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and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after helping lead ... world leaders to see to the realization of such. His diplomatic skills ...

Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... Afonso I left his mark on the map of Europe. The impetus created by ...

| order=19th President of Liberia | term_start=January 3, 1944 ... 29, 1895 – July 23, 1971) was President of Liberia for more than 26 years ...

1973) was the first and third prime minister of Israel. A tough and uncompromising ... His compassion and respect for the rights of the Arab residents of Israel ...

accepted to refer to the northernmost region of the African continent, stretching ... * The inclusion of Western Sahara in the U.N. list is highly controversial ...

Central America is the region of North America located between the ... attempts at political unity since its independence from Spain in the nineteenth ...

Gaborone is the capital and largest city of the landlocked nation ... Gaborone was founded in 1965, as the capital of Botswana. It is notable ...

organization (NGO) with the stated purpose of campaigning for internationally ... Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by a Roman Catholic British ...

June 17, 2021) served as the first president of Zambia, from 1964 to 1991. ... parties except his own United National Independence Party. While president ...

Sucre, which is located in the south-central part of Bolivia, is the ... Sucre is also called “The City of Four Names.” Charcas was the ...

South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... South America has a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890 ...

ruled empires that dominated large portions of Europe and the Asia-Pacific ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...

American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the ... that afforded many contacts for the rest of his life. He graduated from ...

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 ...

Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, Order of the Nation (ON), Member of ... the faceless. She helped to set up a network of child-care centers to encourage ...

as the Prime Minister and de facto dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968 ... Franco, some regard him as champion of traditional values, including ...

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa, ... installed a multiparty democracy. Most of the people live by subsistence ...

Bangladesh and in other developing countries, and advocated community ... for his leading role in the establishment of a comprehensive project for ...

The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... " (Mark 12:17) fostered the development of separate rival Church and State ...

San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino Repubblica di San Marino , also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, is a country ...

also known as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria ... unable to cope with the mounting incursions of Ottoman forces, Hungarian invasions ...

or Estado da Índia) refers to the aggregate of Portugal's colonial ... sea and land routes to India with the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, discovered ...

primarily in the newly independent states of Central Asia. Large Korean ... A separate ethnic Korean community lives on the island of Sakhalin ...

Puerto Rico, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado ... During the period of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century ...

The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown ... The early Pandyan dynasty went into obscurity during the invasion ...

|order=5th Prime Minister of Israel |term_start =July 13, 1992 ... |birth_place =Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) ...

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state located in the Middle ... One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker State; in colonial ...

– May 4, 1980) was the chief architect of the "second" Yugoslavia ... Tito died on May 4, 1980 in Ljubljana hospital of post-surgery complications ...

1909 – March 20, 2004) was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... evolved as a major participant in the work of global peace-keeping and as ...

Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in northern ... Occupied by both Germany and the Soviet Union, Lithuania lost over ...

The Canary Islands, though politically a part of Spain, are only 67 ... The autonomous community of the Canary Islands was established by ...

The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country in central Africa. Though ... Since declaring its independence in 1960, Chad has suffered instability ...

denotes Russians citizens and/or residents of Korean descent living on Sakhalin ... The Sakhalin Koreans experienced slaughter at the hands of the Russians ...

Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird, today ...

strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...

The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign ... behind Vatican City. It has a population of 32,410 in a total land area ...

The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean ... The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix ...

The Bangladesh War of Independence or the Bangladesh Liberation War ... modern-state founded solely on the basis of religion, since although India ...

Byblos (Βύβλος)is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal ... historian Sanchuniathon, it was built by Cronus as the first city in ...

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... ) has existed for nearly 60 years, built on the foundation of a 5 ...

Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...

country in Central Europe with a population of over five million, bordering ... The eight hundred years of Hungarian oppression was openly confronted ...

Located in northern India on the banks of the River Yamuna, Delhi has ... Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world ...

Kingston, the capital, the largest city, and chief port, of Jamaica ... rule, Kingston became the prosperous center of Jamaica's trade, and a ...

