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Afonso VI, King of Portugal (Portuguese pron. IPA [ ɐ'fõsu third according to some historians) king of Portugal and the Algarves, ...

Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... Afonso I left his mark on the map of Europe. The impetus created by ...

The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: ... The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the ...

to the East, which was to be the scene of his future triumphs. In company ... for some time known as The Great, The Caesar of the East and as The Portuguese ...

and about 2,400 miles from the east coast of North America. The westernmost ... southeast direction. The vast extension of the islands defines an immense ...

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful ... Commissioned by King Manuel I of Portugal to find Christian lands ...

Lúcia de Jesus Rosa Santos—"Sister Lúcia of Jesus and of ... Ordered to keep silent about the content of her revelations, at age ...

Isabella of Castile (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was queen ... A pious Catholic, Isabella focused on converting the citizens of her ...

expedition to the Gold Coast. King John II of Portugal had appointed him ... . It was later renamed by King John II of Portugal as the Cape of Good ...

Philippa of Hainault (June 24, 1311 – August 15, 1369) was the queen ... who persuaded her husband to spare the lives of the Burghers of Calais after ...

Phuttaloetla Nabhalai, Rama II, now known as Buddha Loetla Nabhalai ... Rama II had seventy-three children. Of these, two became King, Chesda ...

The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern ... Dias' voyage of 1488), King John II of Portugal refused support to ...

The Treaty of Utrecht that established the Peace of Utrecht, rather ... The treaties were concluded between the representatives of Louis XIV ...

Many Jews converted to Christianity after the reconquest of Spain ... The conversion of these Jews to Christianity soon became suspect, ...

The Historic Center of Macau ( O Centro Histórico de Macau ... ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ...

As Pope, Innocent III represents the height of the medieval papacy. His papacy ... Lotario de' Conti di Segni was the son of Count Trasimund of ...

or Estado da Índia) refers to the aggregate of Portugal's colonial ... Portugal, desperate to reestablish trade with India after Islam had ...

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 ...

Katherine of Aragon (Alcalá de Henares, December 16, 1485 – January ... male heirs died in childhood, with only one of their six children, Princess ...

Philip II ( Felipe II de España ; Filipe I ) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 ...

A papal bull is a special kind of patent or charter issued by a pope ... Papal bulls were originally issued by popes for various reasons of ...

The Kingdom of Lunda (c. 1665-1887), also known as the Lunda Empire ... the immoral slave trade may cloud evaluation of its legacy. Yet, for several ...

organization, established on the basis of the Treaty of Brussels of 1948 ... resort and wishes to see the "scourge of war" banished for all ...

) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost ... Over the course of its existence, Lisbon has both flourished and suffered ...

Pope John XXIII (Italian: Giovanni XXIII), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli ... Pope John XXIII was instrumental in opening up the Roman Catholic ...

The Kingdom of Mutapa (Shona: Wene we Mutapa; Portuguese: Monomotapa ... polity that flourished before the coming of European rule. Written sources ...

Nearly all known traditional denominations of Christianity, including ... regional war lords and approximately 100,000 of their subjects had converted ...

Inquisition, (capitalized I) as broadly used, refers to the judgment ... to the modern mindset. However, the notion of religious liberty and of freedom ...

John Rodrigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 — September 28, 1970) ... One of the first American writers to use the stream of consciousness ...

civil engineer, and known slave trader, of the Elizabethan age. He became ... courage in battle, he was not liked by some of his peers. His legendary exploits ...

The Treaty of Nanking (Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which ... The establishment of Hong Kong and of other Treaty Port settlements ...

The start of the European Colonization of the Americas is typically ... Hemisphere would come under the domination of European nations, leading to ...

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 ...

or Helsinki Declaration, was the Final Act of the Conference on Security ... human rights and to non-violent resolution of disputes. Analysts identify ...

Hicks, John Richard Sir John Richard Hicks (April 8, 1904 – May 20, 1989) was a British ...

The Count of Saint Germain (c. 1710–1784) was a mysterious gentleman ... music, and magic. He had no visible means of support, but no lack of resources ...

The Portuguese Colonial War, also known as the Overseas War in Portugal ... colonial forces and agreed a quick handover of power for the nationalistic ...

