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- The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands ... people. They have been at the forefront of the cultural clash that came ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 04:40, 1 May 2023
- Guyana, officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is the only ... Guyana is the third smallest country on the mainland of South America ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 ... km (62 mi) from east to west. It is the size of Israel, about one-third the ...37 KB (5,617 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- Ocean, located 300 miles from the coast of Argentina, 671 miles west ... are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, but have ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- thumb|200px|Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper ... and politician. After leading the overthrow of the British monarchy, he ruled ...31 KB (4,911 words) - 00:22, 18 November 2022
- The River Gambia flows through the center of the country and empties into ... constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations. Shortly thereafter ...24 KB (3,469 words) - 15:37, 30 April 2023
- Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country ... the Non-Aligned Movement, the Commonwealth of Nations, and many other ...23 KB (3,416 words) - 00:48, 7 March 2023
- the most well-known North American Native of his generation, meeting and ... spent attempting to rectify the injustice of the Iroquois lands being handed ...30 KB (4,676 words) - 07:18, 10 August 2022
- George Fox (July 1624 – January 13, 1691), founder of the Religious ... Fox's teachings opposed the the rationalism common in religion ...29 KB (4,689 words) - 10:15, 13 December 2023
- . A large part of the European drainage basin empties into the North ... Much of the sea's coastal features are the result of glacial ...64 KB (9,669 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending ... Canada's membership in the Commonwealth of Nations and La Francophonie ...54 KB (7,539 words) - 19:09, 25 November 2023
- is a generic term meaning the assembled set of components that makes up whatever ... delivered to the opponent in any situation of combat or quasi-combat. Thus ...18 KB (2,918 words) - 17:14, 26 July 2023
- The common law forms a major part of the law of those countries of ... As a genre of law which is based on custom, tradition, and/or precedent ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 00:10, 8 January 2024
- the aircraft carrier as the capital ship of the fleet, a role previously ... 000 tonnes or more, has been the pinnacle of carrier development since their ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- ruled empires that dominated large portions of Europe and the Asia-Pacific ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- Copyright is the exclusive right given to the creator of a creative ... not just literary work, but also forms of creative work such as sound ...45 KB (6,771 words) - 03:01, 8 January 2024
- Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (March ... Callaghan was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967 during ...29 KB (4,489 words) - 01:32, 8 February 2023
- Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 — April 5, 1964) was one of ... MacArthur served in the U.S. Army most of his life, participating ...47 KB (7,075 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... in 1948. Although it enjoyed a stable period of democracy and economic progress ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- and William Leonard Langer, The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval ... policy that has rewarded veterans of the Bush War with farms previously ...37 KB (5,599 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- A Militia is an organization of citizens prepared to provide defense ... Militias, being composed of civilians rather than professional soldiers ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- London, situated in south-eastern England at the head of the River ... performed by regiments of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] and ...41 KB (5,950 words) - 21:02, 3 November 2022
- The Republic of Mozambique, or Mozambique, is a country in southeastern ... destruction wrought by nearly two decades of civil war during the Cold War ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 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
- Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central ... an event that coincided with the baptism of Duke Mieszko I. Poland became ...71 KB (10,329 words) - 17:32, 2 January 2024
- The date commonly given for the start of the war is September 1, 1939 ... The Allies were initially made up of Poland, the British Empire, France ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom ... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Located on the west ... years. However, it only became the capital of the nation after Sri Lanka ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ... of American States and the Commonwealth of Nations to conclude it. ...37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
- are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of tropical islands ... from the sea. Located 575 miles southeast of Miami, the Turks and Caicos ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
- fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. Tutu was elected ... At the invitation of South Africa's first post-apartheid president ...30 KB (4,335 words) - 09:58, 29 January 2024
- The Cayman Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom ... including membership in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth citizenship ...26 KB (3,769 words) - 16:23, 3 December 2023
- It is also called Aotearoa or the "Land of the Long White Cloud" ... constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations. ...23 KB (3,336 words) - 18:04, 25 July 2023
- Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland, is a country of northwestern ... over winter. Over the next centuries, people of Nordic and Gaelic origin settled ...36 KB (5,300 words) - 17:19, 10 February 2024
