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- Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United ... and Indian War. For many years, control of the area was disputed by the ...45 KB (6,488 words) - 23:23, 5 March 2023
- Katyn Forest Massacre, was a mass execution of Polish citizens by the order ... The massacre is of note for a number of reasons, but primarily due ...48 KB (7,094 words) - 22:04, 3 March 2023
- The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements ... weeks before the expedition which warned of an impending British search ...65 KB (10,526 words) - 02:50, 26 September 2023
- (1948), outraged conservative critics as one of the first major American novels ... used his sarcastic wit and excellent command of the English language to state ...42 KB (5,899 words) - 11:57, 24 January 2023
- – May 27, 1964) was a political leader of the Indian National Congress ... As the son of the wealthy Indian barrister and politician Motilal ...41 KB (6,185 words) - 23:02, 3 May 2023
- The Communist Manifesto, originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party ( ... published in London, the Manifesto is one of the world's most influential ...44 KB (6,124 words) - 22:56, 14 September 2023
- at very high pressures beyond the range of unaided human survivability ... Submarines encompass one of the largest ranges in capabilities of ...65 KB (10,100 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- The Commonwealth of Virginia is a Southeastern state considered part ... The Virginia Colony was the first part of the Americas to be continuously ...41 KB (5,879 words) - 20:35, 3 May 2023
- 814) was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative ... Abu Nuwas was born in the province of Ahvaz (modern Khuzestan Province ...28 KB (4,086 words) - 06:54, 14 June 2023
- 1919 – March 1921) was an armed conflict of Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine ... By 1919, the Polish forces had taken control of much of Western Ukraine ...77 KB (11,326 words) - 23:09, 8 October 2023
- | order=7th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1829 ... | date of birth= March 15, 1767 | place of birth= Waxhaw, South Carolina ...39 KB (5,930 words) - 17:50, 27 July 2023
- movement that unified different states of the Italian peninsula into ... Ideas of the new kingdom as the modern-day successor of the Roman ...54 KB (8,375 words) - 06:28, 11 March 2024
- order to facilitate the study and analysis of history, understanding current ... continuous and not generalized, all systems of periodization are more or less ...29 KB (4,535 words) - 16:10, 29 December 2020
- who served as Bundeskanzler (Chancellor) of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 ... the conditions for peaceful resolution of conflict, and to end war. Speaking ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- pop, is contemporary music and a common type of popular music (distinguished ... Pop music may include elements of rock, hip hop, reggae, dance, R ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- his accession) was the fourth Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty ... He was reportedly afflicted with some type of disability, and his family ...58 KB (9,002 words) - 11:01, 19 December 2023
- 749.jpg|thumb|200px|left|First arrival of the Roma outside Berne in the ... |langs=Romani, languages of native region }} The Roma people (singular ...37 KB (5,594 words) - 21:36, 16 April 2023
- 2013. Among his best-known works is Death of a Naturalist (1966), his first ... Robert Pinsky has stated that "with his wonderful gift of eye ...80 KB (11,371 words) - 23:33, 1 August 2023
- allow a naval force to project air power great distances without having ... 000 tonnes or more, has been the pinnacle of carrier development since their ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- Nonviolence is the practice of being harmless to self and others under ... Forms of nonviolence draw inspiration from both religious or ethical ...51 KB (7,370 words) - 02:40, 16 November 2022
- South Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United ... It was part of the 1663 charter in which Charles I of England granted ...64 KB (9,145 words) - 15:14, 27 April 2023
- Protestants, Catholics, and a small number of Orthodox Christians. Although ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- The Blues, a haunting, stylistic type of vocal and instrumental music ... It evolved in the United States in the communities of former African ...51 KB (7,870 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- |name=The University of Chicago | year=2007 | publisher=The University of Chicago | url= ...51 KB (7,192 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- City. Dewey later was elected the Governor of New York and was the unsuccessful ... Dewey, a leader of the liberal faction of the Republican party, fought ...21 KB (3,285 words) - 21:07, 30 April 2023
- Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United ... to the early culture at Poverty Point, one of the largest and most important ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
- operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill ... Chemical weapons are classified as weapons of mass destruction by ...61 KB (9,020 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- urban renewal project, a transformation of a large former disused docks ... Cabrini-Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts.]] ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- Viking refers to a member of the Scandinavian seafaring traders, warriors ... ferocity and pillaging raids, the voyages of the Vikings also linked different ...60 KB (9,091 words) - 22:04, 17 April 2023
- [[File:Initiation ritual of boys in Malawi.jpg|right|330px|thumb|Initiation ... quot; or "person") is the study of humanity (see genus Homo). ...28 KB (3,944 words) - 06:17, 31 July 2023
