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  • nations. The indigenous minorities population amounted to negligible ... kingdoms of Baekje and Silla struggled for control of the peninsula. Observers ...
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  • environmental health, mental health, population health, and public health. ... reduce feelings of anxiety and depression, control weight, and help improve ...
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  • support carnivore, the insect population support insectivores. ... have the potential to have significant population outbreaks, causing severe ...
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  • in the second half of the first century. Population estimates for it range ... from Bethlehem to Egypt, which a large population of Jews at Alexandria and ...
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  • *Arad, near the famous Masada, was founded in 1962. Its population ... trade, the Nabateans exercised political control over the region, which was ...
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  • for his highly influential views on population growth. Malthus is widely ... the food supply, necessitating population control. Malthus' approach ...
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  • with big game. Due to the wildlife population, and the dramatic landscape ... stronghold and solidified Portuguese control of the entire eastern shore ...
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  • The empire ruled over a diverse population quite different from its ... in 1137, eventually leading to their control over the Fergana Valley ...
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  • From the point of view of the local population, the Germans left little ... On April 1, 1899 the German government formally took control of these ...
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  • The city remained under Hittite control until perhaps 800 B.C.E., ... Byzantine Empire briefly regained control from 974 to 987. When it ...
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  • Until the early twentieth century, Sinai was under the control of ... the Gaza Strip, remained under Egyptian control, although parts of it were ...
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  • which fetched a high price on the market. Control of these, and other, spices ... power Aksum attempted to assert political control over the fledging Arabian ...
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  • is the only city in the country with a population over 1 million. It has ... As of 2004, Montevideo had a population of 1.35 million out of a total ...
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  • - September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, and the founder ... numerous times for expressing her views on birth control. ...
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  • to provide social security so that the population would be protected from ... Keynesian-style fiscal regulation, direct control of manpower, and state control ...
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  • took over the city. Berbers took control of Tunis in 395 B.C.E. but ... When Agathocles left Africa, the Carthaginians took control once again. ...
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  • for food and for feeding an ever-growing population. It has opened an era in ... than two percent of the United States population today works in agriculture ...
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  • genocide against the European Jewish population during World War II. The ... decision to eradicate the entire Jewish population that the extermination ...
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  • speaking) country in both total area and population (behind Brazil in both ... (king). The Portuguese gradually took control of the coastal strip throughout ...
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  • Zanskar has a small population; the April 2006 medical census records ... The population lives mainly in scattered small villages, the largest ...
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  • much of the food consumed by the world population. Although there is no formal ... in the food industry include attempts to control such aspects as: standards ...
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  • Batu subsequently established control over Orda's territorial ... of society, most of the Horde's population was Kipchaks, Bulgar Tatars ...
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  • of the region, recent estimates put the population of the region at about ... rich with animal life, hosting a population of over 220 species of mammals. ...
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  • Biological control, biocontrol, or biological pest control is a method of suppressing or controlling the population of undesirable insects, other ...
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  • the UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Population Fund (UNFPA), and UN Children ... * [http://www.un.org/esa/population/cpd/cpd.htm UN Commission on Population ...
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  • Akbar brought the Ajmer under Mughal control in 1559 until 1770 when ... In 1509, Maharajas of Mewar and Marwar contended for control Ajmer ...
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  • of ecosystems in that it helps to control the population of prey species ... recent evidence, however, that a Montana population persisted in a refugium ...
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  • island group of the Malukus) in a bid to control the lucrative spice trade ... 70 sq mi (180 km²). They have a population of about 15,000. Until ...
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  • (affecting about one-quarter of the population) and correcting one of ... century, when it came under German control—apart from the port of ...
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  • that is geographically isolated, facing population pressures, with scarce ... he allied with the Germans in order to control his opponents, two chiefs ...
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  • in the Arabization of the Lebanese population, including Maronites, spoke ... to tolerate an Islamic heretic warlord in control of the area, the Ottomans ...
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  • Seville ) , Andalusia boasts the largest population of any of the autonomous ... to describe the area still under Muslim control. Eventually a form of the ...
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  • Harvard, his famous 1911 textbook, and his control of the Quarterly Journal ... determined by a ratio of capital to the population of available workers. In ...
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  • beyond what is expected for a given population over a given period of ... that affects a large proportion of the population and spreads across a large ...
