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  • * Dependent territories, including the overseas departments of France ... and ice shelves south of 60°S. Several dependent territories include sub ...
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  • Impalas are active during both day and night and are dependent on ... tries to prevent any female from leaving its territory. ...
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  • Western hoolock gibbons are now entirely dependent on human action for their ... Hoolock gibbons are found only in forest environments and dependent ...
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  • Ocean. The islands are a British overseas territory (formerly a British colony ... Henderson Island, accounting for about 67 percent of the territory ...
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  • |government_type = Dependent territory |leader_title1 = President ... also the location of the capital of the territory (Papeete). Tahiti played ...
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  • forms one of Australia's external dependent territories. The Norfolk ... Norfolk Island is the main island of the island group the territory ...
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  • destabalizing the political context. Dependent on the protection of the ... Lothar) became Emperor as Lothair I, the territory was split between all three ...
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  • The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory, located ... a greater number of people within the Territory, and a larger proportion ...
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  • | government_type = Dependent territory | leader_title1 ... (200 kilometers) apart. The small, remote territory of Wallis and Futuna is ...
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  • Italy actually acquired a larger African territory than Germany did ... as an extension of the homeland, and territory in Africa was simply an ...
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  • often nearly black but color is very dependent on the water. Algae-laden ... males and females), will defend prime territory; smaller alligators have ...
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  • Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean that comprises a group of three tropical coral atolls. The name ...
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  • The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting ... contiguous to the Bahamas, the territory is politically a separate ...
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  • and Nednhi-Chiricahua became increasingly dependent upon food rations issued ... last as American encroachment into Apache territory continued. The formal peace ...
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  • fell to native diseases. Like German territory in Eastern Africa, Italian ... region. The majority of the population is dependent mainly upon pastoralism ...
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  • gland, which may be used for marking its territory (Cooper 2011). ... termite activity, which is temperature dependent: in winter, it feeds from ...
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  • the Carolingian dynasty originated. That territory was then a part of the ... Aquitaine (whose status was always dependent on the strength of her ...
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  • of the arrival of the Israelites, their territory being named Philistia in ... which would make the actual Philistine territory considerably larger than ...
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  • Netherlands; it is the smallest inhabited territory divided between two nations ... Salt is the major natural resource. Fresh water supply is dependent ...
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  • #039;s island of Newfoundland. They are a territory of the French Republic ... The territory of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon consists of a number of ...
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  • went to the harbor of Dangjugye, in the territory of Baekje. When they arrived ... all. All is identical to one,” or the dependent origination of dharmadhathu ...
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  • to oversee the decolonization of those dependent territories that were to ... to block the takeover of a colonial territory by a rival" power. ...
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  • This article is about the Australian territory in the Indian Ocean ... The Territory of Christmas Island is a small territory of Australia ...
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  • Chile gained substantial mineral-rich territory in the conflict, annexing ... 26th parallels on the Pacific coast. The territory contained valuable mineral ...
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  • | government_type = Dependent territory | leader_title1 ... New Caledonia, or Nouvelle-Calédonie, is an overseas territory of ...
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  • Park lies in Australia's Northern Territory, east of the Petermann ... action to acknowledge them as the territory's traditional owners ...
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  • The family uses a wide range of habitats. They are dependent on flying ... a female using song and flight, and (dependent on the species) guard their ...
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  • flag. Dominica's economy is heavily dependent on both tourism and agriculture ... which they are still making at their own territory on the island. ...
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  • sovereign state (a political entity on a territory) that is guided by a nation ... state," the entire population of the territory pledges allegiance to the ...
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  • and Chiefs. In 1862, the French purchased territory on the coast. On the Gulf ... the war in Somalia. Djibouti is heavily dependent on foreign aid. Its location ...
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  • a self-governing unincorporated organized territory of the United States located ... international status given to all dependent territories, also called ...
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  • Madagascar and northern Mozambique. The territory is geographically part ... The territory of Mayotte encompasses the largest coral lagoon in the ...
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  • beyond the scope of a ruler to expand his territory or seek power including ... most important; dharma and kama are both dependent on it. A Rajarishi shall ...
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  • Bermuda (officially, The Bermuda Islands) is a British overseas territory ... Although commonly referred to in the singular, the territory consists ...
