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11Alexander the Great — 356 323 B.C., king of Macedonia 336 323: conqueror of Greek city states and of the Persian empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India. * * * or Alexander III born 356 BC, Pella, Macedonia died June 13, 323 BC, Babylon King of Macedonia (336–323)… …
12Raid on the Medway — Part of the Second Anglo Dutch War Attack on the Medway, June 1667 by Pieter Corn …
13Opposition to the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) — Foreign troops forcibly breaking into an Afghan home to conduct a house search, with a woman and child in the background. Opposition to the decade long Afghanistan war stems from numerous factors these include the view that the U.S. invasion of… …
14Blacks and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — From the end of the nineteenth century until 1978, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints did not allow black men of African descent to be ordained to the priesthood or allow black men or women of African descent to participate in temple …
15Battle for Narva Bridgehead — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Narva Battle for the Narva Bridgehead caption=Recon unit from 20th Waffen Grenadier Division der SS (1st Estonian), Narva, 1944. partof=World War II place=Narva, Estonia date=February 2, 1944 ndash;… …
16Llywelyn the Last — Llywelyn ap Gruffydd or Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (c. 1223 ndash; 11 December 1282) mdash;meaning Llywelyn, Our Last Leader mdash;was the last prince of an independent Wales before its conquest by Edward I of England. He is sometimes called Llywelyn …
17World War I — the war fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers and the Allies, beginning on July 28, 1914, and ending on November 11, 1918, with the collapse of the Central Powers. Abbr.: WWI Also called Great War, War of the… …
18Lord Byron — For other holders of the title, see Baron Byron. For other uses, see Byron (disambiguation), Lord Byron (disambiguation) and George Byron (disambiguation). The Right Honourable The Lord Byron FRS Portrait of Lord Byron by Thomas Phillips …
19Fra Mauro map — The Fra Mauro map, considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography according to Roberto Almagià [Almagià, discussing the copy of another map by Fra Mauro, in the Vatican Library: Roberto Almagià, Monumenta cartographica vaticana , (Rome… …
20United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
