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- – February 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme ... Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria. His family emigrated to the ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2024
- | founder = 17 members of the Religious Society of Friends ... The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Religious Society ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 03:35, 24 July 2023
- 2017) was Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, Emeritus ... Kaplan was one of the foremost scholars in international relations ...9 KB (1,221 words) - 16:45, 12 April 2024
- family in Poland, he was deeply affected by the injustice of discrimination ... He taught at American University's Washington College of Law ...17 KB (2,401 words) - 22:23, 27 June 2023
- also known as Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, was the co-founder, with Betty Williams ... After winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Corrigan gained recognition as ...10 KB (1,559 words) - 10:55, 9 March 2023
- academic, writer, and pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 ... Balch was born in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston into an ...10 KB (1,611 words) - 18:17, 13 February 2024
- bonghwang; Vietnamese: Phượng Hoàng) is the name of two Chinese mythological ... Often viewed as the sacred union of male and female, Feng being male ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- – December 9, 2009) served as President of Costa Rica from May 8, 1978 ... in efforts to educate peacemakers. He was the founder of the University ...13 KB (1,884 words) - 14:31, 28 June 2023
- Arabic: الدّجّال, ad-dajjāl) ("The Deceiver/impostor"), ... quot;) is a common Arabic word, used in the sense of "false prophet ...8 KB (1,233 words) - 16:34, 21 January 2024
- In Islamic eschatology the Mahdi ( ar|مهدي Mahdī , also Mehdi; "Guided One") is the prophesied redeemer of ...8 KB (1,342 words) - 05:27, 5 November 2022
- biologist and politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize for his ... management. Orr became a pupil-teacher at the Academy, from where he went ...11 KB (1,795 words) - 02:42, 4 November 2022
- from Northern Ireland, and co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize ... He was the second leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party ...10 KB (1,561 words) - 06:00, 3 August 2022
- leader from Friesland (today a province of The Netherlands). His followers ... Friesland. Friesland was ravaged by war in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth ...13 KB (1,990 words) - 04:32, 9 November 2022
- Just War refers to the concept of warfare as being justified, typically ... The Just War tradition is, first of all, a set of criteria that act ...18 KB (2,937 words) - 06:46, 28 February 2023
- The Djiboutian Civil War (also known as the Afar Insurgency) was a ... However, the war and the flow of Somalian refugees from the Somali ...10 KB (1,580 words) - 16:29, 29 January 2024
- The St Andrews Agreement was an agreement between the British and ... By enabling the inclusion of the DUP, which had opposed the Belfast ...19 KB (2,877 words) - 15:48, 27 April 2023
- from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party ... Although a staunch Protestant and member of the Orange Order, Trimble was ...17 KB (2,585 words) - 08:32, 28 January 2024
- Marbury, who had been appointed as Justice of the Peace in the District of ... been appointed to the position of justice of the peace in the District of ...23 KB (3,669 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- Category:Nobel Peace Prize Winners Addams, Jane [[Image:UIC Hull House ... and reformer, known in United States as the "mother of social work ...13 KB (2,111 words) - 08:58, 1 April 2024
- teacher and politician. He was president of the African National Congress ... He was awarded the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the ANC ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 01:19, 11 May 2021
- American nurse and social worker, active in the late nineteenth and early ... German-Jewish middle-class family. She was the third of four children born ...8 KB (1,096 words) - 01:43, 26 October 2022
- politician. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first official Secretary-General ... organize multinational troops to respond to the invasion of Korea in 1950 ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 18:30, 2 May 2023
- [[Image:Old Bailey Microcosm edited.jpg|250px|thumb|A trial at the ... civil, labor, administrative, and criminal justice under its laws. In common ...21 KB (3,221 words) - 08:44, 10 January 2024
- African American scientist and a champion of civil rights and world peace. ... City, Maryland, on November 9, 1731. He was the first of three children to ...14 KB (2,221 words) - 09:16, 27 September 2023
- to parliament in 1919 after serving on the city council of Metz, he was ... Schumans's concept of supra-national democracy and his vision ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 21:29, 16 April 2023
- The Book of Jeremiah, is part of the Hebrew Bible, and is also included ... Together with the books of Isaiah and Ezekiel, the Book of Jeremiah ...14 KB (2,273 words) - 19:59, 27 June 2023
- lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Children's Rights Support ... a headscarf and for allegedly shaking the hand of a man. Defending her ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- 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
- The Ford Foundation is a charitable foundation incorporated in Michigan ... The Foundation makes grants through its New York headquarters and ...17 KB (2,437 words) - 06:20, 1 April 2024
- , was an Austrian novelist, pacifist and the first woman to win the Nobel ... At the London Peace Congress of 1907 she spoke about how European ...26 KB (4,056 words) - 17:15, 29 September 2023
