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Austria - geografía.
la pesca, sujeta a las restricciones locales correspondientes. Austria posee 18 reservas biogenéticas del Consejo de Europa (CE) y seis reservas de la biosfera concedidas por el programa El Hombre y la Biosfera de la Organización delas Naciones Unidas para la Cultura, la Ciencia y la Educación (UNESCO). Austria, junto con sus países vecinos, ha elaborado una serie de planes para proteger los Alpes yestá intentando hacer desaparecer las fronteras existentes en las zonas protegidas con Alemania y...
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Austria - country.
Wildlife is generally scarce in Austria. Chamois, deer, and marmot are still present; bear, which were once abundant, are now almost completely absent. Hunting isstrictly regulated to protect the remaining species. F Environmental Issues Industrial emissions, a high volume of tourist traffic, and significant air pollution from other countries—principally the former East Germany, Slovakia, and the CzechRepublic—combine to make acid rain the major environmental problem in Austria. One-quarter of...
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Austria - ficha de geographia.
IndustriasAlimentos, hierro y acero, máquinas, tejidos, productos químicos, eléctricas, papel y pulpa, turismo, minería, vehículos a motorAgricultura y ganaderíaPrincipales cultivos y ganadería: cereales, fruta, patatas (papas), remolacha azucarera, maderas, vacuno, porcino, avícola; 80 a 90% autosuficiente en alimentaciónRecursos naturalesMineral de hierro, petróleo, madera, magnesita, aluminio, plomo, carbón, lignito, cobre, energía hidroeléctricaFuentes de información:Datos básicos y Població...
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Austria Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 79.4 years (2008 estimate) Female 82.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.5 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 273 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 121 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.8 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of co...
- Cronología: Carlos II AÑO ACONTECIMIENTO 1661 Nace el 6 de noviembre en Madrid, hijo de Felipe IV y Mariana de Austria.
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World Cup Skiing Champions.
1992 Petra Kronberger (Austria) 1993 Anita Wachter (Austria) 1994 Vreni Schneider (Switzerland) 1995 Vreni Schneider (Switzerland) 1996 Katja Seizinger (Germany) 1997 Pernilla Wiberg (Sweden) 1998 Katja Seizinger (Germany) 1999 Alexandra Meissnitzer (Austria) 2000 Renate Goetschl (Austria) 2001 Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2002 Michaela Dorfmeister (Austria) 2003 Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2004 Anja Pärson (Sweden) 2005 Anja Pärson (Sweden) 2006 Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2007 Nicole Hosp (Austria) 2...
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World Cup Skiing Champions
Men's Overall Alpine Winners.
1993 Anita Wachter (Austria) 1994 Vreni Schneider (Switzerland) 1995 Vreni Schneider (Switzerland) 1996 Katja Seizinger (Germany) 1997 Pernilla Wiberg (Sweden) 1998 Katja Seizinger (Germany) 1999 Alexandra Meissnitzer (Austria) 2000 Renate Goetschl (Austria) 2001 Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2002 Michaela Dorfmeister (Austria) 2003 Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2004 Anja Pärson (Sweden) 2005 Anja Pärson (Sweden) 2006 Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2007 Nicole Hosp (Austria) 2008 Lindsey Vonn (United States)...
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- The Sound of Music The Sound of Music, motion picture about a religious young governess who brings music and happiness to a widower's large family, set in Austria during World War II (1939-1945).
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Acontecimientos que condujeron a la I Guerra Mundial
1871
18 de enero: Guillermo I de Prusia es coronado emperador de
Alemania.
Enero-Abril: la Conferencia de Algeciras evita la guerra en Marruecos. Gran Bretaña bota el acorazado Dreadnought . 1907Junio: se reúne la segunda Conferencia de Paz de La Haya para ampliar y clarificar las reglas de la guerra; Alemania rechaza laspropuestas de desarme, exacerbando la desconfianza. Seconstituye la Triple Entente entre Francia, Gran Bretaña y Rusia; elacuerdo ruso-británico refuerza las ambiciones rusas sobre losBalcanes.1908Julio: la revolución de los Jóvenes Turcos en el Im...
