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- Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, GCB, OM, GCMG, KCSI, CIE, PC, FRS ... Lord Cromer was one of the most experienced and famous colonial administrators ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- The Triple Entente ("entente"—French for "agreement ... Fear and suspicion drove the three nations to seek a viable partnership ...9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2020
- ), also called "Sher-e-Punjab" ("The Lion of the Punjab ... in Gujranwala in modern day Pakistan, into the Sansi-Sandhawalia family. ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 05:26, 5 November 2022
- The Treaty of Lausanne (July 24, 1923) was a peace treaty signed in ... The nation-state of Turkey, recognized by the Treaty, became the first ...15 KB (2,295 words) - 14:56, 2 May 2023
- The Durrani Empire (also referred to as the Afghan Empire) was a large ... The empire's legacy suggests that, faced with a history of strong ...17 KB (2,664 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- During the Viking period, between the eighth and eleventh centuries ... The only remaining vestige of this empire, and its only substantial ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. ... was from a middle class Anglican Church of Ireland family from Dublin ...8 KB (1,094 words) - 13:15, 6 March 2024
- PC (November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili ... He was born in Karachi, in British India (now Pakistan), to Aga Khan ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- (May 31, 1863 - July 31, 1942) was a British Army officer in India, explorer ... Francis Younghusband was born in 1863 at Murree, British India (now ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- (October 24, 1775 – November 7, 1862) was the last of the Moghul emperors ... as an Urdu poet. He is recognized as one of the greatest poets in this ...15 KB (2,445 words) - 05:45, 26 August 2023
- Urdu: الہ آباد Ilāhābād) is the English name of a city in ... quot; (in this context, from Din-i-Ilahi, the religion founded by Akbar ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:37, 17 May 2021
- David Ben-Gurion (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973) was the first ... changed. His compassion and respect for the rights of the Arab residents ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 22:27, 25 January 2024
- Bôngkim Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) ("Chattopadhyay" in ... only be achieved through an internal reform of Hinduism, and strove to lay ...11 KB (1,623 words) - 03:34, 17 September 2023
- Hyder Ali or Haidar 'Ali (c. 1722 - 1782), was the de facto ruler ... He was the great-grandson of an Islamic fakir from Gulbarga, Deccan ...12 KB (1,977 words) - 18:40, 31 July 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
- Warren Hastings (December 6, 1732 - August 22, 1818) was the first ... Hastings, unlike many of his successors, respected and admired Indian ...14 KB (2,155 words) - 22:56, 3 May 2023
- He received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1952 ... He received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1952 ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- ) is a city in Ajmer District in India's Rajasthan state. The ... Prithviraj Chauhan founded Ajmer (Ajaya-meru in Sanskrit) in the late ...14 KB (1,997 words) - 07:13, 16 June 2023
- for his light, elegant, and airy style and the list of his buildings includes ... Adam was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, the second son of William ...10 KB (1,385 words) - 03:09, 15 December 2022
- 13, 1907 – April 19, 1989) was a famous British novelist best known for ... Du Maurier was born in London (though spent most of her life in her ...9 KB (1,407 words) - 22:15, 25 January 2024
- According to Catholic tradition, Saint Linus (d. c. 67 - 80) was the ... The earliest sources do not agree with one another concerning Linus ...11 KB (1,675 words) - 04:02, 26 November 2022
- turning Lieutenant William Bligh and some of the officers and crew adrift ... Mutiny is the act of conspiring to disobey an order that a group of ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- | image =Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1960 (cropped ... | order =Prime Minister of Sri Lanka | term_start = | term_end = ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 09:08, 9 October 2022
- Roman Emperor from 238 to 244. Gordian was the son of Antonia Gordiana and ... Gordian III died before he could make much of a mark. For just over ...15 KB (2,360 words) - 02:07, 22 December 2022
- The Battle of Plassey (Pâlāshīr Juddha) was a battle that took ... The battle was between Siraj Ud Daulah, the last independent Nawab ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 10:19, 22 September 2023
- The Gallipoli peninsula ( Gelibolu Yarımadası , Καλλίπολις/Kalli ... ) is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with ...15 KB (2,333 words) - 07:43, 23 January 2023
- The Battle of Kandahar, September 1, 1880, represents the last major ... Great Britain had become a dominant colonial power during the eighteenth ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- The Gurkha War was fought between Nepal and the British East India ... The Gurkha rose in that aftermath, becoming a power in Nepal from ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 08:38, 8 January 2024
- The Aro Confederacy was a large slave trading network and league of ... This Confederacy owed its origin to the rise of the slave trade in ...15 KB (2,314 words) - 03:57, 15 August 2023
- [[Image:rosetta stone.jpg|thumb|right|The Rosetta Stone in the British ... The Rosetta Stone is an ancient stele inscribed with the same passage ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 19:17, 16 December 2022
