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41Battle of Arica — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Arica caption=The Battle of Arica by Juan Lepiani depicts Bolognesi s final moments. Oil on canvas, Lima, Peru. partof=the War of the Pacific date=June 7, 1880 place=Morro de Arica, Peru (present day… …
42Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Cap.: Moscow. Also called Russia, Soviet …
43Istanbul — /is tahn boohl , tan ; is tahn bool , tan /; Turk. /is tahm bool/, n. a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire;… …
44Economy of the Middle East — Satellite image of the Middle East Middle …
45Second Battle of San Juan (1898) — Infobox Military Conflict caption=Spanish vessel Terror undergoing repairs after the battle with USS St. Paul conflict=Second Battle of San Juan colour scheme=background:#ffcccc; color:#2222cc partof=the Spanish American War date=June 22, 1898… …
46Peloponnesian War — a war between Athens and Sparta, 431 404 B.C., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta. * * * (431–404 BC) War fought between Athens and Sparta, the leading city states of ancient Greece, along with their allies …
47Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War — The Trans Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War was the major military and naval operations west of the Mississippi River. The area excluded the states and territories bordering the Pacific Ocean, which formed the Pacific Coast Theater of …
48Diran Noubar — (born October 5, 1975) is a French film director of Armenian and Italian descent. Born in Lyon, France, Noubar is the director of Armenia, A Country under Blockade, a documentary film on the impact of Turkey s blockade of Armenia. The film was… …
49Pierre-Charles Villeneuve — Pierre Charles Jean Baptiste Silvestre de Villeneuve (31 December 1763 ndash; 22 April 1806) was a French naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. He was in command of the French and Spanish fleets defeated by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.… …
50USS Adelaide (1854) — was a steamer chartered by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a transport in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Pre Civil War commercial maritime service… …
