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- in 1609, serving as a middle ground for trade between the Japanese shogunate ... the most abundant coral reefs found in the world. Rare blue corals are found ...37 KB (5,344 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- 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
- 16th-most-populous metropolitan area in the world, with a metropolitan area ... Modern Cairo remains the cultural center of the Arabic world, and ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 18:18, 25 November 2023
- significant events and legends. An urban center created by the Incas, with ... Cusco, the major cultural and population center of the Incan civilization ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous ... the most remarkable natural wonders in the world. Included among them are ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- When the zaibatsu were dissolved after World War II, Toshiba separated ... In 2001, Toshiba signed a contract with Orion Electric, one of the ...16 KB (2,217 words) - 04:41, 1 May 2023
- proposed during, and established following, World War II to oppose the interference ... for its picturesque beaches studded with world-class resorts, restaurants ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- from the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the world's largest cities and ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Indians. In other parts of the New World the Spanish simply eliminated ... Cordilleras, with a high plateau in the center. This cold, arid, windswept ...29 KB (4,244 words) - 23:38, 20 March 2024
- (Picture of the second plane going into the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001) *AIR HEADS (referring to the pilots of a plane that ventured ...9 KB (1,384 words) - 21:48, 14 November 2022
- and started to work as an editor of the trade magazine Publishers Weekly ... of the study was describe this small urban center as a unit which consists ...13 KB (1,965 words) - 02:18, 16 December 2022
- light, as he is predicted to be a “world-ruler,” uniting those ... aspirations of the vast majority of the world's Buddhists, regardless ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- primarily from its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and ... be the attacks on the New York City World Trade Center towers. Anchor Carol ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 10:13, 25 November 2023
- of the oldest and most sophisticated in the world, reminds us that no one part ... of civilization, compared to other world centers. It is extremely ...37 KB (5,637 words) - 02:50, 16 November 2022
- historical, financial and industrial center of Central Asia. It boasts ... The city came under Soviet rule in 1918. During World War II, it accommodated ...17 KB (2,420 words) - 08:16, 23 July 2023
- politically independent state and a major center of commerce, conducting trade ... its lagoon were collectively designated a World Heritage site. ...34 KB (5,043 words) - 15:01, 3 May 2023
- example, is widely considered to be the center of the contemporary art world ... Washington, D.C.: Museum Reference Center, 1994. *Hong Kong Institute ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- Fort, one of the oldest hills forts in the world; and Anasagar Lake, constructed ... the only temple dedicated Brahma in the world. Pushkar has won renown for ...14 KB (1,997 words) - 07:13, 16 June 2023
- During Gershom's lifetime Mainz became a center of Torah and ... the greatest Talumdic academy in the world. The journey there was full ...14 KB (2,372 words) - 17:56, 14 December 2023
- the Kongo, the Loango, and the Teke—built trade links leading into the Congo ... a major source for the transatlantic slave trade. Western education and Christianity ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
- became increasingly common during the slave trade of the eighteenth and nineteenth ... the elite; with the emergence of the slave trade, its racialized version justified ...14 KB (2,307 words) - 02:17, 15 January 2023
- the recovery of European nations following World War II, is the primary example ... an international organization such as the World Bank or the United Nations ...34 KB (5,026 words) - 10:14, 29 January 2024
- deep inside the naga hills in search of trade routes and other physical ... into the largest Baptist state in the world as of today. ...19 KB (2,820 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- A commercial, educational, and cultural center, the city was once the second ... South, and Southwest Philadelphia surround Center City, which falls within ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- The teachings of Mani were once widely circulated in the ancient world ... prove that Sogdia was a very important center of Manichaeism during the ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- Xi'an), the most populous city in the world at the time, is regarded ... The center of the political power of the Tang was the capital city ...40 KB (6,123 words) - 00:13, 10 February 2024
- The climate is tropical, moderated by trade winds from April to November ... There is no capital. Each atoll has its own administrative center. ...17 KB (2,411 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- is now Jiangsu was far removed from the center of Chinese civilization, ... that south Jiangsu emerged as a major center of trade. From then on, south ...28 KB (3,971 words) - 20:38, 3 April 2024
- the war, he returned to his silversmith trade and quickly recognized the ... Apollos (now Paul) passed his silver trade to his son Paul. Upon Apollos ...20 KB (3,121 words) - 01:31, 23 November 2022
- Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg ... and the Third Reich (1933-1945). After World War II, the city was divided; ...35 KB (5,027 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- of countries (also known as the Allies of World War II) that consisted of ... The Second World War's opposing alliances pitted strong democracies ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- Allies' greatest military disasters of World War I and one of the Ottoman ... In 1304 the city became the center of a crusader state created by ...15 KB (2,333 words) - 07:43, 23 January 2023
