Sudetenland, 347
Suleyman the Magnificent, 395
Sweden, 3, 4, 226, 227, 228, 229, 235, 236, 238, 263, 264, 287, 320 (see also Scandinavia)
current leaders/famous people of, 256–258
economy of, 245, 251, 253
famous places and landmarks of, 254–256
fast facts about, 242–243
hate crimes/neo-Nazis in, 247–248, 249, 250, 257
history of, 251–254
overview of, 243–251
U.S. and, 246, 253, 254
World War II and, 248, 252
Swift, Jonathan, 124
Switzerland, 98, 200
Sykes-Picot Agreement, 73–74
Szpilman, Wladyslaw, 293
Talat, Mehmet Ali, 378, 389
Tallinn, Estonia, 324, 325, 327–328
Tartu, Estonia, 328
Taylor, Charles, 185
Telefonica, 134
Teresa of Ávila, Saint, 153
Teresa of León, 159, 160
Thatcher, Margaret, 78
Thebes, Greece, 216
Theselius, Mats, 250
Thirty Years War, 44, 143
Thucydides, 215
Thule U.S. Air Force Base, 237
Tiberius, 92
Tintin, 116
Tiso, Jozef, 364, 366
Tito, Josip Broz, 369, 370, 371, 376
Tordesillas, Treaty of, 162
Tornatore, Giuseppe, 101
Torvalds, Linus, 261–262, 267
Transylvania, 305, 309
Treblinka, 288
Trevithick, Richard, 60
Trianon, Treaty of, 302, 303
Turkey, 209, 210–211, 213, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 379, 381, 382, 383, 385, 386, 387, 395
Tuscany, Italy, 100
Uddebo, Sweden, 250–251
Ukraine, 200, 228, 302
Ulster Defense Association, 127, 128
Ulster Volunteer Force, 128
United Kingdom/Britain, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 15, 20, 25, 26, 29, 50, 113, 138, 139, 141, 142, 143, 149, 160, 163, 183, 218, 219, 303, 304, 395, 396, 399
attacks of 7/7, 63
colonies of, 67, 68–69, 72–73, 74–75
current leaders/famous people of, 81–85
Cyprus and, 378, 381, 382, 383, 384, 386
economy of, 62
famous places and landmarks of, 79–80
fast facts about, 57–58
history of, 66–79
Ireland and, 119, 120, 121, 123–128
overview of, 58–66
U.S. and, 3, 61, 68, 77, 78
World War I and, 47, 73, 75, 220
World War II and, 49, 54, 75–77, 203, 204, 205
United Nations, 11, 27, 118, 137, 173, 184, 186, 196, 231, 234, 235, 304, 380, 383, 385, 387
United States
Austria and, 195, 196, 205
Baltic States and, 321, 322
Cyprus and, 381, 382, 383
Czechoslovakia and, 348
Czech Republic and, 358
Denmark and, 237
Finland and, 262
France and, 9, 10–11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 28, 29, 30
Germany and, 40, 41, 42–43, 50, 51, 54, 374
Greece and, 212, 221
Hungary and, 303, 304
Poland and, 281–282, 285
Slovakia and, 362–363
Slovenia and, 374
Spain and, 144
Sweden and, 246, 253, 254
United Kingdom and, 3, 61, 68, 77, 78
Uspaskich, Viktor, 345
Valencia, Spain, 135, 140, 149
Valle de los Caídos, Spain, 150
Valletta, Malta, 390, 391, 394, 398
Van der Graaf, Volkert, 176
Van Dyck, Anthony, 183
Van Gogh, Theo, 174, 176, 185
Van Gogh, Vincent, 23, 34, 174, 187
Vanhanen, Matti, 260, 267
Van Linschoten, Jan Huygen, 180
Vatican, 96, 99, 100, 166, 283, 284
Velásquez, Diego, 141
Velvet Divorce, 351, 358
Velvet Revolution, 350, 358
Venice, Italy, 93, 116
Venizelos, Eleftherios, 219–220
Ventspils, Latvia, 334
Verhoeven, Paul, 188
Verhofstadt, Guy, 105, 115
Vermeer, Johannes, 183
Versailles, Treaty of, 47, 49, 75, 252
Vespucci, Amerigo, 141
Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, 96
Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 97
Victoria, Queen of England, 67, 69
Vienna, Austria, 48, 182, 190, 191, 197, 198, 202, 203, 204, 206, 280, 307, 346, 377
Vike-Freiberga, Vaira, 315, 316, 317, 323, 330, 331, 334–335
Vikings, 66, 73, 226, 228, 229, 238
Villepin, Dominique de, 7, 35
Vilnius Brigade, 339, 345
Vilnius, Lithuania, 336, 337, 338, 340, 341, 343
VinItaly, 102
Vitolins, Andris, 333
Vlaams Belang, 110
Vlaams Blok, 108, 110, 196
Voltaire, 19
Wagner, Richard, 46, 55
Waldheim, Kurt, 196, 197
Wales, 71, 74, 80 (see also United Kingdom)
Walesa, Lech, 281, 285, 291–292, 293, 295, 358
Wallenberg, Raoul, 252
Wallonia, Belgium, 107, 110, 113
“War on Terror,” 61
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 289
Warsaw Pact, 51, 303, 304, 309, 348, 349
Warsaw, Poland, 279, 289, 293
Waterloo, Battle of, 21, 112
Watson-Watt, Alexander, 61
Watt, James, 60
Werner, Pierre, 272
Wiesenthal, Simon, 197, 204
Wilde, Oscar, 119, 130–131
Wilhelm I of Germany, 46
Wilhelm II of Germany, 46, 47, 201, 219
Willem-Alexander, Crown Prince of the Netherlands, 187
William, Prince, 82, 83
William the Conqueror, 18
William the Silent, 179, 186
Windsor, Treaty of, 160
Wingquist, Sven, 247
Wittelsbach, Otto, 219
Wolfersohn, James, 263
Yalta Conference, 11, 26, 50
Yankovic, Frankie, 377
Yugoslavia, 100, 185, 194, 201, 206, 247, 277, 315, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371–373, 376
Zapatero, José Luis Rodríguez, 132, 137, 138, 151
Zappa, Frank, 340, 349, 350, 351
Zaremba, Maciej, 249
Zhirinovsky, Vladimir, 322, 335, 337
Zidane, Zinedine, 14
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