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- The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC or the Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings, mostly ...31 KB (4,719 words) - 11:15, 19 May 2023
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- million tonnes (2006). About 20 percent of world production goes into belts ... tires because they provide better trade-off for fuel efficiency and ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 22:13, 25 November 2023
- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was ... The organization's goals are to "maximize the trade, investment ...10 KB (1,369 words) - 11:43, 3 May 2023
- completion in 1973, it surpassed the World Trade Center towers in New York ... height of New York's unfinished World Trade Center, to become the world ...13 KB (2,043 words) - 15:23, 14 May 2023
- Mali grew famous due to their immense riches obtained through trade ... C.E. While it would not be considered the center of the Songhai Empire until ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:15, 4 February 2023
- with China. By 1768, Sulu had become the center of trade network extending ... launching attacks which destroyed the Sulu trade network, and Spanish troops ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 21:54, 26 February 2023
- relations between European states, improved trade and access to resources, ... In the aftermath of World War II, several people proposed that an ...13 KB (1,869 words) - 04:30, 23 March 2024
- to this rule are found in the west and center of Ethiopia and the most ... The Horn of Africa became a major center for trade and commerce around ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 14:19, 7 February 2024
- The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC or the Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings, mostly ...31 KB (4,719 words) - 11:15, 19 May 2023
- arose in Mauritania in order to serve the trade caravans crossing the Sahara ... sand, drought, and the end of the caravan trade, what remains illustrates ...17 KB (2,566 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- eminence as a vitally important historical trade route. Smaller political ... no significant island developments in the center of the Arabian Sea, despite ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- and centralization in modern cities around the world. The bazaar first appeared along the important trade routes. The constant ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 03:11, 26 September 2023
- states) are among the wealthiest in the world (with the exception of Yemen). ... the largest uninterrupted sand dune in the world, called the Empty Quarter ...10 KB (1,505 words) - 21:35, 29 December 2023
- 1931 until the construction of the World Trade Center North Tower in 1972. Preservation Commission. After the World Trade Center was destroyed in the ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 18:29, 13 February 2024
- brought about a gradual revolution in trade, and for the first time, ... The Empire grew rich from the trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 23:55, 6 December 2022
- The Manhattan Center building, built in 1906 and located in the heart ... as a multi-purpose facility, the Manhattan Center has been a premier venue ...11 KB (1,594 words) - 06:48, 5 November 2022
- peoples from the north. A premier trading center for West Africa that often ... Timbuktu was the center of significant written tradition on the African ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- the emergence of Cambridge University as a center of economic research in the ... a small number of tracts on international trade and the problems of protectionism ...14 KB (2,073 words) - 18:02, 20 July 2023
- economic policy and planning throughout the world since the middle of the twentieth ... From 1927 to 1930 Leontief worked at the Institute for World Economics ...15 KB (2,137 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
- Muslims throughout the world face the Ka'bah during prayers. ... the annual pilgrimage, to worship and to trade. Caravan-raiding, common ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 21:48, 4 October 2022
- of the profit possibilities in the Saharan trade routes that terminated there ... sent there, but for the rest there was no center of navigational science or ...10 KB (1,543 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2017
- Roman trade with India started around the beginning of the Common ... dangerous coastal voyage, helped enhance trade between India and Rome. ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- advocated on behalf of women’s suffrage, world peace, and the rights of ... Settlement, in founding the Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL). This ...8 KB (1,096 words) - 01:43, 26 October 2022
- policy of expanding Denmark's overseas trade, as part of the mercantilist ... main peacefully via treaties, purchase and trade concessions. Denmark did ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- * When the World Trade Center towers were completed in 1973, many ... the centerpiece building of the new World Trade Center complex planned for ...21 KB (3,158 words) - 22:48, 29 January 2023
- history of prosperity accrued from economic trade with Rome, India, and elsewhere ... to the emphasis it placed on commerce and trade. It minted its own coins ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- the nineteenth century. China stood at the center of the system and regarded ... and Manchus, took their place at the center with varying degrees of success ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- in the vast network of Saharan and Sudanic trade routes. The prosperity gained ... at the southern end of the trans-Saharan trade route between Tripoli and ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 02:36, 5 October 2022
- as being the oldest inhabited city in the world. Aleppo was the capital of ... place, as it sat at the crossroads of two trade routes and mediated the trade ...14 KB (2,080 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- although it is viewed as having a right of center view on politics. The paper ... Labour Party and had a liberal or left of center political orientation. In ...8 KB (1,170 words) - 02:34, 1 August 2022
- The city is in an isolated location in the center of the Kazakh Steppe and ... Made a provincial center in 1939, many Russian-Germans were resettled ...14 KB (2,138 words) - 05:07, 18 August 2023