- The term Oriental Orthodoxy refers to the communion of Eastern Christian ... The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is considered the spiritual ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 01:18, 18 November 2022
- The Fourteen Points were listed in a speech delivered by President ... The speech was delivered over 10 months before the Armistice with ...13 KB (1,920 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- PC (June 4, 1833–March 25, 1913) was a British army officer. He served ... The reality of colonialism was exploitative and—until the conquered ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- The Zulu Kingdom (Zulu: KwaZulu), sometimes referred to as the Zulu ... The legacy of the Zulus is one of pride in a highly organized people ...18 KB (2,661 words) - 06:15, 13 June 2023
- Nabonidus (Akkadian Nabû-nāʾid) was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian ... As king, Nabonidus was maligned by the priests of the chief Babylonian ...17 KB (2,715 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- France had colonial possessions, in various forms, from the beginning ... Currently, the remnants of this large empire are various islands and ...25 KB (3,770 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2022
- Cecil John Rhodes, PC, DCL (July 5, 1853 – March 26, 1902 was a ... Africa's natural resources, proceeds of which founded the Rhodes Scholarship ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 20:13, 4 January 2024
- 15, 1966) was a Nigerian politician, and was the first premier of the Northern ... Bello combined traditional leadership qualities with knowledge of ...11 KB (1,665 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- Imperialism is the forceful extension of a nation's authority ... Yet, an interesting aspect of imperialism is that empires, both ancient ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- William Wilberforce (August 1759 - July 1833) was born in the great ... his faith and attacked his reforms, instead of condemning them, he won them ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 15:18, 14 May 2023
- Vidal Sassoon, CBE (January 17, 1928 – May 9, 2012) was a British ... Sassoon was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire ...17 KB (2,513 words) - 21:48, 12 January 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
- The Cyrus Cylinder (c.539-530 B.C.E) is an ancient artifact consisting ... The Cyrus Cylinder is among the most significant ancient texts to ...15 KB (2,435 words) - 02:16, 6 July 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
- The Siege of Malakand took place between July 26–August 2, 1897 ... The British faced a force of Pashtun tribesmen whose tribal lands ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 15:02, 7 October 2022
- GCVO), Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), Distinguished ... was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). ...24 KB (3,728 words) - 18:26, 17 April 2023
- Abdülhamid II His Imperial Majesty, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ... or "The Great Assassin" [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract ...27 KB (4,219 words) - 04:44, 14 June 2023
- Most of Greece was part of the Ottoman Empire from the fourteenth ... Cyprus fell in 1571, and the Venetians retained Crete until 1670. ...23 KB (3,403 words) - 05:56, 18 November 2022
- Carib, Island Carib, or Kalinago people, after whom the Caribbean ... Like most of the indigenous peoples of the New World, the Carib suffered ...16 KB (2,321 words) - 19:15, 26 November 2023
- A codex (Latin for block of wood, book; plural codices) is a book ... scholars seemed to have used codices in order to distinguish their writings ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- ) and born as Ahmad Khān Abdālī, was the founder of the Durrani ... The Pashtuns of Afghanistan often call him Bābā ("father" ...21 KB (3,377 words) - 06:52, 16 June 2023
- The Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone FRGS (October 6, 1779 – November ... as well as Farsi, drew on a wide range of Indian sources. Aspects of ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:48, 10 November 2022
- often established in an underdeveloped part of a state’s territory, to detain ... In the penal colony system, prisoners were deported to distant areas ...21 KB (3,190 words) - 07:14, 23 November 2022
- The Seven Years War (1756-1763) involved all the major European powers ... theatres from 1756 to 1763, incorporating the Pomeranian War and the French ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published ... Under Budge's directorship, the British Museum came to hold arguably ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- The Mughal Empire, (Persian language: مغل بادشاۿ) was an ... Under Akbar the Great, the empire grew considerably, and continued ...31 KB (4,705 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- The San Juan Archipelago is a group of islands in the Pacific Northwest ... The islands were named by the Spanish Francisco Eliza who explored ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- الدین ایبک) was a Turkic ruler of medieval India, the first Sultan ... The Muslim presence in India would see Hindu-Muslim conflict, violence ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 16:04, 7 December 2022
- a marked mathematician and a loyal statesman of his native France. As did Marquis ... Bougainville saw human rights as the property of all. All people ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 02:50, 4 November 2022
- The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory, located ... The islands extend east-west for 60 miles and are located just west ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- 1883 – October 8, 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great ... The government he led put in place the post-war consensus, based upon ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was the North American chapter ... The victory would ultimately prove to be a Pyrrhic one for the British ...30 KB (4,525 words) - 10:57, 11 April 2024
