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- and political philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of traditionalist ... Scruton embraced conservatism after witnessing the May 1968 student ...58 KB (8,069 words) - 21:36, 16 April 2023
- Electronic engineering is a discipline that utilizes the behavior ... The name electrical engineering is still used to cover electronic ...28 KB (3,902 words) - 16:01, 13 February 2024
- Heavy metal is a sub-genre of rock music that emerged as a defined ... Nails, and others often dwell on imagery of violence, death, unrestrained ...41 KB (6,469 words) - 21:31, 26 December 2020
- Canada. Known as la belle province ("the beautiful province") ... second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger ...36 KB (5,238 words) - 15:40, 7 December 2022
- The Sydney Opera House, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ... with park land to its south and close to the equally famous Sydney Harbour ...15 KB (2,320 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- unite his spiritual yearnings with his love of poetry, and the resulting verse ... Hopkins was born in Stratford, Essex, as the eldest of nine children ...14 KB (2,348 words) - 20:30, 13 December 2023
- – May 19, 1954) was an American composer of European classical music. He ... in which Christian hymns were central to the worship service. Many of theses ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
- |mascot = Marty the Martlet |website= [http://www.mcgill ... Canada. Founded in 1821, McGill is one of the oldest universities in ...36 KB (4,859 words) - 09:30, 10 March 2023
- The Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova) is a landlocked country ... Historically part of the Principality of Moldavia, it was annexed ...57 KB (8,247 words) - 19:49, 9 November 2022
- Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of complex ... Cybernetics is always and only involved when the system under scrutiny ...22 KB (3,161 words) - 06:51, 12 January 2024
- 13, 1923 - December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer ... In recognition of his achievements he was awarded the Harmon Trophy ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- Lady Jane Grey (July 1536 – February 12, 1554), a granddaughter ... Lady Jane had a reputation as one of the most learned women of her ...32 KB (5,051 words) - 22:48, 21 October 2022
- Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South ... When the Spanish landed in 1531, the Inca empire extended over a vast ...46 KB (6,833 words) - 23:21, 26 August 2023
- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( المملكة العربية السعودية , al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Saʻūdiyya) is the largest country ...57 KB (8,635 words) - 17:04, 23 December 2022
- – June 10, 323 B.C.E.), commonly known in the West as Alexander the Great ... (Megas Alexandros), King of Macedon (336–323 B.C.E.), was the most ...47 KB (7,410 words) - 20:29, 18 July 2023
- and Presbyterian minister. He was known as the creator, composer, producer ... Trained and ordained as a minister, Rogers was displeased with the ...50 KB (7,123 words) - 10:23, 11 April 2024
- Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional ... The act of prayer is attested in written sources as early as 5000 ...32 KB (4,977 words) - 18:50, 5 May 2024
- The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the ... The Fall of Granada in 1492 saw the end of the Muslim presence in ...36 KB (5,672 words) - 21:18, 9 November 2022
- Sweden is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern ... contributed to rapid industrialization; by the 1890s, the country had begun ...40 KB (5,890 words) - 20:41, 17 March 2024
- Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist ... Gilbert, who wrote the words, created fanciful topsy-turvy worlds ...35 KB (5,340 words) - 10:04, 14 December 2022
- It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, ... Governmental instability during the 1970s and 1980s was followed by ...22 KB (3,224 words) - 18:45, 22 November 2023
- Speed skating emphasizes speed at the shorter distances and endurance ... Long track speed skating enjoys large popularity in the Netherlands ...27 KB (4,168 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2023
- shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque ... In the strict sense satire is a literary genre, but the larger notion ...31 KB (4,584 words) - 15:56, 18 December 2022
- Haiku (俳句) is a mode of Japanese poetry initiated through a late ... The Hokku of early Japanese poets like Matsuo Basho and Ueshima Onitsura ...26 KB (4,075 words) - 16:44, 21 January 2024
- ) was a member of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary political movement ... The club got its name from their meeting place at the Dominican rue ...49 KB (6,809 words) - 17:38, 1 July 2022
- Cosmetics are substances used to enhance or protect the appearance ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates cosmetics ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 18:25, 17 January 2023
