In 1945-46 the number of these government employees dropped from 12 million to less than 3 million
Their marriage in 1469 began the unification of nearly all of present-day Spain
This republic immediately preceded Hitler's 3rd Reich
This French city's Palace of the Popes was the center of Christianity for most of the 14th century
Of the Greek city-states, it was the 1st to raise a standing army
The ancient Romans called this land "Hibernia"
In 1975 this country's colony of Angola became the last European colony to gain independence
This Scottish discoverer of the Victoria Falls was "found" by Henry Stanley in November 1871
This dynasty ruled Egypt from 323 B.C. until the suicide death of Cleopatra in 30 B.C.
In 1895 this British diamond king had a colony named for himself