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- The story of a Great Flood sent by God or the gods to destroy civilization ... According to the mythical history of Ireland, the first inhabitants ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 17:53, 11 November 2023
- the names Lal Qila, Fort Rouge and Red Fort of Agra. Situated about 2.5 km ... Agra Fort represents a blend of Hindu and Islamic civilization and ...12 KB (1,823 words) - 06:48, 16 June 2023
- under its current name since 1788. For much of its history it has been regarded ... == History == The Times was founded by John Walter in 1785 as The Daily ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 17:36, 30 April 2023
- Thomas Helwys, (c. 1575 – c. 1616), was one of the joint founders ... not prevent his imprisonment. King James I of England did not approve of ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 21:16, 30 April 2023
- in Manhattan from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 to the ... Tammany Hall is an example of how political parties, because they ...12 KB (1,699 words) - 03:59, 27 February 2023
- William IV (William Henry; August 21, 1765 – June 20, 1837) was ... King." His reign saw the implementation of several reforms: The poor law ...36 KB (5,444 words) - 21:27, 8 February 2024
- :This article is about the former administrative divisions of China. ... by Nurhaci (1558 – 1626) the founder of the Manchu Qing dynasty in ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 00:04, 13 February 2024
- Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten ... Gandhi but was unable to avoid the Partition of India, although he would have ...36 KB (5,344 words) - 04:07, 4 November 2022
- George I, King of the Hellenes Georgios A' Vasileus ton Ellinon; ... as a constitutional monarch, the reigns of his successors would prove ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- and paleontologist, famous for his studies of prehistoric cave art, such ... went beyond reality, and his interpretation of the artwork was very misleading ...13 KB (1,739 words) - 17:06, 15 December 2023
- Canning is a method of preserving food by first sealing it in air ... From a public safety point of view, foods with low acidity (i.e., ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 19:25, 25 November 2023
- college in 1861, it was the first member of the Seven Sisters to become ... For Vassar graduates, both men and women, to advance the world of ...12 KB (1,685 words) - 14:40, 3 May 2023
- David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (January ... . The same year, he introduced National Insurance to cover the cost ...46 KB (7,168 words) - 08:06, 28 January 2024
- Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots ... the human spirit through the recognition of distinguished or ancient lineage ...26 KB (3,894 words) - 00:03, 18 November 2022
- has often achieved the highest circulation of daily papers in Britain. It ... women journalists. With its innovative use of photography and populist right ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 16:59, 13 May 2020
- A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, that ... The history of the flag dates back to at least Roman times. The study ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- Salamander is the common term for any member of the order Caudata ... rough-skinned species exist. The moist skin of the amphibians adapts them ...12 KB (1,655 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- been interchanged or merged over the course of time. Sometimes, however, dockyards ... regulations have resulted in movement of the industry to developing regions. ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:17, 27 January 2023
- eruption that occurred on the Greek island of Thera (known today as Santorini ... in the Sea, the Santorini Volcano: Natural History and the Legend of Atlantis ...26 KB (3,980 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- Carnegie earned the nickname Patron Saint of Libraries. The first of Carnegie's public libraries opened in his hometown ...16 KB (2,208 words) - 00:36, 29 November 2023
- Yeasts are a phylogenetically diverse grouping of single-celled fungi ... for commercial baking products that consist of yeast or dried yeast cells ...24 KB (3,421 words) - 09:54, 23 May 2023
- , or 12 players (women's field), each of whom uses a netted stick (the ... In its current form, men's lacrosse is played on a field of grass ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 22:41, 30 April 2023
- Oswald (ca. 604–August 5, 642 C.E.)While Bede gives the year of ... Oswald's assessment in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of ...27 KB (4,245 words) - 13:29, 5 September 2022
- Patrick David; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; June 23, 1894 – ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward VIII held the titles of ...39 KB (6,106 words) - 02:44, 17 January 2023
- world heavyweight champion and the last of the great bare-knuckle fighters ... match considered a turning point in boxing history. It was the final world ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 17:28, 1 May 2024
- nothing could be colder. The unit increment of the Kelvin scale is the kelvin ... It can be shown from the laws of thermodynamics that absolute zero ...15 KB (2,316 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- a crime is still an act in violation of a public law for which a punishment ... maintain the distinction, notably those of the United States. Those jurisdictions ...15 KB (2,199 words) - 16:11, 5 April 2017
- the Oregon question) arose as a result of competing British and American ... with Russia and Spain. By Article III of the Anglo-American Convention ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- Imperial Russia on one side and an alliance of the United Kingdom of Great ... The majority of the conflict took place on the Crimean peninsula in ...22 KB (3,405 words) - 06:24, 11 January 2024
- Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (March 11 ... Wilson is generally recognized as a man of profound intellect but ...47 KB (7,170 words) - 20:22, 29 January 2022
