Encyclopedia - Confrontation: Encyclopedia Ii - Confrontation - Advanced Rules
With the release of Third Edition of Confrontation, the Incantation, Divination, and Fortification rules were all included in the hard ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confrontation: Encyclopedia Ii - Confrontation - Ragnarok
Rag’Narok is at once an evolution of the basic game and an entirely new one. Where the basic game represents small confrontations and s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confrontation: Encyclopedia Ii - Confrontation - Basic Rules
The Basic Rules Booklet packed with each blister describes the core rules of the game: movement, initiative, shooting and hand to hand co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confrontation: Encyclopedia Ii - Confrontation - Hybrid
Hybrid and its expansion Nemesis is a board game set in the world of Aarklash, the setting for Confrontation. The game is played on illus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confrontation: Encyclopedia Ii - Confrontation - Getting Started
To begin playing Confrontation, each player needs to acquire between five and ten figures from one of the factions in the setting. The sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confrontation Album: Encyclopedia Ii - Confrontation Album - Track Listing
All tracks written by Bob Marley, except where noted. Confrontation album - Side one. "Chant Down Babylon" "Buffalo Soldier" (Bob Marl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confrontation At Montgomery's Tavern: Encyclopedia Ii - Confrontation At Montgomery's Tavern - Prelude
When the Lower Canada Rebellion broke out in the Fall of 1837, Sir Francis Bond Head sent the British troops stationed in York to help su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Altalena Affair: Encyclopedia - Altalena Affair
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indonesia-malaysia Confrontation: Encyclopedia Ii - Indonesia-malaysia Confrontation - The End Of Confrontation
Towards the end of 1965, General Suharto came to power in Indonesia, following a coup d'état. Due to this domestic conflict, Indonesian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Hawk War: Encyclopedia - Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was fought in 1832 in the Midwestern section of the United States. The war was named for Black Hawk, the leader of a b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wars Of The Three Kingdoms: Encyclopedia - Wars Of The Three Kingdoms
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in Scotland, Ireland, and England between 1639 and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indonesia-malaysia Confrontation: Encyclopedia Ii - Indonesia-malaysia Confrontation - Background
In 1961, the island of Borneo was divided into four separate states: Kalimantan, an Indonesian province, was located in the south of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Move: Encyclopedia Ii - Move - Confrontations With Police
MOVE - Powelton Village 1978. Glassey owned a large twin house at 33rd and Pearl Sts. in the Powelton Village neighborhood of Philadelp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indonesia-malaysia Confrontation: Encyclopedia Ii - Indonesia-malaysia Confrontation - The War
On January 20, 1963, Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio announced that Indonesia would pursue a policy of Konfrontasi with Malaysia. O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Altalena Affair: Encyclopedia Ii - Altalena Affair - Confrontation With The Idf
Intense negotiations between representatives of the Provisional Government (headed by David Ben Gurion) and Etzel (headed by Menachem Beg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pompey: Encyclopedia Ii - Pompey - Confrontation To War
The triumvirate was about to end. The bonds of the triumvirate were snapped by death. First, Pompey's wife (and at that time Caesar's onl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shivaji: Encyclopedia Ii - Shivaji - Confrontation With The Local Sultanates
In 1646, when Shivaji was 16, he carried out his first military action by capturing Torna fort, in Bijapur territory. By 1647, he had cap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Von Bondies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Von Bondies - Confrontation At The Magic Stick
The Von Bondies, unsatisfied with the unpolished sound and production of their debut album, recorded a set of BBC performances (Peel Sess...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shivaji: Encyclopedia Ii - Shivaji - Confrontation With The Local Sultanates
Shivaji carried out his first military action by capturing Bijapur Kingdom's Torna fort at the age of 16 in 1646. By 1647 he had captured...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tucker Carlson: Encyclopedia Ii - Tucker Carlson - Confrontation With Jon Stewart
On Crossfire, prior to the 2004 Presidential Election, Carlson exchanged heated words with Jon Stewart, host of the The Daily Show with J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sovereignty Of The Falkland Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Sovereignty Of The Falkland Islands - Confrontation
In 1976, Argentina landed an expedition in Southern Thule, an island in the South Sandwich Islands which at that time was part of the Fal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory I - Confrontation With Eutychius
In Constantinople, Gregory attracted attention in controversy with Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople, who had published a dissertatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Dou Miao: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Dou Miao - Dou And Chen's Confrontation With The Eunuchs
After they became the leading officials, Dou and Chen did much to try to clean up government; in particular, they recalled the officials ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Multinational Force In Lebanon: Encyclopedia Ii - Multinational Force In Lebanon - Later Confrontations And Withdrawal
French warplanes struck the Beqaa Valley in November, hitting Iranian Revolutionary Guard positions. They claimed this was in response to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Civil War - Confrontation: 1944
By the summer of 1944 it was obvious that the Germans would soon withdraw from Greece, because the armed forces of the Soviet Union were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Hawk War: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Hawk War - Final Confrontation
