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- The dechristianization of France during the French Revolution describes the results of a number of separate policies conducted by successive ...27 KB (3,836 words) - 09:01, 28 January 2024
- Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (April 16, 1755 - March 30, 1842), also known as Madame Lebrun, was a French portraitist, who is best remembered ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 06:24, 13 June 2023
- Ramadan (also spelled Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of ...25 KB (3,551 words) - 00:32, 8 December 2022
- Arabic literature (Arabic ,الأدب العربي ) Al-Adab Al-Arabi, is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by speakers (not necessarily ...44 KB (6,658 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- Supramolecular chemistry refers to an area of chemistry that specializes in the study of noncovalent interactions within and between molecules. ...20 KB (2,678 words) - 17:36, 23 October 2022
- The Ebionites (from Hebrew; אביונים, Ebyonim, "the poor ones") were an early sect of Jewish followers of Jesus that flourished ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 18:00, 12 February 2024
- Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities to non-human beings, objects, natural, or supernatural phenomena. ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. The word cocoa also is used to refer to ...17 KB (2,570 words) - 22:19, 7 January 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{Infobox Ethnic group |group = Tuscarora |image = ...19 KB (2,784 words) - 00:36, 3 May 2023
- The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by gradualist and reformist ...17 KB (2,508 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- The Westminster Confession of Faith is a reformed confession of faith, in the Calvinist theological tradition embraced by the Church of Scotland ...10 KB (1,440 words) - 17:22, 4 May 2023
- The Canadian Screen Awards ( link=no|Les prix Écrans canadiens ) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing ...36 KB (5,123 words) - 19:13, 25 November 2023
- Soldering is a high-temperature method of joining metallic surfaces using a filler material called a solder. A solder is a metal alloy with a ...27 KB (4,119 words) - 00:47, 4 February 2023
- Framing, in construction known as light frame construction, is a building technique based around structural members, usually called studs, which ...26 KB (4,085 words) - 06:40, 1 April 2024
- Fire apparatus (or firefighting apparatus) is a generic term that refers to a vehicle designed to fight fires, such as a fire engine or fire ...18 KB (2,795 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- Category:Public [[File:Heidegger 2 (1960).jpg|thumb|200px|Martin Heidegger]] Martin Heidegger (September 26, 1889 – May 26, 1976) is considered ...24 KB (3,594 words) - 16:31, 6 November 2022
- Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of rock and roll as a distinct style of music. It flourished in the mid 1950s based mainly in the American ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 21:31, 16 April 2023
- Mount St. Helens is an active volcano in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located 128 ...26 KB (4,064 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- Calvinism is a system of Christian theology advanced by John Calvin, a Protestant Reformer in the sixteenth century, and further developed by ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 18:38, 25 November 2023
- Islamic philosophy (الفلسفة الإسلامية) is a branch of Islamic studies, and is a longstanding attempt to create harmony between ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 21:49, 8 March 2024
- A rock is a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals and mineral-like substances called mineraloids. Rocks are classified as igneous, sedimentary ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 02:25, 16 December 2022
- The start of the European Colonization of the Americas is typically dated to 1492, although there was at least one earlier colonization effort ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- Giovanni Caboto (c. 1450 – c. 1499), known in English as John Cabot, was an Italian navigator and explorer commonly credited as the first early ...9 KB (1,380 words) - 04:35, 3 August 2022
- The American Ballet Theatre (ABT), based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the twentieth century and remains a leading ...8 KB (1,230 words) - 02:53, 24 July 2023
- This article is about the 20th-century aviator. {{Infobox Biography | subject_name = Charles Lindbergh | image_name = LindberghStLouis.jpg ...26 KB (3,945 words) - 21:30, 4 December 2023
- The Russian battleship Potemkin ( Князь Потёмкин Таврический|translit=Kniaz Potyomkin Tavricheskiy , "Prince Potemkin ...35 KB (5,047 words) - 18:20, 22 December 2022
- In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is one of the foundational principles of the universe known as a maelstrom of dark, roiling seawater. ...16 KB (2,560 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- Tuber is a botanical term for an enlarged, fleshy, generally underground stem of certain seed plants, in which the typical stem parts are represented ...10 KB (1,640 words) - 18:40, 2 May 2023
- Yom Kippur (Hebrew:יוֹם כִּפּוּר meaning Day of Atonement) is the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar. It falls on the ...20 KB (3,188 words) - 16:40, 4 June 2023
- The Holy Grail is a mythical object or symbol associated with Jesus Christ. In earliest Grail literature, it was described as the dish, plate ...17 KB (2,819 words) - 16:11, 25 January 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication [[File:911-Panel.JPG|thumb|300px|A panel in the Newseum in Washington, DC shows the ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 12:56, 8 September 2023
- Philosophy of history or historiosophy is an area of philosophy concerning the eventual significance of human history. It examines the origin ...30 KB (4,545 words) - 04:16, 24 November 2022
- The Triple Entente ("entente"—French for "agreement") was the alliance formed in 1907 among the United Kingdom of Great ...9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2020
