distant lands — faraway lands, remote countries … English contemporary dictionary
distant — adj. 1 far away in space VERBS ▪ be, sound ▪ become, grow ▪ The sound of the engine was growing more and more distant. ADVERB ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles, or the "Book of Galehaut" Retold — Infobox Book | name = Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles, or the Book of Galehaut Retold image caption = 1st Edition Cover author = Patricia Terry Samuel N. Rosenberg illustrator = Wood engravings by Judith Jaidinger country = United… … Wikipedia
Theodore Roosevelt: The Conservation of Public Lands — ▪ Primary Source President Roosevelt was a conservationist by nature. An enthusiastic outdoorsman, he also recognized that the industrial transformation of the United States since the Civil War had made coal, timber, and other natural… … Universalium
Rising Lands — Infobox VG| title = Rising Lands developer = Microïds publisher = R P Electronic Media designer = Thomas Zighem and Piotr Dabrowski engine = released = 1997 genre = Real Time Strategy modes = Single player, multiplayer (IPX, TCP/IP or Modem)… … Wikipedia
Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands — n. French Southern Territories, antarctic volcanic islands in southern Indian Ocean (south of Africa and about equally distant between Africa, Antarctica and Australia) … English contemporary dictionary
pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th … Universalium
India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… … Universalium
Poland in the Early Middle Ages — According to the currently predominant opinion, the Slavic tribes were not indigenous to the lands that were to become Poland [This is the so called allochthonic theory; according to the autochthonic theory the opposite is true] , but their first … Wikipedia
HISTORY — For Prehistory see archaeology ; for Biblical and Second Temple periods, see history . Destruction of the Second Temple until the Arab Conquest (70–640 C.E.) THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR OF 66–70 C.E. The Jewish war against the Romans, which lasted… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
