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  Democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The rise of fascist movements, and fascist regimes in Nazi Germany, Mussolini in Italy, Francisco Franco's regime in Spain and António de Oliveira Salazar's regime in Portugal, limited the extent of democracy in the 1930s, and gave the impression of an "Age of Dictators".
The war was followed by decolonisation, and again most of the new independent states had nominally democratic constitutions.
Economic malaise in the 1980s, along with resentment of communist oppression, contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the associated end of the Cold War, and the democratisation and liberalisation of the former Soviet bloc countries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democracy   (3456 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
Afghanistan's recent history is characterized by war and civil strife, with intermittent periods of relative calm and stability.
A border war with Peru that flared in 1995 was resolved in 1999.
Strategically important, Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain by Spain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht; the British garrison was formally declared a colony in 1830.
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html   (15472 words)

  
 Nazi Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It declared war on the United States in December of 1941 after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
This was the end of World War II in Europe and, with the creation of the Allied Control Council on June 5, 1945, the four Allied powers "assume[d] supreme authority with respect to Germany" (Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany, US Department of State, Treaties and Other International Acts Series, No. 1520).
After the war, surviving Nazi leaders were put on trial by the Allied tribunal at Nuremberg for crimes against humanity.
nazi-germany.iqnaut.net   (2821 words)

  
 Rick Steves' Europe: Class Descriptions
Explore the diversity of Europe's Nordic countries — from agricultural Denmark, to industrial Sweden, to fjord-splintered Norway.
Discover why the Vikings were such great travelers as we meander through the Land of the Midnight Sun.
This free class is a great way to jump-start the people-to-people part of your trip, so you can more easily follow-up with your phrase book or additional study afterward.
www.ricksteves.com /news/classes/class_descrips.htm   (2346 words)

  
 Landsmen - Contents Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jews in the Nordic Countries: Drawing on published and unpublished foreign language sources, an overview of the earliest East European Jewish migration to these countries, in which Suwalk-Lomza families were predominant.
The 1875 Census of the Suwalk-Lomza Kollel in Jerusalem: Given here is the history and full contents of this Montefiore census, numbering 80 families (210 persons from 30 Suwalk-Lomza towns).
The Kovno Conference - Jewish responses to the great famine of 1869, translated from the Yiddish encyclopedia Lite.
www.jewishgen.org /SuwalkLomza/Contents.html   (4887 words)

  
 The Stellar Kingdom of Ansteorra
A group out of Minnesota that play and fight in the SCA.
Excalibur Fantasy Faire hosts some of the best Renaissance performers in the nation including the Brobdingnagian Bards.
The Texas Viking Fest showcases artwork, carvings, games, dances, & music and seeks to provide a glimpse of the Nordic culture.
www.ansteorra.org /links   (1263 words)

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