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- ) (February 15, 1923 - June 18, 2011) was a human rights activist ... She has been credited as one of the main inspirations in encouraging ...13 KB (1,796 words) - 09:55, 23 May 2023
- Edward Colin Cherry, known as Colin Cherry, (1914 – November 23 ... to follow a single conversation in the midst of other conversations and background ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:30, 7 January 2024
- Numbat is the common name for members of the marsupial species Myrmecobius ... Numbats provide important ecological values as predators specialized ...16 KB (2,462 words) - 20:23, 11 February 2023
- 1988) was an American geneticist who was one of three major pioneers in the ... in 1955 and moved from the University of Chicago to the University of ...14 KB (1,960 words) - 19:51, 21 April 2023
- built by certain Indigenous peoples of the Americas apparently for ... Medicine wheels are found in the prairie regions of Canada and the ...19 KB (2,854 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- The Arapaho tribe of Native Americans historically lived on the eastern ... and Southern Arapaho. They were close allies of the Cheyenne tribe and loosely ...23 KB (3,297 words) - 21:30, 11 August 2023
- There are risks involved in the use of sweat lodges, especially when ... wood plank roof and surrounded by a wall of large rocks]] ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- بن لادن) (March 10, 1957 - May 2, 2011) was a founder of the militant ... quot; or "Usama bin Ladin," both of which are abbreviated to UBL. ...20 KB (3,020 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- Cliff-dwelling is the general archaeological term for the habitations ... inhabited. They are common among the canyons of the Southwestern United States ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 22:05, 7 January 2024
- गाँधीनगर) - the capital of the state of Gujarat in western ... with the peaceful and spiritual teachings of Gandhi. Planned by Indian architects ...12 KB (1,834 words) - 04:23, 18 April 2024
- Known as a craftsman who "changed the world with a pair of scissors ... women to be free from the lengthy process of curling and teasing, and the ...17 KB (2,513 words) - 21:48, 12 January 2024
- Heritage Site located in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The name Bhimbetka ... The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 03:37, 1 October 2023
- ) (October 5, 1936 - December 18, 2011) was a Czech writer, dramatist ... Havel became the ninth and last president of Czechoslovakia and the first ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 14:08, 3 May 2023
- The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known ... 1958, expanding in 1986 to cover television as well as film. The AACTA Awards ...31 KB (4,353 words) - 07:05, 13 June 2023
- Museum.jpg|thumb|right|250px|General view of the room displaying the Elgin ... The Elgin Marbles (IPA: /'ɛl gən/), also known as the Parthenon ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 16:10, 13 February 2024
- Therefore, bosons are often considered as force carrier particles, whereas ... All observed bosons have integer spin, as opposed to fermions, which ...10 KB (1,425 words) - 17:22, 22 December 2022
- poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature ... translated into many European languages, as well as into Arabic, Hebrew ...21 KB (2,870 words) - 22:34, 27 July 2023
- vascular organ that forms in the uterus of female placental mammals during ... the mother and fetus, including the transfer of nutrients and oxygen from the ...25 KB (3,557 words) - 20:43, 9 April 2023
- are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans who historically ... the plains where they adopted the lifestyle of Plains Indians, hunting bison ...27 KB (4,037 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Case citation 347 U.S. 483 ... A companion case dealt with the constitutionality of segregation in ...25 KB (3,783 words) - 04:40, 22 November 2023
- Henry Norman Bethune, MD, known as "Bai Qiuen" (白求恩 ... His own experiences of being wounded by shrapnel in World War I, and ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- the nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences of the roughly 40,000- to 50,000 ... The issue of whether the Denisovans are a unique species or a subspecies ...32 KB (4,672 words) - 09:45, 29 January 2024
- Karl Jaspers (1883 - 1969) pioneered the idea of the Axial Age. According ... Jaspers was led to realize the possibility of a political unity of ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- biologist and archaeologist was born the son of Sir John William Lubbock, Bart ... the Act that established the dates of Bank Holidays. In the academic ...22 KB (3,231 words) - 02:32, 9 February 2023
