Search results for "Commonwealth of Nations" - New World Encyclopedia
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- was a war between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire ... The Commonwealth, however, was terminally weakened as a result of ...12 KB (1,753 words) - 00:14, 12 April 2023
- The Allied Powers were a group of countries (also known as the Allies ... several independent members of the Commonwealth of Nations, known as the Dominions ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- United Kingdom and is celebrated in a number of countries that previously formed ... and spectators prior to the banning of this sport. The origin of the ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 20:04, 20 November 2023
- award for study at the University of Oxford. This scholarship program ... In the context of what has been called the Scramble for Africa, Rhodes ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- Women's suffrage is the most widely applicable aspect of the ... in New Jersey by the state constitution of 1776, where the word "inhabitants ...16 KB (2,464 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- The United Nations Trusteeship Council, one of the principal organs ... Some had wanted to place oversight of progress towards independence ...21 KB (3,201 words) - 11:50, 3 May 2023
- Oceania is a geographical (and geopolitical) region consisting of ... Most of Oceania consists of small island nations. Australia is the ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern ... Mariana Islands. They are the southern part of a submerged mountain range ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Eastern Europe, as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division ... In some sources, Eastern Europe is defined as the nations bordered ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles. It lies ... As a part of the once powerful British Empire, Great Britain played ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 12:20, 24 January 2023
- The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the full ... The Bill of Rights 1689 is largely a statement of certain positive ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth ... Both the role of the physician and the meaning of the word itself ...29 KB (3,911 words) - 19:59, 15 May 2020
- ) is used for a class of materials that consist of continuous filaments ... plant, animal, and mineral sources. Examples of natural fibers and their sources ...10 KB (1,428 words) - 17:32, 26 March 2024
- The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation strategically located between ... Australia is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Much of Australia ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- sixteen people on board, citing violation of airspace. The episode took ... The Atlantique Incident, taking place one month after the end of the ...17 KB (2,490 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- in the late nineteenth century as part of the Hohenzollern dynasty's ... tradition of expansion within the European space, Germany's renewed ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- Fiji was expelled from the Commonwealth of Nations. On December 5 of ... Fiji's membership of the Commonwealth of Nations was suspended due ...27 KB (3,980 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- Puerto Rico, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado ... During the period of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- |observedby = Commonwealth of Nations United States ... Day in countries of the British Commonwealth of Nations and the commemoration ...26 KB (4,040 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- history and is now part of the Commonwealth of Nations and CARICOM. ... member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Organization ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally ... and legally protected for a specific period of time, a trade secret can only ...18 KB (2,736 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- Although prawns technically are of different crustacean suborder than ... farmed for human consumption, and are part of an important shellfish fishery ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 20:04, 21 April 2023
- The Suez Canal had been important in Iran and the colonial penetration ... The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 gave the United Kingdom control ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the ... Empire and its transition into the Commonwealth of Nations. ...35 KB (5,207 words) - 21:42, 8 February 2024
- politician. Committed to the principles of democracy, he founded the Seychelles ... James Mancham was the eldest son of Richard and Evelyn (née Tirant ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- Hoover Institution, and the Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason ... born on March 18, 1922, in New York, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- Gaborone is the capital and largest city of the landlocked nation ... became independent within the Commonwealth of nations. Following its independence ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 09:18, 4 December 2023
- In law, defamation is the communication of a statement that makes ... The legal requirements of proving defamation are often difficult to ...26 KB (4,112 words) - 09:09, 28 January 2024
- 3, 1977) was the archbishop and primate of the autocephalous Cypriot Orthodox ... was admitted as member of the Commonwealth of Nations and His Beatitude ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 05:34, 5 November 2022
- The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is an English-speaking archipelagic ... but retained its membership in the Commonwealth of Nations. In circumstances ...26 KB (3,773 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, also known as the First Polish Republic or Republic (Commonwealth) of the Two (Both) Nations (Peoples), ( ...62 KB (8,547 words) - 08:32, 24 November 2022
- politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia. He came to power ... to become Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations. ...31 KB (4,378 words) - 06:35, 5 November 2022
- chronicled Polish history in a series of panoramic novels that won unprecedented ... He is best known internationally for Quo Vadis, a historical novel ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 08:01, 22 January 2024
- Measurement is the estimation of the magnitude of some attribute of ... Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. In measurement theory ...18 KB (2,732 words) - 14:42, 5 December 2023
- The Commonwealth of Dominica, commonly known as Dominica, is an island ... Dominica is a parliamentary democracy within the Commonwealth of Nations ...26 KB (3,800 words) - 17:13, 30 January 2024
- 1883 – October 8, 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great ... the genesis of the modern Commonwealth of Nations. His government ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- [[Image:Catherine03.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Equestrian portrait of Grand ... II Velikaya, born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst; May 2, 1729 ...19 KB (2,933 words) - 16:15, 3 December 2023
- 15, 1891 – October 14, 1944) was one of the most distinguished field ... chivalry towards his adversaries. He was one of the few German commanders who ...24 KB (3,681 words) - 21:24, 20 March 2024
- The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed in 1706 ... A Treaty of Union was negotiated between the two countries, which ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 17:39, 27 June 2023
- system known as Civil law. For the area of law in common law countries ... Civil law, or continental law, is the predominant system of law in ...15 KB (2,321 words) - 22:28, 10 December 2023
- Antigua and Barbuda is part of the Commonwealth of Nations and its ... Barbuda. It remained part of the Commonwealth of Nations and a constitutional ...27 KB (3,940 words) - 06:23, 31 July 2023
- , is an outdoor sport played by two teams of 15 players each with a oval ... An adult-level rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes, consisting ...32 KB (5,080 words) - 20:33, 17 April 2023
- especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the ... The parliamentary system was the first form of representative government ...32 KB (4,950 words) - 13:21, 11 March 2023
- with two neighboring islands, forms one of Australia's external dependent ... Norfolk Island is the main island of the island group the territory ...20 KB (2,910 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation. A ... drawing and quartering. However, the charge of treason was greatly abused ...14 KB (2,143 words) - 12:38, 18 April 2023
- The Battle of Verdun was one of the most important battles in World ... The Battle of Verdun resulted in more than a quarter of a million ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:41, 26 September 2023
- “The Sea Around Us”, and “The Edge of the Sea” were immense successes ... our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe around us, the ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- The Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, also called Cocos (Keeling ... The geographical location and history of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands ...29 KB (4,147 words) - 22:20, 7 January 2024
- She was a notable first female in a variety of additional positions, including ... Sauvé's main objective was to see to the fulfillment of national ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- Normandes/Îles de la Manche) are a group of islands in the English Channel ... These islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom ...23 KB (3,402 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
