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Timeline: The Beatles

Here are some key moments in the history and evolution of The Beatles. by Jennie Wood   1940 1957 1960 1964 1967 1969 1980 2000   1940 July 7 Richard…

Kingdoms and Monarchs of the World

Top of Page Monarchies used to rule the world. From the beginning of all human society in Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago, to the end of the British Empire in the mid-20th century, kings and queens…

Columbus, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Columbus, Christopher, Ital. Cristoforo ColomboColumbus, Christopher,krēstôˈfōrō kōlômˈbō [key], Span. Cristóbal ColónColumbus, Christopher,krēstōˈbäl kōlōnˈ [key], 1451–1506, European…

North America

(Encyclopedia) CE5 North America, third largest continent (2015 est. pop. 571,949,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. North…

money

(Encyclopedia) money, term that refers to two concepts: the abstract unit of account in terms of which the value of goods, services, and obligations can be compared; and anything that is widely…

Echinodermata

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Internal anatomy of a sea star, representative of the phylum Echinodermata EchinodermataEchinodermataəkīˌnōdûrˈmətə [key] [Gr.,=spiny skin], phylum of exclusively marine bottom…

Haiti

(Encyclopedia) CE5 HaitiHaitihāˈtē [key], Fr. HaïtiHaitiäētēˈ [key], officially Republic of Haiti, republic (2015 est. pop. 10,711,000), 10,700 sq mi (27,713 sq km), West Indies, on the western…

American Revolution

(Encyclopedia) American Revolution, 1775–83, struggle by which the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is…