- The Bushmen (also known as Khwe, Basarwa, or San) peoples of South ... temporary wooden and rock shelters and caves of the Kalahari in southwest Africa ...19 KB (2,855 words) - 18:49, 22 November 2023
- literally "Autumn eve," once known as hangawi (Korean: 한가위 ... respect to their ancestors and share a feast of Korean traditional food such ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- Described as a 'scrap of paper' that changed history, the ... The Balfour Declaration led to the 1922 League of Nations mandate ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- acquiring a considerable reputation as an artist and scholar during ... Wright is currently rated as one of the leading indigenous British ...28 KB (4,229 words) - 02:57, 2 May 2024
- month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history ... The commemoration began in 1978 as "Women's History day ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 23:27, 17 May 2023
- to the genus Hippoglossus from the family of right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae ... The Atlantic halibut is native to the temperate waters of the northern ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- – June 21, 2003) was an American author of historical fiction who wrote ... Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Jewish American parents ...24 KB (3,406 words) - 16:05, 28 November 2023
- 6, 1831 – February 12, 1916) was one of the major German mathematicians ... from a certain inherent creative capacity of the mind, which were some of ...11 KB (1,615 words) - 20:14, 8 December 2022
- Bimbisara (ruled 544-491 B.C.E.) was a king of the Magadha empire ... peaceful relations with most if not all of his peers. He is legendary ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- Prize in Literature|1993 Presidential Medal of Freedom|2012 ... | notableworks = Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye ...18 KB (2,615 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- ) is the capital, largest city, and the economic center of Qatar. ... Education has been a major focus of the Qatari government for many ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- best known for works, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Zoo Story ... Albee was one of the early American contributors to Theatre of the ...15 KB (2,221 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2024
- the Bering Sea. It separates the continents of Asia and North America at their ... and Big Diomede (Russia), bring the distance of these two nations only 2.5 ...18 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders and diseases ... for "study of." However, today the term neuroscience is ...20 KB (2,815 words) - 04:35, 11 March 2023
- Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur ... Through Apple, Jobs was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer ...55 KB (7,618 words) - 00:27, 26 February 2023
- ruled December 11, 1767 – August 13, 1795) of India ruled as a Holkar dynasty ... Upon taking the throne as queen, she launched a campaign to rid her ...11 KB (1,580 words) - 06:51, 16 June 2023
- The beloved leader of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu ... his culture's traditions in the naming of his daughter. In Burmese historical ...32 KB (4,792 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- Hijacking is the assumption of control of a vehicle through some means ... the ultimate solution to the problem of hijacking is to resolve the ...26 KB (3,897 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- Esox is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, whose members are known ... Of the five traditionally recognized extant species in Esox, the type ...24 KB (3,763 words) - 18:12, 26 February 2022
- rights movement. He participated in most of the major activities of the ... Known as the "Dean of the Civil Rights Movement," Lowery ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:42, 11 August 2022
- Cognitive therapy (CT) is a type of psychotherapy developed by American ... Precursors of certain aspects of cognitive therapy have been identified ...25 KB (3,498 words) - 17:04, 20 March 2024
- The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa, ... installed a multiparty democracy. Most of the people live by subsistence ...23 KB (3,242 words) - 10:56, 9 March 2023
- in Soviet literature. He began his career as a journalist writing anti-German ... His novel, The Thaw, gave expression to many of the problems of Soviet ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 23:54, 22 January 2023
- The Buddhas of Bamyan ( بت های باميان - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- /ləˈkæreɪ/), was a British author of espionage novels. During the ... Following the success of this novel, he left MI6 to become a full ...30 KB (4,264 words) - 02:30, 9 February 2023