- The Scramble for Africa (or the Race for Africa) was the proliferation ... The latter half of the nineteenth century saw the transition from ...50 KB (7,409 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- Montevideo is the largest city, capital, and chief port of Uruguay ... Montevideo is the commercial, political, and intellectual center of ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- was a popular and prolific British author of children's books. Blyton ... series, including those featuring Noddy, the Famous Five, and the Secret ...16 KB (2,376 words) - 18:54, 13 February 2024
- Lebanon (Arabic: لبنان Lubnān), officially the Lebanese Republic ... Until the Lebanese Civil War (1975-90), the country was considered ...55 KB (7,922 words) - 06:11, 6 March 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is one of four municipalities of ... The urban area of Tianjin is located along the Haihe River, and is ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements ... Thompson's writing helped expose the role of class, elitism, ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- [[Image:Stećak.jpg|thumb|250px|Radimlja necropolis of stećak in ... a large cemetery or burial place. Apart from the occasional application of ...26 KB (3,983 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- The Anschluss Until the German spelling reform of 1996, Anschluss was ... (German: connection, or political union), also known as the Anschluss ...45 KB (6,819 words) - 05:13, 31 July 2023
- time Academy Award-winning American actress of film, television, and theater. regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary ...21 KB (3,286 words) - 18:00, 29 September 2023
- and Loathing in Las Vegas. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism ... Thompson himself became a central figure in the 1960s and 1970s ethos ...43 KB (6,622 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2024
- , IPA: 'kolkat̪a]), formerly Calcutta, is the capital of the ... Kolkata served as the capital of India during the British Raj until ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- [[Image:Virgil Solis - Tereus Philomela.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rape ... Rape is a form of assault involving the non-consensual use of the ...32 KB (4,983 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- | nationality = United States | realname = Rocco Francis Marchegiano ... | nickname = The Brockton Blockbuster, The Rock from Brockton ...19 KB (3,097 words) - 21:32, 16 April 2023
- 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
- novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps ... 93 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, which was then on the outskirts of London. Gaskell ...15 KB (2,205 words) - 16:19, 13 February 2024
- and performances were very popular during the Second World War. She was ... She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television ...44 KB (6,146 words) - 18:00, 3 May 2023
- ::This article is about the physical universe. Natural|Natural World ... Nature, broadly defined, refers to the physical (natural, material ...63 KB (9,360 words) - 04:22, 11 March 2023
- The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by ... Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe ...76 KB (10,944 words) - 08:52, 27 September 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
- Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and ... represents a modern hero who is at home in the modern world which emphasizes ...25 KB (3,815 words) - 13:25, 4 February 2023
- [[Image:Blacktriangle.jpg|thumb|200 px|Artist's depiction of ... The acronym UFO, Unidentified Flying Object, refers to any real or ...29 KB (4,399 words) - 01:37, 3 May 2023
- Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, the country's second ... Like many cities, Wellington's urban area extends well beyond ...30 KB (4,384 words) - 20:30, 18 January 2024
- colonial roots in his writing. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature ... Walcott was born and raised in Castries, Saint Lucia, in the West ...47 KB (6,423 words) - 09:51, 29 January 2024
- philosophy, literary criticism, and the social sciences, denoting ... Subjects relevant to deconstruction include the philosophy of meaning ...49 KB (7,258 words) - 09:03, 28 January 2024
- The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in ... France and Prussia, which was backed by the North German Confederation ...61 KB (9,426 words) - 14:18, 1 October 2022
- A political party is an organized group of people who have the same ... There are many differences in the way political parties operate. The ...68 KB (9,596 words) - 04:49, 10 February 2021
- records worldwide and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He had his first number-one popular song with "Because of You ...61 KB (9,033 words) - 20:13, 12 September 2023
- enjoyed pop music cross-over success during the era of the Nashville Sound ... her from other female country singers of her day. Many of her songs ...17 KB (2,547 words) - 16:47, 21 November 2022
- economics, and philosophy. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow ... Polanyi's work as a scientist made significant contributions ...17 KB (2,500 words) - 10:38, 10 March 2023
- ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island ... Northern Ireland has been for many years the site of a violent and ...84 KB (12,511 words) - 06:37, 16 November 2022
- in Central Asia that until 1991, was part of the Soviet Union as the Turkmen ... With one-half of its irrigated land planted in cotton, Turkmenistan ...47 KB (6,838 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
- cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields. Some of ... Bateson is most closely associated with the concept of the double ...23 KB (3,325 words) - 14:02, 31 January 2023
- 1888 – March 28, 1953) is considered one of the most versatile athletes ... Thorpe's violation of the amateur rules was a technicality that ...24 KB (3,676 words) - 21:00, 3 April 2024
- Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central ... The first Polish state was baptized in 966, an event that coincided ...71 KB (10,329 words) - 17:32, 2 January 2024
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Albania and the Adriatic Sea. Periodically independent since the late Middle Ages, and an internationally ...62 KB (8,958 words) - 22:21, 14 March 2024
- England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the ... England is often mistakenly considered the same as the United Kingdom ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- a Scottish actor. He gained recognition as the first actor to portray fictional ... As an actor, Connery brought the characters he played to life, providing ...44 KB (6,554 words) - 17:35, 25 January 2023
- views on womanhood and equality of people helped to move a nation ... Louisa May Alcott was the second of four daughters born to Amos Bronson ...17 KB (2,709 words) - 04:11, 4 November 2022
- (March 6, 1508 – February 22, 1556), the second Mughal Emperor, ruled ... who became a rather bitter rival, obtained the sovereignty of Kabul and Lahore ...33 KB (5,251 words) - 21:14, 11 January 2023
- Hampshire), called Ælfgifu, was daughter of Richard the Fearless, Duke ... (1002-1016); and then to Canute the Great of Denmark (1017-1035). ...42 KB (6,697 words) - 18:48, 31 December 2021
- A. A. Milne, was a prolific English author of books, plays, and poems. He ... Milne's generosity lives beyond him. Royalties from the Pooh ...15 KB (2,362 words) - 06:49, 13 June 2023
- 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
- Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. It has been found in ... In everyday usage the term pottery encompasses a wide range of ceramics ...28 KB (4,471 words) - 22:01, 30 November 2022
- Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic is a Middle Eastern country ... Considered one of the original "Cradle of Civilization" ...53 KB (7,689 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- American singer-songwriter and guitarist and the son of folk musician Tim Buckley. Emerging in the 1990s, Buckley impressed critics and audiences with ...23 KB (3,508 words) - 04:32, 31 July 2022
- The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... ), commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. The name India ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country ... The Republic of Serbia comprises Serbia proper and two autonomous ...67 KB (9,913 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- 1903 – January 21, 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was ... family in Motihari, Bihar, in India, during the period when India was part ...23 KB (3,458 words) - 10:53, 13 December 2023
- Until the mid-nineteenth century, Japanese philosophy was inextricably ... While Western philosophy is closely related to conceptual components ...28 KB (4,111 words) - 09:55, 1 April 2024
- Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland, is a country of northwestern ... Iceland has been inhabited since about the year 874 when, according ...36 KB (5,300 words) - 17:19, 10 February 2024
- St Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. 1004– January 5, 1066 ... His reign marked the continuing disintegration of royal power in England ...18 KB (2,742 words) - 23:55, 12 February 2024
- Human sacrifice is the act of killing human beings as part of a religious ... Paralleling the various practices of animal sacrifice and of religious ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- Kenya (/ˈkɛnjə/; locally [ˈkɛɲa]), officially the Republic of ... Kenya's location on the eastern coast of Africa and central highlands ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 03:29, 6 October 2022
- at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level (senior), and ... as Sonja Henie and Peggy Fleming were among the most beloved athletes of their ...29 KB (4,650 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- electronic circuit (consisting mainly of semiconductor devices, as well ... push a button and it will automatically set the time for defrosting an item ...29 KB (4,001 words) - 06:15, 6 March 2024
- | nationality = United States | genre = Action Science fiction ... worldwide. His works are usually based on the action genre and heavily feature ...24 KB (3,558 words) - 10:38, 10 March 2023
- philosopher and poet. His most famous work, the Kuzari, defended Judaism against ... Judah Ha-Levi is regarded as one of the greatest Hebrew poets. More ...27 KB (4,480 words) - 20:50, 4 October 2022
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the ... Originally settled by Amerindians of South American origin at least ...48 KB (7,150 words) - 17:39, 2 May 2023
