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States and territories disestablished in 1936

  • Italian EritreaIn 1869, a young monk named Giuseppe Sapeto stood on the shores of Assab Bay and made a small deposit to Danakil chiefs.
  • Italian SomalilandOn the 8th of February 1889, Sultan Yusuf Ali Kenadid signed a treaty with Italy to make the Sultanate of Hobyo an Italian protectorate.
  • Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet RepublicThe Russian Empire dissolved in 1918, leaving the Caucasus provinces to form their own Transcaucasian Federation. This new state lasted only two months…