Search results for "History of Ireland" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Western clothing. That set the direction of his ministry, seeking to wear ... people with the life example and message of Jesus Christ. Reflecting on ...21 KB (3,248 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- often established in an underdeveloped part of a state’s territory, to detain ... where unpaid prisoners labored on behalf of their country’s colonial ...21 KB (3,190 words) - 07:14, 23 November 2022
- built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now modern-day England ... Begun in 122 C.E., it was the third of four such fortifications built ...23 KB (3,617 words) - 16:37, 21 January 2024
- 1888 – March 28, 1953) is considered one of the most versatile athletes ... Thorpe's violation of the amateur rules was a technicality that ...24 KB (3,676 words) - 21:00, 3 April 2024
- – September 11, 1971) assumed leadership of the Soviet Union during the ... Khrushchev is remembered for his rejection of the “personality cult” ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 20:28, 9 March 2022
- Barbershop music is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal ... produced by singing a particular combination of notes that are perfectly tuned ...25 KB (3,778 words) - 08:05, 20 September 2023
- It generally is classified as a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus ... The word "dog" also is used to refer to some other members ...38 KB (6,036 words) - 11:04, 2 August 2023
- Typhus the name of any one of several similar diseases caused by particular ... The four main types of typhus are epidemic typhus (caused by Rickettsia ...23 KB (3,359 words) - 11:25, 18 April 2023
- The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (C.E.) was a failed attempt by a group ... The Gunpowder Plot was one of a series of unsuccessful assassination ...20 KB (3,229 words) - 04:40, 7 December 2021
- or as sulfide and sulfate minerals. Many of the unpleasant odors of organic ... This element is essential for living organisms, particularly as part ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- Sir Philip Sidney (November 30, 1554 – October 17, 1586) was one ... Born at Penshurst, Kent, Sidney was the eldest son of Sir Henry Sidney ...20 KB (3,264 words) - 03:48, 24 November 2022
- at Harvard University, where he is Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute ... a more pluralistic approach to the question of the literary canon. There has ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
- and died around 850. He worked most of his life as a scholar in the ... His Algebra was the first book on the systematic solution of linear ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 17:58, 10 November 2022
- from 1926 until his death in 1977. One of the first multi-media stars ... Crosby's recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 17:48, 31 October 2023
- historian and writer] He was a champion of the nineteenth-century ideals ... His observations represented the excitement of sociological discovery, made ...22 KB (3,185 words) - 06:41, 20 July 2023
- 1883 – October 8, 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great ... policies, and that a greatly enlarged system of social services would be created ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two unarmed persons ... Physical techniques which embody the style of wrestling are clinching ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- fight against each other for the control of political power. Some civil ... and is determined by usage, the effect of a civil war upon the population ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Atroshan or Agiary, is the principle place of worship among Zoroastrians ... Fire and light are universal symbols of holiness and divinity. The ...25 KB (4,046 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area is a contiguous network ... importance as a UNESCO World Heritage Site of outstanding natural and cultural ...24 KB (3,392 words) - 04:34, 27 February 2023
