enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Greek fire - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_fire

    Usage of the term "Greek fire" has been general in English and most other languages since the Crusades. Original Byzantine sources called the substance a variety of names, such as "sea fire" (Medieval Greek: πῦρ θαλάσσιον pŷr thalássion), "Roman fire" (πῦρ ῥωμαϊκόν pŷr rhōmaïkón), "war fire" (πολεμικὸν πῦρ polemikòn pŷr), "liquid fire ...

  3. Women in World War I - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_World_War_I

    Leneman, Leah. "Medical women at war, 1914–1918." Medical history (1994) 38#2 pp: 160–177. online; Proctor, Tammy M. Female intelligence: women and espionage in the First World War (NYU Press, 2006) ISBN 0814766935 OCLC 51518648; Risser, Nicole Dombrowski. Women and War in the Twentieth Century: Enlisted With Or Without Consent (1999) ISBN ...

  4. Women in piracy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_piracy

    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. List of women pirates Zheng Yi Sao (1775–1844; right) as depicted in 1836 Part of a series on Women in society Society Women's history (legal rights) Woman Animal advocacy Business Female entrepreneurs Gender representation on corporate boards of directors Diversity (politics ...

  5. Sailors' superstitions - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailors'_superstitions

    Sailors' superstitions are superstitions particular to sailors or mariners, and which traditionally have been common around the world. Some of these beliefs are popular superstitions, while others are better described as traditions, stories, folklore, tropes, myths, or legends.

  6. Early thermal weapons - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_thermal_weapons

    The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70, by David Roberts (1850), shows the city burning. Early thermal weapons, which used heat or burning action to destroy or damage enemy personnel, fortifications or territories, were employed in warfare during the classical and medieval periods (approximately the 8th century BC until the mid-16th century AD).

  7. World War I - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I

    Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."

  8. List of military engagements of World War I - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military...

    This list of military engagements of World War I covers terrestrial, maritime, and aerial conflicts, including campaigns, operations, defensive positions, and sieges. . Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period o

  9. American women in World War I - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_women_in_World_War_I

    The Food Administration helped housewives prepare more nutritious meals with less waste and with optimum use of the foods available. Most important, the morale of the women remained high, as millions joined the Red Cross as volunteers to help soldiers and their families, and with rare exceptions, the women did not protest the draft. [18] [17]