In 1346 , Serbian king Stefan Uroš IV Dušan received Receiving the title of Emperor with the blessing Rite of the Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Alexander , although after his death Death in 1355 , the large Serbian Empire disintegrated into a few independent states .

Circa mid 14th century the Balkans were politically disunited into a number of small states frequently in competition Competition with each other and there was no single strong entity with a powerful enough army to withstand Defending the Muslim invaders .

Model predictions with the greatest confidence values of the eventual total death Death toll in the decades ahead from Chernobyl releases vary , from 4,000 fatalities when solely assessing the three most contaminated former Soviet states , to about 9,000 to 16,000 fatalities when assessing the total continent of Europe .

the motivations for the reformist movement Social_event are outlined , in part , by pavel pestel : historians have also noted Labeling that the united states declaration Expressing_publicly of independence Change_of_leadership and the american revolution Social_event may have influenced Influence decembrists .

several agencies including the united states coast guard ( uscg ) , national hurricane center ( nhc ) and national weather service Supply ( nws ) were commended Judgment_communication for their actions .

Approximately two million people joined Becoming_a_member their hands to form Cause_to_amalgamate a human chain spanning Expansion across the three Baltic states – Estonia , Latvia , and Lithuania , which were considered at the time to be constituent republics of the Soviet Union .

The pact and its secret protocols divided Creating Eastern Europe into spheres of influence and led to Causation the occupation Control of the Baltic states in 1940 .

Initially a war between various Protestant and Catholic states in the fragmented Holy Roman Empire , it gradually developed Coming_to_be into a more general conflict Hostile_encounter involving most of the European great powers .

These states employed Employment relatively large mercenary armies , and the war became Becoming less about religion and more of a continuation of the France–Habsburg rivalry for European political pre-eminence .

The northern Protestant states , angered by the violation of their rights to religious liberty , which had been granted Giving in the Peace of Augsburg , banded together to form Coming_to_be the Protestant Union .

The southern states , mainly Roman Catholic , were angered by this .

Led by Bavaria , these states formed Coming_to_be the Catholic League to expel Removing Frederick in support of the Emperor .

Sweden , at the time a rising military power , soon intervened Hindering in 1630 under its king Gustavus Adolphus , transforming Change what had been simply the Emperor 's attempt to curb Hindering the Protestant states into a full-scale war in Europe .

The Thirty Years ' War devastated Destroying entire regions , resulting in Causation high mortality , especially among the populations of the German and Italian states , the Crown of Bohemia , and the Southern Netherlands .

The large princely states , Hyderabad , Mysore , Travancore , and Kashmir , as well as the smaller ones of Rajputana , did not join Becoming_a_member the rebellion , serving Assistance the British , in the Governor-General Lord Canning 's words , as `` breakwaters in a storm . ''

The subsidiary alliances created Creating the princely states of the Hindu maharajas and the Muslim nawabs .

The study was based on a citizen survey Scrutiny across member states of the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ) and found Know South Africans expressing Expressing_publicly the harshest anti-immigrant sentiment , with 21 % of South Africans in favour of a complete Process_end ban on foreign entry and 64 % in favour of strict limitations on the numbers permitted .

france was also outraged Judgment_communication over the jay treaty and that the united states was actively trading Exchange with britain , with whom they were at war .

the attack Attack on pearl harbor was a surprise military strike Attack by the imperial japanese navy air service Supply upon the united Cause_to_amalgamate states ( a neutral country at the time ) against the naval base at pearl harbor in honolulu , hawaii on sunday morning , december 7 , 1941 .

a later investigation Criminal_investigation , the united states house select committee on assassinations ( hsca ) agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act with the warren commission that the injuries Bodily_harm that kennedy and connally sustained were caused Causation by oswald 's three rifle shots Use_firearm , but they also concluded Coming_to_believe that kennedy was `` probably assassinated Killing as a result of a conspiracy Committing_crime '' as analysis of a unk audio recording Recording pointed to the existence Presence of an additional gunshot Use_firearm and therefore `` ... a high probability that two gunmen fired Use_firearm at [ the ] president '' .

The state Statement of Kentucky is one of 11 states which seal court cases if the accused Judgment_communication is under 18 years of age .

The competitive Competition field includes individual and team competitors from colleges , high schools , and clubs from nearly all American states and various countries .

The Resolution was introduced by The Plurinational State of Bolivia and endorsed Ratification by over 50 member states .

As a product Manufacturing of the Cold War Hostile_encounter , the Soviet Union and the United States divided Korea into two sovereign states in 1948 with the border set Placing at the 38th parallel .

