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- 11491: Hong Kong
- ... and is assisted by a 14- member executive council and a 60-member legislative council. The highest tribunal of the dependency is a supreme court, which is divided into a court of appeal and a high court. History Before the British occupation, Hong Kong had a small fishing community and was a haven for pirates and opium smugglers. Britain first used the island as a naval base during the Opium Wars ...
- 11492: Tour de Eiffel
- ... Other points of interest include: It took 2.5 million rivets to build. It also took 300 steel workers, and 2 years (1887-1889) to construct it. It sways no more than 12 cm in high winds! It's height can vary up to 15 cm depending on temperature. It's made up of 15,000 iron pieces (excluding rivets). It took 40 tons of paint! The base of it is ...
- 11493: The People of El Salvador
- ... in all the El Salvadorian civil war lasted 12 years, killed 75,000 and ate up 6 billion dollars of US money. Although somewhat better than before unemployment, poverty and unhappy war veterans lead to high crime rates. The latest presidential election was held in 1994 where Armando Calderon Sol was elected president.
- 11494: The Finger Lakes
- ... As tourism has and continues to increase in the Finger Lakes region the area has slowly become more commercial, but this shift has been limited to larger towns. Still, simple people who hold family values high on their list of priorities appear to comprise the majority of the population. Privately owned Inns and restaurants in which the cook will offer to make you any food you desire as long as the ...
- 11495: Take a Bite of Wisconsin (Cheese)
- Take a Bite of Wisconsin (Cheese) Since the early 19th century, Wisconsin has been known for cheesemaking excellence. Wisconsin's high quality milk is the secret ingredient used to put the quality of cheeses above all others. Known as "America's Dairyland", today Wisconsin has more than 250 varieties, types, and styles of the best-tasting ...
- 11496: Rome
- ... such as Gaul which was conquered by Julius Caesar, in 58-51 Before Christ, Britain in 43 A.D., and Dacia which is North East of the Danube river in 107 A.D. The original high class republican government, with democratic features added in the 5th and 4th centuries Before Christ, were destroyed under the pressures of empire and class conflict. After a series of civil wars like Marius vs. Sulla ...
- 11497: The Pyramids of Egypt
- ... called a sarcophagus, which was meant to hold the king's coffin. This room is reached by an ascending corridor in the midst of which is a magnificent gallery 153 feet long and 28 feet high. The pyramid builders attempted to hide these passageways from thieves and vandals by covering them with stone slabs. The passage to the King's Chamber, for instance, was closed by a granite plug, which made ...
- 11498: Nicaragua: People and Way of Life
- ... government things. Because of this, the government moved some Indian groups from their homes near the border to areas in the interior of Nicaragua. Education Nicaragua has a law that requires children to go to school from the age of six through twelve. Before 1980, only about half the children did so because they were poor and couldn't afford to be sent or it was that there weren't many ...
- 11499: Mozambique
- ... write but the government has begun programs to help improve education. Almost one half of Mozambique is covered by a flat plain that extends inland from the coast. Land rises steadily beyond the plain and high plateaus and mountains run along much of the western border. Sand dunes and swamps line the coast. Grasslands and tropical rain forests cover much of the country. Many sizable rivers flow east through Mozambique into ...
- 11500: Benin
- ... Benin is composed of male-line descendants of the Aja (Fons, or Dahomey) who had established the early kingdom. Trained for civil service by the French, they are the best educated; literacy is 25% among school-age children. In the N are the nomadic Fulani and the Somba tribe, hunters with no political organization; E are Baribas. 90% of the population is rural, and 65% practices animist religion. French is the ...
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