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  • between 4000 and 2000 B.C.E.), when the population expanded rapidly. The Jomon ... The Early and Middle Jomon periods saw an explosion in population ...
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  • tend to fixate on institutions of fire control like fire stations and firefighters ... endless fascination. Due to our ability to control fire, it has played an enormous ...
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  • totally arid in ancient times, so the population was more evenly distributed ... The French first penetrated in 1891, establishing control through ...
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  • but they agreed to devise a new way to control human population. Nintu ... intervals of 1200 years to reduce the population. :The country was ...
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  • of Hastings and the subsequent Norman control of England. It is an important ... culture by intermarrying with the local population. They also used the territory ...
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  • the region; still a large ethnic Korean population of over one million Koreans ... Dynasty, much of the area was under the control of the General of Jilin ...
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  • Ecologically, in addition to helping in the control of prey populations ... == Population == The fennec fox is classified under the Convention ...
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  • Although the Eastern Jin had no longer any control over northwestern Korea, evidence points to people's affection for the Eastern Jin. Goguryeo ...
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  • in the residential areas, despite population growth. According to the ... wait until the mid-1990s when the city population grew rapidly, more than ...
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  • they are predominantly small in overall population and area, with only New ... into the region. Despite a changing population, New England maintains ...
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  • eighth century, Samarkand came under Arab control. Under Abbasid rule, the ... Khan in 1220. A small part of the population survived, but Samarkand ...
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  • to the late eighteenth century, exercising control not only over other Yoruba ... it lost its ability to govern, and control, its provinces who began ...
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  • "Inuit Sex-Ratio Variation: Population Control, Ethnographic Error ... female infanticide may be a form of population control in Amazonian societies ...
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  • In 1636, Aruba was acquired by the Dutch and remained under their ... administrators, who used the native population as herdsmen. Efforts were ...
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  • power behind the throne," exerting control through economic or political ... statesmen” or nobles who advise or even control the ruler. Examples of this ...
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  • fight against each other for the control of political power. Some ... the effect of a civil war upon the population is not. Civil wars bring ...
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  • Infared light from the LED of a remote control as seen by a digital camera.]] ... useful for indoor use in areas of high population density. IR is the most ...
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  • at the base of the food chain limits population size of higher trophic levels through bottom-up control. Top-down control in food chains or food ...
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  • of the country's minority Tamil population who were outraged by her ... of the country since 1983. The Tamil population complains of discrimination ...
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  • provinces in the northeast, giving him control of the eastern half of China’s ... provinces in the northeast, giving him control of the eastern half of China’s ...
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  • == Deer tick population control == [[Image:Tick engorged with thumb ... (Stafford 2004). By reducing the deer population back to healthy levels ...
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  • was purchased by Hollinger Inc. Under the control of Canadian conservative ... to those of neoliberalism: tight fiscal control on public spending, curbing ...
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  • dynasty, notably King Radama I, gained control of most of the island in ... At that time, the city had a population of some 100,000. Roads ...
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  • mixing with the original Mongolic population. They had been identified ... in China, the Khitan people fell under the control of the Uighurs. Once the ...
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  • million. The country is similar in both population and size to Kansas. ... into Oman, probably from Yemen, and took control of the area by the seventh ...
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  • largest city is Dimapur. The state has a population of nearly two million people ... and Myanmar, and even today a large population of Naga people inhabits ...
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  • similar to that of Pennsylvania. Its population is about 7.5 million. ... slaveowners sought to redefine their control over slaves as control over ...
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  • in the south). Most of the island's population resides close to the west ... due to fierce opposition by the local population. In response, he named ...
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  • By 1911, the island was under Dutch control. During World War II, Japanese ... Bali until the 1800s, after they had taken control of large areas of Indonesia ...
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  • al-Qaddafi. His ideology had divided the population along artificial ethnic ... smaller than France, it has an estimated population of 7.4 million people. ...
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  • observatories are located far from major population centers to minimize the ... with outbuildings for such things as control centers, data reduction ...
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  • (Polisario) independence movement dispute control of the territory, with Morocco ... borders, would not be able to adequately control its territory and might ...
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  • [[Mali Empire|Mali]] which were under the control of the Bambara Empire.]] ... subduing rival chiefs. He established control over Ségou, making it the ...
