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- The common law forms a major part of the law of those countries of ... As a genre of law which is based on custom, tradition, and/or precedent ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 00:10, 8 January 2024
- Roman Catholic Church elects a new Bishop of Rome (Pope) at a time when ... In the early centuries of Christianity, the bishop of Rome (like other ...41 KB (6,415 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation ... Hospice care in the United States is largely defined by the practices ...33 KB (4,647 words) - 20:47, 25 September 2020
- The Crusades were a series of military campaigns first inaugurated ... Few contemporary Muslim accounts exist of the crusades, which were ...33 KB (5,138 words) - 15:34, 30 April 2023
- The Battle of Austerlitz (also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors ... 1805, Austria and France signed the Treaty of Pressburg, which took the former ...32 KB (5,047 words) - 11:31, 20 September 2023
- in Literature in 1934. Pirandello was one of the leading figures of modernity ... family in a village with the curious name of Caos (Chaos), a poor suburb ...35 KB (5,638 words) - 02:44, 5 November 2022
- ]]/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains regions ... also important to the economy, with millions of visitors a year to Glacier ...59 KB (8,584 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of the Greater Japanese ... During World War I, a force of Japanese destroyers supported the Allies ...62 KB (9,133 words) - 16:43, 12 February 2024
- Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ... commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major turning ...46 KB (7,157 words) - 15:39, 29 September 2023
- Francisco Franco, was the Dictator of Spain in parts of the country ... political convictions, but rose to power in order to preserve a traditional ...40 KB (6,158 words) - 04:53, 9 April 2024
- ; May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) was the pen name of the French ... Antoinette Laurent, was the daughter of a clothing salesman,Pierre ...30 KB (4,372 words) - 21:54, 30 April 2023
- 1945) was the prime minister and dictator of Italy from 1922 until 1943 ... Mussolini entered World War II in June, 1940 on the side of Nazi Germany ...40 KB (6,139 words) - 09:16, 27 September 2023
- African mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, of the Hippopotamidae family of ... they add greatly to the mystique and beauty of nature. Whether their reputation ...43 KB (6,299 words) - 15:51, 25 January 2023
- important and controversial English writer of the twentieth century, and ... Although he is now esteemed as one of the most important figures in ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 07:34, 12 January 2024
- Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kaptan ... A series of smaller victories followed over French and Spanish adversaries ...38 KB (6,070 words) - 17:40, 30 January 2022
- 21, 1926 – September 8, 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other ... In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince ...84 KB (12,053 words) - 16:21, 13 February 2024
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... For much of its existence, Sicily has stood at a crossroads of international ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ... to Europe. Though Napoleon brought most of Western Europe under his rule ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American independence, located ... it cracked while ringing after the death of Chief Justice John Marshall ...54 KB (8,496 words) - 11:03, 7 March 2023
- September 26, 2019) served as the President of France from May 17, 1995 until ... His internal policies included lower tax rates, the removal of price ...53 KB (7,676 words) - 16:40, 16 August 2023
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and ... Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947 ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- the aircraft carrier as the capital ship of the fleet, a role previously ... 000 tonnes or more, has been the pinnacle of carrier development since their ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Operation Peace), launched ... Turkey invoked its role as a guarantor under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee ...55 KB (8,362 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from ... methods carried out without the support of the medical community, which ...56 KB (8,002 words) - 06:28, 14 June 2023
- Paul of Tarsus (originally Saul of Tarsus), also known as Saint Paul ... before his conversion was a great persecutor of Christians. His experience ...56 KB (9,113 words) - 00:50, 23 December 2022
- forced mass evacuation and related deaths of hundreds of thousands or over ... believe that the massacres were a case of genocide. Western commentators ...48 KB (7,401 words) - 03:50, 15 August 2023
- is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest ... Urban planning is the integration of the disciplines of land-use planning ...40 KB (5,976 words) - 22:28, 13 November 2022
- movement that unified different states of the Italian peninsula into ... Ideas of the new kingdom as the modern-day successor of the Roman ...54 KB (8,375 words) - 06:28, 11 March 2024
- Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... newly independent nation cherished as a sign of membership in the community ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- A political party is an organized group of people who have the same ... being whether they are an extension of government power, or an organized ...68 KB (9,596 words) - 04:49, 10 February 2021
- played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all ... in football and for his outspoken support of policies that improve the social ...132 KB (18,506 words) - 20:27, 15 February 2024
- The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as ... enthusiastic: Some powers linked the demise of the Ottomans with the fate ...61 KB (9,207 words) - 16:50, 18 February 2023
- The date commonly given for the start of the war is September 1, 1939 ... The Allies were initially made up of Poland, the British Empire, France ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- ) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until ... They are divided in two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–97 ...65 KB (9,639 words) - 10:56, 11 April 2024
- mines increasingly financed a long series of European and North African ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...78 KB (11,731 words) - 19:08, 7 February 2023
- Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing ... which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to ...101 KB (14,057 words) - 17:18, 7 May 2024
- and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded ... The eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional ...200 KB (27,687 words) - 00:08, 13 March 2023
