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• The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon — was a series of highly controversial newspaper articles on child prostitution that appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette in July 1885. Written by crusading editor W.T. Stead, the series was a tour de force of Victorian journalism. With sensational… …   Wikipedia

• MODERN BABYLON —    London, from its huge extent and the miscellaneous character of its inhabitants …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Inventions in the modern Islamic world — [ Abdus Salam, the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics recipient, include the electroweak interaction, electroweak symmetry breaking, magnetic photon, neutral current, preon, W and Z bosons, supergeometry, supermanifold, superspace and superfield.] This… …   Wikipedia

• The Phantom of the Opera (adaptations) — There have been many literary and dramatic works based on Gaston Leroux s novel The Phantom of the Opera, ranging from light operas to films to children s books. Some well known stage and screen adaptations of the novel are the 1925 silent film… …   Wikipedia

• The Return to Zion — ( he. שיבת ציון, Shivat Tzion , or שבי ציון, Shavei Tzion , lit. Zion Returnees ) is a term that refers to the event in which the Jews returned to the Land of Israel from the Babylonian exile following the decree by the Persian King Cyrus, the… …   Wikipedia

• Babylon —    The most famous city of ancient Mesopotamia and possibly the entire Near East, and the capital or main stronghold of a number of succeeding political states and empires. The term Babylon is the Greek version of Babili or Bab ilim, meaning Gate …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

• Babylon (New Testament) — The Fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great c.539 BC, depicted in a medieval tapestry. Babylon occurs in the Christian New Testament both with a literal and a figurative meaning. The famous ancient city, located near Baghdad, was a complete… …   Wikipedia

• BABYLON — (Heb. Bavel, בָּבֶל, Gk. Βαβυλὼν), ancient city on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in what is now Iraq. (In contemporary convention, Babylon is used for the city name and Babylonia for the country. In biblical Hebrew בבל is used for… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Babylon Fortress — was an ancient fortress city or castle in the Delta of Egypt, located at Babylon in the area today known as Coptic Cairo.It was situated in the Heliopolite Nome, upon the right (eastern) bank of the Nile, at latitude 30° N., near the commencement …   Wikipedia

• Babylon —    The Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning The Gate of God. In the Assyrian tablets it means The city of the dispersion of the tribes. The monumental list of its kings reaches back to B.C. 2300, and includes Khammurabi, or Amraphel… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Modern Age of Comic Books — Watchmen (1986), one of the comics considered to signify the beginning of the Modern Age. Cover art by Dave Gibbons. Time span c.1985 present Related periods …   Wikipedia