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The DISTRICT OF AHMEDNAGAR is a comparatively barren tract with a small rainfall. The area is 6586 sq. m. The population in 1901 was 837,695, showing a decrease of 6 % in the decade, due to the results of famine. The bulk of the population consists of Mahrattas and Kunbis, the latter being the agriculturists. On the north the district is watered by the Godavari and its tributaries the Prawara and the Mula; on the north-east by the Dor, another tributary of the Godavari; on the east by the Sephani, which flows through the valley below the Balaghat range; and in the extreme south by the Bhima and its tributary the Gor. The Sina river, another tributary of the Bhima, flows through the Nagar and Karjat talukas. The principal crops

are millet, pulse, oil-seeds and wheat. The

district suffered from drought in 1896-1897, and

again in 1899-1900.

three fruitless years in the country and then withdrew to Peru.

Researchers studying prehistoric human migration patterns in northern Chile's Atacama Desert have concluded that a mysterious pattern of early occupation and abandonment of the region was related to climate change.

Humans first occupied the high-altitude desert, which extends from the Pacific Ocean to the base of the Andes, from around 13,000

In approximately 2000 BC, Baltic tribes came into Latvia, and are regarded as the ancestors of present day Latvians and Lithuanians. These tribes, coming from the South, assimilated to the nations already living on Latvian territory. The Baltic tribes first appear in written records of the Romans historian Cornelius Tacitus, in approximately 100 BC.

AHMEDNAGAR, or AHMADNAGAR, a city and district of British India in the Central division of Bombay on the left bank of the river S'na. The town is of considerable antiquity, having been founded in 1494 by Ahmad Nizam Shah, on the site of a more ancient city, Bhingar. This Ahmad established a new monarchy, which lasted till its overthrow by Shah Jahan in 1636. In 1759 the Peshwa obtained possession of the place by bribing the Mahommedan

Catnip, common name for a hardy perennial herb of the mint family. Native to Europe, it has become a common weed in North America. The sharp fragrance of the plant is attractive and exciting to cats, who enjoy eating catnip.

Scientific classification: Catnip belongs to the family Lamiaceae (formerly Labiatae), classified as Nepeta cataria.

Historically, felines have not been the only ones to appreciate catnip, Nepeta cataria. A member of the mint family, the herb is entirely edible as salad greens or seasoning. The pungent dried leaves induce mild hallucinations when smoked.

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Each clip of art links to a FUN site: see butterflies around the world! each star links to a different astronomy site! and the sun dial tells about this day in history. Your cursor on each picture will tell you more.

The Night Watch, the most famous painting in the Rijksmuseum, actually has another title: the 'Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch'. The picture is a militia painting: a group portrait of a division of the civic guard. Rembrandt depicted the group of militiamen in an original way. He did not paint them in neat row or sitting at their annual banquet, rather, he recorded a moment: a group of militiamen have just moved into action and are about to march off.

a North High School student at the time. A yellow circle in the center symbolizes gold in Colorado's hills as well as the sun. The blue field represents our matchless skies; the white jagged line is representative both of the mountains which form Denver's background, and is also symbolic of the state's Native American heritage. The red foreground under the

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commander, and in 179) it was ceded by the Peshwa to the Mahratta chief Daulat Rao Sindhia. During the war with the Mahrattas in 1803 Ahmednagar was invested by a British force under General Wellesley and captured. It was afterwards restored to the Mahrattas, but again came into the possession of the British in 1817, according to the terms of the treaty of Poona. The town has rapidly advanced in prosperity under British rule. Several mosques and tombs have been converted to the use of British administration. The old industries of carpet-weaving and paper-making have died out; but there is a large trade in cotton and silk goods, and in copper and brass pots, and there are factories for ginning and pressing cotton. Ahmednagar is p. station on the loop line of the Great Indian Peninsula railway, 218 m. from Bombay, and a military cantonment, being the headquarters of a brigade in the 6th division of the western army corps. The population in 1901 was 43,032.

The first European to visit what is now Chile was the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who landed at Chiloé Island following his voyage, in 1520, through the strait that now bears his name. The region was then known to its native population as Tchili, a Native American word meaning "snow." At the same time of Magellan's visit, most of Chile south of the Rapel River was dominated by the Araucanians, a Native American tribe remarkable for its fighting ability. The tribes occupying the northern portions of Chile had been subjugated during the 15th century by the Incas of Peru. In 1535, after the Spanish under Francisco Pizarro had completed their conquest of Peru, Diego de Almagro, one of Pizarro's aides, led a gold-hunting expedition from that country overland into Chile. The expedition spent nearly three

13,000 to 9,500 years ago. The region was then more or less abandoned until around 4,500 years ago, when people began returning. By matching climate and archaeological records, the researchers concluded that environmental conditionsspecifically, bouts of extreme droughtexplain the unusual pattern. See: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1024_021024_ChileAtacama.html