- The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the full ... The Bill of Rights 1689 is largely a statement of certain positive ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- October 24, 1830 – May 19, 1917) was among the first female attorneys in ... Until her death in 1917, she worked tirelessly on behalf of the Universal ...11 KB (1,718 words) - 08:56, 27 September 2023
- Won Buddhism, Wonbulgyo, a compound of the Korean won (circle) and ... enlightenment in 1916 and had a precognition of the world entering an era of ...8 KB (1,141 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- and politician, who, in 1957, became the first Canadian to receive ... universal health care, student loans, the Canada Pension Plan and Canada ...24 KB (3,567 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- diplomat, and jurist, best known as the first Chief Justice of the ... Considered one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 22:16, 31 October 2023
- and politician who was for many years the voice of the young nation ... Born in South Africa, he excelled as a student of foreign languages ...12 KB (1,691 words) - 07:15, 13 June 2023
- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations assists ... ==Organizational Structure and Pattern of Work== ECOSOC has 54 members ...13 KB (1,735 words) - 11:44, 3 May 2023
- quot;—apparently a shortened form of Amasiah, meaning "the ... Amos is regarded as the first of the "literary prophets," ...15 KB (2,479 words) - 17:17, 26 July 2023
- American neoclassical economist, a pioneer of the marginalist revolution ... Clark sought to discover economic relationships, such as the relationship ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 07:36, 5 April 2024
- shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of ... judicial review. Oddly enough, the Justice-of-the-Peace commissions, which ...23 KB (3,437 words) - 06:32, 3 August 2022
- dissident and human rights activist. The father of the Soviet hydrogen ... in 1938. Following evacuation in 1941 during the World War II, he graduated ...11 KB (1,679 words) - 20:10, 26 July 2023
- William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Province ... that women were equal to men. He negotiated peace treaties with native Americans ...16 KB (2,612 words) - 10:39, 11 May 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
- 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat and the second secretary-seneral of ... As secretary-general, Hammarskjöld took the stance that he was not ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 07:44, 12 January 2024
- Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (c. 1278 – March 22 1322) was one of the ... Thomas Plantagenet upheld the principles of Parliamentary oversight ...17 KB (2,615 words) - 20:54, 31 October 2022
- The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church ... From its headquarters in Independence, Missouri, the church places ...34 KB (5,277 words) - 00:19, 8 January 2024
- and politician. He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the ... Europe as well as his homeland. His vision of founding a European army to ...21 KB (3,168 words) - 23:30, 8 January 2023
- as an academic and a journalist, and was the first appointed professor ... 1864, in St. Ives, Cornwall, England, into the prominent Anglican family ...12 KB (1,737 words) - 20:13, 25 October 2022
- – November 3, 1639) was a Catholic monk of mixed raced from Peru and the ... Born the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a former slave ...10 KB (1,693 words) - 15:53, 7 November 2022
- The term Christus Victor (meaning "Victorious Christ") is ... This particular doctrine of the atonement attempts to explain why ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 21:44, 10 December 2023
- is an Arabic term for "uprising." The word was first widely used ... The Oslo peace process began as the international community responded ...16 KB (2,421 words) - 10:58, 6 March 2024
- Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife ... During the Civil Rights era of the late 1950s and 1960s she worked ...21 KB (3,359 words) - 03:03, 8 January 2024
- Lisa Najeeb Halaby on August 23, 1951)) is the widow of the late King Hussein ... Elizabeth (Lisa) Najeeb Halaby was born in Washington, DC, of Arab ...15 KB (2,137 words) - 15:44, 7 December 2022
- 19, 1370), born Guillaume Grimoard, a native of France, was Pope from 1362 ... Guillaume de Grimoard, was a native of Grizac in Languedoc (today ...12 KB (1,868 words) - 13:42, 3 May 2023
- politician, and stateswoman. She was the first woman in Canadian history ... Sauvé's main objective was to see to the fulfillment of national ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- | order=27th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1909 ... | date of birth=September 15, 1857 | place of birth=Cincinnati, Ohio ...32 KB (4,775 words) - 11:00, 9 May 2023
- The Radical Republicans were members of the Republican Party who were ... The Radical Republicans took a hard line against the Confederacy early ...11 KB (1,485 words) - 22:44, 7 December 2022
- and social reformer. He is best known as the author of the report Social ... William Henry Beveridge was born in Bengal, India, on March 5, 1879 ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 15:39, 6 May 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
- The Allied Powers were a group of countries (also known as the Allies ... The Second World War's opposing alliances pitted strong democracies ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- The Belfast Agreement, alternatively and widely known as the Good ... Former British Prime Minister John Major had laid some of the groundwork ...31 KB (4,792 words) - 08:51, 27 September 2023
- The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed in 1706 ... A Treaty of Union was negotiated between the two countries, which ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 17:39, 27 June 2023
