Locally called "Ixwa", it is historically used all over Africa before the introduction of fire arms. Used as a close combat stabbing weapon, the Assagai is a javelin like shaft used for throwing, and made of wood with a foot long pointed iron blade.
Internationally recognized as being a region of Somalia rather than a separate country. In 1988, a massacre against the people of Somaliland was committed, which were among the events that led to the Somali Civil War. The war left the economic and military infrastructure severely damaged. After the ...
It is officially part of Averbaijan and only recognized by 3 countries, themselves being non-UN states. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is a presidential democracy.
Officially pat of Moldovia, separated by a river, but enjoys greater independence than other states with limited recognition. Moldovia does not recognise its independence, but considers it as part of Moldovia as an autonomous territorial unit with a special legal status, but Most Transnistrians ...
A self-declared state, regocnized by Turkey, is seen as being occupied territory after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Tensions between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot populations in Cyprus culminated in 1974 with a coup d'état, an attempt to annex the island to Greece, and an ...
It is a disputed territory on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Causcasus. Its independence is recognized by 5 regional nations, but not by Georgia, as majority of nations consider Abkhazia as being part of Georgian territory. Even though in 1999 Abkhazia broke ...
A former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR, ROSO declared independence from Georgia in 1990, and fighting has occured as recently as 2008 in its war. This war occured due to the Georgian government responding by abolishing South Ossetia's autonomy and trying to retake the region by ...
Taiwan, also known as Republic of China(ROC), is only recognized by 22 UN states members, and arguably due to Peoples Republic of China (PRC) influence, although it has informal ties with most other states via its representative offices. It is the first constitutional republic in Asia. In 1971, ...
