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- China (38909 bytes)
1: ...t Wall of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect...
5: ...rial]] [[Chinese dynasty|dynastic]] change. The [[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a c...
7: ... islands in the South China Sea. The PRC does not recognize the ROC, as it claims to be the sole succes...
14: The Chinese call their country ''Zhongguo'', which is usually translated as "Mid...
16: ...cribe the states politically descended from the [[Western Zhou]], in the [[Yellow River]] (Huang He) valley... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...he Tanzanian ocean port of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]...
5: {{Infobox Country |
58: ...Tutsi refugees at the [[Gatumba]] refugee camp in western Burundi. In response to the attack, the Burundian...
64: ...itical landscape of Burundi has been dominated in recent years by the [[civil war]] and a long [[peace ...
70: ...is area forms part of the [[Albertine Rift]], the western extension of the [[Great Rift Valley]]. - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...r horizons, predominantly to [[Rock and roll|rock music]] and [[jazz]], to become one of the most highly ...
7: ...t the charts, "Urge for Going", was a success for country singer [[George Hamilton IV]] and for folk singer...
9: ...ong)|Woodstock]]", about the [[Woodstock Festival|music festival]], which was later a hit for both [[Cros...
11: ... the rhythms associated with [[Rock and roll|rock music]]. The rock influence was still strong on her ne...
13: ...st of the decade producing largely jazz inflected music. The first such album, ''[[The Hissing of Summer ... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...rained, Amos’s voice and mostly piano-based music has frequently been compared to that of [[Kate Bu...
7: ...began sending tapes of the songs she'd written to record companies at this time. She first came to loc...
10: ...nd [[Al Stewart]]) as a backup vocalist. She also recorded a song called "Distant Storm" for the film [...
13: ...Crucify (song)|Crucify]]". During this time, Tori recorded the song "Happy Workers" for the [[Toys]] mo...
16: ... Amos went to New Mexico to write her second solo record, ''Under the Pink''. It debuted at #1 in the U... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
23: ...ft). Except for a one-week escape ending with his recapture in [[Ohio]], Clyde remained incarcerated in...
25: ...ree associate [[Raymond Hamilton]] and others. He recruited help, and set about arming and financing th...
27: ...ng [[mule]]s for transportation in the Texas farm country. Clyde escaped, and Bonnie and Fults were arreste...
35: ...s can only speculate with regard to details and direct responsibility for many robberies and killings a...
45: ...ate and discontent. Blanche Barrow recounted in a recently published manuscript much of what it was lik... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
7: ...hich remained the generally accepted model in the Western and Arab worlds until it was superseded by the [[...
11: ... put the meridian of 0 longitude at the most western land he knew, the Canary Islands.
18: ...dded that his original topographic list cannot be reconstructed: the long tables with numbers were tran...
23: ...[Islamic]] world and the [[medieval]] [[Latin]] [[Western world|West]]. The ''Tetrabiblos'' is an extensive...
27: ...factors to be taken into account: the [[race]], [[country]], [[nurture|upbringing]], and so forth, of the i... - Music (16462 bytes)
1: ...aries with the many cultures of the world.[[Image:Music_animation.gif|thumb|200px|Clip Art courtesy of
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7: ==Types of Musical Instruments==
14: ==Aspects of music==
16: ...[[Silence]] is also often considered an aspect of music, if it is considered to exist. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
4: ... it is typically called simply by the name of the country, ''Mişr'' (Arabic, مصر) pr...
10: ...pt.PNG|thumb|200px|right|Average temperature and precipitations in Cairo]]
16: ...ed with small lanes and crowded tenaments. While western Cairo is dominated by the government buildings an...
40: ===Era of westernization===
45: ...the [[Suez Canal]] brought significant numbers of westerners to Egypt. A network of gas lighting was instal... - Africa (35389 bytes)
8: The name '''Africa''' came into Western use through the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], who used...
26: ... [[Cape Verde]], 17°33′22″ W, the westernmost point, to [[Ras Hafun]] in [[Somalia]], 51&de...
28: ...te lines corresponding in the main to these two directions.
61: ...uption, violence, and [[authoritarianism]]. Until recently, few nations in Africa were able to sustain ...
69: ...erpower]]s. Many countries in [[Northern Africa]] received Soviet military aid, while many in Central a... - Australia (39438 bytes)
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48: ...Commonwealth of Australia''' is the sixth-largest country in the world by area. A part of [[Australasia]], ...