- 6, 2002) was, for over 35 years, one of America's leading anti ... by his wartime experiences. Following the war, he became a Catholic ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 14:50, 28 March 2023
- 1992), was a German politician, chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) ... in 1974 after it became known that one of his closest aides had been ...21 KB (3,209 words) - 10:55, 15 May 2023
- 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
- The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the ... There was a second set of trials of lesser war criminals that was ...26 KB (4,019 words) - 01:19, 17 November 2022
- Attorney General in 1860-61 and Secretary of War through most of the American ... Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the eldest of the four children ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
- and a Baptist Minister. He pioneered the social gospel movement, especially ... His father, Augustus, who was German went to the United States as a Lutheran ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2023
- Helen Elizabeth Clark (born February 26, 1950) was the 37th Prime ... Loosing the 2008 election, she was appointed foreign affairs spokeswoman. ...30 KB (4,497 words) - 15:18, 25 January 2023
- her into a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearnings of her ... grew up in Tiergarten, a fashionable section of town, with her parents. She ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 16:12, 11 November 2022
- , marked annually on March 8, is a major day of global celebration for the ... The holiday that developed from these beginnings blended the culture ...18 KB (2,637 words) - 10:37, 6 March 2024
- The Arab-Israeli conflict ( الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي ... ) spans nearly a century of political tensions and open hostilities ...29 KB (4,317 words) - 20:21, 11 August 2023
- He led France during World War I and was one of the major voices behind the ... Clemenceau, however, secured France's trusteeship of Syria and ...28 KB (4,425 words) - 22:45, 28 November 2022
- Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (April 25, 1287 – November ... and quartered. In 1328, he was created Earl of March. In 1330, Edward III ...18 KB (2,777 words) - 02:39, 16 December 2022
- 1935) was an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United ... and pithy opinions, and his deference to the decisions of elected legislatures ...24 KB (3,494 words) - 00:24, 18 November 2022
- general of the army, secretary of state, and the third secretary of ... Marshall accepted appointment as U.S. secretary of state in 1947 because ...21 KB (3,077 words) - 07:05, 18 April 2024
- Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April ... Earth Day grew out of the recognition by young people that the earth ...28 KB (3,976 words) - 17:35, 12 February 2024
- , established in 1945, is an agency of the United Nations. Its purpose ... The organization has 192 Member States and 6 Associate Members. Based ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 01:23, 3 May 2023
- Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests ... not be considered such in another. However, the basic effort on the part of ...16 KB (2,401 words) - 23:59, 24 March 2024
- lawyer and politician and a founding father of the United States. He served ... He was appointed justice of the peace in 1762, judge of the court ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 02:41, 16 December 2022
- Völund is a mythical smith-god of the Nordic and Germanic peoples ... Norse Mythology is renowned for its rich tapestry of colorful stories ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- Natural law or the law of nature (Latin lex naturalis) is law whose ... Though Aristotle is often referred to as “the father of natural law,” ...24 KB (3,647 words) - 15:20, 11 November 2022
- Federalist No. 78 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the seventy-eighth ... Titled "The Judiciary Department", Federalist No. 78 was ...16 KB (2,527 words) - 18:47, 4 October 2023
- Suleiman I, in Turkish language Süleyman and in the Arabic alphabet ... Known as Suleiman the Magnificent but also, especially among Muslims ...10 KB (1,667 words) - 19:26, 22 October 2022
- for nonviolent social change, and one of the most influential American ... as a "cheery elf," rather than the common image of the austere ...17 KB (2,608 words) - 06:30, 15 January 2023
- civil-rights activist, a field secretary of the National Association for ... July 2, 1925, near Decatur, Mississippi, as the third of four children of ...13 KB (2,037 words) - 03:55, 9 November 2022
- a powerful English statesman and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Wolsey became involved in furthering the political ambitions of Henry ...31 KB (4,953 words) - 20:23, 31 October 2022
- Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was ... who was sworn in by his father, a justice of the peace, in Plymouth Notch ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- The Law Library of the United States Congress was established in 1832 ... The Libray has been guided by the "belief that universal access ...19 KB (2,884 words) - 06:58, 4 March 2023
- The Taif Agreement was negotiated in Taif, Saudi Arabia by the surviving ... The background to the Taif Agreement consists of both the Lebanese ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 02:56, 27 February 2023
- Sargon I, also known as Sargon of Akkad or Sargon the Great (Akkadian: ... Sargon's vast empire is known to have extended from Elam to the ...10 KB (1,482 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- [[Image:Rembrandt-The return of the prodigal son.jpg|thumb|300px|right ... Forgiveness is the mental, emotional, and spiritual process of letting ...31 KB (4,680 words) - 06:32, 1 April 2024
- Prize in Literature|1993 Presidential Medal of Freedom|2012 ... | notableworks = Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye ...18 KB (2,615 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- Shekh Hasina Oajed) (born September 28, 1947) is the Prime Minister ... The fact that Hasina is her father's daughter has played a significant ...39 KB (5,517 words) - 21:25, 20 December 2022
