CIA World FactBook

Ethnic Kazakhs derive from a mix of Turkic nomadic tribes that migrated to the region...

The region of present-day Georgia once contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis (known as Egrisi...

Azerbaijan -- a secular nation with a majority-Turkic and majority-Shia Muslim population -- was briefly...

Armenia prides itself on being the first state to formally adopt Christianity (early 4th century)....

The Danes secured control over the southern Virgin Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John, and...

The islands were part of the UK's Jamaican colony until 1962, when they assumed the...

First colonized by the Spanish, Trinidad and Tobago came under British control in the early...

Christopher COLUMBUS claimed Saint Martin for Spain in 1493, naming it after the feast day...

Resistance from native Caribs prevented colonization on Saint Vincent until 1719. France and England disputed...

Christopher COLUMBUS claimed Saint Martin for Spain in 1493, naming it after the feast day...

England and France contested Saint Lucia -- with its fine natural harbor at Castries and...