Historical Mystery Lovers discussion

Would like to try this with Level #2: Adventurer - 15 to 25 books in 4 to 5 regions.

This is quite interesting and finding books for this is going to be the real challenge for me. Thanks, Lauren.

Thanks, Dawn for the list.

Asia

-Bangladesh
-Bhutan
-Brunei
-Cambodia
-China
-India
-Indonesia
-Japan
-Kazakhstan
-North Korea
-South Korea
-Kyrgyzstan
-Laos
-Malaysia
-Maldives
-Mongolia
-Myanmar
-Nepal
-Philippines
-Singapore
-Sri Lanka
-Taiwan
-Tajikistan
-Thailand
-Turkmenistan
-Uzbekistan
-Vietnam

Middle East, North Africa, and Greater Arabia

-Afghanistan
-Algeria
-Azerbaijan*
-Bahrain
-Egypt
-Iran
-Iraq
-Israel**
-Jordan
-Kuwait
-Lebanon
-Libya
-Morocco
-Oman
-Pakistan
-Qatar
-Saudi Arabia
-Somalia
-Syria
-Tunisia
-Turkey
-The United Arab Emirates
-Yemen

* The former republics of the Soviet Union are typically lumped into one region, nearly 30 years after independence. In this listing, they've been placed where most appropriate.

** Israel may be located in the Middle East, but it is certainly an outsider culturally and perhaps better belongs attached to Europe, like its seaward neighbor and European Union member state, Cyprus.

Europe

-Albania
-Andorra
-Armenia
-Austria
-Belarus
-Belgium
-Bosnia and Herzegovina
-Bulgaria
-Croatia
-Cyprus
-Czech Republic
-Denmark
-Estonia
-Finland
-France
-Georgia
-Germany
-Greece
-Hungary
-Iceland*
-Ireland
-Italy
-Kosovo
-Latvia
-Liechtenstein
-Lithuania
-Luxembourg
-Macedonia
-Malta
-Moldova
-Monaco
-Montenegro
-Netherlands
-Norway
-Poland
-Portugal
-Romania
-Russia
-San Marino
-Serbia
-Slovakia
-Slovenia
-Spain
-Sweden
-Switzerland
-Ukraine
-United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland**
-Vatican City

* Iceland straddles the Eurasian plate and the North American plate, so geographically it is halfway between Europe and North America. However, its culture and settlement are clearly European in nature.

** The United Kingdom is the country composed of the constituent entities known as England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

North America

-Canada
-Greenland*
-Mexico
-The United States of America

* Greenland is not yet an independent country. It is an autonomous territory of Denmark.

Central America and the Caribbean

-Antigua and Barbuda
-The Bahamas
-Barbados
-Belize
-Costa Rica
-Cuba
-Dominica
-Dominican Republic
-El Salvador
-Grenada
-Guatemala
-Haiti
-Honduras
-Jamaica
-Nicaragua
-Panama
-Saint Kitts and Nevis
-Saint Lucia
-Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
-Trinidad and Tobago

South America

-Argentina
-Bolivia
-Brazil
-Chile
-Colombia
-Ecuador
-Guyana
-Paraguay
-Peru
-Suriname
-Uruguay
-Venezuela

Sub-Saharan Africa

-Angola
-Benin
-Botswana
-Burkina Faso
-Burundi
-Cameroon
-Cape Verde
-The Central African Republic
-Chad
-Comoros
-Republic of the Congo
-The Democratic Republic of the Congo
-Cote d'Ivoire
-Djibouti
-Equatorial Guinea
-Eritrea
-Ethiopia
-Gabon
-The Gambia
-Ghana
-Guinea
-Guinea-Bissau
-Kenya
-Lesotho
-Liberia
-Madagascar
-Malawi
-Mali
-Mauritania
-Mauritius
-Mozambique
-Namibia
-Niger
-Nigeria
-Rwanda
-Sao Tome and Principe
-Senegal
-Seychelles
-Sierra Leone
-South Africa
-South Sudan
-Sudan
-Swaziland
-Tanzania
-Togo
-Uganda
-Zambia
-Zimbabwe

Australia and Oceania

-Australia
-East Timor*
-Fiji
-Kiribati
-Marshall Islands
-The Federated States of Micronesia
-Nauru
-New Zealand
-Palau
-Papua New Guinea
-Samoa
-Solomon Islands
-Tonga
-Tuvalu
-Vanuatu

* While East Timor lies on an Indonesian (Asian) island, its eastern location requires that it be located in the Oceania nations of the world.

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