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  • This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, according ... * Sovereign states (country names in bold), consisting of: ...
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  • The Star of David is a widely recognized symbol of Judaism, named ... by the Nazis to stigmatize Jews), the Star of David continues to be a heroic ...
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  • A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, that ... The history of the flag dates back to at least Roman times. The study ...
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  • a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint Peter. He was renowned ... It is also held that Andrew founded the See of Byzantium in 38 C.E ...
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  • She was a notable first female in a variety of additional positions, including ... Sauvé's main objective was to see to the fulfillment of national ...
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  • The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European ... and was marked by the military leadership of notable generals such as the ...
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  • 2, 1882) was an Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. He personally ... Nationalism was on the rise in Europe. Towards the end of Garibaldi ...
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  • Eastern Africa is a region of sub–Saharan Africa containing the ... *East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; * Horn of Africa ...
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  • until 393 C.E.. The Greek games were one of the splendors of the ancient ... (IOC) was founded in 1894, and the first of the IOC's Olympic Games ...
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  • In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object that has been ... Satellites are useful for a number of purposes. They are used for ...
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  • San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino Repubblica di San Marino , also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, is a country ...
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  • ) is a region in west-central Italy on the shores of the Ligurian ... and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital ...
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  • by the men's national soccer teams of the member nations of Fédération ... the World Cup Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 national ...
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  • Seoul, the capital of South Korea, sits on the Han River (Korea) in ... *[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] Rome, Italy (2000) *[[Image:Flag ...
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  • |flag_s7 = Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg |image_flag = Flag ... The union of Austria and Hungary, also known as the Dual (that of ...
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  • decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States ... It ranks fifth in the precedence of military awards behind the Medal ...
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  • | residence = [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|]] Italy (1901–1938) ... | citizenship = [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|]] Italian (1901–1938) ...
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  • The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ... to Europe. Though Napoleon brought most of Western Europe under his rule ...
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  • Paul Klee (December 18, 1879 - June 29, 1940) was a Swiss painter ... violin, and at age eight, he was given a box of chalk from his grandmother ...
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  • during the period following the signing of the Eulsa Treaty, when Korea ... in Haeju, Hwanghae Province (now part of North Korea). Born during the ...
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  • Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... For much of its existence, Sicily has stood at a crossroads of international ...
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  • A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. Seven areas ... The geological process and study of the movement, collision and division ...
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  • Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, was born out of a union of four villages ... crime-free environment, and for being one of the cleanest cities of Africa ...
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  • [[Image:Pirate_Flag_of_Rack_Rackham.svg|thumb|250px|right|The flag ... at sea, or outside the normal jurisdiction of any state, by an agent without ...
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  • ) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ... Rome's history spans more than 2,500 years. It is renowned as ...
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  • Republic and Slovakia. During the 74 years of its existence, it saw several ... In November 1989, Czechoslovakia joined the wave of anti-Communist ...
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  • 6, 2007) was an Italian tenor and one of the most popular contemporary ... Pavarotti was one of those unique artistic personalities (much like ...
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  • South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... South America has a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890 ...
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  • Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, refers to events of the Carnival celebration ... is French for "Fat Tuesday," reflecting the practice of ...
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  • With the support of: [[Image:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg ... defeated the Republicans, or Loyalists, of the Second Spanish Republic ...
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  • The Battle of the Alamo was a nineteenth century battle between the ... for rights under the Mexican Constitution of 1824. By the time of the battle ...
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  • American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to ... to have been the author of the phrase "Information Superhighway ...
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  • The Council of Europe is the oldest international organization working ... The most famous bodies of the Council of Europe are the European Court ...
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  • ) is the capital city of the Province of Milano and of Lombardy region ... The city was important for the history of Christianity as the site of ...
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  • major Axis powers, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and the Japanese empire ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...
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  • and after the Anglo-Zulu War, not least of all for initially defeating ... The legacy of the Zulus is one of pride in a highly organized people ...
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  • all are independent. Arabs form the majority of the populations of Algeria ... designation birthed during the days of the British Empire, and encompasses ...
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  • American mainland in 1497. Cabot's use of Celtic legend confirms that ... Newfoundland, which Cabot claimed on behalf of Henry VII of England. This ...
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  • who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the ... times. He was instrumental in the abolition of slavery in France. After he ...
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  • movement that unified different states of the Italian peninsula into ... Ideas of the new kingdom as the modern-day successor of the Roman ...
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  • ) is the capital and largest city of the Tunisian Republic. It is ... by the Romans. It became the capital city of the Arab Aghlabid dynasty and ...
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  • Lake Ladoga, located in the northwestern part of Russia, is the largest ... In total, Lake Ladoga covers an area of 6,700 fresh water square miles ...
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  • September 10, 1382, Nagyszombat/Trnava) was King of Hungary, King ... He shared the privations and hardships of camp life with his soldiers ...
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  • States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government ... and were completed under the supervision of Edward Clark. ...
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  • Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kaptan ... A series of smaller victories followed over French and Spanish adversaries ...
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  • Division (UNSD), includes the countries of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary ... Using this definition, the nations of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
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  • , established in 1945, is an agency of the United Nations. Its purpose ... and offices throughout the world. Most of the field offices are "cluster ...
