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- In philosophy the notion of categories derives from Aristotle’s (384-322 B.C.E.) logic and ontology. In logic the categories are understood ...7 KB (987 words) - 18:01, 30 November 2023
- Pope Saint Leo IV was pope from April 10, 847 to July 17, 855. A Roman by birth, Leo had been a Benedictine monk and served in the papal curia ...11 KB (1,773 words) - 09:41, 24 November 2022
- The Fall of Constantinople was the conquest of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Mehmed II, on Tuesday ...20 KB (3,140 words) - 17:55, 16 May 2020
- Vrindavan (alternate spellings Vrindaban or Brindavan or Brundavan), or Vraj in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, India, is a town on the site ...13 KB (1,859 words) - 21:50, 3 May 2023
- "Garak State"), was the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy ... Daegaya, was a city-state in the Gaya confederacy during the Korean ...15 KB (2,181 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- The Kathmandu Valley ( नेपाः स्वनिगः Nepāḥ Svānigaḥ ), located in Nepal, lies at the crossroads of ancient civilizations ...11 KB (1,537 words) - 20:17, 28 February 2023
- Kairouan (Arabic القيروان) (also known as Kirwan, and Al Qayrawan) is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in the nation of Tunisia ...17 KB (2,480 words) - 06:50, 28 February 2023
- In the discussions of ethics, courage is considered to be a moral virtue. In the history of philosophy, the concept of courage as a moral virtue ...6 KB (958 words) - 08:44, 10 January 2024
- Category:Image wanted {{Infobox_Politician | name = Richard Joseph Daley | image = Daley_closeup.jpg | birth_date = 1902|5|15|mf=y ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 20:14, 8 December 2022
- The Mahabodhi Temple (Literally: "Great Awakening Temple") refers to a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, the location where Siddhartha ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 05:24, 5 November 2022
- Sennacherib (in Akkadian Śïn-ahhe-eriba "(The moon god) Śïn has Replaced (Lost) Brothers for Me") was the son of Sargon II, whom ...9 KB (1,470 words) - 09:47, 26 January 2023
- Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population of 150,000 and is the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. The Baroque ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, southeastern New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk, casino gambling, sandy beaches ...28 KB (3,984 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 - July 29, 1981) was the "master builder" of mid-twentieth century New York City, Long Island, and ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- Samarkand ( Samarqand, Самарқанд ), is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. One of the oldest ...15 KB (2,116 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- George Cadbury (September 19, 1839 – October 24, 1922), the third son of the Quaker tea and coffee dealer John Cadbury, was the co-founder ...11 KB (1,734 words) - 08:39, 6 November 2022
- Category:Sociologists Burgess, Ernest Ernest Watson Burgess (May 16, 1886 – December 27, 1966) was an American sociologist, famous for his work ...8 KB (1,123 words) - 12:16, 21 January 2023
- Jaisalmer Jaisalmer.ogg|pronunciation (Hindi: जैसालमेर), nicknamed "The Golden City," is a town in the state of Rajasthan ...15 KB (2,331 words) - 12:43, 6 November 2021
- category:image wanted Legal deposit is a legal requirement that a person or organization submit copies of their publications to a repository. ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 19:03, 25 October 2022
- Lagos, is the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. The city began on Lagos Island in the fifteenth century, but has spread onto the mainland ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 23:06, 21 October 2022
- Alfred Emanuel "Al" Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was elected Governor of New York four times, and was the Democratic ...19 KB (2,817 words) - 07:17, 20 July 2023
- The Oyo Empire was a large West African empire founded in approximately 1300 C.E. The largest West African empire to exist in present day Yorubaland ...14 KB (2,197 words) - 16:50, 11 September 2023
- Cyrene (Greek Κυρήνη, Kurene) was an ancient Greek colony in present-day Libya, the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities ...13 KB (1,919 words) - 18:50, 12 May 2020
- Independence Hall is a United States national landmark located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 12:50, 4 March 2024
- Montevideo is the largest city, capital, and chief port of Uruguay. It is the only city in the country with a population over 1 million. It has ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- The Battle of Talikota (or Tellikota) (January 26, 1565) constituted a watershed battle fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan ...11 KB (1,587 words) - 01:37, 26 September 2023
- The siege of Jerusalem (636–637) was part of the Muslim conquest of the Levant and the result of the military efforts of the Rashidun Caliphate ...21 KB (2,975 words) - 21:24, 26 February 2024
- Simon bar Kokhba (Hebrew: שמעון בר כוכבא, also transliterated as Bar Kokhva or Bar Kochba) was a messianic Jewish leader who led ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 07:58, 20 September 2023
- Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first ...19 KB (2,531 words) - 23:00, 3 May 2023
- Sucre, which is located in the south-central part of Bolivia, is the constitutional capital and seat of the Supreme Court (Corte Suprema de Justicia ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- was well developed, achieving the status of "city-state" or polis. The city's military as well as logistical significance lasted well into ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- Mauritania is a land dominated by sand and barren soil, located on the western flank of the Sahara Desert. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries ...17 KB (2,566 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- Accra is the capital, the largest city, and the administrative, communications, and economic center of Ghana. Located on the Gulf of Guinea near ...15 KB (2,198 words) - 07:30, 14 June 2023
