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Jinnah, Muhammad Ali

(Encyclopedia) Jinnah, Muhammad AliJinnah, Muhammad Aliməhämˈəd älēˈ jĭnˈə [key], 1876–1948, founder of Pakistan, b. Karachi. After his admission to the bar in England, he returned to India to…

Canada Day (Where, When, & Why)

Photo Source: iStockIf you say, “O Canada”, chances are that people will know what you are talking about. Many know the Great White North for its variety of wildlife, interesting food combinations,…

Jacobite Church

(Encyclopedia) Jacobite ChurchJacobite Churchjăkˈəbītˌ [key], officially Syrian Orthodox Church, Christian church of Syria, Iraq, and India, recognizing the Syrian Orthodox patriarch of Antioch as…

Epirus

(Encyclopedia) EpirusEpirusĕpīˈrəs [key], ancient country of Greece, on the Ionian Sea and W of Macedon and Thessaly, a region now occupied by NW Greece and S Albania. At the time of Homer, Epirus…

Treaty of Ghent: Article the Eighth

Article the SeventhArticle the NinthArticle the Eighth The several Boards of two Commissioners mentioned in the four preceding Articles shall respectively have power to appoint a Secretary…

Daniel: 11

Daniel Chapter 11 1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up…

British Parliament: The Townshend Act

The Townshend ActBritish Parliament1767 An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the…

Norfolk, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) NorfolkNorfolk[1,] [2] nôrˈfək; [2] nôrˈfôkˌ [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 21,476), Madison co., NE Nebr., on the Elkhorn River; inc. 1881. A trade and railroad center in a fertile farming…