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- This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, according to the United Nations Statistics Division, [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/ ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 04:26, 29 October 2022
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- This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, according to the United Nations Statistics Division, [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/ ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 04:26, 29 October 2022
- The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is an extensive information ... The current nine RED List Categories include seven by which the extinction ...17 KB (2,530 words) - 20:34, 7 April 2024
- from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal ... However, the basic effort on the part of the majority of countries in ...16 KB (2,401 words) - 23:59, 24 March 2024
- and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international ... The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection ...15 KB (2,151 words) - 22:17, 6 October 2023
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a global ... to maintain and monitor the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and ...13 KB (1,829 words) - 13:27, 7 February 2023
- body. UNCTAD is the principal organ of the United Nations General ... investment and development opportunities of developing countries and assist ...10 KB (1,369 words) - 11:43, 3 May 2023
- "WEEE") is a waste type consisting of any broken or unwanted electrical ... == Definition of electronic waste == Electronic waste includes computers ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 16:03, 13 February 2024
- that focuses on the online visibility of and access to African-origin ... International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 07:06, 13 June 2023
- List, Friedrich [[image:Friedrich List 1838.jpg|right|200px]] Georg Friedrich List ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- (FIFA, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the ... game became apparent at the beginning of the twentieth century with ...12 KB (1,724 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- cakes and desserts. They offset the loss of natural colors when foods are ... ==Purpose of food coloring== People associate certain colors with certain ...11 KB (1,654 words) - 06:16, 1 April 2024
- Collation is the assembly of written information into a standard order ... Advantages of sorted lists include: *one can easily find the first ...17 KB (2,611 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... The Trotskyists faced a crisis during WWII, as many of them supported ...19 KB (2,598 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
- The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a member of the Convolvulaceae ... value for humans. Physically, they are one of the most nutritional vegetables ...11 KB (1,640 words) - 07:24, 24 October 2022
- The World Bank Group is a group of five international organizations ... the United States nominates the head of the World Bank as the biggest ...25 KB (3,686 words) - 00:01, 18 May 2023
- to Find Out. is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency ... The World Factbook is prepared by the CIA for the use of U.S. government ...33 KB (4,760 words) - 17:51, 30 April 2023
- Oceania is a geographical (and geopolitical) region consisting of ... Most of Oceania consists of small island nations. Australia is the ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- to as ADS) is a digital library portal of over 7,000,000 astronomy and ... had a significant impact on the efficiency of astronomical research since ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- Murder is the unlawful and intentional killing of one human being ... homicide" both involve the killing of an unborn fetus, one being ...16 KB (2,487 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- world, with 310,000 employees in more than 60 countries. ... It has led the consolidation of the world steel industry and today ...21 KB (2,936 words) - 06:14, 12 August 2023
- but eventually they evolved into centers of learning and Buddhist architecture ... In the early decades of Buddhism the wandering monks of the Sangha ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 22:03, 17 April 2023
- Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a huge, landlocked nation ... borders on the north stretch into the center of the Sahara Desert, while the ...15 KB (2,110 words) - 06:37, 5 November 2022
- Franchising, in the economic sense of the word (distinct from the ... The greatest disadvantage is loss of control over the business, ...15 KB (2,149 words) - 04:48, 9 April 2024
- to value") is a tax based on the value of a transaction or of property ... when property is purchased, in the form of a sales tax or value added ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 05:44, 15 June 2023
- discipline that involves application of the principles of physics for ... The beginnings of mechanical engineering go back to the craftsmen ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
- boundaries, usually by the government of the importing country. The ... protect domestic industries and as a source of revenue. Methods for accomplishing ...32 KB (5,003 words) - 04:32, 27 February 2023
- Continental philosophy, as the phrase is used today, refers to a set ... who found it useful for referring to a range of thinkers and traditions that ...19 KB (2,642 words) - 02:47, 8 January 2024
- November 14, 1946) was a Spanish composer of classical music. teacher in music was his mother; at the age of nine he was introduced to his ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- , as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural ... A bibliography, the product of the practice of bibliography, is a ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 03:44, 1 October 2023
