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- This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, according ... * Sovereign states (country names in bold), consisting of: ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 04:26, 29 October 2022
- The Star of David is a widely recognized symbol of Judaism, named ... by the Nazis to stigmatize Jews), the Star of David continues to be a heroic ...12 KB (2,021 words) - 19:53, 9 February 2023
- |flag_p2 = Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg |s1 = Italian East Africa |flag_s1 = Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg |s2 = People's Democratic ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 04:35, 22 March 2024
- A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, that ... The history of the flag dates back to at least Roman times. The study ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint Peter. He was renowned ... It is also held that Andrew founded the See of Byzantium in 38 C.E ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- She was a notable first female in a variety of additional positions, including ... Sauvé's main objective was to see to the fulfillment of national ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European ... and was marked by the military leadership of notable generals such as the ...29 KB (4,611 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- 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
- Eastern Africa is a region of sub–Saharan Africa containing the ... *East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; * Horn of Africa ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 17:39, 12 February 2024
- until 393 C.E.. The Greek games were one of the splendors of the ancient ... (IOC) was founded in 1894, and the first of the IOC's Olympic Games ...28 KB (4,253 words) - 00:34, 18 November 2022
- In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object that has been ... Satellites are useful for a number of purposes. They are used for ...35 KB (4,993 words) - 00:11, 8 January 2024
- San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino Repubblica di San Marino , also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, is a country ...26 KB (3,871 words) - 01:19, 21 April 2023
- ) is a region in west-central Italy on the shores of the Ligurian ... and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- by the men's national soccer teams of the member nations of Fédération ... the World Cup Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 national ...41 KB (6,235 words) - 19:26, 13 March 2024
- Seoul, the capital of South Korea, sits on the Han River (Korea) in ... *[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] Rome, Italy (2000) *[[Image:Flag ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- |flag_s7 = Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg |image_flag = Flag ... The union of Austria and Hungary, also known as the Dual (that of ...36 KB (5,334 words) - 18:41, 22 August 2023
- decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States ... It ranks fifth in the precedence of military awards behind the Medal ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- | residence = [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|]] Italy (1901–1938) ... | citizenship = [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|]] Italian (1901–1938) ...25 KB (3,781 words) - 18:56, 13 February 2024
- The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ... to Europe. Though Napoleon brought most of Western Europe under his rule ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- Paul Klee (December 18, 1879 - June 29, 1940) was a Swiss painter ... violin, and at age eight, he was given a box of chalk from his grandmother ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- during the period following the signing of the Eulsa Treaty, when Korea ... in Haeju, Hwanghae Province (now part of North Korea). Born during the ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... For much of its existence, Sicily has stood at a crossroads of international ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. Seven areas ... The geological process and study of the movement, collision and division ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, was born out of a union of four villages ... crime-free environment, and for being one of the cleanest cities of Africa ...18 KB (2,473 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2023
- [[Image:Pirate_Flag_of_Rack_Rackham.svg|thumb|250px|right|The flag ... at sea, or outside the normal jurisdiction of any state, by an agent without ...24 KB (3,715 words) - 06:18, 24 November 2022
- ) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ... Rome's history spans more than 2,500 years. It is renowned as ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- Republic and Slovakia. During the 74 years of its existence, it saw several ... In November 1989, Czechoslovakia joined the wave of anti-Communist ...21 KB (2,978 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- 6, 2007) was an Italian tenor and one of the most popular contemporary ... Pavarotti was one of those unique artistic personalities (much like ...22 KB (3,379 words) - 10:36, 9 March 2023
- South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... South America has a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890 ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, refers to events of the Carnival celebration ... is French for "Fat Tuesday," reflecting the practice of ...24 KB (3,459 words) - 03:52, 6 November 2022
