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Guise’s forces occupied Paris and took control of the royal family while the Huguenots rose in the provinces, and their two commanders—Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, and Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny—established headquarters at Orléans. The deaths of the opposing leaders—the Protestant Anthon... |
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France, officially French Republic, French France or République Française, country of northwestern Europe. Historically and culturally among the most important nations in the Western world, France has also played a highly significant role in international affairs, with former colonies in every corner of the glo... |
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Franceville, town, southeastern Gabon, on the east bank of the Ogooué River, just south of its confluence with the Mpassa. The French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza founded it in 1880, and until 1946 it was a part of the Middle Congo Colony.
Franceville is now an active trading centre in a mining regi... |
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Francia Occidentalis in the west went to Charles II the Bald, Francia Orientalis in the east went to Louis II the German, and Francia Media, including the Italian provinces and Rome, went to Lothar, who also inherited the title of emperor.
…Francia Media to Lothar, and Francia Occidentalis to Charl... |
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Frankfort, capital (since 1792) of Kentucky, U.S., and seat of Franklin county, located 50 miles (80 km) east of Louisville and 26 miles (42 km) northwest of Lexington. Frankfort was founded in 1786 on the Kentucky River by General James Wilkinson. The name is a corruption of the name Frank’s Ford, which was... |
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Franklin, county, west-central Maine, U.S. It consists of a mountainous region bordered to the northwest by Quebec, Canada. Some of the county’s highest peaks—Mount Abraham and Sugarloaf, Crocker, and Saddleback mountains—are located along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. The chief waterways are Rangele... |
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Fraser River, major river of western North America, draining a huge, scenic region of some 92,000 square miles (238,000 square km) in central British Columbia. About 70 percent of the region drained is over 3,000 feet (900 m) high, and human exploitation of this rather isolated area has been relatively re... |
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Frederick, county, northern Maryland, U.S., bounded by Pennsylvania to the north, the Monocacy River to the northeast, Virginia to the southwest (the Potomac River constituting the border), and the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west. It consists of a piedmont region bisected north-south by the valley of the Mo... |
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Fredericksburg, city, administratively independent of, but located in, Spotsylvania county, northeastern Virginia, U.S., at the head of navigation of the Rappahannock River. The site, settled in 1671, was laid out in 1727 and named for Prince Frederick Louis, father of King George III of England. It dev... |
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Fredonia, village in the town (township) of Pomfret, Chautauqua county, western New York, U.S. It lies on Canadaway Creek, near Lake Erie, immediately south of Dunkirk. Settled in 1804, its pseudo-Latin name—coined about 1800 by physician and politician Dr. Samuel Latham Mitchill and meaning “place of freedom... |
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Fremont, city, Alameda county, California, U.S. Fremont lies on the southeastern shore of San Francisco Bay (there spanned by the Dumbarton Bridge), southeast of San Francisco, on the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct. Originally inhabited by Ohlone Indians, the area became the site of the Spanish Mission San José de Guad... |
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French Guiana, overseas territorial collectivity of France, situated on the northeastern coast of South America. French Guiana is bounded by Brazil to the south and east, Suriname to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast. The capital is Cayenne.
Geologically, the rock underlying French Guiana... |
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French Lick, resort town, Orange county, southern Indiana, U.S. It lies 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Louisville, Kentucky, and is nearly encircled by Hoosier National Forest. Founded in 1811, the settlement was named for an 18th-century French trading post in the area and an animal (salt) lick within the ... |
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French Polynesia, overseas collectivity of France consisting of five archipelagoes in the south-central Pacific Ocean. Included are some 130 islands scattered across the Pacific between latitudes 7° and 27° S and longitudes 134° and 155° W—a total land area roughly equivalent to that of metropolitan P... |
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This section focuses specifically on the history and development of the area and country now known as French Polynesia. For a discussion of the history of French Polynesia in its broader, regional context, see Pacific Islands.
