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- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Category:Lifestyle [[Image:Skyscrapers of Shinjuku 2009 January.jpg|thumb|right|250 px ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- Kuwait City (Arabic: مدينة الكويت, transliteration: Madīnat al-Kūwait), is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. The city is located ...18 KB (2,563 words) - 21:19, 29 December 2023
- The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty (1420 - 1912) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). It is ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- Guatemala City (in full, La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción; known locally as Guatemala or Guate) is the capital, largest city, and the economic ...18 KB (2,600 words) - 03:27, 5 March 2023
- Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City (Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory ...21 KB (3,351 words) - 22:10, 21 December 2023
- Quebec City or Québec (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and one of the oldest cities in North America ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- Mexico, which is shared with a smaller city-state called Tlatelolco. ... that time, the city had again become a city-state, having power that extended ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
- Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses 318 square miles (824 sq km) in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte ...46 KB (6,922 words) - 17:38, 14 May 2024
- New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated major city ...37 KB (5,511 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- Vaishali, or Vesali (Pali), had been the capital of the Licchavis and the Vajjian Confederacy. In Buddha's time, Vesali had been a heavily ...15 KB (2,417 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- The City of Rocks is a U.S. National Reserve and state park at the southern end of Idaho's Albion Mountains. It is located in the south ...16 KB (2,492 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- The Ancient City of Vijayanagara refers to the urban core of the imperial city and the surrounding principalities of the capital of the Vijayanagar ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 19:11, 26 July 2023
- New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1933 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein with musical director Leon Barzin ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, southeastern New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk, casino gambling, sandy beaches ...28 KB (3,984 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- The Oklahoma City National Memorial is the largest memorial of its kind in the United States. It honors the victims, survivors, rescuers, and ...19 KB (2,893 words) - 10:30, 11 March 2023
- The Walled City of Lahore, also known as the "Old City," or "Anderoon Shehr (اندرون شهر)," constitutes the section ...16 KB (2,492 words) - 22:07, 3 May 2023
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- of the Vatican City, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. At approximately 108 ...677 bytes (100 words) - 22:10, 21 December 2023
- {{Navbox |name = Visitor attractions in New York City |title = Popular visitor attractions in New York City |titlestyle = background:lightsteelblue ...720 bytes (90 words) - 22:49, 9 May 2023
- ==Etymology== Circa 1300; from Middle English maire, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”) (thirteenth century), from ...818 bytes (100 words) - 15:05, 27 July 2023
- {{Main page article box| type=Popular| title=Forbidden City| image_name=Forbidden City Beijing Shenwumen Gate.JPG| image_desc=Forbidden City Gate ...701 bytes (107 words) - 21:20, 12 July 2023
- {{Main page article box| type=Featured| title=Karnataka| image_name=Karnataka emblem.png| image_desc=Emblem of Karnataka| text=Karnataka, a state ...844 bytes (120 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- {{Main page article box| type=Featured| title=Madrid| image_name=Madrid - Sky Bar 360º (Hotel Riu Plaza España), vistas 19.jpg| image_desc=Madrid ...871 bytes (134 words) - 17:56, 8 February 2024
- {{Main page article box| type=Popular| title=Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom| image_name=5th century tombs of rulers of ...624 bytes (94 words) - 20:15, 15 August 2021
- and the Epiriotes. After the failure to take the city-state, Pyrrhus engaged in an attack on the Spartan hinterland, but lost his life in the battle ...843 bytes (143 words) - 17:44, 26 February 2024
- ## Any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government. ## A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, ...3 KB (370 words) - 16:04, 1 September 2023
- ==Etymology== From Middle English capital ("of or pertaining to the head,") borrowed from Latin capitālis (“of the head”), hence ...2 KB (314 words) - 19:57, 25 June 2023
- {{Main page article box| type=Popular| title=Sundance Film Festival| image_name=Sundance Film Festival.jpg| image_desc=Aeolian Harp at the Hohenbaden ...860 bytes (130 words) - 16:16, 15 November 2022
- {{Main page article box| type=Popular| title=Metropolitan Museum of Art| image_name=Metropolitan museum of art 2.jpg| image_desc=The facade of ...859 bytes (138 words) - 16:50, 24 October 2023
- ==Etymology== From Middle English contre, contree, contreie, from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin (terra) contrāta ((land) lying opposite; ...2 KB (231 words) - 20:29, 28 June 2023
- {{Unification Aspects|Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain, as well as being the political, economic, and cultural center of ...2 KB (280 words) - 17:51, 8 February 2024
- {{Main page article box| type=Popular| title=Singapore| image_name=MerlionSentosa.jpg| image_desc=Singapore's national icon, the Merlion| ...697 bytes (105 words) - 00:11, 29 December 2023
- {{Main page article box| type=Popular| title=Paris, France| image_name=Arc De Triumph Flag.jpg| image_desc=The Arc de Triomphe in Paris| ...715 bytes (105 words) - 16:02, 27 July 2021
