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- Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous ... and 660,000 displaced, and all but 25,000 of the more than 400,000 ethnic ...43 KB (6,221 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- The Khmer Rouge was the ruling political party of Cambodia—which ... committed against its own people, 20 percent of whom perished, reached almost ...47 KB (7,141 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- Honduras, officially Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras ... The country is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest ...34 KB (4,896 words) - 12:36, 2 February 2024
- It occupies a continental surface area of 1,078,000 square miles (2 ... silver, and was based upon the legend of Sierra del Plata—a mountain ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth ... faith" in Spanish) had a population of 62,203 according to the April ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 01:21, 21 April 2023
- The Bahá'í Faith is a religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh ... Members of the Bahá'í faith understand history as an evolving ...50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
- Nepal, known officially as the State of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan ... Although the country is the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who ...47 KB (6,833 words) - 16:19, 11 November 2022
- African-Americans, or Black Americans, are citizens of the United ... in those states that were still in a state of rebellion, having seceded from ...38 KB (5,325 words) - 06:03, 16 June 2023
- The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic ... century, eventually affecting most of the world. The impact of this ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- or both, or generally to violate standards of ethical behavior. Government ... The history of competition law reaches back further than the Roman ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 06:41, 31 July 2023
- Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... over a thousand years the island was ruled by independent kingdoms, and at ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ... ), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the northwest ...37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
- Nuclear power is a type of nuclear technology involving the controlled ... The use of nuclear power has also engendered much debate. Critics ...49 KB (7,262 words) - 10:10, 11 March 2023
- UNSC) was created after World War II as part of the United Nations. It was ... its inception, it was largely paralyzed by the Cold War between the United ...68 KB (9,754 words) - 11:45, 3 May 2023
- quot;), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked, mountainous ... During World War I in the western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey ...47 KB (6,850 words) - 03:48, 15 August 2023
- In 1794, the Qajar family took full control of Iran as they had eliminated ... empire. Britain also established control of the Trucial States. In the ...27 KB (4,140 words) - 03:59, 7 December 2022
- an agreement officially entitled the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany ... In addition to stipulations of non-aggression, the treaty included ...51 KB (7,700 words) - 13:06, 10 March 2023
- Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... Partly, decolonization was overseen by the United Nations, with UN ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- as the Manchu Dynasty, was a dynasty founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro ... with Han Chinese culture, and saw the height of Imperial Chinese influence ...45 KB (7,044 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2022
- Air pollution is the human introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals ... stationary sources, but the greatest source of emissions is mobile sources ...34 KB (4,855 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central ... Cave, the world's longest cave system; the Red River Gorge Geological ...39 KB (5,531 words) - 22:12, 3 March 2023
- (1701–1744), who first proposed such a system two years before his death ... for regular temperature measurements by most countries of the world ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- The history of Solidarity begins in September 1980, at the Gdańsk ... 2004, ISBN 0415933978), 114. to members of the anti-communist Left. Solidarity ...34 KB (5,074 words) - 00:48, 4 February 2023
- " and Janapada "foothold of a tribe," "country ... Most of the historical details about the Mahajanapadas are culled ...50 KB (7,467 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- movements that are concerned with notions of cultural decline or decadence ... Fascists promote a type of national unity that is usually based on ...43 KB (6,085 words) - 00:42, 25 March 2024
- Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is located on ... Ethnic Somali people are divided among different countries (Somalia ...54 KB (7,776 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- Considered one of the original "Cradle of Civilization" ... Because of its strategic geographic location, Syria has historically ...53 KB (7,689 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- Madeira is an archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean, and is one ... was rediscovered, possibly accidentally, by Portuguese sailors and settled ...32 KB (4,286 words) - 10:48, 9 March 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
