The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 29Grolier, 1985 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 203
... Europe , Asia , and Africa . Traditionally called separate continents , they are actually one huge land mass broken only by a man - made waterway , the Suez Canal . This land mass , with adjacent islands , constitutes 57 percent of all ...
... Europe , Asia , and Africa . Traditionally called separate continents , they are actually one huge land mass broken only by a man - made waterway , the Suez Canal . This land mass , with adjacent islands , constitutes 57 percent of all ...
Page 219
... Europe had never recovered from the terrible losses of the war . Before 1914 the European economy was based on the gold standard and on an almost complete freedom to export and import goods except as limited by tariffs . The war almost ...
... Europe had never recovered from the terrible losses of the war . Before 1914 the European economy was based on the gold standard and on an almost complete freedom to export and import goods except as limited by tariffs . The war almost ...
Page 349
... Europe until 1925 , when the French evacuated the Ruhr , and repre- sentatives of the major European states con- cluded the Locarno treaties , which included guarantees of the Franco - German and Belgo- German frontiers against ...
... Europe until 1925 , when the French evacuated the Ruhr , and repre- sentatives of the major European states con- cluded the Locarno treaties , which included guarantees of the Franco - German and Belgo- German frontiers against ...
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