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agriculture

(Encyclopedia) agriculture, science and practice of producing crops and livestock from the natural resources of the earth. The primary aim of agriculture is to cause the land to produce more…

Gaelic literature

(Encyclopedia) Gaelic literature, literature in the native tongue of Ireland and Scotland. Since Scots Gaelic became separate from Irish Gaelic only in the 17th cent., the literature is…

Nova Scotia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Nova ScotiaNova Scotianōˈvə skōˈshə [key] [Lat.,=new Scotland], province (2001 pop. 908,007), 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km), E Canada. Two Algonquian peoples, the Abnaki and…

State Department Notes on Turkmenistan

U.S. Department of State Background Note Young people in native costume dance during ceremony in Gyami, Turkmenistan, February 11, 2007. [© AP Images]PROFILEOFFICIAL NAME:TurkmenistanGeographyArea…

mystery

(Encyclopedia) mystery or mystery story, literary genre in which the cause (or causes) of a mysterious happening, often a crime, is gradually revealed by the hero or heroine; this is accomplished…

State Department Notes on Suriname

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People Government National Security Foreign Relations PEOPLEArawak and Carib tribes lived in the region before Columbus sighted the coast in…

State Department Notes on Estonia

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Estonia Relations GEOGRAPHYBetween 57.3 and 59.5…

State Department Notes on Kazakhstan

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORY The majority of Kazakhstanis are ethnic…

Conservative party, British political party

(Encyclopedia) Conservative party, British political party, formally the Conservative and Unionist party and a continuation of the historic Tory party. In 1965, Edward Heath became the first…

Italian literature

(Encyclopedia) Italian literature, writings in the Italian language, as distinct from earlier works in Latin and French. In the second half of the 19th cent. Francesco De Sanctis, literary critic…