- empire would leave an indelible mark on world history. Several centuries ... dealt with the main Hungarian army in the center. The Mongols defeated European ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 21:26, 26 February 2023
- the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Kirkpatrick, like ... and a former member of the O.S.S. (the World War II-era predecessor of ...14 KB (1,976 words) - 01:05, 9 February 2023
- The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the world's premier ... the highest level of competition in the world of basketball. It has grown ...32 KB (4,894 words) - 01:38, 11 November 2022
- of Madhya Pradesh, is the administrative center of Ujjain District and Ujjain ... Ujjain has served as a center of science and culture in northern India ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- whose walls still exist, and was declared a World Heritage Site by the United ... as a permanent settlement and not a simple trade post. Over time, it became ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- as well as the commercial and industrial center, of Peru. It is located in ... Republic of Peru. The city's historic center was declared a UNESCO World ...28 KB (4,030 words) - 08:43, 8 March 2023
- with the Belize River flowing down the center of the country. The north ... Hemisphere and the second-longest in the world after the Great Barrier Reef ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 11:57, 9 May 2024
- were relatively untouched by the outside world. In the early 1900s, Dutch ... From the seventeenth century, the Dutch established trade and political ...36 KB (5,331 words) - 23:49, 9 January 2024
- There are up to 300 species in Asparagus, all from the Old World. ... According to the USDA, Peru is currently the world’s leading asparagus ...14 KB (2,081 words) - 04:48, 18 August 2023
- Nevertheless, Mozambique remains one of the world's least developed countries. ... Lisbon devoted itself to the more lucrative trade with India and the Far East ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- Kochi has been an important spice trading center on the Arabian Sea coast ... in the city's development. A growing center of information technology ...42 KB (5,911 words) - 04:06, 4 March 2023
- from its central position in the maritime trade routes between China and ... the most important shipping lane in the world, especially given the rise ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- * 5x World Series champion (1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939) ... While pitching for five World Series teams, Gomez set an unparalleled ...11 KB (1,553 words) - 19:03, 25 October 2022
- developed during this period. Commerce, trade and also naval exploration ... by any other power (except by Japan during World War II) from the sixteenth ...35 KB (5,541 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- park have been listed by the UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. ... the steady shift southwards of the center of the Tai-speaking peoples ...29 KB (4,487 words) - 06:07, 10 January 2023
- imperfect data, rather than resample. This trade off is made more difficult ... Bank]. NOAA. (Paleoclimatology Program and World Data Center for Paleoclimatology.) ...10 KB (1,555 words) - 00:41, 27 July 2022
- 2, 1926 - December 2, 2020) was a French center-right politician who was ... more tense. Giscard reacted by founding a center-right confederation, the ...24 KB (3,434 words) - 16:28, 29 December 2020
- The cultivation of peanuts spread around the world after the European ... Although it has been suggested that a now unknown Old World species ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 17:09, 26 March 2023
- ; "Brown" asbestos: Amosite, CAS No. 12172-73-5, is a trade ... Scott Bass suggests that the World Trade Center towers could still ...20 KB (2,941 words) - 18:08, 16 August 2023
- living in Asia, and is ranked 11th in the world, and is the world's ... to control its pollution levels to within World Health Organization standards. ...31 KB (4,282 words) - 00:11, 29 December 2023
- United States and a major manufacturing center, today it is home to Harborplace ... at Locust Point in 1706 for the tobacco trade. The Town of Baltimore was ...32 KB (4,493 words) - 03:24, 17 September 2023
- kilometers (15.5 miles) southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically ... The Mogao Caves became one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1987. ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 19:28, 9 November 2022
- The Historic Center of Macau ( O Centro Histórico de Macau ... France, and Holland all sought to open trade with China. Portugal arrived ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- due to a Thai proposal for a regional free trade area. The bloc then grew ... as a production base geared for the world market. This law would act ...43 KB (5,937 words) - 05:04, 18 August 2023
- is also the nation's chief port and center of financial, commercial ... Long the seat of culture within Ireland, it has been at the center ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- primary cultural, economic, and financial center and a major transportation hub. ... noteworthy park is South Mountain Park, the world's largest municipal park with ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- is a landlocked country located in the center of South America. It lies ... largest hydroelectric power plant in the world, generating nearly all of ...27 KB (3,892 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- pounds of mulberry leaves. The annual world production represents 70 ... and fibroin, fibroin being the structural center of the silk, and serecin ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 20:11, 21 April 2023
- of events transpiring in the physical world could be communicated through ... the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City due ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 22:20, 30 November 2022
- atrocities committed by Nazi Germany during World War II, a consensus within ... "Most Translated Document" in the world, having been translated into ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 12:00, 3 May 2023
- This world-renowned Order is the highest decoration in France and ... the arts, fine arts, teaching, agriculture, trade, and industry. ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
