Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Tập 10Merriam-Webster, Inc Merriam-Webster, 1997 - 1387 trang Completely revised! The ideal geographic reference. Over 54,000 entries with economic, political, and physical data. Comprehensive global coverage. 250 easy-to-read maps. Pronunciations and variant spellings. An alphabetical reference with some 48,000 entries on countries, cities, states, buildings and large constructions, and natural landforms and bodies of water. Most entries contain information on population, size, and location, as well as brief economic and historical notes. Includes detailed B & W maps, some full page, and a list of geographical terms in other languages. |
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Trang 71 - Clark Clay Cleburne Cleveland Columbia Conway Craighead Crawford Crittenden Cross Dallas Desha Drew Faulkner Franklin Fulton Garland Grant Greene Hempstead Hot Spring Howard Independence Izard Jackson Jefferson Johnson Lafayette Lawrence Lee Lincoln Little River Logan Lonoke Madison...
Trang 25 - Autauga Baldwin Barbour Bibb Blount Bullock Butler Calhoun Chambers Cherokee Chilton Choctaw Clarke Clay Cleburne Coffee Colbert Conecuh Coosa Covington Crenshaw Cullman Dale Dallas De Kalb Elmore Escambia Etowah Fayette Franklin Geneva Greene Hale Henry Houston Jackson Jefferson Lamar Lauderdale Lawrence Lee Limestone Lowndes Macon Madison Marengo Marion Marshall Mobile...
Trang 270 - Jackson. Jefferson, Kiowa. Kit Carson. Lake. La Plata. Larimer. Las Animas. Lincoln. Logan. Mesa. Mineral. Moffat. Montezuma. Montrose. Morgan. Otero. Ouray. Park. Phillips, Pitkin. Prowers. Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande. Routt. Saguache.
Trang 214 - Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago Central African Economic and Customs Union Sec.
Trang 25 - Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St.
Trang 221 - Seville 1248; took Canary Is. 1402 and Gibraltar 1462; union with Aragon (qv) 1479 (after marriage of Isabella of Castile to Ferdinand of Aragon 1469) completed with accession of their grandson, Charles I of Spain, 1516. See SPAIN.
Trang 309 - INDIA 1); states of Deccan vassals of Maurya rulers c. 3d cent. BC.; gradually passed under rule of kings of Andhra, a state which expanded from original location on E coast of Deccan to become paramount in cen. and N India 1st cent.
Trang 50 - Bordeaux; pop. 38915; episcopal see from 379; Byzantine Romanesque cathedral of St. Pierre (llth and 12th cents.); a center of paper industry; other manufactures include carpets, firearms and gunpowder, liquors, machinery; active trade, esp. in wines. History: Taken from Visigoths by Clovis, King of Franks, 507 AD in which year he built its first cathedral; from 9th cent, center of countship, held by Lusignan family from 1220; ceded to England by Peace of Bretigny 1360 but restored to France by Charles...
Trang 191 - Justinian (527-565), who reconquered most of Western Empire, erected Church of Saint Sophia, and issued basic codification of Roman law (Corpus Juris Civilis); divided into themes for administration; withstood attacks of Persians, Arabs, and Bulgars 7th-10th cents.; ab. 1000 AD comprised S Balkans, Greece, Asia Minor, and parts of S Italy. Long controversy over iconoclasm within Eastern Church prepared for break with Roman Church; attained great wealth and cultural supremacy of Mediterranean world...
Trang 197 - History: Coast explored by voyage of Cabrillo and Ferrelo who established Spanish claim to region 1542-43; coast reached by Sir Francis Drake 1579; first Franciscan mission established at San Diego 1769; remained under Spanish control, and later under Mexican control until conquered by US forces during Mexican War (184647); ceded to US by Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848; settlement by Americans begun in 1841, greatly accelerated after discovery of gold at Coloma (Sutler's Mill) in 1848 which brought...