- With the support of: [[Image:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg ... defeated the Republicans, or Loyalists, of the Second Spanish Republic ...34 KB (5,051 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- The Battle of the Alamo was a nineteenth century battle between the ... for rights under the Mexican Constitution of 1824. By the time of the battle ...19 KB (3,079 words) - 23:51, 30 October 2023
- American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to ... to have been the author of the phrase "Information Superhighway ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- The Council of Europe is the oldest international organization working ... The most famous bodies of the Council of Europe are the European Court ...42 KB (6,144 words) - 08:27, 10 January 2024
- ) is the capital city of the Province of Milano and of Lombardy region ... The city was important for the history of Christianity as the site of ...27 KB (3,967 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- major Axis powers, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and the Japanese empire ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- and after the Anglo-Zulu War, not least of all for initially defeating ... The legacy of the Zulus is one of pride in a highly organized people ...18 KB (2,661 words) - 06:15, 13 June 2023
- all are independent. Arabs form the majority of the populations of Algeria ... designation birthed during the days of the British Empire, and encompasses ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- American mainland in 1497. Cabot's use of Celtic legend confirms that ... Newfoundland, which Cabot claimed on behalf of Henry VII of England. This ...9 KB (1,380 words) - 04:35, 3 August 2022
- who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the ... times. He was instrumental in the abolition of slavery in France. After he ...30 KB (4,259 words) - 22:02, 30 April 2023
- movement that unified different states of the Italian peninsula into ... Ideas of the new kingdom as the modern-day successor of the Roman ...54 KB (8,375 words) - 06:28, 11 March 2024
- ) is the capital and largest city of the Tunisian Republic. It is ... by the Romans. It became the capital city of the Arab Aghlabid dynasty and ...17 KB (2,367 words) - 12:23, 18 April 2023
- Lake Ladoga, located in the northwestern part of Russia, is the largest ... In total, Lake Ladoga covers an area of 6,700 fresh water square miles ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- September 10, 1382, Nagyszombat/Trnava) was King of Hungary, King ... He shared the privations and hardships of camp life with his soldiers ...19 KB (2,831 words) - 02:53, 4 November 2022
- States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government ... and were completed under the supervision of Edward Clark. ...23 KB (3,473 words) - 01:21, 3 May 2023
- Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kaptan ... A series of smaller victories followed over French and Spanish adversaries ...38 KB (6,070 words) - 17:40, 30 January 2022
- Division (UNSD), includes the countries of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary ... Using this definition, the nations of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- , established in 1945, is an agency of the United Nations. Its purpose ... and offices throughout the world. Most of the field offices are "cluster ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 01:23, 3 May 2023
- June 3, 1963), was elected as the 261st pope of the Roman Catholic Church and ... throughout the world, despite the objections of small groups of traditionalists ...21 KB (3,310 words) - 08:07, 3 August 2022
- The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region ... Arizona is a crossroad of culture and heritage intertwining many different ...21 KB (2,995 words) - 02:46, 15 August 2023
- Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... One of the founders of Rhode Island was Roger Williams. In 1636, Williams ...30 KB (4,360 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- [[Image:Ouroboros_1.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Engraving of Ouroboros ... as benevolent and spiritual, representative of primal forces of nature and ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- The papacy is the office of the pope (from Latin: "papa" ... The importance of the Roman bishop is largely derived from his role ...30 KB (4,688 words) - 06:38, 18 November 2022
- |image_flag = Flag of Italy.svg |image_coat = Italy ... Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic, is a Southern European ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- official use) was an important ruling house of Europe and is most well known ... Vienna, the elegant, artistic, and intellectually creative capital ...24 KB (3,568 words) - 13:21, 24 January 2023
- to promote the health and well being of children. UNICEF was awarded ... Former United States Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman took control ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 11:42, 3 May 2023
- Image:Rumania.gif|25px]] Romania[[Image:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg ... Constantinescu[[Image:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg ...43 KB (6,775 words) - 01:36, 26 September 2023
- April 23, 303 C.E.), also known as George of Lydda, is one of the most venerated ... In Christian hagiography, Saint George is the patron saint of Aragon ...36 KB (5,477 words) - 19:38, 22 December 2022
- accepted to refer to the northernmost region of the African continent, stretching ... * The inclusion of Western Sahara in the U.N. list is highly controversial ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 06:36, 16 November 2022