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Primera Guerra Mundial - historia.
independencia y para evitar el dominio del área por Francia y España. Francia amenazó a Alemania con declararle la guerra, pero el incidente se solucionó finalmente enuna conferencia internacional celebrada en Algeciras (España) en 1906. Los Balcanes fueron el escenario de un nuevo enfrentamiento en 1908, motivado por la anexión deBosnia-Herzegovina por parte de Austria-Hungría. Entre los distintos tipos de paneslavismo se encontraba el panserbianismo o movimiento para la creación de una GranSer...
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Figure Skating World Champions.
1979 Vladimir Kovalev (USSR) 1980 Jan Hoffmann (East Germany) 1981 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1982 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1983 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1984 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1985 Alexandr Fadeev (USSR) 1986 Brian Boitano (United States) 1987 Brian Orser (Canada) 1988 Brian Boitano (United States) 1989 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1990 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1991 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1992 Viktor Petrenko (CIS) 1993 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1994 Elvis Stojko (Canada) 1995...
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Figure Skating World Champions
Men's Individual Champions.
1979 Vladimir Kovalev (USSR) 1980 Jan Hoffmann (East Germany) 1981 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1982 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1983 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1984 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1985 Alexandr Fadeev (USSR) 1986 Brian Boitano (United States) 1987 Brian Orser (Canada) 1988 Brian Boitano (United States) 1989 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1990 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1991 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1992 Viktor Petrenko (CIS) 1993 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1994 Elvis Stojko (Canada) 1995...
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Primera Guerra Mundial - historia.
grandes potencias por la cuestión marroquí, declaró la guerra al Imperio otomano en 1911, con la esperanza de poder anexionarse la región de Tripolitania, situada al nortede África. Dado que Alemania se había visto obligada a entablar relaciones amistosas con el Imperio otomano a causa de su política de Drang nach Osten (‘Expansión hacia el Este’), el ataque de Italia debilitó a la Triple Alianza y alentó a sus enemigos. Las Guerras Balcánicas de 1912-1913 aumentaron el interés de Serbia por o...
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Napoleonic Wars .
Before the effect of British sea power could be manifest, however, Napoleon increased his power over the Continent. In 1806 Prussia, aroused by Napoleon's growingstrength in Germany, joined in a Fourth Coalition with Britain, Russia, and Sweden. Napoleon badly defeated the Prussians in the Battle of Jena on October 14, 1806,and captured Berlin. He then defeated the Russians in the Battle of Friedland and forced Alexander I to make peace. By the principal terms of the Treaty of Tilsit, Russiagave...
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World War I .
and troops to Europe from the United States and other overseas sources. In 1914 Britain implemented a sea blockade of Germany to prevent the delivery of importssuch as food and war materials. The same year, Germany began using submarines to disrupt Allied seaborne traffic and prevent supplies from reaching Britain. In 1915Germany instituted a submarine blockade around Britain. From February 1915 to September 1915 and again in 1917, Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare,sinking ships withou...
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Winter Olympics Medal Standings.
Norway NOR 4 3 3 10 Sweden SWE 4 3 3 10 Switzerland SUI 3 4 3 10 United States of America USA 3 4 2 9 France FRA 2 1 2 5 Canada CAN 2 0 1 3 Austria AUT 1 3 4 8 Finland FIN 1 3 2 6 Belgium BEL 1 1 0 2 Italy ITA 1 0 0 1 Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1 Great Britain GBR 0 0 2 2 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Oslo, 1952.Participant Abbreviation Gold Silver Bronze Total Norway NOR 7 3 6 16 United States of America USA 4 6 1 11 Finland FIN 3 4 2 9 Austria AUT...
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Guerras Napoleónicas - historia.
gubernamentales en los regímenes posteriores.Roger Viollet/Getty Images Napoleón se apresuró a tomar medidas contra la nueva alianza. Había ejercido una gran presión sobre Gran Bretaña desde 1798 al mantener a un ejército concentrado enBoulogne —a orillas del canal de la Mancha—, que hacía pensar a los británicos que se preparaba una invasión de Inglaterra. Bonaparte aumentó considerablemente elnúmero de fuerzas destacadas en Boulogne cuando comenzaron las disensiones que hicieron estallar la gu...
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Felipe II - historia.
En el año 1527 nació en la ciudad de Valladolid el que se sería el gobernante más importante y poderoso de la Monarquía Hispánica.Pese a su decisión de trasladar la capitalidad de su imperio a lo que entonces era una pequeña localidad del centro de la penínsulaIbérica, el monarca jamás dejó de prestar atención al lugar que le vio nacer. En el palacio Pimentel, el edificio en el que se aloja en laactualidad la Diputación Provincial de Valladolid, se encuentra este bello mural realizado en azulejo...
