Who did Israel gain independence from? Who benefited from the Balfour Declaration? Who was involved in the First Intifada? Who controlled the Middle East before the Sykes-Picot Agreement? Who helped in the Second Intifada? Who founded Israel?
414141.Israel is one of the world’s youngest nations, but its people have a long history. The Jews, or Hebrews, first settled on the narrow strip of land at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea about 2,500 years ago. They lost this homeland in Roman time...
This study examines the nature of the power manifested by military decorations, a phenomenon that lies on the boundary between the military and civil society. The study exposes the latent power of this cultural site and the various ways in which it reinforces a militaristic ethos, defined here ...
We don’t receive a whole lot of other information about Gog, except that he comes from the North and seeks to invade and plunder Israel. In summary, Gog is seen as representing those opposed to God's people, embodying the ultimate forces of evil and opposition that will emerge before th...
Known in the decade before World War I as "the man who owned Broadway", he is considered the father of American musical comedy. His life and music were depicted in the Oscar-winning film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and the 1968 musical George M!. A statue of Cohan in Times Square New...
He has competed in prestigious events like the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and even co-owned the Dempsey-Proton Racing team. His philanthropic endeavors are also noteworthy, including the establishment of the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing in his hometown, providing support to those ...
Zionism was a political movement among Jews that culminated in the creation of the State of Israel, defined fundamentally as a Jewish nation-state. It sought to return to Palestine and the Holy Land, and the more geographic version of it imagined a state. It has been controversial for ...
Florence King held many firsts: In 1897, she became the first female patent attorney; in 1918, she became the first female vice president of the Women's Bar Association of Chicago; in 1922, she became the first woman to argue a patent case before the U.S. Supreme Court. A year later...
“It was a most painful situation; and, to understand it, one must needs experience it, or imagine himself in similar circumstances. Let him be a fugitive slave in a strange land–a land given up to be the hunting-ground for slaveholders–whose inhabitants are legalized kidnappers–where he...
Owned the first automobile in Blue Earth County. Burial location unknown. See also Minnesota Legislator record William Loeb Jr. (1866-1937)— also known as "Stonewall Loeb"— of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany ...