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identified the Acasta Gneiss (in Northwest Territories, Canada) as the oldest ... (km) north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It lies ...

The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government ... that would become the basis for the Northwest Ordinance three years later. ...

referred to as Yukon Highway 5 and Northwest Territories Highway 8, is a highway ... Mackenzie River runs through the Northwest Territories and empties into ...

power to prohibit slavery in the federal territories and that slaves were not ... other outposts in what was then the Northwest Territories and the Louisiana ...

Great Slave Lake (French: Grand lac des Esclaves) is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (behind Great Bear Lake) ...

(the other two being the Northwest Territories and Nunavut). It has the smallest population of any province or territory in Canada, about 35 ...

is at Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada, where it is found in large quantities associated with silver. Some of the highest ...

was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 ... of the Nunavut Territory from the Northwest Territories in 1999 is one part ...

The status of slavery in these territories would be determined by ... the Wilmot Proviso to the western territories and because of the Democratic ...

Quebec), two Canadian territories (Northwest Territories and Nunavut), and ... in 1870 to Canada as part of the Northwest Territories when the trade monopoly ...

order to open up the lucrative trading territories of the Pacific Northwest. ... extending North West Company fur trading territories. Over the next few seasons ...

12, 1793, and like the Ordinance for the Northwest Territory and Article Four ... courts and the inferior courts of territories in enforcing the law; ...

dollars). This land became the Northwest Territories. In 1870, Parliament ... act as a police force for the vast Northwest Territories. ...

found in Alaska, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories of Canada. , found in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada and in ...

bring out the issue of slavery and the territories. In the South in particular ... the House in language modeled after the Northwest Ordinance of 1787: ...

Coast, the temperate rainforests of the Northwest, the Rocky Mountains, the ... and Wyoming can be considered the Northwest; more narrowly, part or ...

expanded the Greco-Bactrian dynasty into northwest and northern India. Their ... his daughter in marriage and ceded the territories of Arachosia. In return ...

rest of Nunavut, separated from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 ... was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 ...

by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba ... In the 1870s, the government of Canada formed the Northwest Territories ...

exhibits of Indian arts from the Northwest Coast. In 1923, he was ... join the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories. During his years in the ...

Traditional definitions of the Midwest include the Northwest Ordinance ... *Illinois: Old Northwest, Ohio River, and Great Lakes state. ...

of the British Isles. It lies to the northwest of Continental Europe, ... of offshore islands and several overseas territories in addition to Great Britain. ...

authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories. The decision for the ... the Wisconsin Enabling Act, and the Northwest Ordinance. ...

lands later became part of Canada as the Northwest Territories, making up the vast majority of Canada's land area. [[Image:Mississippi River ...

trail proceeded 2,170 miles west through territories and land later to become ... of his staff were former employees of the Northwest Company, known as Nor& ...

in the Indian Ocean, 1645 miles (2650 km) northwest of Perth in Western Australia ... a dry season. The wet season, when the northwest monsoons blow, is generally ...

Vizcaíno's expedition mapped the northwest coast of Baja California ... missions were established in their territories, particularly by the Spanish ...

the exception of a few streams in the northwest and extreme south. Encyclopædia ... further divided into northern and southern territories. ...

The conquered tribes began to move northwest into Botswana, destroying ... of the Cape Colony and is now part of the northwest province of South Africa. ...

Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast between 1791 and 1794. ... to develop a culture rich in arts. The Northwest Coast First Nations tribes ...

Alaska, east through the Yukon and Northwest Territories, south through British ... in Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and Yukon Territory ...

the acquisition of vast western territories from France known as the ... power as new states fashioned from the territories brought resources and ...

===Traversing "the Northwest Passage"=== In 1903, Amundsen ... Arctic Ocean, off the coast of the Northwest Territories in Canada (separating ...

quot;); in various parts of the Northwest Territories, mainly on the coast ... Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Northwest Territories), Greenland's ...

of Australia's external dependent territories. The Norfolk Island pine ... meters) above sea level, located in the northwest quadrant of the island ...

They are a people of North America's northwest coast, inhabiting the southern ... |left|250px|Tsimshian people of the Pacific Northwest lived on salmon ...

in 1869 and incorporated into the Northwest Territories, a lack of attention ... absorbing land from the Northwest Territories until it attained ...

#039;s only remnant of its vast former territories of New France. ... It is a land of rugged hills in its northwest and a rocky lowland in ...

when he succeeded to the ruler-ship of territories centered around the city ... of present-day Iran, Afghanistan, and northwest India and Pakistan, and ...

states or potential United States territories. While Americans generally ... it is notable that the colonies and territories of British North America ...

extending North West Company fur trading territories. ====Treaty of ... Americans were to relinquish their territories to the United States government ...

North-Western Territory to form the Northwest Territories, where Métis' ... after the Klondike Gold Rush in the Northwest Territories, the Canadian government ...

troops of archers... The Hapiru sack the territories of the king. If there ... in gaining control of surrounding territories. Finkelstein also suggests ...

in 935. In 993, the Khitan invaded Goryeo's northwest border with 800,000 troops. They withdrew, ceding territory to the east of the Yalu River ...

and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and ... (west), Saskatchewan (east), Northwest Territories (north), and the ...

systems that drain in roughly northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest ... 45 million acres off a peninsula in northwest New Guinea. The immense ...

in the Acasta Gneiss in the Northwest Territories on the Canadian Shield, and on other cratonic regions such as those on the Fennoscandian Shield ...

in the Xinjiang and Tsinghai regions of northwest China, and another 205 ... the remote region of the Altai Mountains, northwest of the Hami oasis. Gradually ...

to the southeast, Mogoditshane to the northwest, Mochudi to the east, and ... African governments sought to have the territories transferred, Britain kept ...

Artisan Alvin Kanak of Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories (now in the territory of Nunavut), created an inuksuk as a gift to the city for Expo ...

Island. The Jason Islands lie to the northwest of the main archipelago ... regarding the de-colonization of all territories still under foreign occupation ...

of the world with a history as British territories or colonies. It is notable ... The Northwest Ordinance, which was approved by the Congress of the ...

inscription records many places and territories (Nebo, Gad, etc.) that ... html The Mesha Stele Translation from Northwest Semitic Inscriptions] ...

and that part of Canada from the Yukon and Northwest Territories east to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (FWS 2002). Its distribution in the contiguous ...

and 4,900 miles (1,500 kilometers) northwest of New Zealand, New Caledonia ... 372 square kilometers), and is elongated northwest-southeast, about 220 miles ...

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region ... river is the lifeblood of the Pacific Northwest; arguably the most significant ...

Dara, chasing him across what is now northwest India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan ... son Bahadur Shah as governor of the northwest territories, including Sikh-controlled ...

dynasty to have lost a portion of its sovereign territories. ... (圓明園), five miles (8 km) miles northwest of the walls of Beijing ...

In 1953, he traveled to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, to work as a geologist for a gold mining company. When he returned, he and ...

560 miles (900 km) to the west-northwest. The total area of the ... Government's Indian Ocean Territories (IOT). The Cocos (Keeling ...

Little Cayman. Located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica, the Cayman ... Central America. They are located 268 km northwest of Jamaica and 240 km south ...

North America. The Haida Nation claimed territories comprise an archipelago ... and the Alexander Archipelago off the northwest coast of North America ...

Kibushi is spoken in the south and northwest of Mayotte, while Shimaore ... Mayotte is one of the French overseas territories where the knowledge of ...

the pups leave their families to establish new territories. ... coyotes have had to shift their territories, moving from open meadows ...

the three islands equal status as three territories, with a grouping under ... Chair, Lighter Rock (West), Long Ledge (Northwest), Shore Island, George ...

Normandy is a region in northwest France, which in the 155 years prior ... enabled Norman assimilation of conquered territories through central control ...

forces, Hungarian invasions from the northwest and the Black Death. In ... consolidating his position by regaining territories recently lost to the Byzantine ...

