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- explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions ... economic growth and emergence as centers of technological innovation, and ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- Christmas or Christmas Day commemorates and celebrates the birth of ... It is a contraction meaning "Christ's mass." The name ...30 KB (4,439 words) - 14:09, 7 May 2024
- African-Americans, or Black Americans, are citizens of the United ... in those states that were still in a state of rebellion, having seceded from ...38 KB (5,325 words) - 06:03, 16 June 2023
- The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious ... all social classes in western Europe. Mobs of predominantly poor Christians ...80 KB (12,105 words) - 15:35, 30 March 2024
- general Julius Caesar against the peoples of Gaul (present-day France, Belgium ... and to pay off his debts. Still, Gaul was of significant military importance ...77 KB (12,113 words) - 23:58, 4 March 2024
- to the Indian Ocean to protect the ships of the British East India Company ... claim to be from Greenock. After the death of his father when he was five ...26 KB (4,192 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- 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
- ) is the capital city of the Province of Milano and of Lombardy region ... The city was important for the history of Christianity as the site of ...27 KB (3,967 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- science, math, and the ethnic origins of man. He experimented with pitch ... Several of Messiaen's early works are especially notable in that ...42 KB (6,502 words) - 00:25, 18 November 2022
- The Republic of Cameroon is a "hinge" state bridging central ... and linguistic groups, with the cultures of both the central and western ...36 KB (5,278 words) - 18:55, 25 November 2023
- African American literature is the body of literature produced in ... over the centuries, so, too, have the foci of African American literature ...45 KB (6,844 words) - 06:04, 16 June 2023
- and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. Specific studies ... Early speculation, study, and theory of mineralogy was written of ...27 KB (3,827 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the ... in its provinces was not only the death of the heir to the throne but ...54 KB (8,276 words) - 04:54, 18 August 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
- 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
- (population: 371,767 in 2007; population of urban area is some 1,007,972 ... , named Zurich the city with the best quality of life in the world. ...53 KB (7,882 words) - 06:16, 13 June 2023
- named Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All Time. Playing primarily ... quot; style while creating a film persona of the world-weary tough guy with ...51 KB (8,176 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- The Shroud of Turin is an ancient linen cloth which some believe is ... negative on its fibers, at or near the time of his proclaimed resurrection ...62 KB (9,799 words) - 14:29, 27 January 2023
- Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central ... an event that coincided with the baptism of Duke Mieszko I. Poland became ...71 KB (10,329 words) - 17:32, 2 January 2024
- 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