Archaeological evidence suggests that the Marquesas Islands may h... |
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French Southern and Antarctic Territories, French Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, French overseas territory consisting of the islands of Saint-Paul and Nouvelle Amsterdam (q.v.) and the island groups of Kerguelen and Crozet (qq.v.) in the south Indian Ocean, as we... |
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Fresnes, town, a southern suburb of Paris, Val-de-Marne département, Île-de-France région, north-central France. Recorded as Fretnes in the 12th century and Fraximus in the 13th, the village grew around Saint-Eloi Church (15th century). It is the site of a prison where political prisoners were kept during the ... |
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Fribourg, German Freiburg, canton, western Switzerland, bounded by Lake Neuchâtel and the cantons of Vaud on the west and south and Bern on the east, with enclaves within Vaud. It lies in an elevated plain (Swiss Plateau) and rises from flat land in the west through a hilly region up to the PreAlps in the sou... |
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Frisian Islands, low-lying chain of islands from 3 to 20 miles (5 to 32 km) off the northern European mainland. They extend in an arc from near the port of Den Helder (northern Netherlands), eastward along the Dutch and German coasts as far as the Elbe River, and then turn sharply north along the coast... |
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Frobisher Bay, inlet of the North Atlantic Ocean extending into southeastern Baffin Island, Nunavut territory, Canada. The bay is about 150 miles (240 km) long and 20–40 miles (32–64 km) wide and has a maximum depth of 400 feet (120 metres). It was discovered in 1576 by Sir Martin Frobisher, who believed... |
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Fuerte River, Spanish Río Fuerte, river in northwestern Mexico, formed in Chihuahua state by the junction of the Verde and Urique rivers, and descending generally southwestward through Sinaloa state from the Sierra Madre Occidental to the Gulf of California, 27 miles (43 km) west of Los Mochis at Lechugui... |
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Fukuyama, city, southeastern Hiroshima ken (prefecture), western Honshu, Japan. It lies on the delta of the Ashida River, facing the Inland Sea.
It was a small fishing village before the construction of Fukuyama Castle in 1619–22, and it subsequently developed as a commercial port for the surrounding region d... |
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Funafuti Atoll, coral atoll, capital of Tuvalu, in the west-central Pacific Ocean. Funafuti is the most populous of the country’s nine atolls. Its main islet is Fongafale, the site of the village of Vaiaku, where most of Tuvalu’s government offices are located.
The atoll comprises some 30 islets strung ... |
1e9bb072dfe6951aea97931abc6a2796 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Furness | Furness | Furness
Furness, region, administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Lancashire, England. Except for a narrow coastal plain, Furness is predominantly upland, with such eminences as the Old Man of Coniston and Wetherlam. Principal rivers are the Duddon, Leven (draining Windermere), and Crake (draining Coniston... |
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…most famous buildings is the Fürstenburg, with a balcony with a gilded copper roof, supposedly built by Duke Frederick and refashioned by the emperor Maximilian in about 1500. Other notable landmarks include the Hofburg (1754–70, on the site of a 15th-century ducal residence) and the Franciscan, or Court, ... |
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…creating two provinces, Nearer and Further Spain. They also exploited the Spanish riches, especially the mines, as the Carthaginians had done. In 197 the legions were withdrawn, but a Spanish revolt against the Roman presence led to the death of one governor and required that the two praetorian governors... |
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Fuzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Fu-chou, conventional Foochow, city and capital of Fujian sheng (province), southeastern China. It is situated in the eastern part of the province on the north bank of the estuary of Fujian’s largest river, the Min River, a short distance from its mouth on the East China Sea. The... |
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Gabon, country lying on the west coast of Africa, astride the Equator. A former French colony, Gabon retains strong ties to France and to the French language and culture. The capital is Libreville.
Gabon is bordered by Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, ... |
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Gaborone, formerly (until 1969) Gaberones, town, capital of Botswana. The seat of government was transferred there from Mafeking (now spelled Mafikeng), South Africa, in 1965, one year before Botswana became independent of Britain. Gaborone is located on the Cape-Zimbabwe railway and is the site of government... |
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Galaƫi, German Galatz, city, capital of Galaƫi judeƫ (county), southeastern Romania. An inland port about 120 miles (190 km) northeast of Bucharest, it is situated on an eminence among the marshes at the confluence of the Danube and Siret rivers, on the southwestern shore of Lake Brateş.
