Summaries

NATO, in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization , International...

Babe Ruth, orig.

Ukraine, Country, eastern Europe.

World War II, or Second World War , (1939–45) International...

Coco Chanel, in full Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel , (born Aug. 19,...

The Great Gatsby, novel by American author F.

Gaza Strip, Arabic Qiṭāʿ Ghazzah Hebrew Reẓuʿat ʿAzza , Territory,...

Shivaji, or Sivaji , (born Feb. 19, 1630, or April 1627, Shivner,...

West Bank, Territory west of the Jordan River and east of Jerusalem.

Arab-Israeli wars, Military conflicts fought between various...

Hamas, also spelled Ḥamās acronym of Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmiyyah...

Israel, officially State of Israel , Country, Middle East, at...

OPEC, in full Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries...

Sandra Day O’Connor, orig.

Henry Kissinger, (born May 27, 1923, Fürth, Ger.—died Nov. 29,...

Western colonialism, a political-economic phenomenon whereby...

Australian Aboriginal peoples, one of the two distinct groups...

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Demeter, In Greek religion, a consort of Zeus and the goddess...

South Africa, officially Republic of South Africa formerly Union...

ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn ʿAlī, (born 1094, Tāgrā [now in Algeria]—died...

North Carolina, State, southern Atlantic region, U.S.

Silvio Berlusconi, (born Sept. 29, 1936, Milan, Italy—died June...

Theodore Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber , (born May 22, 1942,...