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- ; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a central province of the People ... ), after the powerful state of Chu that existed here during the Eastern ...22 KB (3,092 words) - 21:04, 7 February 2024
- metal that is found in ores in many parts of the world. It is an essential ... sunburn and diaper rash. The chloride of zinc is a deodorant, and the ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 06:07, 13 June 2023
- was a court instituted by the National Convention during the French ... revolutionary factions, with the passage of the Law of Suspects and the ...30 KB (4,279 words) - 19:45, 31 August 2023
- Nitric acid (chemical formula HNO3) is one of the most important inorganic ... It is also used for the manufacture of explosives (such as nitroglycerine ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, body of water, or other physical obstacle ... The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 20:15, 11 March 2024
- from 538 to 710, was a period in the history of Japan during which the capital ... during the Asuka period, borrowing systems of political and social organization ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- and artistic movement predominant at the end of the nineteenth and beginning ... and mystical poetry and philosophy of Fyodor Tyutchev and Vladimir ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 15:49, 1 June 2023
- Monarchs in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea are descended from Emperor ... This genealogy shows the line of succession from the founding monarch ...95 KB (11,477 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- true to the Genesis account, this is one of the most famous depictions ... covenants underpin the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and ...23 KB (3,861 words) - 20:30, 28 May 2020
- IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes.] ... Working Group on Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) of the International Astronomical ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern ... Maximilian Weber was born in Erfurt, Germany, the eldest of seven ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important hand-written ancient ... Originally, it contained the whole of both Testaments. The Greek Old ...31 KB (4,479 words) - 22:23, 7 January 2024
- than revelation—should form the basis of religion. In England and the ... In France, on the other hand, Deism in the person of Voltaire took ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 09:13, 28 January 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
- | WHS = Archaeological Site of Troy | Image = [[Image:Troy1.jpg|300px|Walls of the excavated city ...26 KB (4,181 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- The Nobel Prizes are prizes instituted by the will of Alfred Bernhard ... have been honored more than once, a total of 813 different individuals and ...34 KB (5,294 words) - 02:33, 16 November 2022
- Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian ... Holberg contributed to the common literature of Denmark-Norway. With the advent ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 06:39, 16 November 2022
- KayEss-1.jpeg|thumb|right|225px|Painting of the Buddha's first sermon ... Sachchhani) are the foundational teachings of Buddhism, typically given as ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- novel in the Spanish language, and one of the most influential and enduring ... could readily be identified within the genre of the novel. Medieval literature ...33 KB (5,296 words) - 17:47, 9 November 2022
- 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
- CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United ... One of the pioneer radio networks, from its earliest days CBS established ...26 KB (4,054 words) - 22:42, 7 January 2024
- The 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between July 2-6, 1777 ... The uncontested surrender of Ticonderoga caused an uproar in the American ...22 KB (3,302 words) - 21:10, 28 March 2024
- the order Foraminiferida (or Foraminifera of supergroup Rhizaria), characterized ... sand dollars, and many other animals. Tens of thousands per square meter ...14 KB (1,865 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- Esther Sleepe Burney (1725-1762). The third of six children, she was self ... eight plays, one biography, and 20 volumes of journals and letters. In addition ...31 KB (4,786 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
- C.E., best known for his role in the trial of Jesus. His full name was Yosef ... A member of the party of the Sadducees, Caiaphas was the son-in-law ...15 KB (2,468 words) - 18:17, 25 November 2023
- storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information. Information science ... understanding problems from the perspective of the stakeholders involved and ...37 KB (5,078 words) - 17:20, 15 April 2021
- née Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. ... Her memoirs of pioneering a coffee farm in Africa, where she had an ...13 KB (2,057 words) - 18:02, 14 May 2024
- The Gospel of John, (literally, According to John; Greek, Κατά ... Of the four gospels, John is the only one that presents a true christology ...37 KB (5,608 words) - 20:09, 13 September 2023
- Dinosaur Provincial Park is located in the valley of the Red Deer ... park is well known for being one of the largest known dinosaur fossil ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 15:24, 29 January 2024
