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Laos: After being vassals to Siam, Champa (Cambodia), and sometime also to the King of Annam (Vietnam), Prince Fa Ngoun came to power, and established the Kingdom of Lan Xang in 1353 ...
* Champassak: Vientiane was then divided in 1713 into two countries: Vientiane and Champassak.The ruling family of Lan Xang (Lan Chang), Khun Lo, was ruling in different branches in all the four countries except for a short period in Champassak (1791-1811) when the Suvarnakut family ruled there ...
* Lan Chang
* Luang Prabang
* Vientiane: Vientiane was then divided in 1713 into two countries: Vientiane and Champassak.The ruling family of Lan Xang (Lan Chang), Khun Lo, was ruling in different branches in all the four countries ...
* Xieng Khouang: In 1707 Lan Xang (Lan Chang) was divided into the Kingdoms of Luang Prabang and Vientiane and the Principality of Xieng Khouang ...
Lebanon
* Antioch of the Syrians (Syriac Catholic): A church that recognised the supremacy of Rome in 1662. The church was granted civil jurisdiction over Syrian Catholics by Ottoman Sultan Abdul Medjid I on 8/5/1845 ...
* Antioch and all the East (Catholic Maronit): A church founded in the 7th century that recognised the supremacy of Rome in the 12th century ...
* Arslan: The Arslan family is leading the Yazbak clan of the Druze community ...
* Chehab: Originally a religious sect of Islam, the Druzes were assigned by the Atabeg of Damas most of Lebanon in 1119. The rulers belonged to the Maanid dynasty replaced in 1697 by the related Sunni Chehab Emirs ...
* Cilicia of the Armenians (Chalcedonian Catholic): An Armenian church, restored in 1742 that recognised the supremacy of Rome ...
* Cilicia (Armenian Church): the Church of Armenia gave rise to 4 Patriarchates: All Armenians in Armenia, the Great House of Cilicia in Lebanon, the Armenian Patriarchate of St James of Jerusalem and the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople Istanbul ...
* Shihab
Lesotho: A state emerging in 1822, Lesotho became the British protectorate of Basutoland on 12/3/1868, then was annexed to the Cape Colony from 1871 until 1884 ...
* Basutoland
* Botha Bothe: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Ha Maama: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Ha Majara: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Ha 'M'amathe, Thupa-Kubu, Tejatejaneng & Jordan: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Ha Mohalefl
* Ha Ramabanta & Kubake: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Ha Ramoetsana
* Ha Seleso
* Jordan
* Koeneng & Mapoteng: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Kolbere
* Kolo Ha Mohlalefl
* Kubake
* Leribe: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Letseng
* Likhoele: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Makhoakhoeng: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Malingoaneng: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Mapoteng
* Masite
* Matelile: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Matsieng: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Mokothlong: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Phamong: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Qacha's Nek: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Quthing: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Rothe, Masite, Serooeng, Letseng, Kolo Ha Mohlalefl & Thaba-Tseka Ha Ntaote: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Serooeng
* Tajane, Ha Ramoetsana & Ha Mohale: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Taung: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Tebang, Tsa-kholo & Ha Seleso: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Tejatejaneng
* Thaba Bosiu: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
* Thaba-Tseka Ha Ntaote
* Thupa Kubu
* Tsa-Kholo
* Tsikoane & Kolbere: One of the 22 Principal Chiefdoms belonging to the College of Chiefs ...
Liberia: Liberia was founded in 1822 by US black freedmen who settled at Monrovia with the aid of colonization societies. It became a republic on 26/7/1847 modeled on the US Constitution ...
* Borpolu: One of the states that existed before the settlement of Liberia by the Americans ...Libya: Libya was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1551-1715 and 1833-1912. During the period between 1715-1833 it was an independent state ...
* Fezzan: Originally the Roman province of Phazania, Fezzan was ruled by several dynasties since 918 AD until the 16th century when the Benu Mohammed dynasty became ...
* Tripoli: Ahmad Qaramani, appointed Governor by the Ottoman Empire, was able to become independent until 1833 until deposed in 1835 ...