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  2. Kalinga War - Wikipedia

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    Ashoka's response to the Kalinga War is recorded in the Edicts of Ashoka. The Kalinga War prompted Ashoka, already a non-engaged Buddhist, to devote the rest of his life to ahimsa (non-violence) and to dharma-vijaya (victory through dharma). Following the conquest of Kalinga, Ashoka ended the military expansion of the empire and began an era of ...

  3. List of wars: 1945–1989 - Wikipedia

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    Cabinda War Angola Cuba East Germany(1975–1990) Soviet Union (1975–1991) FLEC: 1975 2002 Angolan Civil War: MPLA Supported by: Cuba Brazil Mexico Soviet Union East Germany SWAPO MK Vietnam Portugal: FNLA UNITA FLEC Supported by: South Africa Zaire United States China: 1975 1979 PUK insurgency. Part of the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict Iraq: PUK ...

  4. List of wars involving Cuba - Wikipedia

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    Cuba Venezuela: Defeat. Expedition fails; Sand War (1963–1964) [5] Algeria Cuba Morocco: Stalemate. No territorial changes were made; Congo Crisis (1964) Simbas PSA Cuba: Congo-Léopoldville Belgium: Defeat. Cuban withdrawal from the Congo; Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (1964–1974) PAIGC Cuba Portugal: Stalemate (political victory) [6]

  5. List of wars involving Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Americans leave the city after hearing war did not break out; Mier Expedition (1842–1843) Mexico Texas: Victory. Texan soldiers were forced to surrender; Texan raids on New Mexico (1843) Mexico Texas: Victory. Mexico retains control over New Mexico; Mexican–American War (1846–1848) Mexico United States California Texas: Defeat

  6. Kalinga Ethnoarchaeological Project - Wikipedia

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    Kalinga is a province located in the Cordillera Mountains of the Philippines. The word “Kalinga” is not native to the region in fact it “is derived from the Ibanag and Gaddang "Kalinga" which means "headhunters”. [3] Headhunting was a historical practice that was thought to have shown leadership and respect within the community.

  7. Kalinga (region) - Wikipedia

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    Kalinga is a historical region of India. It is generally defined as the eastern coastal region between the Ganges and the Godavari rivers, although its boundaries have fluctuated with the territory of its rulers. The core territory of Kalinga now encompasses all of Odisha and some part of northern Andhra Pradesh.

  8. Cuban Missile Crisis - Wikipedia

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    Universal Newsreel about the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Spanish: Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис, romanized: Karibskiy krizis), was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy ...

  9. Spanish–American War - Wikipedia

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    After the American Civil War and Cuba's Ten Years' War, U.S. businessmen began monopolizing the devalued sugar markets in Cuba. In 1894, 90% of Cuba's total exports went to the United States, which also provided 40% of Cuba's imports. [29] Cuba's total exports to the U.S. were almost twelve times larger than the export to Spain. [30]