- who was saddened by the oppressive state of the world in which he lived ... Beckett is a unique figure in the history of Western literature. Born ...30 KB (4,732 words) - 01:16, 21 April 2023
- 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
- an older [[Scotland|Scottish]] design of the Guillotine. This example ... is noted for long being the main method of execution in France and, more ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 08:14, 8 January 2024
- The Treaty of Nanking (Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which ... The establishment of Hong Kong and of other Treaty Port settlements ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- [[Image:Licorne Edimbourg Scotland.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Arms of Scotland ... Examples of legendary creatures can be found in medieval bestiaries ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- 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
- organization, established on the basis of the Treaty of Brussels of 1948 ... resort and wishes to see the "scourge of war" banished for all ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 17:18, 4 May 2023
- In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation. A ... drawing and quartering. However, the charge of treason was greatly abused ...14 KB (2,143 words) - 12:38, 18 April 2023
- Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... rights laws are most often written. Examples of civil rights and liberties ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music. Glinka ... Mikhail Glinka was born in the village of Novospasskoye, a village ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- countries, is known as swede in Ireland and Northern England. This ... Turnips have a long history of usage, with domestication tracing back ...14 KB (2,268 words) - 00:26, 3 May 2023
- in Tasmania, Australia. It is considered one of the country's most significant ... southeast of the state capital, Hobart. It is known for its harsh ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 05:41, 30 November 2022
- May 2, 1997 to June 27, 2007. He was Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 ... election victories. Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer during all Blair ...44 KB (6,546 words) - 04:00, 1 May 2023
- and the secular world, and is considered one of the most culturally significant ... and region. Elements common to many areas of the world include the attendance ...27 KB (4,071 words) - 21:38, 10 December 2023
- Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated ... Day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love. ...35 KB (5,116 words) - 14:12, 3 May 2023
- Edward III (November 13, 1312 – June 21, 1377) was one of the most ... Edward was crowned at the age of 14, following the deposition of his ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- Hijacking is the assumption of control of a vehicle through some means ... the ultimate solution to the problem of hijacking is to resolve the ...26 KB (3,897 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country ... Despite the beauty of the land, poverty is on the increase, closely ...23 KB (3,416 words) - 00:48, 7 March 2023
- a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint Peter. He was renowned ... It is also held that Andrew founded the See of Byzantium in 38 C.E ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- Lynching is a form of violence, usually murder, considered by its ... [[Image:Lynching-of-lige-daniels.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Postcard depicting ...23 KB (3,493 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- The Massacre of Glencoe occurred in Glen Coe, Scotland early in the ... accepted the invitation to take the throne of the Kingdom of England. The ...14 KB (2,279 words) - 16:47, 7 November 2022
- to benefit society or a specific group of people within that society ... and in some jurisdictions specific types of companies, may be established ...17 KB (2,518 words) - 01:47, 4 December 2023
- from South Carolina during the first half of the nineteenth century. Calhoun ... war with Britain in 1812 and a vast program of internal improvements afterwards ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 16:58, 5 April 2024
- or Helsinki Declaration, was the Final Act of the Conference on Security ... human rights and to non-violent resolution of disputes. Analysts identify ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 17:19, 6 February 2022
- the practice derives from the scriptures of the New Testament (John 13:1 ... The religious act of foot-washing is also practiced in Islam and Sikhism ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 15:11, 5 September 2022
- The Cyrus Cylinder (c.539-530 B.C.E) is an ancient artifact consisting ... ancient texts to provide independent support of the historicity of one of ...15 KB (2,435 words) - 02:16, 6 July 2023
- 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving ... After Kennedy's leadership as commander of the USS PT-109 during ...53 KB (7,912 words) - 19:39, 1 May 2023
- Women's suffrage is the most widely applicable aspect of the ... in New Jersey by the state constitution of 1776, where the word "inhabitants ...16 KB (2,464 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- by God to spread the "good news" of the Christian message to the ... The status of the apostles in the early Church was penultimate to ...30 KB (4,741 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- as a youth to the Boston lithographic firm of William S. & John Pendleton ... depicting disasters, political satire, views of city life, outdoor country ...14 KB (2,141 words) - 06:47, 12 January 2024
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - August 21, 1153) was a French abbot ... source of the ecclesiastical history of Ireland in the twelth century. ...26 KB (4,066 words) - 16:03, 29 September 2023