- The Book of Kells (less widely known as the Book of Columba) is an ... The Book of Kells is the high point of a group of manuscripts produced ...38 KB (6,352 words) - 00:21, 19 November 2023
- Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume ... remove barriers to the indexing activities of search engines. ...24 KB (3,505 words) - 02:44, 21 April 2023
- Nitrogen (symbol N, atomic number 7) is the chief constituent of the ... In living organisms, nitrogen atoms are part of the molecular structures ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 02:26, 16 November 2022
- Österreichs, was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Greater Germany ... The events of March 12, 1938, marked the culmination of historical ...45 KB (6,819 words) - 05:13, 31 July 2023
- 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
- 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
- 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
- #039;s equator, and the apparent position of the Sun at that moment. point, celestial equator, and other such elements are taken to be used in ...25 KB (4,132 words) - 19:17, 13 February 2024
- a Jacobean playwright, and indisputably one of the most accomplished and influential ... particular, Fletcher is considered to be one of the most important authors ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 06:38, 8 April 2024
- Gaya refers to a confederacy of chiefdoms in the Nakdong River valley ... The Gaya confederacy became a key component of the Silla dynasty. ...15 KB (2,181 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- Hōryū-ji (法隆寺; Temple of the Flourishing Law) is a Buddhist ... . Hōryū-ji was originally built in 607 by Empress Suiko and Crown Prince ...23 KB (3,463 words) - 00:01, 25 August 2023
- traits, and criminality on the basis of the shape of the head (by reading ... these do not correspond to the level of complexity that Gall described ...15 KB (2,198 words) - 05:06, 24 November 2022
- and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after helping lead ... world leaders to see to the realization of such. His diplomatic skills ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- are said to have attained the realization of siddhis (psychic abilities ... A distinct concept of "siddha" is also found in the religion ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 20:06, 21 April 2023
- all concentrations. It was once known as oil of vitriol, a term coined by the ... million tonnes, with an approximate value of $8 billion. Principal uses ...31 KB (4,778 words) - 21:53, 26 February 2023
- developed from the logographic characters of Chinese origin, known in Japan ... into Taiwanese to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters like furigana ...25 KB (3,410 words) - 02:35, 5 October 2022
- 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
- Entomology is the scientific study of insects. Insects are arthropods ... Insects have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms ...14 KB (2,060 words) - 18:58, 13 February 2024
- vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety ... == Usage of sonata == The Baroque era applied the term sonata to a ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- 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
- Qila Rohtas) - a garrison fort built by the great Afghan king Sher ... Rohtasgarh, situated on the upper course of the river Son, 20 37’ ...24 KB (3,894 words) - 02:42, 16 December 2022
- that utilizes the behavior and effects of electrons for the production ... The name electrical engineering is still used to cover electronic ...28 KB (3,902 words) - 16:01, 13 February 2024
- A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around ... either optically (visual binaries) or by indirect techniques, such as ...43 KB (6,669 words) - 17:43, 31 October 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
- (June 6, 1436 – July 6, 1476), known by his Latin pseudonym Regiomontanus ... Regiomontanus made a number of important observations, including eclipses ...15 KB (2,318 words) - 03:03, 8 December 2022
- The French invasion of Russia (also known as the Russian Campaign ... ) which refers to Hitler's, rather than Napoleon's, invasion ...45 KB (6,717 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- The chansons de geste, Old French for "songs of heroic deeds ... preceded written culture, and show influence of both the pagan tradition as ...21 KB (3,315 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy, which studies fundamental ... existing or possible theories and practices of social, political matters, ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- discipline that deals with the development of technologies for generating ... Electrical engineers may work on such things as the construction of ...26 KB (3,608 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- smelling liquid. It is a natural constituent of crude oil but is usually synthesized ... Benzene has been the subject of studies by many famous scientists ...21 KB (3,162 words) - 10:44, 28 September 2023
- is listed as one the top 100 best actresses of the century. and often are selected as the top movies of the twentieth century. Those ...15 KB (2,271 words) - 15:36, 12 August 2022
