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21ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
22Bernard W. Rogers — Infobox Military Person name=Bernard W. Rogers born= birth date and age|1921|07|16 died= placeofbirth= Fairview, Kansas placeofdeath= caption=GEN Bernard Rogers, official portrait by Robert Clark Templeton nickname= allegiance= United States of… …
23Vietnam — /vee et nahm , nam , vyet , vee it /, n. 1. Official name, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and… …
24Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
25Iran — /i ran , i rahn , uy ran /, n. a republic in SW Asia. 67,540,002; ab. 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Cap.: Teheran. Formerly (until 1935), Persia. * * * Iran Introduction Iran Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic… …
26japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
27Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
28ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …
29Thomas C. Hindman — Infobox Military Person name= Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Jr. lived= birth date|1828|01|28 ndash; death date|1868|09|27|1828|01|28 placeofbirth= Knoxville, Tennessee placeofdeath= Helena, Arkansas caption= Thomas C. Hindman, taken between 1861 and …
30Benjamin Franklin Tilley — Infobox Military Person name=Benjamin Franklin Tilley born= birth date|1848|3|29 died= death date and age|1907|3|18|1848|3|29 placeofbirth=Bristol, Rhode Island placeofdeath=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania placeofburial= caption=Benjamin Franklin… …
