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- The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular display of ... :Main article: History of the periodic table The original table was ...13 KB (1,942 words) - 00:40, 24 November 2022
- The development of the periodic table of the elements parallels the ... eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the rate of discovery of new elements increased ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 15:59, 25 January 2023
- that are intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals. The following ... as a metalloid. Because very limited amounts of this element have been available ...7 KB (910 words) - 16:19, 9 November 2022
- Points are used in the basic language of geometry, physics, vector graphics ... In Euclidean geometry, points are one of the fundamental objects. ...5 KB (679 words) - 08:29, 24 November 2022
- In mathematics, an average, mean, or central tendency of a data set ... The original meaning of the word average is "damage sustained ...14 KB (2,265 words) - 07:15, 23 August 2023
- "WEEE") is a waste type consisting of any broken or unwanted electrical ... == Definition of electronic waste == Electronic waste includes computers ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 16:03, 13 February 2024
- Protactinium (chemical symbol Pa, atomic number 91) is a member of ... The isotope protactinium-231 occurs in pitchblende to the extent of ...9 KB (1,150 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- Thulium (chemical symbol Tm, atomic number 69) is the least abundant ... techniques have led to easier separation of the rare earths, which has ...9 KB (1,135 words) - 23:14, 30 April 2023
- Part of the foundation of mathematics, Russell's paradox (also ... Consider the set R of all sets that do not contain themselves as members ...14 KB (2,342 words) - 18:15, 22 December 2022
- Terbium (chemical symbol Tb, atomic number 65) is a silvery-white ... Nd,Y)PO4, which contains up to 0.03 percent of terbium), xenotime (YPO4) and ...9 KB (1,141 words) - 03:47, 30 April 2023
- Dysprosium (chemical symbol Dy, atomic number 66) is a rare earth ... with erbium, holmium, and other rare earth elements. == History == ...10 KB (1,193 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- MARC is an acronym, used in the field of library science, that stands ... The future of the MARC formats is a matter of some debate in the worldwide ...10 KB (1,427 words) - 04:45, 5 November 2022
- Bromine (chemical symbol Br, atomic number 35) is a nonmetal that ... Bromine is an important resource for the production of a wide range ...10 KB (1,346 words) - 04:33, 22 November 2023
- Lutetium (chemical symbol Lu, atomic number 71) is a silvery white ... Found with almost all other rare-earth metals but never by itself ...11 KB (1,371 words) - 03:06, 5 November 2022
- Neon (chemical symbol Ne, atomic number 10) is the fourth most abundant ... meaning "new") was discovered by Scottish chemist William Ramsay ...6 KB (841 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- It provides a simple and standardized set of conventions for describing ... and "core" implies the possibility of expansion. In 1995, the OCLC ...13 KB (1,902 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
- Europium (chemical symbol Eu, atomic number 63) is the most reactive ... has also been identified in the spectra of the Sun and certain stars. ...10 KB (1,254 words) - 04:34, 23 March 2024
- Ytterbium (chemical symbol Yb, atomic number 70) is a soft silvery ... associated with yttrium or other related elements and is used in certain steels ...11 KB (1,375 words) - 21:33, 4 June 2023
- the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes ... Disciplines within chemistry are traditionally grouped by the type ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- to mythology. They initiated a new method of explanation known as philosophy ... The pre-Socratic style of thought is often called natural philosophy ...21 KB (3,010 words) - 22:19, 30 November 2022
- Argon (chemical symbol Ar, atomic number 18) is a member of the noble ... The inertness of argon is a very useful property for a number of applications ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 06:25, 12 August 2023
- Promethium (chemical symbol Pm, atomic number 61) is a metallic element ... Promethium can be formed as a product of uranium fission. Only trace ...11 KB (1,429 words) - 23:55, 1 December 2022
- Samarium (chemical symbol Sm, atomic number 62) is a bright silvery ... in nature, but, like other rare earth elements, it is contained in many ...11 KB (1,437 words) - 02:07, 23 December 2022
- Erbium (chemical symbol Er, atomic number 68) is a silvery metallic ... It is associated with several other rare earth elements in the mineral ...11 KB (1,419 words) - 19:19, 13 February 2024
- :For other meanings of the abbreviation Pr, see PR. number=59 | symbol ... (chemical symbol Pr, atomic number 59) is a soft silvery metallic ...12 KB (1,535 words) - 22:14, 30 November 2022
- (chemical symbol Nd, atomic number 60) is a silvery metallic element ... It constitutes about 38 parts per million (ppm) of the Earth’s crust. ...12 KB (1,578 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- An alloy is the combination of metal with other chemical elements ... material are actually alloys. Alloys of gold are rated on a scale of ...17 KB (2,388 words) - 08:10, 23 July 2023
- Fluorine (chemical symbol F, atomic number 9) is a nonmetal that belongs ... Fluorine and its compounds are useful for a wide range of applications ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 17:47, 28 March 2024
- 1 (one) is a number, numeral, and the glyph that represents the number ... In mathematics, the number 1 is the natural number A natural number ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- web page, or other published item. Citations of both types should supply sufficient ... A "citation number," used in some systems, is a number or ...17 KB (2,468 words) - 22:25, 10 December 2023
- Rhenium (chemical symbol Re, atomic number 75) is a silvery-white ... This mineral, however, is not an economically viable source of the element. ...10 KB (1,384 words) - 20:01, 8 December 2022
- Collation is the assembly of written information into a standard order ... Advantages of sorted lists include: *one can easily find the first ...17 KB (2,611 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- Scandium (chemical symbol Sc, atomic number 21) is a soft, silvery ... with aluminum for minor components needed by the aerospace industry and ...12 KB (1,615 words) - 17:06, 25 January 2023
- Lanthanum (chemical symbol La, atomic number 57) is a soft, silvery ... Lanthanum, its alloys, and its compounds have a wide range of applications ...11 KB (1,398 words) - 22:23, 22 October 2022
- pianist, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano music ... American piano virtuoso to be acclaimed by Frédéric Chopin, (Chopin ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- Gadolinium (chemical symbol Gd, atomic number 64) is a silvery white ... Today, gadolinium is isolated by techniques such as ion exchange and ...13 KB (1,750 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- Ukrainian-born Russian writer. Although many of his works were influenced by ... Gogol is seen by most critics as the first Russian realist. His biting ...15 KB (2,434 words) - 04:07, 15 November 2022
- Cesium (also spelled caesium, chemical symbol Cs, atomic number 55 ... This element has many isotopes, of which the single stable isotope ...14 KB (1,931 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- Rhodium (chemical symbol Rh, atomic number 45) is a rare, silvery ... it is a symbol of wealth and is occasionally used in the presentation ...13 KB (1,685 words) - 20:04, 8 December 2022
- Cerium (chemical symbol Ce, atomic number 58) is a silvery metallic ... Cerium, its alloys, and its compounds are valuable for a variety of ...15 KB (2,039 words) - 23:59, 3 December 2023
- Berzelius, is considered a "father of modern chemistry." In ... He stated the first version of the law of conservation of mass; co ...17 KB (2,470 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- 5 (five) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... that follows 4 and precedes 6. It is an integer and a cardinal number ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- 2 (two) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... that follows 1 and precedes 3. It is an integer and a cardinal number ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- samples. 7Li would thereforehave a content of up to 96.25%. ... Lithium (chemical symbol Li, atomic number 3) is the lightest solid ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 04:29, 29 October 2022
