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• Beijing - geography.

  other polluting materials contributes to the city’s severe air and water pollution. V EDUCATION AND CULTURE Beijing has more colleges and universities than any other Chinese city. The most prominent institutions are Peking University, founded in 1898; and Tsinghua University,founded in 1911, which is the most prestigious scientific and technical institution in the country. Both institutions are located in the northwest suburbs, an areaassociated with higher education and research. Also in this...

• Lima (Peru) - geography.

  home to a wide range of museums, many focusing on Peru’s indigenous heritage. These include the National Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, the GoldMuseum of Peru, the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank, and the Rafael Larco Herrera Museum, which specializes in pre-Hispanic ceramics. Art and history museumsare also found in metropolitan Lima, including the National Museum of the Republic, the Museum of Peruvian Culture, and the Museum of the Inquisition, in the buildingwhere colonial Cathol...

• Zambia - country.

  The Livingstone Museum, at Livingstone, has a collection relating to the archaeology and natural history of southern Africa. The Institute for African Studies of theUniversity of Zambia publishes studies relating to central Africa. IV ECONOMY The wealth of Zambia is based largely on mining in the rich copper belt, and downturns in copper prices have severely damaging economic consequences. Someprocessing and manufacturing has been started since independence, and during the 1970s attempts were...

• ?stanbul - geography.

  İstanbul hosts a number of annual cultural events. The İstanbul Cultural Festival, held in the summer, offers music and dance performances in more than 50 venuesthroughout the city, including outdoors at Rumelihisar ı. The city also hosts a summer jazz festival. Turkey is one of the world’s largest producers of motion pictures, anda highly regarded international film festival takes place in İstanbul during the early months of the year. V RECREATION With increasing modernization, recreation is...

• Yangtze - Geography.

  A Agriculture and Industry Today about 400 million people, or about one-third of the population of China, live in the Yangtze Basin. Many are engaged in agriculture. The basin contributes nearlyhalf of China’s crop production, although only one-quarter of the basin is arable. The most fertile areas for farming are the Sichuan Basin, the plains between theYangtze and its tributary the Han, and the plains of the lower basin. In all about 40 percent of the cereals, more than 30 percent of the cott...

• Plato I INTRODUCTION Plato (428?

  one of the individuals escapes from the cave into the light of day. With the aid of the sun, that person sees for the first time the real world and returns to the cave withthe message that the only things they have seen heretofore are shadows and appearances and that the real world awaits them if they are willing to struggle free oftheir bonds. The shadowy environment of the cave symbolizes for Plato the physical world of appearances. Escape into the sun-filled setting outside the cave symbolize...

• Plato.

  one of the individuals escapes from the cave into the light of day. With the aid of the sun, that person sees for the first time the real world and returns to the cave withthe message that the only things they have seen heretofore are shadows and appearances and that the real world awaits them if they are willing to struggle free oftheir bonds. The shadowy environment of the cave symbolizes for Plato the physical world of appearances. Escape into the sun-filled setting outside the cave symbolize...

• Moscow (city, Russia) - geography.

  V RECREATION About 30 percent of Moscow’s territory is occupied by parks and public gardens, which were important elements of Soviet city planning. Gorky Park, which providesactivities such as amusement rides and boating, sits on the right bank of the Moscow River; the park’s display of a retired Soviet space shuttle dominates the riverside.The Moscow Zoo is located just west of the city center. The Botanical Gardens, administered by the Russian Academy of Sciences, offers a diverse display of...

• Rio de Janeiro (city) - geography.

  were coronated; and Our Lady of Candelária Church, thought by some to be the city’s most beautiful church. Another building of interest is the Imperial Palace, located several blocks west of Santos Dumont Airport. Originally constructed as Brazil’s colonial governor’s capitol in1743, it was converted to the royal palace during the city’s period as an imperial capital. It has recently been restored and now houses a cultural center. Otherimpressive 19th-century palaces include Itamaraty and Catete...

• Iran-Iraq War - History.

