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121Fast battleship — Historically, a fast battleship was a battleship of which the design featured an emphasis on speed which was unusual, compared to the normal practice of the time. The term is especially appropriate when applied to a design which was not only… …
122Modern era — The term modern period or modern era (sometimes also modern times) is the period of history that followed the Middle Ages between c. 1350 and 1500. It is further divided into an early period of development called the early modern period, which… …
123USS Bowers (DE-637) — USS Bowers (DE 637/APD 40), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Robert K. Bowers (1915 1941), who was killed in action aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack on Pearl… …
124USS Nields (DD-616) — was a Benson class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Henry C. Nields. Nields was laid down on 15 June 1942 by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Fore River, Massachusetts; launched on 1 October 1942; sponsored… …
125Second Mafia War — The Second Mafia War was a conflict within the Sicilian Mafia, mostly taking place in the early 1980s. As with any criminal organization, the history of the Sicilian Mafia is replete with conflicts and power struggles, and the violence that… …
126Turin — For other uses, see Turin (disambiguation). Torino redirects here. For other uses, see Torino (disambiguation). Turin Torino   Comune   Comune di Torino …
127Afghanistan — /af gan euh stan /, n. a republic in central Asia, NW of India and E of Iran. 23,738,085; 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km). Cap.: Kabul. * * * Afghanistan Introduction Afghanistan Background: Afghanistan s recent history is characterized by war… …
128Byzantine Empire — the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. Cap.: Constantinople. * * * Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony… …
