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The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many...

Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate...

Hair removal, also known as epilation or depilation, is the deliberate removal of body hair or head hair. Hair typically grows all over the human body...

This list covers English-language country names with their etymologies. Some of these include notes on indigenous names and their etymologies. Countries...

Peter Minuit (between 1580 and 1585 – August 5, 1638) was a Walloon merchant from Wesel, in present-day northwestern Germany. He was the 3rd Director of...

The Aurora consurgens is an alchemical treatise of the 15th century famous for the rich illuminations that accompany it in some manuscripts.: §38–44  While...

The Emberverse series—or Change World—is a series of post-apocalyptic alternate history novels written by S. M. Stirling. The novels depict the events...

Fi Zilal al-Qur'an (Arabic: في ظِلالِ القرآن, romanized: fī ẓilāl al-qur'ān, lit. 'In the Shade of the Qur'an') is a highly influential commentary of the...

HMS Nomad was an Admiralty M-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. She was sunk during the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The...

This article concerns the period 189 BC – 180 BC. Cato the Elder criticizes the consul Marcus Fulvius Nobilior for giving awards to Roman soldiers for...

Dhammapāla was the name of two or more[citation needed] great Theravada Buddhist commentators. The earlier, born in Kanchipuram, is known to us from both...

The origins of society — the evolutionary emergence of distinctively human social organization — is an important topic within evolutionary biology, anthropology...

Leatherwood Plantation of 10,000 acres (40 km2) was located in Henry County, Virginia, where American Founding Father Patrick Henry lived from 1779 until...

Ruchira Gupta is a journalist and activist. She is the founder of Apne Aap, a non-governmental organisation that works for women's rights and the eradication...

The Chepman and Myllar Press was the first printing press to be established in Scotland. The press was founded in 1508 in Edinburgh by Walter Chepman and...

The Conspiracy of the Barons was a revolution against Ferrante of Aragon, King of Naples by the Neapolitan aristocracy in 1485 and 1486. King Ferdinand...

Susan Williams-Ellis (6 June 1918 – 26 November 2007) was a British pottery designer, who was best known for co-founding Portmeirion Pottery. She was the...

Morris Kyffin (c. 1555 – 2 January 1598) was a Welsh author and soldier, brother of the poet Edward Kyffin. He was also a student and friend of Doctor...

This article covers the period of 1900 to 1909, not Angola in the 20th century In the 1900s in Angola the colonial economy expanded despite domestic unrest...

Johanna Elisabeth Repelius, known as Betsy (31 January 1848 in Amsterdam – 23 January 1921 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and watercolorist who specialized...