- The Abenaki (or Abnaki) are a tribe of Native American and First Nations ... They relied upon horticulture for their food as well as hunting and fishing ...20 KB (2,915 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- Energy independence is self-sufficiency in terms of the availability ... amounts to meet the needs (consumption) of a particular entity. ...14 KB (1,937 words) - 20:52, 8 February 2023
- Dendrite is a highly branched, generally tapering extension of a neuron ... Most neurons have multiple dendrites, and commonly hundreds of twig ...15 KB (2,188 words) - 02:26, 25 August 2020
- Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu, is a Melanesian island ... Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands, two of which—Matthew and ...19 KB (2,664 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- was an American philosopher in the school of pragmatism, known for his contributions ... He argued, controversially, that members of such groups as the Communist ...27 KB (3,748 words) - 14:49, 31 May 2023
- other Southwest German dialects to English as "jumping or running around ... The Amish, a sub-sect of the Anabaptist Christian movement, intentionally ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 18:14, 22 December 2022
- Indian Railways (Hindi भारतीय रेल), abbreviated ... India's rail transport, constitutes one of the largest and busiest rail ...37 KB (5,222 words) - 13:17, 4 March 2024
- African mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, of the Hippopotamidae family of ... they add greatly to the mystique and beauty of nature. Whether their reputation ...43 KB (6,299 words) - 15:51, 25 January 2023
- A longhouse or long house is a type of long, narrow, single-room building ... can house multiple families (usually related as an extended family), or a single ...35 KB (5,411 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- Nazi medical doctors and officials accused of criminal human experimentation ... The Doctor's Trial was one of a series of trials held in Nuremberg ...23 KB (3,287 words) - 16:13, 11 November 2021
- , "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice ... Venice in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, one of ...27 KB (3,956 words) - 16:58, 3 May 2023
- it actually is, and that their perception is as much affected by social influences ... people, but they also revealed the existence of independence in the face of ...20 KB (2,927 words) - 15:10, 27 April 2023
- San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino Repubblica di San Marino , also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, is a country ...26 KB (3,871 words) - 01:19, 21 April 2023
- May 17, 2011), nicknamed "the Killer" and "Hammerin ... generated tremendous power and made him one of the most feared power hitters ...60 KB (8,819 words) - 14:18, 10 May 2024
- The Aleuts (Unangax, Unangan or Unanga) are the indigenous people ... Despite this, an estimated 90 percent of the population died during ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- a British citizen in 1952. He is known as a modernist novelist, playwright ... writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power". ...17 KB (2,352 words) - 21:30, 5 September 2023
- ) was a series of protests and political events that took place in ... domestic and foreign election monitors as well as the widespread public ...52 KB (6,953 words) - 10:39, 11 March 2023
- The Republic of Costa Rica ("Rich Coast") is a country in ... Costa Rica is also at the forefront of conservation and environmental ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong ... The site of Guangzhou has been continuously occupied since Panyu ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys ... The Grammys are considered one of the four major annual American entertainment ...32 KB (4,552 words) - 19:47, 20 February 2023
- 1959 collection Goodbye, Columbus (winner of 1960 National Book Award), ... Roth's work expresses the difficulties of reconciling traditional ...23 KB (3,273 words) - 22:40, 28 March 2023
- Gustav von Schmoller (June 24, 1838 – June 27, 1917) was the leader ... and mathematical approaches to economics of Classical and Neoclassical ...28 KB (3,881 words) - 01:03, 27 July 2023
- (1963–1964) and President (1964–1978) of an independent Kenya. He is ... On the one hand, Kenyatta is a symbol of his nation, on the other ...13 KB (1,915 words) - 19:43, 4 May 2024
- Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was the pioneer ... Mary Baker Eddy overcame years of ill health and great personal struggle ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 16:00, 7 November 2022
- politician. Committed to the principles of democracy, he founded the Seychelles ... James Mancham was the eldest son of Richard and Evelyn (née Tirant ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- John Michael Argyle (August 11, 1925 – September 6, 2002) was one ... Argyle's academic career was based at the University of Oxford ...16 KB (2,228 words) - 10:37, 10 March 2023