From the end of June to the beginning of August, the federal troops pursued Black Hawk and his band throughout northern Illinois, and int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Yuan Of Jin: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Yuan Of Jin - Confrontation With Wang Dun
By 320, Emperor Yuan's relationship with Wang Dun was at a breaking point, as Wang Dun had grown more and more arrogant and controlling o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chimei: Encyclopedia Ii - Chimei - The Confrontation With Xin Forces Under Wang Kuang And Lian Dan
By 22, the forces that Jing and Wang led against Fan and other rebel generals were in shambles, and in 22, Fan killed Jing in battle. Wan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sino-soviet Split: Encyclopedia Ii - Sino-soviet Split - From Split To Confrontation
After 1965, the Sino-Soviet split was an established fact, and the onset of Mao's Cultural Revolution severed all contact between the two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahmoud Mohamed Taha: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahmoud Mohamed Taha - Growing Confrontation With President Nimeiry
After Taha's public lectures were banned in 1973, his disciples operated with some difficulty throughout most of Nimeiry's rule. Although...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Negro League Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - Negro League Baseball - The Great Paige/gibson Confrontation
A frequently-told legend of Black Baseball involves Game Two of the 1942 World Series on September 8, focusing upon two of Blackball's mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í/bábí Split: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í/bábí Split - Confrontations
The public declaration of Bahá'u'lláh led to severe conflict, including accusations and murders. This conflict exacerbated the agitatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whirl-mart: Encyclopedia Ii - Whirl-mart - Origins
The activity was founded by the group "Breathing Planet Troupe" at a Wal-Mart store in Troy, New York on April 1, 2001. The group was see...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goanna: Encyclopedia Ii - Goanna - Goannas And Humans
Goanna - Confrontations. Like most native fauna, goannas are rather wary of human intrusions into their habitat, and will most likely r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Altalena Affair: Encyclopedia Ii - Altalena Affair - Background
As the British Mandate of Palestine was coming to an end, a group of Jewish leaders proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantique Incident: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlantique Incident - Aftermath
In India, the incident created instant heroes of the two pilots of the Mig-21s. On October 8, 2000, the prestigious "Vayu Sena" medal was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Altalena Affair: Encyclopedia Ii - Altalena Affair - Aftermath
The Altalena Affair exposed deep rifts between the main political factions in Israel, and continued to be a major source of bitter contro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goanna: Encyclopedia Ii - Goanna - Characteristics
Being predatory lizards, goannas are often quite large, or at least bulky, with sharp teeth and claws. The largest is the Perentie (Varan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goanna: Encyclopedia Ii - Goanna - Habitats
Goannas are found throughout Australia, except for Tasmania and manage to persist in a variety of environments. Most species are terrestr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantique Incident: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlantique Incident - Lawsuit
On September 21, 1999, Pakistan lodged a compensation claim at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, accusing India of s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Case For Mars: Encyclopedia Ii - The Case For Mars - Wider Considerations
While detailing the exploration and colonization, The Case for Mars also addresses a number of attendant scientific and political factors...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Von Bondies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Von Bondies - Early Days
Around the turn of the century, two ex-college roomates, Jason Stollsteimer and Marcie Bolen, attended a concert by Japanese rock & r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Von Bondies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Von Bondies - Present
The Von Bondies received unparalleled publicity from the episode at the Magic Stick. Contrary to White's claim that Stollsteimer was exag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Street Fighting: Encyclopedia Ii - Street Fighting - Individual Street Fights
Individual street fighting is distinct from sport fighting and duels because the latter are normally conducted according to some pre-arra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Street Fighting: Encyclopedia Ii - Street Fighting - Factional Street Fighting
Factional street fighting differs from war in that governments are not usually involved, modern weapons and soldiers are not involved, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Street Fighting: Encyclopedia Ii - Street Fighting - Individual Street Fights
Individual street fighting is distinct from sport fighting and duels because the latter are normally conducted according to some pre-arra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Street Fighting: Encyclopedia Ii - Street Fighting - Factional Street Fighting
Factional street fighting differs from war in that governments are not usually involved, modern weapons and soldiers are not involved, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory I - Lombards
Gregory's independent action in appointing governors to cities, providing munitions of war, giving instructions to generals, sending amba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory I - Servus Servorum Dei
Gregory, among the first to assert the primacy of the papal office, though he did not employ the term "pope", summed up the responsibilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory I - Works