  The Iranian offensives of 1982 set a pattern that continued for the rest of the war. Exploiting their superiority in numbers, Iran sent its Revolutionary Guard on theattack, supported by regular military forces. Outnumbered Iraqi forces inflicted heavy losses on the Iranians but ultimately fell back. As soon as the initial Iranian thrusthad exhausted itself, however, the Iraqi army exploited Iranian disorganization and lack of equipment to retake much of the lost territory. As the war continued,...

• Fiji Islands - country.

  the early 1990s. Fishing is done mainly at a subsistence level, but commercial fishing is increasing. The country also receives income from the sale of licenses to foreignvessels to fish in Fiji’s exclusive economic zone. Industry, including mining, manufacturing, and construction, employs 34 percent of Fiji’s wage earners and, in 2006, contributed 26 percent of GDP. The governmentinstituted tax-free incentives in 1988 that created a flourishing garment industry. Ready-made garments are now the...

• Reformation .

  Saxony, he made war against the Schmalkaldic League, a defensive association of Protestant princes. The Roman Catholic forces were successful at first. Later,however, Duke Maurice went over to the Protestant side, and Charles V was obliged to make peace. The religious civil war ended with the religious Peace of Augsburg in1555. Its terms provided that each of the rulers of the German states, which numbered about 300, choose between Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism and enforcethe chosen faith up...

• National Parks and Preserves.

  Some ibex raised in Italy’s 700 sq km (220 sq mi) Gran Paradiso National Park (1922) were transferred to aid herd restoration elsewhere in the country. Switzerlandreturned lynx to Swiss National Park to keep red deer populations in check. The growth of national parks also enabled many European countries to restore forests thathad given way to industrialization by the early 20th century. Africa’s wildlife was hunted heavily from the late 19th century well into the 20th century. By 1920 big-game h...

• Abolitionist Movement.

  The American Revolution (1775-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799), widely seen as revolutions by citizens against oppressive rulers, transformed thisEnlightenment assertion into a call for universal liberty and freedom. The successful slave revolt that began in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 was part of this revolutionary age. Led by François Dominique ToussaintLouverture, black rebels overthrew the colonial government, ended slavery in the colony, and in 1804 established th...

• Abolitionist Movement - U.

  The American Revolution (1775-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799), widely seen as revolutions by citizens against oppressive rulers, transformed thisEnlightenment assertion into a call for universal liberty and freedom. The successful slave revolt that began in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 was part of this revolutionary age. Led by François Dominique ToussaintLouverture, black rebels overthrew the colonial government, ended slavery in the colony, and in 1804 established th...

• Western Philosophy.

  the popular belief in personal deities, but he failed to explain the way in which the familiar objects of experience could develop out of elements that are totally differentfrom them. Anaxagoras therefore suggested that all things are composed of very small particles, or “seeds,” which exist in infinite variety. To explain the way in whichthese particles combine to form the objects that constitute the familiar world, Anaxagoras developed a theory of cosmic evolution. He maintained that the activ...

• Poverty.

  economic and demographic trends, and (7) welfare incentives. A Overpopulation Overpopulation, the situation of having large numbers of people with too few resources and too little space, is closely associated with poverty. It can result from highpopulation density (the ratio of people to land area, usually expressed as numbers of persons per square kilometer or square mile) or from low amounts of resources, or from both. Excessively high population densities put stress on available resources....

• Israel (country) - country.

  harbor in the northern part of the country, and Ashdod, an artificial deepwater port to the south, serve as the main seaports on the Mediterranean. The port of Elat onthe Gulf of Aqaba provides Israel’s only access to the Red Sea, making it extremely important to the country’s shipping interests. D Natural Resources Although much of Israel’s desert regions contain poor soils, the northern Negev, the coastal plains, and the interior valleys provide patches of productive soils. Anestimated 18 per...

• Corruptissima republica plurimae leges Les lois sont d'autant plus nombreuses que l'Etat est corrompu Cette expression fort célèbre empruntée à...

  Corruptissima republica plurimae leges Les lois sont d'autant plus nombreuses que l'Etat est corrompu Cette expression fort célèbre empruntée à Tacite (Annales, 3, 27) (y compris avec pessima à la place de corruptissima) et toujours utilisée de nos jours, signifie qu'un nombre exagéré de lois va à l'encontre d'un des principes fondamentaux d'un Etat en boMe santé, c'est-à-dire...