- In rail transport, a train consists of rail vehicles that move along ... the steam engine was the dominant form of locomotive power through the ...16 KB (2,477 words) - 00:38, 2 May 2023
- Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government ... to the public based on classification of information as sensitive, classified ...23 KB (3,543 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- is commonly regarded as the fundamental unit of counting and measurement. For ... known as the "identity element" of multiplication (or multiplicative ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- Bamako, a city of nearly 1.7 million people, is the capital and largest ... List/Bamako%20Convention.pdf List of Countries which have Signed, ...22 KB (3,196 words) - 17:23, 10 February 2023
- specifically established by the government of a country to serve as the preeminent ... had their origins in the royal collections of the sovereign or some other ...17 KB (2,398 words) - 04:12, 11 March 2023
- Churches in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the Pope). While differing ... Africa and India, but are now, because of migration, found also in Western ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- As of January 1, 2007, International Standard Book Numbers have been ... An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation (except reprintings ...20 KB (2,903 words) - 13:24, 7 February 2023
- The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by ... located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda ...13 KB (1,876 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- accepted to refer to the northernmost region of the African continent, stretching ... * The inclusion of Western Sahara in the U.N. list is highly controversial ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 06:36, 16 November 2022
- - Sùtè) was the ancient civilization of an Iranian people and a ... Asia. They were the main caravan merchants of Central Asia and dominated ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- [[Image:Fuggerkontor.jpg|thumb|200px| A painting of an early business ... to carry out activities for the purpose of generating revenue. It involves ...23 KB (3,377 words) - 18:50, 22 November 2023
- | order=19th President of Liberia | term_start=January 3, 1944 ... 29, 1895 – July 23, 1971) was President of Liberia for more than 26 years ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 20:43, 13 May 2023
- Political asylum is the granting of refuge to an alien in a foreign ... This is not an automatic right of an individual, nor is any state ...14 KB (2,186 words) - 00:16, 12 April 2023
- by Reverend Sun Myung Moon, the leader of the Unification Church, who ... holds youth soccer events in over 35 countries in the developing world. ...12 KB (1,783 words) - 07:06, 23 November 2022
- and Breg rivers, which join at the town of Donaueschingen. From this point ... Known to history as one of the long-standing frontiers of the Roman ...23 KB (3,172 words) - 22:13, 25 January 2024
- Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo (374-413, r. 391-413) was the nineteenth ... Today, King Gwanggaeto the Great is regarded by Koreans as one of ...14 KB (2,166 words) - 12:47, 24 January 2023
- A controlled vocabulary is a set of preselected terms from which a ... Vocabulary control includes policies, procedures, and methodologies ...17 KB (2,446 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- Union and the United States and a thawing of the Cold War that occurring ... in tensions. Leonid Brezhnev and the rest of the Soviet leadership felt ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 10:05, 29 January 2024
- ) was the clandestine copying and distribution of government-suppressed ... Essentially, the samizdat copies of texts, such as Mikhail Bulgakov ...12 KB (1,682 words) - 02:12, 23 December 2022
- as a Japanese hero and a founding father of the modern age. He was a visionary ... known as "Tosa," on the island of Shikoku, Japan. He was the ...18 KB (2,973 words) - 00:57, 23 December 2022
- term that refers to the modern notion of a Chinese nationality transcending ... The roots of the Zhonghua minzu lie in the multi-ethnic Qing Empire ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 06:01, 13 June 2023
- Central America is the region of North America located between the ... ==Countries of the region== The area considered Central America comprises ...32 KB (4,189 words) - 17:46, 11 May 2023
- by habit and repute is, historically, a form of interpersonal status in which ... However, common-law marriage is becoming a thing of the past. It is ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 00:09, 8 January 2024
- is an African city in the modern day nation of Mali. Occupying a strategic ... Timbuktu was the center of significant written tradition on the African ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- a database that contains descriptive records of books, periodical articles ... researchers to find descriptive records of relevant information sources ...27 KB (3,849 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed in 1706 ... A Treaty of Union was negotiated between the two countries, which ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 17:39, 27 June 2023
- Cataratas del Iguazú) is a majestic area of cataracts on the Iguazu River ... The area consists of a network of 275 waterfalls spanning an area ...10 KB (1,592 words) - 13:42, 4 February 2023
- ) was a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern ... refers to the middle and lower levels of the bureaucracy. The nomenklatura ...21 KB (2,829 words) - 18:54, 31 May 2023
- artist. He is well known for a number of witty and amusing images. Surrealism ... Magritte was born in Lessines, Belgium, in 1898, the eldest son of ...11 KB (1,775 words) - 04:07, 8 December 2022
- designer, sometimes called the "Father of Modernism" in the Nordic ... States following the critical reception of his design for the Finnish ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 08:41, 23 July 2023
