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- His head was put on a tree in the town of Yaxzam (Scholes, 271-272). ... The modern-day Mexican town of Ixcateopan in the state of Guerrero ...8 KB (1,234 words) - 19:34, 8 July 2016
- Africa, approximately 6 miles (10 km) north of Cape Town. Its name comes from the Dutch Robbe Eiland, meaning "seal island." ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 21:08, 16 April 2023
- The Old Town, Aarhus, Denmark, is considered the oldest (architecture ... ====The Old Town, Aarhus==== The Old Town in Aarhus, Denmark, is an ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 00:49, 18 November 2022
- she would eventually be buried in that town's cemetery. ... first saloon-smashing was recorded in the town of Lawrence. Their efforts ...12 KB (1,895 words) - 14:52, 27 April 2023
- millennium B.C.E., the first signs of a town can be observed, with the ... seat was established in Byblos, and the town grew rapidly. Although a Persian ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:08, 24 November 2023
- them and stayed in their eponymous town, Chicasa, at present-day Lawrenceburg ... war, the villagers moved into a fortified town for protection. ...14 KB (2,099 words) - 15:20, 10 December 2023
- through the streets of Prague to the New Town Hall (Novoměstská radnice ... the eyes of the wealthy of Prague’s New Town (Nové Město) district and ...17 KB (2,723 words) - 09:09, 28 January 2024
- |South Africa||Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative) ... overseas territory of the United Kingdom)||Road Town |- ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 04:26, 29 October 2022
- Port Arthur is a small town and former penal colony on the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia. It is considered one of the country's ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 05:41, 30 November 2022
- to three years of hard labor in the town of Vishera, in the North Urals. He was released in 1931 and worked in the town of Berezniki in construction ...8 KB (1,126 words) - 14:36, 3 May 2023
- most of his life as a teacher in his home town. In private he wrote Lun-Heng ... but spent most of his life teaching in his home town. Wang was an ...10 KB (1,654 words) - 22:51, 3 May 2023
- The city also enjoyed frequent periods of prosperity. The current ... The city of Magdeburg first entered the written record as a fortified ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- of Herodotus. It promptly became the chief town of ancient Libya and established ... a restless minority. The ruler of the town, Apion bequeathed it to the ...13 KB (1,919 words) - 18:50, 12 May 2020
- under the Phoenicians and Romans, the town was later captured by the ... which the latter was expelled in 1408. The town remained in the possession ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 07:17, 23 August 2023
- In 1842, Botta started excavations in Kuyunjik, a town not far from ... relief depicting the sack of the Urartian town of Musasir during Sargon II ...8 KB (1,273 words) - 16:48, 21 November 2022
- and under-served by many of the small town retailers on whom they had ... Energy and ambition drove him to seek employment in the town of St ...7 KB (1,133 words) - 21:15, 9 November 2022
- to build a mosque in this holy Ethiopian town, Orthodox residents, and the ... The major Aksumite monuments in the town are stelae; the largest number ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- The city's old quarter, known as Stone Town, is a World Heritage Site. ... settled at what became Zanzibar City (Stone Town) as a convenient point from ...19 KB (2,660 words) - 05:43, 13 June 2023
- Saint Bernadette Soubirous (January 7, 1844 – April 16, 1879) was a shepherd girl from the town of Lourdes in southern France. She was canonized ...11 KB (1,754 words) - 19:13, 22 December 2022
- York, Pennsylvania, the largest Northern town to fall to the Confederacy ... and seized York, the largest Northern town to fall to the Confederates ...15 KB (2,251 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- impact that the riches of this mountain town offered in its role as one ... in 1545, prompting the founding of the town the following year. Within ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 05:55, 30 November 2022
- quot;There'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," which refers ... quot;There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," once popular ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 00:08, 15 April 2023
- had been the original name of the town (now called Phu Kao) that ... The ancient town of Shrestapura had been replaced by a town whose ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
- Thomas Wolfe was born in the mountain resort town Asheville, North ... that he would feel safe enough to return to the town. Around this ...16 KB (2,496 words) - 22:56, 30 April 2023
- as a "dead man's hand." The town of Deadwood closed down for ... hauling machinery and supplies from town to the mining camps. She also ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 18:20, 25 November 2023