- in 1628, a major portion of the slave trade from Africa to the English ... is ranked as one of the highest in the world. The literacy rate is 98 ...20 KB (2,790 words) - 23:06, 20 November 2023
- become one of the greatest golfers in the world, and then who rose again ... game for rich men, every man should have a trade, you should stick to carpentering ...23 KB (3,569 words) - 21:10, 23 October 2022
- indiatimes.com/india/nathu-la-reopens-for-trade-after-44-years/articleshow/1710090 ... the plains of Bengal to the south. In 1815, trade picked up in volume after ...20 KB (2,900 words) - 23:53, 29 May 2023
- to prominence through wealth gained from trade with both its African neighbors ... Empire. Ife was considered the religious center of the world, and many Yoruba ...14 KB (2,197 words) - 16:50, 11 September 2023
- waters of the Red Sea, is one of the world's premier diving locations ... one of the northernmost and most diverse in the world. ...15 KB (2,306 words) - 08:25, 8 January 2024
- object of commercial hunting. The fur seal trade often included clubbing them ... breeding season three-quarters of the total world population congregates on ...12 KB (1,705 words) - 07:37, 23 January 2023
- poet king. In 1968, UNESCO declared him a World Heritage Person. ... placed Buddhism and Buddhist ethics at the center of Thai life. He sent monks ...9 KB (1,378 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- ideal lever). The lever only allows one to trade effort for distance. ... on the opposite side. The fulcrum is the center of the lever on which the ...8 KB (1,282 words) - 22:06, 25 October 2022
- is the political, cultural, and economic center of the emirate. a small gulf sheikdom known locally as a center for pearl diving and shipbuilding ...18 KB (2,563 words) - 21:19, 29 December 2023
- deemed to be one of the sacred languages of the world. ==Etymology == ... alphabets were used for household and trade purposes. Compared to the ...20 KB (2,621 words) - 06:17, 10 January 2024
- books introducing Korean culture to the western world. ==Preparation ... and Korea had signed a Treaty of Amity and Trade, one stipulation of which ...8 KB (1,205 words) - 15:02, 2 February 2024
- industry. The Reciprocity Agreement, a free trade agreement between Hawaii ... "Queen Liliuokalani's Children Center," which is still in ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 15:42, 7 December 2022
- and played a major role in facilitating trade between China and Central ... and played a major role in facilitating trade between China and Central ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- Dār as-Salām), formerly Mzizima, is the largest city, industrial ... Tanzania remains one of the poorest countries in the world, but has ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- such as Nalanda, founded in 427 C.E., were world famous, and their Buddhist ... Trade-routes were therefore ideal locations for a vihara and donations ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 22:03, 17 April 2023
- The Circus World Museum is a large museum complex in Baraboo, Wisconsin ... company in the United States. The Circus World Museum was established in ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
- The Enlightenment had placed humanity at the center of the world, ... he had neither found a promising area for trade nor a useful new shipping ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- or "brought to light") is in the center of the roughly circular ring ... her twin children, Apollo and Artemis, into the world. Delos is a 15 ...9 KB (1,335 words) - 09:22, 28 January 2024
- annually, it is the busiest vehicular tunnel in the world. ... terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center's Twin Towers ...7 KB (1,127 words) - 04:15, 29 October 2022
- on the Silk Road, the city has long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture ... Its old city section, which was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...20 KB (2,826 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- to the abolition of slavery and the slave trade. biography for good and for changing the world at deep levels of reform ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 15:18, 14 May 2023
- Nile). It is the fifth-longest river in the world, draining a basin of nearly ... the second-largest rainforest in the world, the Congo Rainforest, second ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 19:05, 15 May 2020
- in their choice of careers. Basel was a center of the dyestuffs industry ... acetate yarn. The outbreak of the First World War postponed commercial ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 01:40, 13 January 2023
- he was fourteen, he was apprenticed to a trade to help support the family ... his business career. Chicago was the center of the wholesale dry-goods ...7 KB (1,133 words) - 21:15, 9 November 2022
- aided its development into a great trading center. The archaeological site ... be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:08, 24 November 2023
- and acted upon. His promotion of free trade supported the growth of British ... of parliament, Ricardo advocated free trade and the repeal of the Corn Laws. ...22 KB (3,471 words) - 08:07, 28 January 2024
- Young asked the group to back him up on his world tour the following year. ... Story of Stax Records. New York: Schirmer Trade Books, 2003. ISBN 9780825672842. ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 19:23, 20 November 2023
- present-day Kerela. They also had extensive trade links with the Southeast ... from Pandya about 361. A Roman trading center was located on the Pandyan ...21 KB (3,154 words) - 06:36, 18 November 2022
- It was strategically located along a major trade route and was the site of ... Megiddo was a site of great importance in the ancient world, as it ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 21:46, 28 October 2022
- = south, white = west, and yellow (or gold) = center. According to ... one of the largest cities of the medieval world, with a population estimated ...11 KB (1,663 words) - 18:55, 30 August 2021
- mosques in the Maghreb of the western Islamic world. ninth century C.E. the city had become a center of Islamic thought, due both ...17 KB (2,480 words) - 06:50, 28 February 2023