- /kɛlt/ now refers primarily to a member of any of a number of peoples ... Although today restricted to the Atlantic coast of Western Europe ...49 KB (7,613 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign ... behind Vatican City. It has a population of 32,410 in a total land area ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 23:17, 28 March 2024
- the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken ... Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the tenth ...41 KB (5,525 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- Sudetenland Crisis among the major powers of Europe after a conference held ... The Sudetenland was an area of Czechoslovakia where ethnic Germans ...18 KB (2,719 words) - 18:57, 10 November 2022
- de la Légion d'honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour) is a ... The royal orders of the Kings were all abolished after the French ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
- that name. In reality, the movement consists of several distinct organizations ... itself contributed towards the development of human consciousness of a world ...66 KB (10,055 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... which followed, aristocrats constructed many of the famous private gardens ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme south of Croatia, positioned at the ... It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
- to mathematics and physics. One of the world's greatest mathematicians ... Lagrange was of French and Italian descent, and was baptized Giuseppe ...29 KB (4,634 words) - 07:15, 10 August 2022
- The League of Nations was an international organization founded as ... After a number of notable successes and some early failures in the ...54 KB (8,084 words) - 06:07, 6 March 2023
- million square feet (310,000 square meters) of built-up space, serving as ... understood that the traditional course of developing heavy industries ...28 KB (3,882 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- 1996) was a Greek poet, considered as one of the most important representatives ... Modernism encouraged the re-examination of every aspect of existence ...12 KB (1,487 words) - 23:55, 17 November 2022
- in Iran, was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from ... September 22, 1980, following a long history of border disputes. The conflict ...36 KB (5,506 words) - 17:42, 29 January 2024
- The Republic of Costa Rica ("Rich Coast") is a country in ... Costa Rica is also at the forefront of conservation and environmental ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- , or Tunisia, with a population of over 10 million, is a predominately ... Forty per cent of the country is comprised of the Sahara Desert, with ...35 KB (5,063 words) - 15:12, 2 August 2023
- June 10, 1940), West Indian spokesman of black nationalism and economic ... By enlarging upon the philosophy of Booker T. Washington, Garvey became ...30 KB (4,654 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- sense, it is a three-dimensional example of the more general structure ... interior volume is considered to be part of the polyhedron, sometimes only ...42 KB (6,082 words) - 00:20, 12 April 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
- comprising the western and central thirds of the Czech Republic. It has ... whose helm it also became an autonomous part of the Holy Roman Empire after ...30 KB (4,624 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- Hermitage") is considered to be one of the most remarkable art treasures ... above Bulguksa, the grotto overlooks the Sea of Japan (East Sea) and rests ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- Carpets are made of natural and synthetic fibers, such as wool, nylon ... == Types of carpets == [[Image:Swatches of berber carpet.jpg|thumb ...28 KB (4,327 words) - 00:39, 29 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
- Bamako, a city of nearly 1.7 million people, is the capital and largest ... the area that is now Bamako has been part of the great west African empires ...22 KB (3,196 words) - 17:23, 10 February 2023
- the Swedish Parliament in 1634) was founder of the Swedish Empire (or Stormaktstiden ... own time, widely regarded as the archetype of what a king should be and one ...20 KB (3,242 words) - 02:41, 27 July 2023
- The Korean War is the name given to a civil war between the nations ... Finally, after massive swings in favor of both the North and the South ...51 KB (7,713 words) - 04:35, 4 March 2023
- city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States ... It lies along the Pacific Ocean at San Diego Bay just north of the ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...50 KB (7,230 words) - 10:05, 11 March 2023
- The French invasion of Russia (also known as the Russian Campaign ... ) which refers to Hitler's, rather than Napoleon's, invasion ...45 KB (6,717 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- The Árpáds or Arpads was the ruling dynasty of the federation of ... Seven members of the dynasty were canonized or beatified by the Roman ...26 KB (3,604 words) - 06:17, 13 June 2023
- Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a coastal Alpine ... Slovenia has been part of the Roman Empire, the Duchy of Karantania ...45 KB (6,521 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- during the American Civil War on the grounds of the antebellum plantation of ... . Veterans and military casualties from each of the nation's ...24 KB (3,687 words) - 03:05, 15 August 2023
- and writer and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival ... The child of a wealthy and patriotic family, Rakovski attended monastery ...16 KB (2,460 words) - 20:16, 13 December 2023
- phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky ... A rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colors. Traditionally, however ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:20, 16 April 2023
- :This article refers to the government of Paris in 1871, for the one ... in tenor, depending on the ideology of the commenter. In a formal sense ...40 KB (6,079 words) - 07:58, 18 November 2022
- ) was established immediately following the abdication of Nicholas ... For most of the life of the Provisional Government, the status of ...44 KB (5,965 words) - 22:22, 29 May 2022
- a World War I hero. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading an attack ... York kept a diary of his years just before the war and all during ...23 KB (3,581 words) - 02:36, 24 July 2023
- was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan ... in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was ...68 KB (9,889 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- Madeira is an archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean, and is one ... is considered to be the first discovery of the exploratory period initiated ...32 KB (4,286 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it has ...35 KB (5,045 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ... Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World ...38 KB (5,417 words) - 23:52, 28 April 2023
- ) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until ... They are divided in two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–97 ...65 KB (9,639 words) - 10:56, 11 April 2024
- January 28, 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defense Forces ... Mannerheim is given much of the credit for successfully steering the ...26 KB (4,032 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
- an agreement officially entitled the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany ... In addition to stipulations of non-aggression, the treaty included ...51 KB (7,700 words) - 13:06, 10 March 2023
- whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, ... In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and ...17 KB (2,523 words) - 19:41, 7 February 2023
- Harare (formerly Salisbury) is the capital of Zimbabwe. It lies in ... all African nations and very high incidences of HIV/AIDS infection. Zimbabwe ...23 KB (3,136 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- environments that shares characteristics of both environments and where ... The great variety of wetland types and the difficulty in defining ...25 KB (3,675 words) - 18:28, 17 April 2023
- The Siege of Malta (also known as the Great Siege of Malta) took place ... in isolation. Rather, it was the climax of an escalating contest between ...33 KB (5,132 words) - 14:36, 27 January 2023
- Anarcho-syndicalism is a branch of anarchism which focuses on the ... Anarcho-syndicalism remains a popular and active school of Anarchism ...27 KB (3,759 words) - 19:00, 26 July 2023
- rule. It started on August 1, 1944, as part of a nationwide uprising, Operation ... failed to make further headway in the course of the Uprising, leading to accusations ...33 KB (5,102 words) - 22:58, 3 May 2023
- The Young Turk Revolution of July 1908 reversed the suspension of ... by the Sultan in 1878. However, the process of replacing existing institutions ...19 KB (2,797 words) - 14:10, 28 November 2022
- The State of Florida is located in the southeastern region of the ... in population was caused by a large influx of people moving from other parts ...40 KB (5,623 words) - 17:42, 28 March 2024
- and settling overseas colonies. From the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Sweden ... As a modern day supporter of the peace keeping activities of the United ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- The Prague Slavic Congress of 1848 was a major event in the Europe ... peoples, which had to do with what area of the Empire they were under ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United ... Colorado is one of only four states in the United States to share ...37 KB (5,383 words) - 22:39, 7 January 2024
- The Ottoman Empire represents one of the largest imperial projects ... history will view the decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire in terms ...38 KB (5,718 words) - 05:55, 18 November 2022
- Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is regarded ... position. Ljubljana lies at the crossroads of Germanic, Latin, and Slavic ...26 KB (3,718 words) - 07:46, 9 March 2023
- Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is located on ... an ideology that advocates the unification of all ethnic Somalis under one ...54 KB (7,776 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- centuries, in particular his book The Making of the English Working Class ... Thompson's writing helped expose the role of class, elitism, ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- 1878 until 1918, Montenegro was later a part of various incarnations of Yugoslavia ... Based on the results of a referendum, Montenegro declared independence ...62 KB (8,958 words) - 22:21, 14 March 2024
- Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ... commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major turning ...46 KB (7,157 words) - 15:39, 29 September 2023
- UNSC) was created after World War II as part of the United Nations. It was ... in the Korean War. During a Soviet boycott of the meetings over the inclusion ...68 KB (9,754 words) - 11:45, 3 May 2023
