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  • Yukon, also known as the "Yukon Territory," is one of Canada's three most northern arctic territories (the other two being the ...
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  • The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio, and also ...
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  • |Mayotte (overseas territory of France)||Mamoudzou |- |Morocco||Rabat ... |Saint Helena (overseas territory of the United Kingdom; including ...
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  • that took place in Kansas–Nebraska Territory and the western frontier ... The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territory and provided ...
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  • slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36° ... slaveholders had moved to Missouri territory and wanted it admitted ...
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  • Abuja is both a Federal Capital Territory within the nation of Nigeria and a city within that territory which serves as the nation's capital ...
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  • he was appointed Governor of the Michigan Territory by President James Madison ... In 1820, he led an expedition to the northern part of the territory ...
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  • ===Territory of Three Confederacies=== The Three Confederacies covered territory in the Korean Peninsula ...
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  • the policy of letting the residents of a territory decide whether or not they ... Act in 1854. At first he proposed one new territory of Nebraska, then two of ...
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  • victory against Sweden that increased its territory. What became known as the ... desire to unify and to expand German territory began with Prussia's ...
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  • Greatest King, Broad Expander of Territory, bringer of Peace and Security ... name. His legacy of greatly expanding the territory of Korea during his reign ...
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  • sentiment and the acquisition of western territory that it became necessary ... and like the Ordinance for the Northwest Territory and Article Four of the ...
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  • Rio Grande in what is now New Mexico, the territory of New Mexico (including ... law but would have banned slavery in territory acquired from Mexico, was ...
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  • in the northern part of the Goguryeo territory when Goguryeo fell to Silla ... to incorporate the recently added territory and people of Baekje and ...
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  • and ruling house with roots and territory in present-day Slovenia ... Slovenian's desire to reunify their territory, and to gain their freedom ...
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  • day Nanjing in Jiangsu Province. The territory comprised parts of modern ... the Southern Tang absorbed the rebellious territory into its own. Then, by ...
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  • of this empire, and its only substantial territory ever, is that of Greenland ... banned in British East India Company territory. They established Serampore ...
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  • as the first governor of the Indiana Territory and later as a U.S. representative ... U.S. Army. He was sent to the Northwest Territory, where he spent much of ...
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  • or citizenship within the Northwest Territory to Black people who are ... stay at Fort Snelling in the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery was also ...
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  • fighting other members of the species for territory or mating, feeding, courtship ... fighting members of their own species for territory, dominance, or mating priority ...
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  • continued to exist with a tiny piece of territory until 376 B.C.E. when the ... continued to exist with a small piece of territory until 379 B.C.E., when ...
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  • Yukon, also known as the "Yukon Territory," is one of Canada's three most northern arctic territories (the other two being the ...
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  • There are seven countries that have significant territory within the ... Circle, with less than one km² of its territory lying north of it. The ...
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  • U.N. list is highly controversial, as the territory is currently administered ... and in that manner gained a large territory for Carthage. The animosity ...
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  • the introduction of slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico. The ... down, the political focus shifted to what territory, if any, would be acquired ...
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  • (200 kilometers) apart. The small, remote territory of Wallis and Futuna is ... The highest point in the territory is Mont Singavi (on the island ...
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  • The Midianites were a biblical people who occupied territory east of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, and southward through the desert wilderness ...
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  • was forced to concede much in the way of territory, including Korea and Taiwan ... a regional power—ceded control of the territory and withdrew its claim ...
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  • had been referred to as Israeli occupied territory, that is, the West Bank ... out in May 2005 in the Moroccan occupied territory of Western Sahara that ...
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  • Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City (Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory ...
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  • When Nunavut became a separate Canadian territory in 1999, the people ... is shown on the flag of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, as well as ...
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  • under British control. He extended his territory from the cities of Lahore ... ruled by the Sikhs, who had divided the territory among factions known as ...
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  • The desire for revenge over the loss of territory in the Treaty of Versailles ... Nazis hoped to turn large areas of Soviet territory into German settlement ...
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  • inhabitants. However, disputes over territory led to frequent warfare ... ==Territory== [[Image:Levant 830.svg|thumb|300px|right|Map of the southern ...
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  • near Sverdlovsk, deep inside Soviet territory. Powers was captured after ... 1955. The missions over the Soviet territory (which were a violation ...
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  • Its territory included the plain between the Danube and the Balkan ... Under the Treaty, Montenegro more than doubled its territory with ...
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  • Italy actually acquired a larger African territory than Germany did ... as an extension of the homeland, and territory in Africa was simply an ...
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  • to the north and Judea to the south. The territory of Samaria was the central ... in 27 B.C.E. In the New Testament, the territory of Samaria was where Jesus ...
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  • The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the West Indies. The Caicos Islands ...
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  • period. The remainder of Goguryeo's territory, the northernmost part ... [[Image:Sinmunmap6.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Map of Unified Silla territory ...
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  • Ottoman Emperor Murad I had been expanding his territory into the ... Serbia of pre-1389. They thought that territory occupied by those parts ...
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  • Gepidia or Kingdom of the Gepids, whose territory is composed of parts of ... demanded of the Goths a portion of their territory, a demand which the Goths ...
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  • not be effective when the people of a territory declined to pass laws supporting ... allow for the settlement of the Nebraska territory. Douglas had invested in ...
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  • also the location of the capital of the territory (Papeete). Tahiti played ... Although not an integral part of its territory, Clipperton Island is administered ...
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  • also grow. Norfolk Island is a small territory with a small population ... Norfolk Island is the main island of the island group the territory ...
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  • of 828,000 square miles of western territory from France. The Louisiana ... and beavers. They were also entering Sioux territory. The first tribe ...
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  • His conquests spanned not only the territory covered by modern Indonesia ... Soon, he conquered the surrounding territory of Bedahulu (Bali) and ...
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  • handed him over to Antipas, in whose territory Jesus had been active. ... to an ongoing dispute with Aretas over territory on the border of Perea ...
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  • the Sauk and Fox nations and then Indiana Territory Governor William Henry ... the Mississippi River near the Illinois Territory. After the War of 1812 ...
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  • ) is the largest and newest territory of Canada; it was separated ... Canada's northernmost territory, Nunavut (“Noo-na-voot” in ...
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  • 039;s achievements helped to open up more territory to British commerce and ... and in December, Laing was in the Tuat territory. The plan was to reach ...
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