From New World Encyclopedia
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A
macaw is any parrot (family Psittacidae) belonging to one of six
genera:
Ara,
Anodorhynchus,
Cyanopsitta,
Primolius,
Orthopsittaca, and
Diopsittaca.
John the Baptist was a first century
C.E. prophet whom Christians regard as being the forerunner of the earthly ministry of
Jesus Christ.
Marriage is a universal human institution which has formed the foundation of the
family throughout history.
Nederland is the European section of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is formed by the Netherlands, the
Netherlands Antilles and
Aruba.
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an immensely talented Italian
Renaissance Roman Catholic polymath: architect, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, inventor, geometer, musician and painter.
Peter I also known as
Peter the Great (June 9, 1672 – February 8, 1725) ruled Russia from May 7, 1682 until his death, although before 1696 he ruled jointly with his weak and sickly half-brother Ivan V.
Orchids (Orchidaceae family) are the largest and most diverse of the flowering plant families, with over eight hundred described genera and 25,000 species.
The
Temple of Artemis was a magnificent place of worship in the city of Ephesus in present-day Turkey, dedicated to
Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt.
Ginseng is a group of plants belonging to the genus
Panax, consisting of several species of slow-growing perennials with fleshy roots, in the family Araliaceae.
A
feather is an epidermal growth containing
keratin (tough, insoluble, fibrous structural
proteins) that is part of the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on
birds.
Prague (Czech:
Praha), is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava River in central
Bohemia, it is home to approximately 1.2 million people.
Altamira is a
cave in
Spain famous for its
Upper Paleolithic cave paintings featuring drawings and polychrome rock paintings of wild
mammals and human hands.
A
wave is a disturbance that propagates through space in a regular pattern, often involving the transfer of energy.
The Republic of Bolivia (or
Bulibiya in the Quechua language;
Wuliwya in Aymara) is a landlocked country in central
South America.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841–December 3, 1919) was a French artist who was a leading figure in the development of the
impressionist style.
Ahab or
Ach'av (אַחְאָב, "Brother of the father") was an important
king of Israel. The son and successor of King
Omri, his reign is dated variously, with estimates ranging from 869-850 B.C.E. to 874-853 B.C.E.
RADAR is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine and map the location, direction, and/or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, weather formations and terrain.
