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Millennium Milestones

The 100 Most Significant Events of the Last Thousand Years Reducing the millennium to a laundry list of highlights cannot pretend to be a definitive or…

Largest Countries in the World

When you think about the largest countries in the world, which countries come to mind? The answer would probably depend on whether you’re talking about the largest size in total area or the most…

Summer Olympics: 2012 Competing Countries

205 countries are participating in the London Summer Olympics   Photo Credit: London 2012 Related Links 2012 Summer OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern…

terrorism

(Encyclopedia) terrorism, the threat or use of violence, often against the civilian population, to achieve political or social ends, to intimidate opponents, or to publicize grievances. The term…

Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the

(Encyclopedia) Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the, study of the origins of the aboriginal peoples of the Americas. Archaeologists believe humans had entered and occupied much of the Americas…

State Department Notes on Lithuania

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations GEOGRAPHYThe largest and most populous of the Baltic states,…

State Department Notes on Madagascar

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Malagasy Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYMadagascar's population…

State Department Notes on Mali

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense U.S.-Malian Relations PEOPLEMali's population consists of diverse Sub-Saharan…

State Department Notes on Moldova

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense and Military Issues Foreign Relations U.S.-Moldovan Relations PEOPLE…