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- Santiago, officially Santiago de Chile, is the federal capital of ... Approximately two decades of uninterrupted economic growth have transformed ...25 KB (3,606 words) - 18:44, 25 January 2024
- Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States ... largest state. Slightly more than 86 percent of its land is owned by the United ...34 KB (5,052 words) - 04:36, 11 March 2023
- UNSC) was created after World War II as part of the United Nations. It was ... in the Korean War. During a Soviet boycott of the meetings over the inclusion ...68 KB (9,754 words) - 11:45, 3 May 2023
- politician who served as the 52nd speaker of the United States House of ... With her election as Speaker, Pelosi became the first female Speaker ...46 KB (6,718 words) - 20:14, 3 January 2023
- Wallis and Futuna, is a group of three volcanic tropical islands—Wallis ... The Wallis Archipelago is the most populated of the island group and ...20 KB (2,970 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- ruled empires that dominated large portions of Europe and the Asia-Pacific ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- Hawaii and Australia. With the exception of tiny Vatican City, Tuvalu has ... Tuvalu consists of four reef islands and five true atolls. Its small ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei ... world not holding elections. A long period of political stability has been ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- rights activist who served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. After ... including issues surrounding command of the military. However, Poland ...29 KB (4,198 words) - 18:50, 25 October 2022
- The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation strategically located between ... and nineteenth centuries as well as a base of British economic exploitation ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America ... 1990, the country has been relatively free of the coups common to many of ...39 KB (5,549 words) - 16:43, 10 December 2023
- located in East Asia with a population of nearly three million. Mongolia ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- Alden Partridge originated this novel system of education which combined civilian ... In the United States, ROTC produces officers in all branches of the ...25 KB (3,768 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
- 26, 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953 ... Truman, whose personal style contrasted sharply with that of the patrician ...47 KB (7,091 words) - 13:31, 24 January 2023
- ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ... Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World ...38 KB (5,417 words) - 23:52, 28 April 2023
- strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations ... United Nations in order to liberate the nation of Kuwait. ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- A pyramid's design, with the majority of the weight closer to the ground ... Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids, generally ...37 KB (5,368 words) - 21:28, 9 November 2023
- Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island nation ... The site of ancient port cities and a possession of several empires ...31 KB (4,282 words) - 00:11, 29 December 2023
- Malaysia is a federation of 13 states in Southeast Asia. ... The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- Solomon Islands is a nation in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea ... over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s. Some of the bitterest fighting of World ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 14:00, 3 May 2024
- support came from Communist China. Most of the fighting took place in ... and professional troops (European of the French Foreign Legion) ...58 KB (9,174 words) - 19:56, 4 March 2024
- or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of the Greater Japanese ... During World War I, a force of Japanese destroyers supported the Allies ...62 KB (9,133 words) - 16:43, 12 February 2024
- was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan ... in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was ...68 KB (9,889 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces ... Defeat at the Battle of Hakodate broke this last holdout and left ...49 KB (7,292 words) - 13:40, 28 April 2020
- that name. In reality, the movement consists of several distinct organizations ... itself contributed towards the development of human consciousness of a world ...66 KB (10,055 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- the United States. In 2007, the population of the city proper was estimated ... and the social and geographical center of the original 13 American colonies. ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an emirate in the Middle ... long, and is slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut in the United States. ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 21:09, 14 April 2023
- Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and the eighth ... silver, and was based upon the legend of Sierra del Plata—a mountain ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka ... no daidokoro) or the gourmet food capital of Japan. The city has a long ...25 KB (3,427 words) - 19:39, 20 July 2023
- ) for short, is the capital and the largest city of Thailand. Bangkok ... Bangkok has one of the fastest rates in the world for construction ...46 KB (6,646 words) - 03:29, 17 September 2023
- Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in ... North Vietnamese and anti-communist South Vietnamese from 1964 to 1975 ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- island country that sits off the east coast of Asia. Japan comprises over ... that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as 35,000 B ...89 KB (12,871 words) - 15:44, 4 February 2022
- Phoenix is the largest and most populous city in the state of Arizona ... Phoenix, incorporated in 1881, is located on the banks of what is ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- (香|香 港|港), is one of the two special administrative regions ... Hong Kong was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1842 until ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 00:28, 4 January 2024
- Venezuela, known since 1999 as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ... Guayana highlands, it plunges off the edge of a "tepui," or table ...35 KB (5,081 words) - 15:01, 3 May 2023
- The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual ... A number of non-harp-like instruments are colloquially referred to ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- Incense is a material composed of aromatic organic materials that ... Incense is available in various forms and degrees of processing. Depending ...32 KB (4,937 words) - 12:45, 4 March 2024
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... in the world. Its territory was a part of the pre-partitioned British ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... Archaeologists place the first arrival of humans on the island to ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( ... held on March 17, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick ( ...52 KB (7,483 words) - 20:49, 17 April 2023
- Anarchist communism advocates the abolition of the state, private ... communism, advocates the abolition of government, which it refers ...42 KB (6,266 words) - 22:50, 14 September 2023
- or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south – and both Russia and Belarus ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- territories, establishing the Empire of the Great Qing. The Qing Dynasty ... with Han Chinese culture, and saw the height of Imperial Chinese influence ...45 KB (7,044 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2022
- |name=The University of Chicago | year=2007 | publisher=The University of Chicago | url= ...51 KB (7,192 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... from the United Kingdom after decades of colonial rule. Nigeria re-achieved ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue ... made his first spaceflight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966, becoming ...110 KB (16,075 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2023