- Dresden, the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony, is located in the broad basin of the River Elbe, 19 miles (30 km) north ...25 KB (3,605 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- Chişinău ( ki.ʃi.'nəw ) (also known as Kishinev, Кишинёв , Kishinyov) is the capital city, the industrial and commercial center ...21 KB (3,032 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- The city-state expanded by incorporating other neighboring city-states by alliance or military conquest, forming a vast confederation of political ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is ...21 KB (2,995 words) - 02:46, 15 August 2023
- The Battle of Constantinople was fought in June 922 at the outskirts of the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, between the forces ...15 KB (2,004 words) - 20:31, 28 March 2024
- The Three Kingdoms Period of Korea (hangul: 삼국시대) featured the three rival kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- Tashkent ( Toshkent, Тошкент ; Ташкент , Taşkent ) is the capital of Uzbekistan and the Tashkent Province. The city was an important ...23 KB (3,205 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven ( t=天壇|s=天坛|p=Tiāntán ; Manchu: Abkai mukdehun) is a complex of Taoist buildings ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh ( ਮਹਾਰਾਜਾ ਰਣਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ), also called "Sher-e-Punjab" ("The Lion of the Punjab ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 05:26, 5 November 2022
- Częstochowa ( Tschenstochau , טשענסטעכאוו-Chenstekhov ) is a city in south-central Poland on the Warta River. It was formed from two ...13 KB (1,981 words) - 07:32, 12 January 2024
- William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878) was an American poet and newspaper editor who achieved literary fame at age 17, after ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
- Doha ( الدوحة , Ad-Dawḥah or Ad-Dōḥah ) is the capital, largest city, and the economic center of Qatar. Its metropolitan area is home ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 - June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban planner. Considered the preeminent architect in ...11 KB (1,511 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- Category:Politicians and reformers Category:Social workers Breckenridge, Madeline McDowell Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (May 20, 1872 – November ...7 KB (1,006 words) - 04:55, 5 November 2022
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is an extensive 16.3|acre|m2 arts complex in New York City which contains the city's finest performing ...27 KB (4,040 words) - 07:39, 9 March 2023
- Gangtok Gangtok-pronunciation.ogg|pronunciation (Nepali/Hindi: गंगटोक), the capital and largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim ...22 KB (3,354 words) - 04:26, 18 April 2024
- Guatemala City (in full, La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción; known locally as Guatemala or Guate) is the capital, largest city, and the economic ...18 KB (2,600 words) - 03:27, 5 March 2023
- Yehenara, Empress Xiao Ding Jing (1868 – 1913), is better known as the Empress Long Yu. Xiao Ding Jing was the Qing Dynasty Empress Consort ...7 KB (1,177 words) - 18:49, 31 January 2022
- Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia, as well as its chief administrative, financial, and commercial center. Located in the south ...21 KB (2,892 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- Yin Xu ( c=殷墟|p=Yīnxū|l=Ruins of Yin ) is the ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty (1600 B.C.E.-1046 B.C.E.), also known ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (June 13, 1899 – August 2, 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, teacher, journalist, and the ...5 KB (726 words) - 15:24, 27 November 2023
- Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana on the mainland of South America. The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth ...22 KB (3,015 words) - 15:16, 21 May 2024
- Gdańsk is situated in northern Poland on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay off the Baltic Sea, and is the central city within the fourth-largest ...22 KB (3,336 words) - 06:28, 18 April 2024
- Fatehpur Sikri ( फतेहपूर सिकरी , فتحپور سیکری ), a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 00:44, 25 March 2024
- Johannes de Grocheio (Grocheo) (ca. 1255 – ca.1320) was a Parisian musical theorist of the early fourteenth century. His French name was Jean ...3 KB (494 words) - 15:13, 1 August 2022
- of Manco Capac, they formed the small city-state of Cuzco (Quechua Qosqo). Manco Capac ruled for about 40 years, establishing a code of laws ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- Ujjain ( उज्जैन ) (also known as Ujain, Ujjayini, Avanti, Avantikapuri), an ancient city of Malwa in central India on the eastern ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- Munich ( München ˈmʏnçən Minga ), the capital city of Bavaria, Germany, is the third largest city in the country, with approximately 1.35 ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- The Walled City of Lahore, also known as the "Old City," or "Anderoon Shehr (اندرون شهر)," constitutes the section ...16 KB (2,492 words) - 22:07, 3 May 2023
- The Complex of Goguryeo Tombs lies in North Korea. In July 2004, UNESCO awarded the site World Heritage Site status, the first such award in ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 00:21, 8 January 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Botta, Paul-Émile Paul-Émile Botta (December 6, 1802 – March 29, 1870) was ...8 KB (1,273 words) - 16:48, 21 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[Image:Magna_Carta.jpg|thumb|Magna Carta or "Great Charter," an [[England|English ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 07:42, 13 January 2023
- Sāmarrā (Arabic,سامراء) is a town in Iraq that in ancient times may have been the world's largest city. With its majestic mosques ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 02:08, 23 December 2022