- The term interreligious dialogue (or interfaith dialogue) refers to ... The rise of interreligious dialogue has been made possible by the ...33 KB (5,242 words) - 16:49, 26 February 2022
- The Republic of Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, ... Liberia has recently been afflicted by two civil wars, the Liberian ...23 KB (3,221 words) - 11:02, 7 March 2023
- Bestiary.jpg|thumb|350px|The phoenix from the Aberdeen Bestiary.]] The phoenix, or phœnix as it is sometimes spelled, has been an enduring ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
- The Servant of God Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, ... Alongside Peter Maurin, she founded the Catholic Worker Movement in ...16 KB (2,524 words) - 17:27, 30 January 2024
- Hazrat Inayat Khan (July 5, 1882 – February 5, 1927) was the founder ... Indian family (he was a great-grandson of Tipu Sultan, the famous eighteenth ...13 KB (2,071 words) - 19:28, 6 September 2022
- a precursor for the modern "Justice of the Peace," based on selecting ... peace, a precursor to the office of Justice of the Peace. His use of the knights ...34 KB (5,307 words) - 23:24, 17 January 2024
- ISBN 978-0415200493). A modern Hindu sect, the Brahma Kumaris articulate ... Lawrence A. Babb, Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in the ...28 KB (3,991 words) - 22:34, 20 November 2023
- those empowered to use force and other forms of coercion and legal means to ... The responsibilities of police include fighting crime, but more generally ...30 KB (4,393 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- II Adolphus, widely known in English by the Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus ... He is, and was even during his own time, widely regarded as the archetype ...20 KB (3,242 words) - 02:41, 27 July 2023
- The Battle of Bassorah, Battle of the Camel, or Battle of Jamal was ... Some Muslim feminists laud this event as an example of political intervention ...27 KB (4,726 words) - 02:43, 26 September 2023
- Epicureanism is a system of philosophy based upon the teachings of ... pleasure is an important constituent of human happiness, but only when ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- [[Image:Traktat brzeski 1918.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The first two pages ... parties which may be individuals or groups of states or organizations. Treaties ...26 KB (3,960 words) - 14:53, 2 May 2023
- Yaroslav I the Wise (c. 978 - February 20, 1054) (East Slavic: Ярослав ... His patronage of learning and his forging international ties helped ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:15, 22 May 2023
- 29, 1947) was an American economist, one of the early American neoclassical ... and promoting healthy living and world peace, an early advocate of the ...18 KB (2,691 words) - 13:25, 6 March 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
- and author. A prolific writer, he was among the most recognized monastic figures ... Merton was a leading voice of interfaith engagement. Drawing from ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- The Communist Party USA, formally known as the Communist Party United ... In the late 1920s, the party was shaken by internal factionalism when ...34 KB (5,007 words) - 00:16, 8 January 2024
- von Taaffe; 11th Viscount Taaffe and Baron of Ballymote, in the peerage of ... Taaffe contributed significantly to the democratization process in ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 18:17, 12 February 2024
- mutualist political philosopher who was the first individual to call himself ... Proudhon’s concept of revolution did not entail violent upheaval ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 19:38, 31 March 2023
- Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy, which studies fundamental ... existing or possible theories and practices of social, political matters, ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- New York. He served as a professor at the University of Chicago as well ... a private and renowned high school. During the Second World War, following ...13 KB (2,017 words) - 19:19, 23 May 2023
- Standard Hebrew Yirməyáhu), was one of the "greater prophets ... The name Jeremiah means "Raised-up/Appointed of the Lord.” ...32 KB (5,493 words) - 08:37, 31 July 2022
- A virtue is a trait or disposition of character that leads to good ... and Aristotle dealt with virtues in terms of character traits of the soul ...43 KB (6,406 words) - 20:37, 3 May 2023
- Simon Wiesenthal, Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) (December ... At the end of World War II, thousands of Nazis who participated in ...23 KB (3,477 words) - 22:10, 29 January 2023
- Hampshire), called Ælfgifu, was daughter of Richard the Fearless, Duke ... (1002-1016); and then to Canute the Great of Denmark (1017-1035). ...42 KB (6,697 words) - 18:48, 31 December 2021
- Matías Mella, and is widely considered the architect of the Dominican ... His vision for the country, formerly Spain's oldest colony, was ...13 KB (2,050 words) - 12:08, 30 September 2022
- an American psychologist who helped found the school of transpersonal psychology ... His humanistic model allowed psychologists and students of psychology ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 06:31, 14 June 2023
- for his intellectual demeanor and advocacy of liberal causes in the Democratic ... At the close of his life, Stevenson was respected by people of all ...19 KB (2,784 words) - 06:00, 15 June 2023
- ; June 6 1236 – January 9 1283), also Man Tin Cheung, Duke of Xingguo ... his achievements as a poet. A dozen of his lyric poems are extant ...16 KB (2,591 words) - 19:07, 21 November 2022
- Sayyid Qutb ; October 9, 1906 (The Library of Congress has his birth ... Alternative spellings of his first and last names include Saïd, Syed ...31 KB (4,669 words) - 02:31, 21 April 2023
