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- 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
- Monarchianism (also known as monarchism) refers to a heretical body ... Many theological explanations of the relationship between the Father ...19 KB (2,965 words) - 13:08, 10 March 2023
- the Swedish Parliament in 1634) was founder of the Swedish Empire (or Stormaktstiden ... own time, widely regarded as the archetype of what a king should be and one ...20 KB (3,242 words) - 02:41, 27 July 2023
- Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. German Nazism ... Fascism led to Italy's support of Hitler's Germany during ...34 KB (5,044 words) - 06:23, 11 March 2024
- The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is an English-speaking archipelagic ... The original native inhabitants of the Islands at the time of Columbus ...26 KB (3,773 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- parents, Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Madeleine de la ... she was queen consort of King Henry II of France from 1547 to 1559. ...68 KB (10,504 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and ... their Phoenician ancestry). The main cause of the Punic Wars was the clash ...26 KB (4,140 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- The Crusades were a series of military campaigns first inaugurated ... Few contemporary Muslim accounts exist of the crusades, which were ...33 KB (5,138 words) - 15:34, 30 April 2023
- statesman who is popularly credited as one of the finest military commanders ... During his invasion of Italy he defeated the Romans in a series of ...41 KB (6,779 words) - 19:11, 29 January 2022
- 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany, and involved ... by 30 percent on average; in the territory of Brandenburg, the losses had ...41 KB (6,305 words) - 18:37, 30 April 2023
- August 12, 1762 – June 26, 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great ... in politics, especially in the matter of Catholic emancipation, though ...44 KB (6,632 words) - 10:49, 13 December 2023
- The small island nation of Saint Lucia (pronounced "saint LOO ... The volcanic nature of Saint Lucia accounts for its being more mountainous ...18 KB (2,530 words) - 23:24, 1 August 2023
- "saddle"- after the shells of saddlebacked Galápagos tortoises ... The Galápagos archipelago is part of Ecuador, a country in northwestern ...33 KB (5,083 words) - 03:47, 18 April 2024
- The Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional division of ... With the demise of centralized Roman government in the West, trade ...60 KB (9,144 words) - 10:41, 10 March 2023
- by measuring apparent changes in the periods of the revolution of Jupiter& ... Philip III of Spain offered a prize for a method to determine the ...15 KB (2,454 words) - 00:06, 18 November 2022
- best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling ... over spiritual values. Set in the context of the Cold War, of good vs. evil ...25 KB (3,815 words) - 13:25, 4 February 2023
- A troubadour was a composer and performer of songs during the Middle ... The texts of troubadour songs deal mainly with themes of chivalry ...21 KB (3,432 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- The Battle of the Alamo was a nineteenth century battle between the ... for rights under the Mexican Constitution of 1824. By the time of the battle ...19 KB (3,079 words) - 23:51, 30 October 2023
- 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
- A pigment is a material that changes the color of light it reflects ... colored because they absorb some wavelengths of light preferentially. Yet, ...29 KB (4,213 words) - 06:14, 24 November 2022
- or The Lights of Canopus (in Persian) The Lights of Canopus, described ... or The Fables of Bidpai/Pilpai (in various European languages) ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 06:28, 18 November 2022
- Lady Jane Grey (July 1536 – February 12, 1554), a granddaughter ... Lady Jane had a reputation as one of the most learned women of her ...32 KB (5,051 words) - 22:48, 21 October 2022
- Christianity became the official religion of Europe and so suffered from ... The dominant form of anti-Semitism from the nineteenth century until ...52 KB (8,069 words) - 12:28, 14 October 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
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC (November 15, 1708 – May 1 ... . The major American city of Pittsburgh was named for him. Also, Pittsylvania ...49 KB (8,091 words) - 14:59, 10 October 2020
- is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831 ... 31 Nobel Prize winners; 9 National Medal of Science recipients; 12 Pulitzer ...33 KB (4,775 words) - 09:32, 11 March 2023
- as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes ... system which eventually made it the target of a zealous, impoverished French ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Reino de España (both bordering Morocco). It is the largest of the three sovereign nations ...115 KB (17,210 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins. ... processing, transportation and marketing of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) ...44 KB (6,285 words) - 21:48, 16 April 2023
- The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands in the southern Pacific ... The islands are best known for being the home of the descendants of ...17 KB (2,562 words) - 06:19, 24 November 2022
- Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name ... Napoleon III’s ambivalent relationship with democracy may not have ...48 KB (7,305 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ... Philippine culture has many affinities with the West: It is one of ...42 KB (6,083 words) - 15:26, 27 March 2024
- first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from ... From the age of 12, George served in the Royal Navy, but upon the ...39 KB (5,812 words) - 13:04, 14 November 2022
- center, as well as the administrative heart of the European Union (EU). All ... Brussels has grown from a seventh century chapel into a metropolis ...30 KB (4,219 words) - 04:45, 22 November 2023
- The Nicene Creed, Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed or Icon/Symbol of ... There are several designations for the two forms of the Nicene creed ...31 KB (3,964 words) - 09:44, 11 March 2023
- Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547) was King of England ... Several significant pieces of legislation were enacted during Henry ...40 KB (6,352 words) - 23:16, 8 February 2022
- 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
- one thousand years and ended with the rise of Christianity. It is considered ... The civilization of the ancient Greeks has been immensely influential ...48 KB (7,639 words) - 12:24, 14 October 2023
- The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg ... Germanic Europe, borrowing customs from each of the distinct traditions. Although ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by ... Flanders in the north, with 58 percent of the population, and the French ...76 KB (10,944 words) - 08:52, 27 September 2023
- mountain on Earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level ... The most famous of the previous challengers was the British adventurer ...31 KB (4,841 words) - 17:06, 10 November 2022
- #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
- Debussy is considered the most original musical mind of the turn of ... Debussy was not only one of the most influential French composers ...26 KB (3,950 words) - 10:53, 19 December 2023
- Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated ... Although commonly referred to in the singular, the territory consists ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- ), officially the Republic of Austria ( Republik Österreich ... The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- comprising the western and central thirds of the Czech Republic. It has ... whose helm it also became an autonomous part of the Holy Roman Empire after ...30 KB (4,624 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- 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
- the foremost global power. It was a product of the European age of discovery ... By 1921, the British Empire ruled a population of between 470 and ...59 KB (8,891 words) - 02:41, 22 November 2023
- The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ... Asia and South America, Portugal was one of the world's major economic ...88 KB (12,576 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
