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  • Hammurabi was a First Dynasty king of the city-state of Babylon, and inherited the throne from his father, Sin-muballit, in c. 1792 B.C.E. ...
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  • Casablanca (Spanish for "whitehouse"; Amazigh: Anfa; Standard Arabic: الدار البيضاء; Moroccan Arabic: dar beïda) is a ...
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  • Kigali has been the economic, cultural, and transport hub of Rwanda. The city became Rwanda's capital in 1962 when independence was gained ...
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  • Beersheba ( בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע , Be'er Sheva, Birüssebi ) is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel, often referred ...
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  • Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom of Aksum, a naval and trading power that ruled the region from ca. 400 ...
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  • Yucatán is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is bound to the north by the Gulf of Mexico, to ...
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  • The Yongle Encyclopedia ( t=永樂大典|s=永乐大典|p=Yǒnglè Dàdiǎn ; literally “The Great Canon [or Vast Documents] of the Yongle Era” ...
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  • Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one in the group located entirely within the United States. It is ...
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  • Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) born Fiorello Enrico LaGuardia, often spelled La Guardia, was the Republican ...
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  • instead. He unwisely took the side of the Italian city-state of Genoa in its war against Venice, and suffered the onslaught of the greatly superior Venetian ...
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  • In Judaism, Gehenna (or Ge-hinnom) is a fiery place where the wicked are punished after they die or on Judgment Day, a figurative equivalent ...
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  • while Chinese scholars accept the legendary city-state as historical. Koreans point to Gija as a co-founder of Korean civilization along with ...
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  • Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard (pronounced IPA: /'boʊ.ɹɪ.ˌgɑɹd/ ) (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893), was a Louisiana-born ...
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  • David Walker (September 28, 1785 – June 28, 1830) was an African-American abolitionist, most famous for his pamphlet Appeal to the Coloured ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City and ...
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  • Majulah Singapura ("Onward Singapore") is the national anthem of Singapore. Composed by Zubir Said in 1958 as a theme song for the ...
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  • Edwin Howard Armstrong (December 18, 1890 – January 31, 1954) was an American electrical engineer and inventor. He was one of the most prolific ...
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  • This article is about the city in the West Bank. Bethlehem (Arabic: Bayt Lahm meaning “House of Meat” and Hebrew: Bet Lehem meaning “House ...
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  • Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan (Pusan; 부산; 釜山), is the largest port city in the Republic of Korea. With a population of ...
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  • Dar es Salaam ( دار السلام Dār as-Salām), formerly Mzizima, is the largest city, industrial center, and major port of Tanzania. Its ...
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  • Byblos (Βύβλος)is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal (earlier Gubla). The ancient city on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea served ...
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  • Mackinac Island is an island covering 3.8 square miles (9.8 km²) in land area, belonging to the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Lake ...
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  • The term pre-Columbian is used to refer to the cultures of the Americas in the time before significant European influence. While technically ...
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  • The Paraná River (Río Paraná in Spanish, Rio Paraná in Portuguese) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay ...
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  • An argument is an attempt to demonstrate the truth of an assertion called a conclusion, based on the truth of a set of assertions called premises ...
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  • Delaware is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. While the U.S. Census Bureau designates Delaware ...
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  • Alexander Shtromas ( Aleksandras Štromas ; April 4, 1931 in Kaunas, Lithuania – June 12, 1999 in Chicago) was a prominent political scientist ...
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  • The Kingdom of Mutapa (Shona: Wene we Mutapa; Portuguese: Monomotapa) or the Mutapa Empire was a medieval kingdom (c. 1450-1629) which stretched ...
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  • The Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos) was a tower built in the third century B.C.E. (between 285 and 247 B.C.E.) on the island of Pharos in Alexandria ...
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  • Category:Media Professionals Otis, Harrison Gray :This article is about the publisher and soldier. For the United States Representative and Senator ...
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  • Phoenix is the largest and most populous city in the state of Arizona, and is the only state capital with a population of more than a million ...
