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21Israel — /iz ree euhl, ray /, n. 1. a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 5,534,672; 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Cap.: Jerusalem. 2. the people traditionally descended from Jacob; the Hebrew or Jewish people. 3 …
22Johannesburg — /joh han is berrg , hah nis /; Du. /yoh hahn euhs buerddkh /, n. a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa. 1,441,000. * * * City (pop., 1996: metro. area, 1,480,530), northeastern South Africa. One of the country s largest cities …
23Switzerland — /swit seuhr leuhnd/, n. a republic in central Europe. 7,248,984; 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Cap.: Bern. French, Suisse. German, Schweiz. Italian, Svizzera. Latin, Helvetia. * * * Switzerland Introduction Switzerland Background: Switzerland s …
24Agriculture and Food Supplies — ▪ 2007 Introduction Bird flu reached Europe and Africa, and concerns over BSE continued to disrupt trade in beef. An international vault for seeds was under construction on an Arctic island. Stocks of important food fish species were reported… …
25America — • Consists of three main divisions: North America, Central America, and South America Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. America America …
26Byzantinism — This article is about the philosophical and political term. For architecture, see Byzantine architecture. Byzantinism or Byzantism is a term used in political science and philosophy to denote the political system and culture of the Byzantine… …
27Loyalists, United Empire — Name applied to the inhabitants of the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to Great Britain, and rather than submit to the new republic, migrated to Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. No adequate provision having… …
28helpless — adj 1. weak, faint, feeble, infirm. Rare. imbecile; dependant, invalid, disabled, lame, crippled, hobbled, prostrate, laid up, flat on one s back, laid out, paralyzed, palsied, incurable; exhausted, debilitated, enervated, devitalized, worn out,… …
29HERZL, THEODOR — (Binyamin Ze ev; 1860–1904), founder of political Zionism and the World Zionist Organization. Herzl was born in Budapest, Hungary, to an affluent family and educated in the spirit of German Jewish enlightenment. In 1878 he entered the law faculty …
30PERSIA — (Heb. פָּרָס, Paras), empire whose home coincided roughly with that of the province of Fars in modern Iran. Its inhabitants, calling themselves Persians, are first mentioned in Assyrian records of approximately 640 B.C.E. According to these… …
