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121Thomas Moore — For the English Roman Catholic martyr, see Thomas More. For other people named Thomas Moore, see Thomas Moore (disambiguation). Thomas Moore Born 28 May 1779(1779 05 28) Dublin …
122American Colonization Society — The three founders of the …
123Elie Kedourie — C.B.E., FBA (25 January 1926 – 29 June1992) was a British historian of the Middle East. He wrote from a conservative perspective, dissenting from many points of view taken as orthodox in the field. He was at the London School of Economics (LSE)… …
124archaeology — Archaeology in Spain was strongly influenced by the forty years of Franco s dictatorship. Many of the more innovative researchers of the pre Civil War decades either went into exile or were prevented from working, and most of those who were… …
125Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 — The Indian Rebellion of 1857 had diverse political, economic, military, religious and social causes.The sepoys (from shepai , Bengali for soldier, used for native Indian soldiers) of the Bengal Army had their own list of grievances against the… …
126DER NISTER — (Yid. the concealed one ; pseudonym of Pinkhes Kahanovitsch; 1884–1950), Yiddish writer. Born in Berdichev, Ukraine, he received a traditional Jewish education but also read secular works in Russian from an early age. His spiritual and literary… …
127SHAVUOT — (Heb. שָׁבוּעוֹת; weeks, Pentecost, the 50th day ), the festival celebrated on the sixth of Sivan (and also on the seventh outside Israel). The biblical names for the festival are: Ḥag Shavuot ( Feast of Weeks, Ex. 34:22; Deut. 16:10); Yom ha… …
128October Rebellion — A demonstrator waves a red and black flag during an intersection occupation outside the World Bank. October Rebellion was the collective name for the series of protest events surrounding the fall 2007 meetings of the World Bank and International… …
