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- Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, GCB, OM, GCMG, KCSI, CIE, PC, FRS ... Lord Cromer was one of the most experienced and famous colonial administrators ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- The Triple Entente ("entente"—French for "agreement ... Fear and suspicion drove the three nations to seek a viable partnership ...9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2020
- ), also called "Sher-e-Punjab" ("The Lion of the Punjab ... in Gujranwala in modern day Pakistan, into the Sansi-Sandhawalia family. ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 05:26, 5 November 2022
- The Treaty of Lausanne (July 24, 1923) was a peace treaty signed in ... The nation-state of Turkey, recognized by the Treaty, became the first ...15 KB (2,295 words) - 14:56, 2 May 2023
- The Durrani Empire (also referred to as the Afghan Empire) was a large ... The empire's legacy suggests that, faced with a history of strong ...17 KB (2,664 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- During the Viking period, between the eighth and eleventh centuries ... The only remaining vestige of this empire, and its only substantial ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. ... was from a middle class Anglican Church of Ireland family from Dublin ...8 KB (1,094 words) - 13:15, 6 March 2024
- PC (November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili ... He was born in Karachi, in British India (now Pakistan), to Aga Khan ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- (May 31, 1863 - July 31, 1942) was a British Army officer in India, explorer ... Francis Younghusband was born in 1863 at Murree, British India (now ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- (October 24, 1775 – November 7, 1862) was the last of the Moghul emperors ... as an Urdu poet. He is recognized as one of the greatest poets in this ...15 KB (2,445 words) - 05:45, 26 August 2023
- Urdu: الہ آباد Ilāhābād) is the English name of a city in ... quot; (in this context, from Din-i-Ilahi, the religion founded by Akbar ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:37, 17 May 2021
- David Ben-Gurion (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973) was the first ... changed. His compassion and respect for the rights of the Arab residents ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 22:27, 25 January 2024
- Bôngkim Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) ("Chattopadhyay" in ... only be achieved through an internal reform of Hinduism, and strove to lay ...11 KB (1,623 words) - 03:34, 17 September 2023
- Hyder Ali or Haidar 'Ali (c. 1722 - 1782), was the de facto ruler ... He was the great-grandson of an Islamic fakir from Gulbarga, Deccan ...12 KB (1,977 words) - 18:40, 31 July 2023
- The Young Turk Revolution of July 1908 reversed the suspension of ... The Revolution restored the parliament, which had been suspended by ...19 KB (2,797 words) - 14:10, 28 November 2022
- Warren Hastings (December 6, 1732 - August 22, 1818) was the first ... Hastings, unlike many of his successors, respected and admired Indian ...14 KB (2,155 words) - 22:56, 3 May 2023
- He received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1952 ... He received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1952 ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- ) is a city in Ajmer District in India's Rajasthan state. The ... Prithviraj Chauhan founded Ajmer (Ajaya-meru in Sanskrit) in the late ...14 KB (1,997 words) - 07:13, 16 June 2023
- for his light, elegant, and airy style and the list of his buildings includes ... Adam was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, the second son of William ...10 KB (1,385 words) - 03:09, 15 December 2022
- 13, 1907 – April 19, 1989) was a famous British novelist best known for ... Du Maurier was born in London (though spent most of her life in her ...9 KB (1,407 words) - 22:15, 25 January 2024
- According to Catholic tradition, Saint Linus (d. c. 67 - 80) was the ... The earliest sources do not agree with one another concerning Linus ...11 KB (1,675 words) - 04:02, 26 November 2022
- turning Lieutenant William Bligh and some of the officers and crew adrift ... Mutiny is the act of conspiring to disobey an order that a group of ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- | image =Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1960 (cropped ... | order =Prime Minister of Sri Lanka | term_start = | term_end = ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 09:08, 9 October 2022
- Roman Emperor from 238 to 244. Gordian was the son of Antonia Gordiana and ... Gordian III died before he could make much of a mark. For just over ...15 KB (2,360 words) - 02:07, 22 December 2022
- The Battle of Plassey (Pâlāshīr Juddha) was a battle that took ... The battle was between Siraj Ud Daulah, the last independent Nawab ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 10:19, 22 September 2023