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  • The Cayman Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom ... as the islands remain an overseas territory of the UK. However, the ...
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  • Industrial Revolution opened up a vast territory for the propagation of ... care for others. However, those who are dependent or in unfortunate circumstances ...
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  • became a Privatdozent (an unpaid lecturer dependent on student fees) at the ... #039; merchants in that outside territory—the trader must be a stranger ...
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  • in the fifth century B.C.E., which was dependent on grain imports from Scythia ... the strait and made it an international territory under the control of the ...
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  • began), clan groups extended their territory and dominated others, competing ... to those people who live in conquered territory. The Greeks, the Romans ...
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  • The Potawatomi controlled a vast amount of territory in the 1700s ... the Iroquois sought to expand their territory and monopolize the fur ...
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  • and established an administration in the territory. The colonial power also ... Many of the economies of the region are dependent on subsistence agriculture ...
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  • off the French coast of Normandy, but dependent on the British Crown. They ... Normandy, but they are part of the French territory along with continental ...
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  • is thus part of the European Union's territory, and its currency is the euro. ... there was no written history in the territory. It was originally inhabited ...
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  • Antarctic Ocean, as well as one mainland territory in South America, totaling ... where it had League of Nations mandated territory where it has attempted ...
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  • the eighteenth century, Kuwait was a territory of shifting communities. ... and from the smuggling trade into Ottoman territory that high tariffs encouraged. ...
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  • the British ceded the entire Northwest Territory to the United States in ... The Northwest Territory was created out of the ceded English (formerly ...
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  • entirely at sea, the pinnipeds are still dependent on land and return to land ... In general, male otariids defend a territory, whereas phocids with ...
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  • against various European powers, adding territory to the Ottoman empire. be forgotten. In an increasingly inter-dependent world, perpetuating what ...
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  • out of the northern half of the Dakota Territory and admitted to the Union ... the original tribes inhabiting the Dakota territory. They migrated westward ...
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  • states. As the world becomes more inter-dependent, lessons on how people ... democratic federation than a large territory held together by fear and ...
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  • from the west. The Salish occupied territory in Washington, Idaho, and ... totaled 120,000 dollars. The original territory comprised about 22 million ...
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  • At one point the family lived in Indian Territory in Kansas. Although Laura ... faced with the fact that they were now dependent on Rose as their primary ...
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  • their Province of Pennsylvania and their territory of the Lower Counties. ... and it was well understood that the territory's very existence as ...
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  • early history various parts of the territory of modern Serbia have been ... At first heavily dependent on the Byzantine Empire as its tributary ...
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  • to Sudan and settled in most of the territory of the CAR. During the ... European penetration of Central African territory began in the late ...
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  • The playing field is divided into fair territory and foul territory ... outside first base (that is, in foul territory) and adjacent and connected ...
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  • highest in the Caribbean (excluding the dependent territories of Bermuda ... isles), the islands extend over a marine territory of about 100,000 square ...
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  • They may, more correctly be denominated domestic dependent nations. They occupy a territory to which we assert a title independent of their will, which ...
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  • of a nation's sovereignty over territory beyond its borders by the ... to crease consciousness of an inter-dependent world community, in which ...
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  • use for sexual signaling and for marking territory. The most developed of ... The black-footed ferret is entirely dependent on another keystone ...
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  • an influx of settlers. It became Idaho Territory in 1863 and was admitted ... Congress was considering organizing a new territory in the Rocky Mountains ...
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  • *Greenland (a self-governing Danish territory since 1979) ... Nordic kingdoms, including struggles for territory and power. ...
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  • periodic fires; in fact, most species are dependent on them for spread and ... (Apple box) on Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory. image:euc.uk ...
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  • first published, the land was part of a territory. Unlike Yosemite, there ... National Parks in the United States and its dependent areas. ...
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  • system which made the powerful barons dependent of his favor and he introduced ... Charles reoccupied Beograd and also the territory of the Banate of Macsó ...
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  • The diet of a cheetah is dependent upon the area in which it lives ... six times more likely to obtain an animal territory than a lone male, although ...
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  • animals, particularly beaver, in their territory, the Iroquois sought to ... The United States created the Northwest Territory under the Northwest ...
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  • join the French community as an overseas territory. This entitled the region ... the name of the region to the French Territory of the Afars and Issas ...
