Web"Land of Algiers", a Latinization of French colonial name l'Algérie adopted in 1839. The city's name derives from French Alger, itself from Catalan Aldjère, from the Ottoman Turkish Cezayir and Arabic al-Jazāʼir (الجزائر, "the Islands").This was a truncated form of the city's older name, Jazā’ir Banī Māzġānna (جزائر بني مازغان, "Islands of the sons of Mazġannā ...

WebPre-colonial era. The first inhabitants of the islands were the Arawakan-speaking Taíno people, who most likely crossed over from Hispaniola some time from AD 500 to 800.: 18 Together with Taíno who migrated from Cuba to the southern Bahamas around the same time, these people developed as the Lucayan.: 80–86 Around 1200, the Turks and …

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WebThe British Isles is a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Continental Europe.It includes Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man, Shetland, Orkney, and thousands of smaller islands.Traditionally the Channel Islands, are included, however these specific islands are geographically part of mainland continental Europe, as they are positioned off …

WebThe Abaco Islands lie in the northern Bahamas.The main islands are Great Abaco and Little Abaco. There are several smaller barrier cays, of which the northernmost are Walker's Cay and its sister island Grand Cay.To the south, the next inhabited islands are Spanish Cay and Green Turtle Cay, with its settlement of New Plymouth, Great Guana Cay, …

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WebThese secluded islands have a long history. Pompey Bay Beach in Acklins is the site of one of the largest Lucayan settlements in The Bahamas. Ten ancient Lucayan sites have been unearthed by National Geographic Society Archeologists in Samana Cay alone.

WebHines' largest havens were dominated by corporate tax havens, who Dharmapala noted in 2014 accounted for the bulk of global tax haven activity from BEPS tools. The Hines 2010 list was the first to estimate the ten largest global tax havens, only two of which, Jersey and the British Virgin Isles, were on the OECD's 2000 list.