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- The dechristianization of France during the French Revolution describes the results of a number of separate policies conducted by successive ...27 KB (3,836 words) - 09:01, 28 January 2024
- Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (April 16, 1755 - March 30, 1842), also known as Madame Lebrun, was a French portraitist, who is best remembered ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 06:24, 13 June 2023
- Ramadan (also spelled Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of ...25 KB (3,551 words) - 00:32, 8 December 2022
- Arabic literature (Arabic ,الأدب العربي ) Al-Adab Al-Arabi, is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by speakers (not necessarily ...44 KB (6,658 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- Supramolecular chemistry refers to an area of chemistry that specializes in the study of noncovalent interactions within and between molecules. ...20 KB (2,678 words) - 17:36, 23 October 2022
- The Ebionites (from Hebrew; אביונים, Ebyonim, "the poor ones") were an early sect of Jewish followers of Jesus that flourished ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 18:00, 12 February 2024
- Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities to non-human beings, objects, natural, or supernatural phenomena. ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. The word cocoa also is used to refer to ...17 KB (2,570 words) - 22:19, 7 January 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{Infobox Ethnic group |group = Tuscarora |image = ...19 KB (2,784 words) - 00:36, 3 May 2023
- The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by gradualist and reformist ...17 KB (2,508 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- The Westminster Confession of Faith is a reformed confession of faith, in the Calvinist theological tradition embraced by the Church of Scotland ...10 KB (1,440 words) - 17:22, 4 May 2023
- The Canadian Screen Awards ( link=no|Les prix Écrans canadiens ) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing ...36 KB (5,123 words) - 19:13, 25 November 2023
- Soldering is a high-temperature method of joining metallic surfaces using a filler material called a solder. A solder is a metal alloy with a ...27 KB (4,119 words) - 00:47, 4 February 2023
- Framing, in construction known as light frame construction, is a building technique based around structural members, usually called studs, which ...26 KB (4,085 words) - 06:40, 1 April 2024
- Fire apparatus (or firefighting apparatus) is a generic term that refers to a vehicle designed to fight fires, such as a fire engine or fire ...18 KB (2,795 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- Category:Public [[File:Heidegger 2 (1960).jpg|thumb|200px|Martin Heidegger]] Martin Heidegger (September 26, 1889 – May 26, 1976) is considered ...24 KB (3,594 words) - 16:31, 6 November 2022
- Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of rock and roll as a distinct style of music. It flourished in the mid 1950s based mainly in the American ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 21:31, 16 April 2023
- Mount St. Helens is an active volcano in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located 128 ...26 KB (4,064 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- Calvinism is a system of Christian theology advanced by John Calvin, a Protestant Reformer in the sixteenth century, and further developed by ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 18:38, 25 November 2023
- Islamic philosophy (الفلسفة الإسلامية) is a branch of Islamic studies, and is a longstanding attempt to create harmony between ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 21:49, 8 March 2024
- A rock is a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals and mineral-like substances called mineraloids. Rocks are classified as igneous, sedimentary ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 02:25, 16 December 2022
- The start of the European Colonization of the Americas is typically dated to 1492, although there was at least one earlier colonization effort ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- Giovanni Caboto (c. 1450 – c. 1499), known in English as John Cabot, was an Italian navigator and explorer commonly credited as the first early ...9 KB (1,380 words) - 04:35, 3 August 2022
- The American Ballet Theatre (ABT), based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the twentieth century and remains a leading ...8 KB (1,230 words) - 02:53, 24 July 2023
- This article is about the 20th-century aviator. {{Infobox Biography | subject_name = Charles Lindbergh | image_name = LindberghStLouis.jpg ...26 KB (3,945 words) - 21:30, 4 December 2023
- The Russian battleship Potemkin ( Князь Потёмкин Таврический|translit=Kniaz Potyomkin Tavricheskiy , "Prince Potemkin ...35 KB (5,047 words) - 18:20, 22 December 2022
- In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is one of the foundational principles of the universe known as a maelstrom of dark, roiling seawater. ...16 KB (2,560 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- Tuber is a botanical term for an enlarged, fleshy, generally underground stem of certain seed plants, in which the typical stem parts are represented ...10 KB (1,640 words) - 18:40, 2 May 2023
- Yom Kippur (Hebrew:יוֹם כִּפּוּר meaning Day of Atonement) is the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar. It falls on the ...20 KB (3,188 words) - 16:40, 4 June 2023
- The Holy Grail is a mythical object or symbol associated with Jesus Christ. In earliest Grail literature, it was described as the dish, plate ...17 KB (2,819 words) - 16:11, 25 January 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication [[File:911-Panel.JPG|thumb|300px|A panel in the Newseum in Washington, DC shows the ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 12:56, 8 September 2023
