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Brewer's: Seven Weeks' War
(The). From June 8th to July 26th, 1866, between Prussia and Austria, for German supremacy. Italy was allied to Prussia. Hostilities broke out between Austria and Italy July 25th, but the…Brewer's: Wife
is from the verb to weave. (Saxon wefan, Danish vaevc, German weben, whence weib, a woman, one who works at the distaff.) Woman is called the…1972 Olympics
MunichTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTeam SportsArcheryCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingJudoGymnasticsModern…Rulers of Germany and Prussia
Name Born Ruled1 Kings of Prussia Frederick I2 1657 1701–1713 Frederick William I 1688 1713–1740 Frederick II the Great 1712 1740–1786 Frederick William II…Detroit, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Detroit Detroit dĭtroitˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 639,111), seat of Wayne co., SE Mich., on the…Russian Far East
(Encyclopedia) Russian Far East, formerly Soviet Far East, federal district (1989 est. pop. 7,941,000), c.2,400,000 sq mi (6,216,000 sq km), encompassing the entire northeast coast of Asia and…Slavs
(Encyclopedia) SlavsSlavsslävz, slăvz [key], the largest ethnic and linguistic group of peoples in Europe belonging to the Indo-European linguistic family. It is estimated that the Slavs number over…Ghent
(Encyclopedia) Ghent Ghent gĕnt [key], Du. Gent, Fr. Gand, city, capital of East Flanders prov…Tatars
(Encyclopedia) TatarsTatarstäˈtərz [key] or TartarsTatarstärˈtərz [key], Turkic-speaking peoples living primarily in Russia, Crimea, and Uzbekistan. They number about 10 million and are largely Sunni…Poetry Month | Notable Poets
// Cite Auden, Byron, Chaucer, and more A-B | C-D | E-H | J-M | N-R | S-T | U-Z Amiri Baraka Abu Nuwas Addison, Joseph Aidoo, Ama Ata Aiken, Conrad…Trending
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