- AUSTRIA in 1996 (History and Geography)
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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...
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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...
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Paleolithic Art
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INTRODUCTION
Cave Painting, Lascaux
This portion of a cave painting in what is now Lascaux, France, was done by Paleolithic artists about 13,000 bc.
Venus of WillendorfThis so-called Venus figurine from the area of Willendorf, Austria, is one of the earliest known examples of sculpture,dating from about 23,000 bc. The figure, which is carved out of limestone, is only 11.25 cm (4.5 in) high, and wasprobably designed to be held in the hand. It is believed the Venus may be a fertility symbol, which would explain theexaggerated female anatomy.Ali Meyer/Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York Paleolithic art usually is classified as either figura...
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Louis XIV
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Louis XIV (1638-1715), king of France (1643-1715), known as the Sun King.
he could defend against attack from his enemies. In the first instance, Louis worked to tighten central control over the array of departments, regions, and duchies that together made up France. To this end, he revivedthe use of regional intendants, officials who were sent to the provinces with instructions to establish order and effective royal justice. Although agents of the centralgovernment, intendants worked closely with the local nobility and legal institutions to establish efficient admini...
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Louis XIV.
he could defend against attack from his enemies. In the first instance, Louis worked to tighten central control over the array of departments, regions, and duchies that together made up France. To this end, he revivedthe use of regional intendants, officials who were sent to the provinces with instructions to establish order and effective royal justice. Although agents of the centralgovernment, intendants worked closely with the local nobility and legal institutions to establish efficient admini...
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Slovenia - country.
Democratic Party of Slovenia, the Christian Democratic Party, United List, the Slovenian National Party, the Democratic Party of Slovenia, and Greens of Slovenia. Slovenia has eight trial courts, four appellate courts, and a Supreme Court. The Assembly appoints all judges, including the justices of the Supreme Court. Slovenia hasan extensive network of social service programs sponsored by the government, including low-cost medical coverage and retirement pensions. Slovenia had an army of 6,550 a...
- On 26th October 1955 parliament voted in favour of Austria's permanent neutrality.
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Holocaust
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Holocaust, the almost complete destruction of Jews in Europe by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II (1939-1945).
relation to the Jews. He claimed that the Jews had achieved economic dominance and the ability to control and manipulate the mass media to their own advantage. Hewrote of the need to eradicate their powerful economic position, if necessary by means of their physical removal. IV UNIQUENESS OF NAZI ANTI-SEMITISM The linking of anti-Semitic accusations to race struggle is what made Nazism so genocidal. The Nazis believed the Jews were responsible for what they regarded as thedegeneracy of modern...
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Holocaust .
relation to the Jews. He claimed that the Jews had achieved economic dominance and the ability to control and manipulate the mass media to their own advantage. Hewrote of the need to eradicate their powerful economic position, if necessary by means of their physical removal. IV UNIQUENESS OF NAZI ANTI-SEMITISM The linking of anti-Semitic accusations to race struggle is what made Nazism so genocidal. The Nazis believed the Jews were responsible for what they regarded as thedegeneracy of modern...
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Venice (Italy) - geography.
acknowledge Venetian supremacy. Wars of conquest enabled Venice to acquire neighboring territories, and by the late 15th century, the city-state was the leadingmaritime power in the Christian world. The beginning of Turkish invasions in the middle of the 15th century marked the end of Venetian greatness. Thereafter, faced with attacks by foreign invaders andother Italian states, its power faded, and the discovery of a sea route to the Indies around the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese navigat...
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Men's Swimming: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1896 Alfréd Hajós Hungary 1:22.20 1904 1 Zoltán Halmay Hungary 1:02.80 1906 Charles Daniels United States 1:13.40 1908 Charles Daniels United States 1:05.60 1912 Duke Kahanamoku United States 1:03.40 1920 Duke Kahanamoku United States 1:00.40 1924 Johnny Weissmuller United States 59.00 1928 Johnny Weissmuller United States 58.60 1932 Yasuji Miyazaki Japan 58.20 1936 Ferenc Csík Hungary 57.60 1948 Walter Ris United States 57.30 1952 Clarke Scholes United States 57.40 1956 Jon Henricks Austria 55...
