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41HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
42Battle of the Coral Sea — Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II …
43Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands caption=Anti aircraft shell bursts, fired at attacking Japanese aircraft, fill the sky above USS Enterprise (center left) and her screening ships during the battle on October 26 …
45Battle to the Southwest of Xiakou — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle to the southeast of Xiakou partof=the wars of the Three Kingdoms caption= date=Winter 208 place= Southeast of Xiakou casus= territory= result=Zhou Yu victory combatant1=Sun Quan combatant2=Cao Cao… …
46Wars of Alexander the Great — Alexander fighting Persian king Darius III. From Alexander Mosaic of Pompeii, Naples, Naples National Archaeol …
47Linois's expedition to the Indian Ocean — Defeat of Adml. Linois by Commodore Dance, Feby. 15th. 1804, Engraving by William Daniell …
48Gunfight at the O.K. Corral — For the film, see Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film). Tombstone in 1881 …
49Loudoun County in the American Civil War — Loudoun County in the Civil War mdash;Loudoun County, Virginia, was destined to be an area of significant military activity during the American Civil War. Located on Virginia s northern frontier, the Potomac River, Loudoun County became a… …
50Battle of the Tenaru — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Tenaru partof=the Pacific Theater of World War II caption=Dead Japanese soldiers, killed assaulting United States Marine positions, lie on the sandbar at the mouth of Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal… …