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  • {{ Infobox Settlement |official_name=Baku |native_name=Bakı |image_skyline =Baku Montage.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = ...
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  • Apollonius of Tyana (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς ; ca. 1 – 97 C.E.) was a Greek neo-Pythagorean philosopher, ascetic teacher ...
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  • Denver is the capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States. Denver is a consolidated city-county located in the South ...
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  • Kyiv (/kiːv/ KEEV), or Kiev (/ˈkiːɛv/ KEE-ev) Ukrainian: Київ, romanized: Kyiv, pronounced [ˈkɪjiu̯], the capital and the largest ...
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  • Khajuraho (Hindi खजुराहो), a village in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chhatarpur District, about 385 miles (620 ...
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  • Colombo (Sinhala: [[Image:Colombo sinhala.jpg|40px]] , ˈkoləmbə ; Tamil: கொழும்பு) is the largest city and commercial capital ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education [[Image:New_York_Public_Library_030616.jpg|300px|thumb|New York Public Library, central ...
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  • Dhaka (previously Dacca; Ḍhākā; ɖʱaka ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. Located on the banks of the ...
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  • Benjamin Banneker, originally Banna Ka, or Bannakay (November 9, 1731 – October 9, 1806) was a free African American mathematician, astronomer ...
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  • Geneva's transformation into a modern city-state. The city was called "Protestant Rome," and from 1550, persecuted Protestants—mainly ...
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  • Indian Standard Time (IST) represents the time observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+5:30. India does not observe daylight saving ...
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  • Mexican War of Independence (1810-1821), was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and Spanish colonial authorities, which started on ...
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  • Pope Saint Simplicius was pope from 468 to March 10, 483. During his papacy, Simplicius witnessed the fall of the western Roman Empire to the ...
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  • The Wyndham New Yorker Hotel is a historic hotel located at 481 Eighth Avenue in New York City, United States. The 43-story Art Deco hotel, opened ...
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  • Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871 – July 23, 1955) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best-known as the longest ...
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  • The Ancient City of Vijayanagara refers to the urban core of the imperial city and the surrounding principalities of the capital of the Vijayanagar ...
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  • Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Major League Baseball right fielder and right-handed batter. He was elected ...
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  • Category:Economists Category:Media Professionals Category:Politicians and reformers George, Henry [[Image:Henry George c1885 retouched.jpg|thumb ...
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  • The Gulf of Aqaba (Arabic: خليج العقبة; transliterated: Khalyj al-'Aqabah), in Israel known as the Gulf of Eilat (Hebrew: מפרץ ...
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  • Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953), of the Taft political family of Ohio, was a Republican United States Senator and as ...
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  • Huddie William Ledbetter (January 23, 1888 - December 6, 1949), better known as Leadbelly or Lead Belly, was an American folk musician, notable ...
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  • Abydos (Arabic: أبيدوس, Greek Αβυδος), is one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, dating back to the late prehistoric era ...
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  • Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida. With a population of more than 409,719, Miami is the largest ...
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  • Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. An independent city until its consolidation into ...
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  • The Social Gospel is a Protestant Christian theological teaching that formed the basis for a prominent social movement in the late nineteenth ...
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  • George Mason IV (December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792) was a United States patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional ...
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  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 in United States created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and opened new lands for settlement, and allowed ...
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  • The Cretan War (205–200 B.C.E.) was fought by King Philip V of Macedon, the Aetolian League, several Cretan cities (of which Olous and Hierapytna ...
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  • Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) became an American legend for his success in prosecuting organized crime in New York ...
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  • Daniel Edgar Sickles (October 20, 1819 – May 3, 1914) was a colorful and controversial American politician, Union general in the American Civil ...
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  • Hebron is a city in the southern Judea region of the West Bank, 30 km south of Jerusalem. It is home to some 120,000 Palestinians and 600-800 ...
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  • The Midwestern United States (or Midwest) refers to the north-central states of the United States of America, specifically Illinois, Indiana ...