- Arkansas (are-can-saw) is a state located in the southern region of ... Little Rock became the center of international attention in 1957 when ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 02:49, 15 August 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
- The grey girders are the original structure of the works.]] or shopping arcade is a building or set of buildings that contain retail ...16 KB (2,407 words) - 01:55, 15 December 2022
- The Battle of Verdun was one of the most important battles in World ... The Battle of Verdun resulted in more than a quarter of a million ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:41, 26 September 2023
- a Dutch painter who specialized in scenes of ordinary people going about ... lifetime he was relatively unknown outside of his hometown of Delft where ...27 KB (4,136 words) - 07:23, 5 April 2024
- by habit and repute is, historically, a form of interpersonal status in which ... However, common-law marriage is becoming a thing of the past. It is ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 00:09, 8 January 2024
- to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England in order ... Lady Godiva was the wife of Leofric (968–1057), Earl of Mercia. ...16 KB (2,352 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- Slang is a set of highly informal words and expressions that are not ... The origins of slang are usually found in the desire of those members ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 22:49, 29 January 2023
- The common law forms a major part of the law of those countries of ... As a genre of law which is based on custom, tradition, and/or precedent ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 00:10, 8 January 2024
- The polka is a fast, lively Central European dance, and also a genre ... 1800s. As immigrants from different parts of Europe spread across the U ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- There were two Battles of the Marne fought during World War I. The ... By the end of August 1914, the whole Allied army on the Western Front ...14 KB (2,224 words) - 22:10, 16 January 2022
- The melodeon is the forerunner of the more familiar pump organ reminiscent ... apparently originated by Jeramiah Carhart of Poughkeepsie, New York, in ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 04:20, 9 November 2022
- Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (August 26, 1676 – March 18 ... held the de facto office due to the extent of his influence in the Cabinet ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 00:47, 29 November 2022
- organization (NGO) with the stated purpose of campaigning for internationally ... shocked and angered to come across the story of two Portuguese students sentenced ...30 KB (4,487 words) - 00:59, 9 January 2023
- American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Democratic ... As chairman of the Committee on Territories, Douglas dominated the ...14 KB (2,207 words) - 19:58, 9 February 2023
- A late 19th-century artist's conception of the Ark of the Covenant, employing ... The Ark of the Covenant (Hebrew: ארון הברית,aron habrit) ...29 KB (4,905 words) - 02:49, 15 August 2023
- An ILS is usually comprised of a relational database, software to ... the 1970s and early 1980s. Before the advent of computers, libraries usually ...16 KB (2,219 words) - 22:54, 5 February 2023
- and shares on a computer screen instead of by telephone or on a trading ... Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world along with ...17 KB (2,456 words) - 19:58, 8 December 2022
- a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader ... Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth ...49 KB (7,394 words) - 02:27, 2 May 2024
- the southeastern United States. It was one of the original Thirteen Colonies ... Territory (now Oklahoma) known as the Trail of Tears. Today North Carolina ...37 KB (5,288 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- major magazine, during the "Golden Age of Photojournalism," she ... whether that required sitting on top of a gargoyle on the Chrysler ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- Anne of Cleves (September 22, 1515 – July 16, 1557) (German: Anna ... Knowing the fate of other wives of Henry who resisted his marital ...14 KB (2,263 words) - 04:57, 31 July 2023
- Edward II (April 25, 1284 – September 21, 1327), of Caernarfon, ... to establish colleges in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge; he founded ...27 KB (4,277 words) - 18:25, 12 February 2024
- A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet ... to a Haggis), Scotch whisky, and recitations of Burns' poetry. Burns& ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, normally called Westminster ... Since the Christmas Day coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066 ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- United States, 86 miles (138 km) west of the state capitol of Columbia ... and is called the Birthplace and Deathbed of the Confederacy, because it ...17 KB (2,385 words) - 04:41, 14 June 2023
- The Seven Years War (1756-1763) involved all the major European powers ... the British East India Company and Ireland) were pitted against Austria ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 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
- di San Luca, and was associated with some of the leading artists of his ... Wright is currently rated as one of the leading indigenous British ...28 KB (4,229 words) - 02:57, 2 May 2024
- considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and the adventures ... preparatory school Stonyhurst at the age of nine, and by the time he left ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 11:09, 16 August 2023
- producer, best known as the lead guitarist of The Beatles, one of the most ... Not the most outspoken or public member of The Beatles, George was ...35 KB (5,701 words) - 08:07, 23 January 2023
- (May 6, 1758 – July 28, 1794) was one of the primary leaders of the ... Politically, Robespierre was a disciple of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, ...30 KB (4,512 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
