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101History of the Maldives — The Maldives is a nation consisting of 26 natural atolls, comprising 1192 islands Historical setting Since very ancient times, the Maldives were ruled by kings (Radun) sultans and occasionally queens (Ranin) sultanas. Historically Maldives has… …
102War of the Five Kings — The War of the Five Kings is a fictional war that takes place in American fantasy author George R. R. Martin s A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels. The war begins during the events of the first novel, A Game of Thrones and remains ongoing at… …
103Race to the North — The Race to the North is the name given to two summers in the late 19th century when British passenger trains belonging to different companies would literally race each other from London to Scotland over the two principal rail trunk routes… …
104Aufklärung (The German) and British philosophy — The German Aufklärung and British philosophy Manfred Kuehn INTRODUCTION The German Enlightenment was not an isolated phenomenon.1 It was closely connected with developments in other European countries and in North America. Like the thinkers in… …
105German East Asia Squadron — The German East Asia Squadron was a German Kaiserliche Marine (naval) cruiser squadron which operated mainly in the Pacific Ocean between the 1870s and 1914. The squadron initially had no base. Admiral Tirpitz had visited the Chinese coast in… …
106History of the Royal Marines — The Corps of Royal Marines, the infantry land fighting element of the United Kingdom s Royal Navy, was formed as part of the Naval Service in 1755. However, it can trace its origins back as far as 1664, when English soldiers first went to sea to… …
107Legacy of the Indo-Greeks — The Legacy of the Indo Greeks starts with the formal end of the Indo Greek Kingdom from the 1st century CE, as the Greek communities of central Asia and northwestern India lived under the control of the Kushan branch of the Yuezhi, apart from a… …
108Definitions of whiteness in the United States — The cultural boundaries separating White Americans from other racial or ethnic categories are contested and always changing. David R. Roediger argues that the construction of the white race in the United States was an effort to mentally distance… …
109List of minor The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy characters — The following is an alphabetical list of the minor characters in the various versions of The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. The descriptions of the characters are accompanied by information on details about appearances and… …
110Kent East Indiaman — The Kent East Indiaman was a British ship.A report of the time states...THE SHIP ON FIRE, ON the 1st of March 1825, the Kent East Indiaman took fire in the Bay of Biscay, She had sailed from the Downs about the middle of February, being bound to… …
