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Pacific: Melanesia : Social and Cultural Anthropology
241 words, approx. 1 pages Melanesia is a group of islands in the Southwest Pacific. Although its boundaries are not entirely agreed, it corresponds approximately to the territories of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji. It also includes the...
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Micronesia Summary
3,194 words, approx. 11 pages Micronesia POPULATION 135,869 CHRISTIAN 98.5 percent OTHER 1.5 percent Country Overview Introduction The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), a sovereign, self-governing nation, consists of 607 islands in the central Pacific Ocean. Its four...
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Micronesia Information
887 words, approx. 3 pages
 Micronesia, from the Greek mikros (μικρός) (meaning small) and nesos (νῆσος) (meaning island), is a subregion of Oceania, comprising hundreds of small islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Philippines lie to the northwest, Indonesia, Papua New...




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 Ethnology
Political evolution in Micronesia.
01/01/1993: 7,189 words, approx. 24 pages Nuclear Micronesian cultures share a common ancestry and are relatively isolated, allowing differences in political complexity to be investigated through controlled comparison. Nuclear Micronesia includes Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and the Carolinas except for Yap and Palau, all of which are chiefdoms. Factors contributing...
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 The Contemporary Pacific
Federated States Of Micronesia.
03/22/2001: 1,718 words, approx. 6 pages The period under review ushered in a new administration for the nation as major economic issues were negotiated in the ongoing discussion of sections of the Compact of Free Association. The state of Pohnpei was hit by cholera, making matters unstable for the...
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Micronesia's 1st president dies
4/4/2007: 307 words, approx. 1 pages Tosiwo Nakayama, who as the first president of the Federated States of Micronesia helped his country emerge from U.S. control, has died. He was 75.Nakayama died Thursday at the Hawaii Medical Center West in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Micronesian officials said Tuesday. No cause of death...
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Tosiwo Nakayama, Micronesia's first president, dies in Hawaii
4/4/2007: 307 words, approx. 1 pages Tosiwo Nakayama, who became the first president of the Federated States of Micronesia and helped his country emerge from U.S. control, has died. He was 75.Nakayama died Thursday in Hawaii, Micronesian government officials said Tuesday. No cause of death was given."We consider him our George...


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