- ==Evolution of the glyph== as the number represents. The Romans tired of writing 4 as IIII, but 3 continues ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world ...47 KB (7,144 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- ) is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and one of the principal ... Caracas is located in the north of the country, contained within and ...33 KB (4,619 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- population 3,145,300 (2005), is the capital of Vietnam. From 1010 until 1802 ... The city is located on the right bank of the Red River. Hanoi is located ...24 KB (3,621 words) - 13:28, 24 January 2023
- The State of Maine is a state in the northernmost portion of the New ... The original inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine were Algonquian ...36 KB (5,276 words) - 05:31, 5 November 2022
- Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of the South American nation of ... financial, and political center of Colombia. As with many large ...33 KB (4,818 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- who served as the second Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011 ... become the heir apparent for the leadership of the Democratic People's ...64 KB (9,034 words) - 23:07, 3 March 2023
- ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other ... term has been understood to refer to a place of mistreatment, starvation, forced ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
- |order=5th Prime Minister of Israel |term_start =July 13, 1992 ... |birth_place =Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) ...37 KB (5,856 words) - 11:15, 24 May 2023
- country that occupies the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola ... the Dominican Republic has a long history of violence and tyranny, including; ...37 KB (5,424 words) - 09:27, 15 January 2023
- Han Chinese constitute about 92 percent of the population of the People ... The history of the Han Chinese ethnic group is closely tied to that ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
- Eritrea, officially State of Eritrea, is a country situated in northern ... Remains of one of the oldest known hominids, dated to over one million ...41 KB (6,034 words) - 19:30, 13 February 2024
- The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... Antioch, Alexandria, and other centers of learning to study the Greek ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- in Central Asia that until 1991, was part of the Soviet Union as the Turkmen ... With one-half of its irrigated land planted in cotton, Turkmenistan ...47 KB (6,838 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
- 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
- car manufacturer to appear in the top 10 of the BrandZ ranking. The company was founded in 1937, by Kiichiro Toyoda as a spinoff from ...43 KB (6,055 words) - 04:51, 1 May 2023
- New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment ...37 KB (5,511 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- , also known as Cyrus the Great and Cyrus II of Persia,, was the founder of ... In historical artifacts discovered in the ancient ruins of Babylon ...22 KB (3,584 words) - 07:28, 12 January 2024
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on ... refers to the province's location east of the Taihang Mountains. Its ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces, joining the confederation ... the fur trade, and in the latter half of the twentieth century its bitumen ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- Bass fishing is one of the most popular recreational types of fishing ... a popular game sport in the Eastern regions of the United States. Although ...31 KB (4,895 words) - 18:03, 11 February 2023
- Throughout his life, Fuller was concerned with the question of whether ... synergetics. He also created a large number of inventions, mostly in the fields ...36 KB (5,646 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ... to Europe. Though Napoleon brought most of Western Europe under his rule ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- ("lucky place"), is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan ... Silk Road, the city has long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture ...20 KB (2,826 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- 13, 1925 - April 8, 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 ... One of the most significant British politicians in recent political ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 04:09, 6 November 2022
- The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, commonly called Jordan, is an Arab ... A young nation, Jordan occupies an area considered one of the 15 cradle ...50 KB (7,586 words) - 20:00, 4 May 2024
- the world's largest auto company by production volume, in addition ... its cars and trucks in 33 different countries. Their European headquarters ...40 KB (5,886 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- Sichuan, the home of ancient civilizations and ethnic groups, sits ... The general territory of the province and its neighboring areas were ...21 KB (2,859 words) - 14:31, 27 January 2023
- and scientist who served as the chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021, ... Merkel was considered by Forbes Magazine to be the "most powerful ...49 KB (6,775 words) - 18:05, 27 July 2023
- Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...31 KB (4,586 words) - 00:07, 15 April 2023
- KGB (transliteration of "КГБ") is the Russian-language ... functions and powers like those exercised by the United States' Central ...41 KB (6,060 words) - 21:47, 4 October 2022
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... For much of its existence, Sicily has stood at a crossroads of international ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- Polish Republic or Republic (Commonwealth) of the Two (Both) Nations (Peoples), ( ... ) or as the "First Republic," was one of the largest and ...62 KB (8,547 words) - 08:32, 24 November 2022
- An Drochshaol), known more commonly outside of Ireland as the Irish Potato ... The Irish Potato Famine was the culmination of a social, biological, political ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 13:17, 6 March 2024
- Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of ... Dynasty in China. It is home to a number of Turkic ethnic groups, the largest ...28 KB (3,367 words) - 14:31, 20 May 2023
- Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon ... Based on experiences with Earth, the environment of a planet can be ...32 KB (4,766 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
- The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by ... Flanders in the north, with 58 percent of the population, and the French ...76 KB (10,944 words) - 08:52, 27 September 2023
- Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a coastal Alpine ... Slovenia has been part of the Roman Empire, the Duchy of Karantania ...45 KB (6,521 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is a republic of the western Balkans Peninsula ... northern areas which are roughly four fifths of the entire country, while Herzegovina ...64 KB (9,164 words) - 19:47, 20 November 2023
- Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the ... in the United States. The citizens of Los Angeles speak more than ...40 KB (5,759 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- Chicago is the largest city in the state of Illinois and the largest ... Located at the site of a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi ...42 KB (6,247 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ... Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara, which is used by geographers ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- " is the wireless communication of signals by transmitting electromagnetic ... Radio technology gives humanity the convenience of extremely rapid ...35 KB (5,160 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ... The history of North Korea formally began with the establishment of ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, consists of the island of Cuba ... Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction ...72 KB (10,971 words) - 06:40, 11 January 2024
- September 26, 2019) served as the President of France from May 17, 1995 until ... His internal policies included lower tax rates, the removal of price ...53 KB (7,676 words) - 16:40, 16 August 2023
- (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan ... The location of human and pre-human habitation dating back two million ...40 KB (5,942 words) - 05:17, 26 August 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
- laureate, and has been called the father of the Green Revolution. Borlaug ... During the mid-twentieth century, Borlaug led the introduction of ...46 KB (6,869 words) - 10:00, 11 March 2023
- The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental ... to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the State. Those ...44 KB (6,390 words) - 07:20, 15 April 2024
- in Armonk, New York, U.S. The company is one of the few information technology ... IBM has been known through most of its recent history as the world ...48 KB (6,957 words) - 06:47, 6 March 2024
- , Austro-Bavarian: Weăn,) is the capital of Austria, and also one ... Today Vienna is a center of European culture, with more than one hundred ...42 KB (5,917 words) - 20:13, 3 May 2023
- Mexican Revolutionary general. As commander of the División del Norte (Division ... military revolutionary aims, unlike those of Emiliano Zapata and the Zapatista ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- the term "toraja" was invented by these coastal people to refer ... The Toraja (meaning "people of the uplands") are an ethnic ...36 KB (5,331 words) - 23:49, 9 January 2024
- [[Image:BLAKE12.JPG|thumb|"A Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs to ... Lynching is a form of violence, usually murder, considered by its ...23 KB (3,493 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of ... waged war but favored peace. The making of war and peace was discussed ...33 KB (4,840 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal ... Berlin was successively the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701 ...35 KB (5,027 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- 1919 – March 1921) was an armed conflict of Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine ... By 1919, the Polish forces had taken control of much of Western Ukraine ...77 KB (11,326 words) - 23:09, 8 October 2023
- a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader ... Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth ...49 KB (7,394 words) - 02:27, 2 May 2024
- ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost ... Over the course of its existence, Lisbon has both flourished and suffered ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- until 1910, lasted for five centuries as one of the world's longest running ... Shortly following the declaration of the Korean Empire in 1897, the ...39 KB (5,700 words) - 15:30, 6 May 2024