- who served as Bundeskanzler (Chancellor) of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 ... Through such international bodies as the Inter Action Council, Schmidt ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- Altruism is the selfless concern for the welfare of others. Altruism ... Altruism can be distinguished from a feeling of loyalty and duty. ...27 KB (4,209 words) - 08:39, 23 July 2023
- 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
- writer who is best known for his development of Christian realism. As he served ... #039;s theological ethics acknowledges the reality of human sinfulness ...32 KB (4,798 words) - 03:06, 8 December 2022
- Arthur Middleton (June 26, 1742 - January 1, 1787) was one of the ... of Charleston College; served as Justice of the Peace from 1776-1786. ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 11:12, 16 August 2023
- for his watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of God in his book ... for that of Appleby. He was also a justice of the peace. In 1782 he became ...9 KB (1,398 words) - 10:38, 11 May 2023
- The United Nations (or simply UN) is an international organization ... As an organization of governments designed to prevent war between ...64 KB (9,547 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid ... He was generally credited with coining the term "Rainbow Nation ...30 KB (4,335 words) - 09:58, 29 January 2024
- was an ancient Greek historian, and the author of the History of the ... in analyzing character and in tracing the relationship between cause ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 22:51, 5 May 2023
- Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a sparsely populated ... The dry lands of Namibia were inhabited since early times by Bushmen ...17 KB (2,377 words) - 02:43, 11 March 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
- The Preliminary Treaty of San Stefano was a treaty between Russia ... The fact that Russia was aware that the terms of the Treaty would ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 14:57, 2 May 2023
- 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
- 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
- Federalist No. 3, titled "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning ... act provocatively when their states are at the center of a conflict, while ...17 KB (2,445 words) - 01:54, 26 March 2024
- The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, largely a continuation ... Roughly two million people died as a result of war, famine, and disease ...27 KB (3,989 words) - 21:31, 26 February 2023
- Prize-winning Turkish novelist and professor of comparative literature at Columbia ... Pamuk is one of Turkey's most prominent novelists, ...30 KB (4,557 words) - 10:43, 11 March 2023
- The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental ... to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the State. Those ...44 KB (6,390 words) - 07:20, 15 April 2024
- (1364 – 1430) was a writer and analyst of the Medieval era, who strongly ... 74). Her success stems from a wide range of innovative writing and rhetorical ...13 KB (2,108 words) - 21:12, 10 December 2023
- 3, 1958) was an Anglican theologian, Dean of Canterbury, Bishop of Chichester ... Hampshire, where his father was a Church of England clergyman. Bell attended ...18 KB (2,871 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- in large part for his major victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn against ... Sitting Bull was born around 1831 near the Grand River in present ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 22:40, 29 January 2023
- crime and its penalty; or grant clemency, or the lessening of the punishment ... Public debate invariable surrounds the pardoning of a criminal, despite ...35 KB (5,395 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- Matthias Corvinus (Matthias the Just) (February 23, 1443 – April ... at Kolozsvár (present-day Cluj-Napoca) in the house currently known as Matthias ...23 KB (3,564 words) - 16:56, 7 November 2022
- and lawyer; as United States Secretary of State in the Truman Administration ... his speech on U.S. policy toward Asia before the National Press Club in January ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 08:55, 28 January 2024
- لمهدى ) (ruled 775–785), was the third Abbasid Caliph. He succeeded ... The cosmopolitan city of Baghdad, founded by his father, blossomed ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:55, 18 December 2022
- The Bahá'í Faith is a religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh ... Members of the Bahá'í faith understand history as an evolving ...50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
- – June 11, 1970) served as the second Prime Minister of the Russian ... In the aftermath of the collapse of the autocracy, hastened by Russian ...14 KB (1,980 words) - 14:26, 18 July 2023
- with Frank Hyneman Knight he was one of the leading figures at the ... He made significant contributions to the theories of cost and production ...10 KB (1,485 words) - 01:12, 8 February 2023
- :This page is about Anthony Collins the philosopher. For the British ... of land, and held the offices of justice of the peace and deputy-lieutenant. ...15 KB (2,350 words) - 05:24, 31 July 2023
- Edward II (April 25, 1284 – September 21, 1327), of Caernarfon, ... Edward II was the first monarch to establish colleges in the universities ...27 KB (4,277 words) - 18:25, 12 February 2024
- Constitutional law is the foundational body of law of nation states ... These foundational or basic laws of states or organizations, guided ...11 KB (1,572 words) - 16:59, 21 April 2021
- ) (967 – August 15, 1038) was Grand Prince of the Magyars (997-1000/1001 ... in Hungary and his decrees could ensure the internal peace in his kingdom ...19 KB (3,077 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was a captain in ... Widely considered America's first spy, a copy of Frederick MacMonnies ...13 KB (2,092 words) - 01:31, 11 November 2022