- Philosophy of history or historiosophy is an area of philosophy concerning the eventual significance of human history. It examines the origin ...30 KB (4,545 words) - 04:16, 24 November 2022
- The Triple Entente ("entente"—French for "agreement") was the alliance formed in 1907 among the United Kingdom of Great ...9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2020
- Victorian literature is the body of poetry, fiction, essays, and letters produced during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901) and during ...18 KB (2,842 words) - 20:10, 3 May 2023
- Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (October 6, 1769 – October 13, 1812) was a British Major-General and Government Administrator. Brock is best ...28 KB (4,513 words) - 18:55, 7 March 2024
- In Greek mythology, Athena (Greek: Άθηνά , Athēnâ, or Ἀθήνη , Athénē; Latin: Minerva) was a multifaceted Greek goddess whose spheres ...30 KB (4,535 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "a country dweller or rustic") is a term that has been used from antiquity to derogatorily denote ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- Medical ethics, also known as health care ethics, or as biomedical ethics, is a field of applied ethics (see the article metaethics)—ethics ...22 KB (3,471 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University-Jen| name=Drew University| ...19 KB (2,571 words) - 17:43, 30 January 2024
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek language from the earliest texts, dating back to the early Archaic period ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- The Vatican Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana) is the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City. It is one of ...18 KB (2,595 words) - 14:42, 3 May 2023
- The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture. They ...22 KB (2,997 words) - 16:12, 20 July 2023
- Category:Anthropologists Levy-Bruhl, Lucien Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (April 10, 1857—March 13, 1939) was a French philosopher, sociologist, and anthropologist ...11 KB (1,515 words) - 02:25, 5 November 2022
- category:image wanted Legal deposit is a legal requirement that a person or organization submit copies of their publications to a repository. ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 19:03, 25 October 2022
- An ulcer (from Latin ulcus) is a lesion or eroded area on the surface of the skin or mucous membranes characterized by tissue disintegration ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:30, 11 November 2022
- Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to please or appease a deity, supernatural beings, or sacred social order, tribal ...43 KB (6,539 words) - 15:29, 10 December 2023
- The Gospel of James, also known as the Infancy Gospel of James or the Protoevangelium of James, is an apocryphal Gospel written about 150 C.E ...10 KB (1,588 words) - 12:08, 24 January 2023
- A pearl is a hard, smooth, rounded (not necessarily round), lustrous object made of nacre (mother-of-pearl) that is organically produced by certain ...20 KB (3,138 words) - 19:56, 22 April 2023
- Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge is located at the border of the Ngorongoro conservation area and the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is ...9 KB (1,415 words) - 00:05, 18 November 2022
- The Rule of Saint Basil refers to the monastic regulations formulated by Saint Basil the Great (ca. 330 - January 1, 379 C.E.), which became ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 03:26, 1 January 2022
- Albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is one of the eight tuna species belonging to the Thunnus genus. It is the only tuna species that can be marketed ...9 KB (1,355 words) - 17:46, 19 December 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Category:Law [[Image:Millais-Blind Girl.jpg|right|thumb|200 px|"The Blind Girl" ...25 KB (3,643 words) - 14:08, 3 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group-Jen| |group = Māori |image = [[Image:Te_Pun ...37 KB (5,756 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- The Speculum Humanae Salvationis or Mirror of Human Salvation was a bestselling anonymous illustrated work of popular theology in the late Middle ...10 KB (1,439 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- Scallop is the common name for any of the marine bivalve mollusks comprising the family Pectinidae, characterized by a large, well-developed ...19 KB (2,833 words) - 02:31, 21 April 2023
- Saint Bonaventura also Bonaventure (born Giovanni di Fidanza) (1221 - July 15, 1274), was a Franciscan theologian, philospher, general of the ...20 KB (3,032 words) - 07:21, 17 November 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Centaure Malmaison.jpg|thumb|240 px| Bronze Centaur ...9 KB (1,330 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves and bound with iron hoops. Its top and bottom are circular ...10 KB (1,477 words) - 10:53, 20 September 2023
- Maitreya, the "future Buddha" in Buddhist eschatology, is a Bodhisattva that many Buddhists believe will eventually appear on earth ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- The sitar (Urdu: ستار, Hindi: सितार) is probably the best-known South Asian instrument in the West. A Hindustani stringed instrument ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
- Tuscany ( Toscana ) is a region in west-central Italy on the shores of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas. It has an area of 22990|km2|sqmi ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- Haiku (俳句) is a mode of Japanese poetry initiated through a late ninteenth century revision by Masaoka Shiki of the older hokku (発句) ...26 KB (4,075 words) - 16:44, 21 January 2024
- The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ðe ɣwate'mala ), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico ...37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