The union of Austria and Hungary, also known as the Dual (that of ... The newly created Austro-Hungarian Empire was a good example of a ...

and Irish poet and playwright. He was part of the generation of "thirties ... MacNeice was born in Belfast, the youngest son of John Frederick and ...

Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... Partly, decolonization was overseen by the United Nations, with UN ...

Asia. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million ... in 1986 the government announced a range of reforms designed to create ...

an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South ... he left his mother country at the early age of seven and studied in an aristocratic ...

The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...

A political party is an organized group of people who have the same ... being whether they are an extension of government power, or an organized ...

Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country ... Despite the beauty of the land, poverty is on the increase, closely ...

The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...

Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of ... Dynasty in China. It is home to a number of Turkic ethnic groups, the largest ...

Neocolonialism is a term used by post-colonial critics of developed ... ) and a critique of modern capitalist businesses involvement in nations ...

Österreichs, was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Greater Germany ... The events of March 12, 1938, marked the culmination of historical ...

lies on the River Scheldt, which is linked by the Westerschelde to the North ... Antwerp has long been an important city in the nations of the Benelux ...

Barbados, situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent ... #039;s interior. The organic composition of Barbados is thought to be of ...

The beloved leader of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu ... his culture's traditions in the naming of his daughter. In Burmese historical ...

border connecting the Indian state of Sikkim with the Tibet Autonomous ... Nathu La constitutes one of the three trading border posts between ...

) refers to a town in the Indian state of West Bengal, the headquarters ... World Heritage Site. The tea plantations date back to the mid nineteenth ...

abbreviated: CH), is a landlocked nation of 7.5 million people in Western ... ) translate as "Swiss Confederation," while the German name of ...

islands are included, it covers six percent of Earth's total surface ... the scientific community to be the origin of humans and the Hominidae tree ...

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies ... One of Europe's oldest cities, with a history of 7000 years, ...

Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is one of the smallest ... Andorra was created by Charlemagne to serve as a buffer state in order ...

Fiji, officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands, is an island nation ... In the Second World War, the people of Fiji co-operated with the Allies ...

, earlier known as Saloth Sar, was leader of the Communist movement known ... 1970s, Pol Pot became the prime minister of "Democratic Kampuchea ...

quot;), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked, mountainous ... During World War I in the western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey ...

rights activist who served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. After ... His term as President was marred by internal rivalries including issues ...

Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a coastal Alpine ... Slovenia has been part of the Roman Empire, the Duchy of Karantania ...

(Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan ... The location of human and pre-human habitation dating back two million ...

The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of ... waged war but favored peace. The making of war and peace was discussed ...

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... Archaeologists place the first arrival of humans on the island to ...

Considered one of the original "Cradle of Civilization" ... Because of its strategic geographic location, Syria has historically ...

The State of Kuwait ( الكويت ) is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf ...

Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei ... world not holding elections. A long period of political stability has been ...

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... over a thousand years the island was ruled by independent kingdoms, and at ...

Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous ... After independence from the USSR, Tajikistan suffered from a devastating ...

that name. In reality, the movement consists of several distinct organizations ... itself contributed towards the development of human consciousness of a world ...

The United States of America—also referred to as the United States ... or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ...

singer-songwriter and guitarist and the son of folk musician Tim Buckley. vibrato, Buckley was considered to be one of the most promising artists ...

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg ... country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. ...

Grodno, Gomel, Mogilev and Vitebsk. A third of the country is forested, and ... The history of Belarus is a story of domination by foreign powers ...

, formerly known as Madras, the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu ... it into a major urban center and naval base. By the twentieth century, it had ...

North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...

The Republic of Finland is a Nordic country situated in Northern Europe ... Finland consistently ranks high on a number of international analysis ...

Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world ...

Amsterdam, located in the south of the province North Holland in the ... with Amsterdam at the center. The use of soft drugs was tolerated, making ...

California is a state on the West Coast of the United States, along ... changed California, sparking a large influx of people and a sustained economic ...

in Western universities where he was accused of sexual harassment. Walcott ... Saint Lucia, in the West Indies, the son of Alix (Maarlin) and Warwick Walcott. ...

as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins. ... processing, transportation and marketing of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) ...