- a famous nineteenth century American example of "miscegenation." ... mix" + genus "kind") is the mixing of different races ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- Canada is an institution that is part of Corrections Canada. Opened ... (1808). This made it possible for Justice of the Peace in each county to ...31 KB (4,789 words) - 23:00, 30 November 2022
- Educated through the difficult life of an American emigrant in the ... A hero to some and a villain to others, Gompers founded the American ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 01:17, 21 April 2023
- Islamic feminism is a form of feminism concerned with the role of ... Muslim majority countries have produced more than seven heads of state ...30 KB (4,309 words) - 20:25, 1 April 2023
- Henry V of England (September 16, 1387 – August 31, 1422) was one ... Henry was son of Henry of Bolingbroke, later Henry IV, and Mary de ...22 KB (3,484 words) - 15:24, 22 February 2022
- In addition to extensive territory around and beyond the Baltic, Sweden ... As a modern day supporter of the peace keeping activities of the United ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- Farooq or just as Omar or Umar, was from the Banu Adi clan of the Quraysh ... He became the second caliph of Islam (634-644 c.e.) and is regarded ...21 KB (3,473 words) - 01:32, 3 May 2023
- ; "he will laugh") is the son and heir of Abraham and the ... The historicity of Isaac's story in the Bible has come under ...18 KB (3,040 words) - 13:27, 6 March 2024
- (January 31, 1938 - ) reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until ... during her childhood so Beatrix followed in the footsteps of four remarkable ...28 KB (3,868 words) - 10:18, 26 September 2023
- [[Image:Gandhi Salt March.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Gandhi during the ... Civil disobedience encompasses the active refusal to obey certain ...28 KB (4,286 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- [[Image:Zeno.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Zeno of Citium]] Stoicism, one of the three major schools of Hellenistic philosphy ...21 KB (3,500 words) - 00:46, 26 February 2023
- Irish Civil Rights protesters were shot by the soldiers of the British Parachute ... that those shot at were all unarmed. Five of those wounded were shot in the back. ...21 KB (3,395 words) - 18:14, 31 October 2023
- Salome Alexandra or Alexandra of Jerusalem (139 – 67 B.C.E.) was ... The daughter of a prominent Pharisaic family, Alexandra was the wife ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 01:53, 23 December 2022
- 29, 1780) was (reigning) Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary ... She was the eldest daughter of Emperor Charles VI, who promulgated ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- non-governmental organization (NGO) with the stated purpose of campaigning ... and was shocked and angered to come across the story of two Portuguese students ...30 KB (4,487 words) - 00:59, 9 January 2023
- 30, 2016) was a religious studies scholar in the United States. He wrote more ... Born and raised a Methodist, Smith studied and practiced many of the ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- [[image:Robert_F._Kennedy_1964.jpg|thumb|right|Robert F. Kennedy in ... 1968), also called "RFK," was one of two younger brothers of President ...28 KB (4,414 words) - 21:27, 16 April 2023
- Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868), was a member ... to hold a steady job and who abandoned the family before dying in the ...9 KB (1,431 words) - 02:49, 19 April 2023
- from 1985-90, was elected president for the second time in 2006. For much ... After a popular rebellion resulted in the overthrow and exile of dictator ...27 KB (3,871 words) - 22:06, 25 January 2024
- Shi'a Islam or Shi`ism (from the Arabic word شيعة, Persian: ... at reconciliation have also been made. The differences between the two ...24 KB (3,795 words) - 14:11, 27 January 2023
- , Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēnsì, English: Temple of Thanksgiving ... she accepted an appointment as Justice of the Peace by Dr. Benjamin Henry ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- /; meaning "beloved ornament of the palace") is the common ... She died in Burhanpur in the Deccan (now in Madhya Pradesh) during ...10 KB (1,493 words) - 18:21, 10 November 2022
- The Book of Isaiah is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the ... In the first 39 chapters, Isaiah prophesies doom for a sinful Kingdom ...20 KB (3,308 words) - 00:11, 19 November 2023
- Karl Jaspers (1883 - 1969) pioneered the idea of the Axial Age. According ... Jaspers was led to realize the possibility of a political unity of ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- [[Image:Us_declaration_independence.jpg|thumb|250px|U.S. Declaration ... The Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen ...24 KB (3,622 words) - 09:03, 28 January 2024
- Central America is the region of North America located between the ... The region has made several attempts at political unity since its ...32 KB (4,189 words) - 17:46, 11 May 2023
- 023.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Executions of the Third of May by Francisco Goya]] Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted ...41 KB (6,212 words) - 21:02, 25 November 2023
- 039;ah, Shari'a, Shariah or Syariah) is the Arabic word for Islamic law ... It shows one of many ways that humanity strives to harmonize and maintain ...36 KB (5,852 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- The Divine Right of Kings is a political and religious doctrine of ... The origins of the theory are rooted in the medieval idea that God ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 15:08, 26 August 2020
- leader in colonial Virginia's House of Burgesses, delegate to the ... Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, he was one of the most radical advocates ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 16:44, 21 November 2022