By the beginning of the... |
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Galgodon Highlands, also called Ogo Highlands, region of broken mountain terrain, northern Somalia, eastern Africa. It lies parallel to the Gulf of Aden south of the “burnt” Guban coastal plain, and extends from the Ethiopian border in the west to Cape Gwardafuy (Caseyr) in the east. Rising abruptl... |
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Galicia, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historic region of Spain, encompassing the northwestern provincias (provinces) of Lugo, A Coruña, Pontevedra, and Ourense. It is roughly coextensive with the former kingdom of Galicia. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, by the auto... |
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Galloway, traditional region, southwestern Scotland, comprising the historic counties of Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire, which form the central and western portions of Dumfries and Galloway council area. Galloway is bounded by the historic county of Ayrshire (council areas of South Ayrshire and East Ayrs... |
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…consolidation of the city of Galt, the towns of Hespeler and Preston, and parts of the townships of Waterloo and North Dumfries. Galt was founded about 1816 and, along with Dumfries Township, became the home of large numbers of Scottish immigrants. Hespeler and Preston were settled in the early 1800s,…
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Gamboa, unincorporated community, central Panama. It is situated on the Panama Canal at the southwestern end of Gatun Lake and the confluence with the Chagres River, 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Panama City.
Gamboa was established in the 1930s as the headquarters of dredging operations for the canal. It was lo... |
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Gandhinagar, city, capital of Gujarat state, west-central India. It lies on the banks of the Sabarmati River, just north of Ahmadabad.
Gandhinagar was named for Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist movement. Built to supplant Ahmadabad as capital, the city was begun in 1966. State governmen... |
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Ganges delta, orGanges-Brahmaputra delta, Region in West Bengal state, India, and Bangladesh. An area of about 220 mi (355 km) wide along the Bay of Bengal, it is covered by the network of streams forming the mouths of the Ganges (Ganga) and Brahmaputra rivers. In Bangladesh the Brahmaputra is joined by t... |
5f97931b0ae4dcc7e1ae5130b2128871 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ganvie | Ganvié | Ganvié
…in the lakeside village of Ganvié in Benin. The buildings are constructed of mangrove poles, a material also used by coastal Swahili-speaking people in Kenya. In some coastal regions, such as that occupied by the Duala in Cameroon, houses are constructed of bamboo, though they are mud-plastered. Bamboo—which gr... |
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Ganzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Kan-chou, conventional Kanchow, city, southern Jiangxi sheng (province), southeastern China. It is located on the Gan River and is a natural route centre at the confluence of the various river systems that branch off from the north-south route to Nanchang, the provincial capita... |
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…headquarters at Ma’erkang (Barkam); the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, with its capital at Kangding; and the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, with its capital at Xichang. As a rule, the autonomous prefectures represent little more than a symbolic cultural indulgence of loca... |
1c2587d78706da65354302cf5ce163b7 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Gao-Mali | Gao | Gao
Gao, historically Kawkaw, town, eastern Mali, western Africa. It is situated on the Niger River at the southern edge of the Sahara, about 200 miles (320 km) east-southeast of Timbuktu. The population consists chiefly of Songhai people.
Gao, founded by fishermen in the 7th century, is one of the oldest trading cent... |
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…from west to east, the Gaoligong, the Nu, and the Yun. Branching farther out from the Yun Range are some secondary ranges—the Wuliang and the Ailao in the south-central area and the Wumeng in the northeast.
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Gaoual, town, northwestern Guinea, West Africa, on the Fouta Djallon plateau. It lies at the point where the Koumba and Nomo rivers join to form the Tominé and is at the intersection of trade routes from Boké, Labé, Télimélé, and Koundara. It is the chief market town for cattle, peanuts (groundnuts), rice, mill... |
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…type, the 540-foot (162-metre) span Garabit viaduct over the Truyère River in southern France, for many years the highest bridge in the world, 400 feet (120 m) over the stream. He was one of the first engineers to employ compressed-air caissons in bridge building. He designed the movable dome of…
…1884... |
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…as the Parthian capital, was Garamea, with its capital at modern Kirkūk. Adiabene had Arbela as its capital, and farther north was a province called Beth Nuhadra in Aramaic, which seems to have been governed by a general who was directly responsible to the Parthian king, because this province bore…
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Garden Grove, city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. Adjacent to the cities of Santa Ana (southeast) and Anaheim (northeast), Garden Grove is 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Los Angeles. The area was explored by Gaspar de Portolá in 1769 and was part of Rancho Los Nietos, a Spanish land grant made t... |
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Gardiner, city, Kennebec county, southwestern Maine, U.S., on the Kennebec River (head of navigation) just south of Augusta and bounding the towns of Farmingdale, West Gardiner, and Richmond. Founded in 1754 by Sylvester Gardiner as Gardinerstown Plantation, it was set off from Pittston in 1760 and was incorp... |
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Garganta del Diablo, (Spanish: Devil’s Gorge or Devil’s Throat) , Portuguese Garganta do Diabo, spectacular cataract on the Río Iguazú (Rio Iguaçu) at the border of Argentina and Brazil. The water roars down a descent of 269 feet (82 metres).