During Geunchogo's reign, the territories of Baekje included most ... quot;) also summarizes Baekje's territories, obviously including a ...

of Canada, Ellesmere is located off the northwest coast of Greenland. Its ... cover in Northern Ellesmere Island. The northwest coast of Ellesmere was ...

America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. The continent was named ... the island states and overseas territories of the Caribbean are generally ...

Hunan to the west, and Hubei to the northwest. The name of the province ... the Qin routes to the newly incorporated territories further south in Nanhai ...

, the Tunica, and the Koroa. Central and northwest Louisiana was home to a ... (along the Red River in present-day northwest Louisiana) was established ...

and Alaska and Arctic coasts of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec ... majority living in Nunavut), the Northwest Territories, North Quebec, and ...

together with portions of the Western Ghats to the northwest and southwest, had been included in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in 1986, India's first ...

have shown that coalitions keep their territories just as long as lone males—between ... will try their most to maintain territories in order to find females ...

*La Condamine, the northwest section including the port area ... had not appeared on the list of these territories until 2004, when OECD ...

* The Nahanni region in the Northwest Territories, Canada. * Monkman Provincial Park in the Northern Rockies, Canada. * Portions of the Niagara ...

and culture as their homelands in the Northwest fell progressively under ... were also moving into the Saskatchewan territories, and they too had complaints ...

and Eastern India as well as parts of the northwest (now Pakistan) from around ... the ruler of the Magadha and neighboring territories. The kingdom of Pushyamitra ...

eighteenth century, sought to secure territories which she had lost at ... to create a Ukrainian state on territories to which both Poles and ...

passage, the Northern Sea Route or the Northwest Passage, to "Cathay ... ** Tuktoyaktuk and Inuvik in the Northwest Territories * Greenland: ...

Al-Jaghbub, a small oasis some 30 miles northwest of Siwa. He died in 1860 ... By this time a new danger to Senussi territories had arisen from the ...

applied to Egyptians or to inhabitants of northwest Africa, such as Carthaginians ... by the Bani Hassan tribe, which invaded northwest Africa during the sixteenth ...

Rajaraja also expanded his conquests in the north and northwest. The ... chief bulwark against the Chola armies in the northwest. ...

quot; were located in the Northwest Territories: Saskathewan (Rosthern) Colony in the territories' provisional District of Saskatchewan ...

Bay Company in 1870, when they gave the Northwest Territories to Canada, and one of the commissioners for the settlement of the Alabama difficulty ...

jockeying for possession of colonial territories along the African coast ... as a north-south chain of islands in the northwest Pacific, which were also ...

Empire on the Iberian peninsula and Northwest Africa and its neighbors.]] ... by a great religious movement, but lost territories, piecemeal, due to revolt ...

response to the upheavals and unrest in northwest Iran/eastern Anatolia in ... and Turkey in 1639, which still stands in northwest Iran/southeast Turkey. ...

The State of Idaho is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the ... in the Oregon, Washington, and Dakota Territories. The new territory included ...

Kingdom covered various parts of the northwest and northern Indian subcontinent ... rule in large parts of the northwestern Indian territories. ...

projects in human history, ruling vast territories in North Africa, the Balkans ... Following World War I, during which most of the empire's territories ...

Chad to the northeast, and Nigeria to the northwest. Its capital is Yaoundé. ... even the secession of the former British-governed territories. ...

With a tropical climate and prevailing winds from the northwest, one ... The two territories were combined into the Territory of Papua and ...

flung territory bounded by Kabul in the northwest, Kashmir in the north, ... believe, that Akbar had to attend to the northwest areas of his empire and ...

granites on mainland Australia. In the northwest and west, mineral rich ... supply runs to the French Southern Territories near and in Antarctica. ...

for the U.S. and the Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories for Canada. [http://www.almanac.com/weather/forecast/locations/index.php 7-Day ...

is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ... In 1910, Gabon became one of the four territories of French Equatorial ...

group, and are closely related to both Northwest African Berbers and West ... Mali in 1905 and Niger in 1917. Tuareg territories were taken under French ...

