the city is home to 20 different nationalities
121Barbary pirate — The Barbary pirates, also sometimes called Ottoman corsairs, were Muslim pirates and privateers that operated from North Africa, from the time of the Crusades until the early 19th century. Based in North African ports such as Tunis in Tunisia,… …
122Beirut Nights — The Beirut Nights are numbers of events that take place from time to time in Beirut, Lebanon. It s usually active in the summer; however, some other festivals might happen in spring or fall. Beirut Central District has been chosen for many times… …
123History of Kosovo — The Kosovo region in the Balkans in antiquity was known as Dardania, and from the 1st century AD formed part of the Roman province of Moesia. It was part of Medieval Serbia from 1180 to 1455, when it was conquered into the Ottoman Empire. The… …
124McMahon–Hussein Correspondence — The McMahon–Hussein Correspondence, or the Hussein McMahon Correspondence, was a protracted exchange of letters (July 14, 1915 to January 30, 1916)[1] during World War I, between the Sharif of Mecca, Husayn bin Ali, and Sir Henry McMahon, British …
125Japanese American redress and court cases — The following focuses on significant court cases that have shaped civil and human rights for Japanese Americans, as well as for other minorities. These cases have been the cause and/or catalyst to many changes in United States law. But mainly,… …
126Neuengamme concentration camp — The sculpture „Der sterbende Häftling“ (The dying prisoner) by Françoise Salmon. The Neuengamme concentration camp, a Nazi concentration camp, was established in 1938 by the SS near the village of Neuengamme in Bergedorf district within the City… …
127Black Legend — The Black Legend ( es. La Leyenda Negra) is a term coined by Julián Juderías in his 1914 book La leyenda negra y la verdad histórica ( The Black Legend and Historical Truth ), to describe the depiction of Spain and Spaniards as cruel , intolerant …
128Royal Pioneer Corps — The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army combatant corps used for light engineering tasks. The Royal Pioneer Corps was raised on 17 October 1939 as the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps. It was renamed the Pioneer Corps on 22 November 1940. It… …
