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Azerbaijan Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Azerbaijan Index: Historical Highlights Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense and Military Issues Foreign Relations U.S.-Azerbaijan…

Dinosaur Fossils (By U.S. State!)

Top of Page Source: iStockMost people are familiar with their state’s official flower and flag, but did you know that almost every state has an official fossil as well? These state symbols are a…

National Parks in Texas

Top of Page Source: iStockTexas is the US's second-largest state by area (after Alaska). The Lone Star State is home to spectacular mountain ranges, colossal canyons, and vast deserts, as well as…

fire fighting

(Encyclopedia) fire fighting, the use of strategy, personnel, and apparatus to extinguish, to confine, or to escape from fire. Ancient Rome is known to have had a fire department consisting by the…

whale

(Encyclopedia) whale, aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, found in all oceans of the world. Members of this order vary greatly in size and include the largest animals that have ever lived. Cetaceans…

Congo (Kinshasa) Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Democratic Republic of the Congo Index: Geography People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Congolese Relations…

Plays at Plumfield

Plays at PlumfieldAs it is as impossible for the humble historian of the March family to write a story without theatricals in it as for our dear Miss Yonge to get on with less than twelve or…