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- The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC. It is the longest, best-organized, and best-preserved legal text from the...99 KB (9,717 words) - 22:46, 12 April 2024
- Currency A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and...82 KB (9,007 words) - 22:56, 16 April 2024
- The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style...63 KB (5,623 words) - 18:10, 15 April 2024
- The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British...26 KB (2,899 words) - 21:34, 22 March 2024
- In many periodizations of human history, the late modern period followed the early modern period. It began around 1800 and, depending on the author, either...128 KB (15,469 words) - 00:37, 28 April 2024
- Sectarianism is a debated concept. Some scholars and journalists define it as pre-existing fixed communal categories in society, and use it to explain...92 KB (10,868 words) - 04:24, 27 April 2024
- Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and...84 KB (9,962 words) - 09:47, 30 April 2024
- The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon...39 KB (4,533 words) - 13:18, 19 April 2024
- An orator, or oratist, is a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled. Recorded in English c. 1374, with a meaning of "one who pleads or...9 KB (719 words) - 16:03, 28 February 2024
- Historical reenactments (or re-enactment) is an educational or entertainment activity in which mainly amateur hobbyists and history enthusiasts dress in...43 KB (5,107 words) - 00:04, 23 April 2024
- A national epic is an epic poem or a literary work of epic scope which seeks to or is believed to capture and express the essence or spirit of a particular...6 KB (651 words) - 14:16, 6 January 2024
- The King's Christmas message (or The Queen's Christmas message in a queen's reign, formally as His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech, and informally as the...126 KB (5,086 words) - 21:18, 25 April 2024
- This is a list of fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, games, etc.). Fictional works describe all the...261 KB (2,751 words) - 06:51, 27 April 2024
- With the rediscovery of classical antiquity in the Renaissance, the poetry of Ovid became a major influence on the imagination of poets and artists, and...6 KB (623 words) - 10:30, 23 January 2023
- The following is a list of national founders of sovereign states who were credited with establishing a state. National founders are typically those who...165 KB (19,057 words) - 16:37, 27 April 2024