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1 day ago · Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English [see § Terminology] [note 1]) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East ...
1 day ago · Paracel Islands as shown in Zheng He Voyage Map (suggested by some to be the islands to the left at the bottom) The Chinese name Xisha ( 西沙 ), literally "western sands" or " shoals ", is a name adopted in the 20th century to distinguish it from the "eastern sands" ( Pratas ; also Tungsha/Dongsha), the "southern sands" (the Nansha or ...
2 hours ago · The D in D-Day just stands for “Day.”. It is the designation that the military uses on the start date of an important operation. The days before or after the start date of an operation are labeled with plus or minus signs. For example, two days before the start date would be D-2, while two days after the start date would be D+3.
1 day ago · The SKS ( Russian: Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова, romanized : Samozaryadny karabin sistemy Simonova, lit. 'self-loading carbine of the Simonov system') is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in 1945. The SKS was first produced in the Soviet Union but ...
