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- Collingwood is best known for his The Idea of History, a work collated soon ... Collingwood published several editions of The Archaeology of Roman Britain ...17 KB (2,548 words) - 02:20, 16 December 2022
- on a person. It can be used as a means of intimidation, as a deterrent ... Torture is almost universally considered to be a violation of human ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 04:41, 1 May 2023
- Democracy is the name given to a number of forms of government and ... Democracy is also a peaceful way for a group of any size to settle ...74 KB (11,141 words) - 21:10, 25 May 2024
- Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) (February ... Contrary to the popular conception of an either-or dichotomy between ...23 KB (3,500 words) - 21:28, 15 August 2022
- from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party ... Although a staunch Protestant and member of the Orange Order, Trimble was ...17 KB (2,585 words) - 08:32, 28 January 2024
- small eyes, no external ear, and absence of hind limbs (although there ... Manatees, which sometimes are known as sea cows, are part of the order ...22 KB (3,302 words) - 11:01, 9 March 2023
- The Occupation of the Channel Islands refers to the military occupation ... The islands were too small to serve as a launching pad for an invasion ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending ... the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America ...54 KB (7,539 words) - 19:09, 25 November 2023
- diplomat and the second secretary-seneral of the United Nations. He served ... his own nation but he was a representative of the international community ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 07:44, 12 January 2024
- revivalist," was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening ... Finnney ignited a wave of spiritual transformation among a sector ...24 KB (3,726 words) - 19:08, 4 December 2023
- Originally coined to criticize the actions of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy ... During this time many thousands of Americans were accused of being ...62 KB (9,130 words) - 09:28, 10 March 2023
- that name. In reality, the movement consists of several distinct organizations ... itself contributed towards the development of human consciousness of a world ...66 KB (10,055 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company ... Carnegie's writings provide insight into his philosophy of successful ...35 KB (5,539 words) - 20:11, 26 July 2023
- payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a ... The primary functions which distinguish money are as a medium of exchange ...51 KB (7,687 words) - 16:23, 18 June 2023
- politician and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party, he was ... scholar, and while working in the Department of Labor under President Lyndon ...25 KB (3,714 words) - 22:06, 25 January 2024
- | order=General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party ... | order2 = Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 22:47, 18 October 2021
- terraces, had been carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by ... The rice culture of the Ifugao people requires tremendous skill and ...12 KB (1,820 words) - 03:26, 17 September 2023
- Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, the country's second ... area extends well beyond the boundaries of a single local authority. Greater ...30 KB (4,384 words) - 20:30, 18 January 2024
- eras. Ruskin is also known for his advocacy of "Christian socialism. ... Ruskin was born in London, and raised in south London, the son of ...29 KB (4,497 words) - 03:58, 3 May 2024
- An Indian reservation in the United States is an area of land managed ... President Andrew Jackson after the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 ...36 KB (5,257 words) - 22:03, 4 February 2023
