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- found in formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons ... sources. In a typical barrel 84 percent (37 of 42 gallons) of the hydrocarbons ...42 KB (6,126 words) - 14:48, 28 March 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
- ) is one of the largest financial services provider in the world, ... exclusion, expropriation, and extermination of Jews. In the decades after ...22 KB (3,101 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a ... America. The twentieth century saw the rise of fascist and communist dictatorships ...76 KB (10,337 words) - 22:00, 28 January 2023
- ) is a Japanese trading company and one of the largest sogo shosha ... directly from manufacturers instead of through foreign trading houses ...25 KB (3,645 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a mammal of the Felidae family and ... Native to the mainland of southeastern Asia, the tiger is an apex ...34 KB (5,273 words) - 03:13, 4 November 2022
- 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 ...35 KB (5,541 words) - 11:06, 10 March 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
- Anarchist communism advocates the abolition of the state, private ... communism, advocates the abolition of government, which it refers ...42 KB (6,266 words) - 22:50, 14 September 2023
- Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... rights laws are most often written. Examples of civil rights and liberties ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other ... term has been understood to refer to a place of mistreatment, starvation, forced ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
- Liberation theology is a Christian school of theology that developed ... Liberation theology has had an impact. It helped many of the poor ...31 KB (4,535 words) - 22:27, 25 October 2022
- 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
- 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
- George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd President of the ... the Republican Party. Bush is the eldest son of the 41st U.S. President, George ...61 KB (9,229 words) - 08:20, 23 January 2023
- Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Hyundai Motor Company’s car factory in Ulsan, South Korea]] Division of Labor is the specialization of cooperative labor in specific ...26 KB (4,018 words) - 18:21, 1 August 2023
- Venezuela, known since 1999 as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ... Guayana highlands, it plunges off the edge of a "tepui," or table ...35 KB (5,081 words) - 15:01, 3 May 2023
- born October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981 ... As President, his major accomplishments included the consolidation ...56 KB (8,252 words) - 21:54, 3 January 2024
- At the Fifteenth Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet ... To oversee the radical transformation of the Soviet Union, the party ...33 KB (4,974 words) - 12:47, 1 February 2024
- 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
- Ming) T'ai Tsung, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty (明朝) of ... Though he was despotic and ruthless, Yongle is considered one of the ...27 KB (4,177 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- island country that sits off the east coast of Asia. Japan comprises over ... that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as 35,000 B ...89 KB (12,871 words) - 15:44, 4 February 2022
- 26, 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953 ... Truman, whose personal style contrasted sharply with that of the patrician ...47 KB (7,091 words) - 13:31, 24 January 2023
- , is the most populous prefecture and city in Japan, and the center ... It is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and, unique among the prefectures ...39 KB (5,420 words) - 03:54, 1 May 2023
- The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...43 KB (6,372 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and the eighth ... silver, and was based upon the legend of Sierra del Plata—a mountain ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia, the successor ... could have a profound impact on the future of Cambodia's economy. ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea and has had collaborative ... With other leading mass producers of the automobile, General Motors ...40 KB (5,886 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- S. aircraft spraying chemical defoliants in South Vietnam]] The Vietnam War was a military conflict in which communist forces ...70 KB (11,017 words) - 20:17, 3 May 2023
- Marxism, in a narrow sense, refers to the thoughts and theories of ... thoughts, theories, and movements of Marxism have emerged since ...86 KB (12,847 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- compact automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, All-Terrain Vehicles ... Suzuki, begun in 1909 as a manufacturer of wooden looms, has been ...32 KB (4,585 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department ... have had mixed results: its operations in South America and China are highly ...58 KB (8,209 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... from the United Kingdom after decades of colonial rule. Nigeria re-achieved ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- 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
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- opportunity in the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire. The dynasty ... civilization—equal to or surpassing that of the Han Dynasty—as well as ...40 KB (6,123 words) - 00:13, 10 February 2024
- small invertebrates are important members of the zooplankton, particularly ... As this taxonomic group advances in its individual need of growth ...32 KB (4,630 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... in the world. Its territory was a part of the pre-partitioned British ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South ... northern Ecuador to central Chile. In search of Inca wealth, the Spanish explorer ...46 KB (6,833 words) - 23:21, 26 August 2023
- Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... newly independent nation cherished as a sign of membership in the community ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- Karachi (كراچى) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and ... A large influx of economic and political migrants and refugees from ...42 KB (6,146 words) - 08:28, 28 February 2023
- 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
- 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
- The State of Kuwait ( الكويت ) is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf ...41 KB (6,203 words) - 15:18, 22 March 2024
- The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked South Asian nation situated ... One of the most isolated nations in the world, Bhutan is often described ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- ; a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's ... B.C.E., Beijing has served as the capital of numerous dynasties and governments ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- Ahmadābād), the largest city in the state of Gujarat and the seventh-largest ... Founded in 1411, the city served as the capital of the Sultanate of ...41 KB (5,921 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- known as a tank tactician and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored ... His strong advocacy of France's role in world affairs ensured ...41 KB (6,470 words) - 02:09, 13 January 2023
- (香|香 港|港), is one of the two special administrative regions ... Hong Kong was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1842 until ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest ... in a little over 30 years, from a collection of poor desert-coast sheikdoms ...41 KB (6,013 words) - 11:40, 3 May 2023