- Mississippi is a state located in the Deep South of the United States ... in the nation, based largely on the value of slaves, who were counted as ...35 KB (5,105 words) - 11:10, 10 March 2023
- and 24th (1893–1897) president of the United States, and the ... As a leader of the Bourbon Democrats, he opposed imperialism, taxes ...28 KB (3,976 words) - 08:11, 25 February 2023
- : singular see below: Origin of the name ) is both the largest and ... metropolis with an urban population of 3.3 million and a metropolitan ...45 KB (6,393 words) - 18:55, 19 August 2023
- , was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. tightly controlled conflict between the government and the armed forces by ...67 KB (10,170 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- perhaps the best known representative of nineteenth century child advocacy ... whose best known works were The Best Method of Disposing of Our Pauper and ...22 KB (3,445 words) - 22:20, 4 December 2023
- Marxism, in a narrow sense, refers to the thoughts and theories of ... thoughts, theories, and movements of Marxism have emerged since ...86 KB (12,847 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the ... Originally settled by Amerindians of South American origin at least ...48 KB (7,150 words) - 17:39, 2 May 2023
- The term enemy of the people or enemy of the nation, is a term used ... Totalitarian governments like the Soviet Union made extensive use ...44 KB (5,878 words) - 20:20, 30 October 2022
- Space tourism (or spaceflight) is the recent phenomenon of tourists ... Among the primary attractions of space tourism are the uniqueness ...31 KB (4,415 words) - 16:01, 27 November 2023
- The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks ... hypertext documents and other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW). ...48 KB (7,277 words) - 23:46, 30 November 2022
- 1917 – September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to ... the nation. However, he became corrupted by power, and measures set in ...51 KB (7,579 words) - 17:20, 26 March 2024
- ) is one of the oldest financial services firms in the world. It is ... Bank One, First Chicago and National Bank of Detroit, have contributed significantly ...34 KB (4,890 words) - 08:31, 13 March 2024
- South Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United ... It was part of the 1663 charter in which Charles I of England granted ...64 KB (9,145 words) - 15:14, 27 April 2023
- Kerala refers to a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India ... First settled in the tenth century B.C.E. by speakers of Proto-South ...79 KB (10,302 words) - 22:30, 3 March 2023
- – February 7, 1799) was the fifth emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and ... During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, China attained its maximum ...28 KB (4,243 words) - 00:03, 15 April 2023
- The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila ... plant that grew on the marshy shores of the bay. In the sixteenth century ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
- face off in a circular area. The sport is of Japanese origin and is surrounded ... many ritual elements, such as the use of salt for purification, from ...39 KB (6,360 words) - 22:22, 26 February 2023
- Fake news, also known as junk news or pseudo-news, is a type of yellow ... news organizations claim proud traditions of holding government officials ...44 KB (6,310 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
- island country that sits off the east coast of Asia. Japan comprises over ... that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as 35,000 B ...89 KB (12,871 words) - 15:44, 4 February 2022
- 2, 1754 – May 17, 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand ... peace with Austria through the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville and with Britain ...51 KB (7,312 words) - 22:21, 4 December 2023
- Libya is a country in North Africa 90 percent of which is desert. ... , R'bw (Libu), which refers to one of the tribes of Berber peoples ...53 KB (7,788 words) - 11:06, 7 March 2023
- Earth is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance ... occur along plate boundaries. The interior of the planet is also active, ...38 KB (5,592 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- The history of Poland from 1945 to 1989 spans the period of Soviet ... Near the end of World War II, German forces were driven from Poland ...65 KB (9,745 words) - 00:13, 25 January 2024
- Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia ... A 2006 study found that Vancouver had the third highest quality of ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a New World mammal of the Felidae family ... the southwestern United States) across much of Central America and south to ...38 KB (5,659 words) - 01:30, 8 February 2023
- Romance people, completely surrounded by non-Latin peoples ("a ... The modern state of Romania was formed by the merging of the Danubian ...64 KB (9,341 words) - 04:57, 16 December 2022
- The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... name for the Indus River. The Constitution of India and common usage in Hindi ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- Medicine is the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis ... Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, prognosis, ...53 KB (7,336 words) - 04:05, 9 November 2022