The Sacred Heart is a devotional representation of Jesus' physical ... Churches, where, however, it remains a point of controversy as an example of ...

also refer to the biological phenomenon of outbreeding or inbreeding. or endogamous rules concerning the selection of marriage partners. In the case ...

The Strait of Magellan (often referred to as the Straits of Magellan ... a difficult route to navigate because of the inhospitable climate and ...

The Cape of Good Hope ( Kaap die Goeie Hoop , Kaap de Goede Hoop ... " It was later renamed by King John II of Portugal "Cabo da Boa ...

1992), was a German politician, chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) ... in 1974 after it became known that one of his closest aides had been ...

for "Reconquest") was a period of 750 years in which several ... themselves and even support certain rulers of the "other side." ...

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 ...

date back about 2500 years with the arrival of Judaism, ... followed by arrival of Christianity around 2000 years ago. ...

colonize or interfere with the affairs of the newly independent nations ... The three main concepts of the doctrine—separate spheres of influence ...

1492 to 1503), is the most controversial of the Popes of the Renaissance ... He was renowned for his mistresses but also for his patronage of the ...

only existed since 1861, by which time Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands ... were limited to Africa. By the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Italy ...

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country in southwestern ... The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ...

or the Mazarin Bible) is a printed version of the Latin Vulgate translation ... The advent of the printed Bible ushered in an age in which Bibles ...

The Seven Years War (1756-1763) involved all the major European powers ... France (including the North American colony of New France and the French East ...

the 95 Theses and nailed them to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg ... The remark "It has served us well, this myth of Christ" ...

Rosicrucianism (meaning "Rose Cross") refers to a family ... The meetings of these societies were held in private and thus Rosicrucians ...

on the continent. Its overall length of 2,900 miles (4,667 kilometers ... rain forest, heavy rainfall, and poor soil of the basin that is traversed ...

sailed against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidona in ... The Armada was sent by King Philip II of Spain, who had been king ...

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest ... among different ethnic groups has been part of the country's history ...

Didymus, meaning "Twin") was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus ... it eastwards as far as India. The churches of Malankara in India trace their ...

Along with Roberto Bellarmine, he was one of the leading thinkers who defended ... was the first systematic and extensive work of metaphysics composed in the ...

Imperialism is the forceful extension of a nation's authority ... Yet, an interesting aspect of imperialism is that empires, both ancient ...

The Anglican Communion is a world-wide affiliation of Anglican Churches ... The status of full communion means that all rites conducted in one ...

Edward VII (November 9, 1841 – May 6, 1910) was King of the United ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince ...

The United Nations Trusteeship Council, one of the principal organs ... Some had wanted to place oversight of progress towards independence ...

focused along secular lines. He had a string of R&B hits, including "Cry ... His biggest hit came in 1969: A cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival ...

The Council of Europe is the oldest international organization working ... The most famous bodies of the Council of Europe are the European Court ...

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 ...

1966) was an American poet who, along with John Ashbery, James Schuyler and ... . The urgency and quickness of his voice allows the reader to experience ...

painter who was born in Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire. Among the celebrated painters of the twentieth century, Chagall is ...

is engaged in the ministry and leadership of religious group. Within the ... Members of holy orders, as leaders of their religious communities ...

The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter John), popular in Europe ... At first, Prester John was imagined to be in India, with tales of ...

the Atlantic Ocean, in 1492, in search of a direct sea route to the Indies ... Columbus' voyage took place during the early decades of the European ...

community. The word literally means out of communion, or no longer in ... Excommunication is the most grave of all ecclesiastical censures. ...

The word oratory refers to the art of eloquent speech. An orator is ... quot; also refers to a semi-public place of worship constructed for the ...

et de la Sainte Face ("Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the ... and joined a Carmelite convent at the age of 15. Never a physically strong ...

1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany, and involved ... by 30 percent on average; in the territory of Brandenburg, the losses had ...

Charles II (May 29, 1630 – February 6, 1685) was the King of England ... due to the uncertain political situation of the time. His father was executed ...

The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, "S.J.," "S ... the "Black Pope" after the color of the Jesuit habit) has occasionally ...

