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- Botswana (22276 bytes)
1: ...fter becoming [[Independence|independent]] on [[September 30]], [[1966]]. It is bordered by [[South Af...
37: | From [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[September 30]], [[1966]]
62: ...st general elections and to [[independence]] in September [[1966]]. [[Seretse Khama]], a leader in the...
111: ...nance, Botswana was ranked as Africa's least corrupt country by Transparency International in [[2004]]...
113: ...as a 90-member American Business Council that accepts membership from American-affiliated companies. - Guyana (12153 bytes)
67: *[[Cheddi Jagan]] 1957 - 1964, 1992 - 1997
126: ... It is so similar that Guyana is included and accepted as a Caribbean Nation. Only its geographical lo...
140: <CAPTION><font size="+1">'''Holidays'''</font></caption> - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
54: ...n Southern Rhodesia (known simply Rhodesia from [[1964]]) demanded independence, but the British governm...
56: ...] economic sanctions against Rhodesia. In an attempt to distance the country from its colonial master,...
62: ...ster House Agreement|Lancaster House]] in an attempt to negotiate a settlement in the civil war.
167: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/zim.html Stanford University - Afric... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
62: ...l around [[10 BCE]]. To the south, this kingdom captured [[Sindh]] and extended to the coast of the [[...
76: ...nah]] a British-educated Indian Muslim leader, adopted the cause, and later earned the title of Quaid-...
90: ...he [[Persian language|Persian]] language the concepts of "Pak" meaning "Pure" and "stan" for "land" or...
126: In 1964, Pakistan signed the [[Regional Cooperation for D...
130: ...73]] Pakistan itself had. The US also did not accept Bangladesh in favor of Pakistan until after the [... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...d Grenada and seeking refuge in St. Vincent, or captured by Carib raiders--intermarried with the Carib...
61: ...ltural workers, as depressed world sugar prices kept the economy stagnant until the turn of the centur...
65: ...eriod, the British made several unsuccessful attempts to affiliate St. Vincent with other Windward Isl...
67: ...nomy deteriorated. In April 1979, La Soufriere erupted again. Although no one was killed, thousands ha...
109: ...enadines''. 4th Edition Revised and Updated, Concepts Publishing Co., Waitsfield, Vermont, 1993. - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
76: ...ars of tumultuous rule left the MNR divided. In [[1964]], a military [[junta]] overthrew President Paz E...
89: ...ceived a significant amount of public-sector corruption. Both factors contributed to increasing social...
97: ...omic reactivation (and job creation), anti-[[corruption]], and social inclusion.
101: In September [[2001]], following the advice of the [[Worl...
116: ...and lower courts, has long been riddled with corruption and inefficiency. Through revisions to the con... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
35: ... = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[July 6]], [[1964]] |
53: ... marked by a number of unsuccessful Malawian attempts to obtain independence. A growing [[Europe]]an a...
59: ... [[July 6]], [[1964]]. Two years later, Malawi adopted a new constitution and became a [[one-party sta...
67: ...ces with the UDF, particularly over his anti-corruption campaign.
72: ...lected with the president. The president has the option of appointing a second vice president, who mus... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
31: ...nding loss of independence to Castile was not accepted by the majority of the Portuguese people, which...
40: In [[1418]] two captains of Prince Henry the Navigator, were driven by...
85: ...l Europe during Napoleon's era. The alliance is kept through [[NATO]], a military organisation in whic...
93: ... mainland Portugal. Download an [http://www.igeoe.pt/downloads/500mil/500mil_24bits2.zip official map]...
127: ...and rises 14 m bellow the sea surface. It last erupted in 1720 and formed an island, it remained above... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
36: established_dates = [[October 24]], [[1964]] |
51: Except for the occasional [[Portugal|Portuguese]] explor...
57: ...ecame the Republic of Zambia on [[October 24]], [[1964]].
69: The major figure in Zambian politics from [[1964]] to [[1991]] was [[Kenneth Kaunda]], who led the...
71: ...9 and was in power under Kaunda's leadership from 1964 to 1991. Before 1972, Zambia had three significan... - Flag of Colorado (1126 bytes)
4: ...[flag of the United States]]. On [[March 31]], [[1964]], the legislature further dictated the diameter ... - Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
2: ...on the first [[cataract]] of the [[Nile]] in [[Egypt]].
13: ...gnised the [[People's Republic of China]]. The Egyptian government intended to continue the project al...
15: ...ished in [[1964]]. The reservoir began filling in 1964 while the dam was still under construction and fi...
18: ...he first time. The effects of dangerous floods in 1964 and 1973 and of threatening droughts in 1972&ndas...
