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Southeast Asia

(Encyclopedia)Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on t...

Sandalwood Island, former name of Sumba, Indonesia

(Encyclopedia)Sandalwood Island: see Sumba, Indonesia. ...

ISIS, in Iraqi and Syrian history

(Encyclopedia)ISIS, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: see Islamic State. ...

Fort Henry, in United States history

(Encyclopedia)Fort Henry, Confederate fortification on the Tennessee River, S of the Ky.-Tenn. line; site of the first major Union victory of the Civil War (Feb. 6, 1862). The fort was attacked and reduced by Union...

Métis, in Canadian history and society

(Encyclopedia)Métis [Fr.,=mixed], person of mixed racial heritage, particularly a descendant of French and English fur traders and indigenous women, principally in the Canadian prairie provinces of Alberta, Manito...

Bill of Rights, in British history

(Encyclopedia)Bill of Rights, 1689, in British history, one of the fundamental instruments of constitutional law. It registered in statutory form the outcome of the long 17th-century struggle between the Stuart kin...

Bill of Rights, in U.S. history

(Encyclopedia)Bill of Rights, in U.S. history: see Constitution of the United States. ...

Gamalama

(Encyclopedia)Gamalama, volcano, Indonesia: see Ternate. ...

Ceram

(Encyclopedia)Ceram, island, Indonesia: see Seram. ...

Djaja Peak

(Encyclopedia)Djaja Peak, Indonesia: see Jaya Peak. ...