- that put the island on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2000. Tourism ... in Senegal. The fortified factory commanded trade along the Senegal River. ...21 KB (2,973 words) - 18:57, 22 December 2022
- an enormous harbor complex, is one of the world’s major seaports. Indeed ... seaport city of strong commerce and trade, it flourishes in arts and ...22 KB (3,301 words) - 05:47, 11 August 2023
- States-General of the Netherlands to expand trade and assure close relations ... of capital from their successful European trade, and were looking for new ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- and Korea's entry into the modern world. During the later part of ... maintained. He signed a Treaty of Amity and Trade with the United States in ...17 KB (2,290 words) - 20:45, 31 December 2021
- of the General Sherman to attempt to open trade for a British company based ... sought to make itself inconspicious on the world stage. It depended on its ...14 KB (2,195 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- developments in modern times. Soon after World War II large-scale irrigation ... was chosen for the Negev Nuclear Research Center due to its relative isolation ...13 KB (2,056 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- the Liberty Bell, the Independence Visitor Center, and the National Constitution ... into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, another ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 12:50, 4 March 2024
- on the Adriatic, a seaport, and the center of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. The prosperity of the city is based on maritime trade. In the Middle ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
- from spiritual traditions to create a better world. ==Issues== ... * Blood/blood plasma (trade) * Brain-computer interface ...12 KB (1,586 words) - 17:53, 31 October 2023
- Point was the commercial and governmental center of its day. Archaeological ... . In the center of the site, there is a set of six curved earthen ...15 KB (2,177 words) - 17:40, 9 November 2023
- planes and the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, New ... he was inspired to attack the World Trade Center after watching the ...20 KB (3,020 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- because of the possible interference of trade regulations, international ... energy systems reduces risks from mining, trade and political dependence ...14 KB (1,937 words) - 20:52, 8 February 2023
- point for Atlantic Ocean and European trade. Its location significantly ... An administrative center, Dakar is home to the National Assembly of ...23 KB (3,372 words) - 08:41, 24 January 2024
- #039;s primary seaport and government center. The central government, ... rule in 1575, and was the Atlantic slave trade center to Brazil until 1836 ...24 KB (3,367 words) - 10:35, 9 March 2023
- Roman booksellers carried on a flourishing trade. Their shops (taberna librarii ... The high degree of learning and scholarship in the medieval Islamic ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 19:27, 20 November 2023
- Jodhpur lies near the geographic center of Rajasthan, which makes ... enabled it to profit from a flourishing trade in opium, copper, silk, sandals ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 06:32, 5 April 2024
- noted for its position at the junction of trade routes on the Silk Road between ... the most important economic and cultural center in Central Asia. In Islamic ...15 KB (2,116 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- that in ancient times may have been the world's largest city. With ... 892 C.E., Samarra was the most important center in the Muslim world. Its ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 02:08, 23 December 2022
- The Chickasaw were very involved in business, farming, and trade in ... But we do know that this Mississippi world was the product of thousands ...14 KB (2,099 words) - 15:20, 10 December 2023
- Fort area. The twin towers of the World Trade Center building are in the ... building, the 40-story Twin Tower World Trade Center is situated in the ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- gives the city a unique advantage as the center of Poland's sea trade ... Gdańsk is an important seaport and shipbuilding center. Historically ...22 KB (3,336 words) - 06:28, 18 April 2024
- A flourishing center of learning and scholarship, Ptolemaic Egypt ... Alexandria into a leading cultural center. The Alexandria Library became ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 23:33, 2 December 2022
- In recent years, the Endowment launched the Carnegie Moscow Center ... think-tank involving people from around the world in the effort to promote ...7 KB (1,074 words) - 00:34, 29 November 2023
- with foreigners by the sea routes. Foreign trade continued through every following ... with foreigners by the sea routes. Foreign trade continued through every following ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- Plaza Independencia, Solís theatre, World Trade Center Montevideo, Rambla Sur. ... Montevideo is the commercial, political, and intellectual center of ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- is one of the leading libraries in the world and one of three public library ... Libraries. The others are the Schomburg Center for Black Research and Culture ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 21:49, 14 November 2022
- urban area of Hong Kong. Shenzhen is a center of foreign investment and ... that China has ever seen. The International Trade Center (国贸), built in ...24 KB (3,404 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- Lake Ladoga served as a lifeline to the besieged Leningrad during ... and the Volga River. In order to facilitate trade along the lake, a canal was ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- religion’s holiest city. Its position as center of the Islamic world is attributed ... the caravan route linking the Mediterranean world with South Arabia, East Africa ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 03:48, 9 November 2022
- Osaka, and gradually expanded into foreign trade with commercial goods. His ... The following year he observed the foreign trade activity in Nagasaki and ...25 KB (3,645 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- one of the host cities for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and is the center for ... to Hwangnyeongsan, located at the center of the city. The artifacts ...19 KB (2,764 words) - 03:33, 7 December 2022
