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121Knights of the Golden Circle — The Knights of the Golden Circle was a secret society. Some researchers believe the objective of the KGC was to prepare the way for annexation of a golden circle of territories in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean for inclusion in the… …
122List of National Monuments of the United States — The United States has 101 protected areas known as national monuments. The President of the United States can establish a national monument by executive order, and the United States Congress can by legislation. The Antiquities Act of 1906… …
123History of the Boy Scouts of America — The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) was inspired by and modeled on the Boy Scout Association, established by Baden Powell in Britain in 1908. In the early 1900s, several youth organizations were active, and many became part of the BSA (see Scouting… …
124History of the Royal Castle in Warsaw — The Royal Castle in Warsaw was a seat of the Sejm and Senate of the first Rzeczpospolita and also an official residence of the monarchs in Warsaw. It contained the offices of a number of political institutions, arranged around a central courtyard …
125War hysteria preceding the Mountain Meadows massacre — The Mountain Meadows massacre was caused in part by events relating to the Utah War, an 1858 invasion of the Utah Territory by the United States Army which ended up being peaceful. In the summer of 1857, however, Mormons expected an all out… …
126Persecution of Pagans by the Christian Roman Empire — The persecution of pagans by the Christian Roman Empire began late in the reign of Constantine the Great, when he ordered the pillaging and the tearing down of some temples.[1][2][3] The first anti Pagan laws by the Christian state started with… …
127Metallurgy during the Copper Age in Europe — The Copper Age, also called the Eneolithic or the Chalcolithic Age, has been traditionally understood as a transitional period between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, in which a gradual introduction of the metal (native copper) took place,… …
128Assyrians and Syriacs in the Netherlands — The Assyrian/Syriac Dutch ( nl. Assyrische/Syrischen Nederlanders) are citizens of The Netherlands of Assyrian/Syriacs ancestry. They mainly live in the east of the country, in the province of Overijssel, in such cities as Enschede, Hengelo,… …