- – May 4, 1980) was the chief architect of the "second" Yugoslavia ... Tito died on May 4, 1980 in Ljubljana hospital of post-surgery complications ...27 KB (4,017 words) - 07:41, 27 February 2023
- A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library ... Library classification forms part of the field of library and information ...25 KB (3,639 words) - 22:33, 25 October 2022
- Republic and Slovakia. During the 74 years of its existence, it saw several ... In November 1989, Czechoslovakia joined the wave of anti-Communist ...21 KB (2,978 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- [[image:Central Scientific Co catalog cover.png|thumb|200 px|Catalog ... The concept is several centuries old, but it became a staple of the ...17 KB (2,545 words) - 05:29, 5 November 2022
- to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. ... space agencies. However, with the launch of the privately funded SpaceShipOne ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- Colugo is the common name for any of the arboreal gliding mammals ... not true lemurs. They are the most capable of all gliding mammals, using ...14 KB (1,971 words) - 07:42, 14 January 2023
- South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... South America has a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890 ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- music student in Canada, for the creation of a virtual library of public ... since multiple and historical editions of a single composition can be ...18 KB (2,536 words) - 16:33, 8 March 2023
- region including the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden ... region more correctly known as the Nordic countries which includes Finland ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object that has been ... Satellites are useful for a number of purposes. They are used for ...35 KB (4,993 words) - 00:11, 8 January 2024
- An alloy is the combination of metal with other chemical elements ... material are actually alloys. Alloys of gold are rated on a scale of ...17 KB (2,388 words) - 08:10, 23 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
- extreme care. It has been used in a number of murders, earning the nickname ... for low-temperature measurements. Crystals of thallium bromide-iodide have ...13 KB (1,784 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- Vicugna vicugna, found in high elevations of the central Andes mountains ... back into the wild. Both under the rule of the Inca and today, vicuñas ...11 KB (1,797 words) - 23:53, 17 November 2022
- The Republic of Mozambique, or Mozambique, is a country in southeastern ... destruction wrought by nearly two decades of civil war during the Cold War ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- and anthropologist, who developed two of the nation's most notable ... could be tracked down to the first settlers of America. Putnam attended private ...9 KB (1,359 words) - 10:26, 11 April 2024
- A "glider" is an unpowered aircraft. The most common types ... use engines occasionally. The manufacturers of high-performance gliders now ...22 KB (3,495 words) - 08:00, 24 January 2023
- provide telecommunication links between countries. The first such cables ... their working telegraph in 1839, the idea of a submarine line across the ...19 KB (2,734 words) - 21:23, 26 February 2023
- #039;s equator, and the apparent position of the Sun at that moment. are taken to be used in the definition of a celestial coordinate system—see ...25 KB (4,132 words) - 19:17, 13 February 2024
- ) (June 20, 1566 – April 30, 1632) was Grand Duke of Lithuania and ... the Swedish throne by his uncle, Charles IX of Sweden and a meeting of the ...20 KB (2,908 words) - 15:22, 7 October 2022
- The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...43 KB (6,372 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- under equipped police force, in 1948, to one of the world's most advanced ... South Korea maintains one of the largest standing armies in the world ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. Seven areas ... The geological process and study of the movement, collision and division ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, [http://www.aseansec.org/64 ... AH-see-ahn in English (the official language of the bloc) ...43 KB (5,937 words) - 05:04, 18 August 2023
- Chaebol refers to a South Korean form of business conglomerate, an ... together in a community that is created out of the village, clan, and region ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 00:11, 4 December 2023
- energy corporation in the world and is one of the six "supermajor" ... The history of ConocoPhillips encompasses the entire history of the ...24 KB (3,330 words) - 18:20, 6 June 2023
- Sales tax is a consumption tax charged at the point of purchase for ... The design and implementation of sales tax has many problems, some ...25 KB (4,002 words) - 01:49, 23 December 2022
- mountain range, forming a continuous chain of highland along the western ... feet (6,960 m) above sea level. The summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Ecuadorean ...15 KB (2,126 words) - 19:59, 26 July 2023
- in 2001, devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for ... ] and [http://www.plos.org/ Public Library of Science]. ...14 KB (1,898 words) - 06:20, 11 January 2024
- de la Légion d'honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour) is a ... The royal orders of the Kings were all abolished after the French ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
- The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive ... For example, the works of William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 17:00, 2 January 2023
- ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ... systems that developed in other Asian and Western countries. ...21 KB (3,072 words) - 15:27, 4 February 2023
- along with Andrei Sinyavsky (Abram Tertz), of anti-Soviet slander in 1966 ... The trial of Daniel and Sinyavsky was the beginning of another period ...8 KB (1,077 words) - 10:24, 7 June 2023