- democratic, democratic socialist, and trade unionist outlooks. ... The Labour Party grew out of the trade union movement and socialist ...55 KB (7,952 words) - 19:37, 16 July 2023
- Mehrgarh to UNESCO for consideration as a World Heritage Site in 2004. ... According to Catherine Jarrige of the Center for Archaeological Research ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:13, 9 November 2022
- is remembered for his rebuff of the British trade ambassador, George Macartney ... pressures from the West to increase foreign trade. China’s lack of a Ministry ...28 KB (4,243 words) - 00:03, 15 April 2023
- of the Sabarmati river. It was on the trade route between Harappan cities ... been a part of a major river system on the trade route of the ancient peoples ...37 KB (5,691 words) - 16:48, 25 October 2023
- Nelson, in 1994, in his book Fishes of the World (third edition), ... are important as food fish throughout the world. Ictalurids are cultivated ...17 KB (2,573 words) - 01:37, 13 January 2023
- right|250 px|Tokyo, the largest metropolis in the world.]] ... protection from attack, opportunities for trade, and ease of transportation ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- over 300 million people living in the Arab world. There are 22 nations holding ... The Arab world should not be confused with the term "Middle East ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- from the Ukraine, Kaye became one of the world's best-known comedians ... a rumor that Kaye dodged the draft during World War II. Allegedly, Kaye faked ...13 KB (1,920 words) - 06:25, 15 January 2023
- right|300px|Smoke billowing from the World Trade Center after the [[September ... The September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon are examples ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- is generally a belt-like band through the center of the Deep South, stretching ... those of white Americans had roots in the center of the Deep South. Despite ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 08:36, 15 January 2023
- of fixed projects with the greater world. General civil engineers ... of mechanism the collapse of the World Trade Center. NASA uses fire protection ...12 KB (1,647 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- Bratislava was a key economic and administrative center of the Kingdom ... Danube River and is the only capital in the world that borders on two neighboring ...38 KB (5,662 words) - 22:52, 20 November 2023
- Age of Discovery. The city's World Heritage Site, the Monastery ... most important financial and economic center of the Iberian Peninsula ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- the 1700s Sierra Leone was an important center of the transatlantic slave ... situated next to Sierra Leone Harbor, the world's third largest natural ...38 KB (5,601 words) - 20:08, 21 April 2023
- defensive plays, eight represents the center fielder's position. ... was coined in the Spanish Empire and moved trade around the world. ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- also the political, economic, and cultural center of the country. Located in ... Algiers played a role in World War II as the headquarters of Allied ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- port, and chief industrial and cultural center of the country. It dominates ... In recent decades Asunción's tourist trade has increased. Considered ...19 KB (2,690 words) - 18:39, 19 August 2023
- reflects the advance of humankind toward a world in which human rights of ... of the Russian State around the end of the First World War. ...19 KB (2,677 words) - 15:01, 27 April 2023
- The Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, designated a World Heritage Site ... marked the Golden Age of Polonnaruwa, when trade and agriculture flourished ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 08:40, 24 November 2022
- Djibouti's main advantage is its strategic location near the ... Apart from Djibouti City, the capital and large urban center, there ...32 KB (4,757 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- of its capital city, Jakarta. Once the center of powerful Hindu kingdoms ... Java is the 12th largest island in the world and the fourth largest island ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- rabbinic Judaism, which has been at the center of Jewish life and civilization ... Jamnia and Lydda, where he was a sewer by trade (Yer. Ber. 7d). This seemingly ...15 KB (2,290 words) - 05:05, 7 May 2024
- and the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Critics suggest, however ... claims of Nostradamus predicting the World Trade Center attacks on September ...27 KB (4,102 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- to control large industries, banks and foreign trade. Elisabeth Gaynor ... markets to permit a greater degree of free trade, hoping to motivate the population ...28 KB (4,055 words) - 00:29, 26 January 2023
- A commercial, financial, and cultural center of the city, Manhattan ... 250px|Manhattan skyline with the [[World Trade Center|Twin Towers]].]] ...28 KB (4,296 words) - 11:05, 9 March 2023
- is located at the confluence of two of the world's great rivers, the ... French explorers arrived in 1673 and found a major center of the Mississippian ...33 KB (4,943 words) - 18:26, 26 February 2024
- city centers in the German-speaking world, and was listed as a UNESCO ... of the North." Its fame as a center of Church power and majesty ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- probable that Leif Ericson reached the New World almost 500 years before Christopher ... that he was blown off course and discovered the New World. ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- have suggested that the round hole in the center of the bagel allowed Russian ... Today, bagels are enjoyed all over the world, and have become one of the ...17 KB (2,751 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- city, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba. as the main Spanish port for the New World. An influx of African slaves ...29 KB (4,178 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- commercial, industrial, and transportation center, and is considered an important ... and the Revolution of 1956. It was the center of political drama in the ...27 KB (3,960 words) - 16:54, 22 November 2023