- Yttrium (chemical symbol Y, atomic number 39) is a lustrous, silvery ... Interestingly, lunar rock samples retrieved by Apollo space missions were ...12 KB (1,634 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- In mathematics and computing, an algorithm is a finite sequence of ... as an algorithm that has nested sets of smaller algorithms within it ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 18:19, 21 July 2023
- 6 (six) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... that follows 5 and precedes 7. It is an integer and a cardinal number ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- Osmium (chemical symbol Os, atomic number 76) is a hard, brittle, ... The compound osmium tetroxide is very toxic but has a number of important ...14 KB (1,905 words) - 04:43, 18 November 2022
- Bismuth (chemical symbol Bi, atomic number 83) is a brittle, white ... This element expands on freezing and was long an important component ...14 KB (1,891 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- Palladium (chemical symbol Pd, atomic number 46) is a rare, silver ... In addition, this element is useful in a number of other applications, including ...13 KB (1,749 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- Germanium (chemical symbol Ge, atomic number 32) is a lustrous, hard ... The development of the germanium transistor opened the door to numerous ...13 KB (1,672 words) - 18:19, 21 May 2024
- Hafnium (chemical symbol Hf, atomic number 72) is a lustrous, silvery ... the two difficult to separate. About half of all hafnium metal manufactured ...10 KB (1,277 words) - 16:40, 21 January 2024
- Uncertainty is a term used in subtly different ways in a number of ... The philosophical problematics of uncertainty are often tied to a ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library ... Library classification forms part of the field of library and information ...25 KB (3,639 words) - 22:33, 25 October 2022
- Manganese (chemical symbol Mn, atomic number 25) is a gray-white metal ... The greatest demand for manganese is for the production of iron and ...14 KB (1,946 words) - 11:03, 9 March 2023
- Thallium (chemical symbol Tl, atomic number 81) is a soft, malleable ... for low-temperature measurements. Crystals of thallium bromide-iodide have ...13 KB (1,784 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- that offers direct access to another section of the same document or to another ... == Types of links == ===Embedded link=== An embedded link is a navigation ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 13:21, 4 February 2023
- Ruthenium (chemical symbol Ru, atomic number 44) is a rare, hard, ... platinum group metals in the Ural Mountains of western Russia and in parts ...13 KB (1,814 words) - 18:24, 22 December 2022
- Gallium (chemical symbol Ga, atomic number 31) is a rare, soft, silvery ... Gallium is most commonly used in the form of the compound gallium ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 April 2024
- The scientific definition of a machine is any device that transmits ... Generally these devices decrease the amount of force required to do a given ...16 KB (2,145 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- Rubidium (chemical symbol Rb, atomic number 37) is a soft, silvery ... and zinnwaldite, which contains traces of up to one percent of its oxide ...14 KB (1,892 words) - 20:57, 21 December 2022
- his light, elegant, and airy style and the list of his buildings includes ... Adam was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, the second son of William ...10 KB (1,385 words) - 03:09, 15 December 2022
- Strontium (chemical symbol Sr, atomic number 38) is a soft, silvery ... is widely used in the glass screens of color television sets. Strontium ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 21:04, 26 February 2023
- Chlorine (chemical symbol Cl, atomic number 17) is a nonmetal that ... in nature and necessary for most forms of life, including human life ...15 KB (2,040 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- Cobalt (chemical symbol Co, atomic number 27) is a hard, lustrous ... Cobalt compounds are used in the production of inks, paints, and varnishes ...13 KB (1,769 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- † 443 B.C.E. in Argos), was one of the canonical nine poets of ... a poet that, although only a tiny fraction of his works have survived, what ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 06:16, 24 November 2022
- traditional homes (Indonesian: Rumah adat) of the Minangkabau (also known ... painted floral carvings. Every aspect of the house has a symbolic significance ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 18:12, 22 December 2022
- In physics, thermal conductivity, k, is the property of a material ... Conduction is the most significant means of heat transfer in a solid ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937), one of America ... Many of his compositions have been used in cinema, and are recognized ...15 KB (2,270 words) - 16:35, 20 May 2024
- ) of Chalcedon (396 – 314 B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher and third ... In his biography of Xenocrates, Diogenes Laertius recounts several ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 14:16, 20 May 2023
- Molybdenum (chemical symbol Mo, atomic number 42) is a silvery white ... free in nature. The main commercial source of molybdenum is the mineral molybdenite ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 19:51, 9 November 2022
- Tellurium (chemical symbol Te, atomic number 52) is a relatively rare ... with care. Exposure to even small amounts of tellurium can generate a garlicky ...14 KB (1,880 words) - 05:35, 27 February 2023
- Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... The Trotskyists faced a crisis during WWII, as many of them supported ...19 KB (2,598 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
- a red dwarf star is a small and relatively cool star of the main sequence ... very low mass, generally no more than 40 percent of the ...10 KB (1,492 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the interconversion ... the reactants, and the substances produced by the reaction are called the ...12 KB (1,710 words) - 14:43, 5 December 2023
- Xenon (chemical symbol Xe, atomic number 54) is a colorless, odorless ... This element can be extracted by fractional distillation of liquid ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 14:16, 20 May 2023
- this sense can be known before one knows any of these other propostions. Not ... further results. To axiomatize a system of knowledge is to show that all ...16 KB (2,424 words) - 07:20, 23 August 2023
- Zirconium (chemical symbol Zr, atomic number 40) is a strong, lustrous ... The purified metal is primarily used by the nuclear industry to form ...16 KB (2,114 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
- 1899 and 1918. It has had several periods of revival since then and is still ... sheet music for piano. Being a modification of the then popular march, it ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- 4 (four) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... that follows 3 and precedes 5. It is an integer and a cardinal number ...24 KB (3,319 words) - 06:45, 13 June 2023
- Cadmium (chemical symbol Cd, atomic number 48) is a relatively rare ... plastics stabilizers, and many kinds of solder. In nuclear reactors ...16 KB (2,248 words) - 10:14, 25 November 2023
- Vanadium (chemical symbol V, atomic number 23) is a rare, silver-gray ... Vanadium was originally discovered by Andrés Manuel del Río, a Spanish ...15 KB (2,022 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- Lead (chemical symbol Pb, atomic number 82) is a soft, heavy metal ... and arsenic. Lead is mentioned in the Book of Exodus. Lead pipes that bear ...18 KB (2,664 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- In the Standard Model of particle physics, a meson is a composite ... Since mesons are composed of quarks, they participate in both the ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- Barium (chemical symbol Ba, atomic number 56) is a soft, silvery chemical ... Barium and its compounds have a variety of applications. For instance ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 08:07, 20 September 2023