Libya is a country in North Africa 90 percent of which is desert. ... , R'bw (Libu), which refers to one of the tribes of Berber peoples ...

established in 1945 for the purpose of securing world peace. It replaced ... As an organization of governments designed to prevent war between ...

after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandie (the French-speaking ... Geneva was a center of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and ...

The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as ... in the Balkans began to fight for their independence, support was less enthusiastic: ...

11, 1948) was a major political leader of the All India Muslim League ... to quit the Congress. He then took charge of the Muslim League and proposed ...

It occupies a continental surface area of 1,078,000 square miles (2 ... silver, and was based upon the legend of Sierra del Plata—a mountain ...

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 ...

was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan ... Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, full ...

Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is located on ... Ethnic Somali people are divided among different countries (Somalia ...

in northeast Spain. It covers an area of 12,399 square miles (32,113 ... an older history as an independent territory of the Crown of Aragon, which ...

The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental ... to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the State. Those ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين ... a wealthy nation. With a per capita GDP of $25,300 in 2006, Bahrain was ...

the most populous city in India and capital of the state of Maharashtra. Mumbai ... Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India, and houses ...

Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...

again from 1942 to 1952, ruling for the rest of his life as an unelected military ... or La Era de Trujillo), was one of the longest for a non-royal leader ...

The City of Halifax is the largest city in Atlantic Canada and the ... On April 1, 1996, the government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the four ...

15, 1950), a political and social leader of India, played a major role ... Sardār), which means Chief in many languages of India. ...

South Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United ... It was part of the 1663 charter in which Charles I of England granted ...

Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... The Kingdom of Gandhara lasted from around the sixth century B.C.E ...

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, consists of the island of Cuba ... Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction ...

21, 1926 – September 8, 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other ... In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince ...

statesman. He was the ninth President of Israel, serving from 2007 to ... and led Alignment and Labor. At the time of his retirement in 2014, he ...

the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken ... Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the tenth ...

reversals could be caricaturized, the idea of an aggressive woman who also ... Public relations (PR) is the art of managing communication between ...

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, commonly called Jordan, is an Arab ... A young nation, Jordan occupies an area considered one of the 15 cradle ...

1878 until 1918, Montenegro was later a part of various incarnations of Yugoslavia ... Based on the results of a referendum, Montenegro declared independence ...

The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by ... Flanders in the north, with 58 percent of the population, and the French ...

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central ... The gorge is the greatest concentration of arches east of the Rocky Mountains ...

) is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the northwest ... south of the Arabian Peninsula, the archipelago is 250 kilometers ...

who served as the second Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011 ... become the heir apparent for the leadership of the Democratic People's ...

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, ... The long reign of monarchs came to an end in 1974, when a pro-Soviet ...

Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ... Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara, which is used by geographers ...

French Far East Expeditionary Corps, led by France and supported by Bao ... and professional troops (European of the French Foreign Legion) ...

2, 1754 – May 17, 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand ... peace with Austria through the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville and with Britain ...

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the seventh largest ... Located in the southeast of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast ...

, was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. between the government and the armed forces by creating repressive security ...

The Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, or simply ... many times. During more than 40 years of communist totalitarian rule ...

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (or Hungarian Uprising of 1956) ... was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government ...

May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir. The infiltration of ... The war represents one of the most recent examples of high altitude ...

Fake news, also known as junk news or pseudo-news, is a type of yellow ... news organizations claim proud traditions of holding government officials ...

), is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end ... Modern Greece, a developed country and a member of the European Union ...

(1981), which won the Booker Prize. Much of his early fiction is set on ... controversy and protests in many Muslim countries. The title refers to several ...

and 24th (1893–1897) president of the United States, and the ... As a leader of the Bourbon Democrats, he opposed imperialism, taxes ...

Romance people, completely surrounded by non-Latin peoples ("a ... The modern state of Romania was formed by the merging of the Danubian ...

) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...

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 ...

sometimes Countess Dohna, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. She ... and his wife Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. As the heiress presumptive ...

The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ... Asia and South America, Portugal was one of the world's major economic ...

Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the ... in the United States. The citizens of Los Angeles speak more than ...

) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 ... his empire across continents, creating one of the vastest empires ever known ...

one thousand years and ended with the rise of Christianity. It is considered ... The civilization of the ancient Greeks has been immensely influential ...

The history of women in the military extends over 4000 years into ... Yet as a matter of record, women have played a significant role in ...

Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...

000 (McLean & Elkind, 2003) and was one of the world's leading electricity ... At the end of 2001 it was revealed that Enron’s reports of high ...

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in south ... The region was once inhabited by the ancient Thracians, and was later ...

until 1910, lasted for five centuries as one of the world's longest running ... Shortly following the declaration of the Korean Empire in 1897, the ...

The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... name for the Indus River. The Constitution of India and common usage in Hindi ...

New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment ...

), officially the Republic of Austria ( Republik Österreich ... The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when ...

Francisco Franco, was the Dictator of Spain in parts of the country ... power in order to preserve a traditional way of life that was threatened, in ...

Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu, also known as the Tiger of Mysore (November ... were staunchly loyal to him. At the request of the French, he built a church ...

(b. about 1362 – d. June 1, 1434), was a Grand Duke of Lithuania ... .Endre Bojtár, Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of the Baltic ...

The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila ... plant that grew on the marshy shores of the bay. In the sixteenth century ...

William III of England (The Hague, November 14, 1650 – Kensington ... Born a member of the House of Orange-Nassau, William III won the English ...

Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (Persian language: محمدرضا ... It was lack of his regime's religious legitimacy in the eyes ...

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central ... an event that coincided with the baptism of Duke Mieszko I. Poland became ...

(The Long Day Wanes), on the dying days of Britain's empire in the ... He wrote critical studies of Joyce, Hemingway, Shakespeare and Lawrence ...

The Republic of Iraq, commonly known as Iraq, is a Middle Eastern ... Iraq is bordered by Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey ...

– April 23, 2007) was the first president of the Russian Federation, serving ... Yeltsin was blamed for many of the problems of this period. By the ...

), the name of a film Indian musical comedy film directed by Rajkumar ... Gandhism under Munna Bhai's notion of Gandhigiri.Mridula Chunduri ...

below for derivation) is a Bantu language of the Sabaki subgroup of Northeastern ... language, it is spoken as a second language by around 80 million people in ...

2002), known as Abu Nidal, was the founder of Fatah: The Revolutionary Council ... At the height of its power in the 1970s and 1980s, the ANO was widely ...

conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations ... led by the United States and mandated by the United Nations in order ...

Iran (ايران, Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ... The history of Iran covers over four thousand years. Throughout history ...

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ... The history of North Korea formally began with the establishment of ...

Language 32 (1) (Jan-Mar 1956): 5, India as a Lingustic Area. quote ... The art and architecture of the Tamil people encompass some of the ...

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 ...

Germany from 1919 to 1933. This period of German history is often known ... Reich," the same name used by the German monarchy before ...

Shekh Hasina Oajed) (born September 28, 1947) is the Prime Minister ... life. Comparison can be made with the career of Indonesia's former President ...

physicist. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically ... to physics include his special theory of relativity, which reconciled ...

The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita, Unternehmen Marita ... and Germany was forced to come to the aid of its ally. Operation Marita ...

and revolutionary. He governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years as Prime ... and unsuccessfully attempted to remove him by assassination, economic blockade ...

in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia ... ) or "co-reigning" city of the Byzantine Empire alongside ...

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country ... The Republic of Serbia comprises Serbia proper and two autonomous ...

The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of ideological, political ... popular uprising against the absolute power of the king and against the privileges ...

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Reino de España (both bordering Morocco). It is the largest of the three sovereign nations ...

from the 1920s onward. He served as Chairman of the Council of People's ... deeply implicated in the worst atrocities of the Stalin years – the forced ...

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 ...

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is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates ... Mesopotamia is the site of the earliest developments of the Neolithic ...

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... federal republic, historically consisting of several sovereign states with ...

August 4, 1961) served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 ... Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He ...

between France and Prussia, which was backed by the North German Confederation ... newly recruited French armies in a series of battles fought across northern ...

painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now ... Dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents ...