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Old medieval wooden pirate military war ship with a cannon on the deck pointed out and aiming

Pirate School: 5 Things You Can Shoot from a Cannon

British troops in a trench on the Western front during World War I. One officer takes reports of the fighting over a field telephone while the officer on the left jots it down and issues new orders.

Life in the Trenches: A World War I Photo Gallery

German machine gunners occupy a trench during World War I.

Weapons of World War I

Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.

7 Deadliest Weapons in History

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The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu

Were the Nazis Socialists?

Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding

7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

Encyclopaedia Britannica First Edition: Volume 1, Plate XXXVIII, Figure 2, Ark, Ark of the Covenant, a small chest, coffer, contains Aaron's rod, manna pot, tables of covenant, Schechinah, Divine Presence, oracle, shittim-wood, acacia tree

Where Is the Ark of the Covenant?

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified title of Web site: Mineralogy Database - Lewisite Mineral Data.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Jan 03, 2018
	Added new Web site: Mindat.org - Lewisite.	Veenu Setia	May 17, 2009
	Added new Web site: Mineralogy Database - Lewisite Mineral Data.	Veenu Setia	May 17, 2009
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998