- surrealist artist. He is well known for a number of witty and amusing images ... Magritte was born in Lessines, Belgium, in 1898, the eldest son of ...11 KB (1,775 words) - 04:07, 8 December 2022
- language did not have a writing system of its own. Chinese characters ... Kanji includes new characters created in Japan, and modifications ...32 KB (4,676 words) - 02:41, 5 October 2022
- A controlled vocabulary is a set of preselected terms from which a ... Vocabulary control includes policies, procedures, and methodologies ...17 KB (2,446 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- The original group (1967-1976) consisted of Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel ... the time, has become a much-covered classic of the era. ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- to as ADS) is a digital library portal of over 7,000,000 astronomy and ... had a significant impact on the efficiency of astronomical research since ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- Thorium (chemical symbol Th, atomic number 90) is a naturally occurring ... as lead. Soil commonly contains an average of around 12 parts per million ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- html Solar Wind Squeezes Some of Earth's Atmosphere into ... An ion is an atom, group of atoms, or subatomic particle with a net ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 11:09, 6 March 2024
- distinguished from other manned spacecraft by its lack of major propulsion ... astronauts to live in space for periods of weeks or months, occasionally ...12 KB (1,622 words) - 17:12, 14 October 2022
- Potassium (chemical symbol K, atomic number 19) is a member of a group ... The ions, alloys, and compounds of potassium have a wide range of ...18 KB (2,538 words) - 05:52, 30 November 2022
- Fleming were among the most beloved athletes of their respective generations ... Major international competitions are sanctioned by the ISU. These ...29 KB (4,650 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- Magnesium (chemical symbol Mg, atomic number 12) is the eighth most ... In its ionic form, magnesium is one of the most essential elements ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- Chromium (chemical symbol Cr, atomic number 24) is a hard, shiny, ... used in paints and pigments. The red color of rubies derives from the presence ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 21:52, 10 December 2023
- if both can be measured in the same unit of measurement. For example, a ... In the philosophy of science, two theories are said to be incommensurable ...17 KB (2,394 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- injuries, or other physical conditions by operative manual and instrumental ... surgery is performed, or simply the office of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 23:38, 18 September 2021
- The Three Kingdoms Period of Korea (hangul: 삼국시대) featured ... Kingdoms." Founded soon after the fall of Gojoseon, the three city-states ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- Industrial engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with ... Industrial engineering draws upon the principles and methods of engineering ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 22:36, 5 February 2023
- EADS, high-technology and parent company of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes ... survival during the German economic crisis of the 1920s. Its automobiles ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 00:05, 24 June 2022
- regarded as the “crown” or the “cream” of the Vedas ... philosophy, meditation, and the nature of God; they form the core spiritual ...28 KB (4,159 words) - 13:11, 3 May 2023
- Niobium or columbium (chemical symbol Nb, atomic number 41) is a rare ... often also contain tantalum. Large deposits of niobium have been found associated ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 04:59, 15 November 2022
- singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and pop elements into ... Successfully integrating rock elements into his recordings and live ...30 KB (4,330 words) - 07:48, 23 January 2023
- Abhidharma (Sanskrit) or Abhidhamma (Pāli) is a category of Buddhist ... Historically, Abhidharma started as an elaboration of the teachings ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- volume Latin dictionary in the University Library of Graz.]] A dictionary is basically a list words in a specific language, with ...22 KB (3,268 words) - 14:12, 29 January 2024
- element with the symbol W and atomic number 74. This heavy metal, steel ... Tungsten was first hypothesized to exist by Peter Woulfe in 1779, ...17 KB (2,431 words) - 18:45, 2 May 2023
- In mathematics, the logarithm (or log) of a number x in base b is ... In general terms, if x = b'n, then the logarithm of x in base ...27 KB (4,283 words) - 20:58, 3 November 2022
- discipline that involves application of the principles of physics for ... The beginnings of mechanical engineering go back to the craftsmen ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
- and is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story." ... The Akutagawa Prize, established in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan in memory of Akutagawa ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- Boron (chemical symbol “B,” atomic number “5”) is a chemical ... antiseptics, adhesives, and a variety of other products. The isotope ...16 KB (2,239 words) - 19:45, 20 November 2023
- Technetium (chemical symbol Tc, atomic number 43) is a silvery gray ... Before the element was discovered, many of the properties of element ...43 KB (6,283 words) - 22:03, 13 January 2024
- Tin (chemical symbol Sn, atomic number 50) is a silvery, malleable ... This metal is an important component of many alloys, including bronze ...16 KB (2,335 words) - 23:38, 30 April 2023
- Helium (chemical symbol He, atomic number 2) is a minor component ... almost all new helium is created as a result of the nuclear fusion of hydrogen ...32 KB (4,897 words) - 15:19, 25 January 2023
- Copper (symbol Cu, atomic number 29) is one of the oldest known metals ... used in hospitals to prevent the transfer of germs, and copper (II) sulfate ...21 KB (3,086 words) - 17:35, 21 May 2020
- Dixieland music is an early style of jazz which developed in New Orleans ... music incorporated the cultural aspects of New Orleans jazz music of the ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- Oxygen (chemical symbol O, atomic number 8) is the second most common ... Oxygen is essential for the respiratory function of humans, animals ...23 KB (3,469 words) - 06:02, 18 November 2022
- [[Image:Medieval writing desk.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustration of a scribe ... Writing is a form of communication through the act of preserving text ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- Selenium (chemical symbol Se, atomic number 34) is a chemical element ... This element and its compounds have a wide range of applications. ...23 KB (3,335 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- Concepts are the categorization of objects, events, or people that ... While research on learning in animals has been used by some psychologists ...32 KB (5,041 words) - 02:42, 8 January 2024
- Tantalum, formerly tantalium (chemical symbol Ta, atomic number 73 ... for metalworking, and for the production of superalloys for jet engine ...14 KB (1,813 words) - 03:03, 19 April 2023
- Courtesy of 3DScience.com]] As commonly defined, the human body is the physical manifestation ...25 KB (3,706 words) - 21:55, 23 December 2020
- and mechanics. He introduced some of the familiar notation still ... Euler was born in Basel to Paul Euler, a pastor of the Reformed Church ...33 KB (4,972 words) - 15:54, 5 July 2023
- The Book of Nehemiah is a late historiographical book of the Hebrew ... Ketuvim (Writings) as the second last book of the Bible, and the latter situating ...20 KB (3,125 words) - 21:11, 17 May 2023
- Phosphorus (chemical symbol P, atomic number 15) is a multivalent ... When purified artificially, several different allotropic forms of ...25 KB (3,622 words) - 22:45, 28 March 2023
- The World Heritage Site known as the Monasteries on the slopes of ... In 1994 UNESCO designated these fourteen monasteries, part of a much ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 13:08, 10 March 2023
- Beryllium (chemical symbol Be, atomic number 4) ranks among the lightest ... Alloys of beryllium with copper or nickel are strong and wear-resistant ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 17:26, 29 September 2023
