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- The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed ... These wars were between supporters of the king's right to absolute ...48 KB (7,492 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- literature. He was responsible for two of the most popular works of American ... Stevenson was the man who "seemed to pick the right word up on ...22 KB (3,551 words) - 01:41, 16 December 2022
- A troubadour was a composer and performer of songs during the Middle ... The texts of troubadour songs deal mainly with themes of chivalry ...21 KB (3,432 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- 1885) was a Canadian politician, founder of the province of Manitoba, and ... westward migration was no panacea for the troubles of the Métis and the ...46 KB (7,007 words) - 04:09, 4 November 2022
- a United States Army cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the ... his remarkable life and military career. The celebrated calvary man has ...23 KB (3,575 words) - 07:01, 18 April 2024
- |caption=Seal of the Penobscot Indian Nation of Maine |poptime=3-4,000 ... The Penobscot (Panawahpskek) are a sovereign people indigenous to ...23 KB (3,545 words) - 07:18, 23 November 2022
- philosopher, who served for many years in the British House of Commons as ... Burke was taken up by the literary and artistic circles of London ...23 KB (3,559 words) - 18:14, 12 February 2024
- and registered trademark) of Chrysler. It is the oldest Sports utility vehicle ... It was use by the United States military during World War I that brought ...24 KB (3,439 words) - 04:31, 31 July 2022
- often fearsome temperament, which earned him the nickname "The Angry Man ... Mingus was born in Nogales, Arizona, but was raised largely in the ...23 KB (3,414 words) - 22:22, 4 December 2023
- based comedy duo who became famous during the early half of the twentieth ... The two comedians worked together briefly in 1919, on The Lucky Dog ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 17:50, 25 October 2022
- and novelist. His artistry is grounded in the relationship between the sensual ... Award in 2010. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame ...66 KB (10,062 words) - 21:06, 11 January 2024
- poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature ... |title=Expressing Humanity During 'The Troubles:' The Poetry of Seamus ...80 KB (11,371 words) - 23:33, 1 August 2023
- Ginsberg is best known for Howl (1956), an epic poem about the self ... New Jersey. Both of his parents belonged to the 1920s New York literary counterculture ...22 KB (3,314 words) - 18:29, 21 July 2023
- Christian philosopher and theologian in the Methodist tradition. In 1876 ... Bowne identified the essence of a human being with the "person ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 19:41, 20 November 2023
- Ferenc (Francis) II Rákóczi (March 27, 1676 - April 8, 1735) was ... an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece ...24 KB (3,987 words) - 06:28, 24 May 2021
- "southern belles." She was the first non-American to win ... In her 30-year career she made only 20 films, most of them in the ...25 KB (3,932 words) - 17:29, 16 August 2023
- of France. British explorer James Cook named the territory’s main island ... an independent state of “Kanaky.” The troubles culminated in 1988 with ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- a Hindu goddess, Tārā was absorbed into the Buddhist pantheon during the ... as a Buddha of compassion and action. She is the female aspect of Avalokitesvara ...26 KB (4,258 words) - 04:30, 27 February 2023
- A Copt refers to a native Egyptian Christian. The word "Coptic ... In modern usage, it is frequently applied to members of the Coptic ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 03:00, 8 January 2024
- quot;), also referred to as King David, was the second and most famous king ... The successor to King Saul, who was the first official king of the ...25 KB (4,033 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- writing a wide variety of plays, including The Crucible, A View from the ... Miller was often in the public eye, most famously for refusing to ...28 KB (4,477 words) - 11:12, 16 August 2023
- caused the Irish economy to stagnate. The Troubles in Northern Ireland discouraged ... ===The Troubles=== The Troubles is a term used to describe the latest ...93 KB (13,999 words) - 16:07, 16 May 2024
- is best remembered today. Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock high above ... more prolific, releasing 12 feature films in the 1920s while Chaplin released ...26 KB (3,880 words) - 09:20, 19 January 2024
- —"the pharmacist"), was a Persian and Muslim poet, Sufi ... His most famous work, The Conference of the Birds, rejoices in the ...25 KB (4,069 words) - 00:42, 25 March 2024
