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  • The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern ... As skilled Portuguese sailors explored the coasts and islands of East ...
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  • ) is a region in west-central Italy on the shores of the Ligurian ... and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital ...
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  • Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements ... Socialism developed as a political ideology in the nineteenth century ...
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  • whose films are widely considered as some of the most influential in film ... Antonioni's films reflected the intellectual milieu of his day ...
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  • non-governmental organization (NGO) with the stated purpose of campaigning ... and was shocked and angered to come across the story of two Portuguese students ...
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  • The Ming Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 ... Ming rule saw the construction of a vast navy, including four-masted ...
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  • Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...
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  • ), is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand ... Samarkand revolted against its Mongol rulers in 1365, and became the ...
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  • Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island nation ... did not cease until he threw his crown into the water. He sailed to the closest ...
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  • The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It also ...
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  • infectious disease, which is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis ... The epidemiological use of the term "plague" is currently ...
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  • goff), was an Australian former politician and 21st Prime Minister ... However, despite the brevity of his premiership, his government left ...
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  • ” or “Kirghizia”), officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked ... The name "Kyrgyz," both for the people and for the nation ...
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  • Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country ... Yet the nation is on the verge of collapse. Under the leadership of ...
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  • Grammar is the set of rules that allow a speaker to form an intelligible ... The word grammar is derived from Greek grc|γραμματικὴ τέχνη ...
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  • , earlier known as Saloth Sar, was leader of the Communist movement known ... After joining the Communist movement while a student in France and ...
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  • East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... Korean history has long included elements of Shamanism, Confucianism ...
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  • Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... On October 1, 1960, Nigeria declared its independence from the United ...
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  • Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the ... Nixon is noted for his diplomatic foreign policy, especially with ...
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  • The Tatars are people of Turkic origin living mainly in Russia but ... Many Tatars inter-married with Russian families, including the nobility ...
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