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- Nile (13738 bytes)
2: ...;695|1 134|2 830|3 400 000|[[Africa]]|the [[Mediterranean]]||[[Uganda]] - [[Sudan]...
4: ...604;نيل ''an-nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one of the two longest [[river|rivers]] ...
8: The word "Nile" comes from the word ''Neilos'' (Νει&lambda...
12: ...partly because it receives not a single tributary from its halfway mark at the [[Atbara River]] in [[S...
14: ...ely 6695 km (4160 miles) long. Measuring instead from Lake Victoria gives a length of approximately 5... - Africa (35389 bytes)
1: ...graphic.jpg|thumb|A satellite composite image of Africa]]
3: '''Africa''' is the [[world]]'s second-largest [[contine...
6: ...onAfrica.png|thumb|World map showing location of Africa]]
8: ...ontinent, as the [[Africa (province)|province of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding...
10: The origin of ''Afer'' may either come from: - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...aintained independence during the [[Scramble for Africa]], and continued to do so until [[1936]], when...
40: ...gdom|British]]) [http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/africa/ethiopia/pankhurst/history_of_northern_ethiopi...
59: ...at powers of his time. It was at this time that [[Frumentius]] introduced [[Christianity]] into the co...
61: ...r]]), basing their claims on their direct descent from [[Solomon]] and the queen of [[Sheba]].
67: ... the southern entrance of the Red Sea, was bought from the local sultan in March 1870 by an Italian co... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...the [[Indian Ocean]], off the eastern coast of [[Africa]]. Madagascar is the [[List of islands by siz...
13: ...[[Malagasy language|Malagasy]], [[French language|French]] |
38: established_dates = From [[France]] <br> [[26 June]], [[1960]] |
53: ...] established trading posts along the east coast. From about [[1774]] to [[1824]], it was a favorite h...
57: ...ion of spheres of influence in the area. Absolute French control over Madagascar was established by mi... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
36: | From [[Ethiopia]]<br /> [[May 29]], [[1991]]<br...
53: ... Having achieved independence on May 24, [[1993]] from [[Ethiopia]], it is one of the youngest indepen...
57: ...ΑΙΑ (''Erythra'), which derives from ΕΡΥΘΡΑ Θ[...
66: ...cement, reduced economic development, and one of Africa's more severe landmine problems. The [[Ethiop...
71: ...s entirely populated by members of the [[People's Front for Democracy and Justice]] (PFDJ). This assem... - Tanzania (17411 bytes)
1: ...i]]) is a country on the east coast of [[central Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]] ...
11: ...al_motto = Uhuru na Umoja ([[Swahili]]: Freedom and Unity) |
13: ...m = [[Mungu ibariki Afrika]] (God Bless Africa) |
19: ...s = [[Benjamin William Mkapa]] <br> [[Frederick Sumaye]]|
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[December 9]], [[... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
41: | From the [[United Kingdom]]
64: ... turbulent politics. Guyana achieved independence from the United Kingdom in [[1966]] and became the [...
76: ...n on the basis of [[proportional representation]] from national lists named by the political parties. ...
105: ...mineral deposits, and finally the larger interior highlands consisting mostly of [[savanna]]s and mountains, ...
107: ...ons, the first from May to mid-August, the second from mid-November to mid-January. - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
39: | from [[Spain]]
60: From the [[4th century|4th]] to the [[11th century]]...
62: ...he lowland states, the Maya states of the central highlands continued until conquered by the [[Spain|Spanish]...
65: This confederation fell apart in a war from [[1838]] to [[1840]], and Guatemala became an i...
67: ...ing to successive successful democratic elections from [[1985]] to date. The most recent democratic el... - Vietnam (18265 bytes)
6: ... II]], [[Japan]] occupied Vietnam. After the war, France attempted to re-establish control but ultimat...
8: ...r Powers Resolution]] prevented the United States from defending South Vietnam. [[Fall of Saigon|Saigo...
10: ...public of Vietnam."'' Refugees continued fleeing from Vietnam through the rest of the decade, and int...
12: ...tnam invaded [[Cambodia]] and removed [[Pol Pot]] from power and into hiding, thereby decisively stabi...
17: ...ut in practice it receives most of its directives from the party. Although there has been some effort ... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
40: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[August 6]], [[1825]] |
62: ...of the Viceroy of [[Lima]]. Local government came from the Audiencia de Charcas located in Chuquisaca ...
71: ... political awareness among the indigenous people. From the end of the Chaco War until the [[1952]] rev...
74: ...tenssoro]], the MNR introduced universal adult suffrage, carried out a sweeping land reform, promoted ...
76: ...sident in [[1971]]. Banzer ruled with MNR support from [[1971]] to [[1974]]. Then, impatient with schi... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ... remains unclear; it is held to be either derived from that of southern tribes, or noting the 'glitter...