- Guerrilla warfare (also spelled guerilla) is a method of combat by ... While some efforts on the part of guerrilla forces can be understood ...49 KB (7,286 words) - 23:47, 6 March 2023
- (also known as Ukerewe and Nalubaale) is one of the African Great Lakes. It ... Lake Victoria plays a vital role in supporting the millions of people ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 23:25, 21 October 2022
- Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before ... A divorce must be certified by a court of law, as a legal action is ...63 KB (9,390 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- He is best remembered for his direction of British foreign policy through ... Some of his aggressive actions, now termed liberal interventionist ...66 KB (10,174 words) - 15:23, 25 January 2023
- Quebec, and Maine. They were members of the Wabanaki confederacy and ... greatly reduced their population, many of whom moved north into Canada ...16 KB (2,389 words) - 06:38, 5 November 2022
- located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 ... The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list ...37 KB (5,831 words) - 02:27, 26 February 2023
- 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
- The Bosporan Kingdom, or the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, was ... Rome, it continued to enjoy a high degree of autonomy as a client-state ...15 KB (2,433 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international ... may be best known for the Wobbly Shop model of workplace democracy, in which ...43 KB (6,639 words) - 20:09, 4 March 2024
- theoretic developments in entrepreneurship history. Adapted from Patrick J ... the inherent risks involved. In the context of the creation of for-profit ...16 KB (2,206 words) - 22:07, 4 July 2020
- and television. Although based for much of her life in the United States ... , National Velvet (1944), and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). She appeared ...63 KB (9,615 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- #039; label for the material culture of Britain in Late Antiquity. ... While the history of Roman Britain is reasonably well covered by contemporary ...51 KB (7,614 words) - 13:43, 28 April 2023
- a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer of the Romantic period. He was ... Liszt studied and played at Vienna and Paris and for most of his early ...26 KB (3,891 words) - 09:36, 11 April 2024
- Fort Pasir Panjang, or Labrador Battery, located at the southern tip ... the world, understood the importance of coaling stations and coastal ...15 KB (2,283 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- who is best remembered today as one of the world's most beloved ... culture, and he has influenced a wide range of artists, from other children ...15 KB (2,406 words) - 22:19, 25 October 2022
- John Duns Scotus (c. 1266 – November 8, 1308) was one of the most ... by undermining the Augustinian concept of divine illumination of the ...15 KB (2,194 words) - 04:59, 3 August 2022
- Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... One of the founders of Rhode Island was Roger Williams. In 1636, Williams ...30 KB (4,360 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern ... In one of the earliest English settlements in the New World, English ...32 KB (4,620 words) - 09:13, 11 March 2023
- The Battle of Tannenberg in 1914, was a decisive engagement between ... this plan was the Russians' lack of a quality railroad network ...18 KB (2,883 words) - 01:37, 26 September 2023
- 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
- John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (June 6, 1650 – June 27, 1722) ... was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns ...54 KB (8,414 words) - 17:21, 16 December 2022
- Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953), of the Taft ... Taft was the grandson of Attorney General and Secretary of War Alphonso ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 02:17, 16 December 2022
- 1967. Tracy is still widely considered one of the most skillful actors of ... named Tracy among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking ninth on ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 19:15, 7 February 2023
- 23, 1800), South Carolina statesman, was one of four signers of the Declaration ... Rutledge, he was later appointed a member of the first Board of War in 1776 ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2024
- Protestant missionary in China. At the age of 16 he joined the Presbyterian ... Morrison produced a Chinese translation of the New Testament in 1813 ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- The King James Version of the Bible, or Authorized Version, first ... ==History of the Text== The New Testament of the King James Version ...44 KB (6,927 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- right|250px|Kazakh nomads in the steppes of the Russian Empire, ca. 1910]] Nomadic people, also known as nomads, are communities of people that ...40 KB (5,990 words) - 02:37, 16 November 2022
- in the late nineteenth century as part of the Hohenzollern dynasty's ... tradition of expansion within the European space, Germany's renewed ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- October 3, 1838) was a leader and warrior of the Sauk Native American tribe ... During the War of 1812 he fought on the side of the British. Later ...18 KB (2,766 words) - 19:44, 14 August 2021
- 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
- is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth, on the opposite ... is a major factor in the exploration of and the research conducted ...23 KB (3,208 words) - 15:38, 4 February 2023
- living out her life among the people of the Seneca Nation and later ... Jemison's story provided insights into the grave suffering of ...17 KB (2,909 words) - 16:09, 7 November 2022
- outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the nineteenth century widely ... father was Dr. James Thomson, a professor of mathematics at the Royal Academical ...36 KB (5,321 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- , 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