- Estimates of the number of NGOs throughout the world vary so widely ... activity in virtually every region of the world." Salamon et.al ...22 KB (3,066 words) - 09:59, 11 March 2023
- many of whom settle in parts of the Western world. OCLC [http://www ... Guangdong was far away from the center of ancient Chinese civilization ...24 KB (3,310 words) - 02:43, 5 March 2023
- of Botswana. It is notable that the entire center of the city was constructed ... The center of the city was constructed in three years, including assembly ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 09:18, 4 December 2023
- heralds in a new leadership model at the world body. His concern for unresolved ... As foreign minister, Ban oversaw the trade and aid policies of South ...31 KB (4,626 words) - 03:25, 17 September 2023
- the entire Southeast Asia region during World War II. ASEAN has been emerging ... Laurence Bergreen, Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- During the Nara and Heian periods, people in Hokkaidō conducted trade ... fishing and obtained rice and iron through trade with the Japanese. ...26 KB (3,650 words) - 13:21, 1 February 2024
- influences), but continued a restricted trade relationship with the Dutch ... 小西 行長, 1555 – 1600), it became a center of missionary activity after ...25 KB (3,619 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- Chinese history. To expand the burgeoning trade with Burma and India, Emperor ... respectively. In 2002, its total two-way trade (imports and exports) reached ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- of the Scottish Parliament. The city was a center of the Enlightenment, led ... of Edinburgh were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. They ...33 KB (4,767 words) - 18:11, 12 February 2024
- with an artillery regiment at the end of World War I—which never saw combat—Bormann ... located under the Reich Chancellery in the center of Berlin. ...18 KB (2,707 words) - 00:14, 28 November 2021
- Because of agriculture, cities as well as trade relations between different ... the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. ...27 KB (3,893 words) - 06:48, 16 June 2023
- lasted for five centuries as one of the world's longest running monarchies ... a golden age of classical Korean culture, trade, science, literature, and ...39 KB (5,700 words) - 15:30, 6 May 2024
- foreign influences, there was some foreign trade. In the late Edo period, ... Like Hideyoshi, Ieyasu encouraged foreign trade but was also suspicious ...38 KB (5,709 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- subsistence activities. They also developed trade, initially with neighboring ... to all for the benefit of human society around the world. ...30 KB (4,529 words) - 20:54, 19 January 2024
- for friendly relations and had planned to trade with the Native Americans ... On a hunting and trade mission on the Chickahominy River, President ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 00:30, 12 April 2023
- in London and Boston Spa and is one of the world's most significant research ... thus contributing substantially to a better world. ==History== ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 02:43, 22 November 2023
- the altitude, and is modified by southeast trade winds; there is a warm, dry ... labor. Port Louis became a major shipping center. The French, however, harbored ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- humanity's search for meaning in the modern world. ... was a wanderer by nature and an artist by trade. Owen became the boy's ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- Japan enjoyed a near total monopoly of trade with Korean merchants suffering ... Joseon's place in the rapidly changing world. Huang Tsu-hsien presented ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 23:06, 30 November 2022
- entertainment, arts, and international trade. The city is home to the ... United States in purchasing power and the world's 22nd-richest city ...30 KB (4,379 words) - 10:37, 10 March 2023
- The Midtown and the New Center areas are centered around Wayne State ... In 1896, a thriving carriage trade prompted Henry Ford to build his ...33 KB (4,747 words) - 10:07, 29 January 2024
- and some of the highest mountains in the world. The vegetation varies. On ... Hawaii, brought the United States into World War II in 1941. A number ...17 KB (2,443 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- refer to those members comprising the New World genera Mephitis, Conepatus ... ago, when skunks were bred for the fur trade instead of the pet trade ...17 KB (2,576 words) - 22:59, 23 April 2023
- by many to be the clearest water in the world. The 700 islands, including ... pleasant climate. Almost 5 percent of the world's coral reefs are located ...26 KB (3,773 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- * Rand-McNally Millennium World Atlas uses "Côte d'Ivoire." ... rate sometimes cited as the highest in the world. The only forest left completely ...28 KB (4,077 words) - 07:33, 12 January 2024
- for plants brought from around the world. An aviary offers home to ... immigrant agricultural workers as depressed world sugar prices kept the economy ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- During World War II, Miller worked for several years as an economist ... a public director on the Chicago Board of Trade 1983-85 and a director of ...11 KB (1,711 words) - 16:14, 9 November 2022
- The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II trans ... of cooperation, scholarly exchange, and trade that also characterized relations ...33 KB (5,132 words) - 14:36, 27 January 2023
- poachers who engage in the illegal wildlife trade and in sales of body parts ... other orders). In Mammal Species of the World, 178–81. 3rd ed. Edited ...12 KB (1,751 words) - 23:18, 10 December 2022
- on which are 5 groups of markings. In the center of the tablet is a set of ... all the beads away from the horizontal beam at the center. ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- #039;s father, George Wofford, a welder by trade, told her numerous folktales ... number of slaves who died in the slave trade. More specifically, she is ...18 KB (2,615 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- Mali is one of the poorest nations of the world, and most of its people engage ... borders on the north stretch into the center of the Sahara Desert, while ...15 KB (2,110 words) - 06:37, 5 November 2022
