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- The United States Bill of Rights consists of the first 10 amendments ... The Bill of Rights also restricts Congress' power by prohibiting ...36 KB (5,472 words) - 11:52, 3 May 2023
- Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong ... The site of Guangzhou has been continuously occupied since Panyu ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- Cairo (Arabic: al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt. Cairo is the ... Modern Cairo remains the cultural center of the Arabic world, and ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 18:18, 25 November 2023
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state located in the Middle ... One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker State; in colonial ...35 KB (4,904 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2023
- , located at the confluence point of the White Nile and the Blue ... and Islamic religious influence, the city of Khartoum was not founded until ...22 KB (3,228 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- ) for short, is the capital and the largest city of Thailand. Bangkok ... Bangkok has one of the fastest rates in the world for construction ...46 KB (6,646 words) - 03:29, 17 September 2023
- The Historic Centre of Lima is the portion of the city of Lima, Peru ... important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, established by Charles ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 21:54, 31 January 2024
- Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the seventh largest ... Located in the southeast of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast ...33 KB (4,767 words) - 18:11, 12 February 2024
- ; a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's ... B.C.E., Beijing has served as the capital of numerous dynasties and governments ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- Kigali has been the economic, cultural, and transport hub of Rwanda ... center during the Belgian colonial period of 1919–1962. When Rwanda gained ...17 KB (2,485 words) - 23:00, 3 March 2023
- Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, and a major ... The city of Freetown was founded in 1787, by Great Britain as a settlement ...24 KB (3,436 words) - 21:04, 27 November 2023
- as the commercial and industrial center, of Peru. It is located in the ... as La Ciudad de los Reyes, or "The City of Kings." It became the ...28 KB (4,030 words) - 08:43, 8 March 2023
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... The Kingdom of Gandhara lasted from around the sixth century B.C.E ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore petroleum reserves ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- Harare (formerly Salisbury) is the capital of Zimbabwe. It lies in ... all African nations and very high incidences of HIV/AIDS infection. Zimbabwe ...23 KB (3,136 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- ) is the capital, chief seaport, and largest city of Algeria, the ... in Algiers. The city fell under the rule of the Ottoman Empire in 1518 ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- lit. “capital capital,” or “capital of capitals") was the Imperial ... Kyoto is known as one of the academic centers of Japan, and is home ...36 KB (5,281 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- the most populous city in India and capital of the state of Maharashtra. Mumbai ... Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India, and houses ...39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- (population: 371,767 in 2007; population of urban area is some 1,007,972 ... , named Zurich the city with the best quality of life in the world. ...53 KB (7,882 words) - 06:16, 13 June 2023
- built during the Chola rule in the south of India. Those temples include ... imperial domain, and religious commitment of the Cholas in the cities of ...28 KB (4,178 words) - 16:37, 13 July 2017
- ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District ... was both a provincial capital and a center of the world-wide muslin trade ...34 KB (4,736 words) - 20:15, 21 January 2023
- the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme south of Croatia, positioned at the ... It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
- votes for President and Vice President of the United States. The Constitution ... The original mechanics of presidential elections were established ...55 KB (8,357 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province of the People's ... refers to the province's location west of the Taihang Mountains. Its ...23 KB (3,285 words) - 13:15, 27 January 2023
- Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of the South American nation of ... financial, and political center of Colombia. As with many large ...33 KB (4,818 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- Nan or Taiwanese Hok-kiàn) is a province of China located on the southeast ... center and pristine nature. The ecology of the province has been threatened ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- , IPA: [kəɾˈnɑːʈəkɑː]), a state in the southern part of India ... Kerala to the southwest. The state covers an area of 191791|sqkm|sqmi ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- " a nickname earned during the War of 1812 because of the prominent ... The State joined the Confederate States of America during the American ...47 KB (6,620 words) - 03:00, 19 April 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and one of the principal ... Caracas is located in the north of the country, contained within and ...33 KB (4,619 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or ... refer to a literary work, or a main division of such a work. In library and ...32 KB (5,045 words) - 07:24, 17 November 2023
- ) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city ... Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- Honduras, officially Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras ... the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by ...34 KB (4,896 words) - 12:36, 2 February 2024
- Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...31 KB (4,586 words) - 00:07, 15 April 2023
- The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia, the successor ... could have a profound impact on the future of Cambodia's economy. ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- , ['beŋgəɭuːru]), serves as the capital of the Indian state ... rule in South India. The establishment of the Bangalore Cantonment brought ...48 KB (6,769 words) - 03:28, 17 September 2023
- , trans. Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is an Indo-Aryan language ... Standard Urdu has approximately the twentieth largest population of ...53 KB (7,869 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila ... plant that grew on the marshy shores of the bay. In the sixteenth century ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
- Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending ... the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America ...54 KB (7,539 words) - 19:09, 25 November 2023
- , IPA: 'kolkat̪a]), formerly Calcutta, is the capital of the ... Kolkata served as the capital of India during the British Raj until ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest ... among different ethnic groups has been part of the country's history ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- (Latin: regnum Francorum, "Kingdom of the Franks"), Frankish ... The idea behind the Holy Roman Empire was of a Christian Europe united ...50 KB (7,783 words) - 08:59, 6 October 2022
- , formerly known as Madras, the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu ... administrative center, as the capital of the Madras Presidency. ...44 KB (6,123 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- , Austro-Bavarian: Weăn,) is the capital of Austria, and also one ... Today Vienna is a center of European culture, with more than one hundred ...42 KB (5,917 words) - 20:13, 3 May 2023
- Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ... Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara, which is used by geographers ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- Tribal Areas and Balochistan provinces of western Pakistan. Their Pashto ... Their unified modern past began with the rise of the Durrani Empire ...61 KB (8,656 words) - 18:55, 23 March 2023
- different Republican presidents and is one of only two people to have held ... In 1970, he became the first director of the Office of Management ...47 KB (6,417 words) - 08:10, 23 January 2023
- Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest ... in a little over 30 years, from a collection of poor desert-coast sheikdoms ...41 KB (6,013 words) - 11:40, 3 May 2023
- , romanized: Moskva, IPA:) is the capital of Russia and the country ... It is well-known for the elegant onion domes of Saint Basil's Cathedral ...63 KB (8,988 words) - 16:33, 10 November 2022
- Graeco-Indian Kingdom covered various parts of the northwest and northern ... Kingdom" loosely describes a number of various dynastic polities, ...61 KB (8,976 words) - 19:50, 4 March 2024
- Polish Republic or Republic (Commonwealth) of the Two (Both) Nations (Peoples), ( ... ) or as the "First Republic," was one of the largest and ...62 KB (8,547 words) - 08:32, 24 November 2022
