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Conversion of Makuria to Islam
The conversion of Makuria to Islam was the process by which the Christian Nubian kingdom of Makuria, centered on Old Dongola, became Muslim-ruled between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Conversion of Malacca to Islam
The conversion of Malacca to Islam, usually dated to about 1414, made the Malay port-state of Melaka the first Muslim state on the Malay peninsula.
Conversion of Paul the Apostle
The conversion of Paul the Apostle, also called Paul's conversion on the Damascus road, was the vision of the risen Jesus that turned Saul of Tarsus from persecutor to apostle.
Conversion of Satuq Bughra Khan
The conversion of Satuq Bughra Khan was the Qarakhanid prince Satuq's acceptance of Islam, after which he took Kashgar and made Sunni Islam his dynasty's official religion.
Conversion of the Aksumite kingdom to Christianity
The conversion of the Aksumite kingdom to Christianity, traditionally dated to 333 EC (about 340 CE), was carried out under King Ezana with help from Frumentius of Tyre.
Conversion of the Chełm Eparchy to Orthodoxy
The conversion of the Chełm Eparchy to Orthodoxy was the forced 1875 abolition of the Uniate Eparchy of Chełm and its absorption into the Russian Orthodox Church.
Conversion of the Ghana court to Islam
The conversion of the Ghana court to Islam was the Islamization of the Ghana empire's rulers in the 11th century, traditionally dated 1076 and disputed by historians.
Conversion of the Ilkhans to Islam
The conversion of the Ilkhans to Islam was the acceptance of Islam by the Mongol rulers of the Ilkhanate of Persia, culminating in Ghazan Khan's conversion in June 1295.
Conversion of the Nubian kingdoms to Christianity
The conversion of the Nubian kingdoms to Christianity was the official adoption of Christianity by Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia along the Middle Nile, complete by about 580.
Conversion to Christianity
Conversion to Christianity is the process by which a person commits to Christian beliefs, ranging from a multi-year catechumenate ending in baptism to profession of faith without rebaptism.
Conversion to Judaism
Conversion to Judaism, called giyyur (גיור) in Hebrew, is the process by which a non-Jew becomes a Jew, through study, a rabbinic court, and immersion in a mikveh.
Convertibility plan
The Convertibility Plan was Argentina's currency-board-style monetary regime, established by law in 1991, which pegged the peso one-to-one to the US dollar, ended hyperinflation, and collapsed in 2002.
Convertible bond
A convertible bond, also called a convertible note, is a corporate bond that the holder can convert into a fixed number of shares of the issuer's stock.
Convexity Properties
Convexity Properties is a full-service real estate investment firm in Chicago, founded in 2009 as the real estate arm of trading firm DRW, with a portfolio exceeding $1 billion.
Conveyancing
Conveyancing is the legal transfer of property ownership, covering contract drafting, searches, exchange of contracts, and completion, performed by solicitors or licensed conveyancers in England and Wales.
Conviction Partners
Conviction Partners is a San Francisco venture capital firm founded in 2022 by Sarah Guo, focused on seed and Series A investments in early-stage artificial intelligence companies.
Conviction Partners Expansion
Conviction Partners Expansion is the expansion-stage fund family of Conviction, a San Francisco venture capital firm founded by Sarah Guo in 2022 that invests in AI-native software companies.
Convictorio Carolino
The Convictorio Carolino was a residential college in Lima founded in 1770, a seedbed of Peruvian independence ideas, absorbed into the University of San Marcos in 1866.
Convicts in Australia
Convicts in Australia, also known as penal transportation to Australia, saw over 162,000 convicts sent from Britain and Ireland between 1788 and 1868; their labor built the colonies.
Convocation
A convocation is the provincial assembly of the bishops and clergy of Canterbury or York in the Church of England, with origins traced to a synod at Hertford in 673.
Convorbiri literare
Convorbiri literare is a Romanian literary magazine founded in Iași on 1 March 1867 as the organ of the Junimea society, which published the classics Eminescu, Creangă, and Caragiale and still appears today.
Convoy
A convoy is a group of vehicles or vessels traveling together under one command, usually with armed escort, used for naval shipping, military road movement, and humanitarian transport.
Convoy PQ 17
Convoy PQ 17, a 35-ship Allied Arctic convoy of June–July 1942 from Iceland to Arkhangelsk; ordered to scatter on 4 July 1942 by First Sea Lord Dudley Pound fearing Tirpitz; 24 ships sunk, only 11 reached port, the worst convoy disaster of World War II.
Conxita Marsol Riart
Conxita Marsol Riart (born 1960) is an Andorran politician of the Democrats for Andorra party, serving as Minister of Presidency, Economy, Labour, and Housing and previously cònsol major of Andorra la Vella from 2015 to 2023.
Coogan's Bluff (film)
Coogan's Bluff is a 1968 Don Siegel action thriller starring Clint Eastwood as an Arizona deputy extraditing a murderer in New York; first Siegel-Eastwood film and Dirty Harry forerunner.
Cook Partisan Voting Index
The Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI), published by the Cook Political Report since 1997, measures how Democratic or Republican each state and House district votes in presidential elections relative to the national average, using the two most recent presidential races and two-party vote share.
Cookie jar reserves
Cookie jar reserves are deliberately overstated liability or contra-asset accounts whose later release into income cushions earnings in weak periods, a practice the SEC penalizes.
Cooking of Duke Ai of Qi at the Zhou court
The cooking of Duke Ai of Qi (齐哀公烹于周) was the boiling of Duke Ai of Qi on King Yi of Zhou's order, opening a nine-generation feud with Ji.
Cool Planet Energy Systems
Cool Planet Energy Systems, originally Cool Planet BioFuels, was an American green-fuels startup founded in 2009, later pivoting to the Cool Terra biocarbon soil amendment.
Cool S
The Cool S, also called the Universal S or Stussy S, is a 14-line pointed graffiti S of unknown origin, spread as childlore, documented in 1970s graffiti and an 1890 textbook, and trademarked in 2020.