- The polka is a fast, lively Central European dance, and also a genre ... 1800s. As immigrants from different parts of Europe spread across the U ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- Injong of Goryeo (인종 仁宗 1109 – 1146, r. 1122-1146) was the ... Printing with movable metal type was developed during the reign of ...12 KB (1,858 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- A music library contains music-related materials for patron use. Use ... For example, the University of Virginia Library provides access to ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 19:07, 10 November 2022
- Silver (chemical symbol Ag, atomic number 47) is a soft metal with ... electronic products. The nitrate and halides of silver are valuable in photography ...20 KB (2,849 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- In geometry, a polygon is a plane figure that is bounded by a closed ... ===Number of sides=== Polygons are primarily classified by the number ...23 KB (3,520 words) - 08:42, 24 November 2022
- province. T'ao Yüan-ming , was one of the most influential pre-Tang ... Qian is now regarded as the greatest poet of his era and was a major influence ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 00:46, 21 April 2023
- Sulfur or sulphur (see spelling below) (chemical symbol S, atomic ... This element is essential for living organisms, particularly as part ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- Antimony (chemical symbol Sb, atomic number 51) is a metalloid with ... and solder. Recently, it is being used by the semiconductor industry ...17 KB (2,369 words) - 06:33, 31 July 2023
- Platinum (chemical symbol Pt, atomic number 78) is a silvery gray ... Naturally occurring platinum appears to have been used by the craftsmen ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 08:01, 24 November 2022
- who recast the the laws governing the motion of bodies in a simplified and ... Hamilton was the fourth of nine children of Archibald Hamilton, a ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 10:47, 12 May 2023
- sense, it is a three-dimensional example of the more general structure ... interior volume is considered to be part of the polyhedron, sometimes only ...42 KB (6,082 words) - 00:20, 12 April 2023
- The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman ... It entrusted to the Pope the completion of some sections of its work ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- Sodium (chemical symbol Na, atomic number 11) is a member of a group ... bright illumination at low cost. An alloy of sodium and potassium (NaK) ...21 KB (3,204 words) - 21:54, 30 January 2023
- period to whom is ascribed authorship of a large number of alchemical ... are from the tenth century. The first, Notes of Abu Suaiman al-Mantiqi al-Sijistani ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 08:37, 13 March 2024
- around 239 B.C.E. under the patronage of the Qin Dynasty Chancellor ... The Lüshi chunqiu represents the Chinese intellectual world of the ...16 KB (2,593 words) - 04:44, 5 November 2022
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (September 25, 1683 - September 12, 1764) was ... functional harmony and the principles of acoustics (as discovered by ...9 KB (1,322 words) - 17:12, 2 April 2024
- The mosque displays an excellent example of Mughal era architecture. The ... rebuilt over a century earlier, in 1566, by Mughal emperor Akbar. The symbolism ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- Bhagavata Purana as an avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu. ... He is known as the elder brother of Lord Krishna and worshipped by ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 05:51, 26 August 2023
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... the second period spans the lifetimes of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- The Majapahit empire was the last of the major Hindu empires of the ... Little physical evidence of Majapahit remains, Jean Gelman Taylor, ...26 KB (3,833 words) - 05:33, 5 November 2022
- Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a subgenre ... Grunge became commercially successful in the first half of the 1990s ...30 KB (4,642 words) - 10:14, 25 February 2023
- founded, being the first to adopt the title of "emperor" (huangdi ... officials in his administration as a means of controlling the Han people ...14 KB (2,103 words) - 17:48, 27 January 2022
- , a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, was one of the chief pioneers of the revival ... His clarification of the distinction between Platonic and Aristotelian ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 06:39, 18 April 2024
- date back about 2500 years with the arrival of Judaism, ... followed by arrival of Christianity around 2000 years ago. ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- an independent thinker who challenged a number of traditional views on such ... At the same time, Boyle was convinced of the existence of God and ...20 KB (3,111 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- pleasing in appearance. The scientific study of crystals and crystal formation ... Many types of crystals are found in nature. Snowflakes, diamonds, ...24 KB (3,432 words) - 06:31, 11 January 2024
- Disco is a genre of dance-oriented music popular from the mid-1970s ... While performers and singers garnered the lion's share of public ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 15:28, 29 January 2024
- March 14, 1471) was the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur, the ... assumes that he was Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire ...10 KB (1,589 words) - 21:21, 30 April 2023
- often referred to as the "Father of Bluegrass Music." Bluegrass ... his brother Charlie in the 1930s, as one of the Monroe Brothers. Bluegrass ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:06, 31 October 2023
- all the objects in the universe are composed of very small, invisible, indestructible ... Traditional atomism is used in two distinct domains: The atoms of ...37 KB (5,618 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- worst) are two opposing worldviews or states of mind. The former amounts to ... are fundamentally evil, that life is devoid of meaning and thus destined to ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 00:57, 18 November 2022
- Arsenic (chemical symbol As, atomic number 33) is a notoriously poisonous ... surreptitiously, arsenic was used in history by murderers, including members ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- Egyptian hieroglyphs are a formal writing system used by the ancient ... Egyptian hieroglyphs constitute one of the oldest known writing systems ...23 KB (3,348 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- Ribonucleic acid or RNA is a polymer or chain of nucleotide units ... several important roles in the process of translating genetic information ...21 KB (3,210 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- scholar who analyzed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to ... Petersburg to an assimilated Russian family of German descent. His parents ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 23:03, 24 May 2023
- Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration and extermination ... The complex consisted of three main camps: Auschwitz I, the administrative ...26 KB (4,084 words) - 17:54, 22 August 2023
- The Taj Mahal is considered by many to be the finest example of Mughal ... Shah Jahan intended the Taj Mahal to be acclaimed by the entire world ...30 KB (4,795 words) - 03:53, 27 February 2023
- The World Bank Group is a group of five international organizations ... for project evaluation are highly valued by some, and have been adopted ...25 KB (3,686 words) - 00:01, 18 May 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
- 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
- Zinc (chemical symbol Zn, atomic number 30) is a bluish-white metal ... sunburn and diaper rash. The chloride of zinc is a deodorant, and the ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 06:07, 13 June 2023
- Calcium (chemical symbol Ca, atomic number 20) is the fifth most plentiful ... state. Rather, it occurs in the form of various compounds: calcium ...18 KB (2,626 words) - 18:21, 25 November 2023
- 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
- , tr: Bolshaya chistka) is the name given to campaigns of political ... officially used to denote the prosecution of people recognized as counter ...32 KB (4,761 words) - 12:20, 24 January 2023
- is a masterpiece of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese ... Genji, as the work is commonly called, was written for the women of ...22 KB (3,369 words) - 17:34, 30 April 2023
- originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or performers ... China relied heavily on the patronage of the imperial court and the ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- and for his Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) of 1837, with its tremendous orchestral ... law, but he dared to disrespect the wishes of his family in order to pursue ...23 KB (3,532 words) - 08:21, 21 January 2024
- 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
- – May 19, 1954) was an American composer of European classical music. He ... were central to the worship service. Many of theses "old time" ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
- Greek word αριθμός, meaning "number") is the oldest and ... In common usage, arithmetic refers to a branch of mathematics that ...35 KB (4,898 words) - 02:39, 15 August 2023
- Athanasius of Alexandria (also spelled "Athanasios") (c. 296 C.E. ... – May 2, 373 C.E.) was a Christian bishop—the Patriarch of Alexandria—in ...20 KB (3,060 words) - 18:42, 19 August 2023
- Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia or its émigrés ... Aleksandr Pushkin and culminating in two of the greatest novelists in world ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 02:35, 31 March 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
- thinker. Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists ... cravings, Tolstoy came to embrace a life of personal austerity based on ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 19:54, 7 May 2024
- "Angkor Wat" is the modern name of the temple; its original name ... and capital city, Angkor Wat was the epitome of the high classical style of ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 01:44, 9 January 2023
- and the Holy Land, he observed the methods of physicians, chemists, and spiritual ... Paracelsus’ aggressive manner of teaching and his outspoken criticism ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 07:39, 18 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
- 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
- He is most celebrated for the events of 1486, when at the age of 23 ... Pico della Mirandola was one of the first to resurrect the humanism ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 14:25, 22 May 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
- Titanium (chemical symbol Ti, atomic number 22) is a silvery-white ... forms and five naturally occurring isotopes of this element—46Ti through ...27 KB (3,874 words) - 03:49, 1 May 2023
- mathematics, philosophy, and the theory of signs, or semeiotic, that he ... was scant until after World War II. Much of his huge output is still unpublished ...60 KB (9,018 words) - 22:24, 4 December 2023
- Xīyóu-jì; Wade-Giles: Hsiyu-chi) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels ... The novel tells the entertaining story of the Buddhist monk Xuánzàng ...24 KB (3,989 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- Science fiction (also, sf, SF, or sci-fi) is a broad genre of fiction ... Science fiction is part of, and in organizational or marketing contexts ...54 KB (7,938 words) - 02:35, 21 April 2023
- The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo ... Galileo’s discovery showed the importance of the telescope as a tool for ...25 KB (3,695 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- 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
- 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
- 28, 1968) was a German chemist and a pioneer of radioactivity and radiochemistry ... 1879, in Frankfurt am Main, the youngest son of the glazier and entrepreneur ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- The Historic Centre of Lima is the portion of the city of Lima, Peru ... important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, established by Charles ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 21:54, 31 January 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Platonist and was known to have written a number of philosophical treatises ... the characters and recounts the noble deeds of Greek and Roman soldiers, legislators ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 08:08, 24 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- syndicate dedicated to the illegal traffic of alcoholic beverages during ... By the end of the 1920s, Capone had gained the attention of the Federal ...18 KB (2,835 words) - 04:20, 17 June 2023
- danse 1874.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An artifact of "high culture": a ... or to honor), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- 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
- ; 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
- 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
- [[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
- 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
- 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
- 7 (seven) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... that follows 6 and precedes 8. It is an integer and a cardinal number ...35 KB (5,128 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Plutonium (chemical symbol Pu, atomic number 94) is a radioactive ... naturally in uranium ores. These come about by a process of neutron capture ...37 KB (5,382 words) - 08:10, 24 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- :This article is about the number three. {| class="infobox" ... 3 (three) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Uranium (chemical symbol U, atomic number 92) is a silvery metallic ... 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- | 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 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
- ) 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
- ) 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
- 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
- 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
- ) 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
- 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
- Mercury, also called quicksilver (chemical symbol Hg, atomic number ... Natural deposits of mercury-bearing minerals, usually in the form ...41 KB (5,903 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- Space tourism (or spaceflight) is the recent phenomenon of tourists ... Among the primary attractions of space tourism are the uniqueness ...31 KB (4,415 words) - 16:01, 27 November 2023
- The 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
- 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
- (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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- (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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- "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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family (中華絃樂噐 ... While certain rules of acoustics were followed in the construction ...45 KB (6,609 words) - 01:21, 15 July 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
- 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
- ) 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
- The Masoretic Text (MT) is the Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible (Tanakh ... The MT was primarily copied, edited, and distributed by a group of ...26 KB (4,162 words) - 16:18, 7 November 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
- 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 (5,291 words) - 12:23, 22 May 2024
- 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
- , 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
- 210 B.C.E.), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from ... his prime minister Lǐ Sī passed a series of major reforms aimed at cementing ...27 KB (4,481 words) - 23:18, 3 November 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- #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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- ) 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- , 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
- 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
- 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