- Coast (in English, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire), is a ... Once one of the most prosperous of the tropical West African states ...28 KB (4,077 words) - 07:33, 12 January 2024
- The Battle of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord was the Allied ... the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Substantial Free French ...68 KB (10,141 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of ... waged war but favored peace. The making of war and peace was discussed ...33 KB (4,840 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- ) is a large seaport city on the northern coast of Colombia. Founded ... eighteenth century as the de facto capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- 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
- : singular see below: Origin of the name ) is both the largest and ... metropolis with an urban population of 3.3 million and a metropolitan ...45 KB (6,393 words) - 18:55, 19 August 2023
- In 27 months of combat action in World War II, Murphy became the most ... To Hell and Back (1955), based on his memoir of the same name (1949), and starred ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 18:26, 21 August 2023
- rights activist who served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. After ... including issues surrounding command of the military. However, Poland ...29 KB (4,198 words) - 18:50, 25 October 2022
- Wallis and Futuna, is a group of three volcanic tropical islands—Wallis ... The Wallis Archipelago is the most populated of the island group and ...20 KB (2,970 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as ... enthusiastic: Some powers linked the demise of the Ottomans with the fate ...61 KB (9,207 words) - 16:50, 18 February 2023
- New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern ... In one of the earliest English settlements in the New World, English ...32 KB (4,620 words) - 09:13, 11 March 2023
- #039;a dinastia) was the ruling family of Georgia. Their ascendancy lasted ... This period of time, particularly the reigns of David IV (1089-1125 ...21 KB (3,136 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations ... United Nations in order to liberate the nation of Kuwait. ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- reflecting the contemporary pronunciation of Japanese) ... was a Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyo of ...57 KB (8,893 words) - 08:38, 20 January 2024
- Bedřich Smetana (March 2, 1824 - 12 May 12, 1884) is considered one ... founded several music schools in promotion of Czech music and fostered a ...28 KB (4,344 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- Eritrea, officially State of Eritrea, is a country situated in northern ... Remains of one of the oldest known hominids, dated to over one million ...41 KB (6,034 words) - 19:30, 13 February 2024
- Riga the capital city of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast ... The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ...31 KB (4,622 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- The Scramble for Africa (or the Race for Africa) was the proliferation ... The latter half of the nineteenth century saw the transition from ...50 KB (7,409 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7, 1571 when a galley ... fought solely between rowing vessels was one of history's most decisive ...28 KB (4,326 words) - 10:04, 22 September 2023
- The Order of the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Roman ... and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and ...33 KB (5,125 words) - 23:21, 3 March 2023
- It occupies a continental surface area of 1,078,000 square miles (2 ... silver, and was based upon the legend of Sierra del Plata—a mountain ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- and the United States, that is composed of multiple far-left, autonomous ... Antifaschistische Aktion inspired a variety of different movements, groups ...100 KB (13,503 words) - 18:35, 7 July 2020
- ; Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is one of four municipalities of ... The urban area of Tianjin is located along the Haihe River, and is ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- German physicist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics ... He was the son of Dr. August Heisenberg, professor of Byzantine studies ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 17:14, 4 May 2023
- Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia and the African Union ... mountain setting is recognized as one of the world¹s most problematic ...20 KB (2,986 words) - 05:49, 15 June 2023
- right|250px|Kazakh nomads in the steppes of the Russian Empire, ca. 1910]] Nomadic people, also known as nomads, are communities of people that ...40 KB (5,990 words) - 02:37, 16 November 2022
- and European history. The last capital of Prussia was Berlin. Prussia ... the new polity. Had Austria done so, instead of being excluded, history may ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... " (Mark 12:17) fostered the development of separate rival Church and State ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- best known for her sympathetic coverage of Russia and the Bolsheviks during ... also about Turkey, Hungary, Greece, Italy, and other countries in Europe ...42 KB (6,349 words) - 09:05, 9 March 2023
- The Battle of the Somme, fought in the summer and autumn of 1916, ... United Kingdom was exposed to the horrors of modern war with the release ...54 KB (8,491 words) - 02:44, 26 September 2023
- Cholera is transmitted and spread to humans through consumption of ... cholerae most often occurs due to a lack of proper sanitation (clean water ...32 KB (4,728 words) - 17:16, 10 December 2023
