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Well in the West southeast asian and persian history (after the muslim conquest) has been largely ignored to cite two areas. Except for the vikings and charlemange, we have relatively little history of Europe between about 600 and 1000 ad. Subsaharan africa is poorly recorded as well. And so on.
While researching a Who Am I? challenger, I found that the history of Madagascar is fascinating and very little known. The island was completely uninhabited until the Christian era, and the first arrivals did not come from nearby Africa. The island was not colonized until very late in the colonial era, the late 1800s. It was a French colony for only 64 years, so a few people lived to see both the beginning and the end of colonial rule.
While researching a Who Am I? challenger, I found that the history of Madagascar is fascinating and very little known. The island was completely uninhabited until the Christian era, and the first arrivals did not come from nearby Africa. The island was not colonized until very late in the colonial era, the late 1800s. It was a French colony for only 64 years, so a few people lived to see both the beginning and the end of colonial rule.
That's not that unusual. There were some Filipinos who were born when it was still a Spanish colony, then saw the transition to a US possession in 1898, and finally independence in 1946. In fact, I believe Emilio Agunaldo lived long enough to see his dream come true (even though he was widely disliked by that time due to his collaboration with the Japanese during WWII).
first arriving out of Austria/Hungary as they would inhabit all of Western Europe with some 300 different tribes until Ceasar finally conquered the last strongholds in Britannia 54 b.c. and Gaul in 52 b.c. although they never would conquer the Celts of Caledonia (Scotland) north of the central belt on British island.
Well, I will say that my OP had the caveat of "Recent History." Celts, Romans, and Vikings don't count unless you interpret it to mean "Recent Geologic History."
That's not that unusual. There were some Filipinos who were born when it was still a Spanish colony, then saw the transition to a US possession in 1898, and finally independence in 1946. In fact, I believe Emilio Agunaldo lived long enough to see his dream come true (even though he was widely disliked by that time due to his collaboration with the Japanese during WWII).
From 1565 to 1821, the Philippines was governed as a territory of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, before it was administered directly from Madrid. That's about 380 years under colonial rule.
Maybe you misread my post. I was talking about people who lived to see the days before ANY European colonization on one end, and independence from the colonials at the other.
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