214:Mauritania
199:Madagascar
89:Cape Verde
38:by country
1647:Mauritius
1427:0803-0685
1314:Bangassou
1092:Australia
1003:Tatarstan
938:Lithuania
808:Venezuela
753:Nicaragua
723:Guatemala
638:Argentina
563:Sri Lanka
558:Singapore
538:Palestine
426:Indonesia
416:Hong Kong
219:Mauritius
1838: /
1834: /
1827:(France)
1821: /
1799: /
1795: /
1747:Zimbabwe
1722:Tanzania
1572:Ethiopia
1567:Eswatini
1547:Djibouti
1512:Cameroon
1497:Botswana
1383:Archived
1350:See also
1332:in 2014.
1122:Kiribati
1065:Scotland
1025:Slovenia
1020:Slovakia
988:Portugal
858:Bulgaria
788:Suriname
763:Paraguay
738:Honduras
693:Dominica
678:Colombia
648:Barbados
626:Americas
583:Thailand
533:Pakistan
513:Mongolia
508:Maldives
503:Malaysia
391:Cambodia
336:Zimbabwe
311:Tanzania
144:Ethiopia
139:Eswatini
119:Djibouti
84:Cameroon
69:Botswana
1823:RĂ©union
1819:Mayotte
1810:Madeira
1805:(Spain)
1801:Melilla
1732:Tunisia
1702:Somalia
1687:Senegal
1672:Nigeria
1662:Namibia
1652:Morocco
1617:Liberia
1612:Lesotho
1562:Eritrea
1532:Comoros
1507:Burundi
1482:Algeria
1288:History
1262:Muslims
1187:Vanuatu
1085:Oceania
1055:England
1045:Ukraine
993:Romania
953:Moldova
913:Ireland
908:Iceland
903:Hungary
893:Germany
883:Finland
878:Estonia
873:Denmark
868:Czechia
863:Croatia
848:Belgium
843:Belarus
838:Austria
833:Andorra
828:Albania
803:Uruguay
743:Jamaica
718:Grenada
703:Ecuador
658:Bolivia
643:Bahamas
608:Vietnam
518:Myanmar
493:Lebanon
411:Georgia
371:Bahrain
361:Armenia
321:Tunisia
291:Somalia
276:Senegal
261:RĂ©union
256:Nigeria
246:Namibia
229:Morocco
224:Mayotte
189:Liberia
184:Lesotho
134:Eritrea
104:Comoros
79:Burundi
54:Algeria
36:Muslims
1842:
1825:
1812:
1742:Zambia
1737:Uganda
1677:Rwanda
1632:Malawi
1592:Guinea
1487:Angola
1425:
1361:Séléka
1270:Maliki
1182:Tuvalu
1035:Sweden
1015:Serbia
998:Russia
983:Poland
978:Norway
958:Monaco
928:Latvia
923:Kosovo
898:Greece
888:France
821:Europe
758:Panama
748:Mexico
728:Guyana
668:Canada
663:Brazil
653:Belize
588:Turkey
573:Taiwan
478:Kuwait
451:Jordan
441:Israel
401:Cyprus
386:Brunei
381:Bhutan
331:Zambia
326:Uganda
266:Rwanda
204:Malawi
164:Guinea
154:Gambia
59:Angola
47:Africa
1930:This
1873:This
1797:Ceuta
1717:Sudan
1667:Niger
1622:Libya
1607:Kenya
1587:Ghana
1577:Gabon
1552:Egypt
1492:Benin
1330:Boali
1282:Sudan
1266:Sunni
1243:Islam
1177:Tonga
1167:Samoa
1157:Palau
1137:Nauru
1070:Wales
1030:Spain
948:Malta
918:Italy
733:Haiti
673:Chile
613:Yemen
568:Syria
548:Qatar
523:Nepal
498:Macau
461:Korea
446:Japan
421:India
396:China
306:Sudan
251:Niger
194:Libya
179:Kenya
159:Ghana
149:Gabon
124:Egypt
64:Benin
1936:stub
1879:stub
1727:Togo
1637:Mali
1527:Chad
1423:ISSN
1280:and
1278:Chad
1264:are
1117:Guam
1112:Fiji
768:Peru
688:Cuba
528:Oman
488:Laos
436:Iraq
431:Iran
349:Asia
316:Togo
209:Mali
99:Chad
1415:doi
1284:.
1268:of
1981::
1421:.
1411:12
1409:.
1405:.
1393:^
1967:e
1960:t
1953:v
1942:.
1910:e
1903:t
1896:v
1885:.
1460:e
1453:t
1446:v
1429:.
1417::
1230:e
1223:t
1216:v
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