- on a person. It can be used as a means of intimidation, as a deterrent ... Torture is almost universally considered to be a violation of human ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 04:41, 1 May 2023
- refers in its broadest sense to a denial of theism (the belief in the existence ... or not God exists received from him one of his famous "silences. ...41 KB (6,063 words) - 18:42, 19 August 2023
- Copenhagen, the capital and largest city of Denmark, is located on ... " in the tenth century the city of Copenhagen was officially founded ...28 KB (4,058 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
- Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island nation ... The site of ancient port cities and a possession of several empires ...31 KB (4,282 words) - 00:11, 29 December 2023
- The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Second ... A combination of deception and brilliant administration—designed ...50 KB (7,770 words) - 11:32, 20 September 2023
- storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information. Information science ... understanding problems from the perspective of the stakeholders involved and ...37 KB (5,078 words) - 17:20, 15 April 2021
- The word Māori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and ... They contribute to many aspects of the economy of New Zealand ...37 KB (5,756 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- Europe and prepared it for an explosion of complex refugee issues. He ... Born in Paris, France, he was the son of Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga ...29 KB (4,230 words) - 22:56, 30 November 2022
- The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named ... There were about 1.5 million Mennonites worldwide as of 2006. Mennonite ...44 KB (6,423 words) - 10:32, 10 March 2023
- Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the state ... a major asset. Once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the ...32 KB (4,493 words) - 03:24, 17 September 2023
- Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist ... Oh Joy! Oh Rapture! The Enduring Phenomenon of Gilbert and Sullivan (Oxford ...35 KB (5,340 words) - 10:04, 14 December 2022
- The State of Indiana is the 19th U.S. state and is located in the ... often called Hoosier Hysteria. Residents of Indiana are called Hoosiers. ...31 KB (4,480 words) - 18:55, 4 March 2024
- Southern European country with a population of approximately 60 million. It ... and France. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- was a Polish-born British novelist, one of the most important and respected ... Conrad's works draw on the symbolism of the Romantics and the ...22 KB (3,429 words) - 21:20, 6 May 2024
- 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
- was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan ... in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was ...68 KB (9,889 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- Ice hockey one of the more physical sports, is one of the four major ... While there are 72 total members of the International Ice Hockey Federation ...69 KB (11,304 words) - 17:15, 10 February 2024
- American sculptor. She was a master of naturalistic animal sculpture ... Huntington is recognized as one of America's finest animaliers ...28 KB (4,145 words) - 06:44, 28 July 2023
- caliber gun. Heavy armor and a high degree of mobility give it survivability ... First used in World War I to break the deadlock of the trenches, tanks ...57 KB (9,115 words) - 04:01, 27 February 2023
- An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from ... methods carried out without the support of the medical community, which ...56 KB (8,002 words) - 06:28, 14 June 2023
- October 17, 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the ... Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola in the Duchy of Warsaw and grew ...96 KB (14,156 words) - 07:08, 15 April 2024
- editing, photographing, or broadcasting of news. While under pressure ... Many news organizations claim proud traditions of holding government ...45 KB (6,779 words) - 14:13, 9 September 2023
- Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed ... situations, propaganda involves deception of the audience, for a purpose ...32 KB (4,797 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
- Fake news, also known as junk news or pseudo-news, is a type of yellow ... news organizations claim proud traditions of holding government officials ...44 KB (6,310 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
- , was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. his own authority over the apparatus of government. As president and ...67 KB (10,170 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- ) was the codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet ... The operational goal of Barbarossa was the rapid conquest of the European ...62 KB (9,424 words) - 00:50, 18 November 2022
- Tasmania is an Australian island and a state of the same name. The ... Tasmania's history is one of grim and sometimes brutal relations ...42 KB (6,077 words) - 04:33, 27 February 2023
- ), is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end ... Modern Greece, a developed country and a member of the European Union ...73 KB (10,722 words) - 18:19, 27 January 2023
- Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of ... coming to terms with defeat in World War I in which many people resented ...75 KB (11,428 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- government investigations, the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy ... and liberal, his strong endorsement of freedom, his commitment to ...49 KB (7,803 words) - 19:01, 25 October 2022
- Connecticut is one of the Unites States. It is located in the New ... early colonial times. Its Fundamental Orders of 1639 are considered to be the ...36 KB (5,082 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second-largest ... native peoples had occupied the island of Montreal for at least 2,000 ...44 KB (6,520 words) - 21:16, 9 November 2022
