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The Japanese territory is located in the region called Northeast Asia or East Asia, to the east of the Eurasian continent.

It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan, and the East China Sea.

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• World War I lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
• It was a global war originating in Europe.
• Chlorine gas was first used during World War I at Ypres in April 1915.
• After World War I, the influenza pandemic occurred in 1918.
• During World War I, Russia signed the Peace Treaty with Germany in 1917.
• World War II started in 1939 and ended in 1945.

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Francois Bernier was a French physician and traveler.

He arrived in India during the region of Shahjahan

Born: 25 September 1620

Died: 22 September 1688

He stayed (14 October 1658 – 20 February 1670) for around 12 years in India

He worked as a physician to Mughal prince Dara Shikoh.

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The 5 stages of economic growth are:

Stage 1: Traditional Society

Stage 2: Preconditions for Take-off

Stage 3: Take-off

Stage 4: Drive to Maturity

Stage 5: Age of high mass consumption

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A Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile shot down an American U-2 plane over Cuba, killing the pilot, Major Rudolph Anderson.

President Kennedy posthumously awarded Anderson the Distinguished Service Medal.

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Mikhail Sergeyevich was a Russian and former Soviet politician.

The eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union

he was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991.

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The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics

It was the largest country in the world, covering over 22,402,200 square kilometers (8,649,500 sq mi)

spanning eleven time zones.

Capital and largest city: Moscow

Leader  

• 1922–1924: Vladimir Lenin

• 1924–1953: Joseph Stalin

• 1953: Georgy Malenkov

• 1953–1964 : Nikita Khrushchev

• 1964–1982: Leonid Brezhnev

• 1982–1984: Yuri Andropov

• 1984–1985: Konstantin Chernenko

• 1985–1991: Mikhail Gorbachev

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Currency: Soviet ruble (Rbl) (SUR)

ND7-5-2023

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2021 NATO Withdrawal from Afghanistan

1. Taliban Offensive: The Taliban launched a major insurgent offensive in May 2021, capturing many areas, including those near Kabul Airport by July.
2. Turkey's Role: Turkey announced plans to provide security at Kabul Airport during this period.
3. Fall of Kabul: On 15 August 2021, the Taliban captured Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, completing their takeover.