- Rugwana River in the nation's geographical center. small colonial outpost and functioned as a trade center during the German ...17 KB (2,485 words) - 23:00, 3 March 2023
- have a long history in many parts of the world. They date back to the crannogs ... Japan's Edo period, as a contained center for European merchants. During ...9 KB (1,326 words) - 17:41, 16 August 2023
- died during the years of Russian fur trade. The tribe has nonetheless ... Russian fur traders during the Russian fur trade period in the eighteenth ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- communications, cultural, and economic center. The city of Freetown ... Africa, and the third largest natural harbor in the world. ...24 KB (3,436 words) - 21:04, 27 November 2023
- and economic news. Its editorial stance is center-right, although it is considered ... The FT is firmly established as one of the world’s leading sources ...13 KB (1,950 words) - 19:49, 26 March 2024
- or at least a village that was involved in trade, on Sumbawa that was wiped ... the 1815 cataclysmic volcanic eruption and trade. Forktail 18 (2002): 49–61 ...27 KB (3,837 words) - 17:13, 6 December 2023
- Silver Star medal had its beginning during World War I and is awarded for ... a citation for gallantry in action during World War I were eligible to apply ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- Christie’s is a world-famous auction house and the informal name ... as it continues to serve the public the world over by facilitating their ...9 KB (1,246 words) - 21:11, 10 December 2023
- It is an important agricultural market center. Administratively part of ... largest mud brick or adobe building in the world. Though the current mosque ...20 KB (2,929 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- The Grand Place was named by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1998 ... period in this important political and commercial center. ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 12:17, 24 January 2023
- they comprised only three percent of the world's Jewish population ... of Jews were still engaged in farming. Trade was also a common occupation ...20 KB (2,890 words) - 04:05, 18 August 2023
- known Buddhist teacher" in the world today, after the Dalai Lama. ... would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity ...19 KB (2,907 words) - 18:34, 30 April 2023
- Society from 1912 to 1914. During World War I, he wrote on war finances. ... is almost impossible to meet in the real world: Equilibrium is attained ...20 KB (3,082 words) - 06:16, 23 January 2023
- ===French fur trade (c. 1680-1761)=== [[Image:Voyageur canoe.jpg|thumb ... century. The voyageurs of the fur-trade era traveled the water highway ...20 KB (2,971 words) - 23:47, 26 February 2023
- which is among the poorest countries in the world. Estimated in 2006, to be ... While Bamako is the center of the distinctive griot music, which has ...22 KB (3,196 words) - 17:23, 10 February 2023
- an al-Qaeda terrorist strike on the World Trade Center, including New Yorkers ... The World Trade Center was an important tourist destination before ...37 KB (5,511 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- ) is the capital, largest city, and the economic center of Qatar. ... is home to branch campuses of some of the world's leading universities. ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- jpg|thumb|right|250px|Increasingly the world is thought of as a whole]] ... 11, 2001, was New York City's World Trade Center was no coincidence. ...36 KB (5,269 words) - 08:02, 24 January 2023
- a dramatic story called "Jimmy's World," describing the life ... html Manufacturing Consent] Third World Traveler. Retrieved January ...14 KB (2,023 words) - 17:49, 30 April 2023
- Mahinda’s son Kassapa became the center of Sihalese resistance against ... The Cholas had an active trade relationship with the eastern island ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:10, 8 December 2022
- group members. From the Dada activities of World War I Surrealism was formed ... In 1974, Miró created a tapestry for the World Trade Center in New ...18 KB (2,655 words) - 02:03, 9 February 2023
- twenty-third century B.C.E. It became the center of empire under Hammurabi ... for centuries Babylon was renowned as the center of Jewish learning, where ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 05:24, 26 August 2023
- the creation of the city of Abuja, in the center of the country, to replace ... Lagos has been called the filthiest city in the world. The influx ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 23:06, 21 October 2022
- of religion for Christians. The city was a center of lyric opera in the late ... Today it is the leading financial center and the most prosperous manufacturing ...27 KB (3,967 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- placed it at the intersection of the major trade routes between east and west ... Cologne also became an important center of medieval pilgrimage. Three ...26 KB (3,818 words) - 22:35, 7 January 2024
- in blending well with the ecclesiastical world of the Eastern Churches and ... became a gateway from the Mediterranean world to Kerala. The people there ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- Province. The city was an important center for trade along the Silk ... named the cultural capital of the Islamic world by the Islamic Educational ...23 KB (3,205 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- also the name of several annual networking product trade shows. ... 11 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center (New York City) structures ...21 KB (2,868 words) - 13:29, 7 February 2023
- city of the Tunisian Republic. It is the center of Tunisian commerce, as ... by Nazi Germany as a supply depot during World War II, and since gaining ...17 KB (2,367 words) - 12:23, 18 April 2023
- much of the city was again destroyed during World War II, beautiful cathedrals ... From its early legacy as a military fortress, Magdeburg became a center ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- its legacy arguably opened Swedes up to the world beyond Europe. to achieving an equitable and just world for all its people. ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- in and profited from the African slave trade. In recent years, modern ... to the west, is the largest city and true center for all Benin's social ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- city in Russia and the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, has deep ... and is rising to become a population center in its own right. Recent ...19 KB (2,901 words) - 14:59, 3 May 2023
