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- The Naval Support Facility Thurmont, popularly known as Camp David, is the rustic 125-acre mountain retreat of the President of the United States ...11 KB (1,604 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, Order of Merit (OM), Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk – ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 09:18, 27 September 2023
- Tecún Umán (Tecún Umaán, Tecúm Umán, Tecúm Umam, or Tekun Umam) (c. 1500 - December 20, 1524) was the last ruler and king of the K'iche ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 02:50, 19 April 2023
- The City of Halifax is the largest city in Atlantic Canada and the traditional political capital of the province of Nova Scotia. Founded in 1749 ...34 KB (5,199 words) - 16:57, 21 January 2024
- Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna is one of the most important cultural monuments in Austria and one of Europe's most popular tourist attractions ...11 KB (1,678 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- Pope Leo X, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici (December 11, 1475 - December 1, 1521) was Pope from 1513 to his death. He is known primarily ...28 KB (4,490 words) - 20:07, 25 October 2022
- The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought during Napoleon Bonaparte's imperial rule over France (1805–1815). They ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- Quebec is a province in eastern Canada. Known as la belle province ("the beautiful province"), Quebec is bordered to the west by the ...36 KB (5,238 words) - 15:40, 7 December 2022
- Romeo and Juliet is a world-renowned tragedy by William Shakespeare concerning two young "star-cross'd lovers" and the role played ...57 KB (9,012 words) - 21:40, 16 April 2023
- Northern Africa is generally accepted to refer to the northernmost region of the African continent, stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 06:36, 16 November 2022
- Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928 – October 4, 1974), born Anne Gray Harvey, was a modern American poet, children's author, and a playwright ...11 KB (1,705 words) - 06:56, 28 July 2023
- European exploration of Africa began with the Greeks and Romans, who explored and settled in North Africa. Fifteenth century Portugal, especially ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- Joseph Conrad (December 3, 1857 – August 3, 1924) was a Polish-born British novelist, one of the most important and respected writers of the ...22 KB (3,429 words) - 21:20, 6 May 2024
- The Fula or Fulani is an ethnic group residing in many countries of West Africa. They are concentrated principally in Nigeria, Mali, Guinea, ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- In Greek mythology, Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδών ; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of both the sea and earthquakes. In sculpture, he was instantly ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- Leon Harrison Gross (alias Lee Falk), (April 28, 1911 - March 13, 1999), was considered a talent in music, art, theater, and writing. Falk was ...28 KB (4,294 words) - 19:00, 25 October 2022
- Total depravity (also called total inability and total corruption) is a theological doctrine that derives from the Augustinian doctrine of original ...13 KB (2,059 words) - 04:43, 1 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics [[Image:Sotheby's london new-bond-street.jpg|thumb|240 px|Sotheby's auction ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:12, 27 April 2023
- Jianzhen or Ganjin (Chien-chen鑒真 or 鑑真; 688–763) was a Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In 742, Ganjin was visited ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 12:20, 1 August 2022
- Pharaoh is the title given in modern parlance to the ancient Egyptian kings. In antiquity its use began during the New Kingdom (1570–1070 B ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
