Search results for "Peninsula" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The Channel Islands (Norman: Îles d'la Manche; French: Îles Anglo-Normandes/Îles de la Manche) are a group of islands in the English ...23 KB (3,402 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- Copper was mined extensively in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, with the heart of extraction at the productive Quincy Mine. Arizona had many ...21 KB (3,086 words) - 17:35, 21 May 2020
- Army of the Potomac back into the Virginia Peninsula. Having lost the initiative, McClellan embarked his army on naval transports back to Washington ...22 KB (3,387 words) - 02:45, 26 September 2023
- earliest known inhabitants of the Balkan Peninsula were an agricultural people ... gods often extended throughout the entire peninsula, hero cults were often ...45 KB (6,635 words) - 21:33, 28 May 2024
- natural harbour, sheltered by a long sand-bar peninsula. The town's settlement formed at the eastern end of the harbor behind the peninsula, near ...43 KB (6,252 words) - 23:37, 15 January 2024
- forms of light. Visual art produced on the Korean peninsula has been traditionally characterized by simplicity, spontaneity, and naturalism. Although ...22 KB (3,315 words) - 22:03, 5 January 2024
- gained control of the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, the Golan Heights, and East Jerusalem, Islam's third-holiest city. The cost ...22 KB (3,415 words) - 21:18, 9 February 2024
- over Zubarah (part of the Qatar Peninsula), Janan Island and Fasht ... of the population—are from the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. The most numerous ...38 KB (5,603 words) - 05:46, 26 August 2023
- Subutai (Subetei, Subetai, Sübeedei; Classic Mongolian: Sübügätäi or Sübü'ätäi; 1176–1248) also known as Subetai the Valiant ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 21:26, 26 February 2023
- E., Axum acquired tributary states on the Arabian Peninsula across the Red Sea, and by 350, they conquered the Kingdom of Kush. The main exports ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- of Curaçao 18 miles north of the Paraguaná Peninsula of Venezuela. It belongs to the Realm of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of ...22 KB (3,174 words) - 17:44, 16 August 2023
- An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth's surface ...23 KB (2,982 words) - 17:36, 12 February 2024
- derived from the Malesian Flora of the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Guinea, with some plants from Australasia and a few from ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. Exchanges of gifts, military alliances, and free trade agreements took place between them. Both ...21 KB (3,069 words) - 16:18, 29 July 2023
- area are called ciénagas. The Guajira Peninsula in the east is semiarid ... example, rainfall in parts of the Guajira Peninsula seldom exceeds 30 in ...40 KB (5,666 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- conditions and flourish on the Jaffna Peninsula. Among the trees of the ... Kalinga (modern Orissa) and those from the Malay Peninsula. ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- nations that make up the Iberian Peninsula—the others are Portugal ... Spain forms more than 80 percent of the Iberian Peninsula. Mainland ...115 KB (17,210 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- with Crete and Cyprus, the Hellenic peninsula with the Ionian islands, and Western Anatolia. Evidence is still wanting for the Macedonian and ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- * The Verdi Inlet on the Beethoven Peninsula of Alexander Island just off of Antarctica * Verdi Square at Broadway and West 72nd Street in Manhattan ...21 KB (3,371 words) - 14:28, 22 May 2024
- Borneo, Sulawesi, Maluku (Moluccas), Birds Head Peninsula (Papua)]] ==Economy== Pearl farming is a major source of income for the Malukan island ...21 KB (3,241 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
