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New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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oligarchy banana republic daimyo samurai kampaku shogun shugo jitō tairō iron law of oligarchy shogunate

Key People

Matsukata Masayoshi.

Matsukata Masayoshi

prime minister of Japan

Kuroda Kiyotaka.

Count Kuroda Kiyotaka

prime minister of Japan