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41Libya — /lib ee euh/, n. 1. Anc. Geog. the part of N Africa W of Egypt. 2. Italian, Libia. a republic in N Africa between Tunisia and Egypt: formerly a monarchy 1951 69. 5,648,359; 679,400 sq. mi. (1,759,646 sq. km). Cap.: Tripoli. * * * Libya… …
42Scythia — In Classical Antiquity, Scythia (Greek polytonic|Σκυθία Skuthia ) was the area in Eurasia inhabited by the Scythians, from the 8th century BC to the 2nd century AD. Its location and extent varied over time but usually extended farther to the west …
43Assyrie —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Assyrie (province romaine).  Le cœur historique de l Assyrie (en rouge), et l empire assyrien lors de son extension maximale sous le règne d Assurbanipal au milieu du …
44Xiongnu — Nomadic confederation 3rd cent. BC–460s AD …
45Europe — /yoor euhp, yerr / for 1; /yoo roh pee, yeuh / for 2, n. 1. a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and… …
46AFRIQUE - Géographie générale — L’Afrique a, tant au point de vue géomorphologique que climatique et humain, une originalité marquée; ce continent, le second par sa superficie, 30 180 808 kilomètres carrés, s’étend de part et d’autre de l’équateur, respectivement jusqu’à 370 21 …
47Liao Dynasty — Khitan leaders also apparently made the observation that to become sedentary themselves would mean that they would have to compete with the Chinese on their termsFacts|date=September 2007, something in which the Khitan would have no hope of… …
48Turkic migration — The Turkic migration as defined in this article was the expansion of the Turkic peoples across most of Central Asia into Europe and the Middle East between the 6th and 11th centuries AD (the Early Middle Ages). Tribes less certainly identified as …
49Nomadic empire — Nomadic empires, sometimes also called Steppe Empires, Central or Inner Asian Empires, are the empires erected by the bow wielding, horse riding, nomadic peoples in the Eurasian steppe, from Classical Antiquity (Scythia) to the Early Modern era… …
50arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
