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Penobscot Penobscot
Penobscot , indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). They were the largest group of the Abnaki Confederacy and resembled the other members culturally. In the early 17th cent.... Read more
Sanandaj Sanandaj
Sanandaj , city (1991 pop. 244,039), capital of Kordestan prov., W Iran. The region is known for its carpets, woodworking, and handicrafts. The population of Sanandaj is comprised mostly of Kurds. The city was attacked during the Iran-Iraq War and has been an area of Kurdish unrest. An Abbasid... Read more
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Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh , region (1990 pop. 192,000), 1,699 sq mi (4,400 sq km), SE Azerbaijan, between the Caucasus and the Karabakh range. Xankändi (the capital, formerly Stepanakert) and Shusha are the chief towns. The region has numerous mineral springs as well as deposits of lithographic stone,... Read more
Iran-Iraq War Iran-Iraq War
Iran-Iraq War 1980-88, protracted military conflict between Iran and Iraq. It officially began on Sept. 22, 1980, with an Iraqi land and air invasion of western Iran, although Iraqi spokespersons maintained that Iran had been engaging in artillery attacks on Iraqi towns since Sept. 4. Iraqi... Read more
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Hudson's Bay Company corporation chartered (1670) by Charles II of England for the purpose of trade and settlement in the Hudson Bay region of North America and for exploration toward the discovery of the Northwest Passage to Asia. Founding The company was founded as a result of the exploration... Read more
Dezful Dezful
Dezful , city (1991 pop. 181,309), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on the Dez River, near the site of ancient Susa . It is the trade center for an irrigated farm region. Petroleum is produced nearby. The city gets its name, which means "citadel bridge," from a bridge built across the Dez by... Read more
Baghdad Railway Baghdad Railway
Baghdad Railway railroad of international importance linking Europe with Asia Minor and the Middle East. The line runs from Istanbul, Turkey, to Basra, Iraq; it connected what were distant regions of the Ottoman Empire . The railroad was initially financed chiefly by German capital; its Anatolian... Read more
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