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Men's Swimming: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1896 Alfréd Hajós Hungary 1:22.20 1904 1 Zoltán Halmay Hungary 1:02.80 1906 Charles Daniels United States 1:13.40 1908 Charles Daniels United States 1:05.60 1912 Duke Kahanamoku United States 1:03.40 1920 Duke Kahanamoku United States 1:00.40 1924 Johnny Weissmuller United States 59.00 1928 Johnny Weissmuller United States 58.60 1932 Yasuji Miyazaki Japan 58.20 1936 Ferenc Csík Hungary 57.60 1948 Walter Ris United States 57.30 1952 Clarke Scholes United States 57.40 1956 Jon Henricks Austria 55...
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Military Religious Orders .
Hospitalers’ charitable functions were playing a secondary role to their military duties. Successes in war defending the Holy Land enriched the order with vast gifts ofproperty in Europe and Palestine. In the 12th century the Hospitalers acquired three impressive fortresses in Palestine at Krak des Chevaliers, Belvoir, and Margat. Atthe height of their power in the 13th century, the Hospitalers regularly supplied 500 knights to defend the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem against the Empire. The Crusad...
- Cronología: Adolf Hitler AÑO ACONTECIMIENTO 1889 Nace el 20 de abril, en Braunau am Inn (Austria).
- Jefes de Estado de España NOMBRE REINADO Casa de Austria Carlos I 1516-1556 Felipe II 1556-1598 Felipe III 1598-1621 Felipe
- Cronología: Felipe IV AÑO ACONTECIMIENTO 1605 Nace el 8 de abril, en Valladolid, hijo del rey de España Felipe III y de Margarita de Austria.
- Men's Individual Gymnastics: Olympic Gold Medalists Year Name Country 1900 Gustav Sandras France 1904 Julius Lenhart Austria Pierre Paysse France 1906 Pierre Paysse France 1908 Alberto
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Tasas de mortalidad infantil en el mundo
PAÍS
TASA DE
MORTALIDAD
INFANTIL
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EUROPA
Albania
30
Alemania
6
Austria
7
Bélgica
6
Bielorrusia
16
Bosnia-Herzegovina
15
Bulgaria
14
Croacia
9
Dinamarca
7
Eslovaquia
12
Eslovenia
8
España
7
Estonia
16
Finlandia
5
Francia
7
Grecia
10
Hungría
15
Irlanda
7
Italia
8
Letonia
14
Lituania
13
Macedonia, Ex-República
Yugoslava de
27
Moldavia
25
Montenegro
20
Noruega
8
Países
Uganda 115 Zambia 104 Zimbabue 67 TOTAL 93 OCEANÍAAustralia 7 Nueva Zelanda 9 Papúa-Nueva Guinea 68 TOTAL 27 AMÉRICA CENTRAL YAMÉRICA DEL SURArgentina 24 Bolivia 75 Brasil 58 Colombia 37 Costa Rica 14 Cuba 12 Chile 16 Ecuador 50 El Salvador 46 Guatemala 48 Haití 86 Honduras 43 Jamaica 14 Nicaragua 52 Panamá 25 Paraguay 38 Perú 64 Puerto Rico 11 República Dominicana 42 Trinidad y Tobago 18 Uruguay 20 Venezuela 23 TOTAL 45 AMÉRICA DEL NORTECanadá 7 Estados Unidos 9 México 36 TOTAL 9 ASIAAfganistán...
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Vienna - geography.
Emperor Augustus as part of the defenses against the Germanic tribes that lived north of the Danube. In the 5th century AD, however, the Romans evacuated the area. Inthe 9th century Austria became part of the renewed Roman Empire of Charlemagne, and in 976 Emperor Otto II granted it to the Babenberg family. By the end of the 12thcentury the city covered what is now the Inner District, and in 1221 it was granted municipal privileges. A Habsburg Vienna After the extinction of the Babenbergs in 12...
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Holy Roman Empire
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Holy Roman Empire, political entity of lands in western and central Europe, founded by Charlemagne in
AD
800 and dissolved by Emperor Francis II in 1806.
acquired the imperial title and an area running from the North Sea through Lotharingia (Lorraine) and Burgundy to northern Italy; Louis II received East Francia (theGerman duchies of Saxony, Swabia, and Bavaria). In 870 Lothair’s middle kingdom was divided by the Treaty of Mersen, which gave Lotharingia to East Francia and therest to West Francia. This division created the foundation for today’s states of Germany and France, respectively; however, in the 9th century these were highly fractured d...
