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  2. Karakorum - Wikipedia

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    Ata-Malik Juvayni, a one time resident of Karakorum, says in his History of the World Conqueror that Ogedei Khan frequently invited people into the open yard of these treasure buildings where they were free to carry away all they could in a set time. The Khan also gave frequent donations from this treasure to the city's poor.

  3. Timeline of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Ford was the first company to sign a contract with them, again showing the impact that the Ford Motor Company has had throughout Detroit's history. Detroit Tigers baseball team win 1935 World Series defeating the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2. The season was their 35th since they entered the American League in 1901. It was the first World Series ...

  4. Category:History of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Demographic history of Detroit; Antoine Dequindre; Detroit Business Institute; Detroit Century Box; Detroit City Hall; Detroit Collaborative Design Center; Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam; Detroit Light Guard; Detroit News Orchestra; Detroit and Pontiac Railroad; Detroit River; Detroit Sleeper Cell; Detroit street circuit; Siege of ...

  5. Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Detroit is the principal city in Metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan. It is situated in the Midwestern United States and the Great Lakes region. [117] The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is the only international wildlife preserve in North America and is uniquely located in the heart of a major metropolitan area. The refuge ...

  6. 1938 American Karakoram expedition to K2 - Wikipedia

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    The 1938 American Karakoram expedition to K2, more properly called the "First American Karakoram expedition", investigated several routes for reaching the summit of K2, an unclimbed mountain at 28,251 feet (8,611 m) the second highest mountain in the world. Charlie Houston was the leader of what was a small and happily united climbing party ...

  7. History of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    The Detroit News reported that more than half of Detroit property owners did not pay taxes in 2012, at a loss to the city of $131 million (equal to 12% of the city's general fund budget). The first comprehensive analysis of the city's tens of thousands of abandoned and dilapidated buildings took place in the spring of 2014.

  8. An icon of Detroit’s ruin is now a symbol of Motor City’s ...

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    The city has come a long way since July 18, 2013, when Detroit was the largest municipality in US history to file for bankruptcy after years of declining revenue, population losses, rising crime ...

  9. Karakoram - Wikipedia

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    The Karakoram (/ ˌ k ɑːr ə ˈ k ɔːr əm, ˌ k ær-/) [1] is a mountain range in the Kashmir region spanning the border of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwestern extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range falls under the jurisdiction of Gilgit-Baltistan, which is