Both governments of the two new Korean states claimed Statement to be the sole legitimate Legality government of all of Korea , and neither accepted the border as permanent .

The Second Barbary War ( 1815 ) or the U.S.–Algerian war was fought Hostile_encounter between the United States and the North African Barbary Coast states of Tripoli , Tunis , and Ottoman Algeria .

After the end of the war , the United States and European nations stopped Process_end paying Commerce_pay tribute to the pirate states ; this marked Recording the beginning of the end of piracy in that region , which had been rampant in the days of Ottoman domination during the 16th–18th centuries .

during the first world war Hostile_encounter the neutral united states under president wilson pushed Motion for the major antagonists to respect the treaty , hoping that the good protection in the declaration Expressing_publicly for neutral vessels would be enforced Action .

South Africa 's application was opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the leaders of African states under black majority rule , as well as Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru , Malaya 's Tunku Abdul Rahman , and the other non-white Commonwealth countries as well as Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker due to South Africa 's policy of apartheid .

Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker proposed Creating that South Africa only be re-admitted Judgment_communication if it joined Becoming_a_member other states in condemning Judgment_communication apartheid in principle .

In 1814 , one of these raids burned Bodily_harm the capital , but the Americans later repulsed Defending British attempts to invade Attack New York and Maryland , ending invasions from Canada into the northern and mid-Atlantic states .

`` Operation White Sea '' ) The cause of the war was the infiltration Attack of Pakistani soldiers disguised Wearing as Kashmiri militants into positions on the Indian side of the LOC , which serves as the `` de facto '' border between the two states .

It is also one of the very few instances of direct , conventional warfare between nuclear states ( i.e. , those possessing nuclear weapons ) .

Felt over an area of , the earthquake Catastrophe reached Arriving the states of Indiana , Illinois , and possibly Ohio , though the latter reports have been questioned .

the disaster resulted in Change a 32-month hiatus in the shuttle program and the formation of the rogers commission , a special commission appointed Choosing by united states president ronald reagan to investigate Research the accident .

although it also posed Causation a threat to the east coast of the united states , felix curved Motion_directional northward and then east-northeastward while remaining Presence offshore , thereby avoiding Preventing_or_letting landfall .

Crown Prince Fusu and General Meng Tian were stationed Placing at a garrison in Suide and soon began Process_start with the construction of the walled defenses Defending , which would be connected Connect with the old walls from the Qin , Yan , and Zhao states .

Bruce argued Protest for Empire-wide economic trading arrangements Arranging that would see domestic demands Request filled Filling by production Creating from member states before seeking supplemental imports from other countries and empires .

though never engaged Participation in military action in the eastern front , the united states and the united kingdom both provided Supply substantial material aid Assistance in the form of the lend-lease to the soviet union .

the joint u.s. forces of some 1,100 u.s. personnel , included Cause_to_be_included airmen , sailors , soldiers , and marines , as well as aircraft from every arm of the united states armed forces .

however , the international court of justice dismissed Agree_or_refuse_to_act iran 's claim that the attack by united states navy was a breach of the 1955 treaty Statement of amity between the two countries as it only pertained to vessels , not platforms .

It affected Influence most rail lines west of Detroit and at its peak involved Cause_to_be_included some 250,000 workers in 27 states .

There was also flooding Catastrophe in several others states .

the united states army air forces attacked Attack by day , while raf bomber command operated Using by night .

In the United States , Hurricane Sandy affected Influence 24 states , including the entire eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine and west across the Appalachian Mountains to Michigan and Wisconsin , with particularly severe damage Damaging in New Jersey and New York .

Jerry and its remnants brought Bringing flash flooding Motion to portions of the Upland South , particularly in the states of Kentucky , Virginia , and West Virginia .

although most of its impact occurred Coming_to_be in mexico , tico 's remnants moved Motion into the united states , where they caused Causation heavy rains and flooding Motion .

bob brought Bringing moderate damage Damaging to portions of the united states gulf coast and areas farther inland in july 1979 .

widespread Dispersal offshore and coastal evacuations Escaping took place Process_start along the united states gulf coast in preparation for hurricane Catastrophe bob .

The American frontier comprises Cause_to_be_included the geography , history , folklore , and cultural expression of life in the forward wave of American expansion Expansion that began Process_start with English colonial settlements Statement in the early 17th century and ended Process_end with the admission Becoming_a_member of the last remaining western territories as states in 1959 .