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81Demographic history of Macedonia — This article is about the region spanning several countries in southeastern Europe; for the demographics of the Republic of Macedonia, see Demographic history of the Republic of Macedonia. The geographical region of Macedonia Contents …
825th Army (Soviet Union) — Infobox Military Unit unit name=5th Army caption= country=Soviet Union, Russia type= Field army branch=Red Army, Soviet Army, Russian Ground Forces dates=1939 ndash;current command structure= size= World War II: usually several corps ( 10… …
83Demographic estimates of the German exodus from Eastern Europe — are still a controversial topic. Estimates of the number of displaced Germans vary in the range of 13.5 16.5 million.Estimates of total deaths of German civilians have ranged from as low as 500,000 to as high as 3 million. The standard figure… …
84Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi, 60,000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter …
85Latvia — /lat vee euh, laht /, n. a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of Estonia, an independent state 1918 40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 2,437,649; 25,395 sq. mi. (63,700 sq. km). Cap.: Riga. Latvian, Latvija… …
86Mexico — /mek si koh /, n. 1. a republic in S North America. 97,563,374; 761,530 sq. mi. (1,972,363 sq. km). Cap.: Mexico City. 2. a state in central Mexico. 6,245,000; 8268 sq. mi. (21,415 sq. km). Cap.: Toluca. 3. Gulf of, Mexican, Golfo de México /gawl …
87Greece, history of — ▪ Byzantine to modern Introduction history of the area from the Byzantine (Byzantine Empire) period, beginning about AD 300, to the present. For earlier periods, see Aegean civilizations; ancient Greek civilization; and Hellenistic Age.… …
88MESOPOTAMIA — The original article in the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica traced Mesopotamian history to its earliest beginnings and provided a detailed survey of Mesopotamian literature and institutions. With the availability of such tools as J.… …
89History of Russia — The history of Russia begins with that of the East Slavs. The first East Slavic state, Kievan Rus , adopted Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in 988, [cite web|title=Kievan Rus and Mongol Periods|url=http://www.shsu.edu/ his… …
90Juan Bautista de Anza — Bezerra Nieto Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto (July 6/7, 1736 [1] – December 19, 1788) was a Novo Spanish explorer and Governor of New Mexico for the Spanish Empire …