- neuroanatomist and physiologist, the father of phrenology. He was also one ... Gall's work pioneered our understanding of the function of the ...14 KB (2,093 words) - 05:20, 9 April 2024
- A papal bull is a special kind of patent or charter issued by a pope ... Papal bulls were originally issued by popes for various reasons of ...15 KB (2,289 words) - 07:29, 18 November 2022
- He is famous for his portraits of important figures in colonial ... From about 1760 until 1774, Copley painted the finest portraits of ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 04:03, 3 May 2024
- William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Province ... a precedent and my God will Make it the Seed of a Nation. That an example may ...16 KB (2,612 words) - 10:39, 11 May 2023
- diplomat, congressman, and sixth president of the United States. The son ... As secretary of state in the administration of James Monroe, Adams ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 03:49, 3 May 2024
- or other ideological goals. Most definitions of terrorism include only those ... labels to condemn violence or threat of violence by certain actors ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- Saint Bridget or Bridgid of Sweden (1303 – July 23, 1373), born ... From a young age she kept records of what came to be known as her ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 23:04, 20 November 2023
- Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army," he served on ... American War, he served as military governor of Mexico City. Such was his stature ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 15 May 2023
- in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo, "art for art ... now preserved as the Whistler House Museum of Art. His father, George Washington ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 08:36, 1 April 2024
- The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) was a series of civil wars fought ... The Wars were fought largely by the landed aristocracy and armies ...33 KB (5,447 words) - 22:07, 18 November 2022
- the United States. In 2007, the population of the city proper was estimated ... and the social and geographical center of the original 13 American colonies. ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (December ... Although a major figure in the protectionist wing of the Conservative ...28 KB (4,114 words) - 23:17, 11 January 2023
- or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics ... Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- London, situated in south-eastern England at the head of the River ... London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and ...41 KB (5,950 words) - 21:02, 3 November 2022
- The cross, found in many cultures and religions of the world, is an ... During the Roman Empire, the cross was an instrument of capital punishment ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- 1, 1755, at 9:40 in the morning. It was one of the most destructive and deadly ... in theodicy and in the philosophy of the sublime. As the first earthquake ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 04:24, 29 October 2022
- | office = Mayor of Chicago | order = 48th Mayor of Chicago | term_start = 1955 | term_end = 1976 ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 20:14, 8 December 2022
- Fishing is the practice of catching wild fish for food, recreation ... activity that can enhance a personal sense of balance, strengthen intergenerational ...49 KB (7,746 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- His writings, particularly his advocacy of the "single tax" ... George's motivation was to address the problem of poverty that ...15 KB (2,329 words) - 07:25, 22 January 2024
- – "a scattering or sowing of seeds") refers to any ... The Jewish diaspora began with the conquests of the eighth to the ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- make special distinction for the experiences of women of color. She has written ... The style of the text was that of a traditional epistolary novel, ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 18:21, 21 July 2023
- connecting his Jewish heritage to years of Zen meditation. Themes commonly ... He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters ...66 KB (10,062 words) - 21:06, 11 January 2024
- western traditions. Like many other types of dances it has specific rules ... Like America itself, country/western dancing is a melting pot of many ...19 KB (2,953 words) - 16:29, 27 April 2024
- Macbeth is among the best known of William Shakespeare's plays ... is often seen as an archetypal tale of the dangers of the lust for ...40 KB (6,125 words) - 04:47, 5 November 2022
- with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.28 million ... Sydney is one of the most multicultural cities in the world which ...33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- A political party is an organized group of people who have the same ... being whether they are an extension of government power, or an organized ...68 KB (9,596 words) - 04:49, 10 February 2021
- writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American ... that African Americans have a long history and that not all of that ...18 KB (2,854 words) - 05:12, 17 June 2023
- de Lantins). The era begins with the fall of the Roman Empire (476 C.E. ... was very expensive, due to the expense of parchment, and the huge amount ...36 KB (5,655 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- The term criminal law, sometimes called penal law, refers to any of ... jurisdiction, may include execution, loss of liberty, government supervision ...32 KB (5,141 words) - 06:24, 11 January 2024
- |Caption=The statue of Art Rooney outside Heinz Field. |Color=black ... - August 25, 1988) was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise ...18 KB (2,818 words) - 10:50, 16 August 2023
- glaciologist, and geologist, the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary ... In the early stages of his career, Agassiz made a name for himself ...18 KB (2,730 words) - 04:09, 4 November 2022