- it is the unequal access by some members of society to information and ... quot;) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a number of ...29 KB (4,205 words) - 14:35, 29 January 2024
- Abuja is both a Federal Capital Territory within the nation of Nigeria ... Nigeria, is two and half times the size of Lagos city, the former capital ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 07:06, 14 June 2023
- long (240 to 270 cm). Ski jumping is part of the Winter Olympic Games, but ... those who enjoy the excitement and the risk of flying through the air. They ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
- 24 1905) was a French author and a pioneer of the science-fiction genre, ... attorney, and his wife, Sophie. The oldest of the family's five children ...19 KB (2,945 words) - 21:07, 4 October 2022
- political sociology and the philosophy of history. His Lettres Persanes ... Montesquieu defined three forms of government: republics, monarchies ...17 KB (2,651 words) - 00:36, 5 December 2023
- He was the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations, serving ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- The polka is a fast, lively Central European dance, and also a genre ... 1800s. As immigrants from different parts of Europe spread across the U ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- China is one of the countries which had the most advanced mathematics ... to constantly point south by the use of differential gears without ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 06:13, 13 June 2023
- The immune system is the system of specialized cells and organs that ... Allergies are the sixth leading cause of chronic disease in the United ...22 KB (3,374 words) - 00:41, 9 January 2023
- MARC is an acronym, used in the field of library science, that stands ... The future of the MARC formats is a matter of some debate in the worldwide ...10 KB (1,427 words) - 04:45, 5 November 2022
- ruled empires that dominated large portions of Europe and the Asia-Pacific ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- nonmetal that belongs to the nitrogen group of chemical elements. Given its ... When purified artificially, several different allotropic forms of ...25 KB (3,622 words) - 22:45, 28 March 2023
- Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country of ... and having sparse resources, Burundi is one of the poorest and most conflict ...23 KB (3,228 words) - 18:48, 22 November 2023
- Copyright is the exclusive right given to the creator of a creative ... not just literary work, but also forms of creative work such as sound ...45 KB (6,771 words) - 03:01, 8 January 2024
- Impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure of citations in ... Impact factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute ...28 KB (3,975 words) - 15:26, 4 February 2023
- Asparagus is the name a genus of plants within the flowering plant ... As a vegetable, the tender, succulent shoots of asparagus not only ...14 KB (2,081 words) - 04:48, 18 August 2023
- Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country ... 1994 genocide that resulted in the deaths of up to one million people. Since ...25 KB (3,542 words) - 17:40, 28 September 2023
- Iguana is both the common name for several of the larger members of ... For humans, they add to the wonder of nature and the green iguana ...14 KB (2,039 words) - 23:45, 4 October 2021
- Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... States and most continental European countries, civil rights laws are ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- organization (NGO) with the stated purpose of campaigning for internationally ... shocked and angered to come across the story of two Portuguese students sentenced ...30 KB (4,487 words) - 00:59, 9 January 2023
- was a Chinese Communist leader and President of the People's Republic ... Liu Shaoqi was a main ideologue of the Chinese Communist Party, and ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
- Mary II (April 30, 1662 – December 28, 1694) reigned as Queen of ... William III, who became the sole ruler of both countries upon her death ...22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:05, 16 December 2022
- , is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Central Africa. Located ... investment have helped make Gabon one of the more prosperous countries ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 07:34, 15 April 2024
- The Kingdom of Tonga, also known as “The Friendly Islands,” is ... Settled for more than 2,800 years, Tonga is part of the cradle of ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- Antananarivo is the capital, largest city and the economic center ... This city of 1.4 million people is the doorway to Madagascar's ...13 KB (1,867 words) - 05:19, 31 July 2023
- Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a sparsely populated ... The dry lands of Namibia were inhabited since early times by Bushmen ...17 KB (2,377 words) - 02:43, 11 March 2023
- or alkyl halides) are a group of chemical compounds, consisting ... Freon is a trade name for a group of chlorofluorocarbons used primarily ...35 KB (5,199 words) - 23:36, 3 August 2023
- specific purposes. Early balloons were made of dried animal bladders. Modern ... Party balloons are mostly made of natural latex tapped from rubber ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York. ... As of September 30, 2008, GE is the world's tenth largest company ...27 KB (3,816 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- " is the mythical figure who, in most of Western cultures, brings gifts ... The modern depiction of Santa Claus as a plump, jolly man wearing ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 03:18, 23 December 2022
- gas (LPG or LP-gas) and can be a mixture of propane with smaller amounts ... in gasoline by Dr. Walter O. Snelling of the U.S. Bureau of Mines in ...13 KB (1,941 words) - 00:08, 2 December 2022
- Anne (February 6, 1665 – August 1, 1714) became Queen of England ... both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and religious polarization ...29 KB (4,444 words) - 15:41, 7 December 2022