- politician and diplomat. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in ... Chateaubriand was the first to define the focus on human passions ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 09:37, 11 April 2024
- The Holocaust, also known as The Shoah (Hebrew: השואה HaShoah ... (die "Endlösung der Judenfrage"). The commonly used figure ...63 KB (9,654 words) - 20:59, 31 December 2023
- aircraft that obtains thrust by reaction to the ejection of fast-moving fluid ... In chemically powered rockets, the combustion of propellant produces ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- :This page is about the number and digit 0 or "zero." ... As a number, zero means nothing—an absence of other values. It plays a central ...30 KB (4,810 words) - 06:25, 13 June 2023
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is a republic of the western Balkans Peninsula ... Croatia borders the country on the north, west, and south, Serbia ...64 KB (9,164 words) - 19:47, 20 November 2023
- ISBN 978-0415200493). A modern Hindu sect, the Brahma Kumaris articulate ... Lawrence A. Babb, Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in the ...28 KB (3,991 words) - 22:34, 20 November 2023
- Rabbit is the common name for small mammals in the family Leporidae ... The term, "rabbit" sometimes is used as a collective term ...28 KB (4,391 words) - 16:17, 7 December 2022
- field in science that is organized around the study of the nervous system ... There are many sub-disciplines within the field of neuroscience, including ...32 KB (4,338 words) - 04:35, 11 March 2023
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- was a leading American statesman during the nation's antebellum era ... constitutional precedents that bolstered the authority of the Federal government ...42 KB (6,358 words) - 22:07, 25 January 2024
- Johannesburg is the largest and most populous city in South Africa ... In the mid-twentieth century racial segregation in the form of apartheid ...34 KB (4,738 words) - 13:15, 6 May 2024
- The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea ... Papua New Guinea is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- an Irish writer and poet, regarded as one of the seminal figures of modernism ... Joyce pushed the limits of the "stream-of-consciousness" ...32 KB (5,105 words) - 21:18, 20 March 2024
- (January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953), the legendary gypsy jazz guitarist ... Born into and raised along the caravan trail traveled by a tribe of ...19 KB (3,034 words) - 16:27, 29 January 2024
- The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, also known as the First Polish ... ) or as the "First Republic," was one of the largest and ...62 KB (8,547 words) - 08:32, 24 November 2022
- and guru. He was instrumental in bringing the teachings of meditation and ... He brought a more spiritual, as opposed to dogmatic, understanding ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- known for his home-bred screen persona. Over the course of his career, he starred ... He first pursued a career as an architect before being drawn to the ...25 KB (3,865 words) - 16:36, 30 January 2023
- Yucatán is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the north of ... When Yucatán became a state in 1824 it occupied the entire peninsula ...27 KB (4,045 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- Cannes is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes ... by Celts, Greeks, and Romans. Along with the Lérins Islands, it has had ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 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
- Canetti moved to England in 1938 after the Anschluss to escape Nazi ... He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked ...17 KB (2,352 words) - 21:30, 5 September 2023
- The Gabonese Republic or Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic ... investment have helped make Gabon one of the more prosperous countries ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 07:34, 15 April 2024
- A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction ... geometrically accurate representations of three-dimensional space, while ...20 KB (3,039 words) - 03:02, 6 November 2022
- as "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
- The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... The collection dates back to 405, when Saint Mesrop Mashtots created ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as ... Later, however, when other Ottoman provinces in the Balkans began ...61 KB (9,207 words) - 16:50, 18 February 2023
- from an archaeologists' label for the material culture of Britain ... While the history of Roman Britain is reasonably well covered by contemporary ...51 KB (7,614 words) - 13:43, 28 April 2023
- |image=[[Image:Anishinabe.svg|200px]] Crest of the Ojibwa people ... The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) is one of ...46 KB (6,830 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... ) has existed for nearly 60 years, built on the foundation of a 5 ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- for men and women in many countries around the world. Its official name and ... ==History of the Sport== Field hockey history The sport of field hockey ...33 KB (5,580 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024
- large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per ... Machine gun technology developed to considerable sophistication in ...29 KB (4,662 words) - 04:50, 5 November 2022