• Boer War.

• Faire un discours en espagnol : Discourso de lucha

  "Somos el 18 de julio de 1936 Compañeros y compañeras Nosotros, ¡Habitantes de espana ¡Antifascistas! ¡Españoles patriotas! Resistentes ! Digamos no frente a la sublevación militar fascista ¡todos en pie, a defender la República, a defender las libertades populares y las conquistas democráticas del pueblo! Companeros, conocemos la gravedad del momento actual a través de las notas del gobierno y del Frente Popular. Al grito de ¡ Zacoula tienes Razon, el pueblo no deja pasar el fascismo ! .....

• Reunificación alemana - historia.

  responsables de la partición de Alemania en 1945, tras el final de la II Guerra Mundial, asistían y aprobaban los pasos finales que permitirían el nacimiento de una únicaAlemania. La coalición dirigida por Kohl consiguió la victoria en las elecciones que se celebraron en los territorios de los antiguos países en diciembre de 1990. Si bien la reunificación (en alemán llamada Die Wende , 'el cambio') permitió el reencuentro de familias y amigos separados por el muro de Berlín, también trajo consi...

• Boer War.

• EUROPE_E THE MOST RECENT NEWS ABOUT EUROPE The European Union is preparing to expand.

  EUROPE_E The United States has, on its side, also made good progress on a free tradeproject with the European Union for the twenty-first century. In the south, anambitious partnership has been concluded with Morocco. It deals specificallywith agricultural and the fishing trade. Also, a dialogue is beginning todevelop with south-eastern Asian countries. A DISPLAY OF GOOD WILL All of these agreements and manifestations of good will must not, however, maskthe fact that there are serious problems wi...

• Summer Olympics Medal Standings.

  Great Britain GBR 56 51 38 145 United States of America USA 23 12 12 47 Sweden SWE 8 6 11 25 France FRA 5 5 9 19 Germany GER 3 5 6 14 Hungary HUN 3 4 2 9 Canada CAN 3 3 10 16 Norway NOR 2 3 3 8 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4 Belgium BEL 1 5 2 8 Australasia ANZ 1 2 2 5 Russia RU1 1 2 0 3 Finland FIN 1 1 3 5 South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2 Greece GRE 0 3 0 3 Denmark DEN 0 2 3 5 Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Stockholm, 1912.Par...

• Summer Olympics Medal Standings.

  Great Britain GBR 56 51 38 145 United States of America USA 23 12 12 47 Sweden SWE 8 6 11 25 France FRA 5 5 9 19 Germany GER 3 5 6 14 Hungary HUN 3 4 2 9 Canada CAN 3 3 10 16 Norway NOR 2 3 3 8 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4 Belgium BEL 1 5 2 8 Australasia ANZ 1 2 2 5 Russia RU1 1 2 0 3 Finland FIN 1 1 3 5 South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2 Greece GRE 0 3 0 3 Denmark DEN 0 2 3 5 Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Stockholm, 1912Part...

• Yalta Agreements In February 1945 Winston Churchill, Franklin D.

  surrendered and the war in Europe is terminated, the Soviet Union shall enter into war against Japan on the side of the Allies on condition that: 1. The status quo in Outer Mongolia (the Mongolian People's Republic) shall be preserved. 2. The former rights of Russia violated by the treacherous attack of Japan in 1904 shall be restored, viz.: (a) The southern part of Sakhalin as well as the islands adjacent to it shall be returned to the Soviet Union; (b) The commercial port of Dairen shall be in...