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Gargas, cave in the French Pyrenees that contains important examples of Late Paleolithic mural art, paintings, and engravings, most of them probably dating from the Gravettian Period (about 27,000 to 22,000 years ago).
The cave’s decoration was discovered in 1906. Many “macaroni,” or finger tracings, appear on ... |
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Garonne River, Spanish Río Garona, most important river of southwestern France, rising in the Spanish central Pyrenees and flowing into the Atlantic by way of the estuary called the Gironde. It is 357 miles (575 km) long, excluding the Gironde Estuary (45 miles in length). Formed by two headstreams in th... |
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Gastein Valley, German Gasteinertal, side valley of the Salzach River, in Bundesland (federal state) Salzburg, west-central Austria. Lying along the north slope of the Hohe Tauern Mountains and traversed by the Gasteiner River, it is a popular scenic area centred on the resorts of Badgastein (q.v.) and ... |
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Gaza, Arabic Ghazzah, Hebrew ʿAzza, city and principal urban centre of the Gaza Strip, southwestern Palestine. Formerly the administrative headquarters for the Israeli military forces that occupied the Gaza Strip, the city came under Palestinian control in 2005.
Records exist indicating continuous habitation at t... |
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Gdynia, city, Pomorskie województwo (province), north-central Poland. It lies along the Gulf of Gdańsk, just northwest of Gdańsk city.
First mentioned in 1253, Gdynia began as a fishing settlement. Major growth came only after World War I, when Gdynia was returned from Germany to Poland by the Treaty of Versail... |
638384fa5d9305ec204476f32987930e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Georgetown-county-South-Carolina | Georgetown | Georgetown
Georgetown, county, eastern South Carolina, U.S. The Atlantic Ocean is the eastern border, the Great Pee Dee River the irregular northeastern border, and the Santee River the southern border. It also is drained by the Waccamaw, Black, and Sampit rivers, which empty into Winyah Bay. A portion of the Sea Isla... |
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Gerês Mountains, Portuguese Serra Do Gerês, short range of mountains, less than 20 mi (32 km) long, with a maximum width of about 11 mi, reaching an elevation of nearly 5,000 ft (1,507 m). They run east-northeast from Portugal’s northwestern interior into Spanish Galicia. The area is known for its Roma... |
dd7725a6e1235c72f5196186a9160943 | https://www.britannica.com/place/German-National-Library | German National Library | German National Library
The German National Library at Frankfurt am Main is the country’s library of deposit and bibliographic centre. The Technical Library at Hannover is Germany’s most important library for science and technology and for translations of works in the fields of science and engineering. The great univer... |
3154eb021790d8d900d8e0e6578bec06 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ghana | Ghana | Ghana
Ghana, country of western Africa, situated on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. Although relatively small in area and population, Ghana is one of the leading countries of Africa, partly because of its considerable natural wealth and partly because it was the first black African country south of the Sahara to achi... |
46173fc89e78c41bfcac617aa47d21ba | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ghazipur-India | Ghazipur | Ghazipur
Ghazipur, city, southeastern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It is located on the Ganges (Ganga) River near the border with Bihar state, about 40 miles (65 km) northeast of Varanasi (Benares).
Its ancient name of Gadhipur was changed to Ghazipur about 1330, reputedly in honour of Ghāzī Malik, a Muslim ru... |
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Giant’s Causeway, Irish Clochán an Aifir, promontory of basalt columns along 4 miles (6 km) of the northern coast of Northern Ireland. It lies on the edge of the Antrim plateau between Causeway Head and Benbane Head, some 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Londonderry. There are approximately 40,000 of the... |
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Giglio Island, Italian Isola del Giglio, Latin Igilium, mountainous, volcanic islet of the Tuscan Archipelago, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, opposite Mount Argentario, on the west coast of Italy. The island rises to 1,634 feet (498 m) and has an area of 8 square miles (21 square km). Wine is produced, and there... |
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Gilgit River, river in the Gilgit-Baltistan area of the Pakistani-administered portion of the Kashmir region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent.