- Cyberethics, also referred to as internet ethics, is a branch of applied ... Rather than straightforward application of traditional ethical theories ...26 KB (3,869 words) - 06:51, 12 January 2024
- The Somali Civil War is an armed conflict in Somalia that started ... The failure of the UN mission in Somalia, which withdrew having completed ...29 KB (4,403 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- partner, or other family member within the household. Domestic violence ... Occurring within the home, the place where people naturally expect ...31 KB (4,715 words) - 16:43, 29 January 2024
- 23, 1800), South Carolina statesman, was one of four signers of the Declaration ... A delegate at both the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2024
- The Alien and Sedition Acts were four laws passed by the United States ... The most controversial of the four statutes was the Sedition Act, ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 18:22, 21 July 2023
- 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
- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations ... Headquartered in New York City, the UNDP is funded entirely by voluntary ...15 KB (2,145 words) - 11:43, 3 May 2023
- (May 21, 1944 - ) was the first female President of Ireland, serving ... political office. Robinson resigned the presidency four months ahead ...34 KB (5,329 words) - 08:42, 10 March 2023
- adversaries into friends and resolve issues of injustice and oppression. Gandhi ... Gandhi's philosophy of satyagraha also had a profound impact ...17 KB (2,735 words) - 22:38, 3 April 2020
- historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science. His work belongs ... Girard's theoretical work began with his discovery of mimetic ...32 KB (4,801 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- was a Pakistani politician who served as the President of Pakistan from ... Bhutto was executed in 1979 for allegedly authorizing the murder of ...37 KB (5,508 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- The Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia or Galicia-Vladimir, was a principality ... The century during which the principality existed was especially important ...16 KB (2,454 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- influenced by Marxist thought and a pioneer of "popular education." ... Freire's methods were successful in raising the level of literacy ...18 KB (2,693 words) - 01:43, 23 November 2022
- The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ... ), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the northwest ...37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are a group of mythical riders ... The vision of the Four Horsemen describes events related to the Last ...13 KB (2,133 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from ... One consequence of the fluidity of the political situation, with Henry ...21 KB (3,320 words) - 23:17, 8 February 2022
- philanthropist, and candidate for President of the United States. After 150 ... Cooper contributed significantly to social justice, wrote about good ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 14:46, 28 March 2023
- [[Image:Chiefs wife.jpg|right|thumb|200 px|Nuer woman, second wife ... The Nuer are a people located primarily in southern Sudan along the ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 00:41, 17 November 2022
- 786 - August 9, 833) (المأمون) was the seventh Abbasid caliph who ... He founded the famous 'Bayt al-Hikmah' (House of Wisdom} ...24 KB (3,663 words) - 05:21, 30 April 2021
- – August 28, 1645) worked as a jurist in the Dutch Republic and laid the ... Grotius removed natural law from the jurisdiction of moral theologians ...25 KB (3,772 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each. It is widely ... on artificial turf, with a goal at each end of the field. The object of the ...38 KB (6,157 words) - 21:43, 30 January 2023
- Saint Alphege is the Latinate name of Ælfheah (954–19 April, 1012 ... After Alphege's martyrdom at the hands of Danish invaders, his ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- |Place of Birth: |Thessaloníki (Selânik) |- |Death: |November 10, 1938 ... |Place of Death: |Istanbul |- |Political Party: |As PM: Republican ...25 KB (3,912 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- The Cheyenne are a Native American tribe that originally lived in ... The Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains. The ...31 KB (4,746 words) - 20:56, 9 December 2023
- an influential but controversial director of the United States Federal Bureau ... administrations, encompassed Prohibition, the Great Depression, World War ...27 KB (3,966 words) - 08:14, 13 March 2024
- William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was the ... against Darwinism, which culminated in the Scopes Trial in 1925. Like ...37 KB (5,377 words) - 11:07, 10 May 2023
- John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the ... Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals ...18 KB (2,751 words) - 18:37, 25 November 2023
- Edward Louis Bernays (November 22, 1891 – March 9, 1995) nephew ... professionals who learned from him used the techniques and ideas that ...20 KB (2,909 words) - 23:44, 12 February 2024
- The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...43 KB (6,372 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- legal systems in countries using common law. The brief is presented to a court ... The brief was probably so called from its at first being only a copy ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the highest ranking American military ... Eisenhower was also deeply committed to peace. Prior to taking office as ...38 KB (5,775 words) - 17:24, 12 February 2024
- educator, diplomat, and politician during the Meiji and Taishō periods ... intellectuals and students. He was critical of the increasing militarism in ...16 KB (2,449 words) - 01:35, 16 November 2022
