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Atheism
"Positive" or "strong" atheism is the assertion that no deities exist while "negative" or "weak" atheism is simply the absence of belief in the existence of any deityColin Powell
Colin Powell began his military career in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at City College of New YorkDonatist
The Donatists were the first Christian movement to oppose the union of church and stateGoliath
Goliath, champion warrior of the Philistines, was reputed to be over nine feet tall yet he was defeated by the young Israelite boy David, who later became kingSurgery
The term "surgery" comes from the Greek "cheirourgia," meaning "hand work"Feng-huang
Unlike the Phoenix of the Western World, the Feng-Huang is immortal without needing to go through a cycle of death and re-birth.Jing Qi Shen
Jing (essence), Qi (breath energy) and Shen (a divine or human spirit) are known as the "Three Treasures" in DaoismMorean War
The Morean War against the Ottoman Empire was the Republic of Venice's last expansionist campaignGenghis Khan
Genghis Khan believed that Heaven had commissioned him to establish a world empireCrucifixion
The goal of Roman crucifixion was not just death, but also dishonorBattle of the Alamo
The deaths of such popular figures as Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie contributed to how the Battle of the Alamo has been regarded as an heroic and iconic moment in Texan and U.S. historyHunnic Empire
Under Attila, the Hunnic Empire stretched from the steppes of Central Asia into modern Germany, and from the Danube River to the Baltic SeaKyoto University
Kyoto University was founded to train scientists to support the rapid industrialization of Japan during the Meiji periodCzechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe that existed from October 28, 1918, when it declared independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until January 1, 1993, when it split into the Czech Republic and SlovakiaHermann Rorschach
Hermann Rorschach, inventor of the Rorschach inkblot personality test, was nicknamed "Klecks," meaning “inkblot,” because of his childhood interest in Klecksography, the making of fanciful inkblot picturesAndre Malraux
André Malraux won the Goncourt Prize for French literature for his novel "La Condition humaine" ("Man's Fate")Yakshagana
Yakshagana is a traditional dance drama popular in Karnataka, India; it combines dance, music, dialogue, elaborate costumes, make-up, and stage techniquesPowhatan
Chief Powhatan and his daughter Pocahontas were from the Pamunkey tribe, the first Native Americans that met the earliest permanent English colonists at [[Jamestown SettlementEgypt
Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world and the second-most populous on the African ContinentDario Fo
The 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Italian playwright Dario FoVatican City
Vatican City is the smallest independent nation in the worldOmar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam is famous not only for his scientific work but also his poetry, having written one thousand four-line versesDiego Velázquez
Paintings of Diego Velázquez, Spanish artist of the Baroque period, were recreated by several twentieth century painters, including Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, in their own styleElizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I, whose reign is called the Elizabethan era or the Golden Age, ruled England during a period of political and religious turmoil and set her nation's course to become the leading Protestant world power for the next three centuriesWellesley College
Wellesley College was founded by Pauline and Henry Fowle Durant to give women an opportunity for higher educationCheyenne
Cheyenne were involved in the Indian Wars: Southern Cheyenne were killed at the Sand Creek Massacre and Northern Cheyenne participated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn defeating George Armstrong Custer and his troopsSea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee, also known as Lake Kinneret, is Israel's largest freshwater lakeVictor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau
Mirabeau the Elder was known as the "friend of mankind" who believed that the wealth of a nation was its populationCatherine Parr
Catherine Parr was the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIIIDisaster relief
Organizations providing disaster relief to all those affected began in the nineteenth centuryMuckraker
The term "muckraker" is attributed to Theodore Roosevelt who likened investigative journalism to the "Man with the Muck-rake" in John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress"Hobby
The term "hobby" came from "hobby-horse" which was a child's toyHoward Carter (archaeologist)
William Flinders Petrie, from whom Howard Carter learned his archaeological skills, had little faith in Carter's ability to be a great archaeologistMesozoic
The Mesozoic began after the "Great Dying" - the largest mass extinction in historyAlbania
The capital and largest city of Albania is TiranaBuster Keaton
Buster Keaton developed his famous deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face" when he was just a small childMuhammad Ali
Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali after joining the Nation of IslamGhetto
Historically, the term "ghetto" referred to restricted housing zones where Jews were required to liveElgin Marbles
When he brought the Elgin Marbles to Britain Lord Elgin was accused of vandalism by his contemporaries
