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Salamanders are distributed widely in the Holarctic region of the northern hemisphere.
After the fall of the Akkadian empire in the mid 21st century BC, the Assyrians who were the northern branch of the Akkadian people, colonised parts of the region between the 21st and mid 18th centuries BC and claimed the resources, notably silver.
Extending entirely across the state of Alabama for about south of its northern boundary, and in the middle stretching farther south, is the Cumberland Plateau, or Tennessee Valley region, broken into broad tablelands by the dissection of rivers.
* Antelope Valley, a desert region of northern Los Angeles County, California, in the US
The population of Akkad, like nearly all pre-modern states, was entirely dependent upon the agricultural systems of the region, which seem to have had two principal centres: the irrigated farmlands of southern Iraq that traditionally had a yield of 30 grains returned for each grain sown and the rain-fed agriculture of northern Iraq, known as " the Upper Country ".
Often dismissed as an unreliable tradition, it has been studied with attention by modern scholars, in particular Neil Christie, who see in it a possible record of a formal invitation by the Byzantine state to settle in northern Italy as foederati, to help protect the region against the Franks, an arrangement that may have been disowned by Justin II after Narses ' removal.
In comparison to the northern colonies, the southern colonies were quite diverse in their agricultural diet and did not have a central region of culture.
Afghan Turkestan is a region in northern Afghanistan, on the border with the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
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.
:" Turning from the northern parts to the mouth of the Baltic Sea we first meet the Norwegians ( Nortmanni ), then the Danish region of Skåne ( Sconia ) stands out, and beyond these live the Geats ( Gothi ) for a long stretch all the way to Birka.
Sandstorm at Abéché airport, Chad ( 2005 ). The Saharan region covers roughly the northern third of the country, including Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture along with the northern parts of Kanem, Batha, and Biltine prefectures.
In northern Biltine Prefecture, a region called the Mortcha plays a major role in animal husbandry.
* Easternmost point-the northern section of the Chad-Sudan border, Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region *
In February 1946 he also forced the French to surrender all of their concessions in China and to renounce their extraterritorial privileges in exchange for the Chinese withdrawing from northern Indochina and allowing French troops to reoccupy the region.
The northern Afar region is a remote, hot and arid area.
The Cemetery H culture developed out of the northern part of the Indus Valley Civilization around 1700 BCE, in and around western Punjab region located in present-day India and Pakistan.
As the Languedoc was supposedly teeming with Cathars and Cathar sympathisers, this made the region a target for northern French noblemen looking to acquire new fiefs.
Portsmouth and Anse-de-Mai are located in the northern region of the island, and Roseau is in the south.
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.
The program was initially highly successful, eliminating the disease in " Taiwan, much of the Caribbean, the Balkans, parts of northern Africa, the northern region of Australia, and a large swath of the South Pacific " and dramatically reducing mortality in Sri Lanka and India.
The first inhabitants of the region that is now Equatorial Guinea are believed to have been Pygmies, of whom only isolated pockets remain in northern Río Muni.
The Tigrinya live in southern, central and northern highlands of Eritrea, as well Tigray region in neighbouring Ethiopia.

region and Canaan
( Paran is a vaguely defined region in the northern part of the Sinai peninsula, just south of Canaan ) Moses sent twelve spies into Canaan as scouts, including most famously Caleb and Joshua.
The Philistines (,,, or ;, Plištim ), Pleshet or Peleset, were a people who as part of the Sea peoples appeared in the southern coastal area of Canaan at the beginning of the Iron Age ( circa 1175 BC ), most probably from the Aegean region.
In the first, dated to the reign of Ramses III, they were limited to the coastal plain, the region of the Five Cities ; in the second, dated to the collapse of Egyptian hegemony in southern Canaan, their influence spread inland beyond the coast.
Canaan ( Northwest Semitic ; Phoenician: ; Biblical Hebrew: / ; Masoretic: / ; / Kan ‘ ān ) is a historical Semitic-speaking region roughly corresponding to the Levant ( modern-day Israel, Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and the western parts of Jordan and Syria ).
Ancient Canaan included the region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean, an area roughly equivalent to the modern states of Israel ( with the Palestinian territories ), Lebanon, and coastal and southern inland Syria.
Scholars connect the name Canaan with, Kana ' an, the general Northwest Semitic name for this region.
One of the earliest settlements in the region was at Jericho in Canaan.
There is uncertainty about whether the name Canaan refers to a specific Semitic ethnic group wherever they live, the homeland of this ethnic group, or a region under the control of this ethnic group, or perhaps any of the three.
In this region, bordering the Sea of Galilee, was the highly fertile plain of Gennesaret, characterised by Josephus as the ambition of nature, an earthly paradise, and with the southern portion of the region acting as a natural pass between the highlands of Canaan, several major roads ( such as those from Damascus to Tyre and Acre ) ran through it.
* Canaan and Canaanite people, a historical / Biblical region and people in the area of the present-day Gaza Strip, Israel, West Bank, and Lebanon.
Their presence in Canaan may have contributed to the formation of new states in this region such as Philistia after the collapse of the Egyptian Empire in Asia.
They have been identified with Egyptian references to Khar ( formerly translated as Harri ), which concern a southern region of Canaan.
By the time that Jacob returns with his family to Canaan, describes Hivites as rulers of the region of Shechem.
Both titles derive from the Hebrew word qana, meaning The Zealous, though Jerome and others mistook the word to signify the apostle was from the town of Cana, in which case his epithet would have been " Kanaios " or even from the region of Canaan.
Based on the Biblical account, Uriah was probably of the ethnic Hittite minority resident in Israel that had lived in and around the region, " the Land of Canaan ", since before the time of Abraham.
The Torah states that Asher had four sons and one daughter, who were born in Canaan and migrated with him to Egypt, with their descendants remaining there until the Exodus ; this seems to be partly contradicted by Egyptian records ( assuming a late Exodus date ), according to which a group named Aseru, a name from which Asher is probably derived, were, in the 14th century BC, living in a similar region to Asher's traditional territory, in Canaan.
From the 15th century BC onward, the term Amurru is usually applied to the region extending north of Canaan as far as Kadesh on the Orontes.
To Asher he assigned western Galilee, () a region with comparatively low temperature, and much rainfall, making it some of the most fertile land in Canaan, with rich pasture, wooded hills, and orchards ; as such Asher was particularly prosperous, and known for its olive oil.
The western portion was at the centre of Canaan, west of the Jordan, between the Tribe of Issachar on the north, and Tribe of Benjamin on the south ; the region which was later named Samaria ( as distinguished from Judea or Galilee ) mostly consisted of the western portion of Joseph.
These territories abounded in water, a precious commodity in Canaan, and the mountainous portions not only afforded protection, but happened to be highly fertile ; early centres of Israelite religion-Shechem and Shiloh-were additionally situated in the region.
Ahmose I completed the conquest and expulsion of the Hyksos from the delta region, restored Theban rule over the whole of Egypt and successfully reasserted Egyptian power in its formerly subject territories of Nubia and Canaan.

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