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- Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
42: ...ail Splitter''', and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President o...
44: ...es. These events soon led to the [[American Civil War]].
46: ... toward a common goal. He personally directed the war effort, which ultimately led the Union forces to...
48: ... the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] as a pragmatic war measure which would set the stage for the comple... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...ntrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the consensus changes before making the e...
15: ...ad of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
37: |align=left|[[Saskatchewan]]||[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]||-7 (Mountain),<br>-6 (Central)
52: ...Prince Edward Island]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
70: ... Quebec]]; [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]; [[Ottawa, Ontario]]; [[Edmonton, Alberta]] and [[Calgary, ... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...imah]], [[Sharjah]] and [[Umm al-Quwain]]. Before 1971, they were known as '''the Trucial States''' or '...
42: | [[2 December]], [[1971]]
61: ...jairah]], [[Sharjah]], [[Dubai]], and [[Umm al-Qaiwain]] — merged to form the United Arab Emirat...
67: ...2004]]. His son, [[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan]] was elected president the next day.
71: ...like the relatively low price of commodities, the warm temperatures that prevail for most of the year,... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
33: - % water
69: ...ank]], the [[Gaza Strip]], and [[Jerusalem]] was awarded to the [[United Kingdom]] by the [[League of ...
71: ...ation of Israel in May 1948, and took part in the warfare between the Arab states and the newly founde...
73: ...maintained the position that ultimate sovereignty was subject to future agreement.
75: ...tes of [[Syria]], Egypt, and [[Iraq]]. During the war, Israel gained control of the [[West Bank]] and ... - Saint Kitts and Nevis (6100 bytes)
32: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total <br> - % water
59: ...7. Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971. St. Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 198...
61: ...he first United States Secretary of the Treasury, was born on Nevis and spent his childhood there and ...
79: * [[Saint James Windward]]
101: ...ern Caribbean]]. Faced with a sugar industry that was finding it increasingly difficult to earn a prof... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
4: ... See '''[[China]]''' and [[Political status of Taiwan]] for more information.
12: [[Image:Greatwall_china3.jpg|thumb|250px]]
13: ...and China]] and the Kuomintang in control of [[Taiwan]] and some outlying islands of [[Fujian]]. On [[...
15: ...elieve that campaigns such as the [[Great Leap Forward]] and the [[Cultural Revolution]] were essentia...
17: ...se analysts attribute this to the [[Great Leap Forward]], while others, including Mao at the time, att... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
19: ...,285|area_rank=132nd|area_magnitude=1 E10|percent_water=4.2|
44: ... of [[Canton of Uri|Uri]], [[Schwyz]], and [[Unterwalden]] signed the [[Federal Charter of 1291|Federa...
46: ... order. The Swiss victory in a war against the [[Swabian League]] in [[1499]] amounted to de facto ind...
48: ...tion of invincibility acquired during the earlier wars, suffered a first setback in [[1515]] with the ...
50: ...formation]] in some cantons led to inter-cantonal wars in [[1529]] and [[1531]] (''Kappeler Kriege'').... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
27: | '''[[Area]]'''<br>- Total<br>- % water
34: | from [[Pakistan]]<br>[[March 26]] [[1971]]
36: ...ladesh)|Victory Day]]'''<br>|| [[December 16]], [[1971]]
49: ...'''[[National Flower]]''' || Water lily|Shapla ([[Water lily]])
67: ...ndian Independence Struggle|Indian independence]] was achieved in [[1947]], political motivations caus... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
30: ...'[[Area]]'''<br> - Total <br> - percent water
37: | <br>[[September 3]], [[1971]]
57: ... became an independent state on [[September 3]] [[1971]]. Unlike most neighbouring emirates, Qatar decli...
61: .... The man chosen to negotiate with Colonel Pelly was a respected entrepreneur and long-time resident...
63: ... the seven-imarat [[United Arab Emirates]]. Thus 1971 marked the inauguration of Qatar as an independen... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
20: percent_water = 3.1 |
57: ...f Mohen-jo-Daro]], 80 km southwest of [[Sukkur]], was center of [[Indus Valley Civilization]], 2600 BC...
59: ...the site of the [[Indus Valley civilization]] and was subsequently conquered by many groups, including...