- The cross, found in many cultures and religions of the world, is an ... During the Roman Empire, the cross was an instrument of capital punishment ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken ... Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the tenth ...41 KB (5,525 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa, ... installed a multiparty democracy. Most of the people live by subsistence ...23 KB (3,242 words) - 10:56, 9 March 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
- Nauru (pronounced “now-roo”), officially the Republic of Nauru ... activity since 1907 has been the export of phosphate mined from the island ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 04:23, 11 March 2023
- Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it has ...35 KB (5,045 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- The Kingdom of Tonga, also known as “The Friendly Islands,” is ... Settled for more than 2,800 years, Tonga is part of the cradle of ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes ... system which eventually made it the target of a zealous, impoverished French ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a thin sliver of land in ... Togo was once part of the area known as the "Slave Coast" ...26 KB (3,713 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- March 2, 1931 - August 30, 2022) was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 ... Gorbachev was wildly popular in the West, largely because of the way ...27 KB (3,969 words) - 17:52, 9 November 2022
- 28, 1968) was a German chemist and a pioneer of radioactivity and radiochemistry ... 1879, in Frankfurt am Main, the youngest son of the glazier and entrepreneur ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and Commonwealth in Ireland. He developed ... He was Member of the Parliament of England briefly and was also a ...28 KB (4,406 words) - 10:38, 12 May 2023
- of Ireland, or of a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Also, British citizens ... of Ireland, or of a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, in order to be ...50 KB (8,030 words) - 02:42, 22 November 2023
- The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita, Unternehmen Marita the Allied (Greece and the British Commonwealth) and Axis (Nazi Germany ...73 KB (10,868 words) - 05:44, 22 September 2023
- Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... Criminal Court, and the Commonwealth of Nations. Nigeria has remained ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- Athletics also known as track and field is a collection of sporting ... While most recognize the Olympic Games as the start of track and field ...24 KB (3,812 words) - 04:52, 1 May 2023
- Kingston, the capital, the largest city, and chief port, of Jamaica ... 6, 1962, remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The first prime ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
- Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was one of ... also inspired people through his portrayal of Tarzan, who always protected ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:44, 15 April 2023
- Polish statesman, Field Marshal, first Chief of State (1918–1922) and dictator ... Jerzy Jan Lerski. Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966–1945. (Greenwood ...60 KB (8,706 words) - 05:53, 10 May 2024
- the modern libertarian movement and revival of classical liberalism. Prominent ... on September 29, 1881, in Lemberg (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ...19 KB (2,970 words) - 02:41, 5 November 2022
- Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547) was King of England ... Several significant pieces of legislation were enacted during Henry ...40 KB (6,352 words) - 23:16, 8 February 2022
- The largest portion lies within the borders of Poland; the rest is within ... century on, after the Czech king Charles IV of the Luxembourg dynasty became ...32 KB (4,656 words) - 22:03, 29 January 2023
- Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1896 - November 25, 1997) was the leader of ... state, and a special assembly stripped him of his title. Banda ran for president ...24 KB (3,748 words) - 08:44, 20 January 2024
- [[Image:Costumes of Slaves or Serfs from the Sixth to the Twelfth ... Serfdom is the socio-economic status of unfree peasants under feudalism ...31 KB (4,884 words) - 09:56, 26 January 2023
- an annual commemoration observed on the 5th of November, primarily in the ... world, including members of the Commonwealth of Nations such as Australia ...26 KB (3,787 words) - 03:37, 27 July 2023
- The political integration of India established a united nation for ... India's leaders faced the prospect of inheriting a nation fragmented ...40 KB (5,861 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelago ... to rule, dominating politics by its control of every aspect of the society ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- 1919 – March 1921) was an armed conflict of Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine ... By 1919, the Polish forces had taken control of much of Western Ukraine ...77 KB (11,326 words) - 23:09, 8 October 2023
- 1916 – July 17, 2005) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 ... he did as Prime Minister. He was a member of the Brandt Commission on International ...28 KB (4,351 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- urban renewal project, a transformation of a large former disused docks ... Cabrini-Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts.]] ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and ... Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947 ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- The Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova) is a landlocked country ... Historically part of the Principality of Moldavia, it was annexed ...57 KB (8,247 words) - 19:49, 9 November 2022
- :"Fall of Communism" redirects here. For the fall of the ... The Revolutions of 1989 refers to the collapse of Communism in Eastern ...27 KB (4,082 words) - 20:00, 8 December 2022
- a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader ... Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth ...49 KB (7,394 words) - 02:27, 2 May 2024