- Category:Public {{Infobox_Philosopher | region = Western Philosophy | era = 20th-century philosophy | color = #B0C4DE | image_name = | ...30 KB (4,587 words) - 06:50, 13 June 2023
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (September 25, 1683 - September 12, 1764) was one of the most important French composer and music theorist of the Baroque ...9 KB (1,322 words) - 17:12, 2 April 2024
- Sedevacantism is a theological position embraced by a minority of Traditionalist Catholics which holds that the Papal See has been vacant since ...21 KB (3,214 words) - 20:24, 21 December 2023
- Cranes are any of the large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds comprising the family Guidae of the order Gruiformes. Cranes are distinguished ...19 KB (2,899 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- In Christianity, Sabellianism is the belief that God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit are three modes or aspects of God. Once popular ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 20:36, 17 April 2023
- Rosicrucianism (meaning "Rose Cross") refers to a family of secret societies formed in late medieval Germany, which taught esoteric ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 19:19, 16 December 2022
- The Place Stanislas, known colloquially as the place Stan', is a large pedestrian square in Nancy, Lorraine, France. Built between the Old ...10 KB (1,508 words) - 20:43, 9 April 2023
- Benedict Arnold (January 14, 1741 – June 14, 1801) was a famous American traitor, having been a general in the Continental Army during the ...26 KB (3,968 words) - 09:08, 27 September 2023
- Lemur is the common name for any of the prosimian primates belonging to the infraorder Lemuriformes, which comprises the families Lemuridae ...10 KB (1,459 words) - 19:36, 25 October 2022
- The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War, July 6, 1967 – January 13, 1970, was a political conflict caused by the attempted secession ...31 KB (4,828 words) - 22:13, 28 November 2023
- Category:Image wanted {{Infobox NFLretired |position=Wide Receiver / Safety |number=14 |birthdate=1913|1|31 Pine Bluff, Arkansas |deathdate=1997 ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 17:19, 30 January 2024
- In religion, folklore, and mythology, a demon (also rendered daemon, dæmon, or daimon) is a supernatural being of malevolent intent, or a fallen ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- | [[Image:floodislewight.jpg|thumb|right|250px|This picture shows the flood plain following a 1 in 10 year flood on the Isle of Wight.]] ...10 KB (1,461 words) - 19:34, 9 November 2023
- Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa also spelled "Djawa") is an island of Indonesia and the site of its capital city, Jakarta ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most prestigious professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams ...39 KB (6,001 words) - 14:44, 11 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group| |group=Haida |image=[[Image:Charles Edenshaw ...19 KB (2,932 words) - 16:43, 21 January 2024
- The photoelectric effect is a quantum electronic phenomenon in which electrons are emitted from matter after the absorption of energy from electromagnetic ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 04:26, 24 November 2022
- The Eritrean-Ethiopian War took place from May 1998 to June 2000, between Ethiopia and Eritrea, forming one of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa ...22 KB (3,294 words) - 19:30, 13 February 2024
- A flowchart is a common type of chart that represents an algorithm or process, showing the steps as boxes of various kinds and the order of steps ...10 KB (1,512 words) - 17:43, 28 March 2024
- The Panchatantra Panachatantra translated from the Sanskrit by Arthur W. Ryder, (Bombay: Jaico Publishing House, 1949) (from Ryder's esteemed ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 06:28, 18 November 2022
- The Juche Ideology (Juche Sasang 주체사상 in Korean; or Chuch'e; approximately, "joo-chey") is the official state ideology ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- Petra (from πέτρα "petra-πέτρα," cleft in the rock in Greek; Arabic: البتراء, Al-Butrā) is an archaeological site ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- Category:Psychologists Category:Public Maslow, Abraham Abraham Maslow (April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970) was an American psychologist who helped ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 06:31, 14 June 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Category:Biography Black, Davidson Davidson Black (July 25, 1884 – March 15, ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 08:39, 28 January 2024
- Flounder is a common name for various marine fish in the Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfish), and in particular those comprising the families ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 17:43, 28 March 2024
- Socialism in one country links=no|социализм в отдельно взятой стране|r=sotsializm v otdelno vzyatoy strane|t=socialism ...28 KB (3,944 words) - 18:00, 8 December 2022
- Synthesis (from ancient Greek σύνθεσις , σύν (with) and θεσις, placing) is commonly understood to be an integration of two or ...11 KB (1,635 words) - 01:58, 27 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Bachofen, Johann Jakob [[Image:Johann Jacob Bachofen.jpg|thumb|Johann Jacob Bachofen]] ...10 KB (1,351 words) - 14:47, 1 August 2022
- Being and existence in philosophy are related and somewhat overlapping with respect to their meanings. Classical Greek had no independent word ...25 KB (3,698 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- A fixed-wing aircraft, commonly called an airplane or aeroplane, (from the Greek: aéros- "air" and -planos "wandering") ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- Oregano is the common name for a perennial herbaceous plant, Origanum vulgare of the mint family (Lamiaceae), characterized by opposite, aromatic ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 01:11, 18 November 2022