56: ...d it in his dispatches to [[England]]. In 1817 he recommended that it be officially adopted. In 1824 th...
65: ...e 17th century the Dutch charted the whole of the western and northern coastlines of what they called [[New...
67: ...e former did receive some convicts from Tasmania. Western Australia was also founded "free" but later accep... - United States (58223 bytes)
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35: established_events = - Declared<br> - Recognized<br><br>[[United States Constitution|'''Con...
84: ...stitutional]], nullifying the law and creating [[precedent]] for future law and decisions. Below the Su...
110: ...rida]], the [[Great Plains]] in the center of the country, the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]-[[Missouri...
112: ...wlands and valleys of the American Southwest from westernmost Texas to California and northward throughout ... - Ghana (10910 bytes)
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72: ...but Ghana is considered the first "black" African country to gain independence. A long series of coups resu...
87: ...d to continued inflationary deficit financing, depreciation of the [[cedi]], and rising public disconte...
116: * [[Western Region, Ghana|Western]]
143: ...ern Ghana is ''[[Kente]]'' cloth, which is widely recognized and valued for its colors and symbolism. K... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...36]], when the [[Italy|Italian]] army invaded the country. [[United Kingdom|British]] and Ethiopian troops ...
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59: ...Frumentius]] introduced [[Christianity]] into the country, converting king [[Ezana]]. For a short period in...
61: ...hiopia|Emperor]]), basing their claims on their direct descent from [[Solomon]] and the queen of [[Sheb...
63: ...rst successful diplomatic contact with a European country, [[Portugal]]. This proved to be an important dev... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...l as a few kilometers of its annexed territory, [[Western Sahara]], in the west. The name Algeria is deriv...
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60: ...hen retained a precarious grip on the east of the country until the coming of the [[Arab]]s in the [[8th ce...
62: ...ncidentally initiating the [[Arabization]] of the countryside. The [[Almoravid]]s and [[Almohad]]s, Berber...
70: ...nse minister, [[Houari Boum餩议e]] in 1965. The country then enjoyed almost 25 years of relative stabilit... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...teration|transliterated]] ''ʼUrdunn''), is a country in the [[Middle East]]. It is bordered by [[Syria...
47: - Recognised
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69: ... ended on [[22 May]] [[1946]]; on [[25 May]], the country became the independent Hashemite Kingdom of Trans...
73: ...y King [[Abdullah I of Jordan | Abdullah]]. While recognizing Jordanian administration over the West Ba... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...me '''[[Holland]]''', although this usage is incorrect. Holland was the economic powerhouse during the ...
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39: established_events = - Declared<br/> - Recognized |
55: ... liberal policies are often mentioned abroad. The country is host to the [[International Court of Justice]]...
62: ...It would not be until [[1648]] before Spain would recognize Dutch independence. - Andorra (11532 bytes)
20: ...90 est.)</small><br>{{coor dm|42|30|N|1|31|E|type:country}}
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59: ...in]]. Once isolated, it is currently a prosperous country mainly because of [[tourism]] and its status as a...
81: ...ransportation and communications have removed the country from its isolation and its political system was t...
87: Until very recently, Andorra's political system had no clear div... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
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15: ... [[Ahmet Necdet Sezer]]<br>[[Recep Tayyip Erdogan|Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] |
49: ...){{Audio|asd.ogg|listen}}; , is a [[bicontinental country]] located mainly in the [[Anatolia]]n peninsula, ...
50: ...e]] and [[Bulgaria]] to the northwest; [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Armenia]] and the [[Azerbaijan]]i e...
60: ... [[Anatolia]]. In 1923 the [[Treaty of Lausanne]] recognised the sovereignty of a new Turkish Republic. - Samoa (9435 bytes)
1: ...'German Samoa''' from [[1900]] to [[1914]] and '''Western Samoa''' from [[1914]] to [[1997]].
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57: ...14]]. Western Samoa was the first Pacific Island country to gain its independence.
59: ...can Samoans still use the terms Western Samoa and Western Samoans.
72: ...n seats. There are more than 25,000 matais in the country, about 5% of whom are women. The prime minister i... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: '''Kazakhstan''' is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of [[Asia]]. ...
3: ...mi-[[desert]]s ([[steppe]]) make it only the 57th country in population, with approximately 6 persons per s...
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76: ...n, in particular the province of [[Semirechye|Semirechie]]. The number of settlers rose still further o...
86: ...gress toward developing a [[market economy]]. The country has enjoyed significant economic growth since [[2...
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