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61Ottoman Empire — a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I. Cap.: Constantinople. Also called Turkish Empire. * * * Former empire… …
62Palestine — /pal euh stuyn / for 1, 2; /pal euh steen / for 3, n. 1. Also called Holy Land. Biblical name, Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean. 2. a former British mandate (1923 48) comprising part of this country,… …
63Spain — • This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south western extremity of Europe. Since the political separation of Portugal, however, the name has gradually come to be restricted to the largest of the four political divisions …
64Eighty Years' War — Relief of Leiden after the siege, 1574. Date 1568 1648 Location …
65Napoleon — For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). Napoleon I …
66Military history of Ray, Iran — This article concerns the city of Ray, Iran (near Shahr e Rey) as a military objective, not the large territory of which it was once capital ( Ragau in the Apocryphal Book of Judith). Ray, in an area of fertile lowland between the Zagros… …
67Nicolas Hayek — Born 19 February 1928(1928 02 19) Beirut, Lebanon Died 28 June 2010(2010 06 28) (aged 82) Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Occupation Businessman …