- The Religious Society of Friends, whose members are known as Quakers ... as a Christian religious denomination by people who were dissatisfied ...39 KB (6,129 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- In the cosmology of Hinduism, the term Yuga (meaning: "age" ... associated with a progressive deterioration of dharma (or "righteousness ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 21:36, 4 June 2023
- The Society of the Friends of the Constitution ( Société des amis ... ), renamed the Society of the Jacobins, Friends of Freedom and Equality ( ...43 KB (6,105 words) - 17:02, 30 September 2023
- The rising was an attempt by militant Irish republicans to win independence ... stepping-stone in the eventual creation of the Irish Republic. The Irish ...29 KB (4,554 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2020
- originally constructed in the Peruvian Andes by the pre-Incan Chavín people ... A large part of the Chavin population was based on an agricultural ...15 KB (2,387 words) - 00:46, 5 December 2023
- were able to be exposed to a wider range of music than ever before, giving ... visual with the broadcast and recording of music videos and concerts. ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- The Blues, a haunting, stylistic type of vocal and instrumental music ... It evolved in the United States in the communities of former African ...51 KB (7,870 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- This article is about the form of dwelling {{multiple image|perrow ... a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or ...27 KB (3,923 words) - 00:12, 4 February 2024
- that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch ... (pron. enkyklos paideia), literally 'the things of boys/child ...30 KB (4,429 words) - 15:48, 26 September 2023
- Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon one of the figures most associated ... Robbe-Grillet, an influential theorist as well as writer of the nouveau ...15 KB (2,225 words) - 04:24, 17 June 2023
- The Books of Samuel (Hebrew: ספר שמואל—Sefer Sh'muel ... The Books of Samuel originally formed a single text, which probably ...37 KB (5,923 words) - 19:27, 20 November 2023
- nanometers (nm) (15.7-27.6 millionths of an inch)). In a scientific ... The study of light and its interaction with matter is termed optics ...39 KB (6,028 words) - 01:15, 26 October 2022
- to Wudangquan or the “internal” styles of Chinese martial arts, which ... Neijia styles teach awareness of the spirit, mind, chi (breath), and ...24 KB (3,729 words) - 16:11, 11 November 2022
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... Korean history has long included elements of Shamanism, Confucianism ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Ammonia is a chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, with the ... several important roles, serving as a source of nitrogen for plants and helping ...39 KB (5,803 words) - 07:35, 25 July 2023
- 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
- as they cross national boundaries, usually by the government of the importing ... protect domestic industries and as a source of revenue. Methods for accomplishing ...32 KB (5,003 words) - 04:32, 27 February 2023
- ) are one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary ... used in the People's Republic of China on Mainland China, Singapore ...45 KB (6,288 words) - 22:48, 10 February 2024
- An open air museum is a distinct type of museum that exhibits its ... American models focus on representations of daily life, which should properly ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 00:49, 18 November 2022
- Lily is the common name for any of the herbaceous flowering plants ... While members of the genus Lilium are the "true lilies," ...20 KB (2,868 words) - 08:42, 8 March 2023
- is said to have begun as an offshoot of the Ismaili sect of Islam, ... . The Druze call themselves Ahl al-Tawhid ("People of Monotheism ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 21:14, 30 January 2024
- theos, god) refers to belief in, or worship of, multiple gods or deities. ... The term "polytheism" is sometimes applied to a wide variety ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- 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
- and was known to have written a number of philosophical treatises. While ... the characters and recounts the noble deeds of Greek and Roman soldiers, legislators ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 08:08, 24 November 2022
- The Bosporan Kingdom, or the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, was ... third century B.C.E. until it was conquered by the Romans in the early first ...15 KB (2,433 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- "Kan-Yu" which means 'The Law of Heaven and Earth.’ ... Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 2023
- Korea's first religion, the religion of Dangun, the mythical founder ... Shamanism, a tribal religion practiced by tribal people around the world ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- history. The innovative music and style of John Lennon (1940–1980), ... The Beatles popularity led the "British Invasion" of United ...38 KB (5,974 words) - 15:30, 30 April 2023
- mid-Ming Dynasty (1420 - 1912) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911 ... Since 1924, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- ) was the governor of the Roman Iudaea province from 26 -36 C.E. He ... Although sometimes portrayed sympathetically because of his reported ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 20:06, 9 April 2023
