Cultural Geography Home - Left3
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</p><h3 class="heading-h1"><a name="Polities" class="anchorpoint"></a>Polities</h3><p class="paragraph">Currently divided up between five modern nations, historically the Tibetan Plateau and the Greater Himalayan region were characterized by an array of political formations - empires, principalities, noble houses, stateless areas…</p><div class="resource-link"><p class="paragraph">
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