- Victorian literature is the body of poetry, fiction, essays, and letters produced during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901) and during ...18 KB (2,842 words) - 20:10, 3 May 2023
- Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (October 6, 1769 – October 13, 1812) was a British Major-General and Government Administrator. Brock is best ...28 KB (4,513 words) - 18:55, 7 March 2024
- In Greek mythology, Athena (Greek: Άθηνά , Athēnâ, or Ἀθήνη , Athénē; Latin: Minerva) was a multifaceted Greek goddess whose spheres ...30 KB (4,535 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "a country dweller or rustic") is a term that has been used from antiquity to derogatorily denote ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- Medical ethics, also known as health care ethics, or as biomedical ethics, is a field of applied ethics (see the article metaethics)—ethics ...22 KB (3,471 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University-Jen| name=Drew University| ...19 KB (2,571 words) - 17:43, 30 January 2024
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek language from the earliest texts, dating back to the early Archaic period ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- The Vatican Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana) is the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City. It is one of ...18 KB (2,595 words) - 14:42, 3 May 2023
- The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture. They ...22 KB (2,997 words) - 16:12, 20 July 2023
- Category:Anthropologists Levy-Bruhl, Lucien Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (April 10, 1857—March 13, 1939) was a French philosopher, sociologist, and anthropologist ...11 KB (1,515 words) - 02:25, 5 November 2022
- 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
- An ulcer (from Latin ulcus) is a lesion or eroded area on the surface of the skin or mucous membranes characterized by tissue disintegration ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:30, 11 November 2022
- Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to please or appease a deity, supernatural beings, or sacred social order, tribal ...43 KB (6,539 words) - 15:29, 10 December 2023
- The Gospel of James, also known as the Infancy Gospel of James or the Protoevangelium of James, is an apocryphal Gospel written about 150 C.E ...10 KB (1,588 words) - 12:08, 24 January 2023
- A pearl is a hard, smooth, rounded (not necessarily round), lustrous object made of nacre (mother-of-pearl) that is organically produced by certain ...20 KB (3,138 words) - 19:56, 22 April 2023
- Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge is located at the border of the Ngorongoro conservation area and the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is ...9 KB (1,415 words) - 00:05, 18 November 2022
- The Rule of Saint Basil refers to the monastic regulations formulated by Saint Basil the Great (ca. 330 - January 1, 379 C.E.), which became ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 03:26, 1 January 2022
- Albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is one of the eight tuna species belonging to the Thunnus genus. It is the only tuna species that can be marketed ...9 KB (1,355 words) - 17:46, 19 December 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Category:Law [[Image:Millais-Blind Girl.jpg|right|thumb|200 px|"The Blind Girl" ...25 KB (3,643 words) - 14:08, 3 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group-Jen| |group = Māori |image = [[Image:Te_Pun ...37 KB (5,756 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- The Speculum Humanae Salvationis or Mirror of Human Salvation was a bestselling anonymous illustrated work of popular theology in the late Middle ...10 KB (1,439 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- Scallop is the common name for any of the marine bivalve mollusks comprising the family Pectinidae, characterized by a large, well-developed ...19 KB (2,833 words) - 02:31, 21 April 2023
- Saint Bonaventura also Bonaventure (born Giovanni di Fidanza) (1221 - July 15, 1274), was a Franciscan theologian, philospher, general of the ...20 KB (3,032 words) - 07:21, 17 November 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Centaure Malmaison.jpg|thumb|240 px| Bronze Centaur ...9 KB (1,330 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves and bound with iron hoops. Its top and bottom are circular ...10 KB (1,477 words) - 10:53, 20 September 2023
- Maitreya, the "future Buddha" in Buddhist eschatology, is a Bodhisattva that many Buddhists believe will eventually appear on earth ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- The sitar (Urdu: ستار, Hindi: सितार) is probably the best-known South Asian instrument in the West. A Hindustani stringed instrument ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
- Tuscany ( Toscana ) is a region in west-central Italy on the shores of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas. It has an area of 22990|km2|sqmi ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- Haiku (俳句) is a mode of Japanese poetry initiated through a late ninteenth century revision by Masaoka Shiki of the older hokku (発句) ...26 KB (4,075 words) - 16:44, 21 January 2024
- The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ðe ɣwate'mala ), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico ...37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
- Category:Public {{Infobox_Philosopher | region = Western Philosophy | era = 20th-century philosophy | color = #B0C4DE | image_name = | ...30 KB (4,587 words) - 06:50, 13 June 2023
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (September 25, 1683 - September 12, 1764) was one of the most important French composer and music theorist of the Baroque ...9 KB (1,322 words) - 17:12, 2 April 2024
- Sedevacantism is a theological position embraced by a minority of Traditionalist Catholics which holds that the Papal See has been vacant since ...21 KB (3,214 words) - 20:24, 21 December 2023
- Cranes are any of the large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds comprising the family Guidae of the order Gruiformes. Cranes are distinguished ...19 KB (2,899 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- In Christianity, Sabellianism is the belief that God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit are three modes or aspects of God. Once popular ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 20:36, 17 April 2023