- The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... " (Mark 12:17) fostered the development of separate rival Church and State ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... Afonso I left his mark on the map of Europe. The impetus created by ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
- is a gaseous material consisting primarily of methane and deriving from one ... bogs, landfills, sewage, the stomachs of ruminants such as cows, and ...25 KB (3,786 words) - 04:20, 11 March 2023
- (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended ... Founded in 1976, TIFF is now one of the largest and most prestigious ...26 KB (3,603 words) - 04:11, 1 May 2023
- to a traditional Korean fermented dish made of seasoned vegetables. The most ... Kimchi has been a mainstay of Korean culture for over 2,000 years ...18 KB (2,571 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- The dugong is only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; ... Dugongs are part of the order Sirenia along with manatees, both of ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 17:19, 12 February 2024
- 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines, officially ... Was U.S. intervention in 1898 disinterested altruism in support of ...22 KB (3,341 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- quot; railway because it linked the capital of Vienna with Austria’s Italian ... It is still fully functional as a part of the Austrian Southern Railway ...10 KB (1,532 words) - 09:44, 26 January 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
- Formaldehyde readily results from the incomplete combustion of carbon ... It is mainly produced by the oxidation of methanol, itself obtained ...18 KB (2,445 words) - 06:34, 1 April 2024
- The Republic of Benin is a sliver of a country in West Africa, the ... The history of the tribes and peoples who inhabited this gateway to ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign ... behind Vatican City. It has a population of 32,410 in a total land area ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 23:17, 28 March 2024
- 1947) was a Hungarian-born sociologist, one of the founding fathers of classical ... which is now Hungary. He was the only child of a Hungarian father and a German ...10 KB (1,422 words) - 07:18, 5 October 2022
- There are not specific matsuri days for all of Japan; dates vary from area ... and still others around contests where many of the participants sport loin ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- Lake Ladoga, located in the northwestern part of Russia, is the largest ... In total, Lake Ladoga covers an area of 6,700 fresh water square miles ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea, is a nation in West Africa ... The name Guinea is used for the region of most of Africa's west ...23 KB (3,314 words) - 23:40, 25 March 2024
- The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown ... The early Pandyan dynasty went into obscurity during the invasion ...21 KB (3,154 words) - 06:36, 18 November 2022
- in Iran, was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from ... September 22, 1980, following a long history of border disputes. The conflict ...36 KB (5,506 words) - 17:42, 29 January 2024
- at the top, called the mouth. It may be made of glass, clay, plastic, or other ... Bottles have been developed and used over millennia of human history ...10 KB (1,456 words) - 14:41, 28 April 2020
- in an agricultural setting for the purposes of profit or subsistence, whether ... Raising animals (animal husbandry) is an important component of modern ...26 KB (3,786 words) - 07:46, 9 March 2023
- Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is one of the smallest ... affinity with Spain's northern region of Catalonia is longstanding; ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- U.S., and active in more than 180 countries, it is engaged in every ... to develop the Pico Canyon Oilfield north of Los Angeles. It was purchased ...26 KB (3,656 words) - 18:40, 8 December 2023
- South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... ) has existed for nearly 60 years, built on the foundation of a 5 ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- who developed Alfred Adler's system of individual psychology into ... with the school environment as an extension of the family. Thus, his techniques ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 21:05, 21 December 2022
- in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries ... It is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals ...31 KB (4,402 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- can also refer to proficiency in a number of fields, such as art or physical ... Literacy rates are a crucial measure of a region's human capital ...24 KB (3,587 words) - 04:28, 29 October 2022
- 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
- often referred to as the "Father of Bluegrass Music." Bluegrass ... his brother Charlie in the 1930s, as one of the Monroe Brothers. Bluegrass ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:06, 31 October 2023
- |Place of Birth: |Thessaloníki (Selânik) |- |Death: |November 10, 1938 ... |Place of Death: |Istanbul |- |Political Party: |As PM: Republican ...25 KB (3,912 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- Riga the capital city of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast ... The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ...31 KB (4,622 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- Taejo of Joseon (1335-1408; r. 1392-1398), born Yi Seonggye, was the ... who overthrew the Goryeo throne, his move of the capital to Seoul, and his ...15 KB (2,284 words) - 19:06, 24 October 2022
- elastic, water-resistant, natural material of commercial importance and for ... in colloquial speech, is the outermost layer of a woody stem, derived from ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:36, 23 May 2020