French Guiana is an overseas department of France, located on the ... Its population of 202,000, most of whom live along the coast, is very ...

The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman ... It entrusted to the Pope the completion of some sections of its work ...

lyric poet and essayist, described by John Stuart Mill as one of the ... a landmark work that led to the emergence of the Romantic Movement in England ...

Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... newly independent nation cherished as a sign of membership in the community ...

mines increasingly financed a long series of European and North African ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...

The cross, found in many cultures and religions of the world, is an ... During the Roman Empire, the cross was an instrument of capital punishment ...

; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ... Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World ...

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC (October 20 ... Some of his aggressive actions, now termed liberal interventionist ...

The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was a conference organized by the ... . Much of the work of the Conference involved deciding which of the ...

and settling overseas colonies. From the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Sweden ... As a modern day supporter of the peace keeping activities of the United ...

Breton) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds ... Cape Breton Island is part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada ...

east. The Balinese people are descendants of a prehistoric race who migrated ... Most of the Balinese people are involved in agriculture, primarily ...

Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is one of the smallest ... affinity with Spain's northern region of Catalonia is longstanding; ...

defeated the Republicans, or Loyalists, of the Second Spanish Republic ... and civilians, formally acting independently of the state, massacred Catholic ...

Kurufa was a medieval West African state of the Mandinka from c. 1235 to ... The kingdom included the ancient city of Timbuktu, which was flourishing ...

Cecil John Rhodes, PC, DCL (July 5, 1853 – March 26, 1902 was a ... Africa's natural resources, proceeds of which founded the Rhodes Scholarship ...

Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... rights laws are most often written. Examples of civil rights and liberties ...

plays throughout the 1600s. Born the second of five children to Anne and Arthur ... Born the second of five children, and only boy, to Anne and Arthur ...

The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as "John ... A close study of the history of the company shows how the British ...

Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory ... Negatively, attitudes of racial, cultural, religious and civilization ...

Maine and Vermont were considered part of other colonies at the time ... freedom. Massachusetts was also one of the key colonies in the events ...

The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands ... people. They have been at the forefront of the cultural clash that came ...

The Kingdom of Morocco is a country in North Africa. The full Arabic ... The king is viewed as spiritual leader of the country and dominates ...

August 12, 1762 – June 26, 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great ... in politics, especially in the matter of Catholic emancipation, though ...

Hazing refers to any activity expected of someone in joining or participating ... Hazing is seen in many different types of social groups, including ...

rights activist who served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. After ... including issues surrounding command of the military. However, Poland ...

A mosque is a place of worship for Muslims (followers of Islam). Muslims ... The Arabic word masjid means place of worship and derives from the ...

Sales tax is a consumption tax charged at the point of purchase for ... The design and implementation of sales tax has many problems, some ...

centuries, in particular his book The Making of the English Working Class ... Thompson's writing helped expose the role of class, elitism, ...

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern ... In one of the earliest English settlements in the New World, English ...

Dutch Revolt (1568–1648), was the revolt of the Seventeen Provinces in ... by the Spanish in the south caused many of its financial, intellectual ...

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Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, and a major ... The city of Freetown was founded in 1787, by Great Britain as a settlement ...

a famous nineteenth century American example of "miscegenation." ... + genus "kind") is the mixing of different races, especially ...

and Rhine Rivers. Antwerp, an integral part of an enormous harbor complex ... Antwerp has long been an important city in the nations of the Benelux ...

Barbados, situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent ... #039;s interior. The organic composition of Barbados is thought to be of ...

a Romanian historian, philosopher, theorist of religion, literary critic, ... His most significant contributions to the study of religion are his ...

also with arms in hand, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie ... The Comintern was founded after the dissolution of the Second International ...

Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 ... be reissued when it was clear that Louis VII of France would be taking part ...

Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated ... Although commonly referred to in the singular, the territory consists ...

America. Located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario, Toronto is the ... Toronto is heralded as one of the most multicultural cities in the ...

and William Leonard Langer, The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval ... policy that has rewarded veterans of the Bush War with farms previously ...

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has such standing. There are also a variety of ways such endorsement occurs ... The degree and nature of state backing for a denomination or creed ...

