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Most immediately relevant to these episodes in Goa, Katanga and Ghana, as to the Suez-Hungary crisis before them, is the belief that the main theater of the world drama is the underdeveloped region of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The first Western literature, including the Hurrian – Hittite literature, the first Greek polis and the two main schools of Ancient Greek philosophy seem to originate in this region.
Traditionally, wheat and barley were the main crops of the region, but the inauguration of major new irrigation projects in the 1980s has led to greater agricultural diversity and development.
The Alabama River's main tributary, the Coosa River, crosses the mineral region of Alabama and is navigable for light-draft boats from Rome, Georgia, to about above Wetumpka ( about below Rome and below Greensport ), and from Wetumpka to its junction with the Tallapoosa.
Regional dialects in the United States typically reflect some elements of the language of the main immigrant groups in any particular region of the country, especially in terms of pronunciation and vernacular vocabulary.
Its main objective is the establishment of a common market, in pursuit of the economic and social development of the region.
For drivers, the main route through the region is the rapid A 5 ( E35 ) motorway, but a variety of sign-posted scenic routes such as the Schwarzwaldhochstraße (, Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt ), Schwarzwald Tälerstraße (, the Murg and Kinzig valleys ) or Badische Weinstraße ( Baden Wine Street,, a wine route from Baden-Baden to Weil am Rhein ) offers calmer driving along high roads.
When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910 out of the main British colonies in the region, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, Basutoland ( now Lesotho ), and Swaziland ( the " High Commission Territories ") were not included, but provision was made for
During the late 2nd century, the main ethnic change in the northern Black sea region was the immigration, from the Vistula valley in the North, of the Goths and accompanying Germanic tribes such as the Taifali and the Hasdingi, a branch of the Vandal people.
The most recent large excavation was undertaken between 1990-95 in a region of " black earth ", believed to be the site of the main settlement.
While Portuguese and Spanish activity in the region had weakened, the English had built fortified trading posts on tiny Ai and Run islands, ten to twenty kilometres from the main Banda Islands.
Its main objective is the establishment of a common market, in pursuit of the economic and social development of the region.
This upgrade involved two main projects: the 1, 484-kilometer line linking Bogotá to the Caribbean Coast and the 499-kilometer Pacific coastal network that links the industrial city of Cali and the surrounding coffee-growing region to the port of Buenaventura.
In the Southern Cone region, the main vector lives in and around human homes.
Greek trade networks spread throughout the Mediterranean region, while Roman trade expanded with the main goal of directing tribute from the colonized areas towards the Roman metropole.
:* Central Coast Stadium, the main sports centre in the region
There are two main soil types in the region: a weathered sandstone known as alberese and a bluish-gray chalky marlstone known as galestro.
Another branch, Cordillera Oriental or Sierra del Seibo, is separated from the main chain by a karstic region ( Los Haitises ) and with a west-east direction ; it is located south of Samaná Bay.
The Army, twice as large as the other services combined with about 24, 000 active duty personnel, consists of six infantry brigades, a combat support brigade, an air cavalry squadron and a combat service support brigade ; the Air Force operates two main bases, one in southern region near Santo Domingo and one in the northern region of the country, the air force operates approximately 40 aircraft including helicopters ; and the Navy maintains three aging vessels which were donated from the United States, around 25 patrol crafts and interceptor boats and two helicopters.
( where the first map is the gradient, the second is the curl, the third is the divergence ) serves as a nice quantification of the complicatedness of the underlying region U. These are the beginnings and main motivations of de Rham cohomology.
Equipment from the Soviet Union is being progressively replaced by more modern U. S., French, and British equipment, a significant portion of which is built under license in Egypt, such as the M1A1 Abrams tank which makes Egypt the owner of the second largest number of latest generation main battle tanks in the region after Israel, and the second after Syria in case of the older generations.
An aftershock is in the same region of the main shock but always of a smaller magnitude.
Portugal's main rival was the French, their colonial neighbours along the coast on both sides-in Senegal and in the region which became French Guinea.
The Göktürks, under the leadership of Bumin Qaghan ( d. 552 ) and his sons, succeeded the Rouran as the main power in the region and took hold of the lucrative Silk Road trade.

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Balmoral Castle is built from granite quarried at Invergelder on the estate, and comprises two main blocks, each arranged around a courtyard.
On these vehicles, the hull deck comprises the main portion of the tread way while ramps extend from the front and rear of the vehicle to allow other vehicles to climb over the bridging vehicle and cross obstacles.
This comprises one of the main ways of transportation inside the capital city of Santo Domingo, as well as other major cities.
It comprises two main divisions: the first is the Liturgy of the Catechumens which consists of introductory litanies, antiphons and scripture readings, culminating in a reading from one of the Gospels and, often, a homily ; the second is the Liturgy of the Faithful in which the Eucharist is offered, consecrated, and received as Holy Communion.
The main road network comprises over of road.
Each district comprises a main district office, and a number of Resident Posts, which are FDA offices located away from the district office to serve a particular geographic area.
The main port of Georgetown, located at the mouth of the Demerara River, comprises several wharves, most of which are privately owned.
Located as the southernmost of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, Guadeloupe comprises two main islands: Basse-Terre Island, Grande-Terre ( separated from Basse-Terre by a narrow sea channel called Salt River ) forming Guadeloupe proper.
It comprises five main islands: Sumatra, Java, Borneo ( known as " Kalimantan " in Indonesia ), Sulawesi, and New Guinea ; two major archipelagos ( Nusa Tenggara and the Maluku Islands ); and sixty smaller archipelagoes.
New Caledonia comprises a main island, Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands.
An RPG comprises two main parts: the launcher and a rocket equipped with a warhead.
The network comprises main lines and regional lines.
The main island of the archipelago is Taiwan Island, which comprises about 99 % of the current jurisdiction of the Republic of China ; the other 1 % consists of the smaller islands of the archipelago such as Orchid Island and the Penghu islands, along with the tiny islets-Green Island and Hsiao Liuchiu.
A turbopump is a propellant pump that comprises basically two main components: a rotodynamic pump and a driving gas turbine, usually both mounted on the same shaft, or sometimes geared together.
The main Fort Garry Campus ( located on the Red River in south Winnipeg ) comprises over 60 teaching and research buildings of the University and sits on of land.
The land comprises three main geographical zones: the coastal plain, the white sand belt, and the interior highlands.
Madeira is located on the African Tectonic Plate, and comprises the main island of Madeira, Porto Santo and the smaller Savage Islands.
The eastern part of the province comprises the main part of the Campine region.
Maya mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the heroes interacting with these play the main roles.
A typical gas turbine APU for commercial transport aircraft comprises three main sections:
The Temple grounds cover 2. 73 km² of parkland and comprises three main groups of constructions, all built according to strict philosophical requirements:
Thermal stress weathering comprises two main types, thermal shock and thermal fatigue.
Built in the middle of the town that it effectively controlled, the château of Blois comprises several buildings constructed from the 13th to the 17th century around the main courtyard.
The town centre comprises retail outlets and major office buildings, including the main European offices of several international companies including Kuehne + Nagel, Cadbury plc, Parexel International, Xerox, Arri, Bristol-Myers Squibb, APL, Herbalife Europe Ltd and the Anadarko Algeria Oil Company.
West struck back at this practice in Comic Book: The Movie, in which the entire main cast comprises voice actors, including Jess Harnell, Lori Alan, Daran Norris, Mark Hamill and Tom Kenny.

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