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- necessities for which a large fraction of the cost represents its ability ... plastic are used to make toys. Newer forms of toys include interactive digital ...41 KB (6,246 words) - 04:50, 1 May 2023
- or fine particles, are tiny particles of solid or liquid suspended in ... spray. Human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, also generate ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 08:57, 18 November 2022
- The Basilica of Saint Petrus, commonly called Saint Peter's Basilica ... One of four major basilicas of Rome—(St. John Lateran, St. Peter ...25 KB (3,946 words) - 18:31, 14 October 2022
- The Baroque style began as somewhat of a continuation of the Renaissance ... The Council of Trent (1545-1563), in which the Roman Catholic Church ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 10:50, 20 September 2023
- American sculptor. She was a master of naturalistic animal sculpture ... Huntington is recognized as one of America's finest animaliers ...28 KB (4,145 words) - 06:44, 28 July 2023
- [[Image:Gem.pebbles.800pix.labelled.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A selection ... abrasives and generate laser beams. A number of them are now being produced ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 06:40, 18 April 2024
- ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ... Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World ...38 KB (5,417 words) - 23:52, 28 April 2023
- The Victorian era of the United Kingdom and its overseas Empire was ... The era is often characterized as a long period of peace, known as ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 2023
- τινούπολη) was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and, following ... history. Depending on the background of people, and their language ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:54, 16 May 2020
- best known for his single-handed composition of a new Latin translation of ... (the Vulgate) is the most important version of the text ever composed, as ...33 KB (5,192 words) - 19:50, 22 December 2022
- for God (or the gods), with the purpose of delivering a divinely inspired ... the Mari tablets, discovered on the banks of the Euphrates in northern Mesopotamia ...39 KB (6,126 words) - 09:20, 28 June 2022
- The First Council of Nicaea was the earliest ecumenical council (meaning ... church through an assembly representing all of Christendom.Richard Kieckhefer ...32 KB (4,986 words) - 17:21, 28 March 2024
- [[File:Initiation ritual of boys in Malawi.jpg|right|330px|thumb|Initiation ... quot; or "person") is the study of humanity (see genus Homo). ...28 KB (3,944 words) - 06:17, 31 July 2023
- The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, "S.J.," "S ... the "Black Pope" after the color of the Jesuit habit) has occasionally ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- quot; becomes a regular element in the names of angels such as "Gabri·el ... Elyon (God Most High) before the revelation of his name Yahweh to Moses. But ...20 KB (3,357 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- Male Circumcision is a surgical procedure that removes some or all ... it include that circumcision is a form of ritual sacrifice or offering ...30 KB (4,501 words) - 22:23, 10 December 2023
- for people to gather for the purpose of drinking tea, often combined ... The form of a tea house or room varies considerably, just as the occasions ...29 KB (4,641 words) - 04:37, 27 February 2023
- (monastērion) denotes the buildings of a community of monastics (monks ... by community rules that stipulate the gender of the inhabitants and require ...53 KB (8,288 words) - 19:55, 9 November 2022
- Arches are used as supports for many types of vaults, with the barrel ... Michael Clarke, The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms (Oxford University ...55 KB (8,185 words) - 23:26, 18 March 2024
- He is commonly placed in the Baroque school, of which he was the first great ... enemies. By the next year, after a career of little more than a decade, ...56 KB (8,917 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of skilled ... became unpopular. However, the value of on the job training and practical ...23 KB (3,363 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
- Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kaptan ... A series of smaller victories followed over French and Spanish adversaries ...38 KB (6,070 words) - 17:40, 30 January 2022
- Exorcism (from Late Latin exorcismus—to adjure) is the practice ... The concept of possession by evil spirits and the practice of exorcism ...20 KB (3,223 words) - 23:55, 24 March 2024
- (January 23, 1947 - ), was President of Indonesia from July 2001 to ... Sukarnoputri means "daughter of Sukarno" (Sanskrit) and ...23 KB (3,414 words) - 09:38, 10 March 2023
