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- Botswana (22276 bytes)
56: ...atswana lived as herders and farmers under tribal rule.
58: ...stance, the British Government on [[March 31]], [[1885]] made "[[Bechuanaland Protectorate|Bechuanaland...
60: ...ropeans. Proclamations in 1934 regularized tribal rule and powers. A European-African advisory council...
62: ...vement and the legitimate claimant to traditional rule of the Bamangwato, was elected as the first pre...
67: ...rently holds all 4. The opposition out-polled the ruling BDP in most urban areas. The openness of the ... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
62: ...volt culminating in the fall of [[Khartoum]] in [[1885]], in which the British [[Charles George Gordon|G...
66: ...economic development while under British colonial rule was focused in the North. Dissatisfaction culmi...
68: ...of the north-south civil war and a degree of self-rule. This led to a ten-year [[hiatus]] in the civil...
74: ... rebels reported that they remained in control of rural areas and others reports indicated that widesp...
83: ...dan)|National Congress Party]]. After 1997, the structure of regional administration was replaced by t... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...Sudan]] on the north, [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], and [[Tanzania]] on the east, [[Zambia]] an...
61: ...nd]] to honour himself. During the period between 1885 and 1908, between 5 and 15 (the commonly accepted...
67: ...ns but was released (1960) to participate in the Brussels Congo conference, where he emerged as a lead...
72: ...issolved in sulfuric acid a few days later. In February, it was announced that he had been killed by a...
80: ... bank note displayed his image,) and excessive corruption — in 1984 he was said to have [[USD]] ... - Gabon (7342 bytes)
1: ...public of the Congo]] and the [[Gulf of Guinea]]. Ruled by [[autocratic]] presidents since independenc...
68: ...hat is now Gabon when [[France]] occupied it in [[1885]]. In [[1910]], Gabon became one of the four terr...
98: ...[devaluation]] of the [[CFA franc]] left Gabon struggling to pay its overseas [[Third World debt|debt... - Marshall Islands (8760 bytes)
1: ...] in the [[Pacific Ocean]], located north of [[Nauru]] and [[Kiribati]], east of the [[Federated State...
55: ...man]] trading company settled on the islands in [[1885]], and they became part of the [[protectorate]] o...
57: ...islands ([[1944]]), and they were added to the [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]] (including s...
61: ...al law in 1990, when the UN officially ended the trust given to the USA.
118: ...t. Government downsizing, drought, a drop in construction, and the decline in tourism and foreign inve... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
70: ...tary [[coup d'鴡t]], executed his uncle, and has ruled since 1979.
87: ...erioration of the rural economy under successive brutal regimes has diminished any potential for agric...
91: ...has denied any wrongdoing. While Riggs Bank in February 2005 paid $9 million as restitution for its ba...
113: ...tories were united administratively under Spanish rule. Between 1926 and 1959 they were united as the ... - Flag of North Carolina (1696 bytes)
6: The state legislature adopted this flag in March, 1885, to replace the original state flag that had been... - Mammoth (4333 bytes)
28: ...16th century|16th]] and [[17th century]] [[Russia|Russian]] travellers recount the [[hunting]] of mamm...
40: ... OR THE INDIAN AND THE MAMMOTH], by H. C. Mercer, 1885. (searchable facsimile at the University of Georg... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
54: ... Hawaii are presently active. The last volcanic eruption outside the Island of Hawaii happened at [[H...
64: ...ear isolation. Local chiefs called [[alii|alii]] ruled their settlements and fought to extend their s...
71: ...|Lili'uokalani]], succeeded him to the throne and ruled until her dethronement in [[1893]], a [[coup d...
81: ... Hawaii quickly became a modern state with a construction boom and rapidly growing economy. The [[Haw...
138: ... between highly populated Oʻahu and the more rural Neighbor Islands, and between lower-income and... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
53: * [[Rubber]] in [[Mesoamerica]]
74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
76: * [[132]]: Rudimentary [[Seismometer]]: [[Zhang Heng]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
20: *[[Minoru Yamasaki|Yamasaki, Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: *[[Tomoyuki Yamashita|Yamashita, Tomoyuki]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant general in Malaya, Sin...
