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  1. Guyana | Language, People, & Oil Discovery | Britannica

    Dec 12, 2025 · Guyana is a country located in the northeastern corner of South America. Indigenous peoples inhabited it prior to European settlement. Their name for the land was …

  2. Guyana - Colonialism, Independence, Culture | Britannica

    Dec 12, 2025 · Guyana - Colonialism, Independence, Culture: The first human inhabitants of Guyana probably entered the highlands during the 1st millennium bce. Among the earliest …

  3. Guyana - Indigenous, Afro-Guyanese, Indo-Guyanese | Britannica

    Dec 12, 2025 · Guyana - Indigenous, Afro-Guyanese, Indo-Guyanese: The Indo-Guyanese (Guyanese of South Asian descent) form the largest ethnic group in the country, representing …

  4. Guyana Facts | Britannica

    Dec 6, 2025 · Guyana is a country located in the northeastern corner of South America. Indigenous peoples inhabited it prior to European settlement. Their name for the land was …

  5. Guyana summary | Britannica

    Guyana , officially Co-operative Republic of Guyana formerly (until 1966) British Guiana , Country, northeastern South America.

  6. Ninth Amendment | Definition, Text, & Interpretation | Britannica

    Dec 19, 2025 · Ninth Amendment, amendment (1791) to the Constitution of the United States, stating that the people retain rights absent specific enumeration. The text of the amendment is: …

  7. French Guiana | History, Geography, & Facts | Britannica

    Geographical and historical treatment of French Guiana, overseas territorial collectivity of France, situated on the northeastern coast of South America. French Guiana is bounded by Brazil to …

  8. Jonestown | History, Facts, Jim Jones, & Survivors | Britannica

    Nov 11, 2025 · Jonestown, location of the mass murder-suicide of the California-based Peoples Temple cult at the behest of their charismatic but paranoid leader, Jim Jones, in Jonestown …

  9. Compromise of 1850 | Summary, Map, Facts, & Significance

    Nov 27, 2025 · Compromise of 1850, in U.S. history, a series of measures proposed by the ‘great compromiser,’ Sen. Henry Clay of Kentucky, and passed by Congress in an effort to settle …

  10. App, History, Videos, Ban, China, & Controversies - Britannica

    6 days ago · TikTok is a social media platform designed for creating, editing, and sharing short videos between 15 seconds and three minutes in length. By the early 2020s more than one …