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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
During their ownership of West Florida, the British had moved its border north, and the cession to Spain appeared to apply to the full extent of the British colony. However, the British-American treaty granted the extension of West Florida to the United States, where it enlarged Georgia south to 31° north , indicating that only the original ...
The term was coined by Time publisher Henry Luce to describe what he thought the role of the United States would be and should be during the 20th century. [6] Luce, the son of a missionary, in a February 17, 1941, Life magazine editorial urged the United States to forsake isolationism for a missionary's role, acting as the world's Good Samaritan and spreading democracy. [7]
Size at greatest extent in 500 BC. Portuguese Empire: 5,500,000: The Portuguese overseas empire at its greatest extent in 1820. [3] Western China: 5,478,097: A geographic concept of the region of western inland China. Ottoman Empire: 5,200,000: Early modern empire centered in Turkey at its greatest extent in 1683. Macedonia (ancient kingdom ...
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. List of great powers from the early modern period to the post cold war era Great powers are often recognized in an international structure such as the United Nations Security Council. A great power is a nation, state or empire that, through its economic, political and military strength ...
The Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. [1] [2] As of 21 December 2024, it has 215,803 articles, 188,258 registered users and 7,439 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th in terms of depth among Wikipedias with over ...
In thinking about this portion of the book, I realized that few people in the entertainment world have been written about as frequently as Walt Disney. I asked Richard Benefield, then executive director of the extraordinary Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, and Becky Cline, director