- lit. “capital capital,” or “capital of capitals") was the Imperial ... Kyoto is known as one of the academic centers of Japan, and is home ...36 KB (5,281 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- – January 9, 1873) was the first President of the French Republic and the ... moral failings. The leaders and the people of Post-revolutionary France lacked ...48 KB (7,305 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- For the Republic of China see Taiwan. For the civilization of China and its history see China. ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located ... the world and the fourth-largest country in South America (after Brazil, Argentina ...40 KB (5,666 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- during World War II and the 34th President of the United States. During the ... Eisenhower worked to bring North and South Korea to a negotiated truce ...38 KB (5,775 words) - 17:24, 12 February 2024
- or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of the Greater Japanese ... During World War I, a force of Japanese destroyers supported the Allies ...62 KB (9,133 words) - 16:43, 12 February 2024
- The Republic of Iraq, commonly known as Iraq, is a Middle Eastern ... east, and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south. Iraq has a narrow section ...56 KB (8,476 words) - 13:04, 6 March 2024
- established in 1945 for the purpose of securing world peace. It replaced ... As an organization of governments designed to prevent war between ...64 KB (9,547 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- politician and reformer, and a recent leader of the Communist Party of China ... and other mass political movements of the Mao era, Deng was the core ...39 KB (5,846 words) - 13:32, 28 January 2024
- ) is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean ... and a very long wavelength (often hundreds of kilometers long). Consequently ...44 KB (6,684 words) - 18:38, 2 May 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
- Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, ... The long reign of monarchs came to an end in 1974, when a pro-Soviet ...47 KB (6,926 words) - 04:34, 22 March 2024
- economic, social, and political development of developing countries. It may ... United States provided significant amounts of economic and technical assistance ...34 KB (5,026 words) - 10:14, 29 January 2024
- Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It ... many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds ...39 KB (5,459 words) - 11:07, 10 March 2023
- Shanghai, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is China ... and parking lots for automobiles, north of the foreign concessions. During ...46 KB (6,727 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- [[File:Ghetto (Venice) Panorama.jpg|thumb|400px|The main square of ... commonly involuntarily with varying degrees of enforcement by the dominant ...30 KB (4,539 words) - 23:27, 21 October 2023
- UNSC) was created after World War II as part of the United Nations. It was ... in the Korean War. During a Soviet boycott of the meetings over the inclusion ...68 KB (9,754 words) - 11:45, 3 May 2023
- Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 00:28, 4 January 2024
- on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the North Pacific ... 14th largest in the world. With a population of almost 109 million, it is the ...57 KB (8,268 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- 1917 – September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to ... Marcos initially had laudable intentions: to improve the economy, ...51 KB (7,579 words) - 17:20, 26 March 2024
- that are felt by people due to a combination of factors. For example, a black ... gender and class are the major determinants of identity, and that minorities ...43 KB (5,848 words) - 10:41, 6 March 2024
- ) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city ... Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- 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
- , romanized: Moskva, IPA:) is the capital of Russia and the country ... It is well-known for the elegant onion domes of Saint Basil's Cathedral ...63 KB (8,988 words) - 16:33, 10 November 2022
- Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey ... Considered one of the original "Cradle of Civilization" ...53 KB (7,689 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ... Philippine culture has many affinities with the West: It is one of ...42 KB (6,083 words) - 15:26, 27 March 2024
- :This article elaborates on the central technology of generating nuclear ... the chain reaction occurs in a fraction of a second and is uncontrolled ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- The United States of America—also referred to as the United States ... or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ...83 KB (12,275 words) - 11:52, 3 May 2023
- at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own ethnic culture ... they have adopted their values and standards of behavior. The problem is that ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- , Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands ... to as Kaptara in texts from the Syrian city of Mari dating from the 18th century ...64 KB (9,298 words) - 20:14, 29 April 2024
- power to become the absolute ruler of the Soviet Union between 1928 ... superpower and did not see the elimination of millions of lives as an impediment ...78 KB (11,852 words) - 06:34, 6 May 2024
- World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United ... Instead, the "war" took the form of an arms race involving nuclear ...49 KB (7,114 words) - 22:28, 7 January 2024
- Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken ... Confucian preoccupation with hierarchy dictated the placement of rooms ...41 KB (6,198 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- and revolutionary. He governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years as Prime ... and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. In response ...103 KB (15,063 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024
- Diesel intended the engine to use a variety of fuels including coal ... for spark-ignite engines. At near the end of the compression stroke, diesel ...60 KB (9,401 words) - 14:31, 29 January 2024
- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- quot; But technically, it is a specific form of sovereign state (a political ... It was given impetus by the throwing off of kings (for example, in the ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 04:09, 11 March 2023
- Iran (ايران, Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ... The history of Iran covers over four thousand years. Throughout history ...82 KB (12,001 words) - 11:17, 6 March 2024
- 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
- on August 19, 1946), was the 42nd President of the United States, serving ... United States experienced the longest period of peacetime economic expansion ...54 KB (7,922 words) - 11:07, 10 May 2023
- revolutionary and a founding father of the People's Republic ... Born the son of a wealthy farmer in Shaoshan, Hunan, Mao adopted a ...95 KB (14,231 words) - 15:44, 12 June 2023
- Democracy is the name given to a number of forms of government and ... Democracy is also a peaceful way for a group of any size to settle ...75 KB (11,285 words) - 09:26, 28 January 2024
- The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ... included possessions in Africa, Asia and South America, Portugal was one ...88 KB (12,576 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations ... United Nations in order to liberate the nation of Kuwait. ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for ... Telecommunication is an important part of the world economy; this industry ...40 KB (5,781 words) - 02:52, 19 April 2023
- Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing ... which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to ...101 KB (14,057 words) - 17:18, 7 May 2024
- 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
- who served as the first prime minister of the Russian Empire, replacing ... Witte served under the last two emperors of Russia, Alexander III ...50 KB (7,301 words) - 10:01, 26 January 2023
- territories, establishing the Empire of the Great Qing. The Qing Dynasty ... with Han Chinese culture, and saw the height of Imperial Chinese influence ...45 KB (7,044 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2022