- The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (or Hungarian Uprising of 1956) ... was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government ...73 KB (10,504 words) - 12:26, 4 February 2023
- Science fiction (also, sf, SF, or sci-fi) is a broad genre of fiction ... Science fiction is part of, and in organizational or marketing contexts ...54 KB (7,938 words) - 02:35, 21 April 2023
- into France and Imperial Russia; for part of his life, he was also a Romanian ... A lifelong collaborator of Leon Trotsky, he was a prominent activist ...62 KB (8,909 words) - 22:59, 3 March 2023
- Iran (ايران, Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ... The history of Iran covers over four thousand years. Throughout history ...82 KB (12,001 words) - 11:17, 6 March 2024
- Filasṭīn, Falasṭīn, Filisṭīn) is one of several names for ... Different geographic definitions of Palestine have been used over ...86 KB (12,843 words) - 06:24, 18 November 2022
- actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern ... wrote poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but did not complete ...89 KB (13,120 words) - 22:57, 30 March 2023
- MS causes gradual destruction of myelin (demyelination) and breakdown ... The total number of people suffering from MS is not known. Estimates ...42 KB (6,258 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- to describe a group whose values and norms of behavior run counter to those ... Some promote change that serves the interest of a small, vocal minority; some ...27 KB (4,003 words) - 08:31, 10 January 2024
- military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on ... structure was built up under the direction of two U.S. supreme commanders ...52 KB (7,555 words) - 20:25, 17 March 2024
- Radulescu was a prolific translator of foreign literature into Romanian ... Among his many accomplishments, Radulescu is considered one of the ...64 KB (9,591 words) - 18:55, 7 February 2023
- ending a long-running family feud. It is one of the most famous of Shakespeare ... Although Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances ...57 KB (9,012 words) - 21:40, 16 April 2023
- served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. She ... when she was eleven years old. A member of the Democratic Party, she worked ...48 KB (6,706 words) - 04:54, 5 November 2022
- different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians ... despite the fact that it is composed of multiple churches or denominations ...73 KB (10,603 words) - 12:23, 7 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
- Lenin and Leon Trotsky. After the revolution of February 1917, he returned ... 1921. His strong support for and defense of the New Economic Policy (NEP ...53 KB (7,506 words) - 19:11, 19 January 2023
- Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian ... region. In 1952, when Bangladesh was part of East Pakistan, this strong ...46 KB (6,448 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
- 275px|An African-American man drinks out of the "colored only" ... Racism refers to various beliefs maintaining that the essential value ...36 KB (5,283 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- cover art, and elaborate live shows. One of rock music's most successful ... Pink Floyd had moderate mainstream success and was one of the most ...51 KB (7,954 words) - 20:40, 9 April 2023
- an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South ... he left his mother country at the early age of seven and studied in an aristocratic ...40 KB (6,434 words) - 05:43, 10 May 2024
- The history of women in the military extends over 4000 years into ... Yet as a matter of record, women have played a significant role in ...76 KB (11,315 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- 1958), reigned as the 260th Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, ... Pius is one of the few popes in recent history to exercise his right ...51 KB (7,678 words) - 20:42, 9 April 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
- Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is a branch of philosophy; it ... Baumgarten in 1735 to mean "the science of how things are known via the ...53 KB (8,177 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- Philosophy is the systematic study of the foundations of human knowledge ... Traditionally at least, it is not the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge’s ...69 KB (10,119 words) - 04:14, 24 November 2022
- The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the ... The destruction of Dresden has an epically tragic quality to it. It ...44 KB (6,668 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion ( "Протоколы сионских ... Scholars generally agree that the Okhrana, the secret police of the ...66 KB (9,730 words) - 23:42, 22 October 2023
- Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the ... Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied ...85 KB (12,450 words) - 21:54, 26 January 2022
- 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
- [[Image:Camuccini Lamentation over the Corpse of Socrates.jpg|thumb ... Death is the permanent end of the life of a biological organism. Death ...47 KB (7,217 words) - 08:56, 28 January 2024
- The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual ... A number of non-harp-like instruments are colloquially referred to ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- was a Fleet Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial ... in Washington D.C., had an understanding of American character and a profound ...45 KB (7,129 words) - 05:57, 11 March 2024
- the people indigenous to the United States|broader uses of "Native ... Native'One race: 2.5 million Profiles of General Demographic Characteristics ...60 KB (8,901 words) - 04:20, 11 March 2023
- The daughter of an Imperial Russian Army general, Kollontai embraced ... #039;s radical proposals and, as a member of the party's Central Committee ...55 KB (7,707 words) - 20:09, 30 July 2023