- A Chinese family name is one of the thousands of family names that ... Chinese surnames have served a number of sociological purposes throughout ...26 KB (3,907 words) - 17:05, 10 December 2023
- in most cases, a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being. recognize each other through a process of landmarks and regularity. There ...59 KB (8,933 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table. The heaviest ... 235 (0.72 percent), and a very small amount of uranium-234 (0.0058 percent ...48 KB (6,867 words) - 15:33, 16 January 2024
- Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu, also known as the Tiger of Mysore (November ... were staunchly loyal to him. At the request of the French, he built a church ...44 KB (6,987 words) - 23:40, 30 April 2023
- The Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, or simply ... many times. During more than 40 years of communist totalitarian rule ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in south ... The region was once inhabited by the ancient Thracians, and was later ...61 KB (8,943 words) - 18:41, 22 November 2023
- , romanized: Moskva, IPA:) is the capital of Russia and the country ... It is well-known for the elegant onion domes of Saint Basil's Cathedral ...63 KB (8,988 words) - 16:33, 10 November 2022
- Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 00:28, 4 January 2024
- An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or ... A true alphabet has letters for the vowels of a language as well as ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
- Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated ... Although commonly referred to in the singular, the territory consists ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- his fealty to Charlemagne; from a manuscript of a chanson de geste.]] Feudalism is a political system of power dispersed and balanced between ...38 KB (6,097 words) - 01:33, 21 July 2022
- again from 1942 to 1952, ruling for the rest of his life as an unelected military ... or La Era de Trujillo), was one of the longest for a non-royal leader ...66 KB (9,421 words) - 19:56, 29 April 2024
- The marathon is a long-distance running event of 42.195 km (26 miles ... "marathon," comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier ...30 KB (4,587 words) - 03:03, 6 November 2022
- , (August 16, 1913 - March 9, 1992) was head of the Zionist underground ... as prime minister--and in the view of many, his singular accomplishment ...40 KB (6,019 words) - 04:28, 9 November 2022
- The Republic of Iraq, commonly known as Iraq, is a Middle Eastern ... Iraq is bordered by Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey ...56 KB (8,476 words) - 13:04, 6 March 2024
- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- The Industrial Revolution was a transformation of human life circumstances ... human history, comparable to the invention of farming or the rise of the ...56 KB (8,479 words) - 16:09, 28 September 2021
- – April 23, 2007) was the first president of the Russian Federation, serving ... Yeltsin was blamed for many of the problems of this period. By the ...42 KB (6,205 words) - 19:43, 20 November 2023
- is the literal translation of empire)—refers to Germany in the years ... The policies pursued by Nazi Germany, based on the concept of Lebensraum ...65 KB (9,573 words) - 18:36, 30 April 2023
- Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (Persian language: محمدرضا ... It was lack of his regime's religious legitimacy in the eyes ...53 KB (8,258 words) - 19:29, 9 November 2022
- Language 32 (1) (Jan-Mar 1956): 5, India as a Lingustic Area. quote ... The art and architecture of the Tamil people encompass some of the ...56 KB (8,191 words) - 16:28, 13 January 2024
- , IPA: 'kolkat̪a]), formerly Calcutta, is the capital of the ... Kolkata served as the capital of India during the British Raj until ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- Water fluoridation is the controlled addition of fluoride to a public ... The goal of water fluoridation is to prevent tooth decay (dental caries ...64 KB (9,289 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- ) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 ... his empire across continents, creating one of the vastest empires ever known ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 03:19, 24 November 2022
- Tribal Areas and Balochistan provinces of western Pakistan. Their Pashto ... Their unified modern past began with the rise of the Durrani Empire ...61 KB (8,656 words) - 18:55, 23 March 2023
- record eclipses and novae. Detailed records of astronomical observations were ... Astronomy had a specific role in the governing itself of the ancient ...30 KB (4,747 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- North Pyeongan Province, which is now part of North Korea. He founded the ... teachings are published as the Exposition of the Divine Principle (1996). ...69 KB (10,533 words) - 13:50, 28 April 2023
- , formerly known as Madras, the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu ... it into a major urban center and naval base. By the twentieth century, it had ...44 KB (6,123 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of ideological, political ... popular uprising against the absolute power of the king and against the privileges ...68 KB (10,394 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- , trans. Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is an Indo-Aryan language ... Standard Urdu has approximately the twentieth largest population of ...53 KB (7,869 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- below for derivation) is a Bantu language of the Sabaki subgroup of Northeastern ... language, it is spoken as a second language by around 80 million people in ...43 KB (6,328 words) - 15:52, 12 January 2024