- [[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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when ... His later work has shown steadfast devotion to many traditions of ...41 KB (6,363 words) - 05:45, 16 November 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Western classical music as a standard member of the string section of symphony ... The double bass is generally regarded as the only modern descendant ...40 KB (6,473 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ), 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
- (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
- ) 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
- " "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
- 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
- :This article is about plasma in the sense of an ionized gas. The ... In physics and chemistry, a plasma is one of the four principal states ...35 KB (5,311 words) - 07:58, 24 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- southwestern China and Tibet, characterized by woolly fur with large, distinctive ... thumb," which is really an extension of the wrist bone. It has reddish ...26 KB (4,054 words) - 11:57, 26 May 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- " 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
- 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
- Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world ...47 KB (7,144 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The United States House of Representatives is the larger of the two ... The House meets in the south wing of the United States Capitol. The ...85 KB (12,273 words) - 00:47, 30 December 2023
- - Hugo Grotius.jpg|thumb|230px|Hugo Grotius by Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, 1631]] Pacis (“On the Law (and Rights and Wrongs) of War and Peace,” 1625) secured ...25 KB (3,772 words) - 12:17, 4 February 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
- Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei ... world not holding elections. A long period of political stability has been ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- 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
- , officially titled "The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro ... Numerous unethical actions -- including lack of informed consent, ...41 KB (6,364 words) - 00:19, 27 December 2021
- colonial administration that lasted from 1952 to 1960. The core of ... the British always represented as a series of lawless acts by dangerous criminal ...44 KB (6,886 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
- 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
- A prisoner of war (POW) is a combatant who is imprisoned by an enemy ... In the history of war (which covers basically all of human history ...27 KB (4,158 words) - 00:40, 12 April 2023
- , Austro-Bavarian: Weăn,) is the capital of Austria, and also one ... Today Vienna is a center of European culture, with more than one hundred ...42 KB (5,917 words) - 20:13, 3 May 2023
- The Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, also called Cocos (Keeling ... The geographical location and history of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands ...29 KB (4,147 words) - 22:20, 7 January 2024
- also spelled "Djawa") is an island of Indonesia and the site of its ... Formed mostly as the result of volcanic events, Java is the 12th largest ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- Burkina Faso is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded ... Governmental instability during the 1970s and 1980s was followed by ...22 KB (3,224 words) - 18:45, 22 November 2023
- 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
- Governorate, Jordan. It lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among ... The ancient city sits in the Negev Desert's Valley of Moses, ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- dwarf, is a small star composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter ... White dwarfs are thought to be the final evolutionary state of all ...72 KB (10,792 words) - 18:14, 4 May 2023
- electronic circuit (consisting mainly of semiconductor devices, as well ... to the brain to repair different types of brain damage. With this kind ...29 KB (4,001 words) - 06:15, 6 March 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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
- religion with its origins in the prehistory of India, still practiced today ... that respect and honor the spiritual nature of every living being. Jainism ...28 KB (4,275 words) - 12:42, 6 November 2021
- ) 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 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
- – 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
- Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country ... quot; was applied to the Ndebele territory of Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was then ...31 KB (4,520 words) - 05:42, 13 June 2023
- from Russia as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. After the initial ... religious clash. Some Chechens, the majority of whom are Muslim, began to describe ...53 KB (7,700 words) - 19:54, 26 March 2024
- central northern India, occupies a plateau of volcanic origin in the western ... Malwa has experienced wave after wave of empires and dynasties ruling ...38 KB (5,752 words) - 11:00, 9 March 2023
- largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located ... south of the Canada – United States border in King County, of which ...49 KB (7,077 words) - 02:45, 21 April 2023
- Madeira is an archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean, and is one ... was rediscovered, possibly accidentally, by Portuguese sailors and settled ...32 KB (4,286 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican (popularly known as Vatican ... The far-reaching reforms enacted by the Council impacted virtually ...53 KB (8,198 words) - 14:42, 3 May 2023
- Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest ... among different ethnic groups has been part of the country's history ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 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
- and graphos (writing), is the art and craft of creating and filming images ... to motion pictures. Although the exposing of images on light-sensitive elements ...29 KB (4,666 words) - 22:03, 10 December 2023
- Creativity is a process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts ... authoritative perspective, or definition of creativity; nor is there a ...52 KB (7,713 words) - 06:21, 11 January 2024
- , Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) (Alternative transliterations of ... musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the ...32 KB (4,755 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- Tasmania, and uniquely characterized by a snout like a duck's ... The bizarre appearance of this egg-laying, venomous, duck-billed, ...38 KB (5,579 words) - 01:53, 10 April 2023
- ), is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end ... Modern Greece, a developed country and a member of the European Union ...73 KB (10,722 words) - 18:19, 27 January 2023
- tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, positive judgment ... Education means "to draw out," facilitating the realization ...43 KB (6,163 words) - 18:17, 12 February 2024
- The phrase separation of church and state is a common interpretation ... The role of religion in American public life remains an unresolved ...29 KB (4,563 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District ... was both a provincial capital and a center of the world-wide muslin trade ...34 KB (4,736 words) - 20:15, 21 January 2023
- 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
- Language is a structured system of communication that consists of ... Depending on philosophical perspectives on the definition of language ...112 KB (16,049 words) - 21:16, 26 February 2023
- March 2, 1931 - August 30, 2022) was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 ... Gorbachev was wildly popular in the West, largely because of the way ...27 KB (3,969 words) - 17:52, 9 November 2022
- large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per ... century and was used with devastating effect by colonial powers against the ...29 KB (4,662 words) - 04:50, 5 November 2022
- 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