23: ...at is currently the largest source of fish for Egypt, and the subsidence of the [[Nile Delta]] will le... - Abu Simbel (4501 bytes)
4: ...ses two massive rock [[temple]]s in southern [[Egypt]], built on the western bank of the [[Nile|River ...
13: ...doorway of the temple, there is a beautiful inscription of the king's name, [[Ser-Ma'at-Ra]], and betw...
17: ...aining four seated statues of [[Ra-Harakhte]], [[Ptah]], [[Ra|Amun-Ra]], and the deified Rameses II....
23: The eastern wall bears inscriptions depicting Rameses II striking the enemy befor...
25: ...h similar scenes and paintings. In the farthest depths of the temple is the holy of holies, where a st... - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
3: ...s roughly 5,000-5,500 years, with [[Cuneiform script|cuneiform]] possibly being the oldest form of wri...
8: *[[Ancient Egypt]]
35: ...s 1996, Thomas & Wick 1993, MacMullen 1990, Dodds 1964, Thorndike 1923, MacMullen 1966) Note: This is n...
60: * [[476]]- Prompted by the barbarian General Odacer, the last Roman...
79: ...ivilizations/Ancient_Egypt Pictures of Ancient Egypt] - Alaska (24727 bytes)
42: ...ist of U.S. state birds|State bird]]'''||[[Willow Ptarmigan]]
77: ...itory]] had several years earlier (circa 1975) adopted a single time zone identical to Pacific Standar...
127: ...ion tourists arriving in Alaska between May and September).
155: ...nate|US senator]] in [[1958]] and re-elected in [[1964]]. There are streets, buildings, and even the fi... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
29: ... doesn't observe [[Daylight saving time|DST]] except in the [[Navajo Nation]])</small> |
53: Reptile = [[Rattlesnake|Arizona Ridgenose Ratt...
134: ... to 29 kilometers (4 to 18 miles) and attains a depth of more than 1,6 km (1 mile). Nearly 2 billion y...
186: ***9% [[Baptist]]
349: ...t [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], Presidential candidate (1964) and former Senator [[Barry Goldwater]], Presiden... - Maine (17312 bytes)
38: ...]] because admitting both states into the union kept the balance between [[slave]] and free states. Ma...
45: ... in half a century to carry Maine (sans for the [[1964]] landslide victory of [[Lyndon Johnson]]), thank...
47: Maine voters tend to accept independent and third-party candidates more frequ...
74: ...orested slopes sweeping down to the sea has been aptly summed up by American poetess [[Edna St. Vincen...
125: ...argest Protestant denominations in Maine are: [[Baptist]] (12% of the total state population), [[Metho... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
50: ...bed the "[[Northeast Kingdom]]") is known for exceptionally cold winters, often averaging more than te...
64: ...settlers from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] under Captain Jacobus de Warm established the De Warm Stocka...
66: ...ey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst|Jeffrey Amherst]] captured the fort. The French were driven out of the a...
78: ...ah West during a violent thunderstorm, and was adopted by the delegates after four days of debate. Thi...
88: ...tates Army|Confederate forces]]. Young had been captured in [[John Hunt Morgan]]'s [[1863]] raid in Oh... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
92: ...ons, the right to public office, criminal [[contempt]], and any case in which the Court of Common Plea...
106: ...ylvania's nickname "The Keystone State" is quite apt, as the state forms a geographic bridge both betw...
115: ...st US saltwater "coast" line. (How these two concepts are defined and measured is explained at length ...
118: ... to clean up and changed the national public perception of nuclear power to a much less favorable view...
163: ...Protestant denominations in Pennsylvania are: [[Baptist]] (10% of the total state population), [[Metho... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
137: ...ost a lawsuit against the federal government, prompting a judge in Paris, Texas, to unintentionally cr...
168: ...ed the book (often without reading it) as an attempt to impugn the morals and character of the people ...
209: ** 33% [[Baptist]]
255: ...voting for the Republican in every election since 1964. (although the 1976 Carter-Ford race was close). ...
274: *[[Oklahoma Baptist University]] - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
52: ...ericans to forced labor on the haciendas and attempted to convert them to Christianity. The [[Apache]]...
66: ...from Mexico in [[1836]]. New Mexico authorities captured a group of Texans who embarked an expedition ...
74: ...t established the [[New Mexico Territory]] on [[September 9]], [[1850]]. The territory, which included...
76: ... ranch near [[Taos, New Mexico|Taos]]. Carson accepted an [[1853]] appointment as U.S. Indian agent wi...
80: ...m Texas first occupied New Mexico. Union troops captured the territory in early [[1862]]. [[Kit Carson...
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