- The Gallipoli peninsula ( Gelibolu Yarımadası , Καλλίπολις/Kalli ... ) is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with ...15 KB (2,333 words) - 07:43, 23 January 2023
- The Battle of Kandahar, September 1, 1880, represents the last major ... Great Britain had become a dominant colonial power during the eighteenth ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- The Gurkha War was fought between Nepal and the British East India ... The Gurkha rose in that aftermath, becoming a power in Nepal from ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 08:38, 8 January 2024
- The Aro Confederacy was a large slave trading network and league of ... This Confederacy owed its origin to the rise of the slave trade in ...15 KB (2,314 words) - 03:57, 15 August 2023
- [[Image:rosetta stone.jpg|thumb|right|The Rosetta Stone in the British ... The Rosetta Stone is an ancient stele inscribed with the same passage ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 19:17, 16 December 2022
- The term Oriental Orthodoxy refers to the communion of Eastern Christian ... The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is considered the spiritual ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 01:18, 18 November 2022
- The Fourteen Points were listed in a speech delivered by President ... The speech was delivered over 10 months before the Armistice with ...13 KB (1,920 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- PC (June 4, 1833–March 25, 1913) was a British army officer. He served ... The reality of colonialism was exploitative and—until the conquered ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- The Zulu Kingdom (Zulu: KwaZulu), sometimes referred to as the Zulu ... The legacy of the Zulus is one of pride in a highly organized people ...18 KB (2,661 words) - 06:15, 13 June 2023
- Nabonidus (Akkadian Nabû-nāʾid) was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian ... As king, Nabonidus was maligned by the priests of the chief Babylonian ...17 KB (2,715 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- France had colonial possessions, in various forms, from the beginning ... Currently, the remnants of this large empire are various islands and ...25 KB (3,770 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2022
- Cecil John Rhodes, PC, DCL (July 5, 1853 – March 26, 1902 was a ... Africa's natural resources, proceeds of which founded the Rhodes Scholarship ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 20:13, 4 January 2024
- 15, 1966) was a Nigerian politician, and was the first premier of the Northern ... Bello combined traditional leadership qualities with knowledge of ...11 KB (1,665 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- Imperialism is the forceful extension of a nation's authority ... Yet, an interesting aspect of imperialism is that empires, both ancient ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- William Wilberforce (August 1759 - July 1833) was born in the great ... his faith and attacked his reforms, instead of condemning them, he won them ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 15:18, 14 May 2023
- Vidal Sassoon, CBE (January 17, 1928 – May 9, 2012) was a British ... Sassoon was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire ...17 KB (2,513 words) - 21:48, 12 January 2024
- The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was a conference organized by the ... . Much of the work of the Conference involved deciding which of the ...26 KB (3,995 words) - 08:51, 18 November 2022
- The Cyrus Cylinder (c.539-530 B.C.E) is an ancient artifact consisting ... The Cyrus Cylinder is among the most significant ancient texts to ...15 KB (2,435 words) - 02:16, 6 July 2023
- The “Fulani Empire” is now known as the Sokoto Caliphate or “Sultanate ... Founded by Usman dan Fodio in 1804, it was one of the most powerful ...23 KB (3,525 words) - 07:17, 15 April 2024
- The Siege of Malakand took place between July 26–August 2, 1897 ... The British faced a force of Pashtun tribesmen whose tribal lands ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 15:02, 7 October 2022
- GCVO), Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), Distinguished ... was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). ...24 KB (3,728 words) - 18:26, 17 April 2023
- Abdülhamid II His Imperial Majesty, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ... or "The Great Assassin" [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract ...27 KB (4,219 words) - 04:44, 14 June 2023
- Most of Greece was part of the Ottoman Empire from the fourteenth ... Cyprus fell in 1571, and the Venetians retained Crete until 1670. ...23 KB (3,403 words) - 05:56, 18 November 2022
- Carib, Island Carib, or Kalinago people, after whom the Caribbean ... Like most of the indigenous peoples of the New World, the Carib suffered ...16 KB (2,321 words) - 19:15, 26 November 2023