- lit. “capital capital,” or “capital of capitals") was the Imperial ... Kyoto is known as one of the academic centers of Japan, and is home ...36 KB (5,281 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- 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
- ) describes the central area of the original city of Havana, Cuba ... Following a royal Spanish decree by Philip II of Spain in 1561, all ...17 KB (2,656 words) - 00:04, 18 November 2022
- where the notations are not entered by buttons but are written on ... comptometers, Napier's bones, books of mathematical tables, slide ...24 KB (3,458 words) - 18:22, 25 November 2023
- 5) served as Nicholas II's Chairman of the Council of Ministers—the ... the next several years until the outbreak of World War I, which would ultimately ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 20:10, 16 January 2024
- important semiconductor, though dozens of others are important as well. that exploit the electronic properties of semiconductor materials, principally ...37 KB (5,657 words) - 17:50, 25 January 2023
- Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist ... Oh Joy! Oh Rapture! The Enduring Phenomenon of Gilbert and Sullivan (Oxford ...35 KB (5,340 words) - 10:04, 14 December 2022
- He lives and works in Chennai, India. Married, his family consists ... Ilaiyaraaja had been the most prominent composer of film music in ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- The Gospel of Matthew (literally, "according to Matthew"; ... authorship to Matthew the Evangelist, one of Jesus' twelve disciples ...26 KB (3,813 words) - 14:10, 30 December 2022
- doctor. Lacan’s ‘return to the meaning of Freud’ profoundly changed ... Lacan's work has had a profound impact on the development of ...49 KB (7,514 words) - 08:30, 18 March 2024
- ; "School of Mo") or Moism is a Chinese Philosophy founded ... individual piety and submission to the will of "heaven," or "Shang ...17 KB (2,759 words) - 19:44, 9 November 2022
- Models of the Indo-Aryan migration discusses scenarios of prehistoric ... In the case of the Indo-Aryan race, they indeed appear to have origin ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- De Borchgrave interviewed many heads of state, heads of government ... d'Altena family. He was the son of Belgian Count Baudouin de Borchgrave ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 03:52, 15 August 2023
- ) is the most influential sub-school of the Vedānta (Sanskrit for ... . Advaita is often called a monistic system of thought. The word ...32 KB (4,839 words) - 06:20, 15 June 2023
- to the color era, Hitchcock remains one of the best known and most popular ... Hitchcock was the quintessential master of suspense. One aspect that ...29 KB (4,441 words) - 08:14, 20 July 2023
- Romanian playwright and dramatist, one of the foremost playwrights of ... The 'Theatre of the Absurd' is thought to have its origins ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 04:19, 23 March 2024
- long (240 to 270 cm). Ski jumping is part of the Winter Olympic Games, but ... Ski jumping, like skydiving, is a sport practiced by those who enjoy ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
- a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) ... An aerophone is a musical instrument that produces sound primarily ...37 KB (5,471 words) - 15:52, 11 March 2024
- 200 books and articles in various fields of science. He was well versed ... Razi's portrait adorns the great hall of the Faculty of Medicine in ...24 KB (3,833 words) - 01:39, 8 December 2022
- Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (the anglicized form of Schönberg—Schoenberg ... He began composing at the young age of ten, producing short pieces ...35 KB (5,095 words) - 03:55, 15 August 2023
- American Thoroughbred racehorse considered by many to be the greatest racehorse ... Sired by Bold Ruler out of the dam Somethingroyal, Secretariat was ...29 KB (4,653 words) - 17:43, 25 January 2023
- Music is an auditory art comprised of meaningful arrangements of sounds ... Generally, music is known through the cognition of specific arrangements ...47 KB (7,194 words) - 19:07, 30 September 2023
- and much revered figure in the majority of [Hinduism|Hindu]] traditions ... Vyasa is the author of, and an important character in, the Mahabharata ...17 KB (2,751 words) - 21:52, 3 May 2023
- Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) takes the form of ... various types, according to the frequency of the wave. These types include ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- and diplomat. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature ... passions that would become a commonplace of Romanticism: "One inhabits ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 09:37, 11 April 2024
- and short-story writer who is considered one of the foremost figures in world ... with the social and psychological anomie of modern life than were many ...30 KB (4,821 words) - 06:22, 6 May 2024
- ) 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
- most prominent in the first few centuries of the Common Era. It is also ... The origins of gnosticism are not clearly known, but there is general ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- The original context of the term scapegoat was a Jewish purification ... The modern (almost clichéd) use of the term to describe an individual ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- The term "Web 2.0" describes the changing trends in the ... " emphasizing the participatory aspect of the web as opposed to the web ...39 KB (5,412 words) - 23:24, 3 May 2023