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  • Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड) is a state of India located in the far north-eastern part of the country. It borders the states of ...
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  • Zagreb is the capital city, and the cultural, scientific, and governmental center of the Republic of Croatia. It is regarded as the economic ...
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  • James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was a member of the U.S. Continental Congress, minister to France and Great Britain, governor ...
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  • The Negev Desert is located in modern day Israel, expanding nearly 4700 square miles in the small country. The broad expanse of desert is a vitally ...
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  • Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July or July 4th) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence ...
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  • Spencer Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor who appeared in 74 films from ...
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  • category:image wanted Leiber and Stoller Jerry Leiber (April 25, 1933 - August 22, 2011) and Mike Stoller (March 13, 1933 - ) were a songwriting ...
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  • Thutmose IV (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis IV and meaning Thoth is Born) was the Eight Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt ...
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  • and strategic importance. The Greek city-state of Athens in the fifth century B.C.E., which was dependent on grain imports from Scythia, therefore ...
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  • Sigiriya (Lion's rock) is a rock fortress and ruins of a palace situated in central Matale District of Sri Lanka dating to the fifth century ...
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  • Dakar, the largest city of Senegal, is located on the Cape Verde Peninsula, Africa's westernmost point. It is Senegal's political, ...
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  • Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States Army general, diplomat, and presidential candidate. Known as "Old Fuss ...
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  • Rome ( roʊm ; Roma , ˈroma ; Roma ) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy's largest and most populous city. ...
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  • The Young Turk Revolution of July 1908 reversed the suspension of the Ottoman parliament by Sultan the Abdul Hamid II, who abdicated, marking ...
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  • The Gallipoli peninsula ( Gelibolu Yarımadası , Καλλίπολις/Kallipolis ) is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey ...
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  • Ashdod ( אַשְׁדּוֹד ; إسدود , Isdud), located in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean Sea coast, is a city of over ...
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  • The BEST (Marathi: बृहन्मुंबई विद्युतपुरवठा आणि परिवहन उपक्रम / बेस्ट ...
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  • Fra Junípero Serra (November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded a mission chain in Alta California and ...
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  • In Sumerian mythology and later in the religions of Assyria and Babylonia, Anu (also An—from Sumerian An = sky, heaven) was a sky-god and the ...
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  • Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. It has ...
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  • Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an African-American novelist and short story writer, who is arguably the ...
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  • Luanda (formerly spelled Loanda) is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on the coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is the country ...
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  • The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. It connects the city of ...
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  • Bridgetown is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Established by the British in 1628, a major portion of the slave trade from Africa to ...
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  • Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mondarte Villaseñor (May 8, 1753 – July 30, 1811), also known as Cura Hidalgo ...
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  • Asunción (full name: Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción), a city of 512,112 (1,858,000 in its metropolitan area), is the capital of ...
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  • Robert Joffrey (December 24, 1930 – March 25, 1988) was an American dancer, teacher, producer, and choreographer, known for his highly imaginative ...
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  • The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance ...
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  • The Battle of Vicksburg, or Siege of Vicksburg, was the final significant battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. In a series ...
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  • Frances Coralie "Fannie" Perkins (April 10 1882 – May 14 1965) was Secretary of Labor for the twelve years of Franklin D. Roosevelt ...
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  • Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, and a major port on the Atlantic Ocean. Freetown is the hub of the nation's administrative ...
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  • Sydney is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.28 million. Sydney is the state capital ...
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  • Arkansas (are-can-saw) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with ...
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  • Category:Economists Commons, John R. John Rogers Commons (October 13, 1862 – May 11, 1945) was an American political economist, sociologist ...
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  • Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It was acquired from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Woolley, Leonard Sir Leonard Charles Woolley (April 17, 1880 – February 20, 1960 ...
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  • Padua ( Padova 'padova , Latin: Patavium, Padoa ) is the capital city and the economic and communications hub of Padova province, in the ...
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  • Sir Moses Haim Montefiore (October 24, 1784-July 28, 1885) was one of the most famous British Jews in the nineteenth century. Montefiore was ...
