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111East Asian monsoon — The East Asian monsoon is a monsoonal flow that carries moist air from the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean to East Asia. It affects approximately one third of the global population, and the countries China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and… …
112Rainfall in Karnataka — The state of Karnataka in India has a bittersweet relationship with rains. While its regions of Malnad and coastal Karnataka receive copious amount of rainfall; its north Bayaluseemae region in the Deccan Plateau is one of the most arid regions… …
1131733 slave insurrection on St. John — The 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in the Danish West Indies, (now the St. John, United States Virgin Islands) started on November 23, 1733 when African slaves from Akwamu revolted against the owners and managers of the island s plantations …
114Uttar Pradesh — /oot euhr preuh daysh , desh / a state in N India: a former province of British India. 97,380,000; 113,409 sq. mi. (293,730 sq. km). Cap.: Lucknow. Formerly, United Provinces. Former official name, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. * * *… …
115Skyrocketing Food Prices: A Global Crisis — ▪ 2009 by Janet H. Clark As the year 2008 got under way, upwardly spiraling food prices became of increasing concern to international organizations and relief agencies, national governments, and consumers everywhere. UN officials speculated …
116East Asian Monsoon — The East Asian monsoon is a monsoonal flow that carries moist air from the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean to East Asia. It affects approximately one third of the global population, influencing the climate of Japan (including Okinawa), the Koreas …
117Damián Massanet — was a Spanish Franciscan priest who co founded the College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro, the first missionary college in New Spain.[1] Not much is known of Massanet s early life, but he is believed to have been born in Majorca. After traveling to… …
118Polis and its culture (The) — The polis and its culture Robin Osborne INTRODUCTION ‘We love wisdom without becoming soft’, Thucydides has the Athenian politician Pericles claim, using the verb philosophein.1 Claims to, and respect for, wisdom in archaic Greece were by no… …
119Голод в России (1891—1892) — Голод в России 1891 1892 годов  экономический и эпидемический кризис, охвативший осенью 1891  летом 1892 годов основную часть Черноземья и Среднего Поволжья (17 губерний с населением 36 млн человек[⇨]). Непосредственной причиной… …
120spell — I. verb (spelled; spelling) Etymology: Middle English, to mean, signify, read by spelling out letters, from Anglo French espeleir, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English spellian to relate, spell talk Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to… …
