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- War (7002 bytes)
1: ...ar is contrasted with [[peace]], which is usually defined as the absence of war.
8: ...vance of technology has led to an increase in the destructiveness and cost of warfare throughout human...
14: ...position was forcefully defended by the Indian leader [[Mohandas K. Gandhi]] (called "Mahatma" or "Gre...
16: ...] to the [[fascist]] states of the [[1930s]]. The defeat and repudiation of the fascist states and the...
18: ...use suffering, but are started to counter what is deemed even worse suffering) as legitimate, and it i... - East Timor (13677 bytes)
1: ...ituated on the western side of the island, surrounded by [[West Timor]].
3: ...trol of the territory, which achieved full independence on [[May 20]], [[2002]].
12: ...f [[Timor]], while the surrounding islands came under [[Netherlands|Dutch]] control.
14: ...gainst the Japanese. The struggle resulted in the deaths of between 40,000 and 70,000 Timorese. Follow...
16: The process of decolonisation in the then [[Portuguese Timor]] bega... - Vietnam (18265 bytes)
1: ... Asia]]. Situated in eastern [[Indochina]], it borders [[China]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]], and the [[So...
6: ...1973]] formally recognized sovereignty for both sides. American troops were withdrawn by [[March 29]]...
8: ...ers Resolution]] prevented the United States from defending South Vietnam. [[Fall of Saigon|Saigon fel...
10: ... fleeing from Vietnam through the rest of the decade, and into the next.
12: ...d [[Pol Pot]] from power and into hiding, thereby decisively stabilizing Cambodia. Only one month late... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ...ted States]] occupied the island until its independence was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the...
10: ...able were expanded to cover all Cubans.After some delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was ...
12: ...forced to surrender, due to president Kennedy's orders to call off the invasion. The failed attempt to...
14: ...pped the flow of vessels heading south and Cuba ended the exodus.
16: ...rty of Cuba in December of 1975 that "Without the decisive, steady, and generous aid of the Soviet peo... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ba]] (also known as Gulf of [[Eilat]]), and the [[Dead Sea]].
16: government_type = [[Parliamentary democracy]] |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
22: area_magnitude = 1 E10 | - Agesilaus II (5597 bytes)
1: ...is political designs; in this hope, however, Lysander was disappointed, and the increasing power of Ag...
3: ...laus, who left the southern satrapy and again invaded [[Phrygia]], which he ravaged until the followin...
4: ... repulsed the Thessalian cavalry who tried to impede him. Reinforced by Phocian and Orchomenian
5: troops and a Spartan army, he met the confederate forces
8: and he had to retire by way of [[Delphi]] to the [[Peloponnese]]. - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
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6: [[Military history of the Confederate States]]
14: |Result||Defeat of seceding CSA
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27: | width="50%" valign="top"|[[Confederate States of America]]<br />[[Image:starsnbars.p... - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...er of debate. On which date the war began is also debated, cited as either the German [[Polish Septemb...
6: ...il [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan surrendered]] on [[15 August]] [[1945]] ([[V-J Day]]).
8: ...Strategic bombing|bombing of civilians]] to a new degree. [[Atomic weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[...
10: ...d States' military occupation of Japan led to its democratization, and China came to split into the Co...
16: ...ed in the war, more or less voluntarily, on the side of the power that in their neighbourhood was the ... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
1: {| border="1" width="325" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" ...
10: ...outh Vietnam<br>• Reunification of Vietnam under communist rule<br>
15: ...n="top" style="text-align:center"|[[North Vietnam|Democratic Republic of Vietnam<br>(North Vietnam)]]<...
24: ...IA]]:''' ?<br>'''Total dead:''' 287,232<br>'''Wounded:''' 1,496,037
25: ...fficial Vietnamese estimate: 1,100,000 <br>'''Wounded:''' 600,000 - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...on's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dynasty, Restored...
5: ..., following Napoleon's final [[Battle of Waterloo|defeat at Waterloo]] and the [[Treaty of Paris (1815...
12: ...ld, and the United Kingdom's industrial economy made it the most powerful commercial nation as well.
13: ...gal system, with clearly redacted [[code of law|codes]] compiling the basic laws.
14: ..., but on the basis of human culture, origin, and ideology. - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
2: {{Infobox President | name=James Earl Carter, Jr.
4: | image name=Presidentcarter.jpg
5: | order=39th President
8: | preceded=[[Gerald Ford]]
9: | succeeded=[[Ronald Reagan]] - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
1: ...C2_desoto77.jpg|thumb|Hernando de Soto|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
2: ...as with [[Francisco Pizarro]] in [[Peru]]. Later, de Soto led the largest expedition of the 16th and 1...
5: ...uestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba]] on his discovery and colonization voyag...
6: .... As a result, Davilas leadership was secured and de Soto gained his favour.
7: In [[1528]] de Soto led his own expedition along the coast of [[... - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...ere small farmers angered by high debt and tax burdens. The rebellion started on [[August 29]], [[1786...
3: ...mers were forced to sell their land to meet their debts, often less than 1/3 real price.
5: ...[1779]], the towns of Western Massachusetts and modern-day [[Maine]] were unable to contribute to the ...
7: ... on the farmers. The farmers also demanded that [[debtor court]]s, which enforced many of the credit s...
9: ...lled out to fight the Regulators often switched sides. - Scythia (22520 bytes)
3: ...time around 700 BC, settling in [[Ascania]] and modern [[Azerbaijan]] as far as to the southeast of [[...
5: ...hian tribes mentioned in mainly Greek sources resided in the steppe between the [[Dnieper]] and [[Don]...
7: ...ancient Indo-European word for ''archer'' in turn derives from the [[Proto-Indo-European]] root *'''sk...
13: ... of the "Pazyryk culture" - including the "Ice Maiden" of the [[5th century BC]]. (see below)
21: ...s to account for the origin of the Scythians, nor details of how they migrated to the Caucasus or [[Uk... - Mauryan (48769 bytes)
4: ...ting and conquering the [[satrap]]s left by Alexander.
6: ...ested regions near [[Kalinga (India)|Kalinga]] (modern [[Orissa]]).
8: ...s decline began fifty years after Ashoka's rule ended, and it dissolved in 185 BC with the foundation ...
10: ...ndia. Ashoka sponsored the spreading of Buddhist ideals into [[Sri Lanka]], Southeast Asia, West Asia ...
12: ... of the Mauryan times. The Mauryan empire is considered one of the most significant periods in Indian ...
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