Gregory is the only pope between the 5th and the 11th centuries whose correspondence and writings have survived enough to form a comprehe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Dou Miao: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Dou Miao - As Empress Dowager And Regent
In 168, Emperor Huan died without a son. Empress Dou became empress dowager and regent. She and her father examined the potential success...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Case For Mars: Encyclopedia Ii - The Case For Mars - Colonization
For Zubrin, the attractiveness of Mars Direct does not rest on a single cost-effective mission. As initial explorers leave hab-structures...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warren Sapp: Encyclopedia Ii - Warren Sapp - Amidst Marijuana Allegations Drafted By Tampa Bay
After playing college football at the University of Miami, where he was a defensive standout, Sapp was drafted into the NFL by the Tampa ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warren Sapp: Encyclopedia Ii - Warren Sapp - The Skipping Incidents
In 2003, during an October 6 Monday Night Football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sapp was scolded for skipping through and disrupt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Multinational Force In Lebanon: Encyclopedia Ii - Multinational Force In Lebanon - Background
Americans had previously been involved in Lebanese affairs, during the 1958 Lebanon crisis. In that intervention, 14,000 Americans were s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Multinational Force In Lebanon: Encyclopedia Ii - Multinational Force In Lebanon - Increased Involvement
Despite the withdrawal of the PLO from Beirut, the MNF's mission was far from over. On September 14, Lebanese President Bachir Gemayel wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Multinational Force In Lebanon: Encyclopedia Ii - Multinational Force In Lebanon - Barracks Bombing
Main article: 1983 Beirut barracks bombing The MNF was given a devastating blow on October 23, when truck bombs driven by suicide bombers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Dou Miao: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Dou Miao - Family Background And Marriage To Emperor Huan
It is not known when Dou Miao was born. Her father Dou Wu was a low level official during Emperor Huan's administration and a well-known ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sino-soviet Split: Encyclopedia Ii - Sino-soviet Split - Return To Normality
The fall from power of Lin Biao in 1971 marked the end of the most radical phase of the Cultural Revolution, and from then until Mao's de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Hawk War: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Hawk War - Return Of Black Hawk
The land included the village of Saukenok, at the junction of the Mississippi and Rock Rivers, which had been home to Black Hawk and his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Hawk War: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Hawk War - Aftermath
The Black Hawk War of 1832 resulted in the deaths of 70 settlers and soldiers, and hundreds of Black Hawk's band. The war not only affect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pompey: Encyclopedia Ii - Pompey - Pompey In Literature And The Arts
The historical character of Pompey plays a prominent role in several books from the Masters of Rome series of historical novels by Austra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pompey: Encyclopedia Ii - Pompey - The Campaign Against The Pirates — Pompey In The East
By 69 BC, Pompey was the darling of the Roman masses although many Optimates were deeply suspicious of his intentions. His primacy in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Yuan Of Jin: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Yuan Of Jin - Early Career
Sima Rui was born in 276 in the then-Jin capital Luoyang, as the son of Sima Jin (司馬覲) the Prince of Langye and his wife Princess X...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Civil War - Introduction
The Greek Civil War was fought between 1946 and 1949, and was the first example of a post-war Communist insurgency. The victory of the go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Civil War - Background: 1941-44
The origins of the civil war lie in the occupation of Greece by Nazi Germany and Bulgaria from 1941 to 1944. King George II and his gover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Civil War - Interlude: 1945-1946
In February 1945 the various Greek parties came to the Varkiza Agreement, with the support of all the Allies. This provided for the compl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Civil War - Civil War: 1946-1949
Fighting resumed in March 1946, as armed bands of ELAS veterans infiltrated into Greece through the mountainous regions near the Yugoslav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Civil War - The End Of The War: 1949
The fatal blow to the KKE and the DSE, however, was political, not military. In June of that year, the Soviet Union and its satellites br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Ross: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Ross - Championships And Accomplishments
Jim Ross - Wrestling Observer Newsletter. He is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (inducted in 1999) 1988 Bes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Hawk War: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Hawk War - Hostilities
The governor issued a proclamation on April 16, mustering five brigades of volunteers to form at Beardstown and to head north to force Bl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pompey: Encyclopedia Ii - Pompey - Historic View
To the historians of his own and later Roman periods, the life of Pompey was simply too good to be true. No more satisfying historical mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pompey: Encyclopedia Ii - Pompey - Early Life And Political Debut
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus was born on September 29, 106 BC, as the son or heir of Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, an extremely wealthy man from the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pompey: Encyclopedia Ii - Pompey - Sicily And Africa
Although his young age kept him a privatus (a man holding no political office of – or associated with – the cursus honorum), Pompey w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pompey: Encyclopedia Ii - Pompey - Hispania And Spartacus
