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Arles, kingdom of
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...kingdom of Arles, was formed in 933, when Rudolf II, king of Transjurane Burgundy, united the kingdom of Provence or Cisjurane Burgundy to his...Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II annexed the kingdom to the Holy Roman Empire in 1034, but few......
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Northumbria, kingdom of
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...kingdom of Northumbria (nôrthŭm´brē´ə), one of...Æthelfrith of Bernicia (593–616) united the kingdoms to form Northumbria and added...was killed by Cadwallon of the Welsh kingdom of Gwynned, an ally of Penda of Mercia. After...Angles were able to keep only a small kingdom stretching from the Tees N ......
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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...United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: see Great Britain....
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soccer
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......confusion. The London Football Association was formed (1863) to further...ball. This became known as association football and then, through...hooliganism, notably by British supporters. It has long been secondary in the United States, though, where American...Internationale de Football ......
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track and field athletics
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......meter (men) walks. Such British-system equivalents as the...composite event for men, and the Olympic winner is traditionally acclaimed...and field athletics in the United States dates from the 1860s. The Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America...regulates the sport in the ......
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hockey, field
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......particularly those in Europe and the British empire. Men have played field hockey in the United States since 1890, but the Field Hockey Association of America, which regulates...little to American males. In Olympic competition, where men...and collegiate women in the United States since ......
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Didrikson, Babe
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......in still another event in the National AAU track and field championships. Two weeks later she won two events in the Olympic games in Los Angeles with record performances and was disqualified in a third while tied for first. From 1934 on...married George Zaharias, a wrestler. She gained wide notice as Babe Didrikson ......
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Armenia (country, Asia)
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......are Russia, Germany, Belgium, the United States, and Israel. GovernmentArmenia...HistoryEarly HistoryThe region and former kingdom of Asia Minor that was Greater Armenia...Azerbaijan.According to tradition, the kingdom was founded in the region of Lake Van...became after his death part of the Syrian ......
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David (in the Bible)
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......north allows David to be crowned king of a united kingdom. With the capture of Jerusalem, David moves...house." God promises to establish the kingdom of his son as an everlasting kingdom. From this promise derives the later hope......