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   Ba-awa
   `Ba-awa` is a mancala, also known as `jèrin-jèrin`. Although played in some of the same regions as Oware, it is simpler and in traditional societies is considered a game for women and children.
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   Baicawa
   `Baicawa` was a Taino dialect spoken in Hispaniola by the Taino natives. Bai means house, purple and Cagua means Cave. This dialect is a subcategory for the Maipurean family of related indigenous languages. The Maipurean family of languages is broken into 3 branches in the Northern Maipurean area. Taino falls under the Maritime branch which is later divided into three more areas. Taino respectively falls under Ta-Maipurean. It is no longer a spok...
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   Bakunawa
   The `Bakunawa`, also known as `Bakonawa`, `Baconaua`, or `Bakonaua`, is a deity in Philippine mythology that is often represented as a gigantic sea serpent. He is believed to be the god of the underworld and is often considered to be the cause of eclipses. It appears as a giant sea serpent with a mouth the size of a lake, a red tongue, whiskers, gills, small wires at its sides, and two sets of wings, one is large and ash-gray while the other is ...
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   Balewa, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa
   Balewa, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa (älhä'jē äbOO'bäkär" täfä'wä bälā'wä) , 1912–66, Nigerian political leader. He was born Mallam Abubakar. After studying to become a teacher, he held a series of posts in educati...
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   Balewa, Sir Abubakar Tafawa
   Nigerian politician, leader in the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC), and the first federal prime minister. A commoner by birth, an unusual origin for ... [2 related articles]
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   Banawá
   The `Banawá` (also `Banawa`, `Banavá`, `Jafí`, `Kitiya`, `Banauá`) are an indigenous group of just seventy people 1994, living along the Banawá River in the Amazonas State, Brazil, where they are concentrated in a single village and two smaller settlements containing a single extended family each. The Banawá, who call themselves Kitiya, speak an Arauan language. Category:Indigenous peoples in Brazil Category:Ethnic groups in Brazil Category:A...
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   Barawa
   `Barawa` or `Brava` (Swahilli: `Baraawe`) is a port town in the south eastern coast of Somalia. The traditional inhabitants are the Bravanese people, who speak Bravanese, a Swahili dialect.
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   Bastion Misawa
   `Bastion Misawa`, known as in the original Japanese language version, is a fictional character in the `Yu-Gi-Oh! GX` anime and manga series. In the English version, Bastion is voiced by Eric Stuart, while Yuki Masuda takes the role in the Japanese version. A highly analytic duelist, Bastion is portrayed as a mathematical genius who covers his cards and the walls of his room with endless numeric formulas, believing that everything in life can be ...
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   Battle of Anegawa
   The 1570 came as a reaction to Oda Nobunaga's sieges of the castles of Odani and Yokoyama, which belonged to the Azai and Asakura clans. It was also referred to as the `Battle of Nomura` by the Oda and Azai clans and the `Battle of Mitamura` by the Asakura clan. As warriors sallied forth from the castles, the battle turned into a melee fought in the middle of the shallow river. For a time, Nobunaga's forces fought the Azai, while the Tokugawa wa...
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    Battle of Chippawa
    The `Battle of Chippawa` (sometimes incorrectly spelled `Chippewa`) was a victory for the American army in the War of 1812, during an invasion of Upper Canada along the Niagara River. It was the first victory for American soldiers against an equal British force in the field.
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    Battle of Fujigawa
    The was a battle of the Genpei War of the Heian period of Japanese history. It took place in 1180, in what is now Shizuoka Prefecture. Attempting to recover quickly from his exile, and to rebuild his army, Minamoto no Yoritomo sent out messengers to recruit other families. As he continued through the region below Mount Fuji and into Suruga Province, he planned a rendezvous with the Takeda clan and other families of the provinces of Kai and Kozuk...
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    Battle of Kanagawa
    `The battle of Kanagawa` took place during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japanese history. Following the sudden death of Oda Nobunaga, the HÅÂ?jÅÂ? family soon took the advantage of the situation to launch a certain attack against Nobunaga's senior retainer, Takigawa Kazumasa, who had ended up receiving territories nearby following the defeat of Takeda Katsuyori the same year in 1582. On the border between the Kozuke and Musashi provinces, ...
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    Battle of Kizugawa
    The 1614 `battle of the Kizugawa` was one of a number of battles surrounding the siege of Osaka, in which the Tokugawa shogunate destroyed the Toyotomi clan, the last major opposition to its control of Japan. A fortress loyal to the Toyotomi controlled a section of the Kizu River (`Kizugawa`) near Osaka. After a shogunal reconnaissance mission, a pair of amphibious assaults were launched to seize it. Ishikawa Tadafusa led 2300 men across the riv...
