Polynesians presumably arrived in the islands more than 3,000 years ago; they were largely conquered and absorbed by Melanesian invaders c.1500 B.C. The first Europeans to visit Fiji were the Dutch navigator AbelTasmanin 1643 and British Capt. JamesCookin 1774. In the early 1800s the first...
1.(Placename) a state of central Mexico: mainly high plateau; economy based on mining (esp silver) and agriculture. Capital: San Luis Potosí. Pop: 927 000 (2005 est). Area: 62 849 sq km (24 266 sq miles) 2.(Placename) an industrial city in central Mexico, capital of San Luis ...
(Placename) a mountainous region of N central Niger, in the Sahara, rising to 1500 m (5000 ft): a former native kingdom. Area: about 77 700 sq km (30 000 sq miles). Also called: Azbine or Asben Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCo...
House of Representatives by an elected nonvoting delegate. Human artifacts dating from c.1500 B.C. have been found on Guam, but the first settlement may have occurred as much as 500 or more years earlier. Archaelogical evidence suggests that early settlement may have occurred in two waves, ...
Around 1500 students participated from 200 Schools for a Painting competition on the street pavement near Gujarat college. Children got Participation Certificate for the same. Gujarat Visual Artist Association has organised the painting exhibition to exhibit the participants’ entries at the Karnavati Art...
Towering up above the Colorado River were great bronzed cliffs, among them the Twin Fisher Towers, 1500 feet higher than the river. Moab has become the jumping-off place for all of South Utah, a far cry from what it was during the uranium boom of the 1950s—then it was a wide open ...
I’m not really an Amateur as I have built a house from scratch and helped several others. I can say both the plans which I purchased along with the material list left quite a bit to be desired. Generally the material list showed at least 30% more than was needed. An example was the...
Convert 2D Floor Plans Into 3D Renderings Simultaneous 2D and 3D Views Reusable Home Project Templates Specifications and Features outside walls and interior walls, room dimensions in sq ft or sq metres, entrances, stairs, and the location of windows. ...
(Placename) a mountainous region of N central Niger, in the Sahara, rising to 1500 m (5000 ft): a former native kingdom. Area: about 77 700 sq km (30 000 sq miles). Also called: Azbine or Asben Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCo...
The so-called princely party, which it led, presented its project for imperial reform at the Reichstags of 1495 and 1500 (the prohibition of internal wars in the empire, the creation of an imperial administration and court to settle conflicts among princes, etc.). The opposition movement of ...