62: ...heodamas]]) and as administrators, after the area was conquered by various Central Asian groups, most ...
64: ...[[Uzbekistan]] to northwestern India. The kingdom was founded by King [[Heraios]], and greatly expande... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
3: ...nistan]] and the [[2003 Loya jirga]], Afghanistan was referred to by the West as the ''Transitional Is...
27: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total: <br> - % water:
62: ...[1746]] under the [[Durrani Empire]], but control was ceded to the [[United Kingdom]] until King [[Ama...
64: ...he Abdali tribe of the ethnic Afghans, whose name was changed to Durrani upon the accession of [[Ahmad...
68: ...n lay between [[1933]] and 1973, when the country was under the rule of King [[Mohammed Zahir Shah|Zah... - Uganda (11554 bytes)
1: ... [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] in the west, [[Rwanda]] in the southwest and [[Tanzania]] in the sou...
24: percent_water = 15.39|
59: ... The largest and most important of these kingdoms was [[Buganda]], which exists as part of Uganda toda...
61: ... [[British East Africa Company]] in [[1888]], and was ruled as a [[protectorate]] by the [[United King...
63: ...ter-coups which would last until the mid-1980s. [[1971]] saw [[Idi Amin]] take power, ruling the country... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ... World War), the deadliest conflict since [[World War II]].
26: percent_water = 3.3% |
57: ...now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo was populated as early as 10,000 years ago, and sett...
61: ...otests by not only famous writers such as [[Mark Twain]], but also British diplomat [[Roger Casement]]...
63: During [[World War II]] the small Congolese army achieved several v... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
3: ...is [[Johor#Links_to_Singapore|connected by a causeway and the second-link bridge]] on the south with t...
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78: ...to most of the [[Malay archipelago]]. [[Malacca]] was an important trading port.
80: ...sula and made his capital there. This new kingdom was the continuation of the old [[Malacca]] sultanat...
82: ...Calcutta until [[1867]] when their administration was transferred to the Colonial Office in London. - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
25: percent_water = 1.29% |
59: ...d [[drought]]. Roughly contemporaneous with the Tiwanakan culture, the [[Moxos]] in the eastern lowlan...
62: ... royal authority weakened during the [[Napoleonic wars]], sentiment against colonial rule grew.
65: ...�r]], on [[August 6]], [[1825]] (see [[Bolivian War of Independence]]).
67: ... Bolivia's weakness was demonstrated during the [[War of the Pacific]] ([[1879]]–[[1883|83]]), w... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
10: ...e|English]] (official), [[Chichewa language|Chichewa]] (official), others |
15: leader_names = [[Bingu wa Mutharika]] |
20: percent_water = 20.6% |
36: currency = [[Malawian kwacha|Kwacha]] (D) |
51: ...ished missions in Malawi. One of their objectives was to end the [[slave trade]] to the [[Persian Gulf... - Flag of Massachusetts (1839 bytes)
3: ...an]] with bow and arrow; the arrow is pointed downward, signifying peace. A white star appears next to...
5: ...e [[naval ensign]] ever since the [[Revolutionary War]].
7: ...en pine tree and the motto "An Appeal to Heaven", was changed to remove the religious motto. Massachus... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
18: WaterArea = 13,227 |
19: PCWater = 9.5 |
39: The [[USS North Carolina|USS ''North Carolina'']] was named in honor of this state.
42: ...]], the first English child to be born stateside, was born in North Carolina. Dare County is named for...
46: ...ican Revolutionary War]] and the [[American Civil War]], North Carolina worked to establish its state ... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Mark R. Warner]] |
17: WaterArea = 8,220 |
18: PCWater = 7.4 |
38: ...ke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...f them were re-elected to a second term: [[George Washington]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[James Madison]... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
19: WaterArea = 3,173 |
20: PCWater = 1.8 |
42: ...border delineated by the [[Red River (Mississippi watershed)|Red River]]), and on the east by [[Missou...
46: ...from Oak-Hickory mixed forest in the Eastern well-watered part of the state, to the Post Oak/Black Jac...
61: ...wood Forest, [[Ouachita]] Mountains, and Cypress Swamps & Forests.
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