- Main sequence is the class name for stars that occupy a continuous ... at its hot, dense core through the fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium ...39 KB (5,825 words) - 10:55, 9 March 2023
- The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands in the southern Pacific ... The islands are best known for being the home of the descendants of ...17 KB (2,562 words) - 06:19, 24 November 2022
- one") is a principal deity of Hinduism who is especially ... or dancing the Tandava upon the demon of ignorance in his manifestation ...43 KB (6,555 words) - 20:31, 21 April 2021
- E. – September 10, 210 B.C.E.), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese ... his prime minister Lǐ Sī passed a series of major reforms aimed at cementing ...27 KB (4,481 words) - 23:18, 3 November 2023
- astronomer, geographer, and mathematician of the Hellenistic period. He ... Most of what is known about Hipparchus comes from Ptolemy's ...39 KB (6,174 words) - 21:25, 30 January 2024
- or "lucky") is the protagonist of a classic German legend who ... The historical origin of Faust's name and persona remains unclear ...35 KB (5,273 words) - 01:42, 26 March 2024
- Online shopping is the process of researching and purchasing products ... ” and pays with a credit card or some form of electronic payment. The products ...28 KB (4,204 words) - 00:40, 18 November 2022
- The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen ... The protests were sparked by the death of pro-market and pro-democracy ...57 KB (8,680 words) - 14:07, 14 January 2024
- ; literally "ancient stringed instrument") is the modern ... While certain rules of acoustics were followed in the construction ...45 KB (6,609 words) - 01:21, 15 July 2023
- fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering ... Variants of the tale are known across Europe. Heidi Anne Heiner, [http://www ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 10:19, 26 September 2023
- (after Lake Balaton). The southern shore of the lake is in France, taking ... shore. The northern (Swiss) shore is bounded by sloping vineyards and orchards ...16 KB (2,589 words) - 23:17, 21 October 2022
- worldwide Scouting movement founded in 1908 by Robert Baden-Powell. A parallel ... fitness through a structured program of outdoor activities. The Scout ...39 KB (5,942 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- Water purification is the process of removing contaminants from a ... as particulate sand, suspended particles of organic material, parasites ...30 KB (4,619 words) - 23:17, 3 May 2023
- The cuneiform script (kjuːˈniːəfɔrm) is the earliest known form ... The Sumerian script was adapted for the writing of the Akkadian, Elamite ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 06:45, 12 January 2024
- , and (1871–1872), as President of Mexico.For resisting the French ... and adoption of a federalist constitution. ==Early life== ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 09:15, 27 September 2023
- Darband) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is the ... Often identified with the legendary Gates of Alexander, Derbent claims ...18 KB (2,614 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
- |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
- " which remained his nickname for the rest of his life. A founding figure of modern jazz, or bebop, Parker's innovative ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- century in reaction to the rationalism of the Enlightenment. Wordsworth ... Originally inspired by the French Revolution and the social changes ...18 KB (2,833 words) - 15:19, 14 May 2023
- thermocouples are a widely used type of temperature sensor and can ... == Principle of operations == In 1821, the German–Estonian physicist ...22 KB (3,206 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- " "origin") is the first book of the Bible, also called The ... The book begins with a description of God's act of creation, ...32 KB (5,356 words) - 06:45, 18 April 2024
- [[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
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written ... It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl ...56 KB (8,538 words) - 21:33, 6 June 2023
- in the early twentieth-century philosophies of William James and John Dewey ... Upon the rise of analytic philosophy after World War II, the classical ...38 KB (5,567 words) - 22:10, 30 November 2022
- She was a notable first female in a variety of additional positions, including ... Sauvé's main objective was to see to the fulfillment of national ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- ), also known as a state within a state, connotes a form of clandestine ... to a conspiracy designed to thwart the will of the people. It is typically ...29 KB (4,345 words) - 08:37, 15 January 2023
- Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music inspired by or attempting ... In the history of rock music, psychedelic rock is a bridge from early ...40 KB (6,210 words) - 08:25, 2 December 2022
- Vishnu as the all-pervading essence of all beings, the master of—and ... Vishnu is also venerated as Mukunda, Supreme God who is the giver ...50 KB (7,445 words) - 20:39, 3 May 2023