- in a range of locations around the world. These effects, and the irregularity ... # Trade winds in the south Pacific weaken or head east # Warm air rises ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 00:07, 13 February 2024
- Cloves are one of the world's most important, popular, and useful ... petals that form a small ball in the center. The flower buds are strongly ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:33, 14 January 2023
- expectancy is thirty-four, the worst in the world, and Botswana has the second ... the land surface. The Okavango Delta, the world's largest inland delta ...20 KB (2,852 words) - 19:53, 20 November 2023
- 1987, UNESCO designated the caves a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ... , as the one whose anger can engulf the entire world in flames leaving ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- Geneva was a center of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and ... the second-highest quality of life in the world, tied with Vienna, Austria ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 06:46, 18 April 2024
- mid-teens to be able to travel around the world. In April 1855, at the age ... Progress and Poverty, which made him world famous. In 1880, George ...15 KB (2,329 words) - 07:25, 22 January 2024
- the second largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of surface area ... very substantial in many countries of the world. There is no accepted size ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- of shells called kula, sailing to visit trade partners on other islands ... was established and remained an important center for colonial police officers ...17 KB (2,608 words) - 17:43, 2 May 2023
- in July 2000), Minister of Industry and Trade (1996-1999). He resigned ... himself in his mind. Sharansky beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov ...16 KB (2,307 words) - 01:29, 11 November 2022
- He also published influential writings on trade unions, public opinion, and ... the Sociological Research Association, the World Association for Public Opinion ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- about fifty thousand people serves as the center of Sikkim's tourist industry. Monastery in 1840 made it a pilgrimage center, became a major stopover ...22 KB (3,354 words) - 04:26, 18 April 2024
- Alexandria, and is an important industrial center because of its natural gas ... city, one of the most famous cities in the world. It was founded by Macedonian ...24 KB (3,570 words) - 06:37, 20 July 2023
- the Russian Empire, would not have risen. Trade routes with the East came ... However, Colin McEvedy (Atlas of World Population History, 1978) estimates ...16 KB (2,408 words) - 13:10, 10 March 2023
- Cresson is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, which focuses on ... , she was transferred to the Ministry of Trade, where she oversaw the industrial ...15 KB (2,117 words) - 06:17, 13 June 2023
- the Congo. It is the only location in the world where two national capitals ... As the capital, largest city, and economic center of the nation, Brazzaville ...18 KB (2,623 words) - 22:54, 20 November 2023
- in 1769.]] The global chattel slave trade was also conducted via auction ... #039;s status at that time as the economic center of the modern world. ...16 KB (2,512 words) - 05:57, 10 January 2023
- largest and widely read newspapers in the world. His career with the LA Times ... and for the construction of the Los Angeles Music Center. ...8 KB (1,156 words) - 02:44, 16 November 2022
- its harbor and connects Port Royal, the center of shipping, to the rest ... rule, Kingston became the prosperous center of Jamaica's trade, ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
- Under their rule the city prospered as a center of trade in spice, ivory ... The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from ... nation, and "kentron," meaning center. Scholars believe this term ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- that traded widely throughout the ancient world. Converting to Christianity ... Eritrea, Aksum was deeply involved in the trade network between India and ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- lay across the Han River. The World Trade Center of Korea, located in ... Finance Building, Seoul Tower, the World Trade Center, the six-skyscraper ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- Cultural attitudes towards rain differ across the world. In the largely ... into the country by the south-western trade winds following the warm ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 00:07, 8 December 2022
- the cultural, scientific, and governmental center of the Republic of Croatia ... served as the cultural and political center of Croatia beginning in 925 ...25 KB (3,575 words) - 05:19, 13 June 2023
- colonies along the coast to help with trade. The settlement founded by ... was the city of Carthage, whose emphasis on trade gave the straits of Gibraltar ...14 KB (2,046 words) - 19:54, 26 July 2023
- and the economic, social, and cultural center of the nation of Guatemala ... Zone One is the historic center, and is the location of the Palacio ...18 KB (2,600 words) - 03:27, 5 March 2023
- itself strategically located on a major trade route. That marked the emergence ... designed gardens. By the end of World War II, many of the gardens ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- in Europe. The Crusades had built lasting trade links to the Levant, and ... The Italian trade routes that covered the Mediterranean and beyond ...32 KB (4,821 words) - 22:45, 22 September 2022
- in particular, is considered a global “center of endemism,” with its ... Many of the smaller Pacific nations rely on trade with Australia, ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- milestone by which sailing ships carrying trade goods around the world marked ... The Cape Horn Archipelago hosts the the world's southernmost ...25 KB (3,990 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- shogunate to open some ports to foreign trade. Yokohama was thought to ... in 1923, and by fire bombing during World War II. Today it is one of ...20 KB (2,678 words) - 11:13, 25 May 2023
