U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People Government Political Conditions Foreign Relations PEOPLEThe early Buddhist Malay kingdom of Srivijaya, based at what is now Palembang,…
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The Arawaks are recognized as the first human…
(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…
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SurinameSurinames&oobreve;rĭnämˈ, –nămˈ [key], officially Republic of Suriname, republic (2015 est. pop. 553,000), 63,037 sq mi (163,266 sq km), NE South America, on the…
(Encyclopedia) ZoroastrianismZoroastrianismzôˌrōăsˈtrēənĭzəm [key], religion founded by Zoroaster, but with many later accretions.
The religion's priests, successors to the pre-Zoroastrian Magi,…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations Defense U.S.-Israeli Relations PEOPLEOf the approximately 6.43 million…
(Encyclopedia) philosophy [Gr.,=love of wisdom], study of the ultimate reality, causes, and principles underlying being and thinking. It has many aspects and different manifestations according to the…