- ::This article is about the traditional culture of Korea. For the ... The traditional culture of Korea has its mythical beginnings 5000 ...29 KB (4,255 words) - 06:48, 11 January 2024
- Kobe(Kōbe-shi) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent ... It was one of the first cities to open for trade with the Western ...32 KB (4,446 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- Saint Rose of Lima (April 20, 1586 – August 24, 1617), known as ... When she read a biography of Saint Catherine of Siena, she was inspired ...10 KB (1,614 words) - 00:52, 23 December 2022
- The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean ... The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 01:22, 3 May 2023
- [[Image:Hall Freud Jung in front of Clark 1909.jpg|thumb|Jones, middle ... was a Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst of the Freudian school. He contributed ...11 KB (1,522 words) - 01:05, 7 September 2023
- guitarist. He is widely known for his brand of "heartland rock," ... albums and somber folk-oriented works. Much of his iconic status stems from ...23 KB (3,510 words) - 04:41, 22 November 2023
- and Aqmola), has been the capital city of Kazakhstan since 1997 and is ... being deported under Stalin at the beginning of World War II when Nazi Germany ...14 KB (2,138 words) - 05:07, 18 August 2023
- Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore petroleum reserves ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent ... The System traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario ...15 KB (2,273 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- the two difficult to separate. About half of all hafnium metal manufactured ... Hafnium (Latin Hafnia for "Copenhagen," the hometown of ...10 KB (1,277 words) - 16:40, 21 January 2024
- The Balance of Payments (BOP) is a measure of all the financial transactions ... The following list of countries and territories by current account ...22 KB (3,159 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger ... one party still dominates the politics of the nation. Despite the greater ...22 KB (3,224 words) - 18:45, 22 November 2023
- to a lesser extent football, or union in countries familiar with rugby union ... An adult-level rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes, consisting ...32 KB (5,080 words) - 20:33, 17 April 2023
- designates the National Flag Carrier of Bangladesh, with its main hub ... Biman Bangladesh Airlines has a history that mirrors the formation ...23 KB (3,204 words) - 17:42, 31 October 2023
- who in 1893, when he attended the Parliament of the Worlds Religion at Chicago ... he regarded Vedanta as the best expression of that truth. In a lecture delivered ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- 023.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Executions of the Third of May by Francisco Goya]] Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted ...41 KB (6,212 words) - 21:02, 25 November 2023
- be divided into two rough types, interviews of assessment and interviews for ... two or more people, and communication of ideas, emotions, thoughts, ...17 KB (2,644 words) - 10:58, 6 March 2024
- The Goguryeo-Sui Wars refer to a series of campaigns launched by the ... The might of Goguryeo displayed itself in the war with the Sui Dynasty ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 08:50, 19 December 2022
- has been shaped by the passionate pursuit of modernization. Since the end ... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- Psychological warfare is a tactic involving the use of propaganda ... As long as war exists, we can expect new forms of psychological warfare ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 23:30, 2 December 2022
- The Historical school of economics was an approach to academic economics ... practiced in the Classical Anglo-Saxon world of Ricardo and John Stuart Mill ...33 KB (4,933 words) - 21:55, 31 January 2024
- ), is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand ... rulers in 1365, and became the capital of the empire of Timur, during ...15 KB (2,116 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- States was enthusiastically in support of the capture, but many American ... After several weeks of tension, during which the United States and ...21 KB (3,294 words) - 16:44, 2 May 2023
- world. In 1927, shortly after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ... identical to those handed out today. As one of the most prominent award ceremonies ...19 KB (2,964 words) - 07:16, 14 June 2023
- 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
- as the two-hundred-and-sixty-fourth Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from ... Communism, and he is often credited as one of the forces contributing to ...28 KB (4,358 words) - 07:02, 3 August 2022
- Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird, today ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- in 1919 after serving on the city council of Metz, he was arrested in 1940 ... Schumans's concept of supra-national democracy and his vision ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 21:29, 16 April 2023
- Pontiff") was the high priest of the Ancient Roman College of ... The title of "Pontifex Maximus," dating back to the times ...31 KB (4,749 words) - 00:22, 12 April 2023
- Southeast Asia, sometimes abbreviated to SEA, is a subregion of Asia ... The maritime region consists of Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- that is especially honored either because of its antiquity, association ... building, usually located at the center of a Roman town (forum). Public ...21 KB (3,233 words) - 03:32, 1 January 2022
- also known as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria ... unable to cope with the mounting incursions of Ottoman forces, Hungarian invasions ...28 KB (4,067 words) - 06:32, 11 March 2024
- Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of ... Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years. ...49 KB (7,998 words) - 06:22, 11 January 2024
