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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
7: ...xplored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]...
11: ...e]]s, exploitation of the Americas by Europe, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him fo...
13: ...s surname. The Latin roots of his name can be translated "Christ-bearer, Dove". Columbus' signature re...
27: ...ent a year on a ship bound towards [[Khios]] (an island in the [[Aegean Sea]]) and, after a brief visi...
35: ...a Islands]] and owned one of them ([[Porto Santo Island]]), but died when Felipa was a baby, leaving h... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
58: ...dence over Mary at the funeral of Edward VII, was slow in leaving Buckingham Palace, and kept some of ...
102: ...rd (Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment]], RA (TA), Colonel-in-chief (until 1942... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
9: ...ross the Tatras of a secret, unique Polish [[anti-tank]] [[rifle]] which was fated never to see wartime ...
17: ..., to Polish Commander-in-Chief and Premier [[Wladyslaw Sikorski|Władysław Sikorski]]:
20: [of SOE] that General [Stanisław] [[Stanislaw Kopanski|Kopański]] [Kowerski's former com...
32: ...lding]] — another SOE agent, who had previously operated in Crete — and a French officer, ... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
17: ...nd-Building: This includes pinching, coiling, and slab building. It's one of the most traditional meth...
21: *Slip Casting: In this method, liquid clay slip is poured into molds, making it easier to produ...
53: ...carbon|C]]), which is used in some helicopter and tank armor.
73: ...t source of plastic deformation, and is also very slow. It is therefore neglected in many application...
106: ...se tend to produce very dense ceramics, but do so slowly. - United Nations (29685 bytes)
30: ...f [[collective security]]. Those hopes have obviously not been fully realized. From about [[1947]] unt...
48: ...sessments at these lower rates and has sought legislation from the [[Congress of the United States|U.S...
73: ...ery|United Nations Convention on the Abolition of Slavery]] and [[Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Chil...
111: ...al documents, in [[print]] or [[online]], are translated in all six languages.
121: ... tribunals to try war criminals in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. - Bazooka (instrument) (859 bytes)
1: ...pipe of sizes so that the wider diameter pipe can slide around the narrower one, lengthening or shorte...
3: ...l instrument, was applied to a new [[Bazooka|anti-tank weapon]]. - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
32: ....S. Congressman]], Thomas L. Hamer. Hamer erroneously nominated him as Ulysses Simpson Grant, and alth...
54: ...rs had done following their setbacks. Finally, he slipped his troops across the [[James River (Virgini...
158: ...the matter. He decided that Japan's claim to the islands was stronger and ruled in Japan's favor.
162: ..." Perhaps Grant should have taken that name seriously; as with the other Young Napoleon, [[George B. M...
171: ... produced an armored vehicle known as the [[Grant tank]] (a version of the American M3 model, which was ... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...nd the [[Dead Sea]]. Jordan's main religion is [[Islam]] and its main language is [[Arabic language|Ar...
69: ...ia]]ns, [[Iran|Persia]]ns, Greeks, Romans, Arab Muslims, Christian Crusaders, [[Mameluks]], [[Ottoman ...
75: ...rael allowed for a continuing Jordanian role in Muslim and Christian holy places in Jerusalem. The U.S...
79: ...pulation. In the ensuing heavy fighting, a Syrian tank force took up positions in northern Jordan to sup...
88: ...n by the king. Of the 80 seats, 71 must go to [[Muslim]]s and nine to [[Christian]]s. The 40-member [[... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
32: Religion = [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Hinduism]] and [[Judaism]] |
72: During the [[19th century]], The Netherlands was slow to industrialize compared to neighboring countr...
102: ...risian language]]) - north, better known as ''Friesland''; capital: [[Leeuwarden]]
130: ...ng the famous [[polders]]. In [[1932]], the ''[[Afsluitdijk]]'' (English "Barrier Dike") was completed...
146: ...://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/table.aspTT=2&LA=nl&DM=SLNL&PA=70145ned&D1=4&D2=0&D3=25,38,51,64], the lowe... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...nd boundaries with [[Bulgaria]], the [[Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]], and [[Albania]] to the...
50: ...[Mediterranean]] basin, feature a vast number of islands.
72: ...century progressed, much of Greece was overrun by Slavic peoples from the north, and a period of uncer...
74: ...d [[Asia Minor]] were brought in as settlers. The Slavs were either driven out or assimilated. By the ...
