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81pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …
82western Africa, history of — Introduction history of the region from the 11th century to the present. A reasonable body of sources for the writing of western African history begins to be available about AD 1000. Three centuries earlier, the Arabs (Arab) had… …
83Erwin Rommel — Infobox Military Person name= Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel born=birth date|1891|11|15|df=y died=dda|1944|10|14|1891|11|15|df=y placeofbirth=Heidenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg German Empire placeofdeath=Herrlingen, Germany caption=Field Marshal… …
84War of the Austrian Succession — The Battle of Fontenoy by Édouard Detaille. Oil on canvas …
85Vicksburg Campaign — Lithograph of the Mississippi River Squadron running the Confederate blockade at Vicksburg on April 16, 1863 …
86Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund (TiF) — The Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund (TiF) is a bid by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) to secure funds from the UK Government s Transport Innovation Fund (TIF). GMPTA seeks funds of up to £3 bn which will… …
87Alexander the Great — 356 323 B.C., king of Macedonia 336 323: conqueror of Greek city states and of the Persian empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India. * * * or Alexander III born 356 BC, Pella, Macedonia died June 13, 323 BC, Babylon King of Macedonia (336–323)… …
88Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
89United Nations — 1. an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbr.: UN Cf. General… …
90Calendar of 2000 — ▪ 2001 January We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so few external threats. Never before have we had such… …
