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Pyrenees, Peace of the
(Encyclopedia) Pyrenees, Peace of the, 1659, treaty ending the warfare between France and Spain that, continuing after the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years War, had been complicated…queen of the meadow
(Encyclopedia) queen of the meadow or queen of the prairie: see spiraea.Rhine, Confederation of the
(Encyclopedia) Rhine, Confederation of the: see Confederation of the Rhine.Schism of the West
(Encyclopedia) Schism of the West: see Schism, Great.sea, law of the
(Encyclopedia) sea, law of the, international agreement regulating the use and exploitation of the world's oceans. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982) calls for limited, and strictly…seas, freedom of the
(Encyclopedia) seas, freedom of the, in international law, the principle that outside its territorial waters (see waters, territorial) a state may not claim sovereignty over the seas, except with…press, freedom of the
(Encyclopedia) press, freedom of the, liberty to print or to otherwise disseminate information, as in print, by broadcasting, or through electronic media, without prior restraints such as licensing…precession of the equinoxes
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Precession of the equinoxes (the points at which the earth's celestial equator intersects its ecliptic) is due to the slow rotation of the earth's axis around a perpendicular to…Ardennes, Battle of the
(Encyclopedia) Ardennes, Battle of the: see Battle of the Bulge.Knights of the Sword
(Encyclopedia) Knights of the Sword: see Livonian Brothers of the Sword.Trending
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