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- Spartacus (c. 109 B.C.E. - 71 B.C.E.) the leader of the major slave ... In the autumn of 72, the Senate made Marcus Licinius Crassus leader ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- is an entity responsible for the money of its country or of its group ... Though the primary purpose of a central bank is to act as a financial ...30 KB (4,733 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- missionary involved in the evangelization of Ireland. Born in Britain but ... The exact location of St. Patrick's birthplace is uncertain. ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 00:49, 23 December 2022
- who created the McGuffey Readers, one of America's first textbook ... family had immigrated to America from Scotland in 1774, and brought with ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 18:23, 17 April 2023
- Isabella of France (c. 1295 – August 22, 1358), later referred to ... With Mortimer, Isabella plotted an invasion of England to depose Edward ...25 KB (3,939 words) - 02:58, 8 March 2024
- and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The ... Frederick Douglass was a key figure in the abolition of slavery in ...23 KB (3,597 words) - 10:27, 11 April 2024
- on the continent. Its overall length of 2,900 miles (4,667 kilometers ... rain forest, heavy rainfall, and poor soil of the basin that is traversed ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 19:05, 15 May 2020
- by isolating and identifying a host of new chemical elements, and ... Davy was born in Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom, the son of Robert ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 20:56, 9 February 2024
- in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the twentieth century, it has ... #039; rights. Labour is a full member of the Party of European Socialists ...55 KB (7,952 words) - 19:37, 16 July 2023
- and Anaximenes, explored the origin of existing beings and developed ... Pythagoras approached the question of being from an angle that was ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:55, 7 December 2022
- million, with around 480,000 in England, Scotland and Ireland alone, and over ... recognize each other through a process of landmarks and regularity. There ...59 KB (8,933 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- Coeducation is the integrated education of males and females at the ... single-sex education is undergoing a rebirth of popularity. ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 22:24, 7 January 2024
- The Order of Cistercians (OCist; Cistercienses ), sometimes called the White Monks (from the color of their habit ...26 KB (4,063 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
- was launched in 1982, and an Irish version of the paper was launched on February ... "Daily Mail reader" has become something of a phrase in ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 07:46, 12 January 2024
- The Book of Kells (less widely known as the Book of Columba) is an ... The Book of Kells is the high point of a group of manuscripts produced ...38 KB (6,352 words) - 00:21, 19 November 2023
- The Norman invasion of Ireland (or the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland ... Irish history and culture developed differently as a result of the ...13 KB (2,055 words) - 19:34, 20 May 2024
- is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each. It is widely ... on artificial turf, with a goal at each end of the field. The object of the ...38 KB (6,157 words) - 21:43, 30 January 2023
- (or Lower Himalaya) in the Indian state of West Bengal, located at ... at an average elevation of 1,247 m (4,100 feet). The town serves as ...23 KB (3,374 words) - 17:14, 14 May 2024
- Pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron ... Urban easily attracts criticism. Yet in both of these he but followed the example ...14 KB (2,102 words) - 17:03, 7 September 2023
- radio and the Internet. The mission of the BBC is to inform, educate ... Its first transmission was on November 14th of that year. ...29 KB (4,446 words) - 05:21, 26 August 2023
