Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World | Nation | Business/…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People History Government and Political Conditions Defense Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Chad Relations GEOGRAPHYChad is a landlocked…
(Encyclopedia) Afroasiatic languagesAfroasiatic languagesăfˌrōāˌzhēătˈĭk [key], formerly Hamito-Semitic languagesHamito-Semitic languageshămˈĭtō-səmĭtˈĭk [key], family of languages spoken by more…
by Borgna Brunner 1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 Next: 2003 Jan. 29, 2002 In President George W. Bush's state of the union speech…
(Encyclopedia) army, large armed land force, under regular military control, organization, and discipline.
With the advent of railroads and, later, highway systems it became possible after the mid-…
(Encyclopedia) DamascusDamascusdəmăsˈkəs [key], Arabic Dimashq or ash-Sham, city (1995 est. pop. 1,500,000), capital of Syria and of its Damascus governorate, SW Syria, on the eastern edge of the…
(Encyclopedia) Turkistan or TurkestanTurkistanboth: tûrkˌĭstănˈ, –stänˈ [key], historic region of central Asia. Western, or Russian, Turkistan extended from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Chinese…