82: ...died fighting on the walls and was buried anonymously along with his troops. The empire had been for c... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
44: ...nds]] and [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]
61: ...xpanding middle class as well as to groups previously excluded from power. The Argentine military forc...
67: ... seize the [[Falkland Islands|Falklands/Malvinas Islands]] all combined to discredit the Argentine mil...
73: ...s resignation on [[December 30]]. Yet another legislative assembly elected Peronist [[Eduardo Duhalde]...
80: ... into [[Executive (government)|executive]], [[legislative]], and [[judiciary|judicial branch]]es at th... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ... large non-Jewish minority, mostly comprising [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], and [[Druze]] [[Israeli Arab|...
60: ...ual significance in Judaism, Christianity, and [[Islam]]. Starting around 1200 BCE, a series of [[Hist...
68: The [[Muslim]] [[Caliphate]] conquered the land from the [[E...
98: ... to leave the Sinai, and in their place, Egyptian tanks and troops were concentrated on the border with ...
119: * [[1993 Oslo Peace Accords between Palestinians and Israel]] - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
45: * [[sledges]] - [[Scandinavia]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]]
281: * [[1877]]: [[Induction motor]]: [[Nikola Tesla]]
303: ...]) [[electric motor|induction motor]]: [[Nikola Tesla]]
318: ...olyphase AC [[Electric power]] system: [[Nikola Tesla]] (30 related patents.) - Hoover (912 bytes)
16: ...Hoover Institution]], a [[public policy]] [[think tank]] at [[Stanford University]] - World War I (62979 bytes)
6: ... east and laid the basis for a modern democratic Islamic state, Turkey. Activity by the French and Bri...
8: ...s commonly called "The Great War" (a title previously used to refer to the [[Napoleonic Wars]]) or som...
19: ... room to maneuver, as the last weeks of July 1914 slipped away. Frantic diplomatic efforts to mediate ...
24: ...sia]] would back Serbia to annex [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] areas of Austria-Hungary. The feeling was t...
52: ...n August 11, [[Australia]]n forces landed on the island of [[New Britain|Neu-Pommern]], which was part... - World War II (58065 bytes)
46: ...man [[U-Boat]]s attempted to deprive the British Isles of necessary [[Lend Lease]] cargo from the Unit...
52: ===1941: Yugoslavia, Greece, Crete, Soviet Union, Continuation Wa...
54: ...41]]. Hitler's forces then invaded Greece and Yugoslavia on [[April 6]], [[1941]]. Hitler reluctantly ...
56: ...f the [[Metaxas Line]]. The rapid downfall of Yugoslavia, however, allowed German forces to pour into ...
58: ...roops. The Germans attacked the island simultaneously on the three airfields. Their invasion on two of... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
34: *[[rocket propelled grenade]]s and other [[anti-tank weapon]]s,
63: ...es of all of the [[United Nations]], on a barren island or desert. - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
52: ...pean communist parties (with the exception of Yugoslav leader [[Tito]]), the situation was somewhat di...
69: ...ed the DRV as a free state with its own army, legislative body, and financial powers, in return for Ha...
87: ...[[Ngo Dinh Diem]], an anti-communist exile previously residing in New Jersey. Over French objections,...
91: ...public support in the [[1955]] referendum, infamously receiving over 600,000 votes from the approximat...
94: ... of cards. At the same time, Diem pursued ruthlessly repressive measures to protect his authority, us... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
42: ...II]], he was mostly known as a [[tactician]] of [[tank]] battles and an advocate of the concentrated use...
52: ...vily influenced by that war, namely by the use of tanks, fast manoeuvres and lack of trenches.
61: ... was more success on [[May 28]], when de Gaulle's tanks forced the German armour to retreat at [[Caumont...
126: ...ns, or multilateral agreements. De Gaulle is famously quoted for nicknaming the [[United Nations]] ''l...
139: ... 68 poster 2.png|thumb|200px|May 1968 poster. Translation: "The Mess is ''him''." The Mess (or more li... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
7: ..., that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
16: In 1476, he was accused anonymously, along with three other men, of [[sodomy]] with ...
97: ...hines: [[machine gun|machine guns]], an armored [[tank]] powered by humans or horses, [[cluster bomb]]s,...
101: ...ht and other pioneering scientific work in previously sealed rooms at a monastery next to the Basilica...
103: ...sible as it was demonstrated recently, e.g. his ''tank'' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases...
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