- 1850 – June 5, 1916) was an Irish-born British Field Marshal, diplomat ... Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in Ireland, son ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 14:28, 9 February 2022
- 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
- The Great Turkish War refers to a series of conflicts between the ... Some see the subsequent decline and fall of the Ottomans in terms ...18 KB (2,776 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- Mount Carmel is a coastal mountain range of modest height in northern ... In the Bible, a specific but unidentified "Mount Carmel" ...10 KB (1,644 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- Abraham Lincoln. He was a staunch supporter of the Union and of the emancipation ... Hay was born in 1838, in Salem, Indiana, of Scottish ancestry, raised ...10 KB (1,420 words) - 06:55, 8 April 2024
- The Suez Crisis (known as the Suez War or 1956 War, commonly known ... The Suez Canal had been important in Iran and the colonial penetration ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- The Fall of Rome or the Fall of the Roman Empire refers to the defeat ... Some European nations saw themselves as so indebted to the legacy ...28 KB (4,463 words) - 00:34, 25 March 2024
- Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080 – 1 May 1118) was the first wife and ... both religious and cultural improvements to the court and acted as vice-regent ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- a student leader. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature ... its final achievement. He is recognized as the leading architect of Burmese ...17 KB (2,666 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- #039;s first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War ... John Paul started his maritime career at the age of 12, sailing out ...18 KB (2,783 words) - 03:55, 2 May 2024
- The Danelaw, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle also known as the Danelagh ... held predominance over those of the Anglo-Saxons. Its origins lie ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- 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
- Papyrus (The plural of papyrus is papyri) is an early form of thick ... The study of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, and ...12 KB (1,870 words) - 07:37, 18 November 2022
- The American Anti-Imperialist League was established in the United ... Was U.S. intervention in 1898 disinterested altruism in support of ...22 KB (3,341 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- (November 19, 1924 - November 21, 1969), was the thirty-sixth kabaka (king ... He was often referred to as King Freddie in the foreign press, a nickname ...15 KB (2,301 words) - 19:37, 10 November 2022
- (June 3, 1865 – January 20, 1936) was the first British monarch belonging ... From the age of 12, George served in the Royal Navy, but upon the ...39 KB (5,812 words) - 13:04, 14 November 2022
- 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
- or institution; sometimes used as a loan of money. The term derives from ... and approved by an elected governing body. The principles of the charter ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 07:42, 13 January 2023
- Chief Dan George, (July 24, 1899–September 23, 1981) was a chief ... One of twelve children of the tribal chief, Dan George served as chief ...18 KB (2,892 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- 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
- in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, near Guindy. The mount is known locally as ... The Portuguese built the shrine of Mother Mary, a small relic-filled ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 16:21, 8 February 2023
- (August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892) was the most popular English poet ... his conservatism was evident in his choice of subject matter. Shying away ...9 KB (1,502 words) - 16:53, 20 July 2023
- as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army ... He physically fed, clothed, and nursed the sick. It is perhaps regrettable ...21 KB (3,345 words) - 19:07, 4 December 2023
- The Yoruba (Yorùbá in Yoruba orthography) are one of the largest ... While Yoruba can be found throughout the entirety of West Africa, ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- , Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēnsì, English: Temple of Thanksgiving ... were added. In addition, features making the temple convenient and safe ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI ... and splendor. He required obedience from the Indian but he also had a sense ...36 KB (5,555 words) - 08:08, 23 January 2023
- United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in ... Colloquially, the day is also now widely known as Presidents' ...19 KB (2,531 words) - 23:00, 3 May 2023
- The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed ... The results for Eastern Europe were disastrous as they were held hostage ...13 KB (2,093 words) - 10:05, 22 May 2023
- Minerva was the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and war. Her areas ... Her name is virtually identical to that Menrva, the Etruscan goddess ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European ... The war lasted over a decade, and was marked by the military leadership ...29 KB (4,611 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose ... The Fabian Society represented the more evolutionist element of socialism ...17 KB (2,508 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- was a Welsh privateer, who made a name in the Caribbean as a leader of buccaneers ... Henry Morgan was the eldest son of Robert Morgan, a squire of Llanrhymny ...11 KB (1,645 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- American Empire is a term relating to the political, economic, military ... The sources and proponents of this concept range from classical Marxist ...48 KB (7,076 words) - 03:33, 24 July 2023
