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- Antananarivo is the capital, largest city and the economic center ... This city of 1.4 million people is the doorway to Madagascar's ...13 KB (1,867 words) - 05:19, 31 July 2023
- Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a representative democratic ... Ecuador is a multicultural, multiethnic nation–state with one of ...30 KB (4,366 words) - 18:03, 12 February 2024
- and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern ... Maximilian Weber was born in Erfurt, Germany, the eldest of seven ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- ) is the capital and largest city of the Tunisian Republic. It is ... Tunis was founded by Berbers during the second millennium B.C.E.. ...17 KB (2,367 words) - 12:23, 18 April 2023
- spoken language in the West African nation of Senegal), is the capital of ... north of Senegal's capital city Dakar, it has a population officially ...21 KB (2,973 words) - 18:57, 22 December 2022
- as the Prime Minister and de facto dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968 ... Franco, some regard him as champion of traditional values, including ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 20:38, 22 December 2022
- city, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba. Spanish port for the New World. An influx of African slaves came while Cuba ...29 KB (4,178 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- can also refer to proficiency in a number of fields, such as art or physical ... Literacy rates are a crucial measure of a region's human capital ...24 KB (3,587 words) - 04:28, 29 October 2022
- Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America ... in the United States with a population of 5.6 million. Houston was ...38 KB (5,412 words) - 18:57, 7 February 2024
- Barbados, situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent ... #039;s interior. The organic composition of Barbados is thought to be of ...33 KB (4,815 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by the name Lenin (April 22 ... Communism's expansion into the rest of the world would be achieved ...42 KB (6,401 words) - 20:46, 3 May 2023
- payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a ... The primary functions which distinguish money are as a medium of exchange ...51 KB (7,687 words) - 16:23, 18 June 2023
- activities, most commonly for the purpose of generating substantial profit ... Organized crime takes advantage of social conditions or laws, such ...12 KB (1,649 words) - 10:42, 11 March 2023
- Amsterdam, located in the south of the province North Holland in the ... with Amsterdam at the center. The use of soft drugs was tolerated, making ...29 KB (4,176 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- The kingdom of Ayutthaya ( อยุธยา I (Uthong) founded Ayutthaya as the capital of his kingdom in 1350 and absorbed ...29 KB (4,487 words) - 06:07, 10 January 2023
- The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean ... The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 01:22, 3 May 2023
- He is famous for his successful application of the concept of microcredit ... Prize. In March 2011, the Bangladesh government fired Yunus from his position ...18 KB (2,630 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- danse 1874.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An artifact of "high culture": a ... or to honor), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- The union of Austria and Hungary, also known as the Dual (that of ... The newly created Austro-Hungarian Empire was a good example of a ...36 KB (5,334 words) - 18:41, 22 August 2023
- ) both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of ... War. When the Pathet Lao took over the government in 1975, Hmong people were ...34 KB (5,083 words) - 13:05, 1 February 2024
- 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 ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- country in Central Europe with a population of over five million, bordering ... The eight hundred years of Hungarian oppression was openly confronted ...34 KB (4,817 words) - 14:57, 27 April 2023
- The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, or Mauritania, is a country in ... Mauritania is a land dominated by sand and barren soil located on ...28 KB (4,027 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- The Cayman Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom ... The Caymans are one of the most popular tourist attractions in the ...26 KB (3,769 words) - 16:23, 3 December 2023
- ), also known as a state within a state, connotes a form of clandestine ... to a conspiracy designed to thwart the will of the people. It is typically ...29 KB (4,345 words) - 08:37, 15 January 2023
- The Historical school of economics was an approach to academic economics ... practiced in the Classical Anglo-Saxon world of Ricardo and John Stuart Mill ...33 KB (4,933 words) - 21:55, 31 January 2024
- politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia. He came to power ... and in some respects, colonial view of Australia and of Australian ...31 KB (4,378 words) - 06:35, 5 November 2022
- The Kingdom of Swaziland (Swazi: Umbuso weSwatini), or the Kingdom ... Swaziland consists mostly of high plateaus and mountains with an array ...20 KB (2,991 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- The Territory of Christmas Island is a small territory of Australia ... It maintains about 1,500 residents who live in a number of "settlement ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 21:39, 10 December 2023
- Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei ... world not holding elections. A long period of political stability has been ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- A prisoner of war (POW) is a combatant who is imprisoned by an enemy ... In the history of war (which covers basically all of human history ...27 KB (4,158 words) - 00:40, 12 April 2023
- Guyana, officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is the only ... Guyana is the third smallest country on the mainland of South America ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- Venezuela, known since 1999 as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ... Guayana highlands, it plunges off the edge of a "tepui," or table ...35 KB (5,081 words) - 15:01, 3 May 2023