- A codex (Latin for block of wood, book; plural codices) is a book ... scholars seemed to have used codices in order to distinguish their writings ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- ) and born as Ahmad Khān Abdālī, was the founder of the Durrani ... The Pashtuns of Afghanistan often call him Bābā ("father" ...21 KB (3,377 words) - 06:52, 16 June 2023
- The Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone FRGS (October 6, 1779 – November ... as well as Farsi, drew on a wide range of Indian sources. Aspects of ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:48, 10 November 2022
- often established in an underdeveloped part of a state’s territory, to detain ... In the penal colony system, prisoners were deported to distant areas ...21 KB (3,190 words) - 07:14, 23 November 2022
- The Seven Years War (1756-1763) involved all the major European powers ... theatres from 1756 to 1763, incorporating the Pomeranian War and the French ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published ... Under Budge's directorship, the British Museum came to hold arguably ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- The Mughal Empire, (Persian language: مغل بادشاۿ) was an ... Under Akbar the Great, the empire grew considerably, and continued ...31 KB (4,705 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- The San Juan Archipelago is a group of islands in the Pacific Northwest ... The islands were named by the Spanish Francisco Eliza who explored ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- الدین ایبک) was a Turkic ruler of medieval India, the first Sultan ... The Muslim presence in India would see Hindu-Muslim conflict, violence ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 16:04, 7 December 2022
- a marked mathematician and a loyal statesman of his native France. As did Marquis ... Bougainville saw human rights as the property of all. All people ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 02:50, 4 November 2022
- The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory, located ... The islands extend east-west for 60 miles and are located just west ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- 1883 – October 8, 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great ... The government he led put in place the post-war consensus, based upon ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was the North American chapter ... The victory would ultimately prove to be a Pyrrhic one for the British ...30 KB (4,525 words) - 10:57, 11 April 2024
- 1850 – June 5, 1916) was an Irish-born British Field Marshal, diplomat ... Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in Ireland, son ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 14:28, 9 February 2022
- May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was one of the founders of the State of Israel. Meir served as the Minister of Labor, Foreign Minister, and from March ...15 KB (2,415 words) - 06:44, 1 January 2024
- The Great Turkish War refers to a series of conflicts between the ... Some see the subsequent decline and fall of the Ottomans in terms ...18 KB (2,776 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- Mount Carmel is a coastal mountain range of modest height in northern ... In the Bible, a specific but unidentified "Mount Carmel" ...10 KB (1,644 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- Abraham Lincoln. He was a staunch supporter of the Union and of the emancipation ... Hay was born in 1838, in Salem, Indiana, of Scottish ancestry, raised ...10 KB (1,420 words) - 06:55, 8 April 2024
- The Suez Crisis (known as the Suez War or 1956 War, commonly known ... The Suez Canal had been important in Iran and the colonial penetration ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- The Fall of Rome or the Fall of the Roman Empire refers to the defeat ... Some European nations saw themselves as so indebted to the legacy ...28 KB (4,463 words) - 00:34, 25 March 2024
- Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080 – 1 May 1118) was the first wife and ... both religious and cultural improvements to the court and acted as vice-regent ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- a student leader. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature ... its final achievement. He is recognized as the leading architect of Burmese ...17 KB (2,666 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- #039;s first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War ... John Paul started his maritime career at the age of 12, sailing out ...18 KB (2,783 words) - 03:55, 2 May 2024
- The Danelaw, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle also known as the Danelagh ... held predominance over those of the Anglo-Saxons. Its origins lie ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- The United Nations Trusteeship Council, one of the principal organs ... Some had wanted to place oversight of progress towards independence ...21 KB (3,201 words) - 11:50, 3 May 2023