- The Boer Wars were fought between British and Dutch settlers of the ... But a new imperial policy arose in England. It aimed to bring the ...38 KB (5,998 words) - 05:19, 17 November 2023
- 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
- She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993, in recognition ... T. S. Eliot Award, 1992; Dame, Order of the British Empire, 1993; David Cohen ...16 KB (2,563 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- In his acting, he gave a new life to some of the greatest classics in the ... He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE ...26 KB (4,059 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
- The Deccan sultanates refer to five Muslim-ruled late medieval kingdoms– ... Although generally rivals, they allied against the Vijayanagara empire ...20 KB (2,927 words) - 09:00, 28 January 2024
- Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures ... ==Meaning of the term== Orientalism derives from a Latin word oriens ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- March 23, 1921 – January 4, 1967), was a British car and motorboat racer ... The Campbell's were wealthy from the family's diamond business ...14 KB (2,274 words) - 17:19, 30 January 2024
- The Aksumite Empire or Axumite Empire (sometimes called the Kingdom ... Ethiopian culture today has its roots in this civilization. The decline ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- The Battle of Gallipoli took place at Gallipoli from April 1915 to ... In Turkey, the campaign is known as the Çanakkale Savaşları, after ...37 KB (5,841 words) - 21:41, 25 June 2022
- who pioneered modern education for the Muslim community in India ... scholar while working as a jurist for the British East India Company ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military ... is lost; this does not necessarily mean that the captain is suspected of wrongdoing ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 08:45, 10 January 2024
- The Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝) (born Hongli, September 25, 1711 ... During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, China attained its maximum ...28 KB (4,243 words) - 00:03, 15 April 2023
- a German naval leader, who was in command of the Kriegsmarine during World ... After the war, he was charged and convicted of "crimes against ...19 KB (2,885 words) - 18:15, 14 May 2024
- The Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller ... At times it competed in popularity with the Knights Templar, a more ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 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 term Barbarian does not derive from the name of any tribe or cultural ... Although barbarian cultures generally worked against the advancement ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory ... Negatively, attitudes of racial, cultural, religious and civilization ...36 KB (5,415 words) - 07:40, 14 January 2023
- generally known as Cornplanter, was the son of a Seneca (Indian) mother ... Cornplanter urged neutrality during the American Revolutionary War ...15 KB (2,354 words) - 19:04, 14 January 2023
- A hierarchical Sinocentric model of international relations, dominated ... The central position was not always held by the same ethnic group; ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- Precognition (from the Latin praecognitio, or "to know beforehand ... Precognition is the most frequently reported type of ESP, occurring ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 22:20, 30 November 2022
- The Historic Center of Macau ( O Centro Histórico de Macau ... ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- The Victorian era of the United Kingdom and its overseas Empire was ... The era is often characterized as a long period of peace, known as ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 2023
- The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion against ... In 1839, the First Opium War broke out, and China was defeated by ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya ... His father, Leopold, was also partly of Belarusian-Polish noble descent. ...17 KB (2,362 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- Scottish novelist, best known for his novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps, and Unionist ... Buchan was the eldest child in the family of four sons and one surviving ...18 KB (2,741 words) - 04:22, 3 August 2022
- Inscription, carved into a cliff side, gives the same text in three languages ... The Behistun Inscription (also Bisitun or Bisutun, بیستون in ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- #039;s rights activist. In 1910, she was the first woman appointed to the ... #039;s role in winning legal recognition of the "person-hood" ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:23, 21 January 2023
- The Treaty of Georgievsk ( Георгиевский трактат ... was a bilateral treaty concluded between the Russian Empire and the east ...18 KB (2,657 words) - 14:54, 2 May 2023
- The First Italo–Ethiopian War was fought between Italy and Ethiopia ... Some point out that Italy was perhaps the weakest of all the colonial ...12 KB (1,835 words) - 17:24, 28 March 2024
- The Volunteer Army (Добровольческая армия in Russian ... Part of the wide White Russian resistance movement, the Volunteer ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 18:55, 31 October 2022
- Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte ... He is honored by the London landmark Nelson's Column, which stands ...22 KB (3,598 words) - 15:08, 2 February 2024