– February 21, 1677), is considered one of the great rationalists of seventeenth ... Spinoza was born to a family of Sephardic Jews, among the Spanish ...

The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was the North American chapter ... the war would lead directly to a series of taxation fights with the colonists ...

islands are included, it covers six percent of Earth's total surface ... the scientific community to be the origin of humans and the Hominidae tree ...

The Scramble for Africa (or the Race for Africa) was the proliferation ... The latter half of the nineteenth century saw the transition from ...

5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from ... achievements contributed to the prestige of France, its people, its language ...

1541) was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Inca Civilization and founder ... Pizarro had been appointed governor of Peru before the country was ...

Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...

Wilhelm II ; Prince Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia (January ... the one hand, he was unhappy with the scale of the war. On the other hand ...

worst) are two opposing worldviews or states of mind. The former amounts to ... are fundamentally evil, that life is devoid of meaning and thus destined to ...

the foremost global power. It was a product of the European age of discovery ... By 1921, the British Empire ruled a population of between 470 and ...

Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country ... greatly under the devastating effects of rebel incursions. To end rebel ...

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... into the Chola Empire. Colonized by Portugal and the Dutch, the British ...

The Bailiwick of Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency ... The defense of all these islands is the responsibility of the United ...

centuries that sought to end the practice of slavery and the worldwide slave ... are created equal, apparent to the framers of the U.S. Constitution, has ...

The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the ... The Fall of Granada in 1492 saw the end of the Muslim presence in ...

The River Gambia flows through the center of the country and empties into ... Like its neighbor, The Gambia relies heavily on the export of groundnuts ...

kingdoms and was under the direct control of the Spanish monarchy. It was ... baptized Christians. During a large part of its history, however, freedom ...

Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before ... A divorce must be certified by a court of law, as a legal action is ...

) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until ... They are divided in two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–97 ...

The Nile is one of the world's great waterways, at 4,180 miles ... Flowing northward from remote sources in the mountains of Ethiopia ...

Puerto Rico, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado ... During the period of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century ...

1958), reigned as the 260th Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, ... Pius is one of the few popes in recent history to exercise his right ...

he was only 15 years old, under the command of his older brother Oliver Hazard ... However, it did lead to the rest of the world gaining much from ...

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... One of the founders of Rhode Island was Roger Williams. In 1636, Williams ...

The Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional division of ... With the demise of centralized Roman government in the West, trade ...

explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions ... economic growth and emergence as centers of technological innovation, and ...

Democracy is the name given to a number of forms of government and ... Democracy is also a peaceful way for a group of any size to settle ...

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy (August ... Over the course of little more than a decade, the armies of France ...

the rule, and the period, from 1858 to 1947, of the British Empire on the Indian ... by individual rulers under the paramountcy of the British Crown. Prior to ...

distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic. Hailing ... Pompey fought on the side of the Optimates, the conservative faction ...

is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto. For one-thousand ... and architectural treasure. Since the end of the eighteenth century, tourism ...

A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a ... America. The twentieth century saw the rise of fascist and communist dictatorships ...

in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, stands at an average ... UNESCO designated the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram in 1984 ...

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ... Philippine culture has many affinities with the West: It is one of ...

The coconut palm is species of palm tree, Cocos nucifera, that grows ... The term coconut refers to the fruit of the coconut palm, which consists ...

The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual ... A number of non-harp-like instruments are colloquially referred to ...

Program (ERP)), was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding ... The reconstruction plan was developed at a meeting of participating ...

or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... The ancient Balts of this time actively participated in the trading ...

Viking refers to a member of the Scandinavian seafaring traders, warriors ... ferocity and pillaging raids, the voyages of the Vikings also linked different ...

Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 ... km (62 mi) from east to west. It is the size of Israel, about one-third the ...

sometimes Countess Dohna, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. She ... and his wife Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. As the heiress presumptive ...

is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible ... Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from ...

The League of Nations was an international organization founded as ... After a number of notable successes and some early failures in the ...

conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations ... United Nations in order to liberate the nation of Kuwait. ...

Romanesque architecture is the term that describes the architecture ... symmetrical plans. The overall appearance is of simplicity when compared to ...