Pompey's reputation for military genius, and occasional bad judgment, continued when he demanded proconsular imperium (although he had no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pompey: Encyclopedia Ii - Pompey - Pompey’s Return To Rome
In December 62 BC, Pompey finally returned to Rome with a dilemma to address. On one hand he wanted his third triumph, on the other he wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pompey: Encyclopedia Ii - Pompey - Caesar And The First Triumvirate
Although Pompey and Crassus distrusted each other, by 61 BC their grievances pushed them both into an alliance with Caesar. Crassus' tax ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pompey: Encyclopedia Ii - Pompey - Civil War
Although in the beginning, Pompey claimed he could defeat Caesar and raise armies merely by stamping his foot on the soil of Italy, but b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Yuan Of Jin: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Yuan Of Jin - After The Fall Of Luoyang
In 311, Luoyang fell to Han Zhao forces, and Emperor Huai was captured. A large number of refugees, fleeing Han Zhao forces, crossed the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Yuan Of Jin: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Yuan Of Jin - Early Reign
In early 318, Han Zhao's emperor Liu Cong executed Emperor Min, and three months later, news arrived in Jiankang. Sima Rui then declared ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chimei: Encyclopedia Ii - Chimei - The Rise Of What Would Become Chimei
Circa 17, due to Wang Mang's incompetence in ruling -- particularly in his implementation of his land reform policy -- and a major Yellow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chimei: Encyclopedia Ii - Chimei - Campaign Against Chang'an
By late 24, while Chimei was strong militarily, but the soldiers were fatigued from all of the wars and wanted to return home. Fan and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chimei: Encyclopedia Ii - Chimei - Loss Of Popular Support
Meanwhile, Emperor Penzi was installed on the Han throne in Chang'an. Initially, the people of the Guanzhong (關中, modern central Shaa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chimei: Encyclopedia Ii - Chimei - Flight Back East And Collapse
In autumn 26, The Chimei forces attacked the territory held by the regional warlord Wei Xiao (隗囂), but were repelled by Wei. At this ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Ray Bill: Encyclopedia Ii - Beta Ray Bill - Fictional Biography
Beta Ray Bill - Origins. Beta Ray Bill's race, the Korbinites, once lived near the core of an unnamed galaxy - until, due to the machin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shivaji: Encyclopedia Ii - Shivaji - Early Life
Shivajiraje was born in 1630, in the Shivneri Fort, 60 km north of Pune. His father, Shahaji raje, was a jagirdar of the sultan of Bijapu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shivaji: Encyclopedia Ii - Shivaji - Clash With The Moghuls
The Mughals had defeated Shahaji and annexed territories which Shivaji now wanted to recover. He frequently raided the Mughal territory t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shivaji: Encyclopedia Ii - Shivaji - Coronation
A thread ceremony (Upanayanam) took place on May 29, 1674, and then a Vratya Stoma ceremony was performed. Shivaji was formally crowned C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shivaji: Encyclopedia Ii - Shivaji - Shivaji's Rule
After his coronation, Shivaji launched a wave of conquests in southern India with a massive force of 50,000 (30,000 cavalry & 20,000 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shivaji: Encyclopedia Ii - Shivaji - Remembering Shivaji
Because of his struggle against an imperial power, Shivaji became an icon of freedom fighters (along with the Rani of Jhansi) in the Indi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Civil War - Background: 1941-44
The origins of the civil war lie in the occupation of Greece by Nazi Germany and Bulgaria from 1941 to 1944. King George II and his gover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Civil War - The End Of The War: 1949
The fatal blow to the KKE and the DSE, however, was political, not military. In June of that year, the Soviet Union and its satellites br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Ross: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Ross - Career
Jim Ross - Early career. Ross started as a referee for Leroy McGuirk's Tri-State Wrestling in the early to mid 70's. When McGuirk's boo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Ross: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Ross - Matches
Ross has participated in six wrestling matches during his time in WWE, and has a current win/loss/draw record of 4/2/0: On December 23, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wars Of The Three Kingdoms: Encyclopedia Ii - Wars Of The Three Kingdoms - Background
The unity of the Three Kingdoms under one monarch was quite a recent development. Since 1541, monarchs of England had also ruled the King...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wars Of The Three Kingdoms: Encyclopedia Ii - Wars Of The Three Kingdoms - War Breaks Out
See Also English Civil War Irish Confederate Wars Scottish Civil War Modern historians have emphasised how the Civil Wars were not inev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wars Of The Three Kingdoms: Encyclopedia Ii - Wars Of The Three Kingdoms - Aftermath
While the Wars of the Three Kingdoms pre-figured many of the changes that would shape modern Britain, in the short term it resolved littl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sino-soviet Split: Encyclopedia Ii - Sino-soviet Split - Background
The roots of the split went back to the 1930s, when the Chinese Communists led by Mao Zedong were simultaneously conducting a war of resi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mortuary Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Mortuary
Mortuary Dream Symbols: Perhaps your unconscious is confronting you with the fact of mortality in order to change your perspective, or...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chest Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Chest
Chest Dream Symbols: Do you need to get something "off your chest"? Also symbolizes confidence and confrontation.   (So...   » Read the article