- {{Main page article box| type=Featured| title=Fall of Granada| image_name=Katedra w Grenadzie.jpgFile-La Rendición de Granada - Pradilla.jpg| ...783 bytes (125 words) - 21:44, 24 November 2022
- {{Main page article box| type=Popular| title=Mormon handcart pioneers| image_name=Mormon Pioneer handcart statue.jpg| image_desc=The Handcart ...959 bytes (135 words) - 16:27, 28 September 2022
- {{Main page article box| type=Featured| title=Babylonian Empire| image_name=Hanging Gardens of Babylon.jpg| image_desc=Engraving that depicts ...938 bytes (147 words) - 21:52, 31 January 2023
- [[Category:Country and territory-related topics templates|European Union]] 172573823 ...5 KB (547 words) - 16:17, 25 January 2023
- ==Noun== square mile (plural square miles) # A unit of area equal to that in a square with one mile sides, equivalent to 2.59 square kilometers. ...245 bytes (34 words) - 03:12, 31 January 2024
- } | list1name= History | list1title = * History ** Timeline | list1 = * City of David * Second Temple Period * Aelia Capitolina * Middle Ages ...4 KB (450 words) - 00:14, 2 February 2024
- New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1933 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein with musical director Leon Barzin ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
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- the Mexica were tributaries of the Tepanec city-state of Azcapotzalco. ==Achievements== Huitzilíhuitl, a skilled politician, continued the policies ...6 KB (967 words) - 16:11, 9 February 2024
- Huế (化 in chữ Nôm), the capital city of Thừa Thiên-Huế province, Vietnam, had been the imperial capital of the Nguyễn Dynasty between ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 21:27, 9 February 2024
- ==Etymology== From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. ==Noun== region (plural regions) ...2 KB (224 words) - 20:33, 31 October 2023
- Gandhinagar (Gujarati: ગાંધીનગર, Hindi: गाँधीनगर) - the capital of the state of Gujarat in western India. One ...12 KB (1,834 words) - 04:23, 18 April 2024
- The Lincoln Tunnel is a 1.5-mile long tunnel under the Hudson River, connecting Weehawken, New Jersey and the borough of Manhattan at West Thirty ...7 KB (1,127 words) - 04:15, 29 October 2022
- Thomas Joseph Pendergast (July 22, 1873 – January 26, 1945) was an American politician who controlled Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri ...8 KB (1,233 words) - 22:46, 30 April 2023
- ==Etymology== From Middle English revolucion, borrowed from Old French revolucion, from Late Latin revolūtiōnem, accusative singular of revolūtiō ...2 KB (258 words) - 21:50, 30 November 2023
- The city of Thiruvananthapuram has been the center of cultural activities of Kerala (India) from the time it served as capital of Travancore ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
- Shinshi, a semi-legendary ancient city that, according to the history books such as Samguk Yusa, Gyuwon Sahwa, Shindan Minsa, and Hwandan-gogi ...10 KB (1,470 words) - 22:56, 23 April 2023
- William M. "Boss" Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April12, 1878) was an American politician and head of Tammany Hall, the name given to the ...9 KB (1,503 words) - 11:11, 10 May 2023
- {{Main page article box| type=Popular| title=World Heritage Site| image_name=World Heritage logo.png| image_desc=The official World Heritage Emblem| ...674 bytes (97 words) - 00:16, 29 December 2023
- ** Mapping from [http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat= {{ {1}}}&lon= {{ {2}}}&scale=10000&icon=x Multimap] or [http://www.globalguide ...721 bytes (81 words) - 14:10, 6 November 2021
- {{Main page article box| type=Featured| title=Mutapa Empire| image_name=Old Portuguese map of SA 529.JPG| image_desc=Portuguese map of the Kingdom ...691 bytes (99 words) - 23:41, 21 October 2023
- Tammany Hall was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics from the 1790s to the ...12 KB (1,699 words) - 03:59, 27 February 2023
- The Siege of Jerusalem (636-637) was part of the effort of Muslim leadership to gain control of the Levant. After the prophet Muhammad died in ...645 bytes (106 words) - 18:08, 25 February 2024
- Gordon L. Anderson is President of [http://www.paragonhouse.com Paragon House Publishers]. After serving in the military and working as a mechanical ...2 KB (264 words) - 16:59, 7 April 2022
- {{Main page article box| type=Popular| title=The Mountain| image_name=La Montagne emblem, 1793 version.png| image_desc=The Mountain| ...750 bytes (109 words) - 23:01, 28 October 2022
- The Grote Markt (Dutch) or Grand Place (French) is the central market square of Brussels. It is surrounded by guild houses, the city's Town ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 12:17, 24 January 2023
- Jodhpur (जोधपुर), is the second largest city in the state of Rajasthan in north India. It was formerly the seat of a princely state ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 06:32, 5 April 2024
- The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 18:29, 13 February 2024
- {{Main page article box| type=Featured| title=Le Corbusier| image_name=Le Corbusier (1964).jpg| image_desc=Le Corbusier in 1964| text=Charles ...738 bytes (100 words) - 20:29, 30 June 2023
- {{Main page article box| type=Featured| title=Siege| image_name=Ireland-Cahir Castle.jpg| image_desc=Cahir Castle in Ireland was besieged several ...758 bytes (107 words) - 21:58, 23 November 2023
- (Ewuare the Great) came to power and turned the city-state into an empire. Around 1470, he named the new state Edo. ==Golden Age== ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- {{Main page article box| type=Featured| title=Hollywood Walk of Fame| image_name=Walk of fame.JPG| image_desc=Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame| ...773 bytes (112 words) - 19:43, 23 July 2022
- The Chrysler Building is an iconic Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan at the intersection of 42nd Street ...11 KB (1,614 words) - 21:55, 10 December 2023
- Ashgabat (Aşgabat) is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia, and is situated between the Kara Kum desert and ...13 KB (1,843 words) - 04:04, 18 August 2023
