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41Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
42Robert Mugabe — Mugabe redirects here. For other uses, see Mugabe (disambiguation). Robert Mugabe …
43poor — Synonyms and related words: DP, Lenten, Mickey Mouse, Spartan, abject, abominable, abstemious, against, amateurish, arrant, artless, ascetic, atrocious, attenuated, austere, awful, bad, badly off, bankrupt, bare handed, barren, base, beggared,… …
44History of the People's Republic of China —     1949–1976, The Mao Era         …
45Ottoman 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 …
46ANTISEMITISM — ANTISEMITISM, a term coined in 1879, from the Greek ἁντί = anti, and Σημ = Semite by the German agitator wilhelm marr to designate the then current anti Jewish campaigns in Europe. Antisemitism soon came into general use as a term denoting all… …
47Rise of the Ottoman Empire — History of the Ottoman Empire This article is part of a series Foundation (1299–1402) …
48Benjamin Franklin — Franklin Porträt von Joseph Siffred Duplessis (Ölgemälde, um 1785). Das Bild diente 1995 als Vorlage zur Darstellung Franklins auf der neugestalteten 100 US Dollar Banknote. Benjamin Franklin (* 17. Januar 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 17.… …
49poor — poorness, n. /poor/, adj., poorer, poorest, n. adj. 1. having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare. 2. Law. dependent upon charity or public support. 3. (of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly… …
50Protestantism — • Discussion of Protestant beliefs and doctrines Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Protestantism Protestantism † …
