Search results for "Dependent territory" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • * "A great prince was dependent on my pleasure, an opulent city lay at my mercy; its richest bankers bid against each other for my smiles; ...
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  • between 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany ... reduced by 30 percent on average; in the territory of Brandenburg, the losses ...
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  • of conflicting European claims to African territory during the New Imperialism ... and upon which European industry had grown dependent. However, in Africa ...
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  • the Federal Dependencies (a special territory), and Guayana Esequiba ... Venezuela has also claimed all Guyanese territory west of the Essequibo River. ...
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  • beats per minute (bpm), and is largely dependent on how excited the cat ... social. While each cat holds a distinct territory (sexually active males ...
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  • |government_type = Special territory of Chile ... The community maintains a rustic serenity dependent on the spiny lobster trade ...
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  • miles (142,450 sq km) of productive territory in the southeast and northeast ... Paraguay's economy is very dependent on Brazil and Argentina ...
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  • This remarkable ecological system is not dependent on sunlight but bacteria ... the ecosystem, species are connected and dependent upon one another in the ...
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  • 000 sq km) of Antarctica as part of its territory. However, this claim is ... Polynesia, which it incorporated into its territory in 1888, and Robinson Crusoe ...
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  • For the background of the Pharisees, historians are largely dependent ... and southern districts of the former territory of Israel: Phasael administering ...
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  • and attached to the Soviet Belarus. The territory and its nation were devastated ... nuclear disaster entered Belarusian territory, and as of 2005 about a ...
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  • century, Veera Ballala III recaptured territory lost to the Pandya uprising ... governing bodies and the division of territory. Records show the names ...
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  • the southern states, was largely dependent on the labor provided by ... often to an economically underdeveloped area or territory. ...
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  • (women's parkas with hood) (Nunavut Territory, Canada)]] ... the floe edge near Cape Dorset (Nunavut Territory, Canada)]] ...
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  • During most of the Spanish colonial period, Bolivia was a territory ... resulted in the loss of over half of its territory. During the War of the ...
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  • and Spanish adversaries, bringing more territory into the empire. He took ... Algiers, Oruç Reis sought to enhance his territory inlands and took Miliana ...
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  • allowing the CIA to use Liberian territory to spy on Libya). Doe used ... #039;s infrastructure and Liberia is dependent on foreign aid. Since hostilities ...
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  • Quebec Act of 1774 expanded Quebec's territory to the Great Lakes and ... Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory to form the Northwest Territories ...
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  • season lasts 20 to 230 days, strongly dependent on elevation. ... to the eastern end of their earlier territory, and became the ancestors ...
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  • miles (83,600 square kilometers), the territory is slightly smaller than ... By about 250 B.C.E., the Greeks lost all territory east of Syria to the Parthians ...
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  • eastern boundary is with Canada’s Yukon Territory and British Columbia province ... changes before becoming an organized territory in 1912, and the 49th state ...
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  • viceroyalty of New Spain, part of a territory of Mexico, and a U.S. territory. ... The Republic of Texas claimed the mostly vacant territory north and ...
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  • (across Lake Tanganyika), and Zambia. Its territory also straddles the Equator ... has forced many Congolese to become dependent on bushmeat, either as ...
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  • began to filter into the Spanish-held territory in search of land. In the ... the success of its small towns is highly dependent on geography and transportation ...
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  • of silver ultimately made Spain overly dependent on foreign sources of raw ... a French foothold in Spanish Florida territory. Saint Augustine became ...
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  • arrived in Brazil, all parts of the territory were inhabited by semi ... bands that develop great familiarity with their territory. ...
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  • Australasia is a region heavily dependent on trade, particularly in minerals and agricultural products with tourism also playing a significant ...
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  • Zululand in 1879 they not annex the territory until 1887. This makes ... therefore had no right to part with this territory. During the year a Boer ...
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  • The U.S. Army led increasingly frequent incursions into Spanish territory ... homelands and forced to march to Indian Territory in Oklahoma, joining what ...
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  • self-governing; Tokelau, another island territory situated about 3,200 km ... and services, 67 percent. New Zealand is dependent on trade—particularly ...
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  • to spread quickly across its imperial territory. Links already existed ... footsteps and conquering much of the same territory, including Palestine. Much ...
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  • Historically, the economy of Barbados was dependent on sugarcane cultivation ... with an oil/gas field within its territory. The island currently has ...