(on its southeast, northeast, and northwest sides) and Virginia (on ... the Potomac River are located upstream, northwest of Washington. During the ...

the Volgograd Oblast in the west and the northwest, respectively. Its eastern ... and drove the Oirats to Ubsa Nor in northwest Mongolia. In 1552, after ...

above sea level northwest of Moscow and about 320|km|mi|sp=us ... Volga formed the boundary between the territories of the Cimmerians in the ...

) is a term used in territories of the former Soviet Union to refer ... Strangers: A History of Muslims in Northwest China. Seattle: Univ. of ...

U.S. state of Florida and north of Cuba, northwest of the British dependency ... the Caribbean (excluding the dependent territories of Bermuda and the Cayman ...

of communication between Calcutta and the northwest under threat. Since neither ... the treaty, Nepal would lose Sikkim, the territories of Kumaon and Garhwal ...

685mm) occurs in the highest areas in the northwest and declines in the southwest ... "Green Line" separating the territories held by Israel and its ...

Nevis to the west, and Anguilla (UK) to the northwest. Antigua is the largest of the Leeward Islands with an area of 280 square kilometers (108 square ...

North German Plain, about 21 miles (34km) northwest of Bonn, and 25 miles ... Peace Treaty of Lunéville 1801, all the territories of the Holy Roman Empire ...

Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Territories and Manitoba. Manitoba had entered Canadian Confederation as the result of negotiations between ...

Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland. Greenland has ... the land that was rumored to be to the northwest. After settling there, ...

to the former Al-Andalus as to their territories of the New World. Ten ... A relatively small number of conquistadores conquered vast territories ...

Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a tiny ... and Anhui were given special status as territories governed directly by the ...

proudly through the important territories of Kent, via Dover and Canterbury, inspiring fear in the English. However, at London, William's ...

expanded into China and the surrounding territories, establishing the Empire ... and given governorships over vast territories in Southern China. The ...

city in what was then called the Northwest Territories. ... of Airdrie to the north, Cochrane to the northwest, Strathmore to the east ...

In 993, the Khitan invaded Goryeo's northwest border with 800,000 troops. The Khitan withdrew and ceded territory to the east of the Yalu ...

Lantau Island, which became known as the New Territories. ... In the 1980s, with the lease of the New Territories due to expire ...

* Pura Jayaprana - Northwest Bali. * Pura Rambut Siwi - Southwest Bali ... Category:Territories ...

Hawaii, and the North American Pacific Northwest). On his first voyage to ... U.S. state of Hawaii and several island territories and possessions of Australia ...

forests, lakes and rivers of the Pacific Northwest. Large game such as moose ... for some tribes to greatly expand their territories, exchange goods with neighboring ...

none were landlords and in occupied territories landlords were often executed ... in the southwest (1855–1873) and the northwest (1862–1877) were led ...

control over the Mongolian people and territories. This confederation rose ... in the Kobdo region of present-day northwest Mongolia. Soon after this ...

in the southwest and the island territories. Many regions have starkly ... in the north and the Thar Desert in the northwest. The Himalayas act as a ...

northwest is Yosemite Rock. Podesta Island reported further west is ... and Easter Island the status of special territories of Chile. The archipelago ...

]]/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains regions ... diagonal through the state from northwest to south-central, splitting ...

borders quite a few different provinces and territories within the country, including Shaanxi to the northeast, Gansu to the north, Qinghai to the northwest ...

diamond mining operations in the Northwest Territories. It is additionally ... of the Alaska Highway and the Northwest Staging Route. ===The oil boom ...

*Bani Khalid in Jordan, Israel, Palestinian Territories, and Syria ... and Holiday-Makers: Egypt's Changing Northwest Coast. American University ...

that the Lomonosov Ridge is connected to their territories. ... feasible if global warming opens up the Northwest Passage as a regular channel ...

of Koror on Babelthaup Island and 2|km|0|abbr=on northwest of Melekeok village. |footnote2 = GDP estimate includes US subsidy (2004 estimate). ...

made to expand the practice into new territories, and supported by the ... the North American continent, obtaining territories held by Spain, France ...