- The Pilgrim Fathers is the common name for a group of English separatists ... The founding of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts and its historic ...56 KB (8,607 words) - 20:39, 9 April 2023
- Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... territory in 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959 ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- Germany from 1919 to 1933. This period of German history is often known ... The phrase Weimar Republic is an invention of historians, and was not used ...56 KB (8,410 words) - 23:27, 3 May 2023
- there has come about, in Parade, a kind of super-realism ('sur-réalisme ... The works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions ...46 KB (6,796 words) - 23:55, 26 February 2023
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... federal republic, historically consisting of several sovereign states with ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
- Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu, also known as the Tiger of Mysore (November ... were staunchly loyal to him. At the request of the French, he built a church ...44 KB (6,987 words) - 23:40, 30 April 2023
- Opera is a form of theater in which the drama is conveyed wholly or ... ==Background of Opera== Comparable art forms from various other parts ...38 KB (5,681 words) - 00:49, 18 November 2022
- in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and ... Resistance. The German resistance consisted of small and usually isolated ...78 KB (12,369 words) - 07:39, 24 January 2023
- , IPA: 'kolkat̪a]), formerly Calcutta, is the capital of the ... Kolkata served as the capital of India during the British Raj until ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles) ... Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society ...64 KB (9,860 words) - 20:09, 29 April 2023
- Operation Provide Comfort (OPC). The pilots of two United States Air Force ... the helicopters as hostile. The crew members of the AWACS aircraft were blamed ...67 KB (10,179 words) - 23:19, 30 March 2024
- Tibetan people. With an average elevation of 16,000 feet, (4,900 meters ... Songtsän Gampo united numerous tribes of the region. From 1578, leadership ...62 KB (9,319 words) - 23:23, 30 April 2023
- Tribal Areas and Balochistan provinces of western Pakistan. Their Pashto ... Their unified modern past began with the rise of the Durrani Empire ...61 KB (8,656 words) - 18:55, 23 March 2023
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region ... Salem, and Boston, which soon became the hub of the region, then the Pioneer ...52 KB (7,434 words) - 08:45, 10 March 2023
- painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now ... Dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents ...107 KB (16,223 words) - 20:24, 30 June 2023
- Chandos portrait that is believed to be of William Shakespeare]] dramatist. His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two ...56 KB (8,436 words) - 10:51, 12 May 2023
- from Akkord—"musical chord, concord of sounds") ... are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven ...52 KB (7,685 words) - 01:50, 27 February 2024
- von Braun (March 23, 1912 - June 16, 1977) was one of the leading ... Wernher von Braun was born in Wirsitz, Province of Posen, in the German ...47 KB (7,340 words) - 17:15, 4 May 2023
- A novel is a longer work of narrative fiction compared to a novella ... for "new," "news," or "short story of something ...82 KB (12,058 words) - 20:51, 27 February 2023
- is on the Pacific Ocean, while the east side of the country is on the Caribbean Sea. The country's name is derived from "Nicarao," the name ...59 KB (8,536 words) - 09:43, 11 March 2023
- island country that sits off the east coast of Asia. Japan comprises over ... that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as 35,000 B ...89 KB (12,871 words) - 15:44, 4 February 2022
- Originally coined to criticize the actions of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy ... During this time many thousands of Americans were accused of being ...62 KB (9,130 words) - 09:28, 10 March 2023
- The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal ... the war. The campaign marked the beginning of the transition by Allied forces ...54 KB (8,339 words) - 09:45, 22 September 2023
- The lion (Panthera leo) is an Old World mammal of the Felidae family ... mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, much of Eurasia from ...86 KB (13,304 words) - 17:35, 12 May 2023
- and from 1967 to 1998 the second President of Indonesia. After briefly working ... 86 years old in Jakarta in 2008. The legacy of Suharto's presidency is ...58 KB (8,552 words) - 13:46, 28 April 2023
- in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea and has had collaborative ... With other leading mass producers of the automobile, General Motors ...40 KB (5,886 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays ... for her day. She sought the attention of those who could influence her ...103 KB (16,692 words) - 01:55, 22 March 2023
- Project refers specifically to the period of the project from 1941-1946 ... Germany might be developing nuclear weapons of its own. Born out of a small ...52 KB (8,009 words) - 11:05, 9 March 2023
- The brothers' fundamental breakthrough was their invention of ... From the beginning of their aeronautical work, the Wright brothers ...67 KB (10,436 words) - 14:04, 20 May 2023
- in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia ... ) or "co-reigning" city of the Byzantine Empire alongside ...256 KB (33,767 words) - 18:54, 1 April 2024
- and revolutionary. He governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years as Prime ... and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. In response ...103 KB (15,063 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024
- Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing ... which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to ...101 KB (14,057 words) - 17:18, 7 May 2024