- — is the estuary formed by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paraná ... widest estuary in the world. It forms part of the border between Argentina ...17 KB (2,604 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- and settling overseas colonies. From the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Sweden ... As a modern day supporter of the peace keeping activities of the United ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. When an eclipse occurs ... the occulting object, as it blocks the light of the star as seen from the more ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- often meat. It uses the heat and hot gases of a fire, smoking wood, or hot ... an outdoor environment heated by the smoke of wood or charcoal. Restaurant ...43 KB (6,886 words) - 08:03, 20 September 2023
- logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham. Originally a tent ... The origins of what has come to be known as Ockham's razor are ...19 KB (2,872 words) - 23:50, 17 November 2022
- An island or isle is a tract of land that is completely surrounded ... There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic ...19 KB (2,807 words) - 19:43, 7 February 2023
- New Brunswick (French: Nouveau-Brunswick) is one of Canada's ... (1760-1820) who was descended from the House of Brunswick." ...32 KB (4,639 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- he became known as the "Father of Advertising." He also ... his insights into the purpose and method of advertising brought incredible ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 20:00, 19 May 2023
- 899) is often considered to be the founder of the English nation. As king ... Danes, after defeating them at the Battle of Edington. Realizing that it ...34 KB (5,332 words) - 20:42, 20 July 2023
- Hampshire. In addition to his literary body of work, Kingsley was a Protestant ... An advocate of Christian socialism, he published several novels about ...18 KB (2,593 words) - 19:34, 4 December 2023
- Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders and diseases ... for "study of." However, today the term neuroscience is ...20 KB (2,815 words) - 04:35, 11 March 2023
- There are risks involved in the use of sweat lodges, especially when ... wood plank roof and surrounded by a wall of large rocks]] ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- for educational reform, and President of the Board of Trade. He later ... Several monuments honor his legacy in the City of Birmingham. Throughout ...63 KB (9,535 words) - 21:17, 6 May 2024
- he played a key role in the leadership of the Confessing Church that ... Bonhoeffer's writings, especially his book The Cost of Discipleship ...15 KB (2,197 words) - 14:34, 29 January 2024
- aquatic birds comprising the genus Gavia of their own family (Gaviidae ... While advancing an individual function of survival, reproduction, ...16 KB (2,427 words) - 07:53, 9 March 2023
- A tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead. Derived from the ... Most tombs reflect a system of religious beliefs, and are used by ...18 KB (2,713 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- from the crops are shared in a variety of ways, depending on the agreement ... Types of tenant farming include sharecropping, some forms of peonage ...20 KB (3,132 words) - 16:23, 14 February 2024
- Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India are a Buddhist monastery complex ... The caves are located just outside the village of Ajinṭhā ...19 KB (2,978 words) - 07:12, 16 June 2023
- and leader, a Yoruba Chief, and native of Ikenne in the Ogun State of ... Awolowo was well aware that the challenge of holding Nigeria's ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 10:13, 11 March 2023
- jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar) was a period of political liberalization in ... itself. It made reference to the Springtime of Peoples, a lyrical title given ...17 KB (2,531 words) - 22:12, 30 November 2022
- is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the constituent countries of ... The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until May 1, 1707 ...48 KB (6,984 words) - 17:25, 12 May 2024
- and political figure, and the father of President John F. Kennedy and ... to the United Kingdom at the start of World War II. His term as Ambassador ...31 KB (4,694 words) - 04:52, 7 May 2024
- The Servant of God Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, ... the San Francisco earthquake. Her memories of her mother helping victims ...16 KB (2,524 words) - 17:27, 30 January 2024
- Nepalese War. The Gurkha War marked the rise of the Gurkha kingdom and the ... India Company had been expanding its sphere of influence. The stage set, Britain ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 08:38, 8 January 2024
- around 480,000 in England, Scotland and Ireland alone, and over two million ... recognize each other through a process of landmarks and regularity. There ...59 KB (8,933 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- The Religious Society of Friends, whose members are known as Quakers ... with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. Historians generally ...39 KB (6,129 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- but is best known for her A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790), a ... true virtue. Virtue, which consisted of imitating God, could only be ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 16:16, 7 November 2022
- Cannes is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes ... with monastic Christianity, although most of the city’s growth has occurred ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- valorem tax that an owner pays on the value of the property being taxed. There ... and assessment, with various methods of assessing property value in ...37 KB (5,745 words) - 00:22, 2 December 2022
- 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was the wife of former President Richard Nixon ... Nixon was always supportive of her husband even during the troubled ...17 KB (2,707 words) - 09:04, 18 November 2022