- Bujumbura ( ˌbuːdʒəmˈbuːrə ) is the largest city, and the administrative, communications, and economic center of Burundi. Bujumbura is ...18 KB (2,590 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Lifestyle Category:Holiday {{Infobox Holiday | |holiday_name=Mother's Day |image=Ivana-Kobilca ...22 KB (3,311 words) - 17:00, 10 November 2022
- Quebec is a province in eastern Canada. Known as la belle province ("the beautiful province"), Quebec is bordered to the west by the ...36 KB (5,238 words) - 15:40, 7 December 2022
- Category:Lawyers and Jurists Category:biography Blackstone, William [[Image:WilliamBlackstone.jpg|thumb|right|William Blackstone as illustrated ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 15:40, 6 May 2023
- The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (also referred to as: Bosnian Conflict, Aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Bosnian Civil War) was an ...36 KB (5,522 words) - 14:58, 9 February 2022
- The Revolutions of 1989 refers to the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, the end of the period of the Cold War and the removal of the Iron ...27 KB (4,082 words) - 20:00, 8 December 2022
- Category:Public Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology The term Barbarian does not derive from the name of any tribe or cultural ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- The Treaty of Utrecht that established the Peace of Utrecht, rather than a single document, comprised a series of individual peace treaties signed ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 15:00, 2 May 2023
- 1 Esdras is a book from the Septuagint Greek translation of Hebrew scriptures. Largely a recapitulation of other biblical texts, it is regarded ...11 KB (1,713 words) - 06:31, 13 June 2023
- According to Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman ever created by the head god Zeus as a punishment for humankind after Prometheus stole ...20 KB (3,287 words) - 06:35, 18 November 2022
- Venomous snake is any of a large and diverse number of snakes that are capable of injecting venom (modified saliva) into another organism, essentially ...11 KB (1,696 words) - 17:02, 3 May 2023
- In Egyptian mythology, Hathor (Egyptian for "House of Horus") was an ancient cow goddess whose wide range of attributes and associations ...27 KB (4,192 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- The Kaabah, Kaaba or Ka'bah (Arabic: الكعبة meaning: "Cube") is a building located inside Islam's holiest mosque (al ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 21:48, 4 October 2022
- 2, omit if not a solid --> -3276.75 189.53 not listed |- | NFPA 704 | Health=1 |- non-flammable {{Chembox/OtherAnions|Sodium aluminate ...10 KB (1,388 words) - 19:37, 20 November 2023
- Abdus Salam (Urdu: عبد السلام) (January 29, 1926 at Santokdas, Sahiwal in Punjab – November 21, 1996 in Oxford, England) was a Pakistani ...10 KB (1,560 words) - 04:45, 14 June 2023
- Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (February 4, 1917 – August 10, 1980) was the President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, following the resignation of ...20 KB (3,141 words) - 10:02, 22 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Category:Image wanted Leakey, Mary Mary Douglas Leakey (née Nicol) (February 6 ...9 KB (1,368 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- Category:Public [[Image:Socrates.png|thumb|right|Socrates]] Socrates (ca. 469 – 399 B.C.E.) (Greek Σωκράτης Sōkrátēs) was an ancient ...30 KB (4,718 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c. 1540 – January 28 1596) was a pre-eminent English navigator, politician, civil engineer, and known slave ...19 KB (3,035 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- Faience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed earthenware on a delicate pale buff body. The invention of a pottery ...10 KB (1,425 words) - 00:28, 25 March 2024
- The Kathmandu Valley ( नेपाः स्वनिगः Nepāḥ Svānigaḥ ), located in Nepal, lies at the crossroads of ancient civilizations ...11 KB (1,537 words) - 20:17, 28 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Archaeological sites [[Image:ac-parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
- category:image wanted Improvisation is the art of acting and reacting, in the moment, to one's surroundings. This can result in the invention ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology [[File:Durham 2534.jpg|thumb|325px|Men of the Shkreli tribe at the feast of Saint ...37 KB (5,635 words) - 16:06, 27 July 2021
- François Couperin (French IPA: [fʀɑ̃'swa ku'pʀɛ̃] ) (November 10, 1668 – September 11, 1733) was a French Baroque composer ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- ( fɛ̃ də sjɛkl|lang ) is a French term meaning "end of century,” a phrase which typically encompasses both the meaning of the similar ...28 KB (4,018 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2024
- The Kalash or Kalasha, are an ethnic group found in the Hindu Kush mountain range in the Chitral district of the North-West Frontier Province ...33 KB (5,092 words) - 07:01, 28 February 2023
- The Doctors' Trial is the unofficial name for the particular Nuremberg Trial held before a U.S. military court for 23 Nazi medical doctors ...23 KB (3,287 words) - 16:13, 11 November 2021
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law Annulment is a procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is retroactive: ...12 KB (1,862 words) - 05:11, 31 July 2023
- Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (May 24, 1899 – July 4, 1938) was a French tennis player who won 31 Grand Slam titles from 1914 through 1926. ...24 KB (3,518 words) - 14:14, 28 April 2023
- The Hwarang denotes a military society of expert Buddhist warriors in the Silla and Unified Silla dynasties who played an instrumental role in ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 21:28, 9 February 2024