- November 1683 – October 25, 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, ... He was the last British monarch to have been born outside of Great ...28 KB (4,125 words) - 12:22, 10 November 2022
- capital, Halifax, is a major economic center of the region. It is the fourth ... The province includes several regions of the Mi'kmaq nation of ...28 KB (4,053 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- 22, 1919 - November 17, 2013) was a British writer, author of novels ... (1944–1956), when she was writing on the theme of radical social issues ...22 KB (3,145 words) - 21:11, 26 March 2024
- The Ottoman Empire represents one of the largest imperial projects ... reality acts within history will view the decline and fall of the Ottoman ...38 KB (5,718 words) - 05:55, 18 November 2022
- Jellaladin, Celalettin) also known as Akbar the Great (Akbar-e-Azam) (October ... Akbar is best known for his vision of empire as an interfaith community—a ...23 KB (3,546 words) - 07:14, 16 June 2023
- The Konbaung Dynasty, 1752-1885, also known as Third Burmese Empire ... An expansionist dynasty, the Konbaung kings waged campaigns against ...38 KB (5,866 words) - 22:29, 15 September 2023
- The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca) was a rebellion ... The rising was an attempt by militant Irish republicans to win independence ...29 KB (4,554 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2020
- 6, 1769 – October 13, 1812) was a British Major-General and Government ... Assigned to Canada in 1802, Brock was responsible for defending the ...28 KB (4,513 words) - 18:55, 7 March 2024
- ) describes the central area of the original city of Havana, Cuba ... Following a royal Spanish decree by Philip II of Spain in 1561, all ...17 KB (2,656 words) - 00:04, 18 November 2022
- Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Rigore Valli Aeli, "the line along ... Begun in 122 C.E., it was the third of four such fortifications built ...23 KB (3,617 words) - 16:37, 21 January 2024
- The Anglican Communion is a world-wide affiliation of Anglican Churches ... The status of full communion means that all rites conducted in one ...25 KB (3,771 words) - 18:08, 27 July 2023
- ; Tamil: கொழும்பு) is the largest city and commercial ... than 2,000 years. However, it only became the capital of the nation after ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- Samuel Butler (December 4, 1835 - June 18, 1902) was a British writer ... Nottinghamshire, England, into a long line of clerics. He was seemingly preordained ...14 KB (2,261 words) - 02:22, 23 December 2022
- William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield PC (March 2, 1705 – March ... that slavery was immoral. This is an example of how a slavish adherence to ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 20:02, 24 November 2022
- April 14, 1889 – October 22, 1975) was a British historian whose twelve-volume ... Toynbee approached history not from the perspective that takes the ...29 KB (4,250 words) - 03:54, 15 August 2023
- |observedby = Commonwealth of Nations United States ... Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event ...26 KB (4,040 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- quot; But technically, it is a specific form of sovereign state (a political ... The modern state is relatively new to human history, emerging after ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 04:09, 11 March 2023
- The British Empire is the most extensive empire in world history and ... By 1921, the British Empire ruled a population of between 470 and ...59 KB (8,891 words) - 02:41, 22 November 2023
- (August 13, 1913 – August 3, 1977) was the archbishop and primate of ... In 1956, the British exiled him for what in their view was sedition ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 05:34, 5 November 2022
- ), officially the Republic of Cyprus ( Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία ... ) is an Eurasian island nation in the eastern part of the Mediterranean ...33 KB (4,886 words) - 06:54, 12 January 2024
- The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty that officially ... Negotiations between the allied powers started on May 7, the anniversary ...20 KB (3,094 words) - 16:26, 2 May 2023
- critic, and activist. He was a professor of English and Comparative Literature ... Academically speaking, Said was a follower of Post-structuralist theory ...19 KB (2,870 words) - 23:50, 12 February 2024
- Cotton can refer to members of the genus Gossypium of flowering plants ... Since ancient times, some species of cotton plants have been cultivated ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 21:13, 23 May 2020
- Islam in India constitutes the second-most practiced religion after ... impact. Indeed, Islam has become woven into the very fabric of Indian civilization ...25 KB (3,703 words) - 06:10, 8 March 2024
- The Corn Laws were import tariffs designed to support domestic British ... These laws are often viewed as examples of British mercantilism and ...16 KB (2,539 words) - 03:04, 8 January 2024
- Raffles (July 6, 1781 – July 5, 1826) was the founder of the city of Singapore ... Raffles was born on the ship Ann off the coast of Jamaica. Little ...33 KB (5,257 words) - 16:24, 8 February 2023
- and experimental photographer/inventor, and the son of astronomer William ... Herschel was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, the son of William and ...15 KB (2,220 words) - 05:56, 3 August 2022
- (January 5, 1592 – January 31, 1666) ruled the Mughal Empire in the Indian ... Even while a child, many pointed him out as the successor to the Mughal ...17 KB (2,508 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- political movement that originally supported the establishment of a homeland ... The term "Zionism" is derived from the word Zion (Hebrew: ...20 KB (2,796 words) - 18:55, 1 November 2023
- Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; ... title=Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire|years=1917 – 1936 ...39 KB (6,106 words) - 02:44, 17 January 2023
- Aga Khan (Persian: آغا خان ) is the hereditary title of the ... The Aga Khans are known throughout the world for their philanthropic ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 06:09, 16 June 2023
- American exceptionalism has been historically referred to as the belief ... The difference is often expressed in American circles as some categorical ...29 KB (4,328 words) - 06:49, 25 July 2023
- 22, 1889 – January 9, 1943) was a British philosopher and historian ... an authority on Roman Britain. Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, Collingwood ...17 KB (2,548 words) - 02:20, 16 December 2022
- The Safavids (Persian: صفویان) were a native Iranian dynasty ... The Safavid dynasty had its origins in a long established Sufi order ...23 KB (3,547 words) - 18:36, 22 December 2022
- Turkish tea (çay) is a type of tea originating in Turkey and popular ... In fact, tea has become an integral part of Turkish culture. The serving ...11 KB (1,771 words) - 00:24, 3 May 2023
- William Pitt the Younger (May 28, 1759 – January 23, 1806) was a ... The younger Pitt's prime ministerial tenure, which came during ...28 KB (4,338 words) - 18:25, 17 April 2023
- The Battle of Trafalgar (/trə'fælɡər/, formerly /træfəl ... A Royal Navy fleet of 27 ships of the line destroyed an allied French ...36 KB (5,789 words) - 01:40, 26 September 2023
- - September 10, 2020) was an English actress of stage and screen. Her career ... She was awarded both Commander of the Order of the British Empire ...38 KB (5,401 words) - 11:54, 29 January 2024
- The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American ... Throughout the war, the British were able to use their naval superiority ...40 KB (5,862 words) - 06:46, 25 July 2023
- 1999) was an English pop singer who, among the female artists of the British ... Buckingham Palace to receive her Order of the British Empire insignia. ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- The Qajar dynasty (also known as Ghajar or Kadjar) is a common term ... territory between Iran and their Indian empire. Britain also established ...27 KB (4,140 words) - 03:59, 7 December 2022
- The Battle of Austerlitz (also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors ... Austerlitz effectively brought the Third Coalition to an end. On December ...32 KB (5,047 words) - 11:31, 20 September 2023
- Ashoka the Great (304 B.C.E. - 232 B.C.E.; also known as Asoka, Sanskrit: ... The name ‘Ashoka’ translates as “without sorrow” in Sanskrit ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting ... The primary natural resources are spiny lobster, conch, and other ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
- British Raj (rāj, lit. "rule" in Hindi) or British India ... (contemporaneously, "British India") as well as the princely ...52 KB (7,786 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- The Treaty of Trianon is the peace treaty concluded at the end of ... ==Frontiers of Hungary== The Hungarian government terminated the personal ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 14:59, 2 May 2023
- site in Upper Egypt, located about 160 km southwest of Cairo. For the past century, the vicinity of Oxyrhynchus has been continually ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 06:03, 18 November 2022
- The Chandrasekhar limit limits the mass of bodies made from electron ... As white dwarfs are composed of electron-degenerate matter, no nonrotating ...23 KB (3,300 words) - 01:16, 4 December 2023
- May 29, 1953, he and Sir Edmund Hillary were the first people known to have ... A native of Nepal, Tenzing was born to a modest family there. His ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 03:46, 30 April 2023
- George I, King of the Hellenes Georgios A' Vasileus ton Ellinon; ... In contrast to George I, who ruled as a constitutional monarch, the ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- nationalist and suffragette. During the Easter Rising of 1917, she ... She was imprisoned by the British authorities in 1911, in 1916, in ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 17:49, 16 May 2020
- of Lindisfarne, the Apostle of Northumbria (died 651), was an Irish ... Bede's meticulous and detailed account of Saint Aidan's ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- Harold Harefoot (c. 1015–March 17, 1040) was King of England from ... He was the son of Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark, Norway ...17 KB (2,606 words) - 17:22, 27 October 2020
- from an archaeologists' label for the material culture of Britain ... While the history of Roman Britain is reasonably well covered by contemporary ...51 KB (7,614 words) - 13:43, 28 April 2023
- Although he is often mentioned as the associate of Jeremy Bentham ... James Mill was born April 6, 1773, at Northwater Bridge, in the parish ...11 KB (1,705 words) - 08:37, 1 April 2024
- , was an Indian philosopher and statesman, the second president of India ... Radhakrishnan was one of the foremost scholars of comparative religion ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 16:20, 27 July 2021
- Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, Order of the British Empire DBE (September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976), also known as Dame Agatha Christie ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 06:43, 16 June 2023
- 16, 1863 – March 17, 1937), was a British statesman, politician, and ... Elected to Parliament in 1882, by 1902, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer ...21 KB (3,355 words) - 00:00, 3 December 2021
- Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten ... with Mahatma Gandhi but was unable to avoid the Partition of India, although ...36 KB (5,344 words) - 04:07, 4 November 2022
