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The Tet Offensive [a] was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a surprise attack on 30 January 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the United States Armed Forces and their allies.
Dieu et mon droit (French pronunciation: [djø e mɔ̃ dʁwa], Old French: Deu et mon droit), which means 'God and my right', [1][2] is the motto of the monarch of the United Kingdom. [2] It appears on a scroll beneath the shield of the version of the coat of arms of the United Kingdom. [1] The motto is said to have first been used by Richard I ...
Göbekli Tepe(Turkish:[ɟœbecˈliteˈpe],[2]'Potbelly Hill';[3]Kurdish: Girê Mirazanor Xerabreşkê, 'Wish Hill'[4]) is a Neolithicarchaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Regionof Turkey. The settlement was inhabited from around 9500 BCEto at least 8000 BCE,[5]during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic. It is famous for its large circular ...
Macau[ e ] or Macao[ f ] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With a population of about 710,000 people [ 11 ] and a land area of 32.9 km 2 (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal by the Ming ...