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11Mali Empire — Manden Kurufa ← 1230s–1600s …
12Nurtai Abykayev — Kazakh politician Nurtai Abykayev Nurtai Abykayevich Abykayev (Kazakh: Нұртай Әбіқайұлы Әбіқаев; Russian: Нуртай Абыкаевич Абыкаев) is the current Chairman of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan.[1] …
13Bloomberg, Michael — ▪ 2002 In 2001, after 20 successful years of leading the financial information firm he founded, Michael Bloomberg was ready to lead something new. For his next challenge he entered the race for mayor of New York City. The formal… …
14Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China — 中国共产党中央纪律检查委员会 Zhōngguó Gòngchăndăng Zhōngyāng Jìlǜ Jiănchá Wĕiyuánhuì Agency overview Formed 1925 Jurisdiction …
15High-speed rail in China — This article is about high speed rail in the People s Republic of China. For high speed rail in the Republic of China (Taiwan), see Taiwan High Speed Rail. High speed rail (HSR) trains in China A China Railways CRH1 train in Guangzhou. CRH1 is… …
16Kujō Yoshitsune — son of regent Kanezane and a daughter of Fujiwara no Sueyuki, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura period. He held a regent position sessho from 1202 to 1206. Kujō Michiie was his son.In 1179… …
17international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
18Rwandan Genocide — Background History of Rwanda Origins of Tutsi and Hutu Kingdom of Rwanda Rwandan Civil War Hutu Power Ass …
19Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
20United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