- Winnipeg is both the largest city and capital city of the province ... Prairies, on a flood plain at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers ...32 KB (4,701 words) - 23:10, 17 May 2023
- from Jeddah, in the narrow sandy Valley of Abraham, 277 metres (909 ft ... The city is revered by Muslims for containing the holiest site of ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 03:48, 9 November 2022
- Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. The ... east of the Canadian Rockies. Calgary is well-known as a destination ...52 KB (7,693 words) - 18:23, 25 November 2023
- designates the National Flag Carrier of Bangladesh, with its main hub ... Biman Bangladesh Airlines has a history that mirrors the formation ...23 KB (3,204 words) - 17:42, 31 October 2023
- historian whose twelve-volume analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations ... nation-state or ethnic groups as the unit of history, but from civilizations ...29 KB (4,250 words) - 03:54, 15 August 2023
- Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, formerly a part of the Soviet ... From at least the ninth century, the territory of present-day Ukraine ...72 KB (10,102 words) - 01:29, 3 May 2023
- or other substances. Jewelry is made out of almost every material known ... Whether used as currency, protection, or fashion, jewelry is one of ...33 KB (4,967 words) - 20:02, 13 September 2023
- law and made the Supreme Court a center of power. Marshall was Chief Justice ... played a significant role in the development of the American legal system. ...23 KB (3,437 words) - 06:32, 3 August 2022
- ) and born as Ahmad Khān Abdālī, was the founder of the Durrani ... The Pashtuns of Afghanistan often call him Bābā ("father" ...21 KB (3,377 words) - 06:52, 16 June 2023
- Idi Amin Dada (mid-1920s – August 16, 2003) was President of Uganda ... 1971, while Obote was attending a Commonwealth of Nations summit meeting in ...36 KB (5,445 words) - 21:36, 25 July 2021
- Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces, joining the confederation ... the fur trade, and in the latter half of the twentieth century its bitumen ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- in Central Asia that until 1991, was part of the Soviet Union as the Turkmen ... With one-half of its irrigated land planted in cotton, Turkmenistan ...47 KB (6,838 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
- Hawaii and Australia. With the exception of tiny Vatican City, Tuvalu has ... Tuvalu consists of four reef islands and five true atolls. Its small ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 B.C.E. Bradford, Ernle Dusgate ... an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army ...47 KB (7,440 words) - 01:40, 26 September 2023
- for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918 during World War ... Thomas' sensationalized reportage of the Revolt, as well as to Lawrence ...33 KB (5,295 words) - 00:58, 21 April 2023
- who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives and Senate ... in American history. He served as Speaker of the House longer than any man ...23 KB (3,536 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- known as a tank tactician and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored ... (the United States and the Commonwealth of Nations) to its European ...41 KB (6,470 words) - 02:09, 13 January 2023
- The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal ... the war. The campaign marked the beginning of the transition by Allied forces ...54 KB (8,339 words) - 09:45, 22 September 2023
- derived liquid mixture consisting mostly of aliphatic hydrocarbons, enhanced ... Except for Canada, most current or former Commonwealth countries use ...47 KB (6,891 words) - 04:38, 18 April 2024
- country that occupies the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola ... Like many Latin American nations, the Dominican Republic has a long ...37 KB (5,424 words) - 09:27, 15 January 2023
- Riga the capital city of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast ... The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ...31 KB (4,622 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany, and involved ... by 30 percent on average; in the territory of Brandenburg, the losses had ...41 KB (6,305 words) - 18:37, 30 April 2023
- abbreviated: CH), is a landlocked nation of 7.5 million people in Western ... ) translate as "Swiss Confederation," while the German name of ...52 KB (7,532 words) - 14:19, 28 April 2023
- track and field athletics, is a collection of sports events that involve ... The Roman Games stressed the Greek sports of chariot racing and wrestling ...27 KB (4,185 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- 2, 1882) was an Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. He personally ... Nationalism was on the rise in Europe. Towards the end of Garibaldi ...22 KB (3,486 words) - 16:50, 15 December 2022
- Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument that uses a reed, in addition ... Perhaps because of the ancient nature of their sound, the bagpipes ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly-landlocked ... Located in the heart of Central Asia between the Amu Darya (Oxus) ...41 KB (5,990 words) - 14:07, 3 May 2023
- The Republic of Cameroon is a "hinge" state bridging central ... Cameroon is a member of both the Commonwealth of Nations and La Francophonie ...36 KB (5,278 words) - 18:55, 25 November 2023
- realms that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations of which he is also ... a member of the G8, NATO, and the Commonwealth of Nations. ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- Kerala refers to a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India ... First settled in the tenth century B.C.E. by speakers of Proto-South ...79 KB (10,302 words) - 22:30, 3 March 2023
- The Bailiwick of Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency ... The defense of all these islands is the responsibility of the United ...44 KB (6,712 words) - 18:59, 16 October 2022
- float|300px|Scouts coming from various nations sing at the European Jamboree ... of many member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, the highest rank ...39 KB (5,942 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
