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- good, should be relocated in small groups of less than ten, in distances ... Colin Macmillan Turnbull was born to Scottish parents in Harrow, England ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- . A large part of the European drainage basin empties into the North ... Much of the sea's coastal features are the result of glacial ...64 KB (9,669 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 ... km (62 mi) from east to west. It is the size of Israel, about one-third the ...37 KB (5,617 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- Barbados, situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent ... #039;s interior. The organic composition of Barbados is thought to be of ...33 KB (4,815 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- “The Sea Around Us”, and “The Edge of the Sea” were immense successes ... our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe around us, the ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- .nsf/mf/3238.0.55.001 Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... 2.7% of Australia's population |popplace=New South Wales 2.9 ...50 KB (7,297 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- The Partition of Ireland took place on May 3, 1921 under the Government ... problems, leaving minorities on both sides of the border. If the world is ...32 KB (4,882 words) - 18:46, 23 March 2023
- The United States Bill of Rights consists of the first 10 amendments ... The Bill of Rights also restricts Congress' power by prohibiting ...36 KB (5,472 words) - 11:52, 3 May 2023
- as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes ... system which eventually made it the target of a zealous, impoverished French ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- or other substances. Jewelry is made out of almost every material known ... Whether used as currency, protection, or fashion, jewelry is one of ...33 KB (4,967 words) - 20:02, 13 September 2023
- often called "The Dean of Western Writers". Stegner ... As a historian, Stegner concerned himself with the issues of community ...23 KB (3,464 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- The River Gambia flows through the center of the country and empties into ... Like its neighbor, The Gambia relies heavily on the export of groundnuts ...24 KB (3,469 words) - 15:37, 30 April 2023
- Tasmania is an Australian island and a state of the same name. The ... Tasmania's history is one of grim and sometimes brutal relations ...42 KB (6,077 words) - 04:33, 27 February 2023
- urban renewal project, a transformation of a large former disused docks ... Cabrini-Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts.]] ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- Grenada is a group of three larger islands (Grenada, Carriacou, and ... 5 storm that damaged or destroyed 90 percent of the buildings on the island. ...26 KB (3,667 words) - 18:33, 31 January 2023
- died in Adyar, India where she was President of the Theosophical Society from ... satisfied if I could have touched the hem of [her] garment" ...34 KB (5,469 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature, human attributes while ... that they were handed down as an oral form of storytelling, sometimes recorded ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- a Jacobean playwright, and indisputably one of the most accomplished and influential ... particular, Fletcher is considered to be one of the most important authors ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 06:38, 8 April 2024
- As a philosopher, he was an early proponent of Empiricism. Locke also made ... him, John Locke is considered the first of the three major British Empiricists ...28 KB (4,356 words) - 16:04, 27 March 2024
- /ləˈkæreɪ/), was a British author of espionage novels. During the ... Following the success of this novel, he left MI6 to become a full ...30 KB (4,264 words) - 02:30, 9 February 2023
- actor, director, and producer. He is one of the most famous and revered ... than six decades and included a wide variety of roles, from Shakespeare's ...43 KB (6,624 words) - 17:52, 25 October 2022
- Jamaica is an island nation of the West Indies. The third largest ... island Xaymaca (Jamaica), meaning "Land of Wood and Water." Christopher ...31 KB (4,663 words) - 01:31, 8 February 2023
- The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea ... defined as Melanesia. With a land area of 452,860 square kilometers, ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- The Cambridge Platonists are a group of seventeenth century British ... scholars but often lacked the originality of thought of more illustrious ...25 KB (3,863 words) - 18:53, 25 November 2023
- British theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum mechanics ... Paul Dirac was born in Bristol, England and grew up in the Bishopston ...20 KB (2,926 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- Engineering is the discipline of applying technical and scientific ... engineer. Those licensed in specific areas of engineering may have formal ...41 KB (5,793 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of one or more gods. In a ... In Judaism, blasphemy is the uttering of God's name and/or speaking ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 14:33, 8 February 2022
- is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Located on the west ... years. However, it only became the capital of the nation after Sri Lanka ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- century in Europe, particularly as a result of the Industrial Revolution. ... have been successful in a number of fields, including retailing ...22 KB (3,153 words) - 02:54, 8 January 2024
- Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British ... The State Rooms form the nucleus of the working Palace and are currently ...28 KB (4,475 words) - 16:52, 22 November 2023
- objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public ... they are not bound by the competition of the business sector. In this ...18 KB (2,646 words) - 09:59, 11 March 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