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  • The State of Indiana is the 19th U.S. state and is located in the midwestern region of the United States of America. With about 6.3 million ...
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  • Known as the Rio Grande in the United States and as the Río Bravo (and more formally as Río Bravo del Norte) in Mexico. The river flows generally ...
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  • Gaborone is the capital and largest city of the landlocked nation of Botswana, in Southern Africa. It serves as the administrative capital of ...
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  • Brasília is the capital of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. It is the seat of the main federal government: the president ...
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  • Kābul (Persian: کابل, IPA: [kɑː'bʊl]) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, as well as an economic and cultural center ...
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  • } |- | |- | [[Image:Battle-Pass-1792.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Battle Pass area, also known as Flatbush Pass in the area of Prospect Park and ...
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  • Category:Public Rockefeller, Nelson [[Image:Rockefellerportrait.jpg|right|frame|Official White House photograph of Vice President Rockefeller, 1975]] ...
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  • Category:Economists Hershey, Milton [[Image:Hershey Pennsylvania 1.JPG|thumb|250px|right| Hershey, Pennsylvania, named in honor of Milton Hershey ...
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  • The siege of Sparta took place in 272 B.C.E. and was a battle fought between Epirus, led by King Pyrrhus, ( r.|reigned 297–272 B.C.E.) and an ...
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  • Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (also transliterated as Boulat Okudjava/Okoudjava/Okoudzhava; Булат Шалвович Окуджава ...
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  • ( s=甘肃 |t=甘肅 |p=Gānsù |w=Kan-su, Kansu, or Kan-suh ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northwest region ...
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  • Hubei ( c=湖北 |p=Húběi |w=Hu-pei ; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a central province of the People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation ...
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  • New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States of America. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, ...
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  • Kinshasa (Léopoldville until 1966), the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is in the west of the country along ...
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  • Bernard Bosanquet (July 14, 1848 – February 8, 1923) was an English philosopher and an influential figure on matters of political and social ...
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  • Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was an American jazz guitarist, generally considered to be the finest of his era and the historical ...
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  • A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city, usually having sovereignty. Historically, city-states have often been part of larger ...
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  • Daniel Patrick “Pat” Moynihan (March 16, 1927 - March 26, 2003) was an American politician and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party ...
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  • St. Louis is an independent city, separate from St. Louis County in the United States state of Missouri. It is located at the confluence of ...
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  • The Saint Lawrence River and Seaway System is a large hydrographic system in east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent ...
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  • category:image wanted John Smyth (1570 – c. August 28, 1612) was co-founder, with Thomas Helwys of the modern Baptist denomination, Ordained ...
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  • The Battle of Buena Vista (February 23, 1847), also known as the Battle of Angostura, in February 1847 saw the U.S. Army use heavy artillery ...
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  • Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (June 20, 1909 – October 14, 1959) was an Australian film actor, writer, producer, and director. He became most ...
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  • Algiers ( الجزائر or Al Jaza'ir, Alger ) is the capital, chief seaport, and largest city of Algeria, the second largest country on ...
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  • John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant ...
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  • Khartoum (الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm), located at the confluence point of the White Nile and the Blue Nile, is the capital of Sudan and of ...
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  • <!-- article --> {{Infobox World Heritage Site | WHS = Agra Fort | Image = [[Image:AgraFort.jpg|225px|Amar Singh Gate, one ...
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  • Ayodhya (Hindi: अयोध्या, Urdu: ایودھیا, IAST Ayodhyā), an ancient city of India, holds a cherished place in the faith of ...
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  • Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964) was a United States soldier, famous as a World War I hero. He was awarded the Medal ...
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  • The Akkadian Empire usually refers to the Semitic speaking state that grew up around the city of Akkad north of Sumer, and reached its greatest ...
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  • Bamako, a city of nearly 1.7 million people, is the capital and largest city of Mali, which is among the poorest countries in the world. Estimated ...
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  • Constructivist architecture was a form of modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. It combined advanced ...
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