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Isohyet is a line drawn on a map connecting points that receive equal amounts of rainfall in a given period.

A map with isohyets is called an isohyetal map.

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Iran threatened to withdraw from the Treaty on the NPT if European countries bring alleged violations of the historic nuclear deal with world powers to the United Nations Security Council.

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT,

NPT stands for Non-Proliferation Treaty

NPT signed: 1968

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• Origin: Began in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece.
• Purpose: Religious festival honoring the Greek god Zeus.
• Frequency: Celebrated every four years, known as an Olympiad
• .Events: Expanded from one footrace to multi-day sports.
• Demise: Banned around 393 CE by Emperor Theodosius I.

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1. United States
2. USSR/ Russia
3. United Kingdom
4. France
5. China
6. India
7. Pakistan
8. North Korea

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The earliest were the British Blue Books, dating to the 17th century.

In World War I, all the major powers had their own color book, such as the German White Book, the Austrian Red Book, Russian Orange Book.

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In 1882, Lord Ripon, the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, passed a resolution that established local self-government in India. This resolution is known as the Magna Carta of Local Self Government.

Lord Ripon is also known as the "Good Viceroy of India".

Other reforms by Lord Ripon include the Hunter Commission, the First Factory Act of 1881, and the reorganization of the Madras Forest Department. 

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The Treaty of Sèvres was signed on August 10, 1920, in Sevres, France.

It was a 1920 treaty signed between the Allies of World War I and the Ottoman Empire. 

The treaty ceded large parts of Ottoman territory to:

• France
• the United Kingdom
• Greece and Italy

The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, which superseded the Treaty of Sèvres,

ended the conflict and saw the establishment of the Republic of Turkey.

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The United Kingdom voted to leave the EU in a national referendum in June 2016,

and left in 2020.

The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020, at midnight (Dutch time).

Theresa May was prime minister at the Time of Brexit

Brexit is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC) .

The UK is to date the first and only country to formally leave the EU after 47 years of membership.

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Fiji is the President of COP23, and its agenda is to highlight the threat posed to small island states by climate change.