The territorial claims stem from the territories held by Goguryeo and Bohai ... appointed as special inspector for the Northwest. Upon receiving his appointment ...

in the Caribbean Sea, 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Curaçao 18 miles north ... To the east are Curaçao and Bonaire, two island territories which ...

resistance collapsed, and all the lost territories were recovered in 627 C.E. and united Muslim Arabs took the territories by surprise from an empire ...

an increasing density of population; the Northwest, now known as the Midwest ... the expansion of slavery in the Western territories. Although only a small ...

dynasties also expanded into peripheral territories like Inner Mongolia, Dong ... #039;s highest point, Mount Everest. The northwest also has high plateaus ...

Delhi a special status among the Union Territories; Delhi has its own legislative ... a major city on the old trade routes from northwest India to the Gangetic Plains ...

069 feet (3070 m) above sea level, is northwest of the Piton de la Fournaise ... Category:Territories Category:Islands Reunion|152073179 ...

expanded his empire to the east and northwest, conquering the provinces ... at Rhesaina and regained the lost territories.Frye, 1993, 125. The emperor ...

part of Nakhichevan also borders Turkey to the northwest. ... B.C.E., and included the approximate territories of the present-day Azerbaijan ...

which terminates the plateau on the northwest. These are the sole remaining ... Jews leave the Kingdom of Spain and its territories and possessions. ...

(except in Alberta, Yukon, Nunavut, or the Northwest Territories where there are no provincial sales taxes). ==Sales tax around the world== ...

* A Hmao; Big Flowery Miao; northwest Guizhou and northeast Yunnan. ... and to higher elevations. As most territories of the Six Dynasties were ...

Iryn (maybe present day Erin, 20 km northwest of Aleppo.) They sailed ... up to Nuhashshe, and the coastal territories from Kizzuwatna to Alalakh ...

of the south, to 35 inches (900 mm) in the far northwest. ... that the slavery question of the new territories created would be decided ...

The two principal valleys start northwest of the present city. The ... A third valley starts in the northwest where the Damascus Gate is ...

to the west, Stavropol Krai to the northwest, Azerbaijan to the south ... in the southwest, Kievan Rus' in the northwest, Volga Bulgaria in the ...

in and renamed the IJsselmeer) in the northwest, giving Amsterdam direct ... got into financial trouble and the territories in which they operated ...

In 1688, it was added to the expanding territories of the Habsburgs, then ... Transylvania and started to expand their territories towards west only in 899 ...

Shield, which traverses the province from northwest to southeast, and also ... French-speaking fur traders, travels northwest from Montreal along the ...

and the Southern Ocean to the south. Peripheral territories lie on the Eurasian Plate to the northwest, the Philippine Plate to the north, and in the ...

coast and entered America through the Northwest, well before the Siberian ... for some tribes to greatly expand their territories, exchange many goods with ...

|footnote4 = The territories of Niue, the Cook Islands and Tokelau ... It is separated from Australia to the northwest by the Tasman Sea, which ...

Graham conducted more than 400 crusades in 185 countries and territories ... people in more than 185 countries and territories through various meetings ...

its present-day borders but lost territories west of the Kali River. ... living in parts of the temple in the northwest. The Swayambhunath complex ...

also made effective use of remote territories, such as Afghanistan under ... the Vietnam War. Located about 60km northwest of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh ...

against Viet Minh staging areas in northwest Vietnam. They had set up ... were landed at three drop zones: Natasha, northwest of Dien Bien Phu; Octavie ...

compete within each other's geographic territories. ... to monopolize transportation in the northwest. ===Trusts=== ...

RESIDENT POPULATION, States and Territories – Capital City and Balance ... then flows into the Murrumbidgee River northwest of Canberra, which in turn ...

it with Ashkelon and the Gaza Strip to the northwest, and Dimona to the east. Finally, Highway 60 connects Beersheba with Jerusalem and the Shoket ...

