(Encyclopedia) CoptsCoptskŏpts [key], the native Christian minority of Egypt; estimates of the number of Copts in Egypt range from 5% to 17% of the population. Copts are not ethnically distinct from…
(Encyclopedia) circumcisioncircumcisionsûrˌkəmsĭzhˈən [key], operation to remove the foreskin covering the glans of the penis. It dates back to prehistoric times and was widespread throughout the…
(Encyclopedia) AramaicAramaicârəmāˈĭk [key], language belonging to the West Semitic subdivision of the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages (see Afroasiatic languages). At some…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Libyan Relations PEOPLELibya has a small population in a large…
A chronology of Black history from the early slave trade through Affirmative Action
by Borgna Brunner 1600s • 1700s • 1800–1850 • 1850–1900 • 1900–1950 • 1950–present 1619 Photograph of…
(Encyclopedia) Baraka, AmiriBaraka, Amiriamērē bəräˈkə [key], 1934–2014, American poet, playwright, and political activist, b. Newark, N.J., as Everett LeRoy Jones, studied at Rutgers Univ., Howard…
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The global spread of the First and Second World Wars made them the two most notable events of the 20th century. But they were far from the only major conflicts.
Large-scale military…