- father Ulrich was the chief magistrate in town, and his uncle Bartolomeus ... Zwingli became pastor at Glarus, the chief town of a canton by that name, ...22 KB (3,346 words) - 16:31, 11 November 2022
- A Town Like Alice is a characteristic example. Jean Paget, who has ... a wealthy and respected banker who lifts a town out of the depression by bringing ...19 KB (3,017 words) - 16:28, 11 November 2022
- ) refers to a town situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, ... Galle, the main town in the most southerly part of the island, has ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 03:58, 18 April 2024
- soon afterward, it is said that 500 of the town's boys created their ... of the Order of Enoch proved a failure, the town of Lamoni continued to grow ...14 KB (2,236 words) - 05:01, 7 May 2024
- The capital occupied twenty five square kilometers. The ruins of the ... established that certain areas of the town were allotted for trade and ...26 KB (3,693 words) - 02:16, 18 November 2022
- Alaska to the Arctic Ocean at the town of Deadhorse, Alaska along the North Slope. The town consists of facilities for the workers and companies ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
- he led the charge against the fortress town and David's future capital ... During the Israelite siege of the Ammonite town of Rabbah, one of ...18 KB (2,943 words) - 05:54, 5 April 2024
- location of the Annunciation is in the town of Nazareth, Israel. The feast ... In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town ...12 KB (2,039 words) - 05:11, 31 July 2023
- ===Town layout=== and the layout of today's Old Town was established. Initially ...18 KB (2,738 words) - 17:14, 29 September 2023
- (Nepali/Hindi: गंगटोक), the capital and largest town of ... of the East Sikkim district. The town lies on one side of a hill ...22 KB (3,354 words) - 04:26, 18 April 2024
- Professional speakers would tour from town to town, lecturing on history ... *Bode, C. American Lyceum Town Meeting of the Mind. Southern Illinois ...14 KB (2,070 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- portion of the Penobscot River between Old Town and Bangor. Penobscot is also ... in whose honor the settlers named the town of Orono, Maine. ...23 KB (3,545 words) - 07:18, 23 November 2022
- herself as a temple prostitute in the town of Timnah and offered herself ... sheep-sheering festival at the nearby town of Timnah, she disguises herself ...15 KB (2,478 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- the so-called Eisenachers (named after the German town Eisenach). Together with August Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht he prepared the Einigungsparteitag ...9 KB (1,198 words) - 18:16, 12 February 2024
- was divided among many local lords and town councils. Before the crusade ... Its people were not killed, but were forced to leave the town--naked ...18 KB (2,843 words) - 05:04, 17 June 2023
- sellers converge. Usually this is done in town squares, sidewalks, or designated ... jpg|thumb|left|250 px|The Mall, an out-of-town shopping centre at Patchway ...16 KB (2,486 words) - 08:16, 4 August 2022
- of the Flinders River, near where the town of Normanton now stands, on ... In 1862, a memorial was erected overlooking the town of Castlemaine ...8 KB (1,267 words) - 01:46, 16 December 2022
- A charter is a document bestowing certain rights on a town, city, ... Royal decree, perhaps giving a particular town the right to hold a weekly ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 07:42, 13 January 2023
- | tonyawards = Best Leading Actress - Musical1953 Wonderful Town ... Tony Award-winning performance in Wonderful Town in 1953. The play was a musical ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 19:15, 16 December 2022
- addition, the knights, often in debt to the town, were incessantly quarreling ... As guilds grew and urban populations rose, the town patricians were ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 23:30, 4 December 2022
- small Yaqui settlements even earlier. The town of Tubac, Arizona, had Yaquis ... named after Our Lady of Guadalupe. The town incorporated in 1979 as Guadalupe ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- County. Abbeville is named after a town in France located in northern ... The town of Abbeville developed around a spring which was set aside ...17 KB (2,385 words) - 04:41, 14 June 2023
- state of ancient Canaan and an important town in the later Kingdom of Israel ... settlement, Megiddo was an important town of ancient Canaan, overlooking ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 21:46, 28 October 2022
- Two of the angels arrive in Sodom on their mission to destroy the ... asks instead to find shelter in the small town of Zoar. The angels agree ...14 KB (2,337 words) - 22:02, 30 January 2023
- * In the town of Penzance, in Cornwall, a statue of Davy, its most famous son, stands in front of the imposing Market House at the top of Market ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 20:56, 9 February 2024