- ) is the capital, chief seaport, and largest city of Algeria, the ... in Algiers. The city fell under the rule of the Ottoman Empire in 1518 ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as ... enthusiastic: Some powers linked the demise of the Ottomans with the fate ...61 KB (9,207 words) - 16:50, 18 February 2023
- The State of Illinois is a state of the United States of America, ... About 2,000 Native American hunters and a small number of French villagers ...44 KB (6,183 words) - 16:22, 12 February 2024
- staff and equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital ... In accordance with the original meaning of the word, hospitals were ...34 KB (4,867 words) - 16:01, 25 April 2020
- ) is a term used in a variety of different contexts. Originally, the ... refers to scriptural texts that fall outside of the Biblical canon. However ...29 KB (4,388 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- The State of Israel (in Hebrew "Medinat Yisra'el," ... Israel declared its independence in 1948. With a diverse population ...69 KB (10,208 words) - 15:25, 19 March 2023
- is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian ... Celebrations often include large displays of fireworks at midnight ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- [[Image:Imhotep.JPG|right|thumb|Statuette of Egyptian polymath Imhotep ... educated, or who excels, in a wide variety of subjects or fields. It is based ...38 KB (5,454 words) - 00:21, 12 April 2023
- [[Image:Mexico.Tab.OlmecHead.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Monument 1, ... people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, roughly ...35 KB (5,268 words) - 00:32, 18 November 2022
- Many ascetics believe the action of purifying the body helps to ... Historically, there have been two main categories of asceticism: ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
- Sir Francis Galton (February 16, 1822 – January 17, 1911), cousin ... to lead to an increase in the number of people manifesting the desirable ...23 KB (3,472 words) - 04:50, 9 April 2024
- to God" is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and ... Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, governed the first Muslim ummah (nation ...71 KB (11,340 words) - 17:01, 18 March 2022
- Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom ... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- The King James Version of the Bible, or Authorized Version, first ... ==History of the Text== The New Testament of the King James Version ...44 KB (6,927 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- Filasṭīn, Falasṭīn, Filisṭīn) is one of several names for ... Different geographic definitions of Palestine have been used over ...86 KB (12,843 words) - 06:24, 18 November 2022
- end. Therefore history is not a series of accidents or merely the story ... ==The Goal of History== The goal of history is restoration or "re ...26 KB (3,993 words) - 02:18, 18 April 2023
- or event that goes against the ordinary laws of physics, which are especially ... but beneficial event (such as the survival of a natural disaster), or even ...43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- British Army officer and creator of special military units in World ... Perhaps the most important aspect of Wingate's legacy is that ...43 KB (6,762 words) - 01:10, 18 November 2022
- ) or Madame Blavatsky, born Helena von Hahn, was a founder of the ... with the imperial project in India freed her of the obligation to value everything ...24 KB (3,559 words) - 13:46, 27 October 2022
- |caption= Shield of Emory University |motto=Cor prudentis possidebit ... |publisher = International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges, and ...26 KB (3,754 words) - 18:26, 13 February 2024
- == Evolution of the glyph == J upside down. The main contribution of the western Ghubar Arabs was ...35 KB (5,128 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- and endless debate as the topic of God. In the English language ... Throughout history, the vast majority of people in the world have ...102 KB (16,134 words) - 19:54, 31 December 2023
- command to save Noah, his family, and a pair of all animals from the Great ... take on board his family and representatives of all the animals and birds. ...50 KB (7,876 words) - 00:06, 5 March 2024
- for educational reform, and President of the Board of Trade. He later ... Several monuments honor his legacy in the City of Birmingham. Throughout ...63 KB (9,535 words) - 21:17, 6 May 2024
- Edward VII (November 9, 1841 – May 6, 1910) was King of the United ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince ...38 KB (5,885 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- The modern day term, Vampire (derivative of the German vampir), usually ... The most popular and well-known means of killing a vampire is driving ...26 KB (4,074 words) - 01:36, 18 April 2023
- Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; April 21, 1926 – September ... In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince ...84 KB (12,053 words) - 16:21, 13 February 2024
