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  • 21phalanx — /fay langks, fal angks/, n., pl. phalanxes or, for 7, phalanges /feuh lan jeez/, v. n. 1. (in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping. 2. any body …

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  • 22Iran, ancient — Introduction also known as  Persia        historic region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where Persian language and… …

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  • 23Battle of the Gebora — Infobox Military Conflict caption=View of Badajoz, across the Guadiana river from the foothills of the San Cristóbal heights. conflict=Battle of the Gebora partof=the Peninsular War date=19 February 1811 place=Badajoz, Spain result=French victory …

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  • 24Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll — Infobox Person name = Archibald Campbell image size = caption = birth date = 1607 birth place = death date = 27 May 1661 death place = Edinburgh, Scotland death cause = execution resting place = St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh resting place… …

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  • 25Military leadership in the American Revolutionary War — American Revolutionary War Armed Forces …

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  • 26Battle of Thomas Creek — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Thomas Creek caption= partof=American Revolutionary War date=May 17, 1777 place= near the Nassau River, Florida result=British victory combatant1=United States combatant2=Britain commander1=John Baker… …

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  • 27Mexico — • Situated at the extreme point of the North American continent, bounded on the north by the United States, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, British Honduras, and Guatemala, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean… …

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  • 28Battle of Castillon — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Castillon partof=the Hundred Years War caption=Painting depicting the Battle of Castillon (1453), by the French painter Charles Philippe Larivière (1798–1876). date=July 17, 1453 place=Castillon la… …

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  • 29Joaquín Ramírez y Sesma — (fl 1835–1836) was a 19th century general for the Republic of Mexico.Sesma commanded the brigade sent in advance of the main body of Antonio López de Santa Anna s main body of troops that were heading to put down the rebellion in the Mexican… …

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  • 30List of English words of Persian origin — As Indo European languages, English and Persian have many words of common Proto Indo European origin, and many of these cognate words often have similar forms. Examples of these include: English (Mother) and Persian (Madar), English (Father) and… …

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