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The general consensus amongst scholars is that Luwian was spoken — to a greater or lesser degree — across a large area of western Anatolia, including ( possibly ) Wilusa (= Troy ), the Seha River Land ( to be identified with the Hermos and / or Kaikos valley ), and the kingdom of Mira-Kuwaliya with its core territory of the Maeander valley.
By comparison, the former colony of the United Province of Canada ( divided into the District of Canada East, and the District of Canada West ) and the western provinces were dozens of times larger and in some cases were expanded to take in territory formerly held in British Crown grants to companies such as the Hudson's Bay Company ; in particular the November 19, 1869 sale of Rupert's Land to the Government of Canada under the Rupert's Land Act 1868 was facilitated in part by Maritime taxpayers.
The territory is also often called the French Southern Lands () or French Southern Territories, which excludes Adélie Land where French sovereignty is not recognized internationally.
The Rupert's Land territory was ceded to the Kingdom of Great Britain ( so named following the union of Scotland and England in 1707 ) in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.
In March 1940 Jinnah passed what would come to be known as the “ Pakistan Resolution ,” declaring “ Muslims are a nation according to any definition of a nation, and they must have their homelands, their territory and their State .” This state was to be known as Pakistan, meaning “ Land of the Pure .” Nehru angrily declared that “ all the old problems ... pale into insignificance before the latest stand taken by the Muslim League leader in Lahore .” Linlithgow made Nehru an offer on 8 October 1940.
If the territory included all the tributaries of the Mississippi on its western bank, the northern reaches of the Purchase extended into the equally ill-defined British possession — Rupert's Land of British North America, now part of Canada.
When René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed the territory drained by here the Mississippi River for France, he named it, meaning " Land of Louis ".
However, this order was largely ineffective, and Konrad's campaigns against the Old Prussians were answered by incursions into the already captured territory of Culmerland ( Chełmno Land ).
It further affected the German minority living within the territory of the former Second Polish Republic in Greater Poland, eastern Upper Silesia, Chełmno Land and the Polish Corridor with Danzig.
Zionism (, Tsiyonut ) is a form of nationalism of Jews and Jewish culture that supports a Jewish nation state in territory defined as the Land of Israel.
** The British government admits the former Hudson's Bay Company territory of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory to the Dominion of Canada.
* Conrad of Masovia drives out the heathen Prussians from a Masovian territory of Chelmno Land.
Poland regained Dobrzyń Land, Lithuania regained Samogitia, and Masovia regained a small territory beyond the Wkra river.
Despite being trapped by ice for nearly fourteen months until February 1903, the expedition discovered new territory in Antarctica, the Kaiser Wilhelm II Land with the Gaussberg.
The forced eviction by Israel of its settlers and military forces in entirety from the ground territory of the Gaza strip has been put forth as a ' test case ' of " Land for Peace " with the Palestinians.
Despite the legal and political complexities, the territory historically occupied by the Tlingit can be reasonably designated as their modern homeland, and Tlingit people today envision the land from around Yakutat south through the Alaskan Panhandle and including the lakes in the Canadian interior as being Lingít Aaní, the Land of the Tlingit.
* Rupert's Land, territory of the Hudson's Bay Company, founded in 1670 and transferred to the new Dominion of Canada in 1867 as the Northwest Territories
Herve cheese is a type of Limburger cheese still produced in the Land of Herve, in the territory of the old Duchy of Limburg.
Bolesław ’ s territory included Lesser Poland, Silesia and Lubusz Land.
Bolesław ’ s territory included Lesser Poland, Silesia and Lubusz Land.
* One overseas territory ( territoire d ' outre-mer, or TOM ): the French Southern and Antarctic Lands divided into 5 districts: Kerguelen Islands, Crozet Islands, Amsterdam Island and Île Saint-Paul, Adelie Land, and the Scattered islands ( Banc du Geyser, Bassas da India, Europa, Juan de Nova, Glorioso, and Tromelin ).