- A library is a collection of information, sources, resources and services ... In addition, with the collection of media other than books for storing ...31 KB (4,437 words) - 22:31, 25 October 2022
- enormous popular success during a career of more than 70 years and continues ... He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ...26 KB (4,022 words) - 10:54, 11 March 2023
- Harare (formerly Salisbury) is the capital of Zimbabwe. It lies in ... It serves as a distribution point for the surrounding agricultural and ...23 KB (3,136 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- [[Image:ac-parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon seen from the ... The Parthenon (Παρθενώνας) is a temple of the Greek goddess ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
- The Shawnee, or Shawano, are a people native to North America. They ... Like many other Algonquians, the Shawnee generally joined forces with ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 13:23, 27 January 2023
- military officer who participated in both the American and French revolutions ... La Fayette served in the American War of Independence both as a general ...23 KB (3,607 words) - 06:57, 15 December 2022
- The Partition of Bengal in 1947 divided Bengal into the two separate ... The government of Bengal supported a unified, independent Bengal as ...19 KB (2,769 words) - 23:04, 28 June 2023
- [[File:KarlHaushofer.jpg|thumb|300px|Portrait of Karl Haushofer, circa ... was a German geopolitician, who developed the German concept of Geopolitik ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 00:43, 5 March 2024
- May 15, 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving ... knighthoods, membership of the order of the British Empire and even peerages ...23 KB (3,472 words) - 01:43, 16 December 2022
- Masada (a romanization of the Hebrew מצדה, Mitzada, from מצודה ... for Jews. Its story has helped to counter the sentiment that Jews were always ...14 KB (2,172 words) - 16:17, 7 November 2022
- A prisoner of war (POW) is a combatant who is imprisoned by an enemy ... In the history of war (which covers basically all of human history ...27 KB (4,158 words) - 00:40, 12 April 2023
- [[Image:Catherine03.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Equestrian portrait of Grand ... Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great (Russian: Екатерина ...19 KB (2,933 words) - 16:15, 3 December 2023
- University, Frost rose to prominence in the UK when he was chosen to host ... *1970: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) ...34 KB (4,795 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- 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
- 1966 to 1978, during which he reoriented the agency's focus beyond ... named Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services ...29 KB (4,230 words) - 22:56, 30 November 2022
- also known as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria ... However, the emperor was later unable to cope with the mounting incursions ...28 KB (4,067 words) - 06:32, 11 March 2024
- and nineteenth centuries that sought to end the practice of slavery and the ... The truth, self-evident, that all men are created equal, apparent ...36 KB (5,445 words) - 06:28, 14 June 2023
- Idi Amin Dada (mid-1920s – August 16, 2003) was President of Uganda ... When he assumed power in 1971, Uganda had experienced a series of ...36 KB (5,445 words) - 21:36, 25 July 2021
- influence on German and European history. The last capital of Prussia was ... whether Austria or Prussia would dominate the new polity. Had Austria done ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- The Battle of Quebec, also known as the Battle of the Plains of Abraham ... The culmination of a three-month siege by the British, the battle ...33 KB (5,197 words) - 10:21, 22 September 2023
- The First War of Indian Independence was a period of rebellions in ... Mangal Pandey, a Sepoy in the colonial British army, was the spearhead ...43 KB (6,818 words) - 17:25, 28 March 2024
- The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ... The Napoleonic Wars brought great changes to Europe. Though Napoleon ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- Boxing Day is a secular holiday celebrated the day after Christmas ... and friends, for sports, and for eating the left over food from the Christmas ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 20:04, 20 November 2023
- Pretoria is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving ... In the mid-twentieth century racial segregation in the form of apartheid ...25 KB (3,503 words) - 00:35, 12 April 2023
- , an American Indian struggle against the British military occupation ... The war began in May 1763 when Pontiac and 300 followers attempted ...62 KB (9,278 words) - 22:32, 13 January 2023
- I. Due to his interest in magic and the occult, he also devoted much ... Dee straddled the worlds of science and magic just as the two disciplines ...34 KB (5,268 words) - 02:25, 9 February 2023
- The Occupation of the Channel Islands refers to the military occupation ... The islands were too small to serve as a launching pad for an invasion ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- |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
- Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, Order of the Garter (KG), Order of New Zealand (ONZ), Order of the British Empire (KBE) (July 20, 1919 – January ...37 KB (5,516 words) - 18:14, 12 February 2024
- The Channel Islands (Norman: Îles d'la Manche; French: Îles ... These islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom ...23 KB (3,402 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations ... Methodism originated in England in the eighteenth century, among a ...28 KB (4,180 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2023