37: *[[Yury Yarov|Yarov, Yury]], (born 1942), Russian politician, former deputy prime minister and...
40: *[[Lev Yashin|Yashin, Lev]], ([[1929]]-[[1990]]), Russian football goalkeeper
45: *[[Dornford Yates|Yates, Dornford]], ([[1885]] - [[1960]]), British novelist - Comet (30542 bytes)
1: ..., showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997)]]
15: ...anics that tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometar...
31: ...he large numbers of comets discovered on some instruments has rendered this system impractical, and no...
35: ... fourth comet discovered in the second half of February 2006 would be designated 2006 D4. Prefixes ar...
67: ...turned into dry earth, might be resupplied and recruited; for all vegetables were thought to increase ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
74: *[[Milton Avery]] ([[1885]]-[[1965]])
144: *[[George Biddle]] ([[1885]]-[[1973]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
199: *[[Pierre Brissaud]] ([[1885]]-[[1964]]) - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
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28: ... An Introduction to its History and Grammatical Structure, by Marie-Louise Thomsen.
43: ...ian]], though the latter merely used the same instruments, and the letter shapes were unrelated.
49: ...esent-future tense/incompletive [[aspect]] (aka maruu-conjugation), but as ergative in most other inst...
55: ...er of [[homophone]]s (words with the same sound structure but different meanings) - or perhaps pseudo-... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787) —...
67: *[[Rudolf Diesel]], (1858-1913), [[Germany]] — [[...
103: * [[William Gruber]] — [[View-master]]
114: *[[Rudolf Hell]], (1901-2002)
115: *[[John Philip Holland]], (1840-1914) — "true" submarine - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
17: *[[1861]] - [[First Battle of Bull Run]]
41: ...[[1866]] - ''[[Ex Parte Milligan]]'' 71 US 2 1866 rules that civilians cannot be tried in military tri...
44: *[[1867]] - [[Reconstruction]] Acts
45: *[[1867]] - [[Alaska Purchase]] from Russia
83: ...herford B. Hayes]] becomes President and [[Reconstruction]] ends with the [[Compromise of 1877]] - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...cy of [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]] continued for a decade before coming to an...
4: ==Reconstruction==
5: ...icle: [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]]''
7: ... Lincoln]] had endorsed a lenient plan for reconstruction, but the immense human cost of the war and t...
9: Much of the impetus for Reconstruction involved the question of [[civil rights]] fo... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
13: * [[1885]] - A [[United Kingdom|British]] force defeats a ...
41: * [[2002]] - [[Mount Nyiragongo]] erupts in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], d...
84: *[[1940]] - [[Kipchoge Keino]], Kenyan runner
123: * [[1893]] - [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], 19th [[President of the Unite...
143: * [[2004]] - [[Rafael Churumba Cordero]], mayor of [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]] (b.... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
5: ... of stairs, and water pressure could only provide running water to about 50 feet (15 m).
7: ..., and [[water pump]]s have made possible the construction of extremely tall buildings, some of which a...
9: ...ten-story structure was constructed in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's b...
15: ...n of the tallest skyscrapers and other man-made structures, as determining the "world's tallest..." de...
17: == 50 Tallest Skyscrapers by Structural/Architectural Height == - American Black Bear (15019 bytes)
27: Black bears prefer forested and shrubby areas but use wet [[meadow]]s, high tidelands,...
32: ...ack bear cubs are generally born in January or February. They are blind when born, and twins are most ...
36: ...elying most heavily on [[grass]]es, [[herb]]s, [[fruit]]s, and [[mast]]. They also feed on [[carrion]...
58: *[[blackberry]] (''[[Rubus]] spp.'')
87: ... Canada as has been for many years and black bear rugs are not unknown in antique shops. Paradoxicall...
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