- generally known as Henri Poincaré, was one of France's greatest mathematicians ... family in the Cité Ducale neighborhood of Nancy, France. His father, ...40 KB (5,908 words) - 07:01, 22 January 2024
- The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ... Asia and South America, Portugal was one of the world's major economic ...88 KB (12,576 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- ), officially the Republic of Austria ( Republik Österreich ... The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (or Hungarian Uprising of 1956) ... was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government ...73 KB (10,504 words) - 12:26, 4 February 2023
- licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing ... to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the ...49 KB (6,708 words) - 10:40, 10 March 2023
- ) is a range of traditional medical practices originating in China ... TCM theory asserts that processes of the human body are interrelated ...53 KB (7,935 words) - 04:54, 1 May 2023
- ), is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end ... Modern Greece, a developed country and a member of the European Union ...73 KB (10,722 words) - 18:19, 27 January 2023
- Nicaragua that first came to power in 1979, by overthrowing the dictatorship ... former FSLN allies as well as supporters of the former Somoza regime. More ...51 KB (7,226 words) - 01:19, 21 April 2023
- its subsequent bursting affected over half of the U.S. states. Housing prices ... In 2008 alone, the United States government allocated over $900 billion ...40 KB (5,653 words) - 11:59, 3 May 2023
- 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from ... achievements contributed to the prestige of France, its people, its language ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- The history of women in the military extends over 4000 years into ... Yet as a matter of record, women have played a significant role in ...76 KB (11,315 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- on January 24, 1848 when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter ... The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California ...61 KB (8,925 words) - 18:25, 25 November 2023
- Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman ... Värmland, Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. Lagerlöf was the daughter ...31 KB (4,475 words) - 21:12, 27 July 2023
- The Bailiwick of Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency ... The defense of all these islands is the responsibility of the United ...44 KB (6,712 words) - 18:59, 16 October 2022
- Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central ... an event that coincided with the baptism of Duke Mieszko I. Poland became ...71 KB (10,329 words) - 17:32, 2 January 2024
- Engineering is the discipline of applying technical and scientific ... engineer. Those licensed in specific areas of engineering may have formal ...41 KB (5,793 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- Iran (ايران, Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ... The history of Iran covers over four thousand years. Throughout history ...82 KB (12,001 words) - 11:17, 6 March 2024
- 15, 1950), a political and social leader of India, played a major role ... Sardār), which means Chief in many languages of India. ...64 KB (9,693 words) - 19:34, 15 September 2022
- Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country ... The Republic of Serbia comprises Serbia proper and two autonomous ...67 KB (9,913 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën ... their entry into the world of wheeled vehicles was by means of crinoline ...27 KB (3,917 words) - 02:54, 24 November 2022
- Tibet, called “Bod” by Tibetans, or 西藏 (Xīzàng) by the Chinese ... Songtsän Gampo united numerous tribes of the region. From 1578, leadership ...62 KB (9,319 words) - 23:23, 30 April 2023
- mines increasingly financed a long series of European and North African ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...78 KB (11,731 words) - 19:08, 7 February 2023
- an influential politician in the early days of the Soviet Union, first as ... Trotsky's ideas form the basis of the Communist theory of Trotskyism ...93 KB (14,349 words) - 07:47, 6 March 2023
- script, or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages ... Since the script was conceived and popularized by the followers of ...61 KB (8,412 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
- and the United States, that is composed of multiple far-left, autonomous ... Antifaschistische Aktion inspired a variety of different movements, groups ...100 KB (13,503 words) - 18:35, 7 July 2020
- from 1981 to 1987. He served as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee ... freedom and opportunity for others. A man of deep religious faith, his beliefs ...48 KB (6,423 words) - 21:40, 4 December 2022
- fullerite. Its hardness and high dispersion of light make it useful for industrial ... abrasives because they can be scratched only by other diamonds, Borazon, ultrahard ...81 KB (12,332 words) - 10:25, 29 January 2024
