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121Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
122Empire of Japan — This article is about the former absolute constitutional monarchy. For the current limited constitutional monarchy, see Japan. Greater Japanese Empire 大日本帝國 Dai Nippo …
123Barton, Cambridgeshire — Infobox UK place official name= Barton country= England region= East of England os grid reference= TL401559 latitude= 52.183 longitude= 0.05 post town= CAMBRIDGE postcode area= CB postcode district= CB23 dial code= shire county= Cambridgeshire… …
124Ottoman 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… …
125Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …
126ASTRODYNAMIQUE — L’astrodynamique est la science qui s’attache à expliciter la dynamique des astres et des forces qui les font se mouvoir. Par extension, la dynamique des satellites artificiels lui est assimilée. On peut dès lors définir l’astrodynamique comme la …
127Unité allemande — Cet article concerne l unification allemande de 1871. Pour la réunification des deux Allemagnes en 1990, voir Réunification allemande. L Empire Allemand de 1871 1918. En excluant les populations germanop …
128Low Countries, history of — Introduction history of the Low Countries from prehistoric times to 1579. For historical purposes, the name Low Countries is generally understood to include the territory of what is today The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as… …
