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101Romania — /roh may nee euh, mayn yeuh/, n. a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 21,399,114; 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Cap.: Bucharest. Romanian, România /rddaw mu nyah/. * * * Romania Introduction Romania Background: Soviet… …
102România — /rddaw mu nyah/; Eng. /roh may nee euh, mayn yeuh/, n. Romanian name of ROMANIA. * * * Romania Introduction Romania Background: Soviet occupation following World War II led to the formation of a Communist peoples republic in 1947 and the… …
103Latin America, history of — Introduction history of the region from the pre Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th century wars of independence, and developments to the end of World War II.… …
104Miguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquis of Estella — This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Primo de Rivera and the second or maternal family name is Orbaneja. The Most Excellent The Marquis of Estella GE …
105Klaus Hildebrand — (born 1941, Bielefeld, Germany) is a German conservative historian whose area of expertise is 19th 20th German political and military history. Biography Hildebrand is an Intentionalist on the origins of the Holocaust question, arguing that the… …
106Proletarische Diktatur — Diktatur des Proletariats ist ein zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts aufkommender Begriff, der die politische Herrschaft der bis dahin noch nicht im Staat repräsentierten Gesellschaftsgruppen, speziell der Arbeiterklasse, umschreibt. Der Begriff… …
107fascism — /fash iz euhm/, n. 1. (sometimes cap.) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often… …
108Portugal — /pawr cheuh geuhl, pohr /; Port. /pawrdd too gahl /, n. a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 9,867,654; 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Cap.: Lisbon. * * * Portugal… …
109political party — Group of persons organized to acquire and exercise political power. Formal political parties originated in their modern form in Europe and the U.S. in the 19th century. Whereas mass based parties appeal for support to the whole electorate, cadre… …
110Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