- |affiliations = University Alliance Association of Commonwealth ... having an open entry policy. The majority of students are based in the UK ...25 KB (3,516 words) - 10:35, 11 March 2023
- 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
- William III of England (The Hague, November 14, 1650 – Kensington ... Born a member of the House of Orange-Nassau, William III won the English ...49 KB (7,679 words) - 11:02, 9 May 2023
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and ... Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947 ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader ... Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth ...49 KB (7,394 words) - 02:27, 2 May 2024
- thumb|right|Friedrich II. (the Great), King of Prussia, aged 68, by Anton Graf.]] Frederick II of Prussia, also known as Frederick the Great (January ...32 KB (4,879 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- The Bailiwick of Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency ... The defense of all these islands is the responsibility of the United ...44 KB (6,712 words) - 18:59, 16 October 2022
- The cross, found in many cultures and religions of the world, is an ... During the Roman Empire, the cross was an instrument of capital punishment ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- Ocean, located 300 miles from the coast of Argentina, 671 miles west ... are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, but have ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- for the 1920 armed robbery and murder of two payroll clerks. accusing the prosecution and presiding judge of improper conduct, and of allowing ...47 KB (7,315 words) - 18:33, 22 December 2022
- Founded by a group of separatists who later came to be known as the ... Plymouth Colony was founded by a group of people who later came to ...62 KB (9,521 words) - 01:56, 10 April 2023
- 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany, and involved ... by 30 percent on average; in the territory of Brandenburg, the losses had ...41 KB (6,305 words) - 18:37, 30 April 2023
- Kingston, the capital, the largest city, and chief port, of Jamaica ... rule, Kingston became the prosperous center of Jamaica's trade, and a ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
- The Book of Haggai is one of the Books of the Minor Prophets in the ... Like many other texts in the prophetic corpus, little is known of ...17 KB (2,714 words) - 00:10, 19 November 2023
- 1916 – July 17, 2005) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 ... he did as Prime Minister. He was a member of the Brandt Commission on International ...28 KB (4,351 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, Companion of Honour (CH), ... she shared Adolf Hitler's hatred of Jews and dislike of Catholics ...36 KB (5,899 words) - 01:16, 11 November 2022
- 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
- Copyright is the exclusive right given to the creator of a creative ... not just literary work, but also forms of creative work such as sound ...45 KB (6,771 words) - 03:01, 8 January 2024
- Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, with an area of 227 ... The 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- journalist who served as Moscow bureau chief of The New York Times for fourteen ... It is for his series of articles published in June 1931 covering Stalin ...38 KB (5,441 words) - 22:25, 3 May 2023
- Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard ... Harvard was established under church sponsorship, with the intention ...32 KB (4,558 words) - 16:50, 30 January 2022
- but a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts ... resolved to devote himself to the practice of law. He contributed to the ...24 KB (3,821 words) - 00:34, 5 December 2023
- ) is the capital, largest city, and the economic center of Qatar. ... Education has been a major focus of the Qatari government for many ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- The Religious Society of Friends, whose members are known as Quakers ... was founded in England in the seventeenth century as a Christian religious ...39 KB (6,129 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- Isles by force and created the Commonwealth of England.]] ... monarchy was replaced with the Commonwealth of England (1649–1653) and ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom ... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- The Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown dependency, located ... The head of state is King Charles III, who holds the title of Lord ...38 KB (5,944 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2024
- is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the constituent countries of ... The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until May 1, 1707 ...48 KB (6,984 words) - 17:25, 12 May 2024
- Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the seventh largest ... Located in the southeast of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast ...33 KB (4,767 words) - 18:11, 12 February 2024
- track and field athletics, is a collection of sports events that involve ... The Roman Games stressed the Greek sports of chariot racing and wrestling ...27 KB (4,185 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... in 1948. Although it enjoyed a stable period of democracy and economic progress ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. Tutu was elected ... At the invitation of South Africa's first post-apartheid president ...30 KB (4,335 words) - 09:58, 29 January 2024
- Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms"), is an English ... Magna Carta was originally created because of disagreements between ...62 KB (10,535 words) - 05:01, 5 November 2022
- A carburetor (North American spelling), or carburettor (Commonwealth ... Bánki in 1893. Frederick William Lanchester of Birmingham, England experimented ...26 KB (4,190 words) - 19:11, 26 November 2023
- Walnut is the common name for any of the large, deciduous trees comprising ... providing value for the ecosystem in terms of offering a habitat and nourishment ...19 KB (2,858 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- British Army officer and creator of special military units in World ... Perhaps the most important aspect of Wingate's legacy is that ...43 KB (6,762 words) - 01:10, 18 November 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