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Holy Roman Empire .
acquired the imperial title and an area running from the North Sea through Lotharingia (Lorraine) and Burgundy to northern Italy; Louis II received East Francia (theGerman duchies of Saxony, Swabia, and Bavaria). In 870 Lothair’s middle kingdom was divided by the Treaty of Mersen, which gave Lotharingia to East Francia and therest to West Francia. This division created the foundation for today’s states of Germany and France, respectively; however, in the 9th century these were highly fractured d...
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Federal Republic of Germany - country.
B Rivers and Lakes Rivers have played a major role in Germany’s economic development. The Rhine River flows in a northwesterly direction from Switzerland through much of westernGermany and The Netherlands into the North Sea. It is a major European waterway and a pillar of commerce and trade. Its primary German tributaries include theMain, Mosel, Neckar, and Ruhr rivers. The Oder (Odra) River, along the border between Poland and Germany, runs northward and empties into the Baltic; it provides an...
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Armenian Massacres .
Some of the Armenian revolutionaries and others hoped that the massacres would provoke the intervention of the European powers (Britain, France, Austria-Hungary,and Germany). Although the leaders of the European powers publicly condemned the actions of the sultan, they failed to intervene. Mutual rivalries and suspicions, aswell as the imprecise terms of Article 61 of the Treaty of Berlin, helped produce this inaction. But these bloody episodes soon paved the way for the rise of a newnationalist...
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Cold War.
With this, all the countries of Eastern Europe were under Communist control, and the creation of the Soviet bloc was complete. The events of 1948 contributed to agrowing conviction among political leaders in both the United States and the USSR that the opposing power posed a broad and fundamental threat to their nation’sinterests. The Berlin blockade and the spread of Communism in Europe led to negotiations between Western Europe, Canada, and the United States that resulted in the NorthAtlantic...
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Cold War .
With this, all the countries of Eastern Europe were under Communist control, and the creation of the Soviet bloc was complete. The events of 1948 contributed to agrowing conviction among political leaders in both the United States and the USSR that the opposing power posed a broad and fundamental threat to their nation’sinterests. The Berlin blockade and the spread of Communism in Europe led to negotiations between Western Europe, Canada, and the United States that resulted in the NorthAtlantic...
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Cold War - U.
With this, all the countries of Eastern Europe were under Communist control, and the creation of the Soviet bloc was complete. The events of 1948 contributed to agrowing conviction among political leaders in both the United States and the USSR that the opposing power posed a broad and fundamental threat to their nation’sinterests. The Berlin blockade and the spread of Communism in Europe led to negotiations between Western Europe, Canada, and the United States that resulted in the NorthAtlantic...
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Vienna - geography.
V HISTORY Throughout its existence Vienna has been a frontier post. Originally a Celtic settlement (Vindobona), it was taken over by the Romans in the 1st century BC and fortified by Emperor Augustus as part of the defenses against the Germanic tribes that lived north of the Danube. In the 5th century AD, however, the Romans evacuated thearea. In the 9th century Austria became part of the renewed Roman Empire of Charlemagne, and in 976 Emperor Otto II granted it to the Babenberg family. By the...
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Liechtenstein - country.
principal crops are corn, potatoes, barley, wheat, and vegetables. Grapes are grown for wine production. Cattle and sheep are raised for meat and dairy products. B Manufacturing Liechtenstein has few raw materials and must import more than 90 percent of its energy sources. Consequently, Liechtenstein has no heavy industry. Instead, theprincipality has developed a number of efficient, small-scale industries that manufacture specialized goods such as false teeth and dental supplies, pharmaceutica...
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Eslovenia - geografía.
población de refugiados de guerra ha contribuido al deterioro de su economía. Los dirigentes políticos han tomado las medidas necesarias para dar un giro a la economía alllevar a cabo reformas que favorecen la liberalización del mercado y de los bancos, y promocionan la privatización. La presencia de un gobierno no comunista desde 1990,junto con una sólida infraestructura y una mano de obra cualificada, ha ayudado a cambiar la tendencia a la baja de la economía. El desempleo comenzó a descenderl...