- The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty first ... the Treaty is nonetheless the subject of heated debate. Many Māori ...36 KB (5,742 words) - 16:42, 2 May 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
- Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish people. While far from ... laws and commandments to them in the form of the Torah. Jewish practice ...32 KB (4,795 words) - 08:46, 12 May 2024
- The Glorious First of June (also known as the Third Battle of Ushant ... was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between ...60 KB (9,430 words) - 18:53, 31 December 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
- Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia ... A 2006 study found that Vancouver had the third highest quality of ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- large passerine birds in the genus Corvus of the family Corvidae, typically ... and mythology as portents or harbingers of doom or death, because of their ...26 KB (3,938 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- disease in the Northern Hemisphere. Caused by infection with the spirochetal ... there identified additional features of the disease, including an unidentified ...45 KB (6,567 words) - 16:55, 21 December 2023
- Kanji Kun'yomi (Japanese reading) of 定家, (1162 – September ... of Japanese poets, and perhaps the greatest master of the waka form ...30 KB (4,827 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- 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
- Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, consists of the island of Cuba ... Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction ...72 KB (10,971 words) - 06:40, 11 January 2024
- 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 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
- its subsequent bursting affected over half of the U.S. states. Housing prices ... years, the economic impact is considered by many economists to have been ...40 KB (5,653 words) - 11:59, 3 May 2023
- 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
- 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
- Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken ... Confucian preoccupation with hierarchy dictated the placement of rooms ...41 KB (6,198 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- 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
- 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
- The Khmer Rouge was the ruling political party of Cambodia—which ... committed against its own people, 20 percent of whom perished, reached almost ...47 KB (7,141 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- 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
- An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or ... A true alphabet has letters for the vowels of a language as well as ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
- , trans. Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is an Indo-Aryan language ... Standard Urdu has approximately the twentieth largest population of ...53 KB (7,869 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- and critic, who has been called the master of Vernacular Chinese (standard ... Confucius avoided being named the author of the Spring and Autumn Annals ...23 KB (3,604 words) - 02:01, 9 February 2023
- 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
- 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
- May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir. The infiltration of ... The war represents one of the most recent examples of high altitude ...53 KB (8,038 words) - 18:09, 14 May 2024
- 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
- the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 1896, ... to disillusion him about the possibility of moral progress. He concluded ...37 KB (5,377 words) - 11:07, 10 May 2023
- genetic studies indicate that the ancestors of the Tibetan people diverged ... Tibet was forcibly incorporated into the People's Republic of ...35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- began her film career in 1932 at the age of three. In 1934, she found international ... to represent the United States at a session of the United Nations General ...38 KB (5,692 words) - 14:21, 27 January 2023
- Water polo is a team water sport that combines elements of swimming ... == Overview of Rules == Glossary of Water Polo :Note: Rules below reflect ...54 KB (9,243 words) - 23:17, 3 May 2023
- [[Image:William Blake by Thomas Phillips.jpg|244px|thumb|right|William ... and spiritual perception as surer denoters of the truth than sentiment or ...26 KB (4,085 words) - 15:40, 6 May 2023
- in North America, bounded on the north by the United States; on the south ... is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and 14th largest ...57 KB (8,268 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- The Bahá'í Faith is a religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh ... Members of the Bahá'í faith understand history as an evolving ...50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
- from rock on the Chilean Polynesian island of Easter Island between the years ... transport; not only would the actual carving of each statue require effort ...33 KB (5,262 words) - 12:54, 10 March 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
- in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, stands at an average ... UNESCO designated the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram in 1984 ...31 KB (4,590 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- 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
- that converts solar energy into electricity by the photovoltaic effect. Sometimes ... " meaning electric, from the name of the Italian physicist Volta ...90 KB (13,568 words) - 15:08, 27 April 2023
- strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the New Testament. It is commonly ... Acts tells the story of the Early Christian church, with particular ...37 KB (5,957 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- the forward direction. This effect is a form of electroluminescence. LEDs are ... LEDs have a broad range of uses. Many are used for a variety of signs ...41 KB (6,290 words) - 01:16, 26 October 2022
- the scientific revolution. His theory of 'observation and experimentation ... as a philosophical advocate and defender of the scientific revolution. ...23 KB (3,596 words) - 04:48, 9 April 2024
- genre and heavily feature technology. Many of his future history novels have ... comments challenging the scientific basis of theories such as global warming ...24 KB (3,558 words) - 10:38, 10 March 2023
- The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita, Unternehmen Marita ... and Germany was forced to come to the aid of its ally. Operation Marita ...73 KB (10,868 words) - 05:44, 22 September 2023
- The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as the Federation ... (Saint James). However, misinterpretations of maps by subsequent Spanish ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- " and he is credited as Francis on some of his early albums. His real ... a unified musical expression was a hallmark of his output. A thorough-going ...27 KB (4,049 words) - 05:10, 9 April 2024
- Throughout his life, Fuller was concerned with the question of whether ... and synergetics. He also created a large number of inventions, mostly in ...36 KB (5,646 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- ) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city ... Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- quot;) is the English name for a cluster of Chinese religious and philosophical ... # a family of organized Chinese religious movements, such as the Zhengyi ...58 KB (8,657 words) - 22:14, 25 January 2024
- discovered. Approximately one-fifth the mass of the Earth's Moon, Pluto ... because they are closer in size than any of the other known celestial pair ...42 KB (6,097 words) - 17:02, 26 September 2023
- The term enemy of the people or enemy of the nation, is a term used ... Totalitarian governments like the Soviet Union made extensive use ...44 KB (5,878 words) - 20:20, 30 October 2022
- ) is the largest and newest territory of Canada; it was separated ... land" in Innuktitut, the language of Inuit. It is one of the most ...26 KB (3,796 words) - 01:18, 17 November 2022
- Margaret Eleanor Atwood, Order of Canada (November 18, 1939 - ) is ... Atwood is also the inventor and developer of the LongPen and associated ...39 KB (5,259 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- 13, 1925 - April 8, 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 ... One of the most significant British politicians in recent political ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 04:09, 6 November 2022