- Suzhou ( t=蘇州 |s=苏州 |p=Sūzhōu ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Lake Taihu ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- The Northeastern United States, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, covers nine states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- Santa Fe ( Yootó ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 01:21, 21 April 2023
- Tunis ( تونس, Tūnis ) is the capital and largest city of the Tunisian Republic. It is the center of Tunisian commerce, as well as focus of ...17 KB (2,367 words) - 12:23, 18 April 2023
- Old Havana ( La Habana Vieja ) describes the central area of the original city of Havana, Cuba. Havana is a city of great architectural character ...17 KB (2,656 words) - 00:04, 18 November 2022
- Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was a politician of the United States who served as the twenty-first President. Arthur ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- The Place Stanislas, known colloquially as the place Stan', is a large pedestrian square in Nancy, Lorraine, France. Built between the Old ...10 KB (1,508 words) - 20:43, 9 April 2023
- the Mali Empire. It existed as an independent city-state protected by walls and the geography of the inland delta. According to legend, the Mali Empire ...20 KB (2,929 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- Dorothea "Dolley" Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849), was the wife of President James Madison, who served from 1809 ...12 KB (1,850 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- The Sultanate of Sulu was a Muslim state that ruled over many of the islands of the Sulu Sea, in the southern Philippines. Though Muslim historians ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 21:54, 26 February 2023
- Abū Nasr Muhammad ibn al-Farakh al-Fārābi (in Persian: محمد فارابی) or Abū Nasr al-Fārābi (in some sources, known as Muhammad ...18 KB (2,709 words) - 07:20, 16 June 2023
- Calvary (originally known as "Golgotha" meaning: "place of the skull") is the English-language name given to the hill on ...7 KB (1,139 words) - 18:36, 25 November 2023
- John Foster Dulles (February 25, 1888 – May 24, 1959) was a major U.S. political figure who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President ...14 KB (1,941 words) - 05:09, 3 August 2022
- Under the city-state ruler Pericles, a golden era in Athens began ... freedom inherent in the democratic city-state. ==Tourism, modern life== ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky ( Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ке́ренский , Aleksandr Fjëdorovich Kerenskij) ( ...14 KB (1,980 words) - 14:26, 18 July 2023
- Conakry, or Konakry (Malinké: Kɔnakiri ), is the capital and largest city of Guinea, a resource-rich but poorly developed nation in West Africa ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 02:37, 8 January 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University-Jen |name =University of ...13 KB (1,764 words) - 13:09, 3 May 2023
- Abuja is both a Federal Capital Territory within the nation of Nigeria and a city within that territory which serves as the nation's capital ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 07:06, 14 June 2023
- still existed as no more than the strongest city-state in a loose federation through the third century. To the west, Baekje had centralized into ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- Potosí is a city in southern Bolivia, 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Sucre, the national capital. It is one of the world's highest cities ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 05:55, 30 November 2022
- Thomas Cole (February 1, 1801 - February 11, 1848) was a nineteenth century American artist whose works initiated the first indigenous art movement ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 21:34, 7 September 2023
- Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. It is the most densely populated area in the United ...28 KB (4,296 words) - 11:05, 9 March 2023
- The Indian city of Varanasi, (also known as Benares, Banarasm Benaras, Kashi, or Kasi), considered one of the seven sacred cities within Hindu ...18 KB (2,802 words) - 14:36, 3 May 2023
- Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Hale is best remembered ...13 KB (2,092 words) - 01:31, 11 November 2022
- Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an African-American scholar and writer who is considered to be one of the most important ...13 KB (2,109 words) - 00:29, 8 December 2022
- Brisbane is the third largest city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland, of which it is the capital. It is situated on the Brisbane ...24 KB (3,443 words) - 02:23, 22 November 2023
- Jilin ( c=吉林 |p=Jílín |w=Chi-lin ; Postal map spelling: Kirin; Manchu: Girin ula), is a province of the People's Republic of China ...17 KB (2,180 words) - 20:50, 3 April 2024
- Pioneers traveled in wagons across the Oregon Trail, one of the main overland migration routes on the North American continent, in order to settle ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- Bukhara ( Buxoro , Бухоро , بُخارا , Бухара ), also spelled as Bukhoro and Bokhara, from the Soghdian βuxārak ("lucky ...20 KB (2,826 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- Roger Sherman (April 19 (O.S.), April 30 (N.S.), 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American lawyer and politician and a founding father of ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 02:41, 16 December 2022
- The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, is a river that runs through the eastern portion of New York State and, along its southern ...23 KB (3,395 words) - 12:16, 4 February 2023
- Luang Prabang, or Louangphrabang (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ, IPA: /luaŋ pʰabaːŋ/), a city located in north central Laos, is situated ...10 KB (1,520 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2022
- The Battle of Granada was a siege of the city of Granada fought over a period of months leading up to its surrender on January 2, 1492. The city ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 20:23, 1 November 2023
- Saint-Louis, or Ndar as it is called in Wolof (the most widely spoken language in the West African nation of Senegal), is the capital of Senegal ...21 KB (2,973 words) - 18:57, 22 December 2022
