Search results for "Bridge of No Return" - New World Encyclopedia
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- - 1898), also known as John Manjiro, was one of the first Japanese people to ... Gold Rush, Manjiro risked execution to return to Japan, by Japanese law ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- French Guiana is an overseas department of France, located on the ... Its population of 202,000, most of whom live along the coast, is very ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 10:54, 11 April 2024
- The reality of colonialism was exploitative and—until the conquered ... Wolseley was the eldest son of Major Garnet Joseph Wolseley of "the ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements ... weeks before the expedition which warned of an impending British search ...65 KB (10,526 words) - 02:50, 26 September 2023
- The Delaware Crossing was declared to be the moment of George Washington’s ... military odds and the certain destruction of the American colonies' ...16 KB (2,582 words) - 23:10, 3 May 2023
- The Defenestrations of Prague refers to either of two incidents with ... 1618, although the term "Defenestration of Prague" is more commonly ...17 KB (2,723 words) - 09:09, 28 January 2024
- The Toungoo Dynasty (1486-1752) was one of the most powerful post ... another century and a half, until the death of Mahadammayaza in 1752, but ...18 KB (2,701 words) - 04:45, 1 May 2023
- ) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city ... Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands ... people. They have been at the forefront of the cultural clash that came ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 04:40, 1 May 2023
- for Literature. She is considered to be one of the most prominent writers ... taught English literature at the University of Nanking. In 1926, she left ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- It includes the floodway, which consists of the stream channel and adjacent ... Floodplains constitute a valuable part of the environment. They filter ...10 KB (1,461 words) - 19:34, 9 November 2023
- In his acting, he gave a new life to some of the greatest classics in the ... English gentlemen, a true knight of the stage. On the other hand ...26 KB (4,059 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
- and churches claimed to possess fragments of the True Cross to legitimize ... For over a millennium, these supposed fragments of the True Cross ...22 KB (3,738 words) - 18:26, 2 May 2023
- Japanese folklore is heavily influenced by the two primary religions ... by foreign literature. Some stories of ancient India were influential ...36 KB (6,032 words) - 22:05, 24 November 2022
- Prague (Czech: Praha), is the capital and largest city of the Czech ... Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe ...35 KB (5,518 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- whose works, drawn from his wide range of experiences in World War I ... Hemingway's clipped prose style and unflinching treatment of ...19 KB (2,931 words) - 19:32, 13 February 2024
- he held sway are immortalized in, The Book of One Thousand and One Nights ... Hārūn was the son of al-Mahdi, the third 'Abbasid caliph (ruled ...14 KB (2,457 words) - 16:44, 30 January 2022
- Falcon, The Asphalt Jungle, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo ... and generally being "an eccentric rebel of epic proportions," as ...23 KB (3,526 words) - 06:02, 3 August 2022
- علی, Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī) was the Sharif of Mecca, and Emir of Mecca from ... In 1924, he further proclaimed himself Caliph of all Muslims. He ruled ...11 KB (1,749 words) - 21:19, 9 February 2024
- The piano encompasses one of the broadest and most diverse ranges ... The word piano is a short form of the word "pianoforte," ...35 KB (5,515 words) - 05:12, 24 November 2022