Republic of China invests more into its northwest region. Consequently, basic ... Category:Territories 146170334 ...

hundreds of native tribes occupying vast territories of this mineral-rich country ... leading the expedition through the Northwest to the Pacific Coast. ...

The Canadian province of Quebec is to the northwest. Maine is both the northernmost ... political organization. For example, the Northwest Aroostook, Maine unorganized ...

appearance the best formed of the Northwest Indians, with the possible ... American lands, which culminated in the Northwest Indian War. Subsequently ...

Dakota border, approximately 300 miles northwest of Omaha. In 1991, Congress ... that the slavery question of the new territories created would be decided ...

concession of German-occupied territories to Japan sparked a major ... 1935, the Communist forces escaped to the northwest on their Long March to ...

about 640 miles (1,030 km) west-northwest. It is the oldest remaining ... Category:Territories ...

Antigua to the north, Montserrat to the northwest, and Dominica to the south. ... Category:Territories ...

between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. Some geographers classify Central America as a large isthmus ...

contributed little to this outcome. The territories of Armenia, however, remain ... , Pennsylvania, about 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Washington, D.C., at ...

In 1835 the Platte Purchase was added to the northwest corner of the ... border tensions among the states and territories. In 1838-1839 a border ...

There are two Crown territories of Denmark, both well to the west ... from this period in Denmark and much of northwest Europe and is among other ...

on Johnston Island, 1,200 miles to the northwest. This midnight explosion ... the Pacific Ocean and Australia's territories from 1952 to 1967 involved ...

the KMT restricted to their remaining territories of Taiwan, Pescadores ... which took a different route through northwest China, was largely destroyed ...

across five geographical regions. In the northwest is the Baltic seacoast ... temperatures around 37.4°F (3°C) in the northwest and 17.6°F (–8°C) in ...

Hungarian Empire, various South Slavic territories were quickly patched together ... were de facto rulers on the liberated territories, and the NOV organized ...

Rank, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Subdivisions ... British took up the exploration of the northwest coast of North America ...

when the Moors came in 711, but in the northwest, the invasion of the Suevi ... Empire relied on booty from conquered territories (this source of revenue ...

Ardra. After the death of the king, his territories were divided among the ... an area located a few kilometers to the northwest of Bohicon, he established ...

to help ensure that non-self-governing territories were administered in the ... feature films. In the 1958 movie North by Northwest, director Alfred Hitchcock ...

civilizations, Spain laid claim to vast territories in North and South America ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...

Bobcat activities are confined to well-defined territories, which ... #039;s home range. When multiple male territories overlap, a dominance hierarchy ...

of Maharashtra and Goa, and the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra ... to dumping grounds in Gorai in the northwest, Mulund in the northeast ...

southwestern part of the country. To the northwest is the Yade Massif, a granite ... the French Congo to link up with French territories in West Africa, North ...

societies when they expand into the territories of non-agricultural peoples. ... epidemic ravages Native Americans on the northwest coast of North America ...

largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwest coast of the island of ... Category:Territories Category:Cities Jakarta|154561687|History_of_Jakarta ...

travel not to the east but to the northwest, and in Panama City the ... Bastidas, explored Panama's western territories. He landed in what is ...

and largest city is Port Louis, in the northwest. Other important towns ... Other Mauritian territories: * Soudan Banks (including East Soudan Bank) ...

to the northeast, Kazakhstan to the northwest, and the Caspian Sea to ... miles (1500 square kilometers) in the northwest. The Sundukly Desert west ...

#039;s temporary inclusion in the territories of the Austrian crown. ... populations can be found to the north and northwest of the city, continuing ...

Mauryan ringstone, with standing goddess. Northwest Pakistan. third century ... last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty, held territories that had shrunk considerably ...

highest point, in the Huron Mountains northwest of Marquette, is Mount ... the requirement of 60,000 set by the Northwest Ordinance as a criterion ...

issued by the governors of 25 states and two territories. ... safely returned from his search for the Northwest Passage, avoiding the later ...