- Metamorphic rock is produced deep beneath the Earth's surface when a pre-existing rock type, called the protolith, is transformed under ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 16:21, 9 November 2022
- Cologne (Köln in German) is Germany's fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. A key inland port of Europe, it lies on the ...26 KB (3,818 words) - 22:35, 7 January 2024
- An arachnid is any member of the arthropod class Arachnida, a largely terrestrial group that includes spiders, mites, ticks, scorpions, and harvestmen ...11 KB (1,536 words) - 02:13, 9 January 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Linguistics {{Infobox Writing system |name=Egyptian hieroglyphs |type=logography |typedesc=usable ...23 KB (3,348 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Thanatology is the academic, and often scientific, study of death among human beings ...12 KB (1,762 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- Sir William David Ross KBE (April 15, 1877 – May 5, 1971) was a Scottish philosopher, known for work in ethics and for his work on Aristotle ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 15:58, 7 May 2023
- In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera was the wife and older sister of Zeus. She was also called upon as the goddess of ...19 KB (3,127 words) - 09:47, 22 January 2024
- Mehrgarh (Urdu: مﮩرگڑھ , also spelled as Mehrgahr, Merhgarh, or Merhgahr) is one of the most important Neolithic (7000 B.C.E. to ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:13, 9 November 2022
- Qi, also commonly spelled ch'i (in Wade-Giles romanization) or ki (in romanized Japanese), is a fundamental concept of traditional Chinese ...20 KB (2,999 words) - 20:26, 20 February 2024
- The Commonwealth of Dominica, commonly known as Dominica, is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. It is distinct and separate from the Dominican ...26 KB (3,800 words) - 17:13, 30 January 2024
- Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 17:48, 31 October 2023
- Bragi is the god of poetry in Norse mythology. Given the prominent role that poetry played in Nordic society (as it was the primary means of ...11 KB (1,734 words) - 14:56, 28 April 2020
- Category:Public Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 in Larvik, Norway - April 18, 2002 in Colla Micheri, Italy) was a marine biologist with a great ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- Joey Ramone (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001), born as Jeffry Ross Hyman, was a singer and songwriter, lead vocalist of the legendary punk rock ...10 KB (1,557 words) - 02:04, 9 February 2023
- Mark Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz, (September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970) was a Latvian-born American painter and printmaker. Rothko was ...20 KB (3,031 words) - 08:33, 10 March 2023
- Sumer (or Šumer) was one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East, located in the southern part of Mesopotamia (southeastern Iraq ...37 KB (5,525 words) - 22:21, 26 February 2023
- Igneous rocks form when magma (molten rock) cools and solidifies. The solidification process may or may not involve crystallization, and it may ...25 KB (3,680 words) - 13:42, 4 February 2023
- William Byrd (c. 1540 – July 4, 1623) was one of the most celebrated English composers of the Renaissance. His entire life was marked by contradictions ...10 KB (1,651 words) - 15:42, 6 May 2023
- Solipsism (Latin: solus, alone + ipse, self) is the position that nothing exists beyond oneself and one's immediate experiences. In philosophy ...26 KB (3,989 words) - 15:09, 27 April 2023
- category:Politics and social sciences category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group| |group=Cheyenne |image=[[Image:Roman Nose and ...31 KB (4,746 words) - 20:56, 9 December 2023
- The Battle of Kandahar, September 1, 1880, represents the last major conflict of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The battle in southern Afghanistan ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- "Art for art's sake" is the usual English rendition of a French slogan, "l'art pour l'art'," which was ...11 KB (1,602 words) - 10:50, 16 August 2023
- An index is a guide, in an electronic or print form, used to locate information in documents, files, publications, or a group of publications ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- The term True Cross denotes the actual cross on which Jesus was crucified. According to legend, the True Cross was hidden following Jesus’ ...22 KB (3,738 words) - 18:26, 2 May 2023
- A Vihara (Sanskrit: meaning "dwelling" or "house") was the ancient Indian term for a Buddhist monastery. Originally, viharas ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 22:03, 17 April 2023
- The Shepherd of Hermas was a very popular Christian writing of the second century C.E., considered to be canonical by some of the early Church ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
- Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini; December 7, 1598 – November 28, 1680) was a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor and architect ...23 KB (3,452 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- The Muratorian fragment, also known as the Muratorian canon, is a copy of perhaps the oldest known list of the books of the New Testament. One ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- Maize, also known as corn and Indian corn, is any of the diverse cultured forms of the annual cereal grass (family Poaceae) of the species Zea ...30 KB (4,684 words) - 10:55, 9 March 2023
- The Beach Boys are one of the most successful American rock and roll bands. Formed in 1961, the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies ...21 KB (3,336 words) - 15:30, 30 April 2023
- Category:Image wanted Category:Psychologists Milgram, Stanley Stanley Milgram (August 15, 1933 – December 20, 1984) was an American social psychologist ...34 KB (5,093 words) - 15:49, 27 April 2023
- Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is a American singer-songwriter ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
- Mount Carmel is a coastal mountain range of modest height in northern Israel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Its name is derived from the ...10 KB (1,644 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- Subclass Labyrinthodontia - extinct Subclass Lepospondyli - extinct Subclass Lissamphibia Order Anura (or (Salientia) Order Caudata (or ...22 KB (3,306 words) - 12:33, 9 January 2023
- Charles Loring Brace (June 19, 1826 - August 11, 1890) was an American minister and early social work pioneer, perhaps the best known representative ...22 KB (3,445 words) - 22:20, 4 December 2023
- The Bhimbetka rock shelters compose an archaeological site and World Heritage Site located in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The name Bhimbetka ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 03:37, 1 October 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics [[Image:A11602.jpg|thumb|300 px|Convict laborers in Australia in the early nineteenth ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 06:20, 1 April 2024
- The Songhai Empire, also known as the Songhay Empire, was a pre-colonial West African trading state centered on the middle reaches of the Niger ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:15, 4 February 2023
- The Primary Chronicle (Old-Slavonic: Пов ѣ сть времяньныхъ л ѣ тъ; Russian: Повесть временных лет, Povest ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 03:56, 27 February 2023
- Allan David Bloom (September, 14, 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana – October 7, 1992 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American philosopher, essayist ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 18:25, 21 July 2023
- A library is a collection of information, sources, resources and services, organized for use, and maintained by a public body, an institution ...31 KB (4,437 words) - 22:31, 25 October 2022
- The Modoc are a Native American people who originally lived in the area which is now northeastern California and central Southern Oregon. They ...23 KB (3,542 words) - 12:59, 10 March 2023
- In Greek mythology, Cronus (Ancient Greek: Κρόνος, Krónos), also called Cronos or Kronos, was the leader of the first generation of Titans ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:30, 3 June 2020
- In Tibetan Buddhism, Shambhala (Tibetan: bde byung, pron. 'De-jung') meaning "Source of happiness," is a mythical kingdom ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 09:52, 6 October 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) refers to an educational system of instruction performed ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 08:09, 14 January 2023
- The Aksumite Empire or Axumite Empire (sometimes called the Kingdom of Aksum or Axum), was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- The Khitan (or Khitai, c=契丹|p=Qìdān ), are an ethnic group that dominated much of Manchuria (Northeast China) in the tenth century. Chinese ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 03:37, 6 October 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Archaeologists Dorpfeld, Wilhelm [[Image:Doerpfeld2.jpg|right|thumb|Wilhelm Dörpfeld]] ...11 KB (1,693 words) - 10:38, 5 May 2023
- Genes, the units of heredity in living organisms, are encoded in an organism's genetic material (DNA). They exert a central influence on ...26 KB (4,036 words) - 10:59, 3 August 2021
- Waka (和歌), or Yamato uta, is a genre of Japanese poetry. Waka literally means Japanese poem in Japanese. The word was originally coined during ...23 KB (3,429 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- Apocrypha (from the Greek: ἀπόκρυφα , meaning "hidden" Specifically, ἀπόκρυφα is the neuter plural of ἀπόκρυφος ...29 KB (4,388 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are a group of mythical riders described in Chapter 6, verses 1-8 in the Book of Revelation, also known as ...13 KB (2,133 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- category:image wanted Collaborative Learning-Work (CLW) was a concept first presented by Charles Findley in the 1980s as part of his research ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, is a commonwealth in political union with the United ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Category:Public The Dialectic (Greek: διαλεκτική) is a line of thought, originating in ancient Greek philosophy, that stresses development ...34 KB (5,249 words) - 10:22, 29 January 2024
- James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the ...10 KB (1,557 words) - 08:12, 3 April 2024
- Rabbinic literature, in the broadest sense, can mean the entire spectrum of Judaism's rabbinic writings throughout history. However, the ...11 KB (1,477 words) - 16:16, 7 December 2022
- The Eight Banners (In Manchu: [[Image:jakūn gūsa.png|jakūn gūsa|20px]] jakūn gūsa, In Chinese: 八旗 baqí) were administrative military ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 00:04, 13 February 2024
- The Diatessaron (c 150 - 160 C.E.) (meaning "Harmony of Four") is an early Christian text written by the apologist and ascetic Tatian, ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- Wicca (Old English for "male witch"; feminine wicce), also known as the "Old Religion," is a Neopagan religion characterized ...23 KB (3,499 words) - 18:43, 4 May 2023
- Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminum, with the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8•4H2O ...35 KB (5,240 words) - 00:26, 3 May 2023
- Lollardy or Lollardry was the political and religious movement of the Lollards from the late fourteenth century to early in the time of the English ...12 KB (1,874 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- Pyrrho (c. 360 B.C.E. - c. 275 B.C.E.), a Greek philosopher from Elis, was credited in antiquity as being the first skeptic philosopher and the ...12 KB (1,848 words) - 03:54, 7 December 2022