- Plagiarism is taking the ideas of another and using them without giving ... which occurs when one violates copyright law by failing to get permission from ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 06:23, 24 November 2022
- 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
- (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
- South Korea's contemporary culture has been shaped by the passionate ... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- Nan or Taiwanese Hok-kiàn) is a province of China located on the southeast ... center and pristine nature. The ecology of the province has been threatened ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- geological formations. The construction of a large dam may force the relocation ... and before that, from Middle Dutch, as seen in the names of many old ...36 KB (5,567 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- ==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
- The Norse pantheon consisted of numerous minor dieties that were often ... Norse Mythology is renowned for its rich tapestry of colorful stories ...36 KB (5,860 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- Hydrogen peroxide was first isolated in 1818 by Louis Jacques Thénard ... Hydrogen peroxide is manufactured today almost exclusively by the ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 13:20, 4 February 2023
- is the oldest and most fundamental branch of mathematics. It is used by ... In common usage, arithmetic refers to a branch of mathematics that ...35 KB (4,898 words) - 02:39, 15 August 2023
- Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the ... Brazzaville was founded in 1880, on the site of a village named Nkuna ...18 KB (2,623 words) - 22:54, 20 November 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
- Justice is the ideal, morally correct state of things and persons ... important: "Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth ...34 KB (5,251 words) - 21:23, 4 October 2022
- [[Image:Pie Grande.jpg|thumb|200 px|Artistic depiction of Bigfoot]] like animal believed to inhabit the forests of North America, although people ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 02:27, 21 April 2023
- The angiosperms (also called flowering plants) are a major group of ... Angiosperms comprise one of the two groups in the seed plants, the ...33 KB (5,220 words) - 01:41, 9 January 2023
- injustice and tyranny. His band consists of a "seven score" group ... He has been the subject of numerous movies, television series, books ...35 KB (5,638 words) - 17:08, 16 August 2023
- 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
- quot; or "creating") is a form of art in which language is used ... Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts ...69 KB (10,532 words) - 00:11, 5 March 2023
- ) is the capital city and the economic and communications hub of Padova ... the poet Dante lived, where Saint Anthony of Padua is buried, and as the ...25 KB (3,594 words) - 06:14, 18 November 2022
- are a list of religious and moral laws, which, according to biblical ... According to the Hebrew Bible, Moses was called by God to receive ...37 KB (5,883 words) - 02:58, 19 April 2023
- The Tower of London (known historically simply as The Tower), is an ... The Tower of London is sometimes identified with the White Tower, ...20 KB (3,219 words) - 04:47, 1 May 2023
- Shanghai, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is China ... and parking lots for automobiles, north of the foreign concessions. During ...46 KB (6,727 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- , represents the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ ... between North and South Korea and a source of incidents. The truce that called ...29 KB (4,482 words) - 19:40, 4 May 2024
- pop, is contemporary music and a common type of popular music (distinguished ... Pop music may include elements of rock, hip hop, reggae, dance, R ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- the Cold War. He served as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the ... Born in rural Russia in 1902, Suslov became a member of the All-Union ...40 KB (5,479 words) - 22:14, 30 March 2023
- Bedřich Smetana (March 2, 1824 - 12 May 12, 1884) is considered one ... founded several music schools in promotion of Czech music and fostered a ...28 KB (4,344 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (March 11 ... Wilson is generally recognized as a man of profound intellect but ...47 KB (7,170 words) - 20:22, 29 January 2022
- ) 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 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
- James Watt (January 19, 1736 – August 25, 1819)Although a number ... Watt was born on January 19, 1736, in Greenock, a seaport on the Firth ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 08:53, 1 April 2024
- , also called Haakon the Old, was king of Norway from 1217 to 1263. Under ... a single (rather than two co-rulers) king of legitimate birth succeeded ...19 KB (3,123 words) - 23:53, 29 July 2023
- #039;Oresme (c.1323 - July 11, 1382) was one of the most original thinkers ... Oresme evolved a geometrical method of plotting speed or intensity ...30 KB (4,510 words) - 09:44, 11 March 2023
- 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
- The Battle of Charleston was a Confederate victory in Kanawha County ... 13, 1862, during the American Civil War. Troops led by Major General ...38 KB (5,738 words) - 19:45, 30 March 2024