- Winnipeg is both the largest city and capital city of the province ... Prairies, on a flood plain at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers ...32 KB (4,701 words) - 23:10, 17 May 2023
- The Dresdner Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady") is a Lutheran ... Reconstruction commenced in January 1993, under the direction of church ...20 KB (2,966 words) - 06:08, 3 August 2023
- notable_ideas = Problem of causation, Induction, Is-ought problem | ... the third, the most radical and, in the eyes of many, the most important of ...48 KB (7,545 words) - 08:05, 28 January 2024
- Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, and its ... center. It plays host to a year round slate of world-class festivals, earning ...47 KB (6,763 words) - 18:13, 12 February 2024
- the most well-known North American Native of his generation, meeting and ... spent attempting to rectify the injustice of the Iroquois lands being handed ...30 KB (4,676 words) - 07:18, 10 August 2022
- twenty to thirty Scouts under guidance of a Scout leader, and subdivided ... fitness through a structured program of outdoor activities. The Scout ...39 KB (5,942 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... newly independent nation cherished as a sign of membership in the community ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... comprising four constituent countries—England, Scotland, Wales and Northern ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- 1689), which corresponds to the last years of the direct Stuart reign in ... despair among Puritans, or the literature of rapid communication and trade ...54 KB (8,435 words) - 08:15, 4 August 2022
- derived liquid mixture consisting mostly of aliphatic hydrocarbons, enhanced ... Except for Canada, most current or former Commonwealth countries use ...47 KB (6,891 words) - 04:38, 18 April 2024
- Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana on the mainland ... Founded by the British in 1781 and named for King George III of the ...22 KB (3,061 words) - 20:14, 13 December 2023
- Conservative politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 ... Chamberlain is perhaps the most ill-regarded British prime minister ...55 KB (8,451 words) - 16:28, 11 November 2022
- right|Police officers from Thames Valley Police, England.]] ... those empowered to use force and other forms of coercion and legal means to ...30 KB (4,393 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- writer, academic, journalist, and scholar of early modern English literature ... and opposition. She is also the author of many other books including ...21 KB (3,238 words) - 07:38, 24 January 2023
- The Republic of Ireland, often referred to as simply Ireland, is a ... More than 40 million Americans, and millions of others around the ...93 KB (13,994 words) - 13:49, 15 April 2024
- 2, 1882) was an Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. He personally ... Nationalism was on the rise in Europe. Towards the end of Garibaldi ...22 KB (3,486 words) - 16:50, 15 December 2022
- Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument that uses a reed, in addition ... Perhaps because of the ancient nature of their sound, the bagpipes ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- Prize. He was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963 ... and political cooperation among the nations of the world so that all benefit ...24 KB (3,567 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- The date commonly given for the start of the war is September 1, 1939 ... The Allies were initially made up of Poland, the British Empire, France ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- for educational reform, and President of the Board of Trade. He later ... Several monuments honor his legacy in the City of Birmingham. Throughout ...63 KB (9,535 words) - 21:17, 6 May 2024
- "Respected Leader"), was one of the most prominent and highly ... at war with Britain have been the cause of arguments among historians ...36 KB (5,476 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- the United States. In 2007, the population of the city proper was estimated ... and the social and geographical center of the original 13 American colonies. ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- in Northern Europe. Considered an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, it is connected ... Similar to the Black Sea, the Baltic is one of the most brackish bodies ...25 KB (3,903 words) - 03:20, 17 September 2023
- genre and heavily feature technology. Many of his future history novels have ... comments challenging the scientific basis of theories such as global warming ...24 KB (3,558 words) - 10:38, 10 March 2023
- Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1896 - November 25, 1997) was the leader of ... state, and a special assembly stripped him of his title. Banda ran for president ...24 KB (3,748 words) - 08:44, 20 January 2024
- 1919 – March 1921) was an armed conflict of Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine ... By 1919, the Polish forces had taken control of much of Western Ukraine ...77 KB (11,326 words) - 23:09, 8 October 2023
- Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the ... Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied ...85 KB (12,450 words) - 21:54, 26 January 2022
- :This article covers the political aspects of the American Revolution ... The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half ...47 KB (6,905 words) - 06:45, 25 July 2023
- The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila ... plant that grew on the marshy shores of the bay. In the sixteenth century ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
- Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelago ... to rule, dominating politics by its control of every aspect of the society ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- 28, 1968) was a German chemist and a pioneer of radioactivity and radiochemistry ... 1879, in Frankfurt am Main, the youngest son of the glazier and entrepreneur ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