- against religious sites, and the seizure of church property. mere secularism or the French tradition of laïcité, which advocates ...18 KB (2,564 words) - 23:52, 27 April 2022
- Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists in 1919. She ... Her innocent but errant portrayals of feisty young ingénues pitted ...32 KB (4,715 words) - 16:13, 7 November 2022
- discipline that involves application of the principles of physics for ... The beginnings of mechanical engineering go back to the craftsmen ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
- trauma on defenseless children. Victims of child abuse often become abusers ... The solution to the widespread phenomenon of child abuse cannot be found ...23 KB (3,424 words) - 15:27, 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
- Barbados, situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent ... #039;s interior. The organic composition of Barbados is thought to be of ...33 KB (4,815 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- a philosopher and a founding representative of the Oxford-based British ordinary ... his father, eventually the first Bishop of Liverpool, had raised him." ...18 KB (2,734 words) - 07:53, 14 December 2022
- the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated ... an illuminated manuscript was also a time of religious devotion and prayer; ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 21:22, 25 February 2018
- == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution6glyph.png The evolution of our modern glyph for 6 appears rather simple when ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- , also called Haakon the Old, was king of Norway from 1217 to 1263. Under ... a single (rather than two co-rulers) king of legitimate birth succeeded ...19 KB (3,123 words) - 23:53, 29 July 2023
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—with King Charles III as ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- philosophy, primarily on the foundations of logic, the philosophy of mathematics ... Wittgenstein is widely regarded as having been one of the most influential ...59 KB (9,088 words) - 02:40, 5 November 2022
- died in Adyar, India where she was President of the Theosophical Society from ... satisfied if I could have touched the hem of [her] garment" ...34 KB (5,469 words) - 04:59, 31 July 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
- metal that is found in ores in many parts of the world. It is an essential ... sunburn and diaper rash. The chloride of zinc is a deodorant, and the ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 06:07, 13 June 2023
- known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, the Revolt of the West or the West Country ... The failure of Parliamentary efforts to exclude James from the succession ...41 KB (6,020 words) - 19:00, 7 March 2024
- to as molestation) is defined by the forcing of undesired sexual acts by one ... Sexual behavior is related to the very purpose of human existence: ...18 KB (2,684 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- (the Dialogist) in Eastern Orthodoxy because of the Dialogues he wrote. Gregory ... A senator's son and himself the governor of Rome at 30, Gregory ...18 KB (2,721 words) - 14:47, 31 January 2023
- was the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England (1540-1542). She is sometimes ... immediately after his annulment from Anne of Cleves was arranged. However ...19 KB (2,902 words) - 16:15, 3 December 2023
- 250px|thumb|Egyptian hieroglyphs typical of the Graeco-Roman period, sculpted ... scripts; they evolved independently of one another. Hieroglyphs were ...20 KB (3,009 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- an important figure in the Physiocrat school of economics, initially a successful ... The re-issuing of Cantillon's work at the beginning of the twenty ...20 KB (3,098 words) - 20:13, 8 December 2022
- Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of one or more gods. In a ... In Judaism, blasphemy is the uttering of God's name and/or speaking ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 14:33, 8 February 2022
- known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople) (c. 580 - August ... instructed him in the theological teachings of Gregory of Nazianzus and Pseudo ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 01:06, 9 November 2022
- Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the ... Sheridan prosecuted the latter years of the Indian Wars of the Great ...46 KB (7,083 words) - 03:18, 24 November 2022
- made cavalry movies, some movies set in Ireland, such as The Informer, How ... Ford was a key figure in the creation of the iconic style of the classic ...32 KB (5,047 words) - 05:09, 3 August 2022
- Operetta is a genre of the performing arts, related to opera, but ... made opera, a typically dense and epic form of entertainment, available to ...19 KB (2,844 words) - 00:52, 18 November 2022
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central ... The gorge is the greatest concentration of arches east of the Rocky Mountains ...39 KB (5,531 words) - 22:12, 3 March 2023
- education—but also to redress the effects of past discrimination. The underlying ... admissions, have been criticized as a form of reverse discrimination|right ...23 KB (3,279 words) - 20:11, 7 July 2023
- Bridgetown is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Established ... The economy of Barbados is susceptible to various issues, such as ...20 KB (2,790 words) - 23:06, 20 November 2023
- Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart, popularly known as Mary, Queen of ... West Lothian, Scotland to King James V of Scotland and his French wife ...19 KB (3,103 words) - 16:03, 7 November 2022
- Arthur is a legendary British "king" of mythical proportions ... eventually developed into a mythic warrior of heroic legend, eventually evolving ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- Augustine of Hippo or Saint Augustine (November 13, 354 – August ... Born in what is present-day Algeria as the eldest son of Saint Monica ...65 KB (10,156 words) - 11:55, 9 May 2024