The Arab Abbasids conquered the northwest section of Afghanistan ... of British intervention, ethnic Pashtun territories were divided by the Durand ...

The island of Madeira is wet in the northwest but dry in the southeast ... Category:Territories Category:World Heritage Sites Madeira|168132931 ...

Greek communities lived in the northwest of the Mauryan empire, in ... of the faith" throughout his territories to survey the welfare ...

politics today, called the Palestinian territories, which are the West Bank ... most of Israel and the Palestinian territories. But following the Bar ...

organized into Minnesota and Nebraska Territories. Dakota Territory, making ... US 52 runs northwest-southeast from Portal to Jamestown, then to Fargo ...

With the addition of remaining territories of the colony of Acadia ... of the city in the south end near the Northwest Arm. Separated by only ...

Commons-Palmer Park district in northwest Detroit is near the University ... on white settlement in unceded Indian territories. Detroit passed to ...

comprises various overseas islands and territories located in other continents ... Europe, France also has a number of territories in North America, the ...

The Arabian Sea borders Karnataka to the west, Goa to the northwest, Maharashtra to the north, Andhra Pradesh to the east, Tamil Nadu to the ...

and some groups can be found along the Northwest Pacific Coast. ... In 1846, when the U.S. claimed former territories of Mexico, Mangas Coloradas ...

Cincar, and Raduša, which run in a northwest-southeast direction. The ... Velika Kladisa and Bihać, all in the northwest region known as Bosanska ...

Great Britain to the west and southwest, northwest by the Orkney Islands and ... both extended their contemporaneous territories across the sea. The Hanseatic ...

South Central China, Southwest China, and Northwest China. ... Civil War, the PRC has claimed the territories governed by the Republic ...

– French in the southwest, British in the northwest, United States in the south, and Soviet in the east. The former (1919-1937) German provinces ...

Denmark, Norway and Sweden), but also to territories under North Germanic dominance ... seized and destroyed many villages and territories in Slavic-dominated areas ...

favorable to Japanese interests in the territories conquered. However, the ... administering and garrisoning the seized territories. Neither side could make ...

and seven federally-governed union territories. All states, the National ... All states and union territories are subdivided into districts. In ...

Greylock at 3,491 feet near the state's northwest corner. ... land in western New York and the Northwest Territories soon put the upland ...

resolving issues regarding the western territories; it could not mint coins ... throughout later American expansion. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 noted ...

ports around the world. It occupied territories in the Pacific, such as ... Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Northwest Passage, and areas around ...

20,000 men, to attack Vinh Yen, 20 miles northwest of Hanoi which was manned ... the French garrisons along Nghia Lo, northwest of Hanoi, breaking them ...

than Texas. Areas of the component territories are: Jammu and Kashmir ... dispute: Pakistan controls the northwest portion (Northern Areas ...

December, Kochi receives light rain from the northwest monsoon, as it lies on the leeward side. Average annual rainfall is 3,500 millimetres (138 in ...

(Кувшиново), in Tver guberniya, northwest of Moscow, Russia. At the ... for the non-Polish peoples in these territories. He did not support their ...

the greatest territory, and stretch from northwest to southeast. The Carpathian ... Serbian nationhood. The northern Serbian territories were conquered in 1459 ...

and Akkad, as well as with peoples to the northwest. Gifts from Pharoah found ... 1959 private agricultural farms and territories were nationalized and ...

(23°C) in the southeast and 64°F (18°C) in the northwest. ... The main rivers flow northwest to southeast to empty into the Black ...

the mangrove forests and wetlands in the northwest tip of the island. In ... suggesting that individuals defend territories to a great extent. ...

Iran to the west, Afghanistan on the northwest, China to the northeast ... to have been a convert to Buddhism. His territories covered the eastern dominions ...

and Spanish Galicia are located to the northwest. In the southeast, the ... Spain," from the Pyrenees to the northwest region, characterized by ...

