(Encyclopedia) exobiology or astrobiology, search for extraterrestrial life within the solar system and throughout the universe. Philosophical speculation that there might be other worlds similar to…
(Encyclopedia) Great Awakening, series of religious revivals that swept over the American colonies about the middle of the 18th cent. It resulted in doctrinal changes and influenced social and…
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(Encyclopedia) Williams, Roger, c.1603–1683, clergyman, advocate of religious freedom, founder of Rhode Island, b. London. A protégé of Sir Edward Coke, he graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge…
WorldIraq Seeks Former Soldiers (Nov. 2): Iraqi Defense Ministry begins recruiting former junior officers from Saddam Hussein's army to bolster army's forces and to siphon fighters away from the…
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Polish RoyaltyMieszko I, duke of Poland (962–92), the first important member of the Piast dynastyBoleslaus I, Polish ruler (992–1025)Mieszko II, king of Poland (1025–34)Casimir I, duke of Poland (c…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Jamaican Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYArawaks from South…