- The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, translit ... The Dome of the Rock has a striking presence in the holy city of Jerusalem ...22 KB (3,569 words) - 16:41, 29 January 2024
- The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or Uruguay, is a country located ... shaped country between the two major powers of Brazil and Argentina has long ...30 KB (4,199 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- Hawaii and Australia. With the exception of tiny Vatican City, Tuvalu has ... Tuvalu consists of four reef islands and five true atolls. Its small ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- 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
- Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies ... One of Europe's oldest cities, with a history of 7000 years, ...32 KB (4,559 words) - 20:15, 20 January 2022
- 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
- Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan's Imperial Japanese ... The attack was one of the most important engagements of World War ...60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
- ) was a member of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary political movement ... at the Dominican rue Saint-Honoré Monastery of the Jacobins. The Dominicans ...49 KB (6,809 words) - 17:38, 1 July 2022
- 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
- The Battle of the Bulge, officially called the Battle of the Ardennes ... silence. Even Ultra (the allies reading of secret German radio messages ...55 KB (8,725 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- 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
- ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost ... Over the course of its existence, Lisbon has both flourished and suffered ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a representative democratic ... Ecuador is a multicultural, multiethnic nation–state with one of ...30 KB (4,366 words) - 18:03, 12 February 2024
- Breton) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds ... Cape Breton Island is part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada ...26 KB (3,747 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- The Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, or simply ... many times. During more than 40 years of communist totalitarian rule ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- |combatant1 = Nazi Germany Germany[[Image:Flag of Italy (1861-1946 ... The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita, Unternehmen Marita ...73 KB (10,868 words) - 05:44, 22 September 2023
- Maize, also known as corn and Indian corn, is any of the diverse cultured ... American continents. It spread to the rest of the world after European contact ...30 KB (4,684 words) - 10:55, 9 March 2023
- regime from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest ... Heidelberg University in 1921, on the basis of a doctoral thesis on eighteenth ...35 KB (5,510 words) - 00:39, 11 August 2022
- Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern ... [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]] Turin, Italy January 2007 ...24 KB (3,404 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal ... Berlin was successively the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701 ...35 KB (5,027 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- ) was the codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet ... The operational goal of Barbarossa was the rapid conquest of the European ...62 KB (9,424 words) - 00:50, 18 November 2022
- Avignon is a commune in southern France with a population of 89,300 ... under Charles Martell. After a long period of semi-autonomy in the empire ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 07:17, 23 August 2023
- 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) - 23:12, 30 July 2023
- The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville or the ... has supplanted forestry as the mainstay of the economy, which has been ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
- or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... The ancient Balts of this time actively participated in the trading ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- "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
- 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
- America. Located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario, Toronto is the ... Toronto is heralded as one of the most multicultural cities in the ...43 KB (6,252 words) - 23:37, 15 January 2024
- Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (Persian language: محمدرضا ... It was lack of his regime's religious legitimacy in the eyes ...53 KB (8,258 words) - 19:29, 9 November 2022
- is the literal translation of empire)—refers to Germany in the years ... The policies pursued by Nazi Germany, based on the concept of Lebensraum ...65 KB (9,573 words) - 18:36, 30 April 2023
- The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, commonly referred ... depth and has been subjected to a number of external influences and migrations ...34 KB (4,913 words) - 21:02, 20 July 2023
- The Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova) is a landlocked country ... Historically part of the Principality of Moldavia, it was annexed ...57 KB (8,247 words) - 19:49, 9 November 2022
- Dynasty, was the last dynasty in the history of the Burmese monarchy. Alaungpaya ... Manipur, Arakan, Assam, the Mon kingdom of Pegu, and the Siamese kingdom ...38 KB (5,866 words) - 22:29, 15 September 2023
