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  2. Star and crescent - Wikipedia

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    A plain red flag was introduced as the civil ensign for all Ottoman subjects. The white crescent with an eight-pointed star on a red field is depicted as the flag of a "Turkish Man of War" in Colton's Delineation of Flags of All Nations (1862). Steenbergen's Vlaggen van alle Natiën of the same year shows a six-pointed star.

  3. Gadsden flag - Wikipedia

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    Gadsden flag; Use: Banner: Proportion: Varies, generally 2:3: Adopted: December 20, 1775: Design: A yellow banner charged with a yellow spiraled timber rattlesnake facing toward the hoist sitting upon a patch of lush green grass, with thirteen rattles, representing the thirteen colonies, the words Dont Tread on Me positioned below the snake in black font

  4. Lydia - Wikipedia

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    Lydia (Ancient Greek: Λυδία, romanized: Lūdiā; Latin: Lȳdia) was an Iron Age kingdom situated in the west of Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sardis.

  5. Timeline of national flags - Wikipedia

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    Please help improve this articleif you can. (October 2021)(Learn how and when to remove this message) This article contains a list of the flags and/or modifications made on the flags of current sovereign nations. Sovereign states. [edit] Country. before 1700s. 1700s. 1710s.

  6. Lithuania - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 September 2024. Country in Europe For other uses, see Lithuania (disambiguation). "Litwa" redirects here. For other uses, see Litwa (disambiguation). Republic of Lithuania Lietuvos Respublika (Lithuanian) Flag Coat of arms Anthem: Tautiška giesmė "National Hymn" Location of Lithuania (dark green ...

  7. History of flags - Wikipedia

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    History of flags. A flag is a distinctive piece of fabric used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. While the origin of flags is unknown, flag-like symbols have been described as far back as 11th century BC China and have been used by other ancient civilisations such as Egypt and Rome. During the Medieval period, silk from China ...

  8. List of Arab flags - Wikipedia

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    Flags of Arab countries, territories, and organisations usually include the color green, which is a symbol of Islam as well as an emblem of purity, fertility and peace. Common colors in Arab flags are Pan-Arab colors (red, black, white and green); common symbols include stars , crescents and the Shahada .

  9. Los Angeles Times - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881. [3] Based in the Greater Los Angeles area city of El Segundo since 2018, [4] it is the fifth-largest newspaper in nation and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760 and 500,000 online subscribers. [5]