- The Republic of Finland is a Nordic country situated in Northern Europe ... Finland consistently ranks high on a number of international analysis ...43 KB (6,190 words) - 19:49, 26 March 2024
- Scientology is a new religious movement based on the writings of L ... The organization presents itself as a fully integrated system of religious ...33 KB (4,873 words) - 17:26, 25 January 2023
- , Syriac: ܒܝܪܘܬ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. ... Prior to 1975, the country was considered the banking capital of the ...27 KB (4,043 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country ... was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed ...41 KB (5,922 words) - 00:08, 13 February 2024
- Karachi (كراچى) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and ... A large influx of economic and political migrants and refugees from ...41 KB (5,975 words) - 17:58, 14 May 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is one of four municipalities of ... The urban area of Tianjin is located along the Haihe River, and is ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- 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 ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
- The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked South Asian nation situated ... One of the most isolated nations in the world, Bhutan is often described ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- communications, and economic center of Burundi. Bujumbura is the capital ... situated on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, is Burundi ...18 KB (2,590 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- The beloved leader of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu ... his culture's traditions in the naming of his daughter. In Burmese historical ...32 KB (4,792 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- Located in northern India on the banks of the River Yamuna, Delhi has ... Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world ...33 KB (4,788 words) - 09:20, 28 January 2024
- Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island ... it became known as the "Birthplace of Confederation" for having ...27 KB (3,922 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- Puerto Rico, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado ... During the period of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- The City of Halifax is the largest city in Atlantic Canada and the ... On April 1, 1996, the government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the four ...34 KB (5,199 words) - 16:57, 21 January 2024
- June 17, 2021) served as the first president of Zambia, from 1964 to 1991. ... economic policies. Eventually because of mounting international pressure ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 August 2023
- The Czech Republic also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is ... for more than 40 years, until the breakup of the Soviet empire in 1989. ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a nation ... The Tanzanian geography is one of the most varied and unique in the ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- rights activist who served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. After ... His term as President was marred by internal rivalries including issues ...29 KB (4,198 words) - 18:50, 25 October 2022
- The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen ... The protests were sparked by the death of pro-market and pro-democracy ...57 KB (8,680 words) - 14:07, 14 January 2024
- Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy, which studies fundamental ... existing or possible theories and practices of social, political matters, ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- and formerly Vietnamese. Four percent of Chinese characters are derived ... parts where one indicates a general category of meaning and the other the sound ...55 KB (8,141 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- scientist, engineer, innovator, and inventor of the world's first television; ... Baird's work was part of the great advance in technology that ...26 KB (3,809 words) - 20:54, 1 May 2024
- Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån), officially the U.S. Territory of Guam, ... is 1,500 miles (2414 km) southeast of Tokyo and 6,000 miles (9656 ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- Neocolonialism is a term used by post-colonial critics of developed ... ) and a critique of modern capitalist businesses involvement in nations ...50 KB (7,266 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as the Federation ... (Saint James). However, misinterpretations of maps by subsequent Spanish ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- a person or organization as an expression of protest or as a means of economic ... ==Origin of the term== The word boycott entered the English language ...24 KB (3,816 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- Kinshasa (Léopoldville until 1966), the capital and largest city ... A colony of Belgium, the country received its independence in 1960 ...28 KB (3,888 words) - 23:14, 3 March 2023
- #039;ing) is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic ... Located on the edge of the Yungui Plateau, Chongqing is intersected ...30 KB (3,987 words) - 17:18, 10 December 2023
- established in 1945 for the purpose of securing world peace. It replaced ... As an organization of governments designed to prevent war between ...64 KB (9,547 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending ... The lands have been inhabited for millennia by aboriginal peoples ...54 KB (7,539 words) - 19:09, 25 November 2023
- is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and, with a population of 3 ... Yokohama was nearly destroyed by the Kanto Earthquake in 1923, and ...20 KB (2,678 words) - 11:13, 25 May 2023