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  • June 3, 1963), was elected as the 261st pope of the Roman Catholic Church and ... throughout the world, despite the objections of small groups of traditionalists ...
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  • The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region ... Arizona is a crossroad of culture and heritage intertwining many different ...
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  • Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... One of the founders of Rhode Island was Roger Williams. In 1636, Williams ...
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  • [[Image:Ouroboros_1.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Engraving of Ouroboros ... as benevolent and spiritual, representative of primal forces of nature and ...
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  • The papacy is the office of the pope (from Latin: "papa" ... The importance of the Roman bishop is largely derived from his role ...
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  • |image_flag = Flag of Italy.svg |image_coat = Italy ... Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic, is a Southern European ...
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  • official use) was an important ruling house of Europe and is most well known ... Vienna, the elegant, artistic, and intellectually creative capital ...
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  • to promote the health and well being of children. UNICEF was awarded ... Former United States Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman took control ...
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  • Image:Rumania.gif|25px]] Romania[[Image:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg ... Constantinescu[[Image:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg ...
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  • April 23, 303 C.E.), also known as George of Lydda, is one of the most venerated ... In Christian hagiography, Saint George is the patron saint of Aragon ...
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  • accepted to refer to the northernmost region of the African continent, stretching ... * The inclusion of Western Sahara in the U.N. list is highly controversial ...
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  • /kɛlt/ now refers primarily to a member of any of a number of peoples ... Although today restricted to the Atlantic coast of Western Europe ...
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  • The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign ... behind Vatican City. It has a population of 32,410 in a total land area ...
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  • the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken ... Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the tenth ...
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  • Sudetenland Crisis among the major powers of Europe after a conference held ... The Sudetenland was an area of Czechoslovakia where ethnic Germans ...
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  • de la Légion d'honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour) is a ... The royal orders of the Kings were all abolished after the French ...
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  • that name. In reality, the movement consists of several distinct organizations ... itself contributed towards the development of human consciousness of a world ...
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  • ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... which followed, aristocrats constructed many of the famous private gardens ...
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  • the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme south of Croatia, positioned at the ... It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic ...
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  • to mathematics and physics. One of the world's greatest mathematicians ... Lagrange was of French and Italian descent, and was baptized Giuseppe ...
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  • The League of Nations was an international organization founded as ... After a number of notable successes and some early failures in the ...
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  • million square feet (310,000 square meters) of built-up space, serving as ... understood that the traditional course of developing heavy industries ...
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  • 1996) was a Greek poet, considered as one of the most important representatives ... Modernism encouraged the re-examination of every aspect of existence ...
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  • in Iran, was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from ... September 22, 1980, following a long history of border disputes. The conflict ...
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  • The Republic of Costa Rica ("Rich Coast") is a country in ... Costa Rica is also at the forefront of conservation and environmental ...
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  • , or Tunisia, with a population of over 10 million, is a predominately ... Forty per cent of the country is comprised of the Sahara Desert, with ...
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  • June 10, 1940), West Indian spokesman of black nationalism and economic ... By enlarging upon the philosophy of Booker T. Washington, Garvey became ...
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  • sense, it is a three-dimensional example of the more general structure ... interior volume is considered to be part of the polyhedron, sometimes only ...
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  • as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes ... system which eventually made it the target of a zealous, impoverished French ...
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  • comprising the western and central thirds of the Czech Republic. It has ... whose helm it also became an autonomous part of the Holy Roman Empire after ...
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  • Hermitage") is considered to be one of the most remarkable art treasures ... above Bulguksa, the grotto overlooks the Sea of Japan (East Sea) and rests ...
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  • Carpets are made of natural and synthetic fibers, such as wool, nylon ... == Types of carpets == [[Image:Swatches of berber carpet.jpg|thumb ...
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  • 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the ... As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit ...
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  • Bamako, a city of nearly 1.7 million people, is the capital and largest ... the area that is now Bamako has been part of the great west African empires ...
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  • The Korean War is the name given to a civil war between the nations ... Finally, after massive swings in favor of both the North and the South ...
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  • city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States ... It lies along the Pacific Ocean at San Diego Bay just north of the ...
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  • North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...
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  • The French invasion of Russia (also known as the Russian Campaign ... ) which refers to Hitler's, rather than Napoleon's, invasion ...
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  • The Árpáds or Arpads was the ruling dynasty of the federation of ... Seven members of the dynasty were canonized or beatified by the Roman ...
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  • Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a coastal Alpine ... Slovenia has been part of the Roman Empire, the Duchy of Karantania ...
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  • during the American Civil War on the grounds of the antebellum plantation of ... . Veterans and military casualties from each of the nation's ...
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  • and writer and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival ... The child of a wealthy and patriotic family, Rakovski attended monastery ...
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  • phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky ... A rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colors. Traditionally, however ...
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  • :This article refers to the government of Paris in 1871, for the one ... in tenor, depending on the ideology of the commenter. In a formal sense ...
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  • ) was established immediately following the abdication of Nicholas ... For most of the life of the Provisional Government, the status of ...
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  • a World War I hero. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading an attack ... York kept a diary of his years just before the war and all during ...
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  • was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan ... in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was ...
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  • Madeira is an archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean, and is one ... is considered to be the first discovery of the exploratory period initiated ...
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  • Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it has ...
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  • ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ... Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World ...
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