- the thirteenth century and became a fixture of Christian mythology and literature ... The exact nature of the wanderer's indiscretion varies in different ...18 KB (2,872 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
- a famous nineteenth century American example of "miscegenation." ... + genus "kind") is the mixing of different races, especially ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. The daughter of a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England, Anne ...38 KB (6,119 words) - 06:49, 28 July 2023
- she changed the public's perception of people with disabilities. She ... true value comes from the height and depth of her mind. ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 08:35, 21 January 2024
- Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland, is a country of northwestern ... over winter. Over the next centuries, people of Nordic and Gaelic origin settled ...36 KB (5,300 words) - 17:19, 10 February 2024
- June 3, 1963), was elected as the 261st pope of the Roman Catholic Church and ... throughout the world, despite the objections of small groups of traditionalists ...21 KB (3,268 words) - 04:45, 3 May 2024
- on August 19, 1946), was the 42nd President of the United States, serving ... United States experienced the longest period of peacetime economic expansion ...54 KB (7,922 words) - 11:07, 10 May 2023
- closely with Karl Marx in the foundation of modern Communism. The son of ... Kautsky). Engels contributed in questions of nationality, military affairs ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 11:02, 11 April 2024
- rural area. It usually has a broad selection of merchandise in a relatively ... The general store was dominated and pushed out by the competition ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 00:35, 29 October 2022
- - January 9, 1927) was a British-born author of books on political philosophy ... who died in 1927 prior to the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis, was not ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:22, 4 February 2023
- century in Europe, particularly as a result of the Industrial Revolution. ... have been successful in a number of fields, including retailing ...22 KB (3,153 words) - 02:54, 8 January 2024
- goff), was an Australian former politician and 21st Prime Minister ... However, despite the brevity of his premiership, his government left ...39 KB (5,698 words) - 00:11, 3 January 2024
- Edward VII (November 9, 1841 – May 6, 1910) was King of the United ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince ...38 KB (5,885 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- somewhat raccoon or bear-like face. A member of the Carnivora order, generally ... They generally are found in the slopes of the south of the Himalayas ...17 KB (2,708 words) - 02:48, 8 December 2022
- ministry. However, while at the University of Edinburgh he lost his Christian ... a divine will that worked through the agency of heroes and leaders. In his ...21 KB (3,187 words) - 18:40, 30 April 2023
- #039;s equator, and the apparent position of the Sun at that moment. are taken to be used in the definition of a celestial coordinate system—see ...25 KB (4,132 words) - 19:17, 13 February 2024
- England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the ... United Kingdom, or the same as the island of Great Britain, which consists ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- Wheat includes any agricultural cereal grass of the genus Triticum ... Reflecting human creativity, there are over fifty thousand cultivars ...21 KB (3,052 words) - 18:29, 17 April 2023
- | order=28th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1913 ... | date of birth=December 28, 1856 | place of birth=Staunton, Virginia ...37 KB (5,512 words) - 23:30, 17 May 2023
- ) is one of the largest financial services provider in the world, ... exclusion, expropriation, and extermination of Jews. In the decades after ...22 KB (3,101 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- * 3x AL TSN Pitcher of the Year (1955, 1961, 1963) * 1961 Babe Ruth Award ... "Slick" and "Chairman of the Board." ...20 KB (3,113 words) - 18:40, 4 May 2023
- the rule, and the period, from 1858 to 1947, of the British Empire on the Indian ... by individual rulers under the paramountcy of the British Crown. Prior to ...52 KB (7,786 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- Katherine of Aragon (Alcalá de Henares, December 16, 1485 – January ... male heirs died in childhood, with only one of their six children, Princess ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 16:17, 3 December 2023
- is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian ... Celebrations often include large displays of fireworks at midnight ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- tax applied to an individual giving anything of value to another person. For ... also countries that have alternative methods of accomplishing a similar result. ...24 KB (3,964 words) - 07:45, 24 January 2023
- Copper (symbol Cu, atomic number 29) is one of the oldest known metals ... used in hospitals to prevent the transfer of germs, and copper (II) sulfate ...21 KB (3,086 words) - 17:35, 21 May 2020
- in 1919 after serving on the city council of Metz, he was arrested in 1940 ... Schumans's concept of supra-national democracy and his vision ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 21:29, 16 April 2023
- The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest and southernmost ... the North Sea on the west, and a majority of its land mass lies on a peninsula ...38 KB (5,763 words) - 21:28, 5 March 2024
- poet and author. He became known as a writer of satirical anti-war verse during ... Unlike many of the poets who had memorialized the great achievements ...18 KB (2,623 words) - 14:37, 27 January 2023
- Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of skilled ... became unpopular. However, the value of on the job training and practical ...23 KB (3,363 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
