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Bou Baghla revolt
The Bou Baghla revolt was an uprising in the Djurdjura mountains of Kabylie, Algeria, led by Chérif Boubaghla against French conquest from 1850 to 1854, with Lalla Fadhma N'Soumeur's support.
Bou Hmara's revolt
Bou Hmara's revolt (1902–1909) was a rebellion in northeastern Morocco led by Jilali Ben Driss Zerhouni, known as Rogui Bou Hmara, who claimed to be the sultan's elder brother.
Bou Inania Madrasa
The Bou Inania Madrasa (المدرسة البوعنانية) is a Marinid madrasa and congregational mosque in Fez, Morocco, founded by Sultan Abu Inan Faris in the 1350s.
Bou-Maza
Bou-Maza (بومعزة), "the man with the goat," was the nom de guerre of Algerian resistance leader Mohamed ben Abdallah, who led the 1845 Dahra insurrection against France.
Bouamama resistance
The Bouamama resistance was an armed uprising led by the Sufi sheikh Bouamama against French colonial rule in southwestern Algeria from 1881 until his death in 1908.
Bouba/kiki effect
Bouba/kiki effect, also called maluma/takete effect: people match the nonce word bouba to round shapes and kiki to spiky ones. Robust across 25 languages and 10 scripts, with exceptions like Syuba and Hunjara speakers.
Boudica
Boudica, also known as Boudicca, was the queen of the Iceni tribe in eastern Britain. She led a major revolt against Roman occupation in AD 60 or 61.
Bougainville campaign
The Bougainville campaign, also called Operation Cherryblossom, was a World War II campaign on Bougainville Island, the largest of the Solomon Islands, from 1943 to 1945.
Bougainville conflict
The Bougainville conflict was an armed secessionist war between Papua New Guinea and Bougainville fighters from 1988 to 1998, sparked by grievances over the Panguna copper mine.
Bought By Many
Bought By Many is a London-based insurtech company founded in 2012 by Steven Mendel and Guy Farley. It became a specialist pet insurer with £146m in annual gross written premium.
Boukman's rebellion
Boukman's rebellion (Insurrection de Boukman) was a mass slave uprising that broke out in the Northern Plain of Saint-Domingue in August 1791, led by the Vodou priest Dutty Boukman.
Boulder Food Group
Boulder Food Group, also known as BFG Partners, is a venture capital firm founded in Boulder, Colorado in 2014 by Tom Spier that backs early-stage better-for-you food and beverage brands.
Boulkessi attack
The Boulkessi attack was a jihadist assault on the night of 29 to 30 September 2019 against a Malian army camp at Boulkessi, central Mali, killing 25 or more soldiers.
Boumediene v. Bush
Boumediene v. Bush (2008), consolidated with Al Odah v. United States, is the 5-4 Supreme Court decision holding that Guantanamo detainees have a constitutional habeas corpus right and that MCA section 7 unconstitutionally suspended the writ.
Bounce TV
Bounce TV is an American over-the-air broadcast network for African-American audiences, launched September 26, 2011 with The Wiz; founded by Martin Luther King III, Andrew Young and others, now Scripps-owned and in sale process.
Bouncer
A bouncer, also called doorman or door supervisor, is nightclub or bar door security controlling entry and ejecting unruly patrons; UK work requires an SIA licence, and research links door staff to both violence exposure and reduced barroom aggression.
Boundary and redistricting commissions
A boundary or redistricting commission is a body delegated the task of drawing electoral district boundaries, to stop parties, especially governing ones, from favoring themselves.
Boundary commissions of the United Kingdom
The boundary commissions of the United Kingdom are four independent statutory bodies, one each for England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that periodically redraw parliamentary constituency boundaries.
Boundary crossing
Boundary crossing is the work done at a sociocultural boundary to ensure continuity of action or interaction, originating in 1990s learning sciences and organizational studies.
Boundary settlement of Adad-nirari I and Nazi-Maruttash
The boundary settlement of Adad-nirari I and Nazi-Maruttash was the peace and border agreement between Assyria and Kassite Babylonia after Adad-nirari I's victory, probably around 1280 BC.
Boundary Stelae of Akhetaten
The Boundary Stelae of Akhetaten, also called the Amarna boundary stelae, are sixteen rock-cut stelae around Amarna marking the limits of the capital Akhenaten founded.
Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina
Boundary of Chile and Argentina 1881 (Tratado de Límites) is a 1881 treaty that settled border disputes and defined the frontier along the Andes at 52° S.
Bounded rationality
Bounded rationality is the study of decision making that is rational within the cognitive and informational limits of the decision maker, launched by Herbert Simon in 1955.
Boundless Bio
Boundless Bio is a San Diego clinical-stage precision oncology company targeting extrachromosomal DNA, founded in 2018 and listed on Nasdaq under BOLD in March 2024.
Bounty (reward)
Bounty (reward): a monetary reward offered by governments or private parties for information leading to a fugitive's arrest or conviction. Ranges from $5,000 tip rewards to $25 million State Department offers; FBI Ten Most Wanted standard is up to $1 million.
Bounty hunter
Bounty hunter, also called bail enforcement agent or fugitive recovery agent, a private contractor hired by bail bond companies to capture defendants who skip bail; legal in only the US and Philippines, grounded in Taylor v. Taintor (1872).
Bourbon Democrat
A Bourbon Democrat was a member of the conservative, laissez-faire wing of the Democratic Party from Reconstruction until 1904, dominant under Grover Cleveland and displaced by William Jennings Bryan in 1896.
Bourbon Reforms
The Bourbon Reforms (Reformas borbónicas) were administrative, fiscal, and commercial changes the Spanish Crown applied to its American colonies in the eighteenth century, chiefly under Charles III.
Bourbon Restoration in France
The Bourbon Restoration (French: la Restauration, 1814–1830) was the return of the House of Bourbon under Louis XVIII and Charles X after Napoleon, governed by the Charter of 1814 as a constitutional monarchy until the July Revolution of 1830.
Bourgeoisie
Bourgeoisie: originally medieval town dwellers (bourg, from Latin burgensis, 1007), later the European middle class; in Marxist theory the capitalist owners of the means of production, opposed to the proletariat.