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Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

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?

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Bamangwato

people

Also known as: Ngwato

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Botswana

Christian conversion

In Southern Africa: Growth of missionary activity
…the Tswana converts were the Ngwato, under the king Khama III (reigned 1875–1923), who established a virtual theocracy among his people and was perhaps the most acclaimed Christian convert of his day, while in the eastern Cape the Mfengu were in the forefront of mission activity and peasant enterprise. In…
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Serowe

In Serowe
…the traditional headquarters of the Bamangwato people. It consists primarily of clusters of round, traditional African houses surrounded by extensive compounds and gardens, the whole village in turn being surrounded by about 30 miles (50 km) of arable agricultural lands and cattle-grazing posts. Serowe was first occupied by the Bamangwato…
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