- in a bid to control the lucrative spice trade. At the start of the twenty ... the current capital and largest population center is the island of Ternate. ...21 KB (3,241 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- including Egbe Omo Oduduwa, the Trade Unions Congress of Nigeria ... and rivalries, often fueled by how the center distributes resources, Nigeria ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 10:13, 11 March 2023
- signed with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association (WHA) ... to four Stanley Cup championships. His 1988 trade to the Los Angeles Kings ...25 KB (3,378 words) - 23:22, 3 May 2023
- man through Christ incarnate, given to the world by the Virgin Mary." ... re-proposed for the redesign of the World Trade Center after the September ...15 KB (2,338 words) - 07:00, 31 July 2023
- which have gained popularity around the world, still reflecting the basic ... not just in economic fashion but as a center of social interaction and ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 00:35, 29 October 2022
- Ashdod is an important regional industrial center. The Port of Ashdod is Israel ... making the city one of the most ancient in the world. During the city ...25 KB (3,733 words) - 04:02, 18 August 2023
- it was the largest suspension bridge in the world and the first steel-wire ... September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the bridge was used ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 04:35, 22 November 2023
- through which each culture views the world. His work has contributed ... a journalist and novelist. However, when World War II broke out, he decided ...9 KB (1,225 words) - 22:06, 7 January 2024
- meant the settlement grew as a regional center of trade, including the slave ... The Egyptians developed Sudan’s trade in ivory and slaves. During ...22 KB (3,228 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- It was one of the first cities to open for trade with the Western ... port grew, it became an important hub for trade with China and other countries ...32 KB (4,446 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- they subsequently became a trading center for African slaves. The Cape ... an important port as well as a major center of the slave trade with Europe ...19 KB (2,758 words) - 19:33, 25 November 2023
- with the French, due to their rivalry in the fur trade. ... as the Empire State Building and World Trade Center.[http://www.kitchensisters ...41 KB (6,201 words) - 23:24, 9 December 2021
- 1931. Since the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, it is currently ... for the right to be called the "world's tallest building." ...11 KB (1,614 words) - 21:55, 10 December 2023
- west. The River Gambia flows through the center of the country and empties ... likely have beocme the principal artery of trade for Senegal, The Gambia, ...24 KB (3,469 words) - 15:37, 30 April 2023
- suffers. Historically Shanxi has been a center for Buddhism and Daoism; ... For centuries, Shanxi was a major center of trade and banking, and ...23 KB (3,285 words) - 13:15, 27 January 2023
- as well as an economic and cultural center. The city is situated 5,900 ... It offers a strategic location along the trade routes of Southern and Central ...23 KB (3,393 words) - 06:47, 28 February 2023
- fostered commerce and international trade, and provided a steady source ... used for this purpose in many places of the world, including plowing fields ...26 KB (3,786 words) - 07:46, 9 March 2023
- 15 years imprisonment for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, conspiracy ... received life sentences for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, conspiracy ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 04:16, 9 November 2022
- and more importantly, facilitated trade with the indigenous people ... Hudson Bay was the growth center for the main ice sheet that covered ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 12:16, 4 February 2023
- Evidence suggests that Leptis was an important center of agricultural ... Roman Empire, and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 21:59, 25 October 2022
- Mahaica. A retail and administrative center, and a financial services ... hot and humid, and moderated by northeast trade winds. The average maximum ...22 KB (3,061 words) - 20:14, 13 December 2023
- such as the most populous city in the world as well as modern theories ... intensively, participated in an extensive trade network, and had a complex ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 22:17, 30 November 2022
- are met only in a few areas of the world, particularly in southern ... the title of "Avocado Capital of the World" and hosts an annual ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:18, 23 August 2023
- This archipelago of rich biodiversity was designated a UNESCO World ... Socotra is the largest island in the Arab world, of an estimated total ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- River Clyde - the latter growing to be the World's pre-eminent shipbuilding ... The world's earliest dockyards were built in the Harappan port ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:17, 27 January 2023
- A guild is an association of craftspeople in a particular trade. The ... and the rise of capitalist corporations and trade unions, although guilds still ...29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
- Dubai has attracted world-wide attention through innovative real estate ... the Umayyad Caliph, of the eastern Islamic world, invaded south-east Arabia ...35 KB (5,297 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- 1943) is a Polish politician and a former trade union and human rights activist ... rights and freedom inspired many around the world. His commitment to non-violent ...29 KB (4,198 words) - 18:50, 25 October 2022
- importance to both countries. A major trade artery since long before ... Its drainage area, which includes the Great Lakes and hence the world ...15 KB (2,273 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- The Sahara, located in Northern Africa, is the world's largest ... southern slopes, is the largest population center in the area. ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- purple. The dye was used in ancient textile trade, and highly desired. The ... and of Rome, the Phoenicians opened up trade and commerce and communication ...30 KB (4,504 words) - 04:20, 24 November 2022
- military power, Florence became a bustling center of European trade and finance ... The historic center of Florence attracts millions of tourists each ...28 KB (4,082 words) - 17:40, 28 March 2024