- the largest population of Muslims in the world. Many different religions ... the island of Bali is still a flourishing center of Hinduism. ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- Jiangxi had served as a main trade route in ancient and Medieval China ... open corridor was the primary route for trade and communication between ...21 KB (3,089 words) - 20:39, 3 April 2024
- overall in North America, and 20th in the world.QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited ... 208 (1965): 795–796. The invention of the world's first artificial cell ...36 KB (4,859 words) - 09:30, 10 March 2023
- Six different Tuscan localities have been designated by UNESCO as ... the last vestiges of serfdom, encouraged trade and industry, and reformed ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- 28 °C (82 °F), moderated by constant trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean ... (CARICOM), an associate member of the World Trade Organization through ...22 KB (3,174 words) - 17:44, 16 August 2023
- of the Congo. This is the only place in the world where two national capital ... (south) of the river. The slave and ivory trade played a significant role ...28 KB (3,888 words) - 23:14, 3 March 2023
- the nation. They have a distribution center in every province—usually ... supermarket in the United States, and the world, was opened by ex-Kroger ...17 KB (2,494 words) - 13:56, 28 April 2023
- same time the Vikings created an advanced trade system reaching through the ... Originally a seafaring nation relying on fishing, farming and trade ...38 KB (5,763 words) - 21:28, 5 March 2024
- As a subject, humanity is able to model the world so that it reflects the values ... received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in 1961 and the Templeton ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 16:20, 27 July 2021
- positional number system to the Western world in the twelfth century. ... became the centre of scientific studies and trade, and many merchants and scientists ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 17:58, 10 November 2022
- and an anterior dorsal fin in front of the center of the body (Nelson 2004 ... and an anterior dorsal fin in front of the center of the body (Nelson 2004 ...26 KB (3,758 words) - 22:25, 7 January 2024
- the driest desert (the Atacama) in the world, the highest mountain range ... economic issues and hemispheric free trade. Chile is one of South America ...39 KB (5,549 words) - 16:43, 10 December 2023
- September 5, 1494. The other side of the world would be divided a few decades ... was 22° plus nearly 9 miles west of the center of Santo Antão (the westernmost ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- acre fort which still retains its old world charm with its high ramparts ... and used it as the administrative center of Galle. In 1947, when Ceylon ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 03:58, 18 April 2024
- Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. During World War II, the city suffered ... scientific, educational and cultural center of Eastern Europe. UNESCO ...26 KB (3,695 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- Crane. Approximately 80 percent of the world's population of these ... valuable transportation for the French trade in furs with the Pawnee and ...19 KB (2,928 words) - 01:50, 10 April 2023
- of Polynesia," it is one of the world's largest coral islands ... along the western coast (Alofi Bay in the center, and Avatele Bay in the south ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 02:29, 16 November 2022
- the common property of the Mediterranean world, making a valuable contribution ... on expanding Egypt's external trade, sending a commercial expedition ...12 KB (1,918 words) - 16:32, 11 November 2022
- at 66,217,736. Both the geographic center and the population center ... Civil War to the Great Depression and World War II, Midwestern Republicans ...28 KB (4,092 words) - 10:57, 10 March 2023
- individual who is being educated is the center of the educational process ... historical and cultural research center based around the libraries ...30 KB (4,416 words) - 04:36, 22 November 2023
- this, the lifetime of a filament lamp is a trade-off between efficiency and ... E27, is used in Europe and elsewhere in the world with 220-240V household voltage. ...44 KB (6,810 words) - 12:43, 4 March 2024
- and northwest. It is slightly west of the center of the country. Its area ... of harmattan occasioned by the north-east trade wind, with characteristic ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 07:06, 14 June 2023
- Senegal, from the Atlantic coast to the center of Senegal along the Gambia ... The former French colony was a major shipping point for the slave ...33 KB (4,780 words) - 14:52, 4 April 2024
- The Caribbean is home to about 9 percent of the world's coral ... According to the National Hurricane Center 385 hurricanes occurred in ...13 KB (1,964 words) - 18:09, 14 November 2021
- The Tanzanian geography is one of the most varied and unique in the ... emerged as the dominant port of the region. Trade in general had prospered ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- most important drainage system in the world which covers approximately ... as Paraguay’s main route to the outside world. A railroad running southeast ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 07:45, 18 November 2022
- located some distance away from the urban center, are located on the Bohai ... Tianjin began its development into a major port and trading center ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- superior of the Franciscan order in the New World, Marcos de Niza), and several ... Hawikuh, and they were denied entrance or trade. Coronado had to enter Hawikuh ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 04:55, 9 April 2024
- Red Sox in 1907. He became the regular center fielder by 1909 and led the ... Speaker became the regular starting center fielder for Boston in 1909 ...47 KB (6,717 words) - 20:17, 28 April 2024
- by aligning itself with Germany, with whom trade had increased. Germany had ... centuries, the Ottoman Empire was among the world's most powerful political ...38 KB (5,718 words) - 05:55, 18 November 2022
