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A quasi-state (sometimes referred to as a state-like entity or formatively a proto-state) is a political entity that does not represent a fully autonomous...

Lifeboats played a crucial role during the sinking of the Titanic on 14–15 April 1912. The ship had 20 lifeboats that, in total, could accommodate 1,178...

A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck. Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons...

Biography portal Food portal Film portal India portal United Kingdom portal United States portal Madhur Jaffrey CBE (née Bahadur; born 13 August 1933)...

Ivan Dominic Illich (/ɪˌvɑːn ˈɪlɪtʃ/ iv-AHN IL-itch; German: [ˈiːvan ˈɪlɪtʃ]; 4 September 1926 – 2 December 2002) was an Austrian Catholic priest, theologian...

Heortology or eortology is a science that deals with the origin and development of religious festivals, and more specifically the study of the history...

A nursing bra is a specialized brassiere that provides additional support to women who are lactating and permits comfortable breastfeeding without the...

Portrait of Tommaso Inghirami is an oil painting by Italian artist Raphael. Painted ca. 1509, it exists in two copies, one of which is in display in the...

This is a list of all known or suspected Atlantic hurricanes up to 1599. Although most storms likely went unrecorded, and many records have been lost,...

Classical antiquity is the period of cultural history spanning from the 8th century BC to the beginning of the Middle Ages (which began around 500 AD)...

The title of Count of Zutphen historically belonged to the ruler of the Dutch province of Gelderland (Zutphen being one of the major cities in the province...

Škrljevo Castle (Slovenian: Grad Škrljevo german: Grailach) is a castle in Carniola, present day municilpality of Šentrupert, Slovenia. According to the...

Khirbet al-Mukhayyat (Arabic: خربة المُخيَّط), also commonly known as the town of Nebo, is a village in Madaba Governorate in Jordan. The village is about...

Ruchira Gupta is a journalist and activist. She is the founder of Apne Aap, a non-governmental organisation that works for women's rights and the eradication...

Ariel Salleh is an Australian sociologist who writes on humanity-nature relations, political ecology, social change movements, and ecofeminism. Salleh...

Symbolic violence is a term coined by Pierre Bourdieu, a prominent 20th-century French sociologist, and appears in his works as early as the 1970s. Symbolic...

Una Crawford O'Brien is an Irish actor. Raised in Clondalkin, she is best-known to television viewers as the character Renee Phelan in long-running soap...

Ayako Miura (三浦綾子, Miura Ayako, 25 April 1922 – 12 October 1999) was a Japanese novelist. She published over eighty works of both fiction and non-fiction...

The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress was a joint resolution by the legislature of the state of Georgia, and approved by Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin...

The 1977 National Women's Conference was held November 18–21, in Houston, Texas, United States. The purpose of this conference was to celebrate International...