- Activated carbon (also called active carbon, activated charcoal, or activated coal) is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 05:41, 15 June 2023
- Esotericism refers to the doctrines or practices of esoteric knowledge, or the quality or state of being obscure. Esoteric knowledge is that ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 21:30, 20 March 2024
- The Central African Republic is a landlocked country in Central Africa, roughly the size of France. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan ...29 KB (4,266 words) - 23:52, 3 December 2023
- Alexander Blok Александр Александрович Блок, (November 16, 1880 - August 7, 1921), was probably the most gifted lyrical ...11 KB (1,565 words) - 05:13, 17 June 2023
- Federalist No. 68 is the 68th essay of The Federalist Papers, and was published on March 12, 1788. It was probably written by Alexander Hamilton ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 17:11, 8 October 2023
- An e-book (for electronic book, ebook, or ecobook) is the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book. Such documents are usually ...12 KB (1,743 words) - 21:37, 25 September 2020
- Transfer RNA (tRNA) is a class of short-chain, non-coding ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules in which each variety attaches to and transfers a ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 01:34, 2 May 2023
- The term monism (from the Greek: μόνος monos or "one")—first used by the eighteenth-century German philosopher Christian Wolff ...36 KB (5,370 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- A spring is a flexible, elastic device used to store mechanical energy. When a force is applied to a spring, it expands or contracts to a certain ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 16:14, 8 February 2023
- Islamic feminism is a form of feminism concerned with the role of women in Islam. It aims for the full equality of all Muslims, regardless of ...30 KB (4,309 words) - 20:25, 1 April 2023
- The Science Museum (London) is one of many major science museums in the world and is a part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. England ...12 KB (1,766 words) - 02:36, 21 April 2023
- Nikolai Onufriyevich Lossky (Russian: Николай Онуфриевич Лосский) ( December 6|1870|November 24 – January 24, 1965) ...12 KB (1,405 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- George Michael Steinbrenner III (July 4, 1930 – July 13, 2010) was principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New ...36 KB (5,317 words) - 08:15, 23 January 2023
- The Uyghur (also spelled Uygur, Uighur, Uigur; Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر; s=维吾尔|t=維吾爾|p=Wéiwú'ěr ) are a Turkic people of Central ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education [[Image:VictorianPostcard.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Humorous nineteenth century postcard ...26 KB (3,715 words) - 19:51, 21 April 2023
- Category:Sociology Category:Politics and social sciences [[File:Philippoteaux The Numbering of the Israelites.jpg|thumb|250px|The numbering of ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 23:49, 3 December 2023
- Lisbon ( Lisboa , liʒˈboɐ ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost capital in mainland Europe. Over the course of ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- Nazi human experimentation, in the context of this article, refers to the human subject research conducted by Nazi physicians, researchers, and ...58 KB (8,390 words) - 00:12, 25 October 2021
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics [[Image:Sotheby's london new-bond-street.jpg|thumb|240 px|Sotheby's auction ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:12, 27 April 2023
- The Atlas Mountains ( جبال الأطلس ) are a series of mountain peaks that run along the northwestern portion of the African continent ...12 KB (1,891 words) - 06:24, 21 August 2023
- Baghdad ( بغداد Baġdād ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, which it is also coterminous with. With a municipal population ...29 KB (4,200 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- The Shōwa period (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai, "period of enlightened peace"), or Shōwa era, is a period of Japanese history that ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 07:56, 7 October 2022
- Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature ...11 KB (1,620 words) - 23:51, 17 November 2022
- The bedhaya (also written as bedoyo, beḍaya, and various other transliterations) is a sacred ritualized dance of Java, Indonesia, associated ...12 KB (1,955 words) - 10:21, 26 September 2023
- category:image wanted [[Image:Mali historic places.PNG|thumb|250px|Some of the cities in [[Mali Empire|Mali]] which were under the control of ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 03:24, 17 September 2023
- Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by hydropower—that is, the energy of moving water. It is the world's leading form of renewable ...23 KB (3,052 words) - 21:35, 9 February 2024
- category:image wanted In the philosophy of perception, critical realism is the theory that some sense-data (for example, of primary qualities ...13 KB (1,784 words) - 06:25, 11 January 2024
- 2 Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible which focuses on the Jewish revolt against Antiochus IV and concludes with the defeat of ...12 KB (1,773 words) - 06:43, 13 June 2023
- A fetus (or foetus, fœtus) is a developing mammal or other viviparous vertebrate, after the embryonic stage and before birth. In humans, the ...27 KB (3,955 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- The Haridasa (Kannada: ಹರಿದಾಸರು, literally meaning "servants of Lord Hari") denotes a devotional movement that marked ...13 KB (1,811 words) - 23:13, 26 December 2022