- great intellectual centers of the classical world. An important city under ... 1982 the ruins of Cyrene were designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, ...13 KB (1,919 words) - 18:50, 12 May 2020
- going to New York in a seven-player trade in December 1959. He was ... distinctly inferior to his predecessor in center field, the elegant Joe DiMaggio ...20 KB (3,166 words) - 19:46, 27 April 2024
- its enormous impact upon the lands of the world in its day. ... Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape a World Heritage site in 2004, noting ...26 KB (3,693 words) - 02:16, 18 November 2022
- migrating to the Americas with the slave trade, samba gradually evolved ... with use of the palm of the hand in the center of the instrument for snaps ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 11:45, 6 September 2022
- is considered the economic and cultural center of the region. With a 2008 ... Expo Center in Dorchester, and the World Trade Center Boston and Boston Convention ...40 KB (5,847 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- habitat destruction and the bushmeat trade. A population of several ... a troop of five to 30 gorillas and is the center of the troop's attention ...12 KB (1,781 words) - 07:13, 1 January 2024
- railroad industry and until the 1960s the world's largest meatpacking ... Chicago's skyline is among the world's tallest. The three ...42 KB (6,247 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- Republic, which rapidly grew to become a world power through its merchant ... had risen over the last centuries through trade and finance. They were alienated ...28 KB (4,365 words) - 11:02, 23 December 2021
- (Romania, as the Byzantine state and its world were called). This nationalist ... to become the largest city in the Christian world. Attempts by the Arabs to ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- and the second-largest city in the Arab World (after Cairo). during the 1970s, but it has been a center of violent conflict since ...29 KB (4,200 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- Portugal, desperate to reestablish trade with India after Islam had ... the Portuguese and remunerate them with a trade monopoly for newly discovered ...22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
- orange, red, and blue; some have dark center markings. The species that ... rhoeas) is still worn in remembrance of World War I. Ecologically, many ...16 KB (2,490 words) - 11:58, 13 February 2022
- It also serves as the headquarters for the World Bank, the International Monetary ... operations in the country. The slave trade, though not slavery, in the ...39 KB (5,697 words) - 23:11, 3 May 2023
- point of the Silk Road, which served as a trade route, leading from China ... Terracotta Army Museum has been named as a World Heritage Site. Other notable ...15 KB (2,046 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- find their rightful place in the emerging world that values all cultures. ... based on the number of poles placed in the center of the structure. Most lodges ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 01:45, 23 November 2022
- (she was the chief's sister), and to trade food for gold and jewelry ... created by Congress after the Factory (fur trade) system was abolished. Clark ...22 KB (3,473 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- The Euxine abyssal plain in the center of the Black Sea reaches ... The Black Sea is the world’s largest meromictic basin where the ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 18:07, 31 October 2023
- the Southern United States' largest center of the slave trade, with ... had the dual goals of establishing trade with the Spanish in Texas ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
- Tula retained its leading role in this trade. By that time, four shapes ... During World War I and the subsequent turmoil of revolution and civil ...16 KB (2,540 words) - 01:15, 21 April 2023
- found in the mythology of many cultures and world religions, and are associated ... A large number of myths from the world's cultures involve the ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ... populated landlocked country in the world. The country contains very ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- are among the most beautiful in the world. The Red Sea has one of the ... religions that would dominate the world. And the land that prophets ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 22:24, 29 January 2023
- Apache groups were initially involved in trade relationships with the Spanish ... When the Spanish arrived in the area, trade between the Pueblo peoples ...37 KB (5,440 words) - 05:56, 11 August 2023
- south of the center of Nairobi, the nation's capital and largest ... the park as a gesture to persuade the world to halt the ivory trade. ...18 KB (2,633 words) - 02:41, 11 March 2023
- of tribal members to the spirit world including ancestors, guiding ... of those who were killed at the World Trade Center terrorist attack on ...29 KB (4,491 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- interest") within a framework of free trade between actors motivated ... principles by which, she believed, the world functions. Her literary work ...20 KB (2,901 words) - 07:26, 23 August 2023
- tribe or tribes. The region was also a center of operations for eastern ... of coins which would prove that the Dnieper trade route—the backbone of later ...42 KB (6,324 words) - 00:33, 9 January 2024
- and one of the most populous in the world. and was both a provincial capital and a center of the world-wide muslin ...34 KB (4,736 words) - 20:15, 21 January 2023
- Dallas is the main economic center of the 12 county Dallas, Fort Worth ... Dallas is at the center of the largest inland metropolitan area in ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 18:06, 24 January 2024
- of the most important film festivals in the world, alongside the Venice Film ... War, in the city of Berlin divided after World War II. Over the years it ...34 KB (4,808 words) - 11:03, 28 September 2023
- not just for Korea but for Asia and the world. Today scholars research ... the conclusion that the earth was not the center of the universe but was revolving ...16 KB (2,572 words) - 09:49, 26 January 2023
