what countries were never colonized by europe?
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['Nepal.', 'Afghanistan. ... ', 'China. ... ', 'Thailand. ... ', 'Korea. ... ', 'Japan. Japan was also able to resist European colonization. ... ', 'Iran. Both British and Russian forces were interested in controlling present-day Iran (then the Persian Empire). ... ', 'Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has been primarily ruled by tribal leaders from throughout the region. ... ']
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Ethiopia was never colonized by a European power, but was occupied by Italians in 1936 (see below); however, several colonial powers had interests and designs on Ethiopia in the context of the 19th-century "Scramble for Africa."
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['Hong Kong.', 'Bermuda.', 'Greenland.', 'Puerto Rico.', 'Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and England, which are non-sovereign parts of the United Kingdom.']
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Europe has 14 landlocked countries: Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Vatican City.
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['\u200bFirst, European countries were seeking new trade routes to distant trading partners in the Far East, including: China, India and Japan. ... ', 'The Age of Exploration is considered to have occurred mostly with four European nations, which included: Portugal, Spain, France and England.']
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The analysis of the histories of the almost 200 countries in the world found only 22 which have never experienced an invasion by the British. Among this select group of nations are far-off destinations such as Guatemala, Tajikistan and the Marshall Islands, as well some slightly closer to home, such as Luxembourg.
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['France.', 'Russia.', 'Latin America.', 'Germany.', 'Italy.', 'Greece.', 'Serbia.', 'Poland.']
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There are two countries in Africa that are considered by some scholars to never have been colonized: Liberia and Ethiopia.
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Currently, 23 countries located in the continent of Europe, are not part of the European Union.
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['Ireland.', 'Sweden.', 'Finland.', 'Austria.', 'Switzerland.', 'Yugoslavia.']
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Portugal was one of the earliest European colonizing countries. It colonized Goa (India), East Timor, and Macau ( China), in Asia. Mozambique,...
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['(5) countries- Switzerland, Albania, Iceland, Norway & Turkey are not the members of the EU. ... ', 'Out of six microstates in Europe, (5) are non-members: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino & Vatican City.']
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Iran was never colonized by European powers, but this did not protect it from the colonial reach of the United Kingdom. In the late nineteenth century, the British-India Company had established a monopoly over tobacco trade in Iran, at the expense of the local merchant class.
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There are two countries in Africa that are considered by some scholars to never have been colonized: Liberia and Ethiopia. The truth, however, is much more complex and open to debate.
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['Aland Islands.', 'Austria.', 'Azores.', 'Balearic Islands.', 'Belgium.', 'Bulgaria.', 'Canary Islands.', 'Croatia.']
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['Montenegro.', 'Finland.', 'Poland.', 'Hungary.', 'Belgium.', 'Georgia.', 'Portugal.']
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Europe is a unique continent, which is not surrounded by water from all directions and has an overland border with neighboring Asia. ... Now Europe includes 51 independent states. Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey are transcontinental countries, partially located in both Europe and Asia.