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- Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
3: ...f Afghanistan|constitution]] the country is now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Rep...
21: | '''[[Official language]]s''' || [[Persian language|Persian]...
64: ...ellors, who served occasionally as regents, identified with the epithet Mohammadzay.
72: ...4]], when 10,000 people were killed from factions fighting in the Kabul area. Backed by Pakistan and h...
92: ...the [[North Zone of Afghanistan]] and appointed officials to it, defying interim president [[Hamid Kar... - Uganda (11554 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[English language|English]] |
57: ...nown to have lived in the area since at least the first millennium BC.
61: ...er territories and chiefdoms were integrated, the final protectorate called Uganda took shape in 1914.
63: ...ter-coups which would last until the mid-1980s. [[1971]] saw [[Idi Amin]] take power, ruling the country...
72: ...andan army. The remaining members are elected for five-year terms during general elections. - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...e country's post-independence name was changed in 1971, from Congo-[[Kinshasa]] (after its capital, to d...
16: official_languages = [[French language|French]] ...
50: ...¹ Estimate is based on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest Internation...
61: ...and 1908, between 5 and 15 (the commonly accepted figure is ~10) million Congolese were killed by the ...
65: ===The First Republic (1960–1965)=== - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
24: | '''[[Official language]]'''
80: ...st, thus ending the [[Sultanate of Malacca]]. The first ever Malacca sultan was Parameswara. However, ...
82: ... administration was transferred to the Colonial Office in London.
84: ...avoured the merchants of the Straits Settlements. Finally, the [[Pangkor Treaty of 1874]] paved the wa...
86: ... jungle territory of [[Sarawak]] was the personal fiefdom of the Brooke family. - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
15: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Q...
67: ... its seacoast, and the adjoining rich [[nitrate]] fields, together with the port of [[Antofagasta]], t...
69: ...]] [[Capitalism|capitalist]] policies through the first third of the century.
76: ...ncy, but [[human rights]] violations and eventual fiscal crises undercut his support. He was forced to...
79: ...orious for human rights abuses, [[narcotics]] trafficking, and economic mismanagement. Later convicted... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
10: ...h]] (official), [[Chichewa language|Chichewa]] (official), others |
49: ...id]] remains and stone implements have been identified in Malawi dating back more than 1 million years...
51: ... the area in the [[16th century]], the first significant Western contact was the arrival of [[David Li...
53: ...became increasingly vocal and politically active--first through associations, and after [[1944]], thro...
59: ...ecame a [[one-party state]] with Dr. Banda as its first President. - Flag of Massachusetts (1839 bytes)
3: ...ignifying peace. A white star appears next to the figure's head, signifying the state's history as one...
5: ... made official in [[1908]], but had been used unofficially since the [[American Revolution]]. This fla...
7: ... make it the same on both sides. Additionally in 1971, the [[naval ensign]], which had consisted of a g... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
42: ...], both ending in failure. [[Virginia Dare]], the first English child to be born stateside, was born i...
44: ...s later. In April [[1776]], the colony became the first to instruct its delegates to the Continental C...
46: On [[November 21]], [[1789]], North Carolina ratified the Constitution to become the twelfth state in...
48: ...obert E. Lee]]'s surrender at Appomattox, but the final surrender in North Carolina came at [[Waynesvi... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
36: ... the [[Mid-Atlantic_States|Mid-Atlantic]]. Its official name is the '''Commonwealth of Virginia'''; i...
40: ...n]] and [[Zachary Taylor|Taylor]] died while in office.)
46: ...n [[1607]]. Its Second Charter was officially ratified on [[May 23]], [[1609]].
48: ...lish Civil War]]. [[Patrick Henry]] served as the first Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779, and a... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
12: OfficialLang = None |
58: Popular but "unofficial" regional designations include [[Green Countr...
113: ... century]] [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers became the first Europeans to visit the area.
117: === Five Civilized Tribes ===
122: The "[[Five Civilized Tribes]]" were not the only ones forc... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] and [[Span...
38: ...|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Sp...
46:
50: ... Spain]] to his remote colony. Oń”“„ was made the first governor of the new [[Province of New Mexico]]...
62: ...ssouri]], for Santa Fe early in [[1822]] with the first party of traders. Wagon caravans thereafter ma... - Country (4192 bytes)
3: ...rnational standards in terms of the creation of official [[national symbols]] such as [[flag]]s, and p...
16: ...others. The largest was [[Pakistan]] from 1947 to 1971 when the nation consisted of two parts, [[West Pa... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
8: *[[Moammar Al Qadhafi|Qadhafi, Moammar]], Libyan military leader
10: ... of Prime Ministers of Fiji|Prime Minister]] of [[Fiji]] (2000-present)
55: ...|Quidde, Ludwig]], (1858-1941), historian and pacifist
64: *[[Richard Quine|Quine, Richard]], film director
75: *[[Selena Quintanilla|Quintanilla, Selena]], (1971-1995), murdered tejano singer - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
33: ...h | Yarborough, Ralph]], U.S. Senator ([[1957]]-[[1971]]) and [[Texas]] politician
44: ..., Andrea Pia]], former mother and murderer of her five children
73: ...ser|Yenser, Stephen]], Whitman winner–''The Fire In All Things''
86: ...achun]], ([[1315]] - [[1360]]),[[Yuan Dynasty]] officer
89: *[[Zhang Yimou|Yimou, Zhang]], (born [[1950]]), film director - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
18: ...atured in bestselling [[book]]s and blockbuster [[film]]s like ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', and new discover...
20: ... proved tremendously useful in [[scientific classification|classifying]] dinosaurs, which are still kn...
24: ===Definition===
29: ...opoda|theropod]] dinosaurs. Using the cladistic definition (all descendants of a single common ancesto...
32: Modern [[bird]]s are classified by most palaeontologists as belonging to the su... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
3: == Definition ==
4: ...1E&db_key=AST&high=41e14f475d05983 scientific paper] to use the word in its title was publishe...
6: The exact definition of an asteroid is unsettled. The term "mino...
8: ...assify asteroids is in terms of size. A working definition is that asteroids are larger than 50 m in d...
10: ...y objects that include asteroids. The term '''artificial asteroid''' is sometimes used to designate ma... - Holiday (7753 bytes)
3: ...an also be a special day on which school and/or offices are closed such as Labor Day.
17: ...lihood of consecutive holidays by moving holidays fixed on certain day to a relative position in a mon...
19: ...s to certain [[Monday]]s in [[1968]] (effective [[1971]]). Several states had passed similar laws earlie...
29: ...31 October]]-[[1 November]], Celtic [[New Year]], first day of [[winter]]
32: ...] (Celtic): [[1 February]]-[[2 February]], Celtic first day of [[spring]] - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...pects of space exploration was the landing of the first man on the moon in the [[space race]] between ...
3: ==From fiction to fact==
4: ...hter materials and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions ...
11: ...ace. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
13: ... animal in orbit on [[November 3]], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vos... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
412: *[[Stanislaw Fijalkowski]] ([[1922]]-)
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