Three popes have had African birth or heritage. According to the records of the Liber Pontificalis, all three were from the Roman Province of Africa (corresponding to the territory of modern Tunisia and Libya). The conquest of Byzantine North Africa by Islam during the 7th centur...
Afrophile is a term constructed from the name Africa and the ancient Greek root -phile, which literally means love.An Afrophile is anyone with strong interest in Africa; it's history, societies, economics, descendants, diaspora, and derivative cultures. Or one who loves food, fas...
AfterBurn is an annual regional event held in Florida, generally on the second weekend of November. Radical self-reliance and self-expression are the goals, and community is emphasized. AfterBurn has its roots in the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada. Art, Music, Fire and oth...
Afterlife Empire is an upcoming strategy game for the PC in which the player is tasked with building and maintaining a haunted house and utilizing various methods to scare away unsuspecting visitors. It was designed by Danielle Maiorino and developed in Ladar's Workshop by Ladar,...
Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War is a TV documentary which premiered on The History Channel in 2006. It was directed by David Padrusch who later directed other projects such as Journey to 10,000 BC (2008) and Last Stand of the 300 (2007) for the History Channel.SynopsisThe film i...
AGAST (Adventure Game Authoring System) is a freeware product primarily aimed at the creation of adventure games in the spirit of The Secret of Monkey Island, Myst and King's Quest. Games made using AGAST include AfterShocked!, Eye of the Kraken, Patrimonium , The Breakdown and P...
Agdaban massacre was the killing and forced displacement of Azerbaijani civilians during the capture of Agdaban on 8 April 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village of Agdaban was located on the right bank of the namesake river, 56 kilometers northeast of the administrati...
Age dysphoria is a psychological condition that causes individuals to feel as though they are a different age than their actual physiological age.This can often result in anxiety, discomfort, depression, and a lack of personal identity.Though age dysphoria is not recognized by th...
The Age of Apostasy is an era in the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000. It is considered to be one of the bloodiest times of the Imperium after the Horus Heresy.The BeginningThe single most powerful unifying force in the Imperium is faith: the reverent worship of the God-Emp...
The fictional campaigns of the computer strategy game Age of Empires III let the player follow five generations of the Black family.CampaignsAge of Empires III Campaign Act I: Blood Set in around 1650, the first act of the single-player campaign begins with the player in the role...
"Age of Endarkenment" is a colloquial play on words on the name of the Age of Enlightenment. It has been used to refer to the Enlightenment itself, in order to denote a philosophical disagreement with the implication of the name given to the age, that humanity was benefited by a ...
In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Age of Strife is the name for the chaotic period of human history between the 25th and 30th millennia. According to the "official" histories of the Imperium, the precise details and dates of the Age of Strife are not known, due to d...
Age of Time is an action computer role-playing game that attempts to combine elements from regular role playing games with that of a first person shooter. It uses the Torque Game Engine, but it is unknown whether the game will be ported to the Torque Shader Engine.
Age of Warscape (often abbreviated to AoWS) is an upcoming 3D MMORPG indie game developed and published by ILMXStudios. The game's development had first been announced in October 2016, when its Gamepedia wiki had been launched. However, Age of Warscape's current website was initi...
Agecroft Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club which operates from Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, England. History There has been rowing in Manchester and Salford since 1823, with more than 15 clubs operating during the 1860s. Agecroft R.C. was formed by the gradual merging o...
Agency Republic is an interactive communications agency. Based in Battersea, London they were Marketing Magazine's Digital Agency of the Year in 2008, 2005, 2004 and 2002, and Campaign Magazine's Digital Agency of the Year for 2006. Agency Republic opened their first internationa...
AgencySpy is one of the blogs in the Mediabistro.com blog network. The blog was founded in June 2007 and was launched by an anonymous writer who goes by the moniker Super Spy. The blog added a second writer in March 2008 named Down Low. The blog covers advertising industry gossip...
Agendia is a molecular diagnostic company. The company engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of products to enhance the quality of life for cancer patients by providing healthcare professionals with critical information to enable personalized treatment. The...
John Bishop is a fictional character in the 2003 television series, voiced by actor David Zen Mansley. He was introduced in Season 3’s Space Invaders/Worlds Collide multi-parter, where he kidnapped the turtles and tried to dissect them in an attempt to learn the secrets...
Agent Crush is an unreleased British puppet film directed by Sean Robinson and starring Ioan Gruffudd, Brian Cox, Neve Campbell, Roger Moore, Brian Blessed, Rula Lenska and Ruby Wax. The film was released on Amazon Prime in 2019. CancellationThe reasons for its cancellation is un...