dependent territory
territory that does not possess full political independence as a sovereign state
German East Africa
former German possession in the African Great Lakes region between 1884–1919
Herodian Tetrarchy
four-way division of Herod the Great's Levantine kingdom upon his death
Mongol-Tatar yoke
system of political and tributary dependence of the Russian principalities on the Mongol Empire from 1242 to the end of the 15th century
occupied territory
territory under military occupation
Southern Netherlands
historical region in Belgium
special administrative region
class of administrative territorial entities in China, North Korea, Indonesia, and East Timor
Colonial Venezuela
colonial Venezuela
Martinique
island in the Lesser Antilles, overseas region and department of France
Captaincy General of Puerto Rico
Spanish 1580-1898 possession in the Caribbean
dependency of Norway
territories of Norway in the Southern Hemisphere
Spanish America
Spanish America encompasses all American Spanish possessions, when had during its imperial era between 15th and 19th centuries
British America
former British territories in North America
theme of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine district
unincorporated territory of the United States
U.S. territory to which limited constitutional rights are available
General Captaincy
administrative territorial entity of the Spanish and Portuguese empires
Macau
special administrative region of China
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
external territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean
Roman province
Roman administrative territorial entity
client state
state that is economically, politically, or militarily subordinate to another
Western Belorussia
historical region of Belarus
Hong Kong
city and special administrative region of China
Guadeloupe
overseas region and department of France, and archipelago in the Caribbean
New Caledonia
French special collectivity and archipelago in Oceania
American occupation zone in Germany
zone of American occupation in postwar Germany
Saint-Martin
French overseas collectivity, part of the island of Saint Martin in the Lesser Antilles
protectorate
territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily by a stronger state
dominion of the British Empire
autonomous polities that were nominally under British sovereignty
Bizone
joint zone of British and US occupied West Germany
condominium
form of subnational government in which multiple sovereign powers share sovereignty over a territory
Province of Massachusetts Bay
former colony in North America, part of Great Britain
Crown Dependencies
self-governing possessions of the British Crown
Overseas France
collective grouping of all French-administered territories and collectivities outside Europe
insular area of the United States
U.S. territory that is neither a U.S. state nor the District of Columbia
Baltic governorates
administrative units of the Russian Empire in the present Baltic states
Ottoman Palestine
Palestine under the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Syria
the region of Syria under the Ottoman Empire (1516–1918)
Roman Palestine
the period of Roman control over the region of Palestine: Israel & Jordan
Greenland
autonomous territory of Denmark and world's largest island
Guernsey
one of the British Crown Dependencies in the Channel Islands
administrative territorial entity of Portugal
overview about the administrative territorial entity of Portugal
Don Cossacks
ethnic group that originated in Southern Russia
mainland China
Political and legal terms used by the PRC to refer customs territory of China except Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
overseas territory
territory outside the borders of, but under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of a primary political entity, such as a nation or empire
British overseas territories
territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom
British overseas territories
territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom