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The World's Treasures

There may be lost pirate treasure buried in the coves of the Caribbean Islands. There are certainly lost treasures of gold and jewels aboard early Spanish sailing ships sunk at sea. But not all…

World Geography

Taos Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico Source: Beth Harpaz for Associated Press Encyclopedia: Earth Encyclopedia: People and Places Famous Explorers Quiz Geography Hall of Fame Geography Glossary…

World History

Check out the 100 most significant events of the last 1,000, an ancient history timeline, world history timelines, and more. Encyclopedia: History Ancient History 1 - 999 (A.D.) World History…

World Wars

Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Wars WWI, WWII, & the Holocaust World War I Encyclopaedia of the First World War The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th…

Web, the

(Encyclopedia) Web, the: see World Wide Web.

World Intellectual Property Organization

(Encyclopedia) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Geneva. WIPO became an agency in 1974, but its roots go back to 1883…

World Council of Churches

(Encyclopedia) World Council of Churches, an international, interdenominational organization of most major Protestant, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox Christian churches; founded in Amsterdam in 1948…

Hague, The

(Encyclopedia) Hague, The Hague, The hāg [key], Du. 's Gravenhage or Den Haag, Fr. La Haye,…

Women's World Cup 1999 | Final

Women's World Cup final pits U.S. against China by Gerry Brown The third Women's World Cup has been everything that organizers could have hoped for. Record crowds have packed stadiums…