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The Enlightenment Key Facts
List of important facts regarding the Enlightenment. This European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries gained...
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The Enlightenment Timeline
Timeline of significant events related to the Enlightenment. The main goal of this wide-ranging intellectual movement was...
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The Enlightenment Causes and Effects
List of some of the major causes and effects of the Enlightenment. Enlightenment thinkers objected to the absolute power...
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French Revolution Key Facts
List of important facts regarding the French Revolution. This revolutionary movement shook France between 1787 and 1799....
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French Revolution Timeline
Timeline of major events during the French Revolution, including the storming of the Bastille by Parisians in 1789, the establishment...
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Causes and Effects of the French Revolution
Lists of major causes and effects of the French Revolution, which originated in part with the rise of the bourgeoisie and...
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Lewis and Clark Expedition Key Facts
List of important facts regarding the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William...
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Lewis and Clark Expedition Timeline
Timeline of significant events related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06). A group of U.S. soldiers and explorers...
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Lewis and Clark Expedition Causes and Effects
List of major causes and effects of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Initiated by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, the expedition...
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herbicide summary
herbicide, Agent, usually chemical, for killing or inhibiting the growth of unwanted plants such as weeds or invasive species.
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water pollution summary
water pollution, The release of substances into a body of water where they become dissolved or suspended in the water or...
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avocado summary
avocado, Fruit of Persea americana, of the laurel family, a tree native to the Western Hemisphere from Mexico south to the...
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Leonardo da Vinci summary
Leonardo da Vinci, (born April 15, 1452, Anchiano, Republic of Florence—died May 2, 1519, Cloux, France), Italian Renaissance...
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cross summary
cross, Principal symbol of Christianity, recalling the crucifixion of Jesus.
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crucifixion summary
crucifixion, Method of capital punishment among the Persians, Seleucids, Jews, Carthaginians, and Romans from about the...
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Easter summary
Easter, Major festival of the Christian church year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus on the third day after the Crucifixion.
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Christian fundamentalism summary
Christian fundamentalism, Conservative Protestant movement that arose out of 19th-century millennialism in the U.S.
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Judas Iscariot summary
Judas Iscariot, (died c. 30ce), Disciple who betrayed Jesus.
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Pontius Pilate summary
Pontius Pilate, (died c. 36 ce), Roman prefect of Judaea (26–36 ce) who presided at the trial of Jesus and gave the order...
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Ukraine summary
Ukraine, Country, eastern Europe.
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NATO summary
NATO, in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization , International military alliance created to defend western Europe against...
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Jules Verne summary
Jules Verne, (born Feb. 8, 1828, Nantes, France—died March 24, 1905, Amiens), French writer.
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marsupial summary
marsupial, Any mammal of the infraclass Marsupialia, characterized by premature birth and continued development outside...
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bryophyte summary
bryophyte, Any of the green, seedless, nonvascular land plants, numbering at least 18,000 species and divided into three...
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conifer summary
conifer, Any member of the order Pinales, woody plants that bear their seeds and pollen on separate cones.
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fern summary
fern, Any of about 10,000–15,000 species (class Polypodiopsida) of nonflowering vascular plants that have true roots, stems,...
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gymnosperm summary
gymnosperm, Any of the more than 1,000 species of woody vascular plants that reproduce by means of an exposed seed, or ovule,...
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swamp summary
swamp, Freshwater wetland ecosystem characterized by poorly drained mineral soils and plant life dominated by trees.
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Roger Federer summary
Roger Federer, (born Aug. 8, 1981, Basel, Switz.), Swiss tennis player.
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Rafael Nadal summary
Rafael Nadal, in full Rafael Nadal Parera , (born June 3, 1986, Manacor, Mallorca, Spain), Spanish tennis player.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. summary
Martin Luther King, Jr., (born Jan. 15, 1929, Atlanta, Ga., U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tenn.), U.S.
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Sidney Poitier summary
Sidney Poitier, (born Feb. 20, 1927, Miami, Fla., U.S.—died Jan. 6, 2022, Los Angeles, Calif.), Bahamian U.S.
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Desmond Tutu summary
Desmond Tutu, (born Oct. 7, 1931, Klerksdorp, S.Af.—died Dec. 26, 2021, Cape Town), South African Anglican cleric.
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E.O. Wilson summary
E.O.
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Christmas summary
Christmas, Christian festival celebrated on December 25, commemorating the birth of Jesus.
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Christmas tree summary
Christmas tree, Evergreen tree, real or artificial, usually decorated with lights and ornaments to celebrate the Christmas...