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  • was built in Ashgabat. The city had a population of more than 45,000 by 1911. ... city. The airport, with its air traffic control tower and a 12,000 foot ...
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  • of Jingzhou, allowing Liu Bei to take full control of Jingzhou. He then went ... in the tenth century, Hubei came under the control of several regional regimes: ...
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  • Even though the community reached a maximum population of about three ... during sexual intercourse and in this way control the conception of children. ...
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  • against high retail prices and European control led to the rise of Kwame ... destroyed in a tribal war, and the Ayaso population moved to the coast, attracted ...
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  • mammals in the world. Trapping is used to control and eliminate any feral ... in the world. The endangered western population of European mink Mustela ...
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  • Those who remained in Europe came under Russian control around 1200 ... who gather in polyethnic villages and population centers. There are high ...
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  • Bethlehem was briefly returned to Crusader control by treaty between 1229 and 1244. monastery adjoining the Basilica, whose control they shared with the Latins ...
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  • Foreign powers had already threatened the French population with horrible ... latter having the support of the Parisian population. == The Terror == ...
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  • area to settlement following the loss of British control. ... of new states from the region, once a population of 60,000 had been achieved ...
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  • the Netherlands, Denmark, and Spain for control of the West Indies. ... colonies and wanting to maintain their control of the salt trade, the Spanish ...
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  • The control of fisheries production has been exercised in many places ... taking place in areas outside national control. The desire for agreement ...
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  • independence and fierce resistance to control by outsiders. There is a ... end of the eighteenth century, Aceh lost control of Kedah and Pinang on the ...
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  • routes. The prosperity gained through the control of these trade routes provided ... Tripoli and the region of Lake Chad, the control over which played a significant ...
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  • the Ethiopian forces in Eritrea, took control of the country. The USA ... ties between segments of the Eritrean population and Ethiopia, and between ...
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  • the Levellers might spread to the slave population if Parliament took control ... By 1712, Bridgetown’s population was 10,641, while in comparison ...
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  • city has been under Ottoman and Russian control, has endured a pogrom, has ... annexed gubernia of Bessarabia. Its population had grown to 92,000 by ...
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  • as Egypt and Cyprus were under British control although legally still Ottoman ... in Greece. However, most of the Greek population of Turkey and the Turkish ...
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  • keeping populations of prey species under control and thus aiding the balance ... the American red fox (Vulpes veloxi) population through more aggressive ...
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  • to the proportion of those groups in the population. This policy rests on the ... than adults because they are often not in control of their environment. They ...
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  • Northern Africa continued under the control of the Roman Empire until ... While Northern Africa is predominantly Muslim, a small Jewish population ...
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  • It is the largest emirate by area, and second-largest by population ... eighteenth century, which also assumed control of Dubai. In the nineteenth ...
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  • due to challenges such as a growing aged population, concerns about waste and ... long-term financial viability, the aging population at large, as well as waste ...
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  • constitute about 21 percent of the population of modern day Nigeria, ... #039;s extensive family caused the population to spread out from Ile ...
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  • Suriname remained under The Hague's control until the decline of traditional ... in 1602, the Dutch set about wresting control of Portugal's overseas ...
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  • sixteenth century until the British gained control during the eighteenth century. ... Hindi have more limited usage among the population. The Nilgiris is also home ...
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  • variety of wildlife, although the animal population varies depending on the ... who were set on converting the native population. Soon after the missionaries ...
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  • cities in North America. The city has a population of approximately half a million. ... was hard. A significant fraction of the population died of hunger and diseases ...
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  • descendants, a minute effective founder population—unfortunately easily misread ... == Population == [[Image:Diomedevillage big.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Diomede ...
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  • was the site of atrocities against the population by Nazi and, later, Soviet ... with the fact that it had a large German population, it was plundered in the ...
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  • Jewish aliyah, or return) the Jewish population of the area was 27 percent ... Palestine, over which they retained direct control, Iraq and Jordan. During ...
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  • sacrifice, trading network, and economic control of the hinterland. Aro control ... of patrols. It did not succeed in securing control of Igbo territory entirely ...
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  • of the Someş river, which came under the control of Romania (Ceasefire agreement ... Kingdom of Hungary with Polish majority population to Poland. ...
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  • to the Spanish and remained under Spanish control for forty years. Louisiana ... #A centralization of control of combined political and religious power ...
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