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  • The act led to the creation of Indian territory, the general borders of ... worse as the settlers encroached on territory and natural resources in ...
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  • powers. Nearly 60 percent of Swazi territory is held by the crown. ... Under his leadership, they expanded their territory to the northwest and stabilized ...
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  • largest island, and is the largest dependent territory by area in the world ... Greenland today is critically dependent on fishing and fish exports; ...
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  • , its width and height dependent on the construction materials which ... did physically mark the edge of Roman territory and went some way to providing ...
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  • the northeast, and the Moroccan-annexed territory of Western Sahara to the ... Mauritania is generally flat, its territory of over one million square ...
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  • recolonizing parts of its former eastern territory. With its vast range, the ... dens. Born blind, kittens are completely dependent on their mother at first ...
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  • king until his death around 4 B.C.E. The territory he governed was split among ... For larger military needs, he would be dependent on the support of his superior ...
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  • and Delaware who resettled there as dependent tribes. A number of Iroquois ... governor of the newly formed Indiana Territory, negotiated the Treaty ...
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  • War II, when it unilaterally annexed the territory, though without international ... The economy is heavily dependent on the extraction and processing ...
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  • protects over 25 percent of its national territory within national parks. ... the southernmost province in the Spanish territory of New Spain. The provincial ...
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  • by ENSO are developing countries that are largely dependent upon their agricultural and fishery sectors for food supply, employment, and foreign exchange. ...
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  • By this time, the valley was within the territory of New Spain, which was ... a portion of it was made the New Mexico Territory (this included what is ...
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  • Moten’s ensemble was a good "territory band," a term signifying ... new band was more professional and less dependent on particular key players ...
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  • of war, on which Spain was wholly dependent after the economic collapse ... under Tordesillas, considered Spanish territory, as confirmed by explorers ...
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  • quot; annexed almost all of "the territory the Ottoman Empire still ... an increasingly inter-connected and inter-dependent world. Among others, Samuel ...
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  • Huron meant the continuous shifting of territory in southern Ontario between ... Iroquois with European goods, making them dependent on such items as rifles ...
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  • Comprising more than 260 islands, the territory is located on the eastern ... Republic of China is responsible for the territory's defense and foreign ...
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  • of the colony. The administration of the territory continued to be carried ... of political clubs such as the Tanganyika Territory African Civil Service Association ...
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  • and exhibition—were financially dependent on each other, and could ... If somehow the producer could expand the territory to include greater and ...
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  • Partition Plan, designed to divide the territory of Palestine into Jewish ... of Lod, Ramle, Lod Airport and more territory southeast of the city of ...
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  • only suffered limited damage to its own territory. American gold reserves ... base on which it previously had been dependent, Secretary of State General ...
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  • Orontes and Phoenicia became part of Egyptian territory. ... Orontes River; Ugarit was part of Egyptian territory. The reason Mitanni ...
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  • for Orthodox Christians living in Ottoman territory in return for the Sultan ... In addition to gaining considerable territory, the empire extended ...
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  • (Numbers 21), and so come to occupy some territory outside of Canaan. At the ... of the Deuteronomistic History was likely dependent on Deuteronomy, this does ...
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  • Territory gained by Israel during the Six-Day War was initially regained ... resolved to fight Israel and win back the territory lost in the Six-Day War ...
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  • legal functions. On that portion of Haida territory claimed by Canada, the ... Pacific. The Haida ability to travel was dependent upon a supply of ancient ...
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  • Ruanda-Urundi was a United Nations Trust Territory under Belgian administrative ... than 90 percent of the population are dependent upon subsistence agriculture ...
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  •  4.2%Western Australia  3.8%Northern Territory  29.8%Victoria  0.85 ... parts of Western Australia and Northern Territory; Yapa in western central ...
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  • of southern Assam, and the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar ... called kars (cf. Hindi matras) are dependent vowel forms and cannot ...
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  • although relatively self-sufficient, were dependent upon nearby settlements ... 1838 when they were removed to the Oklahoma Territory. ==== Historical ...
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  • Kuwait includes within its territory nine Persian Gulf islands, two ... the eighteenth century, Kuwait was a territory of shifting communities. ...
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  • able to control the unruly nobles of his territory. Like his brothers, Richard ... nobles of Aquitaine, especially the territory of Gascony. The increasing ...
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