Search results for "Greeks, The" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
- (January 14, 1861 – May 16, 1926) was the 36th and last Sultan of the ... In the process, Mehmed suspended parliament and asserted personal ...16 KB (2,497 words) - 04:11, 9 November 2022
- bāni-apli; 685 B.C.E. – 627 B.C.E.), was the last great king of ancient ... The son of Esarhaddon and grandson of Sennacherib, Ashurbanipal was ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 22:19, 8 November 2021
- β-lactam antibiotics obtained from fungi of the Penicillium genus and used ... reproduction, fungi also serve a purpose for the whole. In particular, fungi ...17 KB (2,357 words) - 07:15, 23 November 2022
- were belatedly recognized as some of the finest plays in the tradition ... rare assimilation of the strength of the Greeks, the imaginative depth of German ...15 KB (2,376 words) - 05:19, 9 April 2024
- The Temple of Artemis was a magnificent place of worship in the city ... The temple was described by Philo of Byzantium: I have seen the walls ...16 KB (2,567 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- In common terminology, wind is the flow of air. In a broader sense ... spatial scale, speed, geographic location, the types of forces producing ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- 1464, philosopher and theologian, was one of the last representatives of Byzantine ... works, including commentaries, treatises on the works of Thomas Aquinas, polemical ...17 KB (2,731 words) - 06:49, 18 April 2024
- [[Image:Temple of Zeus.JPG|right|350px|thumb|Ruins of the Temple of ... Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games ...17 KB (2,779 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
