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Malaysia Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Malaysia Index: People Government Political Conditions Foreign Relations PEOPLEThe early Buddhist Malay kingdom of Srivijaya, based at what is now…

Mongolia Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Mongolia Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Mongolian Relations PEOPLELife in sparsely populated…

Guinea Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Guinea Index: Geography People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Guinean Relations GEOGRAPHYGuinea is…

Bangkok

(Encyclopedia) Bangkok Bangkok băngˈkŏkˌ [key], Thai Krung Thep, city (2021 est. pop. 10,539,000…

Kongo, kingdom of

(Encyclopedia) Kongo, kingdom ofKongo, kingdom ofkôngˈgō, kŏngˈ– [key], former state of W central Africa, founded in the 14th cent. In the 15th cent. the kingdom stretched from the Congo River in the…

Aung San Suu Kyi

(Encyclopedia) Aung San Suu KyiAung San Suu KyiouN săn s&oomacr; chē [key], 1945–, Burmese political leader, B.A. Oxford, 1969, Ph.D. Univ. of London, 1985. The daughter of assassinated (1947)…

Galicia, historic region, Poland and Ukraine

(Encyclopedia) GaliciaGaliciagəlĭˈshə, –shēə, –ə [key], Pol. Galicja, Ukr. Halychyna, Rus. Galitsiya, historic region (32,332 sq mi/83,740 sq km), SE Poland and W Ukraine, covering the slopes of the…