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- Connecticut is one of the Unites States. It is located in the New ... early colonial times. Its Fundamental Orders of 1639 are considered to be the ...36 KB (5,082 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United ... to the early culture at Poverty Point, one of the largest and most important ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
- Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in northern ... Occupied by both Germany and the Soviet Union, Lithuania lost over ...40 KB (5,565 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- ) refers to a town in the Indian state of West Bengal, the headquarters ... back to the mid nineteenth century as part of a British development of the ...33 KB (4,712 words) - 06:27, 15 January 2023
- is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Located on the west ... years. However, it only became the capital of the nation after Sri Lanka ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- "Sheep Islands," are a group of islands in Northern Europe ... represented in the Nordic Council as a part of the Danish delegation. ...28 KB (4,130 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- The Kingdom of Thailand, known as Siam until 1939, lies in Southeast ... in the Thai language and is also the name of the majority Thai ethnic group. ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by hydropower—that is, ... about 715,000 megawatts (or 19 percent) of the world's electricity ...23 KB (3,052 words) - 21:35, 9 February 2024
- and Batavia is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwest ... Jakarta faces many of the challenges of large cities in developing ...29 KB (4,012 words) - 08:43, 18 March 2024
- 039;at 'Azza) is a narrow coastal strip of land along the eastern Mediterranean ... Following the 1948 creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of thousands ...33 KB (4,844 words) - 04:49, 18 April 2024
- Prize. He was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963 ... and political cooperation among the nations of the world so that all benefit ...24 KB (3,567 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- 30, 2008. However, ancient variations of it can be traced back to at ... The absence of a railing or ropes makes the lei tai a unique fighting ...22 KB (3,362 words) - 07:42, 6 March 2023
- Quebec City or Québec (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital of ... the only North American fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies ... One of Europe's oldest cities, with a history of 7000 years, ...32 KB (4,559 words) - 20:15, 20 January 2022
- in the late nineteenth century as part of the Hohenzollern dynasty's ... tradition of expansion within the European space, Germany's renewed ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie of Orange-Nassau) (August ... was as capable as men in the daunting task of leading her nation through ...26 KB (3,973 words) - 12:30, 2 October 2020
- English name for the former Federal Republic of Germany, from its founding ... With an area of 95,976 square miles (248,577 square kilometers), or ...36 KB (5,407 words) - 17:16, 4 May 2023
- abbreviated: CH), is a landlocked nation of 7.5 million people in Western ... ) translate as "Swiss Confederation," while the German name of ...52 KB (7,532 words) - 14:19, 28 April 2023
- or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... It is separated from Sweden in the west by the Baltic Sea. ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir. The infiltration of ... The war represents one of the most recent examples of high altitude ...53 KB (8,038 words) - 18:09, 14 May 2024
- (香|香 港|港), is one of the two special administrative regions ... Hong Kong was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1842 until ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken ... Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the tenth ...41 KB (5,525 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- Gyeongju is a city (see Subdivisions of South Korea) and prominent ... Gyeongju was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla, a fact to ...25 KB (3,647 words) - 14:22, 14 December 2021
- The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia, the successor ... could have a profound impact on the future of Cambodia's economy. ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- With an area of 40,919 square miles (105,980 square kilometers), or ... established in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany on October 7, 1949 ...42 KB (6,175 words) - 17:37, 12 February 2024
- tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, positive judgment ... Education means "to draw out," facilitating the realization ...43 KB (6,163 words) - 18:17, 12 February 2024
- A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the ... placed on the patentee, and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely ...72 KB (10,557 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- The State of Kuwait ( الكويت ) is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf ...41 KB (6,203 words) - 15:18, 22 March 2024
- committed (or threatened) against civilians by groups or persons for political ... labels to condemn violence or threat of violence by certain actors ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- Asia. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million ... On taking power, the communist government imposed a Soviet-style command ...33 KB (5,048 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- in northeast Spain. It covers an area of 12,399 square miles (32,113 ... an older history as an independent territory of the Crown of Aragon, which ...38 KB (5,664 words) - 19:12, 29 November 2023
- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... Archaeologists place the first arrival of humans on the island to ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or ... refer to a literary work, or a main division of such a work. In library and ...32 KB (5,045 words) - 07:24, 17 November 2023
- Academic freedom is the freedom of teachers, students, and academic ... Proponents of academic freedom believe that the freedom of inquiry ...23 KB (3,336 words) - 07:10, 14 June 2023