The river rises from a high alpine glacier in the area where the Hindu Kush, Karakoram Range, and western (Punjab) Himalayas meet. Descending through a deep... |
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Giresun, also spelled Keresun, city and seaport, northeastern Turkey. It lies along the Black Sea about 110 miles (175 km) west of Trabzon.
The older parts of the city lie on a peninsula crowned by a ruined Byzantine fortress, sheltering the small natural harbour. Nearby is Giresun Island, in ancient times cal... |
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…the southwestern départements of Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, and Pyrénées-Atlantiques. In 2016 the Aquitaine région was joined with the régions of Poitou-Charentes and Limousin to form the new administrative entity of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The present-day région of Nouvelle-Aquitaine roughly match... |
b086e18cbbc4360d651e4bf024c7704b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Goa | Goa | Goa
Goa, state of India, comprising a mainland district on the country’s southwestern coast and an offshore island. It is located about 250 miles (400 km) south of Mumbai (Bombay). One of India’s smallest states, it is bounded by the states of Maharashtra on the north and Karnataka on the east and south and by the Ara... |
662381f565535dffa8917289aef9eda2 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Gobekli-Tepe | Göbekli Tepe | Göbekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe, Neolithic site near Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey. The site, believed to have been a sanctuary of ritual significance, is marked by layers of carved megaliths and is estimated to date to the 9th–10th millennium bce.
At Göbekli Tepe (Turkish: “belly hill”), near the Syrian border, a number... |
c343df679ccd5b7528c106a8bae404c9 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Godavari-River | Godavari River | Godavari River
Godavari River, sacred river of central and southeastern India. One of the longest rivers in India, its total length is about 910 miles (1,465 km), and it has a drainage basin of some 121,000 square miles (313,000 square km).
The Godavari River rises in northwestern Maharashtra state in the Western Ghat... |
819029a9a1a60c0f65aaff59ecee354d | https://www.britannica.com/place/Golan-Heights | Golan Heights | Golan Heights
Golan Heights, also called Golan Plateau, Arabic Al-Jawlān, Hebrew Ramat Ha-Golan or Ha-Golan, hilly area overlooking the upper Jordan River valley on the west. The area was part of extreme southwestern Syria until 1967, when it came under Israeli military occupation, and in December 1981 Israel unilater... |
446f6df8ced2164e982f7aa2cac62508 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Golden-Horde | Golden Horde | Golden Horde
Golden Horde, also called Kipchak Khanate, Russian designation for the Ulus Juchi, the western part of the Mongol empire, which flourished from the mid-13th century to the end of the 14th century. The people of the Golden Horde were a mixture of Turks and Mongols, with the latter generally constituting th... |
d4de7d814c47e9388ddf3243bf3cf003 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Gondwana-historical-region-India | Gondwana | Gondwana
Gondwana, historic region in central India, comprising portions of Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra states. It is inhabited by the Gonds, a group of Dravidian-speaking peoples exceeding three million in population, who are among the officially designated Scheduled Tribes.
