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Maldives

Maldivians laid mats of coconut leaves on the water for cowries to cling to, then shipped the shells abroad. In Bengal they passed as small change, at more than 2,500 shells to the rupee.

Five things to know about the Maldives

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's the Maldives, a chain of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of India and Sri Lanka. See the Maldives on a map.
  2. It is a chain of about 1,200 tiny coral islands in the Indian Ocean, known for its island resorts.
  3. The word 'atoll' comes from its language, and it has 26 of them.
  4. It is the flattest country on Earth: its highest natural point is only about 2.4 metres above the sea.
  5. Shells gathered in its lagoons were used as money across Asia and Africa for hundreds of years.

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