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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky Illinois on the 12th of February 1809. He was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until he was assassinated in 1865. He was shot dead by John Wilkes Booth in Ford’s Theatre Washington D.C. He died the next morning. He was the president of the United States during the American Civil War. He died on the 15th of April 1865. The death of Abraham Lincoln was the first assassination of a U.S president. Lincoln has been remembered as one of the greatest U.S presidents of all time. Lincoln’s wife Mary’s parents didn’t want her to marry him because he had a poor backround.

Asia

Asia is the world’s largest continent, it covers one third of the earth. It has the world’s largest population. Almost two-thirds of the population of the world live in Asia. The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest and is found in Asia. To the East of Asia lies the Pacific Ocean. The population of Asia is 3,999,000,000. There are forty-eight different countries in Asia. Asia takes up almost 30% of the world’s land area.

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