- Papyrus (The plural of papyrus is papyri) is an early form of thick ... The study of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, and ...12 KB (1,870 words) - 07:37, 18 November 2022
- The American Anti-Imperialist League was established in the United ... Was U.S. intervention in 1898 disinterested altruism in support of ...22 KB (3,341 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- (November 19, 1924 - November 21, 1969), was the thirty-sixth kabaka (king ... He was often referred to as King Freddie in the foreign press, a nickname ...15 KB (2,301 words) - 19:37, 10 November 2022
- (June 3, 1865 – January 20, 1936) was the first British monarch belonging ... From the age of 12, George served in the Royal Navy, but upon the ...39 KB (5,812 words) - 13:04, 14 November 2022
- from 98, until his death in 117. He was the second of the Five Good Emperors ... As a civilian administrator, Trajan maintained good relations with ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 00:38, 2 May 2023
- or institution; sometimes used as a loan of money. The term derives from ... and approved by an elected governing body. The principles of the charter ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 07:42, 13 January 2023
- Chief Dan George, (July 24, 1899–September 23, 1981) was a chief ... One of twelve children of the tribal chief, Dan George served as chief ...18 KB (2,892 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- Diaz) (c. 1450 – May 29, 1500), a Nobleman of the Royal Household, was a ... Dias died at sea in 1550, in a storm off the Cape. Just over a century ...10 KB (1,706 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, near Guindy. The mount is known locally as ... The Portuguese built the shrine of Mother Mary, a small relic-filled ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 16:21, 8 February 2023
- (August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892) was the most popular English poet ... his conservatism was evident in his choice of subject matter. Shying away ...9 KB (1,502 words) - 16:53, 20 July 2023
- as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army ... He physically fed, clothed, and nursed the sick. It is perhaps regrettable ...21 KB (3,345 words) - 19:07, 4 December 2023
- The Yoruba (Yorùbá in Yoruba orthography) are one of the largest ... While Yoruba can be found throughout the entirety of West Africa, ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- , Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēnsì, English: Temple of Thanksgiving ... were added. In addition, features making the temple convenient and safe ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI ... and splendor. He required obedience from the Indian but he also had a sense ...36 KB (5,555 words) - 08:08, 23 January 2023
- United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in ... Colloquially, the day is also now widely known as Presidents' ...19 KB (2,531 words) - 23:00, 3 May 2023
- The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed ... The results for Eastern Europe were disastrous as they were held hostage ...13 KB (2,093 words) - 10:05, 22 May 2023
- Minerva was the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and war. Her areas ... Her name is virtually identical to that Menrva, the Etruscan goddess ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European ... The war lasted over a decade, and was marked by the military leadership ...29 KB (4,611 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose ... The Fabian Society represented the more evolutionist element of socialism ...17 KB (2,508 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- was a Welsh privateer, who made a name in the Caribbean as a leader of buccaneers ... Henry Morgan was the eldest son of Robert Morgan, a squire of Llanrhymny ...11 KB (1,645 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- American Empire is a term relating to the political, economic, military ... The sources and proponents of this concept range from classical Marxist ...48 KB (7,076 words) - 03:33, 24 July 2023
- The Boer Wars were fought between British and Dutch settlers of the ... But a new imperial policy arose in England. It aimed to bring the ...38 KB (5,998 words) - 05:19, 17 November 2023
- 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the ... As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit ...35 KB (5,207 words) - 21:42, 8 February 2024
- She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993, in recognition ... T. S. Eliot Award, 1992; Dame, Order of the British Empire, 1993; David Cohen ...16 KB (2,563 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- In his acting, he gave a new life to some of the greatest classics in the ... He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE ...26 KB (4,059 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