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  • of Sabah and Sarawak and the federal territory of Labuan. ... assemblies, two representing the federal territory of Kuala Lumpur, one each ...
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  • Indonesian government's actions. The territory was declared the 27th province ... The economy of East Timor is a market economy, although it is dependent ...
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  • century and the city remained Kushan territory until the third century C.E. ... is extremely poor, landlocked, and highly dependent on foreign aid. Criminality ...
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  • of the Reconquista as re-taking Christian territory previously lost to Muslim ... but had a largely mostly non-feudal territory with many free peasants ...
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  • the last remaining United Nations trust territory, achieved independence ... settled in large number, claiming the territory for the British crown regardless ...
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  • 250 A.D.). Ancient Greek estimates are dependent upon Persian mythology ... the northeastern area of ancient Persian territory. The Greeks refer to him ...
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  • well as a few kilometers of its annexed territory, Western Sahara, in the ... (sing., erg) occupy about one-quarter of the territory. ...
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  • The Maasai territory reached its largest size in the mid-nineteenth ... More recently, the Maasai have grown dependent on food produced in other ...
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  • sea level. Before reaching Jordanian territory the river forms Lake Tiberias ... were a Semitic people who occupied the territory west of the Euphrates from ...
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  • settled in Africa and ruled considerable territory since the fifteenth century ... to near total war in Guinea (although the territory was still under total control ...
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  • affairs and world commerce are highly dependent upon the Canal. ... along the coast to a part of the territory he would name Veragua meaning ...
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  • The oldest written reference to the territory now known as Eritrea ... By early 1991 virtually all Eritrean territory had been liberated by the ...
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  • (halait). Collected in Nisga'a territory, at the mouth of the Nass ... on totem poles are varied and seems to be dependent on the artist as they represent ...
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  • such as Austria, the Sudetenland and the territory of Memel in the years leading ... The map shows territory controlled by Nazi Germany [[File:Second world ...
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  • rainwater, but islanders are mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination ... United Kingdom a trustee mandate over the territory, shared with Australia ...
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  • Islamic empires. The Empire's territory encompassed all of what ... to create a more interconnected and inter-dependent world. ...
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  • the two seas. The remainder of the territory consists of many islands ... debt. Also of importance is the sea territory of more than 105,000 km² ...
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  • zones and a difference in plant life dependent upon that. From sea level ... itself sea-bed boundaries based on the territory of the Canaries, because ...
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  • were it not for internal conflict. Much territory and autonomy was ceded ... is extremely poor, landlocked, and highly dependent on foreign aid, agriculture ...
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  • Adriatic Sea to the west. Its mainland territory is split in two non-contiguous ... Adriatic Sea to the west. Its mainland territory is split in two non-contiguous ...
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  • climates for a state of its size, dependent on many variables, such ... The royal charter granted Maryland the Potomac River and territory ...
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  • and the PDPA regime became increasingly dependent on Soviet military equipment ... though failing to win popular support, territory, or international recognition ...
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  • declared a protectorate over a stretch of territory along the coast and gradually ... Togo's small sub-Saharan economy is heavily dependent on both ...
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  • Their adaptation to gliding flight makes them dependent on wind and ... the site where a bird established its own territory was 22 meters (Fisher 1976). ...
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  • to create the British Indian Ocean Territory, so Britain could use the ... among its citizens. The economy is mainly dependent on sugarcane plantations ...
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  • that would later sweep the Mexican territory. In this period, Russia ... Mexico and the United States; the western territory of Alta California, was ...
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  • and all members of the community were dependent on him for their religious ... remained the practice on the most part of territory of Russia until February ...
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  • however, as Frankish lords quarreled over territory and the kingdom was divided ... declining revenue left it dangerously dependent on tax revenue. Future ...
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  • The Roman Empire conquered territory west of the Danube between 35 ... settle Pannonia, which still was a Roman territory. These groups moved on ...
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  • cover around 40 percent of Georgia's territory while the alpine/subalpine ... SSR was briefly granted some of their territory, until 1957. ...
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  • Pakistan, especially over the disputed territory of Kashmir. This move further ... numerous splits, leaving it entirely dependent on Gandhi's leadership ...
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  • The territory of Armenia is also one of the candidates for the legendary ... cede more than 50 percent of its pre-war territory, and to give up territories ...
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  • quot; was applied to the Ndebele territory of Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was ... government, and the economy was largely dependent on foreign expertise. Three ...
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  • The resulting German-occupied territory held 64 percent of France ... controlled a 35 km length of Flanders territory along the coast, with their ...
