Results Around the Web for Tulip Back to the Tulip name page The
tulip is a perennial, bulbous plant with showy flowers in the
genus Tulipa, of which up to 109 species have been described and
which belongs to the family Liliaceae. Calvinism (also called
the Reformed tradition or the Reformed faith) is a major branch
of Western Christianity that follows the theological tradition
and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin and other
Reformation-era theologians. The Tulip Revolution or First
Kyrgyz Revolution overthrew President Askar Akayev and his
government in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after the
parliamentary elections of February 27 and of March 13, 2005.
The revolution sought the end of rule by Akayev and by his
family and associates, who in popular opinion had become
increasingly corrupt and authoritarian. Tulip mania or
tulipomania (Dutch names include: tulpenmanie, tulpomanie,
tulpenwoede, tulpengekte and bollengekte) was a period in the
Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for