- |image=[[Image:Anishinabe.svg|200px]] Crest of the Ojibwa people ... The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) is one of ...46 KB (6,830 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita, Unternehmen Marita ... and Germany was forced to come to the aid of its ally. Operation Marita ...73 KB (10,868 words) - 05:44, 22 September 2023
- and revolutionary. He governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years as Prime ... The United States opposed Castro's government, and unsuccessfully attempted ...103 KB (15,063 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024
- the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 1896, ... to disillusion him about the possibility of moral progress. He concluded ...37 KB (5,377 words) - 11:07, 10 May 2023
- :This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. ... A rocket is a vehicle, missile, or aircraft that obtains thrust by ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- 1878 until 1918, Montenegro was later a part of various incarnations of Yugoslavia ... Based on the results of a referendum, Montenegro declared independence ...62 KB (8,958 words) - 22:21, 14 March 2024
- on August 19, 1946), was the 42nd President of the United States, serving ... United States experienced the longest period of peacetime economic expansion ...54 KB (7,922 words) - 11:07, 10 May 2023
- operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill ... Chemical weapons are classified as weapons of mass destruction by ...61 KB (9,020 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- Hungary, officially in English the Republic of Hungary, is a landlocked ... After a Celtic and a Roman period, the foundation of Hungary was laid ...107 KB (15,967 words) - 21:14, 9 February 2024
- place_of_birth=Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England | ... who is generally regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 19:00, 7 March 2024
- ), the name of a film Indian musical comedy film directed by Rajkumar ... Gandhism under Munna Bhai's notion of Gandhigiri.Mridula Chunduri ...43 KB (6,480 words) - 05:34, 4 March 2023
- them). His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable ... was eight. Wagner was largely brought up by a single mother. ...53 KB (8,225 words) - 21:05, 16 April 2023
- one thousand years and ended with the rise of Christianity. It is considered ... The civilization of the ancient Greeks has been immensely influential ...48 KB (7,639 words) - 12:24, 14 October 2023
- 1958), reigned as the 260th Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, ... Pius is one of the few popes in recent history to exercise his right ...51 KB (7,678 words) - 20:42, 9 April 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
- pot. Qianlong reign in the Qing dynasty of China (c. 1700)]] archeology outside the United States) is one of the four sub-fields of anthropology ...28 KB (4,112 words) - 06:15, 12 August 2023
- (b. about 1362 – d. June 1, 1434), was a Grand Duke of Lithuania ... .Endre Bojtár, Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of the Baltic ...51 KB (7,629 words) - 23:06, 1 April 2023
- bend in each arm. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates ... Though once commonly used all over much of the world without stigma ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
- between France and Prussia, which was backed by the North German Confederation ... newly recruited French armies in a series of battles fought across northern ...61 KB (9,426 words) - 14:18, 1 October 2022
- Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue ... made his first spaceflight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966, becoming ...110 KB (16,075 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2023
- gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built from the mid ... The origin of the battleship can be found in the Great ships built ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. It is the second ... it has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighborhoods ...75 KB (11,270 words) - 17:52, 8 February 2024
- in Munich, West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were ... By the end of the ordeal, the terrorist group had killed 11 Israeli ...51 KB (8,065 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- ]]/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains regions ... also important to the economy, with millions of visitors a year to Glacier ...59 KB (8,584 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Reino de España (both bordering Morocco). It is the largest of the three sovereign nations ...115 KB (17,210 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- Psychology (from Greek, literally "study of the soul," from ... natural sciences it is also considered one of the behavioral sciences—a ...53 KB (7,102 words) - 01:28, 12 April 2023
- The Scramble for Africa (or the Race for Africa) was the proliferation ... The latter half of the nineteenth century saw the transition from ...50 KB (7,409 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... federal republic, historically consisting of several sovereign states with ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
- to indicate that it stays aloft primarily by means of a large cavity filled ... Airships were the first form of aircraft to make controlled, powered ...40 KB (6,108 words) - 07:11, 16 June 2023
- (The "Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its ... republic with more than 200 years of democratic traditions, and ...109 KB (16,195 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