- The Order of Cistercians (OCist; Cistercienses ), sometimes called ... of the Jansenist controversy. After all the troubles of the 19th century there ...26 KB (4,063 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
- poem, written in Old English, and easily the most important work of literature ... Although neglected for centuries, Beowulf, with the aid of a number ...26 KB (4,193 words) - 10:54, 28 September 2023
- Date palm or date is the common name for a palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera ... While the term "date palm" by itself typically is associated ...25 KB (3,862 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- :"Fall of Communism" redirects here. For the fall of the ... The Revolutions of 1989 refers to the collapse of Communism in Eastern ...27 KB (4,082 words) - 20:00, 8 December 2022
- humorist, essayist, novelist, and lecturer. The pseudonym "Mark Twain ... Twain was a colorful figure who arrived on the literary scene during ...25 KB (3,843 words) - 02:57, 23 December 2022
- as President of Basketball Operations for the Indiana Pacers in the National ... Drafted into the NBA by the Boston Celtics with the sixth overall ...29 KB (4,389 words) - 22:36, 22 October 2022
- The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical ... The invisible, vibratory world of instrumental music can be said to ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 17:43, 20 December 2022
- The Texas Ranger Division, commonly called the Texas Rangers, is a ... The Rangers have taken part in many of the most important events of ...49 KB (7,650 words) - 15:02, 30 April 2023
- The Acts of Thomas is is one of the New Testament apocrypha, describing ... The work provides dramatic narratives of Thomas' miraculous evangelistic ...27 KB (4,575 words) - 05:44, 15 June 2023
- – September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 ... Marcos initially had laudable intentions: to improve the economy, ...51 KB (7,579 words) - 17:20, 26 March 2024
- known for his home-bred screen persona. Over the course of his career, he starred ... He first pursued a career as an architect before being drawn to the ...25 KB (3,865 words) - 16:36, 30 January 2023
- ) is a Middle Eastern dance which features movements of the hips and ... and practiced in many schools around the globe. Its popularity is not ...27 KB (4,010 words) - 16:20, 24 April 2024
- John Knox (1514?–1572) was a Scottish religious reformer who took ... (cf. his treatise, A Brief Narrative of the Troubles which Arose at Frankfurt ...27 KB (4,483 words) - 14:37, 18 August 2023
- George Fox (July 1624 – January 13, 1691), founder of the Religious ... Fox's teachings opposed the the rationalism common in religion ...28 KB (4,636 words) - 15:53, 20 May 2024
- ), considered as the greatest king of the Chola Empire by many, ruled ... The troubles seem to have started with Satayasrya and Rashtrakuta ...31 KB (4,346 words) - 00:09, 8 December 2022
- #039;s rights activist. In 1910, she was the first woman appointed to the ... #039;s role in winning legal recognition of the "person-hood" of ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:23, 21 January 2023
- was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns ... Marlborough's influence at court reached its zenith with the ...54 KB (8,414 words) - 17:21, 16 December 2022
- The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca) was a rebellion ... The rising was an attempt by militant Irish republicans to win independence ...29 KB (4,554 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2020
- genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the ... and Aram Khachaturian, Prokofiev was one of the innovators and leading composers ...32 KB (4,755 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- The Faeroe Islands (or Faroe Islands, sometimes simply called Faroes ... The Faroes have close traditional ties to Iceland, Shetland, Orkney ...28 KB (4,130 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- Martin Luther and subsequent failure to stem the Protestant Reformation, which ... The remark "It has served us well, this myth of Christ" ...28 KB (4,490 words) - 20:07, 25 October 2022
- means to effect public and social order. The term is most commonly associated ... After the troubles of the French Revolution, the Paris police force ...30 KB (4,393 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- PC (March 27, 1912 – March 26, 2005), was the fourth British Labour Prime ... His time as Prime Minister was dominated by the troubles in running ...29 KB (4,489 words) - 01:32, 8 February 2023
- ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, which it is also ... Located on the Tigris River, the city dates back to at least the eighth ...29 KB (4,200 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- Conflict occurs on a many levels—within the individual when a person confronts ... While differences are natural, the ways to resolve them can be violent ...32 KB (4,807 words) - 18:58, 15 May 2020
