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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
5: ...as John Cabot) was first to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third ...
9: Unlike the voyage of the Scandinavians, Columbus's vo...
46: ...vered less space on the earth's surface than commonly believed. Finally, Columbus read maps as if the ...
69: ... vast interior of the North and South American mainlands would of course be largely mapped with the le...
91: ...ft with six ships from [[Sanlúcar de Barrameda|Sanlúcar, Spain]] for his third trip to the New World... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
33: ...sources". The advent of [[nuclear weapon]]s came only weeks after the signing of the Charter and provi...
65: ...United Nations. [[World War II]] atrocities and [[genocide]] led to a ready consensus that the new organizat...
91: ...ning bodies made up of member states include not only the [[UN General Assembly|General Assembly]], [[...
106: ...ted States is assessed. The United States is the only member that is assessed this rate, though it is ...
111: ...nally, all official documents, in [[print]] or [[online]], are translated in all six languages. - War (7002 bytes)
14: ... problematic. Many now believe that wars should only be fought as a last resort. Some, known as [[pac...
18: Today, some see only [[just war]]s (which also cause suffering, but a...
43: ... another, allegedly to restore order or prevent [[genocide]] or other [[crimes against humanity]], or to sup... - Africa (35389 bytes)
26: ...e is shown by the fact that Europe, which covers only [[1 E12 m2|9,700,000 km<sup>2</sup>]] (3,760,000...
41: ... many [[colony|colonial]] nation states, leaving only two independent nations ([[Liberia]] and [[Ethio...
51: ...themselves crossing "borders" that often existed only on European maps.
59: ... Hutu and Tutsi which culminated with the Rwandan genocide of 1994, where nearly 1 million Tutsi and Hutu mo...
65: ...rmed force|military]] was perceived as being the only group that could effectively maintain order and ... - Australia (39438 bytes)
48: ...ea. A part of [[Australasia]], it includes the mainland and a number of islands, the largest of which ...
50: .... The shortest border distance is between the mainlands of Papua New Guinea and Australia at about 15...
69: ...anding constitute [[genocide]]{{mn|Tatz1999|3}}. Only following the [[Australian referendum, 1967 (Abo...
79: ...overnor-General, these powers are generally used only on advice from the [[Prime Minister of Australia...
86: ...hambers are held every three years, usually with only one half of the Senate being eligible for re-ele... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
3: ...he north, [[French language|French]] speakers, mainly in the south (the [[Walloons]]) but also in the ...
71: ...to the troubles in Rwanda in the [[1990s]] when a genocide took place, with an estimated 1 million casualtie...
73: ... national Belgian political parties anymore, but only Flemish- or French-speaking parties (and one Ger...
87: ...some smaller parties in Brussels. However, these only attract votes from one of the two communities in...
100: ... a population of 5,900,000), and [[Wallonia]] (mainly French-speaking, with a population of 3,360,000)... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
69: ...eir own language. Worth mentioning, this was the only revolution that was done solely for preserving t...
73: ...e Bengali [[intelligentsia]] was eliminated. This genocide is one of the most horrible in terms of death tol...
88: ...ring the tenure of a [[caretaker government]], mainly in controlling the transition to a new governmen...
116: ...mage of Bangladesh's physical features (click to enlarge and view national borders)]]
119: ...lood and [[drought]]. Hills rise above the plain only in the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]] (highest point... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
62: Muzorewa, who not only had the support of Smith but with the white-mino...
68: ...and the ruling ZANU. The fighting was marked by a genocide of the Ndebele people by ZANU's infamous [[Zimbab...
110: ...ican countries. The political situation makes it unlikely that the West will be inclined to do much mo...
150: *[http://www.gta.gov.zw/ Zimbabwe Government Online] official government site and [http://www.zim....
155: * [http://www.africaonline.co.zw/mirror/ The Sunday Mirror] weekly newspa... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
76: ...ween the north and the south. However, there is a genocide occuring in the northern region of Sudan. In Darf...
128: ...ar-related impacts. Here the Sudanese practice mainly indigenous traditional beliefs, although Christi...
181: ...ian.co.uk/sudan/0,14658,1235601,00.html Guardian Unlimited - ''Special Report: Sudan''] - Rwanda (10946 bytes)
46: ...n to the outside world for the [[1994]] [[Rwandan genocide]] that resulted in the deaths of up to one millio...
52: ... migrated to neighboring countries. They moved mainly to Congo but also to Ugandan plantations, lookin...
58: ...00,000 Tutsis and Hutu moderates in the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. The RPF launched attacks, and occupied the no...