- Hamlet: Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It ... and it is universally included on lists of the world's greatest books. ...40 KB (6,336 words) - 16:59, 21 January 2024
- modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1530–1540 ... bitter rival, obtained the sovereignty of Kabul and Lahore, the more ...33 KB (5,251 words) - 21:14, 11 January 2023
- 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
- 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
- and physiology, Wundt created a new branch of science, psychology, which ... The later years of Wundt's life were spent working on Völkerpsychologie ...20 KB (2,709 words) - 12:00, 5 May 2023
- its sour taste and pungent smell. It is one of the simplest carboxylic acids ... chemical useful for the production of various synthetic fibers and ...35 KB (5,135 words) - 07:33, 14 June 2023
- Operetta is a genre of the performing arts, related to opera, but ... made opera, a typically dense and epic form of entertainment, available to ...19 KB (2,844 words) - 00:52, 18 November 2022
- very popular with the Viennese public. Son of the composer Johann Strauss ... building on his father's foundation of popularizing the waltz in Vienna ...18 KB (2,468 words) - 14:59, 1 August 2022
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms ( t=三國演義|s=三国演义|p=sānguó ... ), written by Luo Guanzhong in the fourteenth century, is a Chinese ...29 KB (4,917 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- Angkor refers to the region of Cambodia serving as the seat of the ... and most vibrant Hindu empire outside of India. The Khmer name has become ...32 KB (4,644 words) - 18:07, 27 July 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
- A virtue is a trait or disposition of character that leads to good ... and Aristotle dealt with virtues in terms of character traits of the soul ...43 KB (6,406 words) - 20:37, 3 May 2023
- Hearst acquired and developed a series of influential newspapers, starting ... to promote his views. Near the end of his life he turned to philanthropy ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 10:39, 12 May 2023
- Traditional Thai art was heavily influenced by Buddhist and Hindu ... In ancient Thailand, as in most parts of Southeast Asia, artists typically ...45 KB (6,630 words) - 15:04, 30 April 2023
- ) was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Armies of the ... The Long March began the ascent to power of Mao Zedong, whose leadership ...32 KB (4,903 words) - 07:52, 9 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
- who served as the first prime minister of the Russian Empire, replacing ... Witte served under the last two emperors of Russia, Alexander III ...50 KB (7,301 words) - 10:01, 26 January 2023
- great interest in exposing the workings of the subconscious mind through ... on January 28, 1912. He was the youngest of five boys. A year after Pollock ...37 KB (5,789 words) - 09:21, 13 March 2024
- and longing, or storm and impulse) is the name of a movement in German literature ... to have provided the ideological basis of Sturm und Drang, and Johann ...20 KB (2,696 words) - 20:55, 26 February 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
- The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... Indian classical music has one of the most complex and complete musical ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- and formerly Vietnamese. Four percent of Chinese characters are derived ... parts where one indicates a general category of meaning and the other the sound ...55 KB (8,141 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- quot;) describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere. The ... The outermost part of the Earth's interior is made up of two ...57 KB (8,619 words) - 02:46, 8 January 2024
- pursued his education at the University of Virginia before making various ... 1950s, Tangier was his home for the remainder of his life. ...32 KB (4,975 words) - 16:49, 21 November 2022
- best known during his own lifetime as one of the leading orchestral and ... Gesellen (usually rendered as 'Songs of a Wayfarer', but literally ...43 KB (6,581 words) - 23:49, 26 July 2023
- 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
- a fictional comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer ... miniseries Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, by writer-artist Frank Miller ...56 KB (8,607 words) - 11:11, 20 September 2023
- Magnolia is the common name and genus name for a large group of deciduous ... east and southeast Asia. Today, many species of Magnolia and an ever increasing ...24 KB (3,395 words) - 10:50, 9 March 2023
- An allergy is an abnormally high or misguided reaction by the immune ... The immune system is the system of specialized cells and organs that ...22 KB (3,374 words) - 00:41, 9 January 2023
- Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is a branch of philosophy; it ... "aisthetike" and was coined by the philosopher Alexander ...53 KB (8,177 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... Archaeologists place the first arrival of humans on the island to ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- The Paris Commune during the French Revolution was the government ... By 1792, the Commune was dominated by those Jacobins who were not ...32 KB (4,786 words) - 22:20, 25 June 2022