- abbreviated: CH), is a landlocked nation of 7.5 million people in Western ... ) translate as "Swiss Confederation," while the German name of ...52 KB (7,532 words) - 14:19, 28 April 2023
- The State of Georgia is a state in the United States and was one of ... Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River by land ...33 KB (4,647 words) - 15:18, 21 May 2024
- Hare Krishna movement, was founded in 1966 by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ... are easily identified in Western nations by their distinctive appearance ...34 KB (5,270 words) - 13:23, 7 February 2023
- The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, or Mauritania, is a country in ... Mauritania is a land dominated by sand and barren soil located on ...28 KB (4,027 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- philosopher who wrote widely in the areas of sociology, social psychology ... Facing the problems of the Holocaust by the Nazis and the mass murders ...41 KB (6,139 words) - 17:57, 30 April 2023
- The brain is a centralized mass of nerve tissue enclosed within the ... Along with the spinal cord, the brain forms part of the central nervous ...28 KB (4,199 words) - 22:35, 20 November 2023
- from 1981 to 1987. He served as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee ... freedom and opportunity for others. A man of deep religious faith, his beliefs ...48 KB (6,423 words) - 21:40, 4 December 2022
- The United States of America—also referred to as the United States ... or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ...83 KB (12,275 words) - 11:52, 3 May 2023
- UNSC) was created after World War II as part of the United Nations. It was ... its inception, it was largely paralyzed by the Cold War between the United ...68 KB (9,754 words) - 11:45, 3 May 2023
- face off in a circular area. The sport is of Japanese origin and is surrounded ... even today the sport includes many ritual elements, such as the use of salt ...39 KB (6,360 words) - 22:22, 26 February 2023
- North Pyeongan Province, which is now part of North Korea. He founded the ... teachings are published as the Exposition of the Divine Principle (1996). ...69 KB (10,533 words) - 13:50, 28 April 2023
- A ceiling fan is a device suspended from the ceiling of a room, with ... In the summer, the direction of rotation of the blades is set to blow ...35 KB (5,762 words) - 23:44, 3 December 2023
- the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken ... Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the tenth ...41 KB (5,525 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- ) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 ... his empire across continents, creating one of the vastest empires ever known ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 03:19, 24 November 2022
- The United States Senate is the smaller body, of the United States ... As the upper chamber of Congress, the Senate has several powers of ...71 KB (10,564 words) - 21:06, 30 December 2023
- 1844 – August 25, 1900) is known as one of the main representatives of ... If a philosopher is to be a pioneer of thought, trying to open up ...52 KB (7,901 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- (Latin: regnum Francorum, "Kingdom of the Franks"), Frankish ... The idea behind the Holy Roman Empire was of a Christian Europe united ...50 KB (7,783 words) - 08:59, 6 October 2022
- found in formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons ... Petroleum is used mostly, by volume, for producing fuel oil and gasoline ...42 KB (6,126 words) - 14:48, 28 March 2023
- quot;) refers to an esoteric collection of Jewish mystical doctrines about ... among the Geonim (early medieval Rabbis) and by Rishonim (later medieval Rabbis ...68 KB (10,629 words) - 21:49, 4 October 2022
- Peck described human life as a series of obstacles to be overcome ... While Peck promoted a life of discipline, true love, and honest relationships ...37 KB (5,607 words) - 04:44, 5 November 2022
- Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia called "Vlad the Impaler" ... The very different portrayals of Vlad in various bodies of tradition ...62 KB (10,177 words) - 20:44, 3 May 2023
- The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, commonly called Jordan, is an Arab ... A young nation, Jordan occupies an area considered one of the 15 cradle ...50 KB (7,586 words) - 20:00, 4 May 2024
- The Kingdom of Thailand, known as Siam until 1939, lies in Southeast ... in the Thai language and is also the name of the majority Thai ethnic group. ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other ... term has been understood to refer to a place of mistreatment, starvation, forced ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
- is known as the "national pastime" of the United States, although ... The game also involves a unique combination of individual competitiveness ...67 KB (11,273 words) - 11:05, 20 September 2023
- originally meant any person anointed by a prophet or priest of God ... The concept of Messiah is prevalent in several world religions as ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- Bobcat is the common name for a medium-sized wild cat of North America ... swampland environments. It persists in much of its original range and populations ...41 KB (6,143 words) - 23:59, 11 January 2023
- The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (or Hungarian Uprising of 1956) ... was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government ...73 KB (10,504 words) - 12:26, 4 February 2023
- is a data storage device used in many types of electronic equipment including ... The first storage devices were built by IBM in 1953 and used magnetic ...35 KB (5,548 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- Chandos portrait that is believed to be of William Shakespeare]] dramatist. His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two ...56 KB (8,436 words) - 10:51, 12 May 2023
- The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual ... A number of non-harp-like instruments are colloquially referred to ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- [[File:Maccari-Cicero.jpg|thumb|right|350px| Cicero denounces Catiline ... The word oratory refers to the art of eloquent speech. An orator is ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations ... led by the United States and mandated by the United Nations in order ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an emirate in the Middle ... The native Qatari population lives side by side with newcomers who have ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 21:09, 14 April 2023
- Phoenicia was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient ... People'. The Phoenicians often traded by means of a galley, a man-powered ...30 KB (4,504 words) - 04:20, 24 November 2022
- , was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. between the government and the armed forces by creating repressive security ...67 KB (10,170 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- Graeco-Indian Kingdom covered various parts of the northwest and northern ... Greek Kingdom" loosely describes a number of various dynastic polities ...61 KB (8,976 words) - 19:50, 4 March 2024
- El Greco (probably a combination of the Castilian and the Venetian ... a prominent painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. He ...77 KB (11,557 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- 69 and 96 C.E., encompassing the reigns of Vespasian (69–79 C.E.), and ... The reign of Titus was struck by multiple natural disasters, the most ...53 KB (7,893 words) - 19:45, 12 July 2023
- 16, 1885) was a Canadian politician, founder of the province of Manitoba, and ... Canadian government, the Red River Rebellion of 1869–1870 and the North-West ...46 KB (7,007 words) - 04:09, 4 November 2022
- Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses ... Kansas City was founded in 1838 as the "Town of Kansas" ...46 KB (6,922 words) - 17:38, 14 May 2024
- between France and Prussia, which was backed by the North German Confederation ... newly recruited French armies in a series of battles fought across northern ...61 KB (9,426 words) - 14:18, 1 October 2022
- Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States ... demographic, economic, and political makeup of the nation, with a mixture ...37 KB (5,435 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