Nevada, Colorado and Utah became U.S. Territories, while the lower region ... power from states in the Pacific Northwest and coal- and natural gas ...

b. territory 446550|km2|sqmi|abbr=on excludes all disputed territories ... the Mediterranean, running from the northwest to the northeast. Farther ...

granted independence to its overseas territories in Africa. ... dependency of the Kingdom of León in the northwest Iberia, Portucale occasionally ...

Turkey borders eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest, Greece ... The European section of Turkey, in the northwest, is Eastern Thrace ...

countries (counter-clockwise from northwest to southeast): Norway, ... The impact of the Mongol invasion on the territories of Kievan Rus ...

Being cautious, Augustus secured all territories west of Rhine and contented ... as the borders between the respective territories of the two rival Western ...

Scotland (Scottish Gaelic Alba) is a nation in northwest Europe and ... II saw fuller incorporation of these territories. The critical year was ...

reunited with it in 1957 and the territories of Berlin and the former ... at the Northwood Headquarters in the northwest suburbs of London. JFC ...

It also claims the British overseas territories of the Falkland Islands ... large scale growth of grape vines. In the northwest of Argentina there are ...

States in 1783 and became part of the Northwest Territory. ... high school and high school. District territories are often complex in structure. ...

Belarus is bordered by Latvia on the north, Lithuania to the northwest ... Austria, dividing Belarus. Belarusian territories were acquired by the Russian ...

in 1895 and saw action on the Indian northwest frontier and in the Sudan ... in the British League of Nations Mandate territories of the former Ottoman ...

North Korea, and Russia, to the west and northwest, by the Sea of Japan; and ... * Sea of Japan: On Honshū's west coast, the northwest wind in ...

Genghis Khan and Tolui, marched to the northwest and attacked Khwarzemia ... into several khanates designed as sub-territories: Their khans were expected ...

into free-world and communist-world territories, to become the European ... and Belgium and the Netherlands in the northwest. Germany is also bordered ...

Visigoth, a Germanic people who invaded territories formerly held by the fallen ... Located northwest of the city center, the Parque del Oeste ("Park ...

also backing the claim of the PLO to the territories (West Bank and Gaza) and ... passing through the Rafid Gap turned northwest up a little-used route ...

the UK. The UK has fourteen overseas territories which are remnants of ... with some mountainous terrain in the northwest (Cambrian Mountains of ...

Canada, the territorial legislatures of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are nonpartisan. In New Zealand, Tokelau has a nonpartisan parliament. ...

of Russia but would have to give up some territories on its periphery, including ... skoski–Suodenniemi, north and northwest of Tampere. The Red Guards ...

was given the Croatian and Dalmatian territories and sent to Constantinople ... a great empire, expanding southward and northwest, while he also implemented ...

start massive forest fires in the Pacific Northwest outside the town of Brookings ... in naval installations and occupied territories; they also worked with ...

east of the city. Mountains to the north, northwest and west shield the city ... as express routes) into the territories within the 3rd Ring Road ...

of water. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and ... In 1965, there was an exchange of territories between Saudi Arabia ...

include Kaesong in the south, Sinuiju in the northwest, Wonsan and Hamhung in the east, and Chongjin in the northeast. Major rivers include the ...

between mountainous, hilly and lowland territories. The Carpathian Mountains ... music. Much folk art is preserved in the northwest region of Maramures. Doorways ...

His ambition was to conquer and plunder some territories to get himself ... from the Veneti, a group of tribes in northwest Gaul, but the Veneti resisted ...

deposits being actively mined in the Northwest Territories of Canada, Siberia (mostly in Yakutia territory, for example Mir pipe and Udachnaya pipe), ...

endangered remnant population in northwest India in Asia, having disappeared ... lions when two prides with overlapping territories come into conflict. ...

Thessaloniki is located on the Thermaic Gulf, at the northwest corner ... the city and its surrounding territories in the Kingdom of Thessalonica ...

In October 1946 some territories along the northern coast of the Gulf ... relocated to Lakhta, a historical area northwest of the city centre, and ...