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111Virginia Company — The Virginia Company refers collectively to a pair of English joint stock companies chartered by James I in 1606 with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America [ [http://www.virginiaplaces.org/boundaries/boundaryk.html… …
112History of the Puritans — The history of the Puritans can be traced back to the Vestments Controversy in the reign of Edward VI ending in a decline in the mid 1700s. Background, to 1559 The English Reformation, begun his reign in the reign of Henry VIII of England, was… …
113Thailand — /tuy land , leuhnd/, n. 1. Formerly, Siam. a kingdom in SE Asia: official name of Siam 1939 45 and since 1949. 59,450,818; 198,242 sq. mi. (513,445 sq. km). Cap.: Bangkok. 2. Gulf of. Also called Gulf of Siam. an arm of the South China Sea, S of… …
114ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
115political system — Introduction the set of formal legal institutions that constitute a “government” or a “ state.” This is the definition adopted by many studies of the legal or constitutional arrangements of advanced political orders. More broadly defined,… …
116Honourable East India Company — Infobox Defunct Company company name = East India Company company slogan = fate = Dissolved and activities absorbed by Crown successor = foundation = 1600 defunct = 1858 (formally dissolved in 1873) location = London industry = key people =… …
117New Netherland — Nieuw Nederland Dutch colony 1614–1667 …
118World government — United States of Earth redirects here. For the government in the television show Futurama, see Politics in Futurama. World empire and World State redirect here. For the computer game, see World Empire. For the World State in Brave New World, see… …
119MU Greek Life — Early History= When the Missouri Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi was founded at the University of Missouri, it became the first chapter of a fraternity founded at any public university west of the Mississippi River. When the Zeta Phi Society was… …
120Universities — • The principal Catholic foundations have been treated in special articles; here the general aspects of the subject are presented Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Universities Universities …
