The Greek diaspora, also known as Omogenia (Greek: Ομογένεια, romanized: Omogéneia), are the communities of Greeks living outside of Greece and Cyprus (excluding Northern Cyprus).Such places historically include Albania, North Macedonia, parts of the Balkans, southern Russia, Ukraine, Asia Minor, the region of Pontus, Eastern Anatolia, Georgia, the South Caucasus, …

A. Acadian diaspora – In 1755, during the French and Indian War, the French-speaking population of Acadia was expelled by the British colonial government, in an event that has come to be known as the Great Upheaval or Grand Dérangement: Expulsion of the Acadians.Although an order in council was passed in 1764 to allow the Acadians to return, many settled in other …

Chios (/ ˈ k aɪ. ɒ s, ˈ k aɪ. oʊ s, ˈ k iː-/; Greek: Χίος, romanized: Chíos (), traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea.The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait.Chios is notable for its exports of mastic gum and its nickname is "the Mastic Island". Tourist attractions include its medieval ...

The Souliotes were an Orthodox Christian Albanian tribal community in the area of Souli in Epirus from the 16th century to the beginning of the 19th century, who via their participation in the Greek War of Independence came to identify with the Greek nation.. They originated from Albanian clans that settled in the highlands of Thesprotia in the Late Middle Ages and …

Thailand (/ ˈ t aɪ l æ n d, ˈ t aɪ l ə n d / TY-land, TY-lənd), historically known as Siam (/ s aɪ ˈ æ m, ˈ s aɪ æ m /) and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning 513,120 square kilometres (198,120 sq mi), with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bordered to the north by Myanmar ...

Definition. The Singapore Department of Statistics defines "Chinese" as a "race" or "ethnic group", as opposed to Malay, Indian and Others under the CMIO model. They consist of "persons of Chinese origin" such as the Hokkiens, Teochews, Hainanese, Cantonese, Hakka, Henghuas, Hokchias and Foochows, Shanghainese, Northern Chinese, etc." Chinese Singaporeans are …

The Morea expedition (French: Expédition de Morée) is the name given to the land intervention of the French Army in the Peloponnese between 1828 and 1833, at the time of the Greek War of Independence, with the aim of expelling from the region the Ottoman-Egyptian occupation forces.It was also accompanied by a scientific expedition mandated by the French Academy.

The Straits Times is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). The Sunday Times is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established on 15 July 1845 as The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce. The Straits Times is considered a newspaper of record for …

The term "Evzones" was revived in modern practice as a Greek version of the European-style light infantry (such as the German Jäger, French Chasseurs, or British Riflemen) in 1824 during the Greek War of Independence, when the first attempts to form a regular, European-style army were undertaken by the Greek rebels.The first regular infantry battalion comprised six …

The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1st August 1927 until 7th December 1949 with a Communist victory on mainland China.. The war is generally divided into two phases with an interlude: from August 1927 to 1937, the KMT-CCP Alliance …