- is a figure from Greek mythology called by Pindar "the minstrel ... His name does not occur in Homer or Hesiod, though he was known by ...19 KB (3,011 words) - 02:17, 18 November 2022
- – 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
- == Evolution of the glyph == J upside down. The main contribution of the western Ghubar Arabs was ...35 KB (5,128 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- Korean painting includes paintings made in Korea or by overseas Koreans ... traditionally characterized by simplicity, spontaneity, and naturalism ...22 KB (3,315 words) - 22:03, 5 January 2024
- 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
- Mo) is a term applied to a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory ... Many theorists agree that we can distinguish between two senses of ...45 KB (6,401 words) - 05:50, 30 November 2022
- Korea has one of the longest continuous histories of any kingdom or ... North Korea and South Korea. The borders of Korea have fluctuated throughout ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- an unrelated physics theory with a similar name, see Theory of Relativity evaluate beliefs and behaviors only in terms of, for example, their historical ...25 KB (3,816 words) - 03:07, 8 December 2022
- The Night of the Long Knives (German: Nacht der langen Messer) or ... Ernst Röhm, because he saw the independence of the SA and the penchant of ...33 KB (5,289 words) - 04:05, 15 November 2022
- – January 23, 1991), a Canadian, was one of the most distinguished literary ... degree at Victoria College, University of Toronto. He then studied theology ...25 KB (3,694 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- a multifaceted Greek goddess whose spheres of influence centered around wisdom ... She was known as the companion of heroes, protector of cities, and ...30 KB (4,535 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- The Storming of the Bastille ( Prise de la Bastille pʁiz də la bastij| insurgents storming and seizing control of the medieval armory, fortress ...35 KB (5,341 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... Gansu has a unique role in China. Sitting on the terminus of the Silk ...21 KB (2,969 words) - 04:27, 18 April 2024
- ), 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
- The Objectivist poets were a loose-knit group of second-generation ... The core group consisted of the American poets Zukofsky, Williams ...24 KB (3,660 words) - 19:52, 17 November 2022
- The Battle of Inchon (also Romanized as "Incheon;" ... Incheon Sangryuk Jakjeon; code name: Operation Chromite) was a decisive ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern ... Mariana Islands. They are the southern part of a submerged mountain range ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana on the mainland ... Founded by the British in 1781 and named for King George III of the ...22 KB (3,015 words) - 15:16, 21 May 2024
- Degenerate art is the English translation of the German entartete ... Degenerate Art was also the title of an exhibition, mounted by the ...20 KB (2,833 words) - 09:12, 28 January 2024
- " 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
- Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United ... to the early culture at Poverty Point, one of the largest and most important ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
- unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass ... Fans of the Grateful Dead were known as "Deadheads" and ...21 KB (3,133 words) - 17:52, 20 January 2023
- October 4, 1669) is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers ... Biographical Dictionary. "His treatment of mankind is full of human sympathy ...23 KB (3,470 words) - 03:58, 8 December 2022
- Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين ... a wealthy nation. With a per capita GDP of $25,300 in 2006, Bahrain was ...38 KB (5,603 words) - 05:46, 26 August 2023
- Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country ... In 1895 the name "Rhodesia" was applied to the Ndebele territory ...31 KB (4,520 words) - 05:42, 13 June 2023
- , "Island of Atlas") is a mythical island nation first mentioned ... Plato's account of Atlantis, believed to be the first, is found ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- Simon Wiesenthal, Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) (December ... At the end of World War II, thousands of Nazis who participated in ...23 KB (3,477 words) - 22:10, 29 January 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
- 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
- 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
- A cowboy is an animal herder, usually in charge of the horses and/or ... It appears to be a direct English translation of vaquero, the Spanish ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 06:14, 11 January 2024
- known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, the Revolt of the West or the West Country ... The failure of Parliamentary efforts to exclude James from the succession ...41 KB (6,020 words) - 19:00, 7 March 2024
- The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced ... Characterized by its use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical ...117 KB (17,054 words) - 12:48, 4 June 2023
- The Jesus Seminar refers to a group of "scholars with advanced ... One of the most active groups in biblical criticism, [http://www.religioustolerance ...36 KB (5,268 words) - 08:35, 3 April 2024