- and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of ... Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender ...79 KB (11,056 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- philosophical ideas to philosophers of African origin, a distinction ... Surveys of the beliefs of hundreds of African peoples have shown that ...20 KB (3,143 words) - 06:07, 16 June 2023
- Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (June 19, 1917 – July 1, 1999) was ... In 1980, both Nkomo and Mugabe took part in the Lancaster House talks ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 07:40, 27 February 2023
- The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Operation Peace), launched ... Turkey invoked its role as a guarantor under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee ...55 KB (8,362 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- Ijtihad (Arabic اجتهاد) is a technical term of Islamic law that ... Sometime during the ninth century, the majority of Sunni decided that ...12 KB (1,870 words) - 00:00, 19 December 2020
- Tasman is best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service ... The Enlightenment had placed humanity at the center of the world, ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- The German colonial empire was an overseas area formed in the late ... tradition of expansion within the European space, Germany's renewed ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation in the Windward ... The islands' proximity to South America has influenced its culture ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- 400px|The gentle and pensive virgin has the power to tame the unicorn ... The unicorn, a legendary creature usually depicted with the body of ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 23:41, 8 November 2023
- The Contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing ... The term "Contra" comes from the Spanish la contra, short ...20 KB (2,936 words) - 02:50, 8 January 2024
- whose introspective lyrics made him the leading Southern California ... Browne joined the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in Los Angeles in 1966 and ...19 KB (2,645 words) - 09:05, 13 March 2024
- complete God’s providential purposes for the world. Unification thought ... ==The Goal of History== The goal of history is restoration or "re ...26 KB (3,993 words) - 02:18, 18 April 2023
- and propagandist, whose 1954 novel, The Thaw, lent its name to the ... during World War II. After experiencing the excesses of Stalinism, he ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 23:54, 22 January 2023
- c. 721 C.E./103 AH - 755 C.E./138 AH) was the eldest son of the sixth Shi ... hiding and publicly declared him deceased. The majority Twelver groups however ...12 KB (1,981 words) - 21:53, 8 March 2024
- whose famous 1651 book Leviathan set the agenda for much of subsequent ... Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of fields, including history ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 21:18, 30 April 2023
- The Monroe Doctrine is a United States doctrine which, on December ... The three main concepts of the doctrine—separate spheres of influence ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 21:11, 9 November 2022
- August 4, 1598) was an English politician, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth ... of Northamptonshire in 1532, and a Justice of the Peace for Rutland. His eldest ...19 KB (3,064 words) - 23:35, 3 December 2023
- Liberation theology is a Christian school of theology that developed ... Liberation theology has had an impact. It helped many of the poor ...31 KB (4,535 words) - 22:27, 25 October 2022
- ) is an Islamic term referring to the religious duty of Muslims to ... ), the plural of which is mujahideen ( ar|مجاهدين ...48 KB (7,155 words) - 12:39, 1 August 2022
- Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the ... Nixon is noted for his diplomatic foreign policy, especially with ...34 KB (5,153 words) - 01:46, 14 December 2022
- |name = University of Tokyo |native_name = 東京大学 (Tōkyō ... Nov 2005.JPG|250px|The Yasuda Auditorium on the University of Tokyo's ...19 KB (2,825 words) - 22:33, 23 June 2023
- The Alhambra (Arabic: الحمراء—Al-Ħamrā'; literally ... Mohammed I, the first king of the Nasriden—a Moorish dynasty in ...22 KB (3,517 words) - 00:37, 9 January 2023
- |name = Columbia University inthe City of New York videbimus lumen(In Thy light shall we see the light) (a paraphrase of Psalm ...35 KB (5,049 words) - 22:45, 7 January 2024
- Liberal Party statesman and prime minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874 ... Gladstone was famously at odds with Queen Victoria for much of his ...29 KB (4,472 words) - 12:12, 8 May 2023
- Bahram II was the fifth Sassanid King of Persia in 276–293. He was ... able to pass on to those who followed him on the throne an empire that was ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- was a Chinese religious prophet and leader of the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864 ... In 1844, Hong and his follower Feng Yun-shan founded the "God ...20 KB (3,050 words) - 13:03, 2 February 2024
- An ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly, held on the July 22 ... The flag displays a horizontal tricolour of "deep saffron" ...33 KB (5,237 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- Anubis is the Greek name for the ancient jackal-headed god of the ... He serves as both a guide to the recently departed and as the patron ...19 KB (3,124 words) - 05:49, 11 August 2023
- referred to as simply Alcatraz or locally as The Rock, is a small island located ... Due to its isolation by the cold, strong, hazardous currents of San ...23 KB (3,451 words) - 05:05, 17 June 2023
- , and (1871–1872), as President of Mexico.For resisting the French ... and adoption of a federalist constitution. ==Early life== ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 09:15, 27 September 2023
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