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Yemen

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Yemen yĕmˈən, officially Republic of Yemen, republic (2015 est. pop. 26,916,000), 207,300 sq mi (535,800 sq km), SW Asia, at the southern edge of the Arabian peninsula. The present nation of...

Lebanon, country, Asia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Lebanon lĕbˈənən, –nŏnˌ, officially Lebanese Republic, republic (2015 est. pop. 5,851,000), 4,015 sq mi (10,400 sq km), SW Asia. The country is bordered on the west by the Mediterranean...

Texas

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Texas tĕkˈsəs, largest state in the coterminous United States. It is located in the south-central part of the country and is bounded by Oklahoma, across the Red River except in the Texas pan...

slavery

(Encyclopedia)slavery, historicially, an institution based on a relationship of dominance and submission, whereby one person owns another and can exact from that person labor or other services. Slavery has been fou...
 

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