- Alexandria, with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest ... Ancient Alexandria was a thriving Greco-Roman city, one of the most ...24 KB (3,570 words) - 06:37, 20 July 2023
- The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual ... A number of non-harp-like instruments are colloquially referred to ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- the Middle East, located at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. ... country was considered the banking capital of the Arab world and was widely ...55 KB (7,922 words) - 06:11, 6 March 2023
- was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces ... Defeat at the Battle of Hakodate broke this last holdout and left ...49 KB (7,292 words) - 13:40, 28 April 2020
- (香|香 港|港), is one of the two special administrative regions ... Hong Kong was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1842 until ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- scientific, and governmental center of the Republic of Croatia. It ... but obeyed the kings and emperors of various neighboring powers ...25 KB (3,575 words) - 05:19, 13 June 2023
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- to facilitate and manage the logistics of mass deportation to Ghettos ... Born in Solingen, Germany, Adolf Eichmann was the son of a businessman ...27 KB (4,132 words) - 06:02, 15 June 2023
- ), officially the Republic of Austria ( Republik Österreich Europe, approximately between Germany, Italy and Hungary. ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- ), the capital city of Bavaria, Germany, is the third largest city ... After World War I, Munich became a hotbed of right-wing politics, ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- The Republic of Mozambique, or Mozambique, is a country in southeastern ... destruction wrought by nearly two decades of civil war during the Cold War ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- The lion (Panthera leo) is an Old World mammal of the Felidae family ... mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, much of Eurasia from ...86 KB (13,304 words) - 17:35, 12 May 2023
- Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, ... The long reign of monarchs came to an end in 1974, when a pro-Soviet ...47 KB (6,926 words) - 04:34, 22 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
- Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is one of ... After a protracted war for independence, then decades of socialist ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 03:07, 12 July 2023
- Copenhagen, the capital and largest city of Denmark, is located on ... " in the tenth century the city of Copenhagen was officially founded ...28 KB (4,058 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
- The unification of Germany into a politically and administratively ... The self-interests of the various parties hampered the process over ...102 KB (14,729 words) - 11:39, 3 May 2023
- is widely regarded as the premier chemist of the twentieth century. He pioneered ... advocate for greatly increased consumption of vitamin C and other nutrients ...44 KB (6,490 words) - 04:18, 29 October 2022
- 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
- The Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny, alpine country in Western ... Liechtenstein is situated in the Upper Rhine valley of the European ...28 KB (4,022 words) - 08:35, 8 March 2023
- The State of New Mexico is in the southwestern region of the United ... American populations and has been part of the Spanish viceroyalty of ...63 KB (9,067 words) - 09:27, 11 March 2023
- Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America ... 1990, the country has been relatively free of the coups common to many of ...39 KB (5,549 words) - 16:43, 10 December 2023
- Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( ... held on March 17, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick ( ...52 KB (7,483 words) - 20:49, 17 April 2023
- and writing. Falk was best known as creator of popular comic strip superheroes ... Falk also contributed to a series of novels about the 'Phantom ...28 KB (4,294 words) - 19:00, 25 October 2022
- typographer, and architect. He was one of the most important figures ... its anti-semitic laws. Starting at the age of 15, he began teaching; a duty ...38 KB (5,595 words) - 00:07, 13 February 2024
- face. The most widely distributed member of the bear family, Ursidae, it ... concern species with a total population of approximately 200,000. Its ...31 KB (4,742 words) - 04:37, 22 November 2023
- The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious ... all social classes in western Europe. Mobs of predominantly poor Christians ...80 KB (12,105 words) - 15:35, 30 March 2024
- abbreviated: CH), is a landlocked nation of 7.5 million people in Western ... ) translate as "Swiss Confederation," while the German name of ...52 KB (7,532 words) - 14:19, 28 April 2023
- is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831 ... 31 Nobel Prize winners; 9 National Medal of Science recipients; 12 Pulitzer ...33 KB (4,775 words) - 09:32, 11 March 2023
- Libya is a country in North Africa 90 percent of which is desert. ... , R'bw (Libu), which refers to one of the tribes of Berber peoples ...53 KB (7,788 words) - 11:06, 7 March 2023
- 21, 1926 – September 8, 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other ... In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince ...84 KB (12,053 words) - 16:21, 13 February 2024
- is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second-largest ... native peoples had occupied the island of Montreal for at least 2,000 ...44 KB (6,520 words) - 21:16, 9 November 2022
