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Common terms and phrases20th century Aboriginal Afghanistan agriculture Ainu Altai ancestors Armenian Asian Australian Austronesian language Azerbaijan believed Bengal British Buddhist Burman Cambodia central Chenla China Chinese Christian clan colonial Communist communities conquered continued country’s culture dominant Dutch dynasty East economic empire ethnic groups father’s Funan Further Reading Georgian Hephthalites highlands Hindu Hmong identity important independence India indigenous Indonesia Islam islands Japan Japanese Jurchen Kazakh Khan Khmer Khmu Khwarezm king kingdom kinship Korean Kyrgyz Kyrgyzstan land lineage live Malay Manchu marriage migration military Mongolia Mongols mountains Muslim Myanmar nationality northern origins Pakistan Pashtuns patrilineal People’s percent period Persian Philippines political population present ancestry Province Qing dynasty region religion religious remains Republic residence rice rituals River rule Russian social society South Korea southern Soviet Spanish Taiwan territory Thailand tion trade traditional tribal tribes Turkic United Vietnam Vietnamese villages western women Bibliographic information
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