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Dagestan: Crisis in the Caucasus

History of the conflict in Dagestan by Sarah K. Miller This article was posted on August 19, 1999. Related Links Russian Roulette: A timeline of recent reshufflingThe Dissolution of the…

Commonwealth of Nations

(Encyclopedia) Commonwealth of Nations, voluntary association of Great Britain and its dependencies, certain former British dependencies that are now sovereign states and their dependencies, and the…

exobiology

(Encyclopedia) exobiology or astrobiology, search for extraterrestrial life within the solar system and throughout the universe. Philosophical speculation that there might be other worlds similar to…

Great Awakening

(Encyclopedia) Great Awakening, series of religious revivals that swept over the American colonies about the middle of the 18th cent. It resulted in doctrinal changes and influenced social and…

Williams, Roger

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Roger, c.1603–1683, clergyman, advocate of religious freedom, founder of Rhode Island, b. London. A protégé of Sir Edward Coke, he graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge…

Trebizond, empire of

(Encyclopedia) Trebizond, empire of, 1204–1461. When the army of the Fourth Crusade overthrew (1204) the Byzantine Empire and established the Latin Empire of Constantinople, several Greek successor…

Members of Congress: Nebraska, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Nebraska Member Name Birth-Death ABEL, Hazel Hempel 1888-1966 ALLEN, William Vincent 1847-1924 ANDREWS, William Ezekiel 1854-…

Summer Olympics Biographies, A-Z

Abebe Bikila Related Links All-Time Leading Medal Winners Quiz: Memorable Ceremonies Olympics Timeline Summer Olympics Through The Years A-D | E-J | K-P | R-Z Agassi, Andre,…

DK Arts & Entertainment: Theater

WHAT WERE THE FIRST PLAYS? WHO IS INVOLVED IN MAKING A PLAY? WHAT IS MIME? IS DRAMA ALWAYS PERFORMED IN A THEATER? TRAGEDYCOMEDYSTAGEFIND OUT MORETheater is the performance of a drama (play) on a…