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___MASK77___ , officially known as the State of ___MASK77___ , is a country in the ___MASK64___ , on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean ___MASK31___ and the northern shore of the Red ___MASK31___ . It has land borders with ___MASK66___ to the north , Syria to the northeast , Jordan on the east , the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west , respectively , and Egypt to the southwest . The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area . ___MASK77___ ' s financial and technology center is Tel Aviv , while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem , although the state ' s sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized . Mount Oread is a hill in ___MASK53___ , Kansas upon which the University of Kansas is located . It sits on the water divide between the Kansas and Wakarusa rivers . It was named after the Oread Institute in ___MASK70___ , Massachusetts . The hill was originally called Hogback Ridge by many ___MASK53___ residents until the Oread name was adopted in 1866 . The University of ___MASK25___ , often referred to as KU or ___MASK25___ , is a public research university in the U . S . state of ___MASK25___ . The main campus in ___MASK53___ , one of the largest college towns in ___MASK25___ , is on Mount Oread , the highest elevation in ___MASK53___ . Two branch campuses are in the ___MASK56___ metropolitan area : the Edwards Campus in Overland Park , and the university ' s medical school and hospital in ___MASK56___ . There are also educational and research sites in Parsons , Topeka , Garden City , Hays , and Leavenworth , and branches of the medical school in Wichita and Salina . The university is one of the 62 members of the Association of American Universities . ___MASK45___ ( formerly romanised as Peking ) is the capital of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK33___ and the world ' s third most populous city proper . It is also one of the world ' s most populous capital cities . The city , located in northern ___MASK33___ , is governed as a direct - controlled municipality under the national government with 16 urban , suburban , and rural districts . ___MASK45___ Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighbouring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast ; together the three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national capital region of ___MASK33___ . ___MASK43___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK43___ , is a sovereign state in Northern Europe . A peninsula with the ___MASK6___ to the south and the ___MASK32___ to the west , the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest , Norway to the north , and Russia to the east . Estonia is south of the country across the ___MASK6___ . ___MASK43___ is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia , which also includes Scandinavia . ___MASK43___ ' s population is 5 . 5 million ( 2014 ), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades . The majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region . In terms of area , it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union . ___MASK97___ ( or ; Indonesian : ), officially the Republic of ___MASK97___ , is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast ___MASK74___ with some territories in Oceania . Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans , it is the world ' s largest island country , with more than seventeen thousand islands . At , ___MASK97___ is the world ' s 14th - largest country in terms of land area and world ' s 7th - largest country in terms of combined sea and land area . It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world ' s fourth most populous country , the most populous Austronesian nation , as well as the most populous Muslim - majority country . The world ' s most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country ' s population . ___MASK58___ is the capital and largest city of Finland . It is in the region of Uusimaa , in southern Finland , on the shore of the Gulf of Finland . ___MASK58___ has a population of , an urban population of 1 , 214 , 210 , and a metropolitan population of over 1 . 4 million , making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland . ___MASK58___ is located some north of Tallinn , Estonia , east of Stockholm , Sweden , and west of Saint Petersburg , Russia . ___MASK58___ has close historical connections with these three cities . The Soviet ___MASK95___ , officially the ___MASK95___ of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR " ) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991 . A ___MASK95___ of multiple subnational republics , its government and economy were highly centralized . The Soviet ___MASK95___ was a one - party federation , governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital . Charles Monroe `` Charlie '' Hoag ( July 19 , 1931 -- March 8 , 2012 ) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics . Hoag was also an important player on the University of ___MASK25___ 1952 National Championship basketball team . He starred on the KU football team and baseball team while at KU as well . He was drafted in the 1953 NFL Draft in the 26th round by the Cleveland Browns as the 311th overall pick , but he did not play professional sports because of a career ending serious knee injury he suffered in the 1953 KU versus KSU football game . He was part of the U . S . men ' s national basketball team , which won the gold medal . He played seven matches . The ___MASK25___ Jayhawks , commonly referred to as KU , are the teams of the athletic department at the University of ___MASK25___ . KU is one of three schools in the state of ___MASK25___ that participate in NCAA Division I . The Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference . University of ___MASK25___ athletic teams have won eleven NCAA Division I championships : three in men ' s basketball , one in men ' s cross country , three in men ' s indoor track and field , three in men ' s outdoor track and field , and one in women ' s outdoor track and field . ___MASK60___ ( or ), officially the Kingdom of ___MASK60___ , formerly known as Siam , is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast ___MASK74___ . With a total area of approximately , ___MASK60___ is the world ' s 51st - largest country . It is the 20th - most - populous country in the world , with around 66 million people . The capital and largest city is Bangkok . The 1940 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad , were originally scheduled to be held from 21 September to 6 October 1940 , in ___MASK27___ , Japan . They were rescheduled for ___MASK58___ , Finland , to be held from July 20 to August 4 , 1940 , but were ultimately cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II . The 1952 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad , were an international multi - sport event held in ___MASK58___ , Finland , in 1952 . ___MASK58___ had been earlier selected to host the 1940 Summer Olympics , which were cancelled due to World War II . It is the northernmost city at which a summer Olympic Games have been held . It was also the Olympic Games at which the most number of world records were broken until surpassed by the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . The Soviet Union , the People ' s Republic of China , Indonesia , Israel , Thailand , and Saarland made their Olympic debuts in ___MASK58___ 1952 . The ___MASK56___ metropolitan area is a 15 - county metropolitan area anchored by ___MASK56___ , Missouri , that straddles the border between the U . S . states of Missouri and Kansas . With a population of about 2 , 340 , 000 , it ranks as the second largest metropolitan area with its core in Missouri ( after Greater St . Louis ). Alongside ___MASK56___ , the area includes a number of other cities and suburbs , the largest being Overland Park , Kansas ; ___MASK56___ , Kansas ; Olathe , Kansas , and Independence , Missouri ; all over 100 , 000 in population . The Mid - America Regional Council ( MARC ) serves as the Council of Governments and the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the area . The Association of American Universities ( AAU ) is an international organization of leading research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education . It consists of 60 universities in the United States ( both public and private ) and two universities in ___MASK20___ . James Naismith ( November 6 , 1861  November 28 , 1939 ) was a Canadian - American physical educator , physician , chaplain , sports coach and innovator . He invented the game of basketball at age 30 in 1891 . He wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University of ___MASK25___ basketball program . Naismith lived to see basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in ___MASK72___ , as well as the birth of the National Invitation Tournament ( 1938 ) and the NCAA Tournament ( 1939 ). Basketball is a sport that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court . The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and mounted at a height of to backboards at each end of the court . The game was invented in 1891 by Dr . James Naismith , who would be the first basketball coach of the ___MASK25___ Jayhawks , one of the ___MASK17___ successful programs in the game ' s history . ___MASK25___ is a U . S . state located in the Midwestern United States . Its capital is ___MASK14___ and its largest city is Wichita . ___MASK25___ is named after the Kansa Native American tribe , which inhabited the area . The tribe ' s name ( natively "") is often said to mean " people of the wind " or " people of the south wind ", although this was probably not the term ' s original meaning . For thousands of years , what is now ___MASK25___ was ___MASK91___ to numerous and diverse Native American tribes . Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys . Tribes in the western part of the state were semi - nomadic and hunted large herds of bison . The 2008 Summer Olympic Games , officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and commonly known as ___MASK45___ 2008 , was a major international multi - sport event that took place in ___MASK45___ , ___MASK33___ , from 8 to 24 August 2008 . A total of 10 , 942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) competed in 28 sports and 302 events ( a total of one event more than the schedule of the 2004 Games ). ___MASK33___ became the 22nd nation to host the Olympic Games and the 18th to hold a Summer Olympic Games . It was the third time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in East Asia and Asia , after Tokyo , Japan , in 1964 and ___MASK38___ , South Korea , in 1988 . World War II ( often abbreviated to WWII or WW2 ), also known as the Second World War , was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 , although related conflicts began earlier . It involved the vast majority of the world ' s nations  including all of the great powers  eventually forming two opposing military alliances : the Allies and the Axis . It was the ___MASK17___ widespread war in history , and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries . In a state of " total war ", the major participants threw their entire economic , industrial , and scientific capabilities behind the war effort , erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources . Marked by mass deaths of civilians , including the Holocaust ( in which approximately 11 million people were killed ) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres ( in which approximately one million were killed , and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ___MASK12___ ), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities . These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history .