- administrative, financial, and commercial center. Located in the south-central ... and the Great West Road, radiate from its center. The Tazara Railway (also ...21 KB (2,892 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- is the capital, largest city, and economic center of the Hashemite Kingdom ... oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Numerous Biblical references ...17 KB (2,613 words) - 00:55, 9 January 2023
- China Sea, the province enjoys the booming trade through its ports and the ... The link between Zhejiang and the center of Chinese civilization was ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- * Bonaire is world renowned for its excellent scuba diving and is ... * Sint Eustatius is known for its world class diving, due to pristine ...29 KB (4,221 words) - 04:34, 11 March 2023
- of the strait's islands and forms the center of this closely grouped cluster ... #039;s administrative and commercial center and its most heavily populated ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 04:40, 1 May 2023
- some of the best tropical beaches in the world, making it a premier beach ... *Providenciales (main urban center, with most of the population) ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
- Nazi fugitives fleeing prosecution after World War II. ==Childhood ... the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) trade union to his defense, and ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 20:34, 4 October 2022
- communications, and education center. It serves as a distribution ... Empire, which was renowned for its gold trade with the Arabs. The Mutapa ...23 KB (3,136 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- model, create a structure model, perform trade-off analysis, and create ... An analysis by the INCOSE Systems Engineering center of excellence ...28 KB (3,868 words) - 00:58, 21 April 2023
- The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ... A small pocket of independence following World War I was quickly followed ...31 KB (4,622 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- of their objectives was to end the slave trade to the Persian Gulf that ... remains Malawi's major commercial center and largest city. ...23 KB (3,242 words) - 10:56, 9 March 2023
- the Great (330 C.E.), stands in the center of Bethlehem over a grotto ... town suffered from the loss of the pilgrim trade. Bethlehem was briefly returned ...17 KB (2,648 words) - 17:59, 29 September 2023
- as the civilian Secretary of War during World War II, chosen for his aggressive ... efficiency prior to its vast expansion in World War I. Following the outbreak ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- and is the administrative and trading center of this mountainous region ... The province is located along the India-China sea trade route. By ...19 KB (2,798 words) - 07:32, 14 June 2023
- and his successors internal and external trade, and agriculture and economic ... and military power. Its political and trade influence extended across ...32 KB (4,663 words) - 00:50, 9 November 2022
- as an International Biosphere Reserve, a World Heritage Site, and a Wetland ... National Park is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 23:51, 24 March 2024
- miles from Paris, is considered one of the world's finest examples of ... several tax revolts and riots. It was the center of Chartres' economy ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 00:43, 5 December 2023
- its political importance, Nubia was a vital trade route for Egypt, providing ... are early examples of what seems to be the world's first Archaeoastronomy ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic ... east. A component of the all-encompassing World Ocean, it is connected in ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- common system for everyday commerce in the world, and are almost universally ... of increasing international cooperation and trade is highly significant. It ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 18:28, 22 December 2022
- it is the third highest capital in the world. It is located in the geographic ... burden on Addis Ababa as it has become a center for refugees whom it cannot ...20 KB (2,986 words) - 05:49, 15 June 2023
- eastern side of Lake Tunis across from the center of modern Tunis in Tunisia—and ... of being the Carthage of the ancient world. While the term Carthaginian ...45 KB (7,001 words) - 00:42, 29 November 2023
- demand throughout Northern America and the world in the late twentieth century ... of those who were killed at the World Trade Center. The 20,000-acre Sterling ...22 KB (3,451 words) - 04:43, 1 May 2023
- to Japan, which opened that country to trade with the West. efforts to stop the transatlantic slave trade. He was instrumental as a ...32 KB (5,039 words) - 16:55, 7 November 2022
- geographically significant location at the center of the continent. Throughout ... to the south within this divide. In the center part of Tarim Basin stretches ...28 KB (3,367 words) - 14:31, 20 May 2023
- 90 percent. It was the first country in the world to constitutionally abolish ... asset. Costa Rica has developed one of the world's most successful ecotourism ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of the ... became the home of the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest ...38 KB (5,412 words) - 18:57, 7 February 2024
- Caribbean, Bahamas. Jacksonville, FL: New World Publications. ISBN 1878348302. * Nelson, J. S. 1994. Fishes of the World, 3rd edition. New York: ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- which has the largest historical city center of Europe, is known for its ... have their offices there, and the World Trade Center Amsterdam stands there. ...29 KB (4,176 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- route to the source of the lucrative spice trade. In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias ... a handful of African colonies. After World War II, Portugal's right ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- Howler monkey is the common name for the tropical, arboreal New World ... habitat destruction and capture for the pet trade or for food, have impacted ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 19:31, 7 February 2024
