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Some Ancient Civilizations
Name Approximate dates Location Major cities Akkadian 2350–2230 B.C. Mesopotamia, parts ofSyria, Asia Minor,Iran Akkad, Ur, Erich Assyrian 1800–889 B.C. Mesopotamia,…Civil Rights at the Olympics
Black medallists raise fists for Civil Rights Movement Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos raise fists for Black Power in 1968. (Source: AP) Related Links Olympics Overview 2012…Civil Rights Landmarks
Across the United States, places where the movement took shape by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco Alabama First African Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa Brown Chapel, Selma First Baptist Church, Selma Selma-…Brewer's: Civil List
Now applied to expenses voted annually by Parliament to pay the personal expenses of the Sovereign, the household expenses, and the pensions awarded by Royal bounty; but before the reign…Brewer's: Civil Magistrate
(A). A civic or municipal magistrate, as distinguished from ecclesiastical authority. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Civil Service EstimatesCivil List A B…Brewer's: Jus Civile
Civil law. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jus DivinumJury Mast A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Lost Civilizations of the World
Over the course of the Earth's long history, many cultures and groups of people have emerged, flourished, and faded away again, either overtaken by enemy factions or simply assimilating into the…What Is a Civil Union?
On July 1, 2000, Vermont became the first state in the country to legally recognize civil unions between gay or lesbian couples. Building on a state Supreme…Sun Tzu on the Art of War: The Army on the March [1]
Variation in Tactics [1] Terrain [1] The Army on the March [1] Sun Tzu said: We come now to the question of encamping the army, and observing signs of the enemy. Pass…Gibbon, John
(Encyclopedia) Gibbon, John, 1827–96, Union general in the Civil War, b. near Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia), Pa., grad. West Point, 1847. Made a brigadier general of volunteers (1862), he…Trending
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