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The Blockade The Blockade
Blockade, The, unpublished play by General John Burgoyne, was performed in Boston (1775) while the British army occupied the city. It ridicules the valor of the rebel soldiers and makes light of the situation in which the British found themselves. Shortly after their evacuation of the city, the play... Read more
Nalchik Nalchik
Nalchik , city (1989 pop. 235,000), capital of Kabardino-Balkar Republic , S European Russia, on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasus. A health and tourist resort, it is the gateway to the Mt. Elbrus region. It also also has considerable industry, notably a molybdenum-tungsten mill;... Read more
Casamance Casamance
Casamance , river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, W Africa. It rises in S Senegal and flows westward, emptying in the Atlantic Ocean. The virtually unnavigable river lies in a region of lush floodplains between the enclave of The Gambia and Guinea Bissau. Also called Casamance, the Senegalese region is... Read more
Basmachi Basmachi
BASMACHIS The Basmachi were anti-Soviet rebels in Turkestan between the Russian Revolution and the early 1930s. The term, derived from the Turkic word basmak (to attack or raid), connotes banditry and was originally a pejorative term used by Russians. Soviet scholarship characterized the Basmachi... Read more
Mogadishu Mogadishu
Mogadishu or Mogadisho , Ital. Mogadiscio, city (1990 est. pop. 1,200,000), capital of Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. It is the country's largest city, a port, and a commercial and financial center. Mogadishu has little industry except for food and beverage processing and cotton ginning.... Read more
Greek War of Independence Greek War of Independence
GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE Aided by the great powers, Greece broke away from the Ottoman Empire to establish a modern state. The Greek War of Independence began with two uprisings in March 1821. The first was led by Alexander Ipsilanti, a Greek officer in the Russian army, who led an... Read more
Frederick Townsend Ward Frederick Townsend Ward
Frederick Townsend Ward 1831-62, American adventurer, b. Salem, Mass. A soldier of fortune, he served with William Walker in Nicaragua and with the French forces in the Crimean War. Ward arrived in Shanghai in 1859, when the Taiping Rebellion was at its height. Hired by the Chinese authorities... Read more
Karens Karens
Karens , members of a Thai-Chinese cultural group, one of the most important minorities in Myanmar, living in the Kayah State , Kayin State, Tanintharyi , and the Ayeyarwady delta. They form 7% of Myanmar's population. The Karen hill tribes have tended to remain animistic, but among those settled... Read more
Caroline Affair Caroline Affair
Caroline Affair In 1837 a group of men led by William Lyon Mackenzie rebelled in Upper Canada (now Ontario), demanding a more democratic government. There was much sympathy for their cause in the United States, and a small steamer, the Caroline, owned by U.S. citizens, carried men and supplies... Read more

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