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- Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population ... arrived in the area. The first establishment of Salzburg was the Benedictine ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on ... refers to the province's location east of the Taihang Mountains. Its ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- scientist, astronomer, and mathematician of the Ming Dynasty. Born in Shanghai ... texts, including the first six chapters of Euclid’s Elements, into Chinese ...16 KB (2,411 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- is the rustic 125-acre mountain retreat of the President of the United ... name from Dwight Eisenhower, in honor of his grandson, Dwight David ...11 KB (1,604 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- The Great Wall of China ( t=萬里長城|s=万里长城|p=Wànlǐ Chángchéng ... ) is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built ...14 KB (2,322 words) - 07:41, 4 January 2024
- explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions ... economic growth and emergence as centers of technological innovation, and ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- Maine and Vermont were considered part of other colonies at the time ... freedom. Massachusetts was also one of the key colonies in the events ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån), officially the U.S. Territory of Guam, ... is 1,500 miles (2414 km) southeast of Tokyo and 6,000 miles (9656 ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- The Japanese city of Hiroshima|広島市|Hiroshima-shi is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
- A high school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly ... In addition to completing this level of academic studies, high schools ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
- Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surfaces ... theories hold that they may have been a way of transmitting information, while ...25 KB (3,776 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- Atoll) is a coral atoll having a coastline of 12 miles (19.3 kilometers ... It is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States ...28 KB (4,195 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- [[Image:Los Angeles skyline.JPG|thumb|right|200 px|The city of Los ... Urbanization is the increase over time in the population of cities ...23 KB (3,351 words) - 13:43, 3 May 2023
- Solomon Islands is a nation in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea ... over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s. Some of the bitterest fighting of World ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 14:00, 3 May 2024
- A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, that ... The history of the flag dates back to at least Roman times. The study ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- Hawaii and Australia. With the exception of tiny Vatican City, Tuvalu has ... == Geography == Tuvalu consists of four reef islands and five true ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population ... and social development. In spite of the much greater technological ...36 KB (5,441 words) - 00:40, 25 March 2024
- Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県, Okinawa-ken;Okinawan: Uchinā) is one ... The three tribal federations of the Ryukyu Islands were united in ...37 KB (5,344 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history ... and nation in East Asia. It is one of the world's oldest civilizations ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- Kamchatka Peninsula, separating the Sea of Okhotsk on the west from the ... after which they began settlement. A group of the southern islands were seized ...30 KB (4,467 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... South America has a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890 ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- Santiago, officially Santiago de Chile, is the federal capital of ... Approximately two decades of uninterrupted economic growth have transformed ...25 KB (3,606 words) - 18:44, 25 January 2024
- is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka ... no daidokoro) or the gourmet food capital of Japan. The city has a long ...25 KB (3,427 words) - 19:39, 20 July 2023
- or even by accident or chance. Examples of artifacts from various time ... rarity, and history unlock the secrets of their ancient owners. ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 17:39, 16 August 2023
- #039;ing) is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic ... Located on the edge of the Yungui Plateau, Chongqing is intersected ...30 KB (3,987 words) - 17:18, 10 December 2023
- located in East Asia with a population of nearly three million. Mongolia ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- Eastern) dragon. Unlike the Western dragon of Europe that is representative ... dragon is benevolent and powerful, bringer of good fortune. Its image was ...21 KB (3,271 words) - 17:03, 10 December 2023
- New Caledonia, or Nouvelle-Calédonie, is an overseas territory of ... New Caledonia's capital, Nouméa, is the seat of the Secretariat ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- Malaysia is a federation of 13 states in Southeast Asia. ... The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island nation ... The site of ancient port cities and a possession of several empires ...31 KB (4,281 words) - 22:29, 15 May 2024
- Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United ... to the early culture at Poverty Point, one of the largest and most important ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
- the United States. In 2007, the population of the city proper was estimated ... and the social and geographical center of the original 13 American colonies. ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an emirate in the Middle ... long, and is slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut in the United States. ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 21:09, 14 April 2023
- Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside ... Chinese dominate almost all the economies of Southeast Asia, and have sometimes ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei ... world not holding elections. A long period of political stability has been ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America ... 1990, the country has been relatively free of the coups common to many of ...39 KB (5,549 words) - 16:43, 10 December 2023
- The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation strategically located between ... and nineteenth centuries as well as a base of British economic exploitation ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of the South American nation of ... financial, and political center of Colombia. As with many large ...33 KB (4,818 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- ) for short, is the capital and the largest city of Thailand. Bangkok ... Bangkok has one of the fastest rates in the world for construction ...46 KB (6,646 words) - 03:29, 17 September 2023
- Phoenix is the largest and most populous city in the state of Arizona ... Phoenix, incorporated in 1881, is located on the banks of what is ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- and Batavia is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwest ... Jakarta faces many of the challenges of large cities in developing ...29 KB (4,012 words) - 08:43, 18 March 2024
- preceded the Ming dynasty in the historiography of China. khakhan title and saw themselves as emperor of China, as the Yuan dynasty ...21 KB (3,202 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in ... American involvement in the war between the communist North Vietnamese ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI ... from the Indian but he also had a sense of obligation towards the people ...36 KB (5,555 words) - 14:49, 21 May 2024
- Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of ... Operation Downfall consisted of two parts--Operation Olympic and Operation ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation ... Some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific campaign of the Second ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 23:16, 3 March 2023
- Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States ... largest state. Slightly more than 86 percent of its land is owned by the United ...34 KB (5,052 words) - 04:36, 11 March 2023
- The Republic of Cameroon is a "hinge" state bridging central ... and linguistic groups, with the cultures of both the central and western ...36 KB (5,278 words) - 18:55, 25 November 2023
- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... Archaeologists place the first arrival of humans on the island to ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
