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- Akrotiri and Dhekelia (/ˌækroʊˈtɪəri ənd diˈkeɪliə/), officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA), is a British Overseas Territory...52 KB (5,308 words) - 20:37, 21 July 2024
- The Order of Assassins or simply the Assassins (; Persian: حشاشين, romanized: Ḥaššāšīn) were a Nizari Isma'ili order that existed between 1090 and 1275...98 KB (13,424 words) - 17:59, 21 July 2024
- Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος, translit. Geṓrgios; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint...80 KB (9,289 words) - 11:19, 10 July 2024
- In modern usage, hijab (Arabic: حجاب, romanized: ḥijāb, pronounced [ħɪˈdʒaːb]) generally refers to various head coverings conventionally worn by many Muslim...131 KB (13,748 words) - 07:16, 24 July 2024
- Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual...95 KB (11,006 words) - 04:44, 24 July 2024
- Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters...152 KB (15,560 words) - 07:17, 24 July 2024
- Sectarianism is a debated concept. Some scholars and journalists define it as pre-existing fixed communal categories in society, and use it to explain...92 KB (10,868 words) - 08:48, 12 July 2024
- Benghazi Tel Aviv Entebbe Athens The Entebbe raid or Operation Entebbe, officially codenamed Operation Thunderbolt (retroactively codenamed Operation Yonatan)...81 KB (8,077 words) - 12:34, 4 July 2024
- Strabo (/ˈstreɪboʊ/; Greek: Στράβων Strábōn; 64 or 63 BC – c. 24 AD) was a Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian who lived in Asia Minor during...29 KB (3,603 words) - 15:45, 29 June 2024
- Harem (Arabic: حَرِيمٌ, romanized: ḥarīm, lit. 'a sacred inviolable place; female members of the family') refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for...115 KB (15,030 words) - 14:39, 19 July 2024
- This list of genocides includes estimates of all deaths which were directly or indirectly caused by genocides that are recognised in significant scholarship...225 KB (16,158 words) - 07:12, 25 July 2024
- Historical negationism, also called historical denialism, is falsification or distortion of the historical record. This is not the same as historical revisionism...177 KB (20,103 words) - 11:45, 23 July 2024
- Bethsaida (/bɛθˈseɪ.ɪdə/ beth-SAY-id-ə; from Ancient Greek: Βηθσαϊδά, romanized: Bēthsaïdá; from Aramaic and Hebrew: בֵּית צַידָה, romanized: Bēṯ Ṣaiḏā...32 KB (3,962 words) - 22:50, 1 May 2024
- Jewish culture is the culture of the Jewish people, from its formation in ancient times until the current age. Judaism itself is not simply a faith-based...131 KB (14,246 words) - 10:15, 23 July 2024
- On 14 December 2008, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi removed his shoes and threw them at United States president George W. Bush during a joint press...89 KB (8,446 words) - 01:33, 25 July 2024
- Cressi is one of the largest manufacturers of water sports equipment in the world serving the scuba dive, snorkel and swim industries. The company's five...13 KB (1,568 words) - 02:38, 15 February 2024
- The House of Thani (Arabic: آل ثاني, romanized: Āl Thānī) is the ruling family of Qatar, with origins tracing back to the Northern Arab Banu Tamim tribe...21 KB (2,116 words) - 05:05, 25 June 2024
- The western al-Bab offensive (September 2016) was a military operation launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State of Iraq...20 KB (1,478 words) - 15:31, 5 March 2023
- The American University of Beirut (AUB; Arabic: الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت, romanized: al-Jāmiʿa l-Amērkiyya fī Bayrūt) is a private, non-sectarian, and...58 KB (5,331 words) - 09:24, 17 July 2024
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Limyra. Limyra (Ancient Greek: Λίμυρα) (Lycian: 𐊈𐊚𐊎𐊒𐊕𐊁 was a small city in ancient Lycia on the southern coast...7 KB (713 words) - 08:15, 9 June 2023