- Unit 731, short for Manshu Detachment 731, was a unit of the Imperial ... The heinous acts of torture committed by Unit 731 mirrored the inhumane ...57 KB (8,103 words) - 19:47, 9 February 2022
- is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates ... Mesopotamia is the site of the earliest developments of the Neolithic ...54 KB (7,940 words) - 19:20, 25 March 2024
- public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department ... successful, while it was forced to pull out of Germany and South Korea when ...58 KB (8,209 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- educator, and social thinker. The founder of "anthroposophy," ... into Burgenland, Austria, in the foothills of the eastern Alps. ...49 KB (7,066 words) - 17:42, 22 December 2022
- philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of traditionalist conservative ... 1971 to 1992 he was a lecturer and professor of aesthetics at Birkbeck College ...58 KB (8,069 words) - 21:36, 16 April 2023
- Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... territory in 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959 ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- that allegedly belonged to Hunter Biden, son of the then-presidential candidate ... to also discuss the story. The laptop was of unclear origin and contained ...75 KB (10,024 words) - 01:22, 21 September 2022
- metallic chemical element that is part of the actinide series. It is ... naturally in uranium ores. These come about by a process of neutron capture ...37 KB (5,382 words) - 08:10, 24 November 2022
- The unification of Germany into a politically and administratively ... The self-interests of the various parties hampered the process over ...102 KB (14,729 words) - 11:39, 3 May 2023
- is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible ... Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from ...46 KB (6,635 words) - 22:34, 28 January 2024
- was the sixty-fifth United States Secretary of State (2001-2005), serving ... in telling the world that the invasion of Iraq was justified and legal ...38 KB (5,777 words) - 22:30, 7 January 2024
- Pacific Fleet base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan's ... The attack was one of the most important engagements of World War ...60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... monarchy comprising four constituent countries—England, Scotland, Wales ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- The brothers' fundamental breakthrough was their invention of ... From the beginning of their aeronautical work, the Wright brothers ...67 KB (10,436 words) - 14:04, 20 May 2023
- ) was a parliament of the French Revolution, following the two-year ... The Convention came about in the wake of the King's Flight to ...73 KB (10,932 words) - 21:23, 26 December 2022
- is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the ... The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the ...163 KB (21,399 words) - 17:45, 1 February 2024
- August 4, 1961) served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 ... Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He ...70 KB (9,939 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of ... resented the humiliating terms imposed by France and England at the Treaty ...75 KB (11,428 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- quot;) is the English name for a cluster of Chinese religious and philosophical ... # a family of organized Chinese religious movements, such as the Zhengyi ...58 KB (8,657 words) - 22:14, 25 January 2024
- Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the ... Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied ...85 KB (12,450 words) - 21:54, 26 January 2022
- power to become the absolute ruler of the Soviet Union between 1928 ... superpower and did not see the elimination of millions of lives as an impediment ...78 KB (11,852 words) - 06:34, 6 May 2024
- of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Command module pilot Michael ... Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center ...97 KB (14,466 words) - 15:45, 11 August 2023
- transcontinental country extending over much of northern Eurasia (Asia and Europe). The largest country in the world by land area, Russia has the world ...137 KB (20,217 words) - 18:16, 22 December 2022
- produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, Western art, ecclesiastical ... With the decline of Rome and the ascendancy of Christianity in Europe ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 10:52, 19 December 2023
- painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now ... Dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents ...107 KB (16,223 words) - 20:24, 30 June 2023
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and ... After the war, Philip was granted permission by George VI to marry ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- There was systematic political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union, ... based on the interpretation of political opposition or dissent as ...199 KB (24,192 words) - 20:08, 19 September 2022
- in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia ... ) or "co-reigning" city of the Byzantine Empire alongside ...256 KB (33,767 words) - 18:54, 1 April 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
- the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by speakers (not necessarily native ... Arabic literature emerged in the sixth century with only fragments ...44 KB (6,658 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- 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