101: ...y with about 90% of the population engaged in (mainly subsistence) agriculture. It is the most densely...
106: ... Rwanda's population density, even after the 1994 genocide, is among the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Near... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...y has suffered greatly from the devastating and [[genocide|genocidal]] [[Second Congo War]] (known also as t...
61: ... Congo]], but in practical terms, things changed only slightly.
72: ...u]]. Lumumba escaped to join his supporters in Stanleyville but was recaptured and then flown (January...
80: ... occasionally hold elections in which he was the only candidate. Relative peace and stability was achi...
122: *[[Kisangani]] (Stanleyville) - Zambia (24496 bytes)
71: ... strongly supported in all areas of the country, only UNIP had a nationwide following.
73: ...ctions also were held for the National Assembly. Only UNIP members were permitted to run, but these se...
92: ...ew constitution in August 1991. The constitution enlarged the National Assembly from 136 members to a ...
118: ... British (about 15,000) or South African, live mainly in Lusaka and in the Copperbelt in northern Zamb...
128: ...nternational Tribunal investigation of the 1994 [[genocide]] in Rwanda. - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
14: ...a form. Painting from the Tang dynasty period mainly consisted of landscape that was to grasp emotion...
34: ...'[[House of Flying Daggers]]'' being popular not only in China but around the world. [[American]] film...
38: ...mb|300px|Detail of Dragon Throne used by the [[Qianlong]] Emperor of China, [[Forbidden City]], [[Qing...
91: * [[List of universities in Mainland China]]
107: ...hinese nationalism]] - [[Communism]] - [[Cultural genocide]] - [[Cultural Revolution]] - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
535: ...f tunnels]]: [[List of tunnels in the Netherlands|NL]], [[Tunnels in New Zealand|NZ]], [[Tunnels in th...
601: *[[List of NLP topics]]
631: **[[List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names]]
678: **[[List of words commonly mispronounced]]
759: *Major cases of [[genocide]] - Civilization (29205 bytes)
39: ...rtation and [[shipbuilding|sea-faring]] followed only centuries later, and later our earliest [[Timeli...
121: ...ification for [[colonialism]], [[imperialism]], [[genocide]], and coercive acculturation. - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
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55: ...rejected secession ([[April 27]], [[1861]]), but only after the [[Baltimore riot of 1861|rioting in Ba...
71: ...ly, if not impossible, to bring about the gentlemanly compromises of the past (such as the [[Missouri ...
73: ... of slavery in the Western territories. Although only a small share of Northerners favored measures to...
95: ...ould crush the nascent rebellion, and so Lincoln only called for volunteers for 90 days. This resulte... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...ed, and some of the century's first large-scale [[genocide|civilian massacres]] took place. Four dynasties, ...
8: It was commonly called "The Great War" (a title previously used ...
10: ...y more on the home front due to food shortages, [[genocide]], and ground combat.
19: ...of these nations was emphatic that victory would only be gained by striking first, and that mobilizati...
74: ...e of their enemy: the Anglo-French trenches were only intended to be 'temporary' before their forces b... - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...ar I|two world wars]] are one conflict separated only by a "ceasefire".
8: ...c weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[RADAR]] are only a few of many [[Technology during World War II|w...
20: ...ing and occupying parts or the whole of Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania.
24: ...iendly," despite the fact that neither country openly proclaimed any alliances. Such situations allowe...
31: ...g war two days later on [[3 September]].{{fn|1}} Only partly mobilized, Poland fared poorly against th... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
41: ...atic support]] to the North Vietnamese and to the NLF, partly as support against the U.S. and South Vi...
76: ... Asia from "indirect aggression." This was certainly more diplomatic than the later more or less unil...
89: ...sects he could tackle the [[Viet Minh]], the suddenly enthusiastic support of many Congressional leade...
94: ... or intimidate much of the political opposition, only fostering deeper resentment of what was already ...
96: ...s would have won. Also, it was said to have been unlikely that the Northern Communists would allow a f... - History of California (38344 bytes)
86: ... San Fernando Rey de España de Velicatá]] (the only Franciscan mission in all of Baja California) an...
90: ...lation "California" which had previously applied only to the Peninsula now called [[Baja California Pe...
134: ...erican War]], this grew slowly with emigration mainly from the United States. The Republic, under Pres...
143: ... north of the Bay's mouth. San Diego Bay is the only natural harbor in California south of San Franci...
148: ...cramento River]] and [[Sutter Creek]], north and inland from the sparsely-settled Spanish land-grants....
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