- The term Messiah, literally "Anointed One," refers to the belief in a religious (and often political) savior figure who inaugurates ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- The Battle of Kosovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Косовски бој or Бој на Косову was fought on St Vitus' Day (June 15, now celebrated ...12 KB (1,801 words) - 10:04, 22 September 2023
- The potter's wheel is a machine used in the shaping of round ceramic wares. Occasionally, it is also known as a "potter's lathe ...12 KB (2,032 words) - 05:56, 30 November 2022
- Antonio Rosmini-Serbati (March 25, 1797 - July 1, 1855) was an Italian philosopher and theologian who set out to re-define the balance between ...24 KB (3,716 words) - 05:44, 11 August 2023
- category:image wanted {{Infobox_Philosopher | region = Western Philosophers | era = 20th-century | color = #B0C4DE | ...31 KB (4,665 words) - 06:56, 18 April 2024
- Pierre Corneille (June 6, 1606 – October 1, 1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth century French dramatists ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 05:20, 24 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Libido, etymologically rooted in Old Latin libido (desire, lust) from libere (to be ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 11:03, 7 March 2023
- Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 21, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American blues singer, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter. ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- The Horn of Africa is a large extension of land that protrudes from the eastern edge of the continent of Africa, lying between the Indian Ocean ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 14:19, 7 February 2024
- Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Diana Spencer) (July 1, 1961—August 3, 1997) was the first wife of Charles ...23 KB (3,638 words) - 11:53, 29 January 2024
- The ruby (from the Latin word ruber, meaning "red," or rubeus, meaning "reddish") is a well-known red gemstone. It is considered ...12 KB (1,706 words) - 21:48, 16 April 2023
- A pyramid (from πυραμίς pyramís) is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the ...37 KB (5,368 words) - 21:28, 9 November 2023
- category:image wanted Anamnesis (Greek: αναμνησις recollection, reminiscence), or as it is also known, the theory of recollection, is ...15 KB (2,367 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- Arlington National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Arlington, Virginia, near The Pentagon, and directly across the Potomac ...24 KB (3,687 words) - 03:05, 15 August 2023
- Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The third-largest country in South ...46 KB (6,833 words) - 23:21, 26 August 2023
- Granite is a hard, tough, igneous rock that is widely distributed in the Earth's continental crust. It is medium- to coarse-grained and ...12 KB (1,794 words) - 12:17, 24 January 2023
- Sigrid Undset (Norwegian pronunciation: ˈsɪ̂ɡːɾiː ˈʉ̂nːseːt; May 20, 1882 – June 10, 1949) was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 19:59, 27 July 2023
- Theodicy is a specific branch of theology and philosophy, which attempts to solve The Problem of Evil—the problem that arises when trying to ...38 KB (6,068 words) - 17:55, 30 April 2023
- Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian legends and religious beliefs of the Scandinavian people and Northern Germanic tribes ...33 KB (5,117 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- The horse or domestic horse (Equus caballus) is a sizable ungulate ("hoofed") mammal of the family Equidae and the genus Equus. Among ...30 KB (4,944 words) - 19:37, 21 February 2022
- Substance, in philosophy, has to do with the question or problem of what exists, and, more specifically, what exists by itself, underlying the ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 21:25, 26 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Religion Automatic writing is the process or product of writing without using the conscious mind ...13 KB (1,841 words) - 07:04, 23 August 2023
- The Arabic word Surah (or "Sura" ar|سورة sūrah , plural "Surahs" ar|سور ) is used in Islam to mean a "chapter ...13 KB (1,852 words) - 23:51, 26 February 2023
- Solomon Islands is a nation in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, comprising more than 990 islands. Its capital is Honiara, located on the ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 14:00, 3 May 2024
- The Brooklyn Bridge (originally the New York and Brooklyn Bridge), one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 04:35, 22 November 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group [[Image:YosemitePaiutewomenandchildren.jpg|right|thumb|200 px ...23 KB (3,614 words) - 06:17, 18 November 2022
- Maximillian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (September 28, 1905 – February 2, 2005) was a world champion heavyweight fighter from Germany whose ...12 KB (1,835 words) - 00:59, 9 November 2022
- Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was a British-American film director closely associated with the suspense thriller ...29 KB (4,441 words) - 08:14, 20 July 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group| |group=Omaha |image=[[Image:Bandera Omaha Nation ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 00:35, 18 November 2022
- The Maurya Empire (322 – 185 B.C.E.), ruled by the Mauryan dynasty, was a geographically extensive and powerful political and military empire ...32 KB (4,663 words) - 00:50, 9 November 2022
- Abydos (Arabic: أبيدوس, Greek Αβυδος), is one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, dating back to the late prehistoric era ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 07:07, 14 June 2023
- Category:Image wanted {{Infobox musical artist | | Name = Charles Mingus | Landscape = | Background = non_vocal_instr ...23 KB (3,414 words) - 22:22, 4 December 2023