The Gonds w... |
2aaee583083d384caffad0f683095670 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Gorizia | Gorizia | Gorizia
Gorizia, German Görz, Slovene Gorica, town, Friuli–Venezia Giulia regione, northeastern Italy, on the Isonzo River north of Trieste. From the 11th century Gorizia was the seat of the independent county of Gorizia until it passed to Austria in 1500. A noted cultural centre under Austrian rule, it was the capita... |
96c3307dbb34ad0cbf024ef8038daf0a | https://www.britannica.com/place/Gorno-Badakhshan | Gorno-Badakhshan | Gorno-Badakhshan
…this Pamir region became the Gorno-Badakhshān autonomous oblast, part of the Tadzhik S.S.R. (Tajikistan after 1991). In the 1979 Soviet military intervention, the Afghan towns of Feyẕābād and Eshkāshem were captured from Afghan guerrillas, and in 1980 the Soviets established a military command at Feyẕ... |
62277b0b17a0da5fc3416ddb919efe6c | https://www.britannica.com/place/Granada-Nicaragua | Granada | Granada
Granada, city, southwestern Nicaragua. It lies at the foot of Mombacho Volcano on the northwestern shore of Lake Nicaragua at 202 feet (62 metres) above sea level. Granada was founded in 1523 by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, and it soon became the economic hub of the region. As the longtime headquarters of t... |
48b75880dcb164c810306f87f308d398 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Granada-province-Spain | Granada | Granada
Granada, provincia (province) in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southern Spain, on the Mediterranean coast. Its varied landscapes range from the arid zones of the Guadix and Baza plains in the north and centre to the fertile valleys and beaches of the Costa del Sol in the south. Gr... |
714e3c13e3846cf36d5156612acadd6e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Great-Lakes | Great Lakes | Great Lakes
Great Lakes, chain of deep freshwater lakes in east-central North America comprising Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. They are one of the great natural features of the continent and of the Earth. Although Lake Baikal in Russia has a larger volume of water, the combined area of the Great ... |
e445810f162ec748ee3317beb321d855 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Greenwood-county-South-Carolina | Greenwood | Greenwood
Greenwood, county, western South Carolina, U.S. It consists of a hilly piedmont region bordered to the northeast by Lake Greenwood, which is impounded on the Saluda River by Buzzard Roost Dam. Lake Greenwood State Park and a portion of Sumter National Forest are within the county’s borders.
The Ninety Six Na... |
86fee35ece5b0eff4b64ac8c6c645561 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Grenadines | Grenadines | Grenadines
Grenadines, also called Grenadine Islands, chain of about 600 islands and islets in the southeastern part of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, ranging over 60 miles (100 km) generally southwesterly from Saint Vincent to Grenada. The northern Grenadines are administratively part of Saint Vincent and th... |
859f245b9edd410a8794f84c4f24b848 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Grossglockner | Grossglockner | Grossglockner
Grossglockner, also called Glockner, highest peak (12,460 feet [3,798 metres]) in Austria and in the Hohe Tauern (range of the Eastern Alps). It lies astride the border between Bundesländer (federal states) Tirol and Kärnten. The most magnificent of the glaciers on the mountain is the Pasterze Glacier, 5... |
2f3dc22a276c98a45f8c4361a72f4b42 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Guadalupe-Peak | Guadalupe Peak | Guadalupe Peak
Guadalupe Peak, highest point (8,749 feet [2,667 metres]) in Texas, U.S. The peak is situated in Culberson county, 100 miles (160 km) east of the city of El Paso. Guadalupe Peak is part of the Guadalupe Mountains (a division of the Sacramento Mountains), and together with its twin, El Capitan (8,078 fee... |
7bf01421e781a2c4119dba2660a16791 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Gualeguaychu | Gualeguaychú | Gualeguaychú
Gualeguaychú, city, southeastern Entre Ríos provincia (province), northeastern Argentina. It is located on the Gualeguay River near the border with Uruguay. Cattle, poultry, and grains from the agricultural and pastoral hinterland are processed in the city. It is also a regional cultural centre, housing ... |
d7c6d44091418a2594452eac9c1fe110 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Gudu-Barrage | Gudu Barrage | Gudu Barrage
The Guddu Barrage is just inside the Sindh border and is some 4,450 feet (1,356 metres) long; it irrigates cultivated land in the region of Sukkur, Jacobabad, and parts of Larkana and Kalat districts. The project has greatly increased the cultivation of rice, but cotton also…
Sindh’s largest water project,... |
d84d12010c5dab3ec46e0211146a61d9 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Hagerman-Fossil-Beds-National-Monument | Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument | Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, paleontological site in southern Idaho, U.S. It is located on the west bank of the Snake River, just west of Hagerman and about 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Boise. The monument, with an area of about 7 square miles (18 square km), was es... |
319f900d7ddb3ce7ce9f240167a86f52 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Haleakala-National-Park | Haleakala National Park | Haleakala National Park
Haleakala National Park, area centred on Haleakala Crater, south-central Maui island, Hawaii, U.S. Authorized as a part of Hawaii National Park (now Hawaii Volcanoes National Park) in 1916, Haleakala Crater was redesignated a separate park in 1961. The 47-square-mile (122-square-km) park now in... |
c681d64cb0816459a9460a6f3abcb507 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Halifax-England | Halifax | Halifax
Halifax, town and urban area (from 2011 built-up area), metropolitan borough of Calderdale, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England. An old market town for grain, wool, and cloth trades, it lost its preeminence to Bradford (just to the northeast) in the 19th centur... |
b795c689b130c23ca300a2ec84b4bb29 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/17/fed-leaves-considerable-time-statement-as-a-reference-not-policy.html | Fed leaves 'considerable time' statement as a reference, not policy | Fed leaves 'considerable time' statement as a reference, not policy
VIDEO2:3702:37Fed keeps 'considerable time,' but not as policyStreet Signs
The Fed's not ready yet.