- a person or organization as an expression of protest or as a means of economic ... ==Origin of the term== The word boycott entered the English language ...24 KB (3,816 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- United States, 86 miles (138 km) west of the state capitol of Columbia ... and is called the Birthplace and Deathbed of the Confederacy, because it ...17 KB (2,385 words) - 04:41, 14 June 2023
- Copenhagen, the capital and largest city of Denmark, is located on ... " in the tenth century the city of Copenhagen was officially founded ...28 KB (4,058 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
- as the Prime Minister and de facto dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968 ... Franco, some regard him as champion of traditional values, including ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 20:38, 22 December 2022
- activities, most commonly for the purpose of generating substantial profit ... Organized crime takes advantage of social conditions or laws, such ...12 KB (1,649 words) - 10:42, 11 March 2023
- 1899 and 1918. It has had several periods of revival since then and is still ... sheet music for piano. Being a modification of the then popular march, it ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- to both capitalism and Stalinism. Consisting of followers of Leon Trotsky, ... In France in 1938, Trotsky and many of his supporters, having been ...51 KB (7,375 words) - 14:35, 22 January 2023
- Place (French) is the central market square of Brussels. It is surrounded ... Archduchess Isabella, daughter of Philip II of Spain wrote about the ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 12:17, 24 January 2023
- in the late nineteenth century as part of the Hohenzollern dynasty's ... tradition of expansion within the European space, Germany's renewed ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- It comes in many allotropic forms, of which the yellow, black, and ... in history by murderers, including members of the ruling class, to gain wealth ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- spoken language in the West African nation of Senegal), is the capital of ... north of Senegal's capital city Dakar, it has a population officially ...21 KB (2,973 words) - 18:57, 22 December 2022
- produced by hydropower—that is, the energy of moving water. It is the world ... about 715,000 megawatts (or 19 percent) of the world's electricity ...23 KB (3,052 words) - 21:35, 9 February 2024
- primarily in the newly independent states of Central Asia. Large Korean ... A separate ethnic Korean community lives on the island of Sakhalin ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- A bovid is any member of almost 140 species of ungulates (hoofed mammals ... The bovids are the largest family of hoofed mammals and are native ...11 KB (1,682 words) - 01:57, 12 January 2023
- pilgrimage site in the Kapilavastu district of Nepal, near the Indian border ... east of the Kapilavastu. Legend states the Buddha lived there until ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- found in formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons ... sources. In a typical barrel 84 percent (37 of 42 gallons) of the hydrocarbons ...42 KB (6,126 words) - 14:48, 28 March 2023
- (CIA) is an intelligence-gathering agency of the United States government ... The CIA's elite division is called the Directorate of Operations ...26 KB (3,792 words) - 23:54, 3 December 2023
- Personality is a collection of emotional, thought, and behavioral ... In psychology, personality is a collection of emotional, thought, ...35 KB (5,056 words) - 17:58, 26 March 2023
- 2004, with an epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake ... The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, and series of catastrophic tsunamis ...44 KB (6,499 words) - 06:40, 13 June 2023
- danse 1874.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An artifact of "high culture": a ... or to honor), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- border connecting the Indian state of Sikkim with the Tibet Autonomous ... Nathu La constitutes one of the three trading border posts between ...20 KB (2,900 words) - 23:53, 29 May 2023
- ) both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of ... Thailand. Many were resettled in Western countries, including the United States ...34 KB (5,083 words) - 13:05, 1 February 2024
- Mother Teresa, in full Saint Teresa of Calcutta, (born Agnesa Gonxha ... Her supporters sometimes referred to her as the "Angel of Mercy ...24 KB (3,633 words) - 20:00, 15 March 2023
- its anti war politic through a rejection of the prevailing standards in ... movements, Dadaism reflected the collapse of the cherished ideals of Western ...18 KB (2,739 words) - 07:39, 12 January 2024
- islands are included, it covers six percent of Earth's total surface ... the scientific community to be the origin of humans and the Hominidae tree ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- a crime is still an act in violation of a public law for which a punishment ... maintain the distinction, notably those of the United States. Those jurisdictions ...15 KB (2,199 words) - 16:11, 5 April 2017
- ; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was ... Yuri Gagarin was born in the village of Klushino near Gzhatsk (now ...17 KB (2,467 words) - 10:29, 7 June 2023
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822) was one of ... in his own time, but he became the idol of later generations of poets ...20 KB (3,154 words) - 00:32, 24 November 2022
- Scientology is a new religious movement based on the writings of L ... The organization presents itself as a fully integrated system of religious ...33 KB (4,873 words) - 17:26, 25 January 2023
- “The Sea Around Us”, and “The Edge of the Sea” were immense successes ... our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe around us, the ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the ... The destruction of Dresden has an epically tragic quality to it. It ...44 KB (6,668 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- Jeep is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of Chrysler ... transport and communication in some of the most isolated locations ...24 KB (3,439 words) - 04:31, 31 July 2022
