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16049452298Australia and Oceana0
16049452299Caribbean1
16049452300Central Africa2
16049452301Central America3
16049452302Central Asia4
16049452303East Africa5
16049452304East Asia6
16049452305Europe7
16049452306Latin America8
16049452307Mesoamerica9
16049452308Middle East10
16049452309North Africa11
16049452310North America12
16049452311South America13
16049452312South Asia14
16049452313Southern Africa15
16049452314West Africa16
16049452332Nile RiverThe world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea17
16049452333Tigris River and Euphrates RiverMesopotamia means: "land between rivers":18
16049452334Indus RiverA river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea.19
16049452335Mississippi RiverA major North American river and the chief river of the United States, longest river in the U.S.20
16049452336Amazon RiverA major river in South America that flows through Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.21
16049452337Rio Grande RiverLarge river that forms a border between the US and Mexico22
16049452338Yangtze RiverLongest major river in China23
16049452339Huang He RiverYellow River24
16049452315Australia and Oceana25
16049452316Caribbean26
16049452317Central Africa27
16049452318Central America28
16049452319Central Asia29
16049452320East Africa30
16049452321East Asia31
16049452322Europe32
16049452323Latin America33
16049452324Mesoamerica34
16049452325Middle East35
16049452326North Africa36
16049452327South America37
16049452328South Asia38
16049452329Southern Africa39
16049452330West Africa40
16049452340Nile RiverThe world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea41
16049452341Tigris River and Euphrates RiverMesopotamia means: "land between rivers":42
16049452342Indus RiverA river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea.43
16049452343Mississippi RiverA major North American river and the chief river of the United States, longest river in the U.S.44
16049452344Amazon RiverA major river in South America that flows through Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.45
16049452345Rio Grande RiverLarge river that forms a border between the US and Mexico46
16049452346Yangtze RiverLongest major river in China47
16049452347Huang He RiverYellow River48
16049452348Manchu EmpireNortheast Asian peoples who defeated the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty in 1644, which was the last of China's imperial dynasties.49
16049452349Mughal EmpireMuslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Empire which greatly increased in size under the rule of Babur and his grandson Akbar.50
16049452350Ottoman EmpireIslamic state founded by Osman in northwestern Anatolia. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the Empire was based in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) from 1453-1922. It encompassed lands in the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and eastern Europe.51
16049452351Safavid EmpireA Shi'ite Muslim dynasty that ruled in Persia (Iran and parts of Iraq) from the 16th-18th centuries that had a mixed culture of the Persians, Ottomans and Arabs.52
16049452352Songhai EmpireWest African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the into the 16th century53
16049452353Russian EmpireHistorical empire founded on November 2 (October 22, Old Style), 1721, when the Russian Senate conferred the title of emperor (imperator) of all the Russians upon Peter I. The abdication of Nicholas II on March 15, 1917, marked the end of the empire and its ruling Romanov dynasty.54

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