1. Conflict Map; Sri Lanka
Like most other Asian countries, Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon) was colonized by European powers: the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British, of which the latter governed it for the longest duration and greatly influenced many aspects of society that are still evident today. ... Part 1: The Conflict Brief description of the country Sri Lanka is the name of the island earlier known as Ceylon. ... Pieris, who stated: " it stands to reason that a country which was only thirty miles from India and which would have been seen by Indian fishermen, would have been occupied as soon as the conti...
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