Around the town of Madrid, an administrative territory was created known as Tiera de Madrid ( Land of Madrid ), the origin of the province that included the areas of the current municipalities of San Sebastián de los Reyes, Corbeña, Las Rozas de Madrid, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Torrejón de Velasco, Alcorcón, San Fernando de Henares, and Griñón.
Count Castell of the Adelsverein negotiated with the separate Darmstadt Society of Forty to colonize two hundred families on the Fisher-Miller Land Grant territory in Texas.

Land and 1
( Chapter 1 is the first of three important moments in Joshua marked with major speeches and reflections by the main characters ; here first God and then Joshua make speeches about the goal of conquest of the Promised Land ; at chapter 12, Joshua looks back on the conquest ; and at chapter 23 Joshua gives a speech about what must be done if Israel is to live in peace in the land ).
* Joshua sent spies to scout out the land near Jericho ( 2: 1 ), just as Moses sent spies from the wilderness to scout out the Promised Land ( Num.
Major General Robert Ford, then Commander of Land Forces in Northern Ireland, ordered that 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment ( 1 PARA ) should travel to Derry to be used to arrest possible rioters during the march.
* Ship Cone, a conical peak 1 mile ( 1. 6 km ) south of Townrow Peak on the Tilman Ridge in Allan Hills, Victoria Land
An early proponent of the electric Spanish guitar was jazz guitarist George Barnes who used the instrument in two songs recorded in Chicago on March 1, 1938, " Sweetheart Land " and " It's a Low-Down Dirty Shame ".
:* Land: 1. 393 km²
* Aviam, M., Jews, Pagans and Christians in the Galilee ( Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press, 2004 ) ( Land of Galilee 1 ).
On January 1, 1804 Dessalines then declared independence, reclaiming the indigenous Taíno name of Haiti (" Land of Mountains ") for the new nation.
These US Army Intrinsic Action ( later called Operation Desert Spring on 1 October 1999 ) rotations and US Marine Corps EAGER MACE rotations conducted combined training with the Kuwaiti Land Forces and other coalition partners.
The LAF consists of 72. 000 active personnel with the Land forces consisting of approximately 54. 000 troops, the air & air defense forces consisting of about 1. 000 personnel and another 1. 000 in the naval forces.
* Little Nemo In Land of Wonderful Dream, Part 1, 1911-12-Fantagraphics, ISBN 0-924359-35-8
* Little Nemo In Land of Wonderful Dream, Part 1, 1913-14-Fantagraphics, ISBN 1-56097-130-4
* 2000: BMW breaks up the Rover Group and sells Land Rover to Ford for £ 1. 8 billion
Land Speed is where a single rider accelerates over a 1 to long straight track ( usually on dry lake beds ) and is timed for top speed through a trap at the end of the run.
The crater is located at a depth of 1. 6 kilometers beneath the ice of Wilkes Land in eastern Antarctica.
The Land Element is directly commanded by the Commander PNGDF, Brigadier General ( Commodore ) Peter Ilau, and has been significantly reduced in size due to restructuring ( from 3, 500 to 1, 800 as of late 2007 ) and currently comprises the following:
* " Lessons in a Land of Wind and Ice " from National Wildlife Magazine 1 / 15 / 2010
Land use in the island group is divided between arable land ( with 12. 9 % of the area given to this ) and other uses, which occupy the remaining 87. 1 %.
Since the Army XXI reform in 2004, the basic structure of the Land Forces has been reorganised in the following units: infantry brigades ( 2 and 5 ); mountain infantry brigades ( 9 and 12 ); armoured brigades ( 1 and 11 ).
* Hamtaro Movie 1: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land ( 2001 ) ( distributor )
* February 1Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $ 7 per sq inch.
* March 1 – Edwin H. Land, inventor of the Polaroid instant camera ( b. 1909 )
* May 1 – Van Dieman's Land separated from New South Wales and granted self-government

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