- linguistically and culturally related group of people recognized by the government ... has been applied inconsistently to a variety of non-Han peoples, often with ...23 KB (3,462 words) - 16:33, 9 November 2022
- Amsterdam, located in the south of the province North Holland in the ... with Amsterdam at the center. The use of soft drugs was tolerated, making ...29 KB (4,176 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- – September 11, 1971) assumed leadership of the Soviet Union during the ... Khrushchev is remembered for his rejection of the “personality cult” ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 20:28, 9 March 2022
- Lobbying is the practice of trying to persuade legislators or officials ... passed to attempt to regulate the activities of lobbyists and prevent corruption ...27 KB (3,879 words) - 07:47, 9 March 2023
- 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996) was President of France from 1981 to 1995, and ... centrist position. He was a strong supporter of European integration and did ...37 KB (5,492 words) - 09:38, 11 April 2024
- Islamic feminism is a form of feminism concerned with the role of ... Muslim majority countries have produced more than seven heads of state ...30 KB (4,309 words) - 20:25, 1 April 2023
- Baky, or Baki, located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, is the capital ... The city entered a period of decline after the break-up of the Soviet ...25 KB (3,739 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- Greenland, (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, meaning "Land of the ... ice sheet, which covers over 80 percent of its land mass. ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- Cookware and bakeware are categories of food preparation utensils ... but they vary in shape. The size and shape of a utensil is typically determined ...24 KB (3,711 words) - 20:23, 7 June 2023
- with four allotropic forms. The stable form of antimony is a blue-white metal ... semiconductor industry for the manufacture of diodes and infrared detectors ...17 KB (2,369 words) - 06:33, 31 July 2023
- ), is the capital and largest city of Guinea, a resource-rich but ... brief, somewhat turbulent history as capital of a French colony, then of a ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 02:37, 8 January 2024
- American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll music. His recording ... Orbison managed to overcome years of personal suffering and periods ...16 KB (2,532 words) - 23:52, 24 August 2023
- is an island nation in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, an island ... Similar to other Caribbean islands, it has a history of being ravaged ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- [[Image:Bankrupt computer store 02.jpg|thumb|Notice of closure attached ... Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability, or impairment of ability ...20 KB (3,097 words) - 03:35, 17 September 2023
- terraces, had been carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by ... The rice culture of the Ifugao people requires tremendous skill and ...12 KB (1,820 words) - 03:26, 17 September 2023
- Neocolonialism is a term used by post-colonial critics of developed ... For an exact list of countries by their HDI, see the List of countries ...50 KB (7,266 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- Web archiving is the process of collecting portions of the World Wide ... and social issues. Due to the global nature of a web environment, complex ...15 KB (2,211 words) - 23:25, 3 May 2023
- Bodhi tree, which sits on the western side of the temple. In the Pali Canon ... for Buddhism. It is considered the navel of the earth, the place that will ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 05:24, 5 November 2022
- city area in the United States state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers ... century C.E., annexation as a protectorate of the United States in 1900, ...22 KB (3,108 words) - 13:26, 2 February 2024
- thumb|300px|A sixteenth-century depiction of Ptolemy.]] Soter, a Macedonian general who became king of Egypt in 305 B.C.E., or other ...20 KB (3,023 words) - 17:01, 22 December 2022
- thumb|300px|right|The Louvre in Paris, one of the largest and most famous ... later made public. There are different types of museums all over the world ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- The Golden Mountains of Altai is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern ... The Altai Mountains are a mountain system of Central Asia that extends ...13 KB (1,840 words) - 19:34, 8 June 2023
- Natural deposits of mercury-bearing minerals, usually in the form ... Mercury and most of its compounds are highly toxic and need to be ...41 KB (5,903 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- concentrations above 5.6 percent. A solution of hydrogen cyanide in water is ... used by the Nazi regime for the mass murder of Jews in the gas chambers of ...12 KB (1,685 words) - 13:19, 4 February 2023
- The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as the Federation ... (Saint James). However, misinterpretations of maps by subsequent Spanish ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers—Barry, Robin, and Maurice ... The multiple award-winning group was successful for most of its 40 ...20 KB (3,173 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- 1973) was the first and third prime minister of Israel. A tough and uncompromising ... His compassion and respect for the rights of the Arab residents of Israel ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 22:27, 25 January 2024
- in Chemistry in 1918 for developing a method of synthesizing ammonia using ... him to leave the country in 1933 because of his Jewish background, and ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 07:04, 15 April 2024
