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 | | The Pre-independence Belgian Congo | | by balisunset, Aug 29, 2008 | | A enormous territory of the sub-Saharan African interior conforming to the shape of the Congo River Basin and a Belgian colony from 1908 to 1960. It had hitherto been under the personal rule of the Belgian King, Leopold II (1835–1909), as the Congo Free State. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Belgium in 19th Century | | by balisunset, Aug 29, 2008 | | A country the size of the state of Maryland situated in northwest Europe and surrounded by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the North Sea. It was an advanced industrial economy and secondary imperial power by the late nineteenth century. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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