- and television. Although based for much of her life in the United States ... , National Velvet (1944), and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). She appeared ...63 KB (9,615 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- - December 5, 2013) was the first President of South Africa to be elected ... Through his long imprisonment, much of it spent in a cell on Robben ...40 KB (6,067 words) - 04:28, 11 March 2023
- [[Image:Jan de Bray 002.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Governors of the ... A guild is an association of craftspeople in a particular trade. The ...29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
- only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas ... Initially established during the Preclassic period, many of the Mayan ...31 KB (4,849 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- History is a word of multiple meanings, all related to the past. When ... ), "an account of one's inquiries," and shares that ...33 KB (4,990 words) - 23:36, 20 April 2021
- ; May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) was the pen name of the French ... Antoinette Laurent, was the daughter of a clothing salesman,Pierre ...30 KB (4,372 words) - 16:49, 21 May 2024
- the Latin or Turkish), is the founder of Islam—the world's second ... and Medina are cities in the Hejaz region of present day Saudi Arabia. He ...64 KB (10,057 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- most prominent in the first few centuries of the Common Era. It is also ... The origins of gnosticism are not clearly known, but there is general ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, Companion of Honour (CH), ... she shared Adolf Hitler's hatred of Jews and dislike of Catholics ...36 KB (5,899 words) - 01:16, 11 November 2022
- musician and critic who was a major figure of the modernist movement in early ... in style and technique, Pound rejected much of the modern world, especially ...34 KB (5,360 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- identities. The term is used in a variety of ways to describe phenomena ... Many contemporary advocates of identity politics take an intersectional ...40 KB (5,610 words) - 14:15, 4 February 2023
- when the last Sassanid Shahanshah (King of Kings), Yazdegerd III (632 ... Often tolerant of religious minorities, Jewish life flourished during ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- Many ancient cultures speculated on the nature of the human mind, ... method, which revolutionized the treatment of psychological disorders. ...60 KB (8,560 words) - 12:29, 1 February 2024
- a table or platform, for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices ... historical-medieval faiths also made use of them, including the Roman, ...49 KB (7,532 words) - 23:19, 9 May 2024
- site in Istanbul, Turkey. The last of three church buildings to be ... Eastern Orthodox until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It ...227 KB (32,955 words) - 20:31, 5 May 2024
- physician, Marxist, politician, and leader of Cuban and internationalist ... Some time later, Guevara became a member of Fidel Castro's paramilitary ...45 KB (6,974 words) - 17:59, 7 March 2024
- The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious ... all social classes in western Europe. Mobs of predominantly poor Christians ...80 KB (12,105 words) - 15:35, 30 March 2024
- and a national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. He was also founder ... As a fiery, socio-political critic of American Christianity's ...49 KB (7,838 words) - 06:35, 5 November 2022
- a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays ... for her day. She sought the attention of those who could influence her ...103 KB (16,692 words) - 01:55, 22 March 2023
- Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is a branch of philosophy; it ... Baumgarten in 1735 to mean "the science of how things are known via the ...53 KB (8,177 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- was cited as the most awarded female artist of all time by Guinness World ... while in high school. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive ...197 KB (27,840 words) - 23:40, 20 June 2019
- (The Long Day Wanes), on the dying days of Britain's empire in the ... He wrote critical studies of Joyce, Hemingway, Shakespeare and Lawrence ...51 KB (7,981 words) - 05:23, 31 July 2023
- A star is a massive, luminous ball of plasma that is held together ... composition and many other properties of a star by observing its spectrum ...80 KB (12,078 words) - 15:50, 27 April 2023
- |+Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |Periods in Office: ... |Place of Birth: |Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire|Woodstock ...65 KB (10,388 words) - 23:13, 17 May 2023
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... Ireland—with King Charles III as head of state. He is also head of state ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
