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(Encyclopedia) Marx, Karl, 1818–83, German social philosopher, the chief theorist of modern socialism and communism.
In 1847 Marx joined the Communist League and with Engels wrote for it the…
(Encyclopedia) Suez Canal, Arab. Qanat as Suways, waterway of Egypt extending from Port Said to Port Tawfiq (near Suez) and connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Gulf of Suez and thence with the…
(Encyclopedia) outsider art, artwork created by typically unconventional and untrained artists from the margins of society and the art world. The term was coined in 1972 by British scholar and art…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from New Jersey
Member Name Birth-Death ACKERMAN, Ernest Robinson 1863-1931 ADDONIZIO, Hugh Joseph 1914-1981 ADLER, John H. 1959-…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from California
Member Name Birth-Death ALLEN, John Joseph, Jr. 1899-1995 ANDERSON, Glenn Malcolm 1913-1994 ANDERSON, John Zuinglius…
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Holy Roman Empire (c.1100)
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Holy Roman Empire, designation for the political entity that originated at the coronation as emperor (962) of the German king Otto I and…
(Encyclopedia) Dreyfus AffairDreyfus Affairdrāˈfəs, drī– [key], the controversy that occurred with the treason conviction (1894) of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1935), a French artillery officer and…
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