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Persian Gulf

(Encyclopedia) Persian Gulf, arm of the Arabian Sea, 90,000 sq mi (233,100 sq km), between the Arabian peninsula and Iran, extending c.600 mi (970 km) from the Shatt al Arab delta to the Strait of…

East Timor

(Encyclopedia) East Timor East Timor tēˈmôr [key] or Timor-Leste East Timor…

Guyana

(Encyclopedia) CE5 GuyanaGuyanagīănˈə, –änˈ– [key], officially Co-operative Republic of Guyana, republic (2015 est. pop. 769,000), 83,000 sq mi (214,969 sq km), NE South America. It is bordered on…

News of the Nation, 2007

News of the nation in 2007 from Iraq to the presidential election by Beth Rowen Related Links 2007 Year in Review 2007…

American Indian Archaeological Sites

  The American Indian archaeological record is one of the richest in the world. There are tens of thousands of American Indian sites in the…

Washington

Capital: Olympia State abbreviation/Postal code: Wash./WA Governor: Jay Inslee, D (to Jan. 2019) Lieut. Governor: Cyrus Habib, D (to…

Washington, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Washington, state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It is bordered by Idaho (E); Oregon, with the Columbia River marking much of the boundary (S); the Pacific Ocean…

State Department Notes on Greece

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Greece Relations PEOPLEGreece was inhabited as early as the…

State Department Notes on Rwanda

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Rwandan Relations GEOGRAPHYRwanda's…

Malay Peninsula

(Encyclopedia) Malay PeninsulaMalay Peninsulaməlāˈ, māˈlā [key], southern extremity (c.70,000 sq mi/181,300 sq km) of the continent of Asia, lying between the Andaman Sea of the Indian Ocean and the…