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121AFRIQUE NOIRE - Histoire précoloniale — 1. Nouvelles tendances de la recherche La restitution du passé de l’Afrique pose des questions de toute nature aux historiens. Écrire cette histoire n’est possible qu’après décapage des représentations mentales et des préjugés par lesquels elle… …
122QUATERNAIRE (ÈRE) — Le terme «Quaternaire» a été créé en 1829 par le géologue français Jules Desnoyers. Il s’agit de la période de temps la plus récente et la plus courte de l’échelle géologique. Constituant la dernière époque du Cénozoïque et des temps… …
123UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …
124earth — /errth/, n. 1. (often cap.) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 mi. (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 mi. (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million mi. (149.6 million km), and a… …
125Tanzania — Tanzanian, n., adj. /tan zeuh nee euh/; Swahili. /tahn zah nee ah/, n. a republic in E Africa formed in 1964 by the merger of the republic of Tanganyika and the former island sultanate of Zanzibar (including Pemba and adjacent small islands).… …
126ALIYAH AND ABSORPTION — GENERAL SURVEY Introduction Aliyah, ascension or going up, is the coming of Jews as individuals or in groups, from exile or diaspora to live in the Land of Israel. Those who go up for this purpose are known as olim – a term used in the Bible for… …
127Lake Mweru — Southern end of the lake from space, June 1993 (false color) Coordinates …
128Scale-invariant feature transform — Feature detection Output of a typical corner detection algorithm …
