|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
homeland
... Read more |
|
bantustan
bantustan in 20th-century South African history, territory that was set aside under apartheid for black South Africans and slated for eventual independence. Ten bantustans (later generally referred to as homelands), covering 14% of the country's land, were created from the former "native... Read more |
|
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Mickiewicz A poet and Polish nationalist, Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (1798–1855) occupies a central position in the literature of his country. Polish students study and memorize his epic poem Pan Tadeusz (Master Thaddeus), and his writings have effectively connected the cause of Polish... Read more |
|
|
United States Department of Homeland Security
United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), executive department of the federal government charged with protecting the security of the American homeland as its main responsibility. Its primary missions are preventing terrorists attacks within the United States, reducing the vulnerability... Read more |
|
United States. Directorate of Science and Technology. Environmental Measurements Laboratory
Environmental Measurements Laboratory ¦ K. LEE LERNER The Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML) is a research laboratory located in New York City, first established in 1947, that is operated by the United States government. Research at the facility is coordinated by... Read more |
|
Ciskei
Ciskei , former black "homeland" and nominal republic, SE South Africa. Surrounded by the Cape Province (in the portion that is now Eastern Cape) of South Africa, it consisted of two parcels of land, the larger one bordering the Indian Ocean to the southeast. The capital was Bisho. Ciskei was... Read more |
|
Witelo
WITELO(b. Poland, ca. 1230/1235; d. after ca. 1275)optics, natural philosophy.Life. Very little is known of Witelo’s life. His homeland and national origins must be inferred from scattered remarks in his Perspectiva. There he refers to “our homeland, namely Poland” and mentions the city of... Read more |
|
Bush Administration
Bush Administration (2001–), United States National Security Policy ¦ CARYN E. NEUMANN George W. Bush, transformed the national security system of the United States to combat the threat of global terrorism. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Bush faced the... Read more |
|
Blackfeet
BLACKFEET BLACKFEET. The Blackfeet live on what remains of their ancestral homeland: one reservation in northern Montana and three reserves in southern Alberta, Canada. This Blackfoot Confederacy is made up of three distinct nations who share a common language and a common history: the Kainai or... Read more |
|
KwaNdebele
KwaNdebele, South Africa ‘Place of the Ndebele’ from kwa, a Zulu word signifying ‘at’ or ‘in (the place of)’. A former homeland established in 1979 for the Transvaal Ndebele people after they had been evicted from Bophuthatswana. In 1981 it became a... Read more |
No reference documents or articles match the search term Turkish national hero reburied in homeland
Suggestions: