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101Society of the People's Republic of China — The People s Republic of China, the world s largest society, is united by a set of values and institutions that cut across extensive linguistic, environmental, and subcultural differences. Chinese society, since the second decade of the twentieth …
102Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans — The weaknesses of the fragmented Balkan states following the death of Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia in 1355 opened wide the door to the conquest of the Balkan Peninsula by the Ottoman Turks. The Balkan states proved no match for those militantly …
103Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… …
104Cuba — Cuban, adj., n. /kyooh beuh/; Sp. /kooh vah/, n. a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 10,999,041; 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Cap.: Havana. /kooh bah/, n. Cubba. * * * Cuba Introduction Cuba… …
105native American — native American, adj. a person born in the United States. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Aboriginal American, or First Nation… …
106Native American — Indian (def. 1). Usage. See Indian, Eskimo. * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Aboriginal A …
107Johnson, Lyndon B. — ▪ president of United States Introduction in full Lyndon Baines Johnson , also called LBJ born August 27, 1908, Gillespie county, Texas, U.S. died January 22, 1973, San Antonio, Texas 36th president of the United States (1963–69). A moderate… …
108painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …
109John F. Kennedy: The American Promise to African Americans — ▪ Primary Source On June 11, 1963, a momentous event occurred at the University of Alabama. Two African American residents of Alabama, who were clearly qualified for studies at the state s highest institution of learning, had been… …
110ARAFAT, YASSER° — (1929–2004), chairman of the palestine liberation organization (PLO), 1969–2004, a founding father of the Fatah organization (1959), and first chairman of the palestinian authority from its establishment (1994). A distant relative of the… …