- Libya is a country in North Africa 90 percent of which is desert. ... , R'bw (Libu), which refers to one of the tribes of Berber peoples ...53 KB (7,788 words) - 11:06, 7 March 2023
- , or 12 players (women's field), each of whom uses a netted stick (the ... summer sport. It has grown in popularity in the United States, becoming the ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 22:41, 30 April 2023
- Holst is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets. Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- 30, 2004) was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana ... An accomplished storyteller, Berton was one of Canada's most ...22 KB (3,103 words) - 05:19, 24 November 2022
- The question of the meaning of life is perhaps the most fundamental ... This question has resulted in a wide range of competing answers and ...50 KB (7,753 words) - 02:49, 9 November 2022
- Henry James, OM (April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916), was one of ... James' evolving literary style and artistic intentions mirrored ...48 KB (7,374 words) - 07:29, 22 January 2024
- communities. Wars are necessarily intentional. The actors are states ... The factors leading to war are often complicated and due to a range ...40 KB (6,411 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
- The Tibetan people are indigenous to Tibet and surrounding areas stretching ... Tibet was forcibly incorporated into the People's Republic of ...35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- The Tunisian Republic (الجمهرية التونسية), or Tunisia ... Forty per cent of the country is comprised of the Sahara Desert, with ...35 KB (5,063 words) - 15:12, 2 August 2023
- The Armenian Genocide—also known as the Armenian Holocaust, Great ... Most Armenians, Russians, and West Europeans believe that the massacres ...48 KB (7,401 words) - 03:50, 15 August 2023
- An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from ... result in serious harm or even death to the woman. A strong argument for ...56 KB (8,002 words) - 06:28, 14 June 2023
- who pioneered important concepts in the fields of cell biology and ... The endosymbiotic theory concerns the origins of mitochondria and ...19 KB (2,756 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- satirist, and social critic, known as the "Sage of Baltimore" ... He is well-known as the journalist who covered the Scopes Trial, which ...28 KB (4,252 words) - 18:12, 29 July 2023
- Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. The ... The varying forms of football have several aspects in common. They ...41 KB (6,352 words) - 10:33, 10 November 2023
- Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country in southwestern ... The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ...88 KB (12,576 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- The legend of Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance and tragedy ... In different forms, as drama, opera, poetry, and prose, the tale has ...29 KB (4,638 words) - 17:43, 2 May 2023
- Europe bordering Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and Moldova ... Many Romanians take pride in being the most eastern Romance people ...64 KB (9,341 words) - 04:57, 16 December 2022
- The Imperial examinations or Keju ( t=科舉|p=kējǔ ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ...21 KB (3,072 words) - 15:27, 4 February 2023
- ), officially the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρα ... ), is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end ...73 KB (10,722 words) - 18:19, 27 January 2023
- 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
- The Republic of Mozambique, or Mozambique, is a country in southeastern ... Mozambique is still recovering from the destruction wrought by nearly ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- Athletics also known as track and field is a collection of sporting ... While most recognize the Olympic Games as the start of track and field ...24 KB (3,812 words) - 04:52, 1 May 2023
- George Eliot is the pen name of Mary Anne Evans Baptized Mary Anne ... 22, 1880) an English novelist who was one of the leading writers of the ...21 KB (3,133 words) - 07:37, 15 May 2024
- 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
- The Tāj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. The Mughal emperor ... The Taj Mahal is considered by many to be the finest example of Mughal ...30 KB (4,795 words) - 03:53, 27 February 2023
- his emphasis to singing, becoming one of the most popular and best-known ... was a Baptist minister. In 1939, he formed the King Cole Trio in Southern ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- April 23, 303 C.E.), also known as George of Lydda, is one of the most venerated ... In Christian hagiography, Saint George is the patron saint of Aragon ...36 KB (5,477 words) - 19:38, 22 December 2022
- The term Messiah, literally "Anointed One," refers to the ... The concept of Messiah is prevalent in several world religions as ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- on a person. It can be used as a means of intimidation, as a deterrent ... Torture is almost universally considered to be a violation of human ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 04:41, 1 May 2023
