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The Inca Civilization flourished in the Andes Mountains of western South America

Primarily in ancient Peru, from roughly 1400 to 1533 CE

End: The empire quickly fell with the arrival of Spanish conquistadors in the 1530s. 

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An annuity involves regular fixed payments received over time.

It is often a financial product purchased from an insurance or financial institution.

Annuities are commonly used for retirement income.

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• Marathon race is a long-distance running event standardized internationally.
• The official distance is 42.195 km (26.2 miles).
• Standardized at the 1908 London Olympics to start at Windsor Castle and finish in front of the royal box.
  

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• Primary production includes extracting and producing natural resources, like crops, livestock, and minerals.
• Rural populations rely heavily on agriculture and related activities

Additional information:

• Examples of primary production: wheat farming, fruit orchards, fishing, cattle rearing.
• These activities support urban industries by providing raw materials.

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• In a traditional economy, traditions and customs guide what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.
• Production and distribution are usually handed down through generations.

Additional information:

• Traditional economies are often agriculture-based.
• Skills and jobs are usually inherited within families.

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The state with the largest number of Electoral College members in the U.S. presidential election is California

It has 54 electoral votes (52 House members + 2 Senators)

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The largest ethnic group without its own state is the Kurds

Numbering around 30-45 million people and spread across parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria,

Forming the stateless nation known as Kurdistan

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Yasir Arafat was the first President of the Palestinian Authority.

He died on 11 November 2004 in Paris, France.

He is also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar

Arafat received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994

He was born in Cairo, Egypt, on 4 or 24 August 1929

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The Prime Meridian is the line of 0° longitude.

It passes through Greenwich, England.

It divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

It was last established in 1851

It is used as the reference for Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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 East of Eden was written by John Steinbeck.

It was published in 1952.

The novel is set in California’s Salinas Valley.