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Barbara W. Tuchman
Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989), American narrative historian and journalist, twice won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for The Guns of August and Stilwell; self-trained, she wrote best-selling literary history outside academia.
Barbara Wagner
Barbara Wagner (Barbara Aileen Wagner, born 5 May 1938, Toronto) is a Canadian pair figure skater who with Robert Paul won 1960 Olympic gold, four World titles 1957-1960, and the 1959 Lou Marsh Trophy.
Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters was an American broadcast journalist who was the first woman to co-anchor a network evening newscast, spent 15 years on Today, co-hosted 20/20, and created The View in 1997.
Barbara Washington
Barbara Anne Washington is an American Democratic politician and attorney serving in the Missouri Senate from the 9th district, covering southeastern Kansas City, after three years in the Missouri House.
Barbara Windsor
Barbara Windsor (Barbara Ann Deeks, 1937–2020), English actress, star of nine Carry On films and Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders 1994–2016; BAFTA and Tony nominee, made Dame in 2016.
Barbara Wright (Doctor Who)
Barbara Wright (Doctor Who) is a fictional First Doctor companion, a Coal Hill School history teacher played by Jacqueline Hill from An Unearthly Child (1963) to The Chase (1965), the first human woman to travel in the TARDIS.
Barbarano Romano
Barbarano Romano, also linked to the ancient name Marturanum, is a medieval village in Viterbo province, Lazio, on a tuff plateau at the Marturanum Regional Park, home to the Etruscan necropolis of San Giuliano.
Barbarathermen at Trier
Barbarathermen (Barbara Baths), Roman thermae in Trier's Augusta Treverorum, built mid-2nd century AD, second largest baths of the Roman Empire at ~42,000 m2, used until the 5th century, UNESCO World Heritage since 1986.
Barbarea
Barbarea (winter-cress) is a genus of 29 Brassicaceae species, temperate Northern Hemisphere and SE Australia, unique in the family for triterpenoid saponins conferring insect resistance, notably against the diamondback moth.
Barbarella (film)
Barbarella (1968), Roger Vadim's French-Italian sci-fi comedy starring Jane Fonda, adapted from Jean-Claude Forest's comic; produced by Dino De Laurentiis, released by Paramount, now a camp cult classic.
Barbarellas Discoteque
Barbarellas Discoteque, also known as Barbarella's, is an open-air after-hours nightclub in Pirovac, Croatia, run by The Garden and ranked in DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs.
Barbarian
Barbarian: from Greek barbaros, 'foreign speaker' (echoic 'bar-bar-bar'), a label for non-Greeks, especially Medes and Persians; hardened after the Persian Wars and later applied across Roman, medieval, and modern usage.
Barbarian (2022 film)
Barbarian is a 2022 American horror film written and directed by Zach Cregger in his solo feature directorial debut, starring Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and Justin Long.
Barbarian F.C.
Barbarian F.C. (Baa-Baas), the invitational rugby union club founded in England in 1890 by W.P. Carpmael, with no ground or subscription, famous for the 1973 All Blacks match and black-and-white hoops.
Barbarian in the Garden
Barbarian in the Garden (Barbarzyńca w ogrodzie) is a 1962 collection of ten essays by the Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert on European art and culture.
Barbarian invasions into the Roman Empire of the 3rd century
Barbarian invasions into the Roman Empire of the 3rd century (Crisis of the Third Century, 235–284 AD): Alemanni, Franks, and Gothic confederations breached the Rhine and Danube limes, prompting defense in depth and the loss of Dacia.
Barbarian kingdoms
Barbarian kingdoms, the regna of Goths, Vandals, Burgundians, Franks, and later Lombards and others, were the ethnic-named successor states that replaced the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, blending Roman administration with new rulers.
Barbarians (2020 TV series)
Barbarians, known in German as Barbaren, is a 2020 German historical drama series on Netflix, set in 9 A.D. and based on the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
Barbarika (बर्बरीक)
Barbarika (बर्बरीक), also Barbarīk, is a Mahabharata-tradition warrior, grandson of Bhima and son of Ghatotkacha, worshipped as Khatu Shyam Ji at Khatu, Rajasthan; known for his three arrows, his vow to aid the losing side, and his sheesh daan (gift of head) to Krishna.
Barbarikon
Barbarikon (Barbaricum, Barbarikê) was an ancient port of trade on the Indus estuary near modern Karachi, Pakistan, described in the 1st-century CE Periplus of the Erythraean Sea; goods were forwarded upriver to Minnagar, with silk, costus, and indigo exported and Roman money imported.
Barbaros Özyilmaz
Barbaros Özyilmaz is a physicist and materials scientist at the National University of Singapore known for developing device applications of 2D materials like graphene and black phosphorus.
Barbarossa brothers
The Barbarossa brothers, Oruç Reis and Hayreddin, were Ottoman corsairs from Lesbos who seized Algiers in 1516 and brought the central Maghreb under Ottoman rule.
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast: historical name for the North African coast (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Tripoli), named for the Berbers. Known for Ottoman regencies, corsair piracy, tribute, and the Barbary Wars; term lapsed after 1830.
Barbary Crusade
The Barbary Crusade (حصار المهدية) was a Franco-Genoese crusading expedition led by Louis II, duke of Bourbon, that besieged the Hafsid port of Mahdia, Tunisia, in 1390 and withdrew in failure after two months.
Barbary lion
Barbary lion, or Atlas lion, an extinct-in-the-wild North African lion population of Panthera leo leo ranging Morocco to Libya; last photo 1925, last shot 1942, putative descendants in Moroccan Royal captive lineage.
Barbary macaque
Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), Barbary ape: the only African macaque, a tailless Endangered monkey of Morocco and Algeria forests with an introduced Gibraltar colony, tolerant social style, and alloparental male care.
Barbary macaques in Gibraltar
The Barbary macaques in Gibraltar, known locally as Rock Apes, are Europe's only free-ranging monkeys, a managed population of about 200 on the Rock of Gibraltar.
Barbary slave trade
The Barbary slave trade, also known as slavery on the Barbary Coast, enslaved Europeans captured by North African corsairs from the sixteenth century until 1830.
Barbary Wars
Barbary Wars: two U.S. conflicts, against Tripoli (1801–1805) and Algiers (1815–1816), fought to end North African corsair piracy, tribute, and ransom of American merchant ships.
Barbatos
Barbatos is the eighth spirit of the Ars Goetia in the Lesser Key of Solomon, a Great Duke of 30 legions who appears when the Sun is in Sagittarius with four noble kings, understands birdsong and animal voices, reveals enchanted treasure, and reconciles friends.