Despite expectations that the Federal Reserve would take its first, albeit tentative, step toward raising interest rates Wednesday, the central bank i... |
4648eff0e6e09c5d013d6ddf52d07862 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/17/i-will-not-invest-in-cuba-cuban-american-executive.html | I will not invest in Cuba: Cuban-American executive | I will not invest in Cuba: Cuban-American executive
VIDEO2:5602:56Opportunities in CubaPower Lunch
He runs his own real estate development group and sits on the board of the Mayo Clinic and Home Depot, but Cuban-American business executive Armando Codina has no interest in investing in Cuba now that the U.S. is re-e... |
6e2619fdb630f5fe3e98ec4074c2b7f6 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/17/japan-to-spend-up-to-30-billion-in-stimulus-keep-bond-issuance-in-check.html | Japan to spend up to $30 billion in stimulus, keep bond issuance in check | Japan to spend up to $30 billion in stimulus, keep bond issuance in check
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.Pablo Blazquez Dominguez | Getty Images
Japan will spend up to $30 billion in a stimulus package to revive the country's regions but will keep new bond issuance in check, sources say, highlighting the tough ba... |
e7ef92ba1003b6b20c7fc76d4a84a3a7 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/17/obama-to-speak-at-noon-et-about-cuba.html | US to start talks with Cuba to normalize full diplomatic relations: AP | US to start talks with Cuba to normalize full diplomatic relations: AP
VIDEO1:5901:59US debit & credit cards allowed in Cuba: Report
VIDEO1:4901:49Keys to eliminate Cuba embargo
VIDEO2:2302:23Cuba releases US prisoner Alan Gross
The U.S. is starting talks with Cuba to normalize full diplomatic relations and open an em... |
83fa4c65c7c97cffed6260713e9a1593 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/17/rubio-congress-wont-support-cuban-embassy.html | Rubio: No dough for US embassy in Havana | Rubio: No dough for US embassy in Havana
VIDEO1:1901:19Sen. Rubio: US ensuring permanence of Castro's regimeSquawk Alley
VIDEO2:4402:44Why Cuba wants embargo liftedSquawk Alley
VIDEO2:1502:15Business with Cuba's 'deadbeat' dictatorship makes no sense: Expert
Congress will not support lifting the half-century embargo on... |
7bb3370815f37ed72da925af131b4399 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/17/signs-point-to-easing-bias-for-singapore.html | Signs point to easing bias for Singapore | Signs point to easing bias for Singapore
ROSLAN RAHMAN | AFP | Getty Images
Disappointing data could see Singapore's central bank change its tune at next year's monetary policy review, economists say.
Exports in the trade-reliant Southeast Asian city-state missed forecasts in November, data showed Wednesday, with non... |
fd950b1f373828ef8bec2429a62920c8 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/17/us-officials-say-north-korea-ordered-the-sony-hack.html | US officials: North Korea ordered the Sony hack | US officials: North Korea ordered the Sony hack
VIDEO2:3002:30Sony's real cost still to come: BibbFast Money
U.S. officials have concluded that the North Korean government ordered the hacking attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment — a breach that led to the studio cancelling the planned release of "The Interview" — a... |
58dce0b0b84a89cac443df8c6c617863 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/17/win-cash-prizes-playing-mobile-games.html | $46K for playing on her phone | $46K for playing on her phone
VIDEO5:2005:20Win cash prizes playing mobile gamesPower Pitch
Andrew Paradise, founder and CEO of the competition gaming platform Skillz, says killing time playing games on your phone can now make you thousands of dollars. Don't believe him? Well, he says his company paid $46,000 to one pe... |
900746e6a6f47853cb0f31a79f2e6295 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/18/alls-not-lost-commodities-ex-oil-stage-comeback.html | All’s not lost: Commodities ex-oil stage comeback | All’s not lost: Commodities ex-oil stage comeback
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Focus may be on volatile oil prices right now, but investors shouldn't overlook the strong performance in other commodities, one expert warns.
