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Hyderabad, former state and modern city, India
(Encyclopedia) HyderabadHyderabadhīˈdərəbădˌ [key], former princely state, S central India. The former princedom of Hyderabad is now divided among the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Telangana…Massachusetts Bay Company
(Encyclopedia) Massachusetts Bay Company, English chartered company that established the Massachusetts Bay colony in New England. Organized (1628) as the New England Company, it took over the…Milwaukee
(Encyclopedia) MilwaukeeMilwaukeemĭlwŏkˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 628,088), seat of Milwaukee co., SE Wis., at the point where the Milwaukee, Menominee, and Kinnickinnic rivers enter Lake Michigan;…mercantilism
(Encyclopedia) mercantilismmercantilismmûrˈkəntĭlĭzəm [key], economic system of the major trading nations during the 16th, 17th, and 18th cent., based on the premise that national wealth and power…Denver
(Encyclopedia) Denver, city (2020 pop. 715,522), alt. 5,280 ft (1,609 m), state capital, coextensive with Denver co., N central Colo., on a plateau at…East India Company, British
(Encyclopedia) East India Company, British, 1600–1874, company chartered by Queen Elizabeth I for trade with Asia. The original object of the group of merchants involved was to break the Dutch…electronic game
(Encyclopedia) electronic game, device or computer program that provides entertainment by challenging a person's eye-hand coordination or mental abilities. Made possible by the development of the…USA PATRIOT Act
(Encyclopedia) USA PATRIOT Act [Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorists], 2001, U.S. federal law intended to give federal…state of emergency
(Encyclopedia) state of emergency, situation in which a government or a government body is empowered to act with enhanced powers in order to respond to a crisis. The enhanced or emergency powers, and…Suriname Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Suriname Index: People Government National Security Foreign Relations PEOPLEArawak and Carib tribes lived in the region before Columbus sighted the…Trending
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