- In 1980, Taxila was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site with multiple ... Historically, Taxila lay at the crossroads of three major trade routes: ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- nearby Potosi, and became a major cultural center. The buildings in Sucre& ... era, the narrow streets of the city center are organized in a grid, ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- and argued in favor of competition, free trade, and lifting restraints on ... Say brought the entrepreneur to life and to the center of the stage ...17 KB (2,645 words) - 16:56, 2 April 2024
- of Korea's history since the end of World War II. Korea had no national ... including a research hospital and training center, research center for dentistry ...21 KB (2,854 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- business enterprises which, although huge, center on the individual, the Korean ... Chaebol played a key role in turning the trade deficit in 1985 to a trade ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 00:11, 4 December 2023
- it is not only the highest desert in the world, but also one of the coldest ... The center of the Atacama, a place climatologists refer to as "absolute ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 18:40, 19 August 2023
- (1844) opened Shanghai to international trade and gave foreign nations ... north of the foreign concessions. During World War II, Japan occupied Shanghai ...46 KB (6,727 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- Nutmeg was extremely popular in much of the world from the fifteenth ... the Middle Ages in the profitable Indian Ocean trade. In the late fifteenth ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 10:12, 11 March 2023
- The following is a selection of famous necropolises from around the world. ... the southern banks of the Sulm valley, on a trade route that crossed the Koralpe ...26 KB (3,983 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- part in helping to create a better, more humane world. [[Image:Geneva ... the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 ...11 KB (1,605 words) - 06:47, 18 April 2024
- link. These two cities together form the center of the Øresund Region, which ... Copenhagen has one of the highest standards of living in the world ...28 KB (4,058 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
- a leading opponent of slavery and the slave trade in New York. A deeply religious ... newspapers and merchants in the slave trade and provided legal counsel ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 22:16, 31 October 2023
- – Points West Online] Buffalo Bill Center of the West, March 20, 2016 ... brain tanned mule deer hide, 30,000+ glass trade beads, and tobacco balls ...20 KB (2,983 words) - 13:48, 3 May 2023
- the national capital. It is one of the world's highest cities, at ... criteria which qualified the old city as a World Heritage Site in 1987. Another ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 05:55, 30 November 2022
- was a flourishing culture that engaged in trade and commerce with a developed ... the beginning of Crete as an important center of civilization. ...35 KB (5,383 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- {{Infobox World Heritage Site |WHS = Archaeological Sites of ... and later superseding that of Knossos, the center of Minoan culture on Crete ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 22:40, 10 November 2022
- 8 km inland from the Saronic Gulf, in the center of the Cephisian Plain, a ... walls. The Acropolis was just south of the center of this walled area. The ...19 KB (3,013 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- 53 miles (85 km) wide, two islands in its center, Little Diomede (U.S.) and ... visits, seasonal festivals and subsistence trade," but were prevented ...18 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- Chiang as the earliest Bronze Culture site in the world. of the Ban Chiang Archaeological Site as a World Heritage Site in 1992 highlights ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 03:25, 17 September 2023
- the Wendat-Tionontate (Huron-Petun)," World Archaeology 35(2)(October ... wealthy. They engaged in extensive trade with neighboring tribes, ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 21:18, 9 February 2024
- Provinces. Initially dominated by the fur trade, which discouraged settlement ... Manitoba is located in the longitudinal center of Canada, although ...41 KB (6,242 words) - 11:07, 9 March 2023
- communications, and economic center of Ghana. Located on the ... to escape the overblown fate of many other world capitals, it does contain ...15 KB (2,198 words) - 07:30, 14 June 2023
- it terms a balanced growth of international trade, which it maintains will ... As World War II drew to a close, the economies of numerous nations ...32 KB (4,747 words) - 12:59, 7 February 2023
- brought about the defeat of Japan in the Second World War. ... climate moderated by seasonal northeast trade winds. There is little seasonal ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- lending bodies such as the IMF, the World Bank, various economic agencies ... privacy concerns, and the protection of trade secrets may restrict the ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 18:51, 22 November 2023
- The controversial bombing of Dresden in World War II by the British Royal ... The Dresden Elbe Valley was designated a World Heritage Site in 2004. UNESCO ...25 KB (3,605 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- for being the least populated country in the world. The islands are ... hot, and humid, moderated by southeast trade winds, with temperatures ...17 KB (2,562 words) - 06:19, 24 November 2022
- Essay] Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, January 14 ... Soon after, the King Center turned to support from the corporate community ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 08:36, 10 March 2023
- Israel's involvement in the World Trade Center attacks: Who knew the World Trade Center was gonna get bombed Who told 4000 ...18 KB (2,687 words) - 07:05, 25 July 2023
- one of the most corrupt countries in the world, ranking with Myanmar, Iraq ... the south west, these are Kaloum (the city center), Dixinn (including the University ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 02:37, 8 January 2024
- passed from German control at the start of World War I and was split between ... by a gently rolling savanna. The center of the country is hilly. ...26 KB (3,713 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