Ten commodities were in backwardation this month, a sign that markets outside of oil are recovering, according ... |
197bdc003ab33f22fd7e24e8a461c74d | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/18/global-ipo-market-booms-50-in-2014.html | Global IPO market booms 50% in 2014 | Global IPO market booms 50% in 2014
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images
The global initial public offering (IPO) market was on a roll this year, as companies sought to take advantage of the rising stock market and strong investor appetite.
IPO volume totaled... |
492654781d00b4fcb95d021f09278b49 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/18/inside-north-koreas-scrappy-masterful-cyber-strategy.html | Inside North Korea's scrappy, masterful cyberstrategy | Inside North Korea's scrappy, masterful cyberstrategy
Sony Pictures Entertainment has canceled the Christmas Day release of "The Interview" amid threats of a widespread attack from hackers, who U.S. intelligence officials say were working for North Korea. But how does a poverty-stricken country with unreliable elec... |
bb4eb000c4acd533cb2425d34c583c46 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/18/the-perfect-ingredients-for-a-santa-claus-rally.html | VIDEO11:5311:53Cramer bakes a bull cakeMad Money with Jim Cramer
Jim Cramer has been in the stock market long enough to recognize the good signals for a rally when he sees one. What are those ingredients? Just look around, they're all in the stock market right now!
The most important ingredient is growth without inf... | |
4f03061232463478acf7fb1e26f576f9 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/19/fbi-concludes-that-the-north-korean-govt-is-responsible-for-sony-cyber-attack.html | FBI: North Korean gov't responsible for Sony hack | FBI: North Korean gov't responsible for Sony hack
VIDEO2:4702:47Nobody wanted to believe it was North Korea: SwisherSquawk Alley
There is enough information to conclude that the North Korean government is responsible for the Sony cyberattack, the FBI said Friday, based on an investigation conducted in collaboration w... |
3c18d6e4575422ca4fe6a46c60cf367d | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/19/inside-minecraft-founders-70-million-bachelor-pad.html | Inside Minecraft founder's $70 million bachelor pad | Inside Minecraft founder's $70 million bachelor pad
Minecraft founder Markus Persson bought this Beverly Hills, California, home for $70 million, according to sources.Source: Rodeo Realty
Markus Persson is the ultimate bachelor—35 years old, a billionaire, and newly single. And now he's got the ultimate bachelor pad ... |
05c09be0be3be5e1666c5fa38222e755 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/19/late-christmas-shoppers-spend-a-lot-but-dont-help-retail-stocks.html | Late Christmas shoppers can't save your portfolio | Late Christmas shoppers can't save your portfolio
A shopper loads a 48-inch television into a cart at a Target store in Mentor, Ohio.Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images
Christmas is just a few days away, and if you're reading this article to procrastinate buying your gifts, you aren't alone. On the contrary, mill... |
0276082648b2aad0701d6abcd1f49cc8 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/19/made-in-the-usa-an-iconic-holiday-toy-comes-home.html | Made in the USA: An iconic holiday toy comes home | Made in the USA: An iconic holiday toy comes home
VIDEO1:5901:59Made in the USA: Lincoln Logs comes back home
Lincoln Logs, the popular building toy created nearly a century ago by a son of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is coming home to the U.S.
Toymaker K'Nex has brought manufacturing of the wooden pieces to Burnh... |
1b26be683d63317ef005c1da1358a661 | https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/19/west-coast-port-congestion-one-importers-tale.html | Port problems: One importer's traffic jam woe | Port problems: One importer's traffic jam woe
Shipping containers at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif.Ken James | Bloomberg | Getty Images
There are 620 cycling trainers stuck in Long Beach, California.
They spent close to five days stuck on a boat outside of the port. When the container they were in was finally ... |
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