they have their own language and are primarily agriculturists. Most of them are Christians, although they still retain many traditional practices. TheBugineseandMakassareseare Muslims who live in southern Celebe
Indonesia,countrylocated off the coast of mainlandSoutheast Asiain theIndianandPacificoceans. The most populous country in Southeast Asia and the fourth most populous in the world, Indonesia is situated on anarchipelagothat lies across theEquatorand spans a distance equivalent to one-eighth of Earth’...
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Geography of the Middle East Quiz Use of the term Middle East nonetheless remains unsettled, and some agencies (notably theUnited StatesState Departmentand certain bodies of the United Nations) still employ the term Near East. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica ...
The country’s name comes from the Latin word for silver,argentum, and Argentina is indeed a great source of valuable minerals. More important, however, has been Argentina’s production of livestock and cereals, for which it once ranked among the world’s wealthiest nations. Much of this agri...
Sri Lanka’s highest mountains—Pidurutalagala at 8,281 feet (2,524 meters), Kirigalpotta at 7,858 feet, and Adam’s Peak (Sri Pada) at 7,559 feet—are found in this area. The highlands, except on their western and southwestern flanks, are sharply defined by a series of escarpment...
the largest urban area in the country and a center of commerce, lies at the heart of the populousGautengprovince.Durban, a port on theIndian Ocean, is a major industrial center.East LondonandGqeberha(formerly Port Elizabeth), both of which lie along the country’s southern coast, are impor...
“His Exalted Highness,” though the British government of India retained the right to intervene in his domain in case of misrule. Hyderabad remained a peaceful, but somewhat backward, princely state as the movement for independence gathered strength in India. Hyderabad’s Muslim nizams ruled over...
Baghdad, capital city of Iraq. It is Iraq’s largest city and one of the most populous urban agglomerations of the Middle East. The city was founded in 762 as the capital of the Abbasid dynasty of caliphs, and for the next 500 years it was the most signi
Modern Elat, founded in 1949 and incorporated in 1959, is Israel’s only outlet to the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Far East. A small port was opened there in April 1951, and after the Sinai Campaign of 1956, when Egyptian control of the Strait of Tiran at the Gulf of Aqaba’s entra...