- Owl is the common name for any of the birds of prey comprising the ... They are found in all regions of the Earth except Antarctica, most ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 19:47, 20 July 2023
- sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows ... including 74.5 million albums in the United States alone. ...51 KB (7,954 words) - 20:40, 9 April 2023
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the ... After Kennedy's leadership as commander of the USS PT-109 during ...53 KB (7,912 words) - 19:39, 1 May 2023
- The Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional division of ... With the demise of centralized Roman government in the West, trade ...60 KB (9,144 words) - 10:41, 10 March 2023
- ), the name of a film Indian musical comedy film directed by Rajkumar ... Gandhism under Munna Bhai's notion of Gandhigiri.Mridula Chunduri ...43 KB (6,480 words) - 05:34, 4 March 2023
- and short-story writer who is considered one of the foremost figures in world ... and theology, but he was less concerned with the social and psychological anomie ...30 KB (4,821 words) - 06:22, 6 May 2024
- This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history ... and nation in East Asia. It is one of the world's oldest civilizations ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- Mississippi is a state located in the Deep South of the United States ... Before the American Civil War, Mississippi was the fifth-wealthiest ...35 KB (5,105 words) - 11:10, 10 March 2023
- ), known previously as the Uddhav Sampraday, is a Hindu sect established ... Under the leadership of Swaminarayan, the movement gained strength ...48 KB (6,849 words) - 14:17, 28 April 2023
- science primarily concerned with the collection, classification ... Information science focuses on understanding problems from the perspective ...37 KB (5,078 words) - 17:20, 15 April 2021
- Octavianus (in English, Octavian), for the period of his life prior to ... Although he preserved the outward form of the Roman Republic, he ruled ...27 KB (4,377 words) - 19:08, 21 August 2023
- Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists in 1919. She ... Her innocent but errant portrayals of feisty young ingénues pitted ...32 KB (4,715 words) - 16:13, 7 November 2022
- Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and the eighth ... Its name derives from the Latin argentum, meaning silver, and was ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- The Band was an influential rock music group active from 1967 to 1976 ... Originally known as the Hawks, the group became well known for backing ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- Scuba diving is the act of swimming underwater while using a self ... Scuba diving emphasizes human interaction with the environment, in ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 02:37, 21 April 2023
- The French Revolutionary Wars ( Guerres de la Révolution française ) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until ...65 KB (9,639 words) - 10:56, 11 April 2024
- Stream of consciousness is a literary technique, used primarily in ... Modern stream of consciousness writing is closely related to, but ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 20:56, 26 February 2023
- [[Image:Jade pot from the Qing Dynasty.jpg|thumb|Gilt-metal and jade ... Archaeology (sometimes spelled archeology outside the United States ...28 KB (4,112 words) - 06:15, 12 August 2023
- The Republic of Finland is a Nordic country situated in Northern Europe ... Finland consistently ranks high on a number of international analysis ...43 KB (6,190 words) - 19:49, 26 March 2024
- Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea ... Slave labor brought from Africa to work the sugarcane fields in the ...26 KB (3,654 words) - 02:55, 26 February 2023
- Industrialization in the Soviet Union occurred as a process of accelerated ... The official task of industrialization was the transformation of the ...62 KB (8,764 words) - 22:12, 30 March 2023
- [[Image:ac-parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon seen from the ... The Parthenon (Παρθενώνας) is a temple of the Greek goddess ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
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- A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent ... To defend themselves against sieges, even the earliest cities were ...44 KB (6,877 words) - 22:27, 15 May 2023
- The Himalayas (also Himalaya, IPA: [hɪ'mɑlijə], [ˌhɪmə& ... ) are a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent ...37 KB (5,509 words) - 23:27, 18 December 2020
- The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church is the Christian Church ... The Catholic Church is the largest Christian Church and the largest ...80 KB (12,653 words) - 04:49, 16 December 2022
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo, often referred to as DRC or ... Formerly the colony of Belgian Congo, the country's post-independence ...43 KB (6,213 words) - 09:27, 28 January 2024
- Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has ruled the country since ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- |Image_Caption= A crop circle consisting of multiple circles ... |Origin= The term was invented by researcher Colin Andrews in the ...27 KB (4,030 words) - 06:27, 11 January 2024
