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- Greek ko-no-so, and ku-ni-su in Minoan), is the largest Bronze Age archaeological ... antiquarian. Kolokairinos himself conducted the first excavations which brought ...13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
- ), was an ancient Iranian prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism ... as an authentic historical figure, but the period in which he lived remains ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- 250 px|A traditional, formal presentation of the bride price at a Thai engagement ... or other form of wealth "paid" to the parents of a woman for the ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:03, 12 January 2023
- In a matriarchy, power lies with the women of a community. Conclusive ... of societal stress or instability, where the men are absent or unreliable ...26 KB (3,881 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- fish, shellfish, or other aquatic organisms. The activity of catching the aquatic ... The focus of a fishery may be fish, but the definition is expanded ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- ) was one of the most prolific writers of the early Church. He was ... Hippolytus' writings came to be highly influential in the Eastern ...13 KB (2,034 words) - 15:50, 25 January 2023
- The term "dualism" can be used for any theory according ... In the past century, substance dualism has enjoyed relatively little ...17 KB (2,604 words) - 21:17, 30 January 2024
- and bishop of Peterborough from 1691, the son of a citizen of London ... , propounding utilitarianism and opposing the egoistic ethics of Thomas ...13 KB (2,116 words) - 20:13, 8 December 2022
- The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub ... The fruit, which advances the pomegranate's individual purpose ...26 KB (3,898 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- Pompeii is a ruined city of Roman Empire near modern Naples in the ... Evidence of the promiscuity and ethically lax lives of many of the ...14 KB (2,204 words) - 08:49, 24 November 2022
- Rhododendron is the common and genus name for a large and diverse ... have showy flower displays. Indeed, the name rhododendron comes from ...16 KB (2,229 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- Byblos (Βύβλος)is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal ... E., and according to fragments attributed to the semi-legendary pre-Trojan ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:08, 24 November 2023
- mystic, and a mathematician, known best for the Pythagorean theorem. The earliest Greek philosophers in Ionia, known as the Ionians, such ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:55, 7 December 2022
- historian whose twelve-volume analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations ... Toynbee approached history not from the perspective that takes the ...29 KB (4,250 words) - 03:54, 15 August 2023
- The term Greek mythology refers to the collection of tales belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their pantheon of gods as well as their ...45 KB (6,635 words) - 21:33, 28 May 2024
- In zoology, locust is the common name for any member of several species ... For example, the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) of Africa and ...14 KB (2,045 words) - 07:50, 9 March 2023
- Each such mixture is obtained during the distillation of petroleum ... a high-octane gasoline component via the catalytic reforming process ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 01:20, 11 November 2022
- The filioque clause is a heavily disputed part of Christian trinitarian ... Underlying the theological question were issues such as the struggle ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- :This page is about the number and digit 0 or "zero." ... It plays a central role in mathematics as the identity element of the integers ...30 KB (4,810 words) - 06:25, 13 June 2023
- Catastrophism is the idea that Earth's features have remained ... Recently, however, the scientific consensus has been changing toward ...15 KB (2,089 words) - 17:51, 30 November 2023
