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  2. Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia, home of over 100,000 rivers, has one of the world's largest surface water resources, with its lakes containing approximately one-quarter of the world's liquid fresh water. Lake Baikal , the largest and most prominent among Russia's fresh water bodies, is the world's deepest, purest, oldest and most capacious fresh water lake, containing ...

  3. Alexander the Great - Wikipedia

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    Alexander III of Macedon ( Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized :Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, [c] was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. [d] He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20 and spent most of his ruling years ...

  4. History of Palestine - Wikipedia

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    Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have also agreed that the Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 2nd, 1917, by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said Powers, in favor of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being ...

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  6. Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire, [j] historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, [22] [23] was an imperial realm [k] that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

  7. 2015 Nevada Wolf Pack football team - Wikipedia

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    The Wolf Pack were led by third–year head coach Brian Polian and played their home games at Mackay Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference . [1] [2] They finished the season 7–6 and 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division.

  8. Titanic - Wikipedia

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    RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg on the ship's maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City, United States. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, approximately 1,500 died, making the incident the deadliest sinking of a single ship at the time.

  9. Benito Mussolini - Wikipedia

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    Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini ( UK: / ˌmʊsəˈliːni, ˌmʌs -/, US: / ˌmuːs -/, Italian: [beˈniːto aˈmilkare anˈdrɛːa mussoˈliːni]; 29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian dictator who founded and led the National Fascist Party (PNF).