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  • gone from a thinly populated ex-Mexican territory, to having one of its first ... States, but it was not a formal "territory" and did not become ...
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  • stretch became part of the French Territory of Afars and Issas, also ... factions sought to control the national territory (or portions thereof) and ...
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  • , some might have had governments wholly dependent upon others (the Thirty ... Under Philip II, Macedon expanded into the territory of the Paionians ...
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  • from Shaka by migrating to their current territory. The Tsonga ethnic group ... family, are also becoming more and more dependent on the state for financial ...
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  • treated Iran as more or less their own territory and for "much of the ... and fears that he was, or would become, dependent on the pro-Soviet Tudeh ...
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  • however were substantial, although dependent on the nature of the publication ... The first printing press in a Muslim territory opened in Andalusia ...
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  • birth rate, have made Japan increasingly dependent on foreign workers and ... allowed to trade with China from leased territory in Macau but never entered ...
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  • The Spanish had been awarded this territory by Pope Alexander VI in ... throne and maintaining the position was dependent on the king’s ability ...
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  • allies in firm control again, but dependent on Bonaparte's military ... would not recognize France's newly gained territory. ...
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  • the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the territory more or less corresponding ... By 1433, most of the Belgian and Luxembourgian territory along with ...
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  • there and would have "been entirely dependent on her family." In ... who openly competed for each others' territory. Daughters of ruling houses ...
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  • Sea and the North Sea. Most Austrian territory drains to the Danube River ... much of eastern and central Austrian territory, and lasted almost 300 ...
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  • domestic energy sources. The economy is dependent on foreign trade (serving ... by those asylum seekers that enter EU territory for the first time in Malta. ...
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  • of Sri Lanka. The 26 atolls encompass a territory featuring 1192 islets, ... work force. The Maldivian economy was dependent on fishing and other ocean ...
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  • income developing country primarily dependent on natural resources and ... leaders and writers living in the U.S. territory. The emergence of Bachata ...
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  • economy and government grew increasingly dependent on the revenue it generated ... Nigeria is divided into 36 states and one Federal Capital Territory ...
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  • caring for the young, and defending their territory from intruders. Within ... its shorter small intestine, a dog is dependent on neither meat-specific ...
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  • providers of defense service from its territory, and all of the other depredations ... market activity is essentially dependent on the imposition of private ...
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  • most likely kept control of some of the territory around Urayur, their old ... sense, the fairness of king’s orders dependent on the goodness of the ...
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  • in the transport of opium through the territory he controlled, in order ... ideology saw Indonesia increasingly dependent on the Soviet Union and ...
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  • {{Australia state or territory | Name = Tasmania | Fullname = State ... flows of population moving in and away dependent upon the specific requirements ...
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  • for temporary use in a small regional territory. In the 10th century, the ... percent of transactions were electronic (dependent on country).url=http://www ...
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  • thrust and so speed and acceleration are dependent on tail shape. Different ... found on Vincentia Beach, Jervis Bay Territory, Australia]] ...
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  • island that comprises 99 percent of the territory under its control. In some ... this point onward, the Kuomintang's territory was reduced to the island ...
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  • of the last remnants of Carthaginian territory by Rome. Although a distinct ... The Phoenician cities were highly dependent on trade, and included ...
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  • and North Atlantic Oceans. In much of the territory there are only two distinct ... the Byzantine example and kept the Church dependent on them, even for its revenues ...
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  • #039;s economy became more and more dependent on the Soviet Union. Since ... to withdraw the missiles from Cuban territory without consulting Castro ...
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  • blend into the population and are also dependent on a support base among ... quot; for attacks by operatives based in its territory. ...
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  • [[Image:World 1898 empires colonies territory.png|thumb|right|300px ... of the colonial power, not the colonized territory. On the one hand, the smaller ...
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  • with many industries being largely dependent on a certain city or region; ... occurred in the past. Those seeking or dependent on government social services ...
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  • for the control of the Real de Manzanares territory against the concejo of ... is the local law enforcement body, dependent on the Ayuntamiento. ...
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  • Mahé, a part of the Indian union territory of Puducherry (Pondicherry ... it also decides cases from the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Auxiliary ...
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  • temperature inversions, and altitude-dependent variability in rainfall ... The monsoon usually breaks over Indian territory by around May 25, when ...
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  • abbeys had substantial property and dependent daughter monasteries in ... year by dissolving all monasteries in its territory and using their revenues ...
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