7: national_motto = Unity and Freedom |
35: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[July 6]], [[1964]] ...
49: ...similar to peoples living today in the [[Horn of Africa]]. At another site, dated 1500 BC, the remains...
51: ...f traders, mostly from [[Glasgow]], formed the [[African Lakes Company]] to supply goods and services ... - Peru (12264 bytes)
30: | '''[[Independence]]'''<br> - Declared || From [[Spain]]<br/>[[July 28]], [[1821]]
36: ...' || "[[Somos libres, se᭯slo siempre]]" "We are free, may we always be so"
48: ...sident, however, was not in power until [[1827]]. From [[1836]] to [[1839]] Peru and [[Bolivia]] were ...
99: The western coastal plains (costa) are separated from the eastern lowland jungle of the Amazon Basin ...
123: ...ak Quechua and Aymara and are ethnically distinct from the diverse indigenous groups who live on the e... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ... the country's early history, stemming as it does from the Roman name ''Portus Cale'', a possibly mixe...
15: ...C]], several waves of [[Celts]] invaded Portugal from [[Central Europe]] and intermarried with local ...
17: ...Portugal started from the south, where they found friendly natives, the [[Conii]]. Over decades, the R...
25: ...s. From there they aimed to reconquer their lands from the [[Moors]] (mainly [[Berber]] with some [[Ar...
27: ...r of the Iberian Peninsula, faced new competition from other regions. The lords of the cities of [[Coi... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
10: ...t mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and my right)''<sup>2</sup></small> |
56: ...r, although there is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The ...
62: ...d). This political usage of "Great Britain" dates from the personal union of the Crowns of Scotland an...
64: The [[British Isles]] is a term frequently used to refer to the [[archipelago]] whic...
71: ...nce]] of [[Ulster]], immediately opted out of the Free State and to remain in the UK. The nomenclature... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]] |
41: ...h the [[Cumberland Gap]], and was the first major frontier developed west of the [[Appalachian Mountai...
45: ...to the state. A different version of the name is from the Indian word meaning "dark and bloody huntin...
48: ... [[capital]] of Kentucky is [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]] and its governor is [[Ernie Fletcher]] (...
63: ...blage of smaller cities across the [[Ohio River]] from [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], also has a large metropol... - Washington (20186 bytes)
45: Prior to the arrival of explorers from [[Europe]], this region of the Pacific Coast ha...
49: ...sh explorers [[Manuel Quimper]] in [[1790]] and [[Francisco Eliza]] in [[1791]], then by British Capta...
51: ...the northwest territory to explorers and trappers from other nations, most notably Britain and then th...
55: ...hat same year [[Washington Territory]] was formed from part of [[Oregon Territory]].
59: ...forests and the ports along Puget Sound prospered from the manufacturing and shipping of lumber produc... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
46: ...lahoma's natural terrain is very diverse, ranging from Oak-Hickory mixed forest in the Eastern well-wa...
48: The state is one of the six states on the [[Frontier Strip]].
56: ...e), Great Plains Country (Southwestern Oklahoma), Frontier Country (Central Oklahoma, including the Ok...
60: From a [[bioregional]] perspective, Oklahoma is reco...
61: ...ie, [[Cross Timbers]], Caves & Prairie, [[Ozark]] Highlands, Ozark Forest, Hardwood Forest, [[Ouachita]] Moun... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...[[Hispanic]] ancestry, many of whom are descended from [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] [[colonist]]s. It al...
46: ...ld. Dispatched from [[New Spain]], conquistador [[Francisco Vᳱuez de Coronado]] led a full-scale exp...
50: ..."The Royal Road" as a 700 mile (1100 km) lifeline from the rest of [[New Spain]] to his remote colony....
58: [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] of [[France]] sold the vast [[Louisiana Purchase]], which...
60: Small trapping parties from the United States had previously reached Santa ... - Desert (21206 bytes)
18: ...ey should be designated as specifically different from the simple definition of a desert: a place whe...
20: ...s an [[ice cap]] if the temperature remains below freezing year-round, rendering the land almost compl...
22: ... other areas are arid by virtue of being very far from the nearest available sources of moisture (this...
28: ...orld's largest desert, the [[Sahara]] of [[North Africa]], which has experienced temperatures as high ...
32: ... These deserts are in interior [[watershed]]s far from oceans and have a wide range of annual temperat... - Albania (24647 bytes)
25: | [[Alfred Moisiu|Alfred Moisiu]], <small>''President''</small>
43: | From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>[[November 28]], [[19...
66: ...highlands". Alternatively, "Albania" may derive from the ancient [[Proto-Indo-European|Indo-European...
68: ...e-names ending in ''-esh'' that appears to derive from the latin ''-enisis'' or ''-esis'', between the...
72: ...://foreignaffairs.tripod.com/armillotta/albania01_frosina.html Arb벥sh띮
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