- |mascot = Marty the Martlet |website= [http://www.mcgill ... Northern Ireland political parties, ending The Troubles. ...36 KB (4,859 words) - 09:30, 10 March 2023
- a time when other modernists were describing the dread, alienation, and absurdity ... bead game. Residents of Castalia ignore the troubles and sufferings of the ...29 KB (4,532 words) - 10:19, 22 January 2024
- and was once its state religion. It involves the worship of kami, which can ... (a form of drawing lots), visitation to the shrine celebrating the New ...32 KB (5,118 words) - 14:16, 27 January 2023
- City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section ... the New York City government and the troubles spread to the city’s ...33 KB (4,775 words) - 09:32, 11 March 2023
- Majesty Haile Selassie I, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Kings ... Ethiopia was different from that within. To the outside world, he was heir ...31 KB (5,022 words) - 16:46, 21 January 2024
- The Great Lakes of the Laurentian Shield are a group of five large ... The five Great Lakes of North America are: *Lake Superior (the largest ...32 KB (4,828 words) - 02:10, 21 January 2023
- , romanized: Moskva, IPA:) is the capital of Russia and the country ... its performing arts. It is well-known for the elegant onion domes of Saint ...63 KB (8,988 words) - 16:33, 10 November 2022
- Dream of the Red Chamber (Traditional Chinese: 紅樓夢; Simplified ... The novel is a detailed, episodic record of the lives of the members ...35 KB (5,738 words) - 17:35, 30 January 2024
- The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the New Testament. It is commonly ... Acts tells the story of the Early Christian church, with particular ...37 KB (5,957 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential ... Marino Crescent—then as now called "The Crescent"—in Clontarf, ...32 KB (4,917 words) - 22:51, 20 November 2023
- Guyana, officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is the only ... Guyana is the third smallest country on the mainland of South America ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- Charles II (May 29, 1630 – February 6, 1685) was the King of England ... The exact date that Charles became king is vague due to the uncertain ...35 KB (5,347 words) - 02:10, 13 January 2023
- short-story writer who is considered one of the foremost figures in world ... and theology, but he was less concerned with the social and psychological anomie ...30 KB (4,821 words) - 06:22, 6 May 2024
- Greater Syria: Intellectuals and Ideology in the Late Ottoman Period (London ... und der französischen Revolution," in The Middle East and Europe: Encounters ...35 KB (4,995 words) - 17:16, 29 November 2023
- The City of Halifax is the largest city in Atlantic Canada and the ... the town. While Halifax was remote from the troubles in the rest of the American ...34 KB (5,199 words) - 16:57, 21 January 2024
- ) was a hero of the Trojan War, the central character and greatest ... correctly determined the source of the troubles, but would not speak unless ...34 KB (5,355 words) - 15:14, 24 December 2023
- , called Ælfgifu, was daughter of Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy ... (1002-1016); and then to Canute the Great of Denmark (1017-1035). ...42 KB (6,697 words) - 18:48, 31 December 2021
- steps move up or down on tracks that keep the surfaces of the individual ... In both cases, riders can walk or stand. The walkways are often supplied ...37 KB (6,013 words) - 21:28, 20 March 2024
- in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was one of the most prominent of Founders ... to present the case for the colonies as the troubles escalated toward the crisis ...36 KB (5,370 words) - 09:50, 28 September 2023
- The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga or the ... policy that has rewarded veterans of the Bush War with farms previously ...37 KB (5,599 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- Aaron Burr, Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was the ... As a legislator, Burr was a formative member of the Democratic-Republican ...38 KB (5,858 words) - 07:13, 13 June 2023
- as "Kan-Yu" which means 'The Law of Heaven and Earth.’ ... Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 2023
- servant, most famous as a child star in the 1930s. Temple began her film ... a diplomat with an appointment to represent the United States at a session ...38 KB (5,692 words) - 14:21, 27 January 2023
- in part due to his 1842 collection The Poets and Poetry of America ... at a higher salary than Poe's. Later, the two competed for the attention ...41 KB (6,146 words) - 17:44, 22 December 2022
