Topic Summaries
Key Terms: Human Evolution
This list provides definitions of important terms that will help you better understand human evolution.
10 Essential Facts About the Cold War: A Quiz
Use this quiz to test yourself on 10 essential facts about the Cold War.
Hungarian literature summary
Hungarian literature, Body of written works produced in the Hungarian language.
Mongolian literature summary
Mongolian literature, Written works produced through history in any of the Mongolian languages of present-day Mongolia,...
Ottoman Empire Timeline
Timeline of important events in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Created by Turkish tribes in Anatolia (Asia Minor), the...
Decline of the Ottoman Empire
List of some of the key factors in the decline of the Ottoman Empire. At one point the empire covered much of the Middle...
Key People of the Ottoman Empire
List of some of the major figures of the Ottoman Empire, including Osman I, its founder; Mehmed II who destroyed the Byzantine...
paleoceanography summary
paleoceanography, Scientific study of Earth’s oceanographic history involving the analysis of the ocean’s sedimentary record,...
Causes and Effects of the American Revolution
List of some of the major causes and effects of the American Revolution. The revolution began after Britain imposed new taxes...
American Revolution Timeline
Timeline of important events related to the American Revolution. The 13 American colonies revolted against their British...
Overview of the American Revolution
An overview of the American Revolution, including a list of belligerents, some of the major leaders on both sides of the...
Key Facts of the American Revolution
Summary of important facts related to the American Revolution, the war in which Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies...
minimum viable population summary
minimum viable population (MVP), Numerical threshold that specifies the smallest collection of individuals in a species...
United States Capitol attack of 2021 summary
United States Capitol attack of 2021, Storming of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, by a mob of supporters of Republican Pres. Donald...
Pierre Gassendi summary
Pierre Gassendi, Gassendi also spelled Gassend , (born Jan. 22, 1592, Champtercier, Provence, Fr.—died Oct. 24, 1655, Paris),...
African gray parrot summary
African gray parrot, byname African gray or gray parrot , African parrot of the species Psittacus erithacus, classified...
The Great Gatsby summary
The Great Gatsby, Third novel by American author F.
The Picture of Dorian Gray summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Moral fantasy novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde.
religious symbolism and iconography summary
religious symbolism and iconography, Symbolic expression of religious concepts and the visual, auditory, and kinetic representations...
wetland summary
wetland, Complex ecosystem defined by flooding or saturation of the soil, which creates low-oxygen environments that favour...
Native American music summary
Native American music, Music of the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere.
United States presidential election of 1956 summary
United States presidential election of 1956, United States presidential election of 1956, in which incumbent Republican...
Fukushima accident summary
Fukushima accident, also called Fukushima nuclear accident or Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident , Nuclear accident at the...
school shooting summary
school shooting, In the typical case, an event in which a student at an educational institution—an elementary, middle, or...
Henri Tajfel summary
Henri Tajfel, (born June 22, 1919, Włocławek, Pol.—died May 3, 1982, Oxford, Eng.), Polish-born British social psychologist.
coloration summary
coloration, General appearance of an organism as determined by the quality and quantity of light that is reflected or emitted...
Key Terms: Titanic
This list provides definitions of important terms that will help you better understand the Titanic disaster.
10 Facts You Need to Know: A Titanic Quiz
Use this quiz to test how much you know about the Titanic disaster, from its causes to its legacy.
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching summary
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT), U.S.
Africa summary
Africa, Second largest continent on Earth.
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre summary
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, or Massacre of Amritsar , (1919) Incident in which British troops killed several hundred unarmed...
Elizabeth I summary
Elizabeth I, (born Sept. 7, 1533, Greenwich, near London, Eng.—died March 24, 1603, Richmond, Surrey), Queen of England...
Franco-Prussian War summary
Franco-Prussian War, or Franco-German War , (1870–71) War in which a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated...
Mahatma Gandhi summary
Mahatma Gandhi, byname of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , (born Oct. 2, 1869, Porbandar, India—died Jan. 30, 1948, Delhi),...
ancient Greek civilization summary
ancient Greek civilization, The period between the end of the Mycenaean civilization (1200 bce) and the death of Alexander...
Harlem Renaissance summary
Harlem Renaissance, A blossoming (c. 1918–37) of African American culture, particularly in the creative arts, centred in...