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41History of the British Army — The history of the British Army spans over three and a half centuries and numerous European wars, colonial wars and world wars. From the early 19th century until 1914, the United Kingdom was the greatest economic and Imperial Power in the world,… …
42SS Ile de France — The SS Ile de France was a French ocean liner built in Saint Nazaire, France for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. The ship was the first major ocean liner built after the conclusion of World War I and was the first liner ever to be… …
43Notable gardens of France — The Notable Gardens of France is a list and description of the two hundred and some gardens classified as Jardins Remarquable by the French Ministry of Culture and the Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France. The complete list and the criteria for… …
44Piracy in the Caribbean — The great era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1560s and died out in the 1720s as the nation states of Western Europe with colonies in the Americas began to exert more state control over the waterways of the New World. The period during… …
45The Mikado — For other uses, see Mikado (disambiguation). Theatre poster for The Mikado The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic… …
46Culture of the United Kingdom — The Proms is an eight week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts, on the last night with some traditional patriotic music of the United Kingdom.[1][2] …
47Artists of the Tudor court — The artists of the Tudor court are the painters and limners engaged by the monarchs of England s Tudor dynasty and their courtiers between 1485 and 1603, from the reign of Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth I.Typically managing a group of… …
48King of the Mountains — The King of the Mountains (KoM) is the title given to the best climber in a cycling road race; usually and officially known as the Mountains classification. For women s cycle racing, a similar term, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used. While the …
49United States of the West — The United States of the West is a political union satirically advocated by French writer, philosopher, social commentator, and self proclaimed mediologist, Régis Debray (born 1940), in his short essay entitled, Empire 2.0: A Modest Proposal for… …
50Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England — The medieval cathedrals of England, dating from between approximately 1040 and 1540, are a group of twenty five buildings which together constitute a major aspect of the country’s artistic heritage and are among the most significant material… …