• Datos demográficos por país (2006) PAÍS * NÚMERO DE HABITANTES (MILLONES) TASA DE CRECIMIENTO ANUAL

  Mozambique 19,9 2,0 42 Namibia 2,1 1,4 47 Níger 14,4 3,4 44 Nigeria 134,5 2,4 44 Ruanda 9,1 2,7 47 (Sahara Occidental) 0,4 2,0 64 Santo Tomé y Príncipe 0,2 2,5 63 Senegal 11,9 2,9 56 Seychelles 0,1 1,0 71 Sierra Leona 5,7 2,3 41 Somalia 8,9 2,9 48 Sudáfrica 47,3 0,5 47 Sudán 41,2 2,6 58 Suazilandia 1,1 0,1 34 Tanzania 37,9 2,5 45 Togo 6,3 2,6 55 Túnez 10,1 1,1 73 Uganda 27,7 3,1 47 Yibuti 0,8 1,9 53 Zambia 11,9 1,9 37 Zimbabue 13,1 0,7 37 Total 924,2 2,22 50,97 OCEANÍAAustralia 20,6 0,6 81 Islas...

• Datos demográficos por país (2006) - geographia.

  Mozambique 19,9 2,0 42 Namibia 2,1 1,4 47 Níger 14,4 3,4 44 Nigeria 134,5 2,4 44 Ruanda 9,1 2,7 47 (Sahara Occidental) 0,4 2,0 64 Santo Tomé y Príncipe 0,2 2,5 63 Senegal 11,9 2,9 56 Seychelles 0,1 1,0 71 Sierra Leona 5,7 2,3 41 Somalia 8,9 2,9 48 Sudáfrica 47,3 0,5 47 Sudán 41,2 2,6 58 Suazilandia 1,1 0,1 34 Tanzania 37,9 2,5 45 Togo 6,3 2,6 55 Túnez 10,1 1,1 73 Uganda 27,7 3,1 47 Yibuti 0,8 1,9 53 Zambia 11,9 1,9 37 Zimbabue 13,1 0,7 37 Total 924,2 2,22 50,97 OCEANÍAAustralia 20,6 0,6 81 Islas...

• Salvador Allende - historia.

  Un primer hito lo constituyó la expropiación, el 2 de diciembre de 1970, de la fábrica textil Bellavista, en Tomé. Comenzó de esta manera un proceso de expropiaciones queafectaría a otras empresas textiles y siderometalúrgicas, que constituirían un ‘área de propiedad social’, generadora del 23% del producto industrial de Chile. Se inició,paralelamente, la estatalización de la banca privada, por medio de la apertura de un poder comprador de las acciones a través del Banco del Estado. Esta situaci...

• Seoul - geography.

  Major arts centers include Sejong Cultural Center, the largest performing arts center in South Korea located in Sejongno in central Seoul. The Korea Traditional PerformingArts Center, which showcases traditional Korean music and dance, is in the Seocho district. VI RECREATION Biwon, or the Secret Garden, formerly a retreat for the Yi rulers of the Chosŏn dynasty, is now a public park occupying 32 hectares (80 acres) just north of ChangdeokPalace. Namsan Park, located on Namsan Mountain south of...

• Guyana - geografía.

  Una importante amenaza a las posibles tierras protegidas es la autopista que une Brasil con la costa de Guyana y las concesiones aprobadas por el gobierno a lo largo deesta carretera. Hay compañías extranjeras compitiendo por obtener grandes contratos de explotación forestal en el interior. Los intereses mineros, especialmente por el oroy los diamantes, se enfrentan a los planes de conservación. En 1995, una concesión minera de oro derramó agua de desecho tratada con cianuro en el Esequibo, de 1...

• Nauru Facts and Figures.

  Population per physician Not available Population per hospital bed Not available Literacy rateTotal Not available Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) Not available Number of years of compulsory schooling 11 years (2001-2002) Number of students per teacher, primary school 23 students per teacher (1998-1999) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal and compulsory at age 20 Constitution 3...

• Slovakia - country.

  The country is divided informally into the three regions of Western Slovakia, Central Slovakia, and Eastern Slovakia, corresponding to administrative divisions that wereabolished in 1989. Most of Slovakia’s 600,000 Hungarians live in the southern parts of Western and Central Slovakia, which served as the cultural center of Hungary forseveral centuries after Hungary proper was invaded by the Ottomans in the 16th century. The Ruthenian and Ukrainian minorities are concentrated in the northernregio...

• Montenegro Facts and Figures.

  Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) Not available Number of years of compulsory schooling Not available GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal at age 18 Constitution 19 October 2007 Armed forcesTotal number of military personnel Not available Military expenditures as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) Not available ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in U.S.$) 2.5 billion (2006...

• San Marino Facts and Figures.

  Male 96.8 percent (1995) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) Not available Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 5 students per teacher (1999-2000) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal at age 18 Constitution8 October 1600; 1926 electoral law serves some of the functions of a constitution Armed forcesTotal number of military personnel Not available Military...

• Kiribati Facts and Figures.

  Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 11.4 percent (1996) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2000) Number of students per teacher, primary school 22 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal at age 18 Constitution 12 July 1979 Armed forcesTotal number of military personnel Not available Military expenditures as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) Not available...

• São Tomé and Príncipe Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 39 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 2,037 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 211 people (1991) Literacy rateTotal 57.4 percent (1995) Female 42.4 percent (1995) Male 73.2 percent (1995) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.6 percent (1986) Number of years of compulsory schooling 6 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 33 students per teacher (2001-2002) GOVERNME...

• Vanuatu Facts and Figures.

  Female 65.2 years (2008 estimate) Male 62 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 51 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 9,091 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 323 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 52.9 percent (1995) Female 47.8 percent (1995) Male 57.3 percent (1995) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 6.4 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 7 years (2000) Number of students per...

• Seychelles Facts and Figures.

  Literacy rateTotal 57.7 percent (1995) Female 59.8 percent (1995) Male 55.6 percent (1995) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.7 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2001-2002) Number of students per teacher, primary school 14 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal at age 17 Constitution 18 June 1993; amended 1996 Armed forcesTotal number of military person...

• Togo Facts and Figures.

  Population per hospital bed 662 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 63.5 percent (2005 estimate) Female 49.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 77.4 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 2.7 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 35 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of governmentMultiparty republic Voting qualifications Universal adult Cons...

• Iceland Facts and Figures.

  Male 78.4 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 3 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 265 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 132 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 100 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 7.8 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 11 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 11 students per teac...

• Cape Verde Facts and Figures.

  Literacy rateTotal 78 percent (2005 estimate) Female 70.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 86.7 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 8.1 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 6 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 28 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal at age 18 Constitution New constitution took effect 25 September 1992;...

• The Gambia Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancyTotal 55 years (2008 estimate) Female 56.9 years (2008 estimate) Male 53.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 69 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 28,571 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,637 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 42.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 35 percent (2005 estimate) Male 50.2 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3 perc...

• Uzbekistan Facts and Figures.

  Other 7.1 percent Religious affiliationsMuslim (mostly Sunni) 76 percent Atheist 3 percent Christian 2 percent Nonreligious 18 percent Other 1 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancyTotal 65.4 years (2008 estimate) Female 69 years (2008 estimate) Male 62 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 68 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 347 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 182 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99.2 percent (200...

• Guinea-Bissau Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancyTotal 47.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 49.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 45.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 102 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 8,181 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 677 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 44.8 percent (2005 estimate) Female 30.1 percent (2005 estimate) Male 60.4 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 2.3...

• Estonia Facts and Figures.

  Atheist 11 percent Nonreligious 25 percent Other 18 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancyTotal 72.6 years (2008 estimate) Female 78.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 67.2 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 300 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 167 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 99.8 percent (2003) Female 99.8 percent (2003) Male 99.8 percent (2003) Education expenditure as a share...

• Djibouti Facts and Figures.

  Population per physician 5,519 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 625 people (2000) Literacy rateTotal 51.4 percent (2000) Female 38.4 percent (2000) Male 65 percent (2000) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3.4 percent (1998-1999) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 34 students per teacher (2001-2002) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal at a...

• Mauritania Facts and Figures.

  Literacy rateTotal 42.6 percent (2005 estimate) Female 33 percent (2005 estimate) Male 52.5 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3.6 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 41 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal at age 18 Constitution 12 July 1991 Armed forcesTotal number of milit...

• Guinea Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 87 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 8,734 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,816 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 41.1 percent (2000) Female 27 percent (2000) Male 55.1 percent (2000) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 2 percent (2000-2001) Number of years of compulsory schooling 6 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 45 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVER...