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U.S. History Timeline: The New Millennium - 2000 onward
/**/ Timeline: The New Millennium - 2000 - Find major events in U.S. History from 2000 through the present, including the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack, the historical election of Barack…Knopf, Blanche W.
(Encyclopedia) Knopf, Blanche W.: see under Knopf, Alfred A.Abbas, Mahmoud
(Encyclopedia) Abbas, MahmoudAbbas, Mahmoudmäkhm&oomacr;dˈ äbäsˈ, mäm&oomacr;dˈ [key], 1935–, Palestinian leader, also known as Abu Mazen. He was born in Saffed, Palestine (now in Israel),…Muslim Brotherhood
(Encyclopedia) Muslim Brotherhood, officially Jamiat al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun [Arab.,=Society of Muslim Brothers], religious and political organization founded (1928) in Egypt by Hasan al-Banna. Early…bin Laden, Osama
(Encyclopedia) bin Laden, Osama or Usamabin Laden, Osama or Usamaōsäˈmə bĭn lädˈən, ŭsäˈmə [key], 1957?–2011, Saudi-born leader of Al Qaeda, a terrorist organization devoted to uniting all Muslims…D'Orsay, Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, count
(Encyclopedia) D'Orsay, Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, count: see Orsay, Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, count d'.Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Chapter IV
Chapter IV Mr. Hopkins remained but a short time in the office of overseer. Why his career was so short, I do not know, but suppose he lacked the necessary severity to suit Colonel Lloyd. Mr.…Kukawa
(Encyclopedia) KukawaKukawak&oomacr;ˈkäwäˌ [key] or KukaKukak&oomacr;ˈkä [key], town, NE Nigeria. It is in a farming and salt-mining region. Kukawa was founded in 1814 by Muhammad al-Kanemi…Dayr az Zawr
(Encyclopedia) Dayr az Zawr Dayr az Zawr dĕr ăz zôr [key] or Deir ez Zor Dayr az Zawr…Abd el-Krim
(Encyclopedia) Abd el-KrimAbd el-Krimäbˌdĕl-krĭmˈ [key], 1882?–1963, leader of the Rif tribes of Morocco, called in full Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi. An important figure in the…