- definitions include a priori immunity for the "legitimate" government ... A second campaign became know as "the Troubles" between 1972 and ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- Edward III (November 13, 1312 – June 21, 1377) was one of the most ... in his own lifetime, and even the troubles of his later reign were ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- January 15, 1918 – September 28, 1970) was the president of Egypt from 1956 ... Nasser is seen as one of the most important political figures in recent ...39 KB (5,970 words) - 04:07, 18 April 2024
- was a founding member and one-time leader of the Communist Party of Italy, ... Pareto, Georges Sorel, and Benedetto Croce. The notebooks cover a wide range ...43 KB (6,140 words) - 05:41, 11 August 2023
- The Himalayas (also Himalaya, IPA: [hɪ'mɑlijə], [ˌhɪmə& ... ) are a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent ...37 KB (5,509 words) - 23:27, 18 December 2020
- This article is an overview of the history of Korea, up to the division ... The Korean peninsula has been inhabited since Lower Paleolithic times ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment ... Christian thought, he is often called the "Father of Modern Theology ...45 KB (6,434 words) - 06:42, 15 April 2024
- He often drew upon his own life experiences and addressed the nature ... The novel The Man in the High Castle bridged the genres of alternate ...41 KB (6,282 words) - 03:22, 24 November 2022
- professor and theologian, a key leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and ... Although he was pitted against the Swiss reformers at the Marburg ...46 KB (7,311 words) - 03:55, 24 November 2022
- The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical ... The Old Testament consists of many distinct books by various authors ...62 KB (8,829 words) - 16:26, 30 January 2024
- The Rwandan Genocide was the systematic murder of Rwanda's Tutsi ... With the genocide, and the resurgence in the civil war, Rwanda's ...45 KB (6,822 words) - 18:26, 22 December 2022
- Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( ... 039;s Day. During the conflict known as the Troubles (late 1960s–late 1990s ...52 KB (7,483 words) - 20:49, 17 April 2023
- The Russian Federation (Росси́йская Федера́ция ... The largest country in the world by land area, Russia has the world ...137 KB (20,217 words) - 18:16, 22 December 2022
- whose wilderness exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United ... continue unchecked until pioneers reached the Pacific, and newly settled ...44 KB (6,905 words) - 18:14, 24 January 2024
- Reconstruction is the name of the historical period following the ... Their moderate programs were opposed by the Radical Republicans, a political ...46 KB (6,871 words) - 19:08, 16 April 2023
- The Haymarket affair (also known as the Haymarket riot or Haymarket ... In the internationally publicized legal proceedings that followed ...46 KB (6,999 words) - 15:07, 25 January 2023
- The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal ... Each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives represents ...50 KB (7,439 words) - 11:53, 3 May 2023
- 9, 1749 - April 2, 1791) was a leader of the early stages of the French ... A successful orator, he was the leader of the moderate position among ...44 KB (6,937 words) - 18:06, 5 December 2022
- Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the 31st ... Hoover took office in 1929, amid high hopes for the country and his ...41 KB (6,027 words) - 14:27, 9 February 2022
- until her death. Sometimes referred to as The Virgin Queen (since she never ... Elizabeth's reign is referred to as the Elizabethan era or the ...47 KB (7,593 words) - 16:23, 13 February 2024
- Altman has frequently been a favorite with most of the best critics ... have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film ...44 KB (6,977 words) - 03:11, 15 December 2022
- Nobel laureate, and has been called the father of the Green Revolution ... During the mid-twentieth century, Borlaug led the introduction of ...46 KB (6,869 words) - 10:00, 11 March 2023
- was baptized as Władysław, married the young Queen Jadwiga of Poland ... .Endre Bojtár, Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of the Baltic ...51 KB (7,629 words) - 23:06, 1 April 2023
- into terrain which is better suited to the former or take advantage of ... While some efforts on the part of guerrilla forces can be understood ...49 KB (7,286 words) - 23:47, 6 March 2023
- ), also known as Sergius Witte, was a Russian statesman who served ... Witte served under the last two emperors of Russia, Alexander III ...50 KB (7,301 words) - 10:01, 26 January 2023
- (March 11, 1916 – May 24, 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians ... government witnessed the outbreak of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. In ...47 KB (7,170 words) - 20:22, 29 January 2022
- consumer electronics and software products. The company's best-known ... statistics/ An Apple a Day Keeps the Troubles Away – Mind-Blowing ...56 KB (7,806 words) - 15:54, 11 August 2023
