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Queenborough-in-Sheppey

(Encyclopedia)Queenborough-in-Sheppey, town (1991 pop. 33,362), on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, SE England, at the confluence of the Medway and Thames rivers. Radios, furniture, glass, rubber products, and clothing a...

Reformed Church in America

(Encyclopedia)Reformed Church in America, Protestant denomination founded in colonial times by settlers from the Netherlands and formerly known as the Dutch Reformed Church. The Reformed Church in Holland emerged i...

Cromwell, Oliver

(Encyclopedia)Cromwell, Oliver krŏmˈwĕl, krŭmˈ–, –wəl [key], 1599–1658, lord protector of England. Opinions of Cromwell have always varied widely. His military skill and force of character are univers...

Simonides of Ceos

(Encyclopedia)Simonides of Ceos sīmŏnˈĭdēz, sēˈŏs [key], c.556–468? b.c., Greek lyric poet, b. Ceos. At Athens for a time under the patronage of Hipparchus, he seems then to have gone to Thessaly, returni...

Sinai campaign

(Encyclopedia)Sinai campaign: see Arab-Israeli Wars. ...

Iraq War

(Encyclopedia)Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. ...

Madrid, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia)Madrid, Treaty of, 1526: see Italian Wars. ...

Tashkent, Declaration of

(Encyclopedia)Tashkent, Declaration of: see India-Pakistan Wars. ...

Yom Kippur War

(Encyclopedia)Yom Kippur War: see Arab-Israeli Wars. ...

Six-Day War

(Encyclopedia)Six-Day War: see Arab-Israeli Wars. ...