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    Battle of Koromogawa
    `The battle of Koromogawa` the Battle of Koromogawa was a certain battle during the opening years of the Kamakura period (12th century) of Japan. Although the vast amount of victories that were won by Minamoto no Yoritomo's brother, Yoshitsune truly was the reason for Yoritomo's ascension to the title of Shogun, Yoritomo attained a very high level of jealousy towards his brother. Due to this fact, Yoritomo banished Yoshitsune, who was even pursu...
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    Battle of Mimigawa
    The `Battle of Mimigawa` was a battle, fought in Japan, between warlords Tawara Chikataka and Shimazu Yoshihisa in 1578. The Shimazu, following their conquest of the Hyuga Province, began to mobilize their armies and prepare for another attack. Meanwhile, the Tawara clan saw this as a threat and decided that they must take action. Tawara Chikataka and Otomo Sorin led an army of 30,000 and marched towards the Hyuga Province. Yoshihisa led an army ...
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    Battle of Minatogawa
    The `Battle of Minatogawa` also known as the `Battle of Minato River` was fought in 1336 between Japanese forces loyal to Emperor Go-Daigo and the Ashikaga clan. The Imperial forces were led by Kusunoki Masashige and Nitta Yoshisada, while the Ashikaga were led by Ashikaga Takauji. The Ashikaga were victorious, and Kusunoki committed suicide. Minatogawa Category:Warfare of the Medieval era Category:1336 in Japan
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    Battle of Nagaragawa
    The was a battle that took place along the banks of the Nagara River in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, in April 1556. It was a battle between SaitÅÂ? DÅÂ?san and his son, SaitÅÂ? Yoshitatsu.
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    Battle of Okinawa
    The `Battle of Okinawa`, fought on the Japanese island of Okinawa, was the largest amphibious assault during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. It lasted from late March through June 1945. The battle has been referred to as the `Typhoon of Steel` in English, and `tetsu no ame` (`rain of steel`) or `tetsu no bÅÂ?fu` (`violent wind of steel`) in Japanese. The nicknames refer to the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of gunfire involved, an...
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    Battle of Rawa
    `Battle of Rawa` (also written as `-Rava`, `-Rawa-Ruska` or `-Rava-Ruska`) was an early stage World War I battle between Austria-Hungary and Russia, between September 3-11, 1914. The Russian armies had defeated their opponents and threw them back to the Carpathian mountains. The battle was part of the series of engagements known as Battle of Galicia or Battle of Lemberg. The Fourth Army commanded by Moritz von Auffenberg, victorious at the Battl...
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    Battle of Sendaigawa
    The 1587 `battle of Sendaigawa` was part of the Kyushu Campaign undertaken by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi towards the end of Japan's Sengoku period. The Sendai River (`Sendaigawa`) was among the final obstacles to Hideyoshi's attack on Kagoshima, the center of the Shimazu clan's domains. Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his half-brother Hashiba Hidenaga met a Shimazu clan force, led by Niiro Tadamoto, near the river. Despite being vastly outnumbered 5,000 ...
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    Battle of Sezawa
    The `battle of Sezawa` was one of many battles fought by Takeda Shingen in his bid to take control of Shinano Province. Here, he was opposed by the combined forces of Ogasawara Nagatoki, Suwa Yorishige, Murakami Yoshikiyo, and Kiso Yoshiyasu, but defeated them all.
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    Battle of Sunomatagawa
    The took place in Japan in 1181, when Minamoto no Yukiie attempted a sneak attack in the night. He found Taira no Tomomori and his army directly opposite from his, along the Sunomata River, near the borders of Owari and Mino provinces. The Minamoto warriors waded across, but their ambush failed when the Taira could distinguish dry friend from soaking, dripping wet foe, even in the pitch dark of night. Yukiie and a number of other surviving Minamo...
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    Battle of Tarawa
    The `Battle of Tarawa` was a battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, largely fought from November 20 to November 23, 1943. It was the second time the United States was on the offensive (the Battle of Guadalcanal had been the first), and the first offensive in the critical central Pacific region. It was also the first time in the war that the United States faced serious Japanese opposition to a U.S. amphibious landing. Previous landings m...
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    Battle of Tedorigawa
    The took place near the Tedori River in Japan's Kaga Province in 1577. The battle site is in the modern-day Ishikawa Prefecture.
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    Battle of Tonegawa
    `Battle of Tonegawa` the Battle of Tonegawa was a battle during the final years of the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan. During the year of 1571, the famed Uesugi Kenshin had advanced to the province of Kozuke and had attacked the satellite castle of Takeda Shingen --Ishikura castle--. Shingen had responded to Kenshin's attack, in which both forces met each other in a stand-off across the Tonegawa river. The opponents eventually disengaged ...
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