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Bar Kokhba Revolt
The Bar Kokhba Revolt (132–135 CE), also called the Second Jewish Revolt, was the last major Jewish uprising against Roman rule in Palestine, led by Shimon ben Kosiba.
Bar Lev Line (קו בר לב)
Bar Lev Line (קו בר לב), Israeli fortification line along the Suez Canal built from December 1968, named for Chief of Staff Haim Bar-Lev; about 160 km with roughly 30 maozim strongpoints behind a 20-meter sand rampart, collapsed on 6 October 1973 except Budapest.
Bar mleczny
Bar mleczny (milk bar) is a Polish cheap, self-service, alcohol-free cafeteria serving traditional dairy- and flour-based meals all day. First opened 1896 in Warsaw; subsidized under communism and still state-subsidized today.
Bar Paly
Bar Paly (בר פאלי), born Varvara Alexandrovna Paley, is an Israeli-American actress and model from Nizhny Tagil, Russia, raised in Tel Aviv, known for Sorina Luminita in Pain & Gain and Anna Kolcheck on NCIS: Los Angeles.
Bar Refaeli (בר רפאלי)
Bar Refaeli (בר רפאלי), Israeli supermodel born 1985 in Hod HaSharon; 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model, first Israeli in SI, Forbes-listed top Israeli earner, TV host, wife of Adi Ezra.
Bar Rescue
Bar Rescue is an American reality series premiering July 17, 2011 on Spike TV, now on Paramount Network, in which consultant Jon Taffer rescues failing bars via hidden-camera recon, stress tests, retraining, and renovations; about 25% of rescued bars closed within two years per a 2021 IUPUC study.
Bar topnotchers in the Philippines
Bar topnotchers in the Philippines are the examinees with the highest ratings on the Philippine Bar Examinations, administered by the Supreme Court, which lists the top 20.
Bar-end shifter
A bar-end shifter is a bicycle gear lever mounted inside the open end of a drop handlebar, controlling the derailleurs; the type is closely associated with SunTour's 1972 Bar-Con.
Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc, prefecture of the Meuse department in northeastern France, former capital of the duchy of Bar; Renaissance upper town, Musée barrois, Ligier Richier's Transi, and goose-quill-deseeded currant jam since 1344.
Bar-Rakib
Bar-Rakib, also Bar-Rekub, was king of Samʾal, an Aramean kingdom in the northern Levant, from about 733 to 713 BC, the last king known from inscriptions at Zincirli.
Bara (archaeological site)
Bara is an archaeological mound in Rupnagar District, Punjab, India, the type site of the Bara culture, excavated by Y.D. Sharma in 1955 and 1971.
Bara (薔薇) (genre)
Bara (薔薇, "rose") is the English label for Japanese gay manga, called gei komi in Japan; derived from the 1971 magazine Barazoku, once a slur, objected to by Tagame, and distinct from female-audience BL.
Bara bada bastu
Bara bada bastu, KAJ's Swedish-language sauna-pop song in the Vörå dialect, won Melodifestivalen 2025, placed fourth for Sweden at Eurovision 2025 with 321 points, and passed 100 million Spotify streams.
Bāra Banki
Bāra Banki (बाराबंकी), or Barabanki, is a district of Ayodhya division, Uttar Pradesh, India, in central Awadh east of Lucknow: 3,891.5 sq km, 3,260,699 people (2011), headquarters Barabanki city, known for menthol mint and opium farming.
Bara ga Saita
Bara ga Saita (バラが咲いた, "A Rose Has Bloomed") is a 1966 Japanese song sung by Maki Mike, written by Hamaguchi Kōji and usually called the first hit of Japanese-made folk.
Bara Imambara
Bara Imambara, also called Asafi Imambara, is a monumental Shia congregation hall in Lucknow, India, built by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula between 1784 and 1791 as famine relief.
Bara Mound
Bara Mound: ASI centrally protected 'small high mound, ancient site of a large Hindu Temple' at Bara, Tehsil Bara, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh; protected 1920, now under Sarnath Circle.
Bara Sapoko Ndiaye
Bara Sapoko Ndiaye (born 2007, Mékhé, Senegal) is a Senegalese midfielder for FC Bayern Munich, number 39, signed permanently in 2026 from Gambinos Stars Africa via Red&Gold Football; a Senegal 2026 World Cup squad member with two caps.
Bara Thermal Power Project
Bara Thermal Power Project, also called Prayagraj TPP, is a 1,980 MW coal-fired power station at Bara in Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, with three 660 MW supercritical units.
Bara-irnun
Bara-irnun, also spelled Bara-irnum or Barag-irnun, was a queen consort of Umma in Sumer around 2370 BC, wife of the ruler Gishakidu and known from a gold votive plaque in the Louvre.
Baraat
Baraat (Hindi बरात, Urdu برات; alias varayatra) is the South Asian groom's wedding procession, with baraati attendants, sehra bandi, ghodi or car, dhol and dancing, milni welcome, and jaimala, across Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Jain, and diaspora practice.
Barabar Caves
Barabar Caves (बराबर), with the nearby Nagarjuni Caves, are India's oldest surviving rock-cut caves, Mauryan period, Bihar, dedicated by Ashoka and Dasharatha to Ajivika monks, famed for mirror-like Mauryan polish.
Barabbas
Barabbas, also known as Jesus Barabbas, is the prisoner whom the Gospels say the Jerusalem crowd chose for release by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus of Nazareth.
Baraboo, WI Micro Area
Baraboo, WI Micro Area (CBSA 12660) is an OMB-defined micropolitan statistical area covering Sauk County, Wisconsin, centered on Baraboo; population 66,486 (ACS 2024), part of the Madison-Janesville-Beloit combined statistical area.
Barachiel (בַּרַכְאֵל)
Barachiel (בַּרַכְאֵל), also called Barakiel, is an archangel of Eastern Orthodox tradition known as the distributor of God's blessings, depicted with white roses and commemorated on November 8.
Barack Obama
Barack Obama (Barack Hussein Obama II), 44th U.S. president 2009–2017 and first African American in the office; Illinois and U.S. senator, signatory of the ACA, stimulus, and Dodd-Frank, winner of 365 electoral votes in 2008 and the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
Barack Obama "Hope" poster
Barack Obama "Hope" poster is Shepard Fairey's 2008 red, beige, and blue stencil portrait of candidate Obama, based on a Mannie Garcia AP photograph, first captioned Progress, later acquired by the National Portrait Gallery.
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign: Obama for America's winning Democratic primary and general-election effort, defeating John McCain 365-173 electoral votes; raised $745.7 million, pioneered MyBO online organizing and small-dollar fundraising.
Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories
Birtherism: false conspiracy theories claiming Barack Obama was born in Kenya, not Hawaii, making him constitutionally ineligible for the presidency; debunked by Hawaii officials, two birth certificates, and courts, yet promoted by Donald Trump from 2011.
Barack Obama judicial appointment controversies
Barack Obama judicial appointment controversies: disputes over Senate filibusters of his lower-court nominees, the 2013 Reid nuclear option, the blocked D.C. Circuit seats, the 52.5% second-term confirmation rate, and the unvoted 2016 Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination.