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Maldives History - English
URL: http://www.maldivesculture.com/histor01.html

Maldives news and history in English translation, dictionary for sale, a unique cultural site.

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iExplore - Maldives travel - English
URL: http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Maldives/History

The first inhabitants probably arrived in the archipelago from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and southern India before 500 BC. One theory is that the islands were at the trading crossroads of several maritime nations as early as 2000 BC.

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Brief history of the Maldives - English
URL: http://www.bolifushi.com/history.htm

Thor Heyerdahl of the KONTIKI fame visited Maldives and proclamed that there was evidence on the island of Gamu (Laamu Atoll) that travellers from Indus Vally knew of these islands more than 4000 years ago.

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Introduction to Maldives - Vista Maldives - English
URL: http://www.vista-maldives.com/history.asp

The Maldives has been an independent state throughout its known history, except for a brief period of 15 years of Portuguese occupation in the 16th century. The Maldives became a British Protectorate in 1887 and remained so until 26 July 1965.

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Maldives Story - English
URL: http://www.maldivesstory.com.mv/

Pre-islamic era, post-islamic era, 20th century, future vision.

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Maldives: research perspectives - English
URL: http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/iiasn5/insouasi/kulikov.html

Despite the fact that the Maldives were mentioned as far back as before the Christian era, they still remain a terra incognita for European scholars. Even in the last 150 years, although a few scientific expeditions have investigated the islands, the Maldives have mostly been the object of study of enthusiastic individual scholars.

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History of Maldives - English
URL: http://motherearthtravel.com/maldives/history.htm

A one page history of Maldives.

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Maldive History - English
URL: http://travel.inmaldives.com/history.htm

"The first inhabitants probably arrived in the archipelago from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and southern India before 500 BC". Dynasties of the Maldives. The First Conversion to Islam. Ibn Battuta. The Portuguese and the Maldives.

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History of Maldives - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/history/maldives_history.html

Maldives comprises some 1,200 islands in the Indian Ocean. The earliest settlers were probably from southern India, and they were followed by Indo-European speakers from Sri Lanka in the fourth and fifth centuries BC. In the 12th century AD, sailors from East Africa and Arab countries came to the islands.

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