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States and territories established in 1946

  • Republic of MahabadIn late August 1941, Allied forces invaded Iran and the Soviet Union took control of the northern region. The absence of a central government in Tehran…
  • JordanThe oldest known evidence of hominid habitation in Jordan dates back at least 200,000 years. Scientists have found the world's oldest known evidence of…
  • SyriaThe Natufian culture became the first to settle permanently around the 11th millennium BC. This shift marked the beginning of agriculture and cattle breeding…
  • French UnionThe French Union emerged from the constitution of the 27th of October 1946. This document established a new political entity to replace the old colonial…
  • People's Republic of BulgariaOn the 9th of September, communist guerrillas launched a coup d'état which de facto ended the rule of the Bulgarian monarchy.
  • People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaOn the 29th of November 1944, partisan forces entered the capital city of Tirana to liberate Albania from Axis occupation.
  • Kaliningrad OblastIn 1255, the Teutonic Order established a fortress on the ruins of a destroyed Sambian settlement. They named this new stronghold Königsberg to honor Ottokar…
  • PhilippinesThe first human bones found in the Philippines date back 709,000 years to a site now known as Callao Cave. These remains suggest an unknown species of early…