- luxurious textiles. Silk is mostly composed of the insoluble protein fibroin ... important silk is obtained from the cocoons of the the domesticated moth Bombyx ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 20:11, 21 April 2023
- quot; are widely considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' ... His musical innovations and expertise influenced a wide range of musicians ...29 KB (4,117 words) - 21:00, 9 December 2023
- the past – it referred to all inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary irrespective ... Magyars were the main inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary that existed ...20 KB (3,024 words) - 05:22, 5 November 2022
- Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. While the ... U.S. Constitution and is also distinguished as being a slave state that remained ...25 KB (3,617 words) - 09:17, 28 January 2024
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther ... some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 08:36, 10 March 2023
- Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting ... Mayotte is located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
- Jodhpur (जोधपुर), is the second largest city in the state ... The city is known as the Sun City for the bright, sunny weather it ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 06:32, 5 April 2024
- and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics and culture ... Orientales but did not graduate. At the age of 21 he left for Cambodia with ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- discovered. Approximately one-fifth the mass of the Earth's Moon, Pluto ... because they are closer in size than any of the other known celestial pair ...42 KB (6,097 words) - 17:02, 26 September 2023
- [[Image:Chauvethorses.jpg|thumb|right|Drawing of horses from Chauvet Cave]] Cave is a cave in the Ardèche region of southern France near Vallon ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 00:45, 5 December 2023
- official use) was an important ruling house of Europe and is most well known ... Vienna, the elegant, artistic, and intellectually creative capital ...24 KB (3,568 words) - 13:21, 24 January 2023
- 1812 – March 4, 1883) was Vice President of the Confederate States of America ... The causes of the Civil War remain the subject of debate and it is ...21 KB (3,127 words) - 21:02, 28 November 2023
- located in East Asia with a population of nearly three million. Mongolia ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- music student in Canada, for the creation of a virtual library of public ... Besides providing a digital repository, the IMSLP offers possibilities ...18 KB (2,536 words) - 16:33, 8 March 2023
- person's self-destructive behavior such as addiction, poor mental health ... a focus on others' needs, suppression of their own emotions, and attempts ...25 KB (3,378 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- sometimes called the "Lost City of the Incas") is one of ... Theories of its use vary. Bingham initially claimed it was a sanctuary ...16 KB (2,638 words) - 04:50, 5 November 2022
- author, and public figure. He served as the Chief Rabbi of the United ... While widely recognized as a leading representative of Judaism in ...46 KB (6,319 words) - 07:34, 27 February 2023
- motion picture starring Humphrey Bogart as Captain Queeg that was released ... His other major works include The Winds of War and War and Remembrance ...38 KB (5,130 words) - 23:59, 27 November 2023
- Best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), which is often cited as a ... Jarry's response was to create a sometimes grotesque parody of ...14 KB (2,108 words) - 08:15, 20 July 2023
- injury. The field includes those who work as a physician, surgeon, nurse ... Health care is a vital aspect of human society and a noble profession ...24 KB (3,245 words) - 17:08, 17 June 2020
- is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the ... east of Fukui in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In English, its name means ...16 KB (2,429 words) - 00:05, 13 February 2024
- The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff ... Founded in 1976, TIFF is now one of the largest and most prestigious ...26 KB (3,603 words) - 04:11, 1 May 2023
- gambling, sandy beaches, spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the ... Native Lenape inhabited the area prior to the arrival of English settlers ...28 KB (3,984 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- February 16, 1941 or 1942 – December 17, 2011) was a North Korean politician ... become the heir apparent for the leadership of the Democratic People's ...64 KB (9,034 words) - 23:07, 3 March 2023
- Iowa is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America ... A north central state, it forms a bridge between the forests of the ...28 KB (4,107 words) - 18:56, 7 February 2023