Redwood is a common name used for three species of trees with red ... The term is also used for the wood of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris ...

at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own ethnic culture ... they have adopted their values and standards of behavior. The problem is that ...

69 and 96 C.E., encompassing the reigns of Vespasian (69–79 C.E.), and ... The reign of Titus was struck by multiple natural disasters, the most ...

The Boer Wars were fought between British and Dutch settlers of the ... in England. It aimed to bring the whole of Southern Africa under British ...

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was created after World ... in the Korean War. During a Soviet boycott of the meetings over the inclusion ...

economic, military and cultural influence of the United States. The concept ... The sources and proponents of this concept range from classical Marxist ...

produced through rapid, confined burning of a propellant. This process ... was a variation on the contemporary terms of bow arm and drawing arm still ...

California is a state on the West Coast of the United States, along ... changed California, sparking a large influx of people and a sustained economic ...

that name. In reality, the movement consists of several distinct organizations ... itself contributed towards the development of human consciousness of a world ...

island country that sits off the east coast of Asia. Japan comprises over ... that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as 35,000 B ...

politician and reformer, and a recent leader of the Communist Party of China ... and other mass political movements of the Mao era, Deng was the core ...

established in 1945 for the purpose of securing world peace. It replaced ... As an organization of governments designed to prevent war between ...

The Ming Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 ... Ming rule saw the construction of a vast navy, including four-masted ...

Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German army opened ... infantry advances. However, a combination of entrenchments, machine gun ...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region ... Salem, and Boston, which soon became the hub of the region, then the Pioneer ...

believes that the second coming (or Advent) of Jesus Christ is imminent. Seventh ... The Seventh-day Adventists are active advocates for freedom of religion ...

Neocolonialism is a term used by post-colonial critics of developed ... ) and a critique of modern capitalist businesses involvement in nations ...

Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict ... Church and the largest organized body of any world religion. ...

played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all ... in football and for his outspoken support of policies that improve the social ...

modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1530–1540 ... bitter rival, obtained the sovereignty of Kabul and Lahore, the more ...

, killing between one-third and two-thirds of Europe's population. Almost ... Notable later outbreaks include the Italian Plague of 1629–1631 ...

The Kingdom of Mysore (Kannada ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ ... Sheshanna and T.Chowdiah, became a center of Carnatic music. During this ...

[[Image:Emancipation of Slaves 1834 monument - Victoria Tower Gardens ... Slavery is the social and/or legal designation of specific persons ...

quot;), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked, mountainous ... During World War I in the western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey ...

is the literal translation of empire)—refers to Germany in the years ... The policies pursued by Nazi Germany, based on the concept of Lebensraum ...

The Republic of Cameroon is a "hinge" state bridging central ... and linguistic groups, with the cultures of both the central and western ...

(Ukrainian: Голодомор), was one of the largest national catastrophes ... Most modern scholars agree that the famine was caused by the policies ...

2, 1754 – May 17, 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand ... peace with Austria through the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville and with Britain ...

and from 1967 to 1998 the second President of Indonesia. After briefly working ... 86 years old in Jakarta in 2008. The legacy of Suharto's presidency is ...

that is essential for all known forms of life. Laurence D. Barron, ... gaseous state, water vapor. About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is ...

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, consists of the island of Cuba ... Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction ...

refers to the ocean or world ocean, the body of salty water that covers approximately ... A wide variety of organisms, including bacteria, protists, algae, ...

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located ... and Peru), with an area more than twice that of France. ...

(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 ...

again from 1942 to 1952, ruling for the rest of his life as an unelected military ... or La Era de Trujillo), was one of the longest for a non-royal leader ...

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... Ireland—with King Charles III as head of state. He is also head of state ...

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... federal republic, historically consisting of several sovereign states with ...

Today, it is generally used in the context of an alternative to energy deriving ... that do not involve the depletion of natural resources or significant ...

A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups ... central to human society; a key indicator of a society's well-being ...

Raccoon (sometimes racoon) is the common name for any of the New World ... ranges from Costa Rica through most areas of South America east of the Andes ...

Tibetan people. With an average elevation of 16,000 feet, (4,900 meters ... Songtsän Gampo united numerous tribes of the region. From 1578, leadership ...