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Red Cross
History; World history

An international relief agency created by the 1864 Geneva Convention to help those wounded or captured in war. An armband or flag depicting a red cross indicated immunity from ...

Sputnik I
History; World history

The first artificial satellite in space, launched by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1958, shocking the West.

Sarmatians
History; World history

Indo-Iranian pastoral nomad people of the central Eurasian steppes who were closely related to the Scythians. The Sarmatians migrated into the Ural region in the 5th century BC, ...

Champa kingdom
History; World history

Based on Chinese texts, in 192 c.e., Champa was formed during the aftermath of the breakup of the Han dynasty of China. The Champa kingdom was situated along the coastal plains of ...

Charlemagne
History; World history

Charlemagne (c. 742–814) was the king of the Franks and emperor of the West. Also named Charles the Great, Charlemagne was born the eldest son of Pepin the Short, king of the ...

Geoffrey Chaucer
History; World history

Geoffrey Chaucer(c. 1340–1400) was an well-known English author and poet. Son of John Chaucer, a prosperous wine merchant and Agnes de Copton, he secured a position around 1355 as ...

Battle of Genale Doria
History; World history

The Battle of Genale Doria was a battle on the "southern front" fought during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. The battle consisted almost entirely of air attacks by the Italian ...

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