Empire
... Aden) or South Yemen]); note - previously North Yemen became independent in November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and became a republic with the overthrow of the theocratic Imamate in 1962; South Yemen ...
www.exxun.com/Yemen/d_gv.html
empires
... and founded Afghanistan in 1747. The country served as a buffer between the British and Russian empires until it won independence from notional British control in 1919. A brief experiment in democracy ...
www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/a_fg.html
empires
... 4th century). Despite periods of autonomy, over the centuries Armenia came under the sway of various empires including the Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Persian, and Ottoman. During World War I in the western ...
www.exxun.com/Armenia/a_fg.html
empires
... centuries) that was cut short by the Mongol invasion of 1236. Subsequently, the Ottoman and Persian empires competed for influence in the region. Georgia was absorbed into the Russian Empire in the ...
www.exxun.com/Georgia/a_fg.html
empires
... devastating world wars; (b) the Great Depression of the 1930s; (c) the end of vast colonial empires; (d) rapid advances in science and technology, from the first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk ...
www.exxun.com/World/a_fg.html
employ
... bloated public sector, reliance on the Turkish lira, and small market size. Agriculture and services, together, employ more than half of the work force. The Turkish Cypriot economy grew around 10.6% in ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/e_ec.html
employ
blend of Soviet and German systems that employ "continental" or "civil" code; case-precedent may be used to inform judges, but all decisions must refer to the law as written; constitution ambiguous ...
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/d_gv.html
employ
... budget, and the majority of the population remains below the poverty line. Subsistence agriculture continues to employ the vast majority of the country's work force. A substantial trade imbalance persists although ...
www.exxun.com/Mozambique/e_ec.html
employ
... telephone density is only about 7 telephones per 100 persons international: country code - 250; international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; satellite earth ...
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/f_cm.html
employed
... Argentine Rural Society (large landowners' association); Central of Argentine Workers or CTA (a radical union for employed and unemployed workers); General Confederation of Labor or CGT (Peronist-leaning umbrella labor organization); White ...
www.exxun.com/Argentina/d_gv.html
employed
... than half of GDP is generated through the service sector, nearly two-thirds of Bangladeshis are employed in the agriculture sector, with rice as the single-most-important product. Garment exports and ...
www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/e_ec.html
employed
18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal
www.exxun.com/BosniaandHerzegovina/d_gv.html
employed
18 years of age; universal (16 years of age, if employed)
www.exxun.com/Croatia/d_gv.html
employed
... subsistence agricultural economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry. With the halt of French nuclear testing ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchPolynesia/e_ec.html