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region ... Salem, and Boston, which soon became the hub of the region, then the Pioneer ...52 KB (7,434 words) - 08:45, 10 March 2023
- Phoenix is the largest and most populous city in the state of Arizona ... Phoenix, incorporated in 1881, is located on the banks of what is ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- Confederation and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria ... newly recruited French armies in a series of battles fought across northern ...61 KB (9,426 words) - 14:18, 1 October 2022
- England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the ... United Kingdom, or the same as the island of Great Britain, which consists ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- international operations with hundreds of airplanes offering many services ... The setting up of airline services is among the most important developments ...33 KB (4,986 words) - 07:02, 16 June 2023
- gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built from the mid ... The origin of the battleship can be found in the Great ships built ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed ... situations, propaganda involves deception of the audience, for a purpose ...32 KB (4,797 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
- Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the state ... a major asset. Once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the ...32 KB (4,493 words) - 03:24, 17 September 2023
- again from 1942 to 1952, ruling for the rest of his life as an unelected military ... or La Era de Trujillo), was one of the longest for a non-royal leader ...66 KB (9,421 words) - 19:56, 29 April 2024
- He is best remembered for his direction of British foreign policy through ... Some of his aggressive actions, now termed liberal interventionist ...66 KB (10,174 words) - 15:23, 25 January 2023
- Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia ... A 2006 study found that Vancouver had the third highest quality of ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a small country ... rocky soil limits agriculture, and much of the nation's funds come ...32 KB (4,757 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- located in East Asia with a population of nearly three million. Mongolia ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment ...37 KB (5,511 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of ... Senegal, though poor, has a tradition of political stability and peaceful ...33 KB (4,780 words) - 14:52, 4 April 2024
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870 and opened in 1872 ... preservation standards. As with the case of other notable museums, the ...38 KB (5,761 words) - 16:50, 24 October 2023
- lit. “capital capital,” or “capital of capitals") was the Imperial ... Kyoto is known as one of the academic centers of Japan, and is home ...36 KB (5,281 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg dynasties of the Austrian Empire, Habsburg ... In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Peace of Westphalia ...37 KB (5,890 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2020
- A pyramid's design, with the majority of the weight closer to the ground ... Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids, generally ...37 KB (5,368 words) - 21:28, 9 November 2023
- Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country ... The Republic of Serbia comprises Serbia proper and two autonomous ...67 KB (9,913 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players ... Olympics, he won two gold medals as a member of the U.S. national basketball ...95 KB (13,365 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- [[image:Richard coeurdelion g.jpg|thumb|right|Richard I of England]] Richard I (September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199) was king of England ...37 KB (6,079 words) - 04:23, 10 December 2022
- Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an emirate in the Middle ... long, and is slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut in the United States. ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 21:09, 14 April 2023
- Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world ...47 KB (7,144 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- in northeast Spain. It covers an area of 12,399 square miles (32,113 ... an older history as an independent territory of the Crown of Aragon, which ...38 KB (5,664 words) - 19:12, 29 November 2023
- Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated ... Although commonly referred to in the singular, the territory consists ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ... nation's development. Large portions of Guatemala's interior remain ...37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
- Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ... Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara, which is used by geographers ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, formerly a part of the Soviet ... From at least the ninth century, the territory of present-day Ukraine ...72 KB (10,102 words) - 01:29, 3 May 2023
- The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the ... The Fall of Granada in 1492 saw the end of the Muslim presence in ...36 KB (5,672 words) - 21:18, 9 November 2022
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... federal republic, historically consisting of several sovereign states with ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
- Polish Republic or Republic (Commonwealth) of the Two (Both) Nations (Peoples), ( ... ) or as the "First Republic," was one of the largest and ...62 KB (8,547 words) - 08:32, 24 November 2022
