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Madagascar: History - English
URL: http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0859413.html

Early History to the End of Native Monarchy. Colonialism, Independence, and One-Man Rule. The New Madagascar.

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xrefer - Madagascar, Republic of (name until 1975: Malagasy Republic) - English
URL: http://www.xrefer.com/entry/509117

Settled by Indonesians from the 1st century AD and by Muslim traders from Africa from the 8th century, the island was visited by the Portuguese in the 16th century.

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iExplore | Research - English
URL: http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Madagascar/History

iExplore is your complete Madagascar travel guide. Search for trips and travel, talk to travel experts, or read trip reviews, history of Madagascar.

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Madagascar - English
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107743.html

Geography, History.

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History of Madagascar - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/history/madagascar_history.html

The written history of Madagascar began in the seventh century A.D., when Arabs established trading posts along the northwest coast. European contact began in the 1500s, when Portuguese sea captain Diego Dias sighted the island after his ship became separated from a fleet bound for India.

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Speciale Madagascar - Italian
URL: http://www.peacelink.it/users/popoli/ott98/o3.htm

In questo articolo, il missionario italiano P. Profita, membro dell'Accademia malgascia, grazie alla sua profonda conoscenza della storia e della cultura del paese, ne traccia un panorama chiaro ed esauriente.

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