- a "name change will harm the tourist trade and bring economic hardship ... over the fireplace in the visitors' center at Devils Tower. ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- drawn into the wider emerging Mediterranean world by Phoenician trading colonies ... Fez as their capital, and Morocco became a center of learning and a major regional ...40 KB (5,727 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- while the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species limits ... * Folkens, P. A., and R. R. Reeves. Guide to Marine Mammals of the ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 17:19, 12 February 2024
- It had the highest life expectancy in the world in 2007, at 83.52 years. ... quot; of Andorra, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- though it is commonly claimed to be the world's oldest wind instrument ... The didgeridoo is perhaps the oldest wind instrument in the world ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- relative obscurity in the English speaking world. His books advocate "Gnosis ... of sexuality as the cornerstone of the world's great religions. ...39 KB (5,837 words) - 11:35, 6 September 2022
- country possesses over 30 percent of the world's bauxite reserves and ... Fouta Djallon is a highland region in the center of Guinea. The indigenous ...23 KB (3,314 words) - 23:40, 25 March 2024
- the effort to build the Los Angeles Music Center, whose main concert hall ... in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. After World War II, it launched The Mirror ...18 KB (2,759 words) - 02:47, 4 November 2022
- College and converted for use as a conference center. Paley died on ... into what was eventually one of the world's dominant communication ...12 KB (1,903 words) - 20:44, 24 November 2022
- decision not to pitch Game One of the 1965 World Series because game day fell ... however. The Dodgers won the 1955 World Series for their first title ...22 KB (3,298 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- major group of writers who appeared after World War II. ... Endo was exempted from military duty during World War II because of poor health ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 18:33, 13 February 2024
- and is one of the largest artificial ports in the world. city since its inception. During the Second World War, the city served as a ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
- of gang violence in many cities around the world at the beginning of the twenty ... with firearms, sale of illegal drugs, trade in stolen motorcycles and ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 08:52, 23 October 2022
- (SPRC) and the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC). ... The news filled Iranians all over the world with pride except for ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- that is one of the poorest countries in the world and among the ten poorest ... sq km), the Central African Republic is the world's 43rd-largest country ...29 KB (4,266 words) - 23:52, 3 December 2023
- his great nemesis, Boston Celtics star center Bill Russell. A supreme defensive ... Chamberlain played the center position and was probably the most dominant ...36 KB (5,732 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the world after the Dead Sea, a saltwater ... and villages around the lake and plenty of trade and ferrying by boat. The ...16 KB (2,502 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- the city serves as the administrative center of Ahmedabad district, and ... boom and population increase. A rising center of education, information ...41 KB (5,921 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- gains in Eastern Europe following the Second World War. ... 1950s, eager to gain ratification of post-World War II boundaries and of ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 17:19, 6 February 2022
- The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world ... As a principal port, New Orleans had a leading role in the slave trade ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 08:28, 8 January 2024
- African Company, which participated in the slave trade. ... *Davis, Richard B., Editor. William Fitzhugh and His Chesapeake World ...32 KB (4,831 words) - 21:40, 8 February 2024
- in India. Portugal established Goa as its center of trade and colonization ... === World Heritage Monuments === The churches and convents of Goa, ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:24, 31 December 2023
- During World War I, Tawney served in the British army, as a sergeant ... government bodies concerned with education, trade, and industry. His views ...14 KB (1,999 words) - 01:48, 14 December 2022
- among the Jews, shocked the Jewish world by outwardly converting to ... an act of self-denial by which the whole world would be returned to God ...14 KB (2,156 words) - 17:24, 30 January 2024
- Buddhist communities found around the world. Buddhist art exhibits distinctive ... transported to other parts of Asia and the world, adapting to local styles ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- In 1893 Edward Drummond Libbey exhibited a dress at the World's ... today. The material is marketed under the trade name Fiberglas, which has ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 17:33, 26 March 2024
- The First World War also helped stimulate the development of public ... The practice is also growing across the world. As other countries ...32 KB (4,723 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- 2 million people. Since 1992, its historic center has been included in the ... has become one of Europe's and the world's most popular tourist ...35 KB (5,518 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- 5.75 miles (9.25 km), currently the world's longest. ... Ocean Pier, the world's first oceanside amusement pier, was built ...28 KB (3,984 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- Natives would travel through the Gorge to trade at Celilo falls, both along ... the combined flow of all the rivers of the world. This towering mass of water ...40 KB (5,864 words) - 22:44, 7 January 2024
- called "Test" matches. The Rugby World Cup is held every four years ... wide. The goal posts are situated on the center of the goal line with the ...32 KB (5,080 words) - 20:33, 17 April 2023
