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- The scientific definition of a machine is any device that transmits ... available. Generally these devices decrease the amount of force required to ...16 KB (2,145 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- The term monism (from the Greek: μόνος monos or "one" ... The quest for oneness has been an important, universal drive and impulse ...36 KB (5,370 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- Comedy. Old Comedy survives today largely in the form of the eleven surviving ... The Old Comedy, dating from the establishment of democracy by Kleisthenes ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2023
- The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Operation Peace), launched ... Turkey invoked its role as a guarantor under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee ...55 KB (8,362 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- The Platonic Academy originated as Plato's school of philosophy ... Scholars distinguish the Old Academy (Plato and his immediate successors ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- called a numeral. In common usage, however, the word number is used for both ... a number are called numerical operations. The study of numerical operations ...37 KB (5,685 words) - 00:43, 17 November 2022
- The marathon is a long-distance running event of 42.195 km (26 miles ... of the modern Olympics, as well as the Greeks. The Greeks staged a selection ...30 KB (4,587 words) - 03:03, 6 November 2022
- Originating as a part of Italian cuisine, the dish has become popular in ... strict guidelines for preparation. In the United States, pizza has iconic ...33 KB (5,022 words) - 20:42, 9 April 2023
- Egyptology as an academic discipline did not fully emerge until the ... The numerous sites remaining from this culture, including the great ...16 KB (2,384 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- In historiography the phrase the Dark Ages (or Dark Age) is most commonly ... intended as a sweeping criticism of the character of Vulgar Latin ...17 KB (2,782 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- The Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance ... The word renaissance in French, (rinascimento in Italian) literally ...32 KB (4,821 words) - 22:45, 22 September 2022
- was a highly revered Persian poet. He was the author of the Shāhnāmeh ... Ferdowsi traced the history of Persia from its earliest days to the ...15 KB (2,389 words) - 17:20, 26 March 2024
- Ethnobotany is the systematic study of the relationships between plants ... *the culturally specific ways that humans perceive and classify different ...15 KB (2,113 words) - 04:35, 22 March 2024
- Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest ... Ánkyra. Ankara also serves as the capital of the Province of Ankara. ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- ), is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand ... Samarkand revolted against its Mongol rulers in 1365, and became the ...15 KB (2,116 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- over what range of animals is encompassed by the term mouse (plural mice). ... tails with no or little hair. In all but the most restrictive use of the ...17 KB (2,522 words) - 01:46, 11 March 2023
- socialist and activist. He was one of the principal founders of the ... degree in 1856. That same year he initiated The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine ...16 KB (2,355 words) - 10:37, 11 May 2023
- has been written, drawn or painted upon for the purpose of decoration or preserving ... can directly turn to a specific page. While the scroll was popular until the ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- The term diaspora (in Ancient Greek, διασπορά – "a ... The Jewish diaspora began with the conquests of the eighth to the ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- C.E.) was a Greek philosopher and is perhaps the most famous and influential ... Among the most famous of his philosophical contributions are the accounts ...37 KB (6,078 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
