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Quraysh
History; World history

Bedouin tribe of Arabia that had settled and become dominant in Mecca by the late 6th century. They opposed Muhammad, who threatened their leadership. The early caliphs were of ...

Battle of Poltava
History; World history

Battle of the Great Northern War, fought 8 July 1709, when Peter the Great defeated the much smaller Swedish army of Charles XII. Only about 1,500 Swedish troops were able to ...

Battles of Port Arthur
History; World history

Two battles for the fortress of Port Arthur in the Liaodong peninsula of China. On 21 November 1894, during the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese stormed the fortress. On 8 ...

Potsdam Conference
History; World history

(17 July-2 August 1945) Conference of the 'Big Three' Allied powers held after the end of World War II, attended by Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman and Winston Churchill (who was ...

Pugachev's Revolt
History; World history

Russian peasant and Cossack revolt (1773- 75), led by Yemelyan Pugachev (c.1742-75). Claiming to be the murdered czar, Peter III, he declared the abolition of serfdom, and ...

socialism
History; World history

A doctrine that public ownership of the means of production and distribution will produce a fair and classless society. It has many facets and its divisions have facilitated the ...

Peter I the Great
History; World history

Czar of Russia, jointly with Ivan V (r.1682-96) and alone (r.1696-1725), proclaimed emperor in 1721. During his reign Russia gained territory through wars with the Ottoman Turks ...

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