- Avignon Bridge—was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995. Besides ... Gallic tribe of the Cavares, it became the center of an important Phocaean ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 07:17, 23 August 2023
- and Elizabeth Carey, who were weavers by trade in the village of Paulerspury ... the Christian Gospel throughout the world. His friend Andrew Fuller ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Sealife Center, and Amway Nature Center ... fox were introduced for the sake of the fur trade in the 1880s. The bulk of ...30 KB (4,467 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- and Buddhist center of learning from the fifth century B.C.E. ... greatest monastic-universities of the ancient world. The Kingdom of ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- Ladakh became the midway point in the trade route between Punjab, India ... location at the crossroads of important trade routes,Janet Rizvi. 2001 ...43 KB (6,368 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- seat of San Diego County and is the economic center of the ... (UCSD) with its affiliated UCSD Medical Center promotes research in biotechnology ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- point of their people and thus the center of their universe. This is ... came here on vision quests, for hunting and for trade. The Black Hills ...27 KB (4,267 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- expansion, which continued until World War II. At the same time, the ... that shaped the history of Asia, and indeed the world. ==Overview== ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- the fastest growing cities in the developed world for much of the 1990s and ... In the 1960s, Atlanta was a major organizing center of the Civil Rights ...39 KB (5,622 words) - 06:05, 21 August 2023
- tireless promoter of Seychelles, democracy, and world peace. ... During his years in exile, Mancham was active as an International ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- partitions and with a fireplace in the center, and never ate raw fish or ... Ainu living in the north were equals in a trade relationship. Eventually ...21 KB (3,397 words) - 06:59, 16 June 2023
- Once a small gulf shaikhdom known locally as a center for pearl–diving ... pollution, and desertification. Some of world's largest and most sophisticated ...41 KB (6,203 words) - 15:18, 22 March 2024
- Trapping of wild parrots for the pet trade, as well as other hunting ... found in South Asia and Africa. The center of cockatoo biodiversity ...49 KB (7,385 words) - 18:44, 23 March 2023
- meets the Balkan Peninsula. There, three trade routes exist - one from Vienna ... city has expanded south and east, and after World War II, New Belgrade was ...32 KB (4,559 words) - 20:15, 20 January 2022
- sometimes used in the English-speaking world, includes Finland, Iceland ... in the United States and around the world, such as The American-Scandinavian ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- Mauna Loa is the world's largest shield volcano. Because its ... Trade winds blow from east to west across the Hawaiian islands, and ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
- itself as a major force in the publishing world, attracting established writers ... World War II temporarily cut off American access to European writers ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 06:54, 20 July 2023
- Guizhou province, with its administrative center at the pre-1997 Chongqing. ... area, with its administrative center at the pre-1997 Chongqing. ...30 KB (3,987 words) - 17:18, 10 December 2023
- In an increasingly inter-dependent world, perpetuating what has been ... and 10 galliots, Turgut Reis commanded the center-rear wing of the Ottoman ...33 KB (5,326 words) - 18:45, 6 November 2022
- Los Angeles is today one of the world's most prominent centers ... Angeles was producing one-quarter of the world's petroleum. ...40 KB (5,759 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- " In a perhaps eerie foreboding of World War II, Stalin declared, ... victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War (known throughout the ...33 KB (4,974 words) - 12:47, 1 February 2024
- oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Hebron was an ancient Canaanite ... site of Abraham's tomb into a mosque. Trade greatly expanded, in particular ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 15:14, 25 January 2023
- U.S. and exporting more to the rest of the world. Irrigation in the Southwest ... been at the subsistence level. Following World War II, the West's cities ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- as an important factor in Canadian foreign trade. Natural gas and oil are ... In the next hundred years the fur trade attracted thousands of Europeans ...26 KB (3,847 words) - 07:33, 4 January 2024
- settled by various peoples, Tunisia is a center of rich cultural activity ... and leading the Phoenician Punic world. |left|250px|Tunisia has been ...35 KB (5,063 words) - 15:12, 2 August 2023
- the economic, administrative, and cultural center of Romania. It is located ... of this is Centrul Civic (the Civic Center), including the Palace of ...32 KB (4,507 words) - 16:51, 22 November 2023
- generally from December to April. Southeast trade winds bring slightly lower ... of the Abbott's Booby that remains in the world. The endemic Christmas ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 21:39, 10 December 2023
- The capital city and chief commercial center of Yucatán is Mérida. ... Prior to Spanish colonization, the area was a center of Mayan and ...27 KB (4,045 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- Because of agriculture, cities as well as trade relations between ... other plants were also developed in the New World, as was quite extensive terracing ...39 KB (5,853 words) - 00:03, 19 November 2020
- London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and ... The city boasts four World Heritage Sites: The Palace of Westminster ...41 KB (5,950 words) - 21:02, 3 November 2022
- sacred religious ceremonies and part of the World Renewal cycle, are now held ... century when American expeditions began to trade with them for furs. In the ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
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