- Rosicrucianism (meaning "Rose Cross") refers to a family of secret societies formed in late medieval Germany, which taught esoteric ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 19:19, 16 December 2022
- 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
- Benedict Arnold (January 14, 1741 – June 14, 1801) was a famous American traitor, having been a general in the Continental Army during the ...26 KB (3,968 words) - 09:08, 27 September 2023
- Lemur is the common name for any of the prosimian primates belonging to the infraorder Lemuriformes, which comprises the families Lemuridae ...10 KB (1,459 words) - 19:36, 25 October 2022
- The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War, July 6, 1967 – January 13, 1970, was a political conflict caused by the attempted secession ...31 KB (4,828 words) - 22:13, 28 November 2023
- Category:Image wanted {{Infobox NFLretired |position=Wide Receiver / Safety |number=14 |birthdate=1913|1|31 Pine Bluff, Arkansas |deathdate=1997 ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 17:19, 30 January 2024
- In religion, folklore, and mythology, a demon (also rendered daemon, dæmon, or daimon) is a supernatural being of malevolent intent, or a fallen ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- | [[Image:floodislewight.jpg|thumb|right|250px|This picture shows the flood plain following a 1 in 10 year flood on the Isle of Wight.]] ...10 KB (1,461 words) - 19:34, 9 November 2023
- Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa also spelled "Djawa") is an island of Indonesia and the site of its capital city, Jakarta ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most prestigious professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams ...39 KB (6,001 words) - 14:44, 11 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group| |group=Haida |image=[[Image:Charles Edenshaw ...19 KB (2,932 words) - 16:43, 21 January 2024
- The photoelectric effect is a quantum electronic phenomenon in which electrons are emitted from matter after the absorption of energy from electromagnetic ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 04:26, 24 November 2022
- The Eritrean-Ethiopian War took place from May 1998 to June 2000, between Ethiopia and Eritrea, forming one of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa ...22 KB (3,294 words) - 19:30, 13 February 2024
- A flowchart is a common type of chart that represents an algorithm or process, showing the steps as boxes of various kinds and the order of steps ...10 KB (1,512 words) - 17:43, 28 March 2024
- The Panchatantra Panachatantra translated from the Sanskrit by Arthur W. Ryder, (Bombay: Jaico Publishing House, 1949) (from Ryder's esteemed ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 06:28, 18 November 2022
- The Juche Ideology (Juche Sasang 주체사상 in Korean; or Chuch'e; approximately, "joo-chey") is the official state ideology ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- Petra (from πέτρα "petra-πέτρα," cleft in the rock in Greek; Arabic: البتراء, Al-Butrā) is an archaeological site ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- Category:Psychologists Category:Public Maslow, Abraham Abraham Maslow (April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970) was an American psychologist who helped ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 06:31, 14 June 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Category:Biography Black, Davidson Davidson Black (July 25, 1884 – March 15, ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 08:39, 28 January 2024
- Flounder is a common name for various marine fish in the Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfish), and in particular those comprising the families ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 17:43, 28 March 2024
- Socialism in one country links=no|социализм в отдельно взятой стране|r=sotsializm v otdelno vzyatoy strane|t=socialism ...28 KB (3,944 words) - 18:00, 8 December 2022
- Synthesis (from ancient Greek σύνθεσις , σύν (with) and θεσις, placing) is commonly understood to be an integration of two or ...11 KB (1,635 words) - 01:58, 27 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Bachofen, Johann Jakob [[Image:Johann Jacob Bachofen.jpg|thumb|Johann Jacob Bachofen]] ...10 KB (1,351 words) - 14:47, 1 August 2022
- Being and existence in philosophy are related and somewhat overlapping with respect to their meanings. Classical Greek had no independent word ...25 KB (3,698 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- A fixed-wing aircraft, commonly called an airplane or aeroplane, (from the Greek: aéros- "air" and -planos "wandering") ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- Oregano is the common name for a perennial herbaceous plant, Origanum vulgare of the mint family (Lamiaceae), characterized by opposite, aromatic ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 01:11, 18 November 2022
- Bujumbura ( ˌbuːdʒəmˈbuːrə ) is the largest city, and the administrative, communications, and economic center of Burundi. Bujumbura is ...18 KB (2,590 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Lifestyle Category:Holiday {{Infobox Holiday | |holiday_name=Mother's Day |image=Ivana-Kobilca ...22 KB (3,311 words) - 17:00, 10 November 2022
- Quebec is a province in eastern Canada. Known as la belle province ("the beautiful province"), Quebec is bordered to the west by the ...36 KB (5,238 words) - 15:40, 7 December 2022
- Category:Lawyers and Jurists Category:biography Blackstone, William [[Image:WilliamBlackstone.jpg|thumb|right|William Blackstone as illustrated ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 15:40, 6 May 2023
- The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (also referred to as: Bosnian Conflict, Aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Bosnian Civil War) was an ...36 KB (5,522 words) - 14:58, 9 February 2022
- The Revolutions of 1989 refers to the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, the end of the period of the Cold War and the removal of the Iron ...27 KB (4,082 words) - 20:00, 8 December 2022