- In the Judeo-Christian tradition, as well as in Confucianism and other ... award, such as a British Order of the British Empire (OBE), a knighthood ...15 KB (2,339 words) - 13:28, 2 February 2024
- to as Middle Africa, defines a portion of the African continent south ... *Democratic Republic of the Congo *Republic of Congo *Equatorial Guinea ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 23:51, 3 December 2023
- The Tāj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. The Mughal emperor ... The Taj Mahal is considered by many to be the finest example of Mughal ...30 KB (4,795 words) - 03:53, 27 February 2023
- ) was the governor of the Roman Iudaea province from 26 -36 C.E. He ... Although sometimes portrayed sympathetically because of his reported ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 20:06, 9 April 2023
- and orator who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives and ... While never rising to the presidency, Clay became perhaps the most ...23 KB (3,536 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- 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
- after 1780, was a Native American of the Seneca tribe's Wolf ... Red Jacket urged neutrality during the American Revolutionary War ...21 KB (3,357 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- European exploration of Africa began with the Greeks and Romans, who ... The story of the European exploration of Africa comprises many incidents ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- The Battle of the Somme, fought in the summer and autumn of 1916, ... For the first time, the home front in the United Kingdom was exposed ...54 KB (8,491 words) - 02:44, 26 September 2023
- was an Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India ... what he saw as too close a relationship with the Soviet Union by improving ...17 KB (2,426 words) - 00:04, 16 December 2022
- The Great Famine or the Great Hunger (Gaelic: An Gorta Mór or An ... The immediate effect on Ireland was devastating, and its long-term ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 13:17, 6 March 2024
- 1903 – January 21, 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was ... family in Motihari, Bihar, in India, during the period when India was part ...23 KB (3,458 words) - 10:53, 13 December 2023
- The Right Reverend James Edward Lesslie Newbigin C.B.E. (December ... episcopacy is essential for proper church order, that bishops, symbolizing ...30 KB (4,685 words) - 22:01, 25 October 2022
- 12, 1907 – September 3, 1963) was a British and Irish poet and playwright ... MacNeice was born in Belfast, the youngest son of John Frederick and ...17 KB (2,543 words) - 04:06, 4 November 2022
- that accommodate human free will, in order to complete God’s providential ... ==The Goal of History== The goal of history is restoration or "re ...26 KB (3,993 words) - 02:18, 18 April 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
- 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
- Delhi, sometimes referred to as Dilli or Dhilli, is the second largest ... Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world ...33 KB (4,788 words) - 09:20, 28 January 2024
- [[Image:Ouroboros_1.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Engraving of Ouroboros ... The dragon is a mythical creature typically depicted as a large and ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- A dowry is a gift of money or valuables given by the bride's ... Today, the practice has decreased in developed countries and urban ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- George Canning (April 11, 1770 – August 8, 1827) was a British statesman ... As a result of his charisma and promise, Canning early on drew to ...19 KB (2,752 words) - 08:08, 13 December 2023
- The May Fourth Movement (五四運動, 五四运动, wǔ sì yùn ... The May Fourth Movement led to the New Cultural Movement and a drastic ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British soldier renowned especially ... Thomas' sensationalized reportage of the Revolt, as well as to Lawrence ...33 KB (5,295 words) - 00:58, 21 April 2023
- and performances were very popular during the Second World War. She was ... * [[File:Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.png|alt=|80x80px ...44 KB (6,146 words) - 18:00, 3 May 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
- [[Image:A11602.jpg|thumb|300 px|Convict laborers in Australia in the ... labor are collective terms for a variety of work relations in which people ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 06:20, 1 April 2024
- 24 1905) was a French author and a pioneer of the science-fiction genre, ... Verne, an attorney, and his wife, Sophie. The oldest of the family's ...19 KB (2,945 words) - 21:07, 4 October 2022
- Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan fought over the control of Korea ... Romaji: Nisshin Sensō) (August 1, 1894– April 17, 1895). The Sino ...31 KB (4,561 words) - 17:25, 28 March 2024
- nations mobilize all available resources in order to destroy another nation ... The threat of total devastation to the earth and humankind through ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- his full name in his engineering career, in order to protect his engineering ... in their subject matter and in his matter of fact prose and narrative technique ...19 KB (3,017 words) - 16:28, 11 November 2022
- Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German army opened ... several major offensives along this front. The attacks employed massive artillery ...57 KB (8,515 words) - 17:19, 4 May 2023
- ascetic monk, theologian and reformer from the British Isles who taught that ... The rigorous ascetic life of his adherents contrasted with the spiritual ...24 KB (3,917 words) - 07:13, 23 November 2022
- :This article covers the political aspects of the American Revolution ... The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half ...47 KB (6,905 words) - 06:45, 25 July 2023
