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- In addition to the threat of tsunamis and earthquakes, natural hazards ... for Isle of Gold), apparently because mines in the Sumatran highlands were ...19 KB (2,798 words) - 07:32, 14 June 2023
- Asia to an area around the Volga River in the seventeenth century. After ... religion is Buddhism, which they embraced in the early part of the seventeenth ...59 KB (8,959 words) - 02:32, 5 October 2022
- ; a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's ... Since its establishment in 723 B.C.E., Beijing has served as the capital ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the ... (SFRY)" (1963). It disintegrated in the Yugoslav Wars, which followed ...62 KB (9,032 words) - 21:37, 4 June 2023
- Republic, is a landlocked socialist republic in Southeast Asia. Laos traces ... than stimulated, growth and development, in 1986 the government announced ...33 KB (5,048 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- The Ottoman Empire represents one of the largest imperial projects ... the decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire in terms of wrong choices, pride ...38 KB (5,718 words) - 05:55, 18 November 2022
- [[Image:Japanese internment camp in British Columbia.jpg|thumb|250px ... created for political opponents, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
- is a landlocked and mountainous country in Central Asia. It borders Kazakhstan ... arbitrarily drawn borders intended to play ethnic groups off against each other ...39 KB (5,879 words) - 16:28, 21 March 2024
- Urban renewal (similar to Urban regeneration in British English) is ... eminent domain (known as Compulsory Purchase in the UK) as a legal instrument ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- no access at all. It includes the imbalances in physical access to technology ... close the gap. These groups offer assistance in various forms, which range ...29 KB (4,205 words) - 14:35, 29 January 2024
- Latvija or Latvijas Republika), is a country in Northern Europe. to the east. It is separated from Sweden in the west by the Baltic Sea. ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- War (1877–78), he had risen to a position in which he controlled all the ... Following months of civil unrest and outbreaks of violence in what ...50 KB (7,301 words) - 10:01, 26 January 2023
- ) refers to a town in the Indian state of West Bengal, the headquarters ... town with the plains, a World Heritage Site in 1999 and constitutes one of ...33 KB (4,712 words) - 06:27, 15 January 2023
- The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed ... Italy, facing opposition to its war in Abyssinia from the League of ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- Polish: Białoruś) is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe that borders ... lands within its modern borders took place in 1939, when the ethnically Belarusian ...48 KB (6,863 words) - 08:51, 27 September 2023
- the United Kingdom, and the United States in 1947 to promote economic and ... Located in Melanesia in the southwest Pacific Ocean, approximately ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- Uzbekistan, is a doubly-landlocked country in Central Asia, formerly of the ... Located in the heart of Central Asia between the Amu Darya (Oxus) ...41 KB (5,990 words) - 14:07, 3 May 2023
- exacerbated by the disastrous Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese war (1904–1905 ... By the end of 1905, the revolution resulted in a number of reforms ...57 KB (8,235 words) - 06:28, 13 June 2023
- from 1945 until gaining independence in 1991. of its exports. It thus gained independence in 1991 with an already relatively ...45 KB (6,521 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- jpg|thumb|right|400px|Refugees arrive in Travnik, central [[Bosnia and ... Refugee was defined as a legal group in response to the large numbers ...35 KB (5,240 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- at a racially segregated street car terminal in the United States in 1939.]] belief that people of different races differ in aptitudes and abilities, such ...36 KB (5,283 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- Rouge," meaning "Red Khmer" in French, was coined by Cambodian ... Adolf Hitler as one of the most evil men in human history. Genocide usually ...47 KB (7,141 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- countries by various empires and ethnic groups. By the mid-thirteenth ... In ancient Thailand, as in most parts of Southeast Asia, artists typically ...45 KB (6,630 words) - 15:04, 30 April 2023
- Kazakhstan has borders with Russia, the People's Republic of ... Khan Tengri Mountain, on the Kyrgyz border in the Tian Shan range, is 23 ...51 KB (7,364 words) - 17:17, 5 October 2022
- to another, often over long distances or in large groups. Humans are known ... reason, have affected the grand epochs in history, changing forever the ...28 KB (4,050 words) - 16:22, 23 December 2022
- stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and the Balkan ... The name for Turkey in the Turkish language, Türkiye, can be divided ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- form name, Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe and a member ... until the breakup of the Soviet empire in 1989. The new country was divided ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located ... Colombia is the 26th largest nation in the world and the fourth-largest ...40 KB (5,666 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in December 1927, Josef Stalin ... toward accelerated industrialization. In April 1929 Gosplan released ...33 KB (4,974 words) - 12:47, 1 February 2024
- The Comoros (officially the Union of the Comoros) is an island nation ... had a troubled history since independence in 1975, with an inordinate number ...32 KB (4,718 words) - 17:40, 9 March 2024
- Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It ... The city is abundantly rich in water, with over twenty lakes and wetlands ...39 KB (5,459 words) - 11:07, 10 March 2023
- , is a small, largely mountainous country in the Middle East, located at ... The name Lebanon ("Lubnān" in standard Arabic; "Lebnan ...55 KB (7,922 words) - 06:11, 6 March 2023
- for enabling everyone to be involved in the decision making process ... records, as well as being referred to in ancient texts, and modern democracies ...75 KB (11,285 words) - 09:26, 28 January 2024
- or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in ... please, versus the state's interest in maintaining order by imposing ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- various Western colonies and protectorates in Asia and [Africa]] following ... nation cherished as a sign of membership in the community of nations. The ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- the province of Sindh, and the largest city in Pakistan. Located on the coast ... of Pakistan. Residents and those born in the city are called "Karachiites ...42 KB (6,146 words) - 08:28, 28 February 2023
- is an international organization established in 1945 for the purpose of securing ... struggled to address issues of civil and ethnic strife within countries. ...64 KB (9,547 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- of law enforcement agencies worldwide. In the wake of this reality, the ... with 300lbs of smuggled morphine shipped in cylinders of soda sulphate ...41 KB (6,357 words) - 21:12, 30 January 2024
- ng Pilipinas), is an island nation located in the Malay Archipelago in Southeast ... is one of only two Roman Catholic countries in Asia, the other being East ...42 KB (6,083 words) - 15:26, 27 March 2024
- Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in eastern India on the east bank ... education, science, culture and politics in India, Kolkata witnessed economic ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- or simply Shqipëria) is a Balkan country in south-eastern Europe. Its motto ... than 40 years of communist totalitarian rule in the late twentieth century ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- of Paraguay, is a landlocked country located in the center of South America ... A small, landlocked country located in the heart of South America ...27 KB (3,892 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- dictatorship is called a dictator. Politics in a dictatorship are controlled ... The term dictatorship originates from its use in the Roman Republic ...76 KB (10,337 words) - 22:00, 28 January 2023
- of the Middle East and is a vital factor in Arab politics and in Arab-Israeli ... the Baath Party, and Syria's president in 2007 was Bashar al-Assad, son ...53 KB (7,689 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army in 1940. During the Japanese occupation ... Suharto lived his post-presidential years in near seclusion, and died ...58 KB (8,552 words) - 13:46, 28 April 2023
- Eritrea, officially State of Eritrea, is a country situated in northern ... over one million years ago, were discovered in Eritrea in 1995. In 1999 scientists ...41 KB (6,034 words) - 19:30, 13 February 2024
- the Soviet Union between 1928 and his death in 1953. Stalin held the title ... at the conclusion of World War II resulted in the creation of the North Atlantic ...78 KB (11,852 words) - 06:34, 6 May 2024
- Ontario is a province located in the east-central part of Canada, ... The capital of Ontario is Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Ottawa ...35 KB (5,025 words) - 00:41, 18 November 2022
- With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the Russian ... most part the Russian army and fleet were in near disarray by 1992. Prior ...65 KB (9,740 words) - 15:57, 25 January 2023
- beliefs and practices are typically defined in light of a shared canonical ... In this context, religious thought and practice are aimed at delineating ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