- other Information Technology (IT) ventures. The technology park represents ... million square feet (310,000 square meters) of built-up space, serving as ...28 KB (3,882 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- 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
- and worked variously in Southeast Asia, the United States and Mediterranean ... Burgess's fiction includes the Malayan trilogy (The Long Day ...51 KB (7,981 words) - 05:23, 31 July 2023
- Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses the Great and alternatively transcribed ... ) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded ...38 KB (6,086 words) - 05:03, 17 July 2022
- in their subject matter and in his matter of fact prose and narrative technique ... Born in Somerset Road, Ealing, London, he was educated at the Dragon ...19 KB (3,017 words) - 16:28, 11 November 2022
- * The moment when the Sun is positioned directly over the Earth's ... * The time at which the vernal point, celestial equator, and other ...25 KB (4,132 words) - 19:17, 13 February 2024
- 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
- Decades after her death, she remains one of the twentieth century's ... early life as a foster child and ward of the state provided little nurturing ...30 KB (4,676 words) - 15:56, 6 November 2022
- 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
- comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan ... Gilbert also wrote the Bab Ballads, an extensive collection of light ...46 KB (7,062 words) - 22:03, 3 May 2023
- Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the ... ). From the High Middle Ages his Saints' Day has been associated ...35 KB (5,116 words) - 14:12, 3 May 2023
- Antwerp, a city and municipality in Belgium, lies on the River Scheldt ... Antwerp has long been an important city in the nations of the Benelux ...22 KB (3,301 words) - 05:47, 11 August 2023
- - January 9, 1927) was a British-born author of books on political philosophy ... This philosophy would later be applied by the Nazis in their Final ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:22, 4 February 2023
- and Marxist theoretician. Serving as the People's Commissar for ... The daughter of an Imperial Russian Army general, Kollontai embraced ...55 KB (7,707 words) - 20:09, 30 July 2023
- and television. Although based for much of her life in the United States ... Gaslight (1944), National Velvet (1944), and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 ...63 KB (9,615 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- The State of Illinois is a state of the United States of America, ... About 2,000 Native American hunters and a small number of French villagers ...44 KB (6,183 words) - 16:22, 12 February 2024
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Order of the British Empire (January 3, ... Tolkien used fantasy in the same way fabulists have used folk and ...53 KB (8,151 words) - 08:28, 13 March 2024
- Nonviolence is the practice of being harmless to self and others under ... Forms of nonviolence draw inspiration from both religious or ethical ...51 KB (7,370 words) - 02:40, 16 November 2022
- Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize. Much of his ... His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), ignited fierce controversy ...35 KB (5,157 words) - 01:51, 23 December 2022
- As a "woman of letters" who published successfully in mulitple ... politics, and she herself provided a model of the female writer for contemporary ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- Kerala refers to a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India ... First settled in the tenth century B.C.E. by speakers of Proto-South ...79 KB (10,302 words) - 22:30, 3 March 2023
- The Republic of Ireland, often referred to as simply Ireland, is a ... More than 40 million Americans, and millions of others around the ...93 KB (13,994 words) - 13:49, 15 April 2024
- Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia ... A 2006 study found that Vancouver had the third highest quality of ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- Sutekh, Setesh, Seteh) was originally the god of the desert, one of ... and cosmological belief system developed in the Nile river basin from earliest ...29 KB (4,585 words) - 10:05, 26 January 2023
- Medicine is the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis ... Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, prognosis, ...53 KB (7,336 words) - 04:05, 9 November 2022
- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特別行政區 ... (香|香 港|港), is one of the two special administrative regions ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- The State of Israel (in Hebrew "Medinat Yisra'el," ... Israel declared its independence in 1948. With a diverse population ...69 KB (10,208 words) - 15:25, 19 March 2023
- Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty is the name used for the third ... Often tolerant of religious minorities, Jewish life flourished during ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones. The word cairn comes ... ). Cairns are found all over the world in uplands, on moorland, on ...25 KB (3,874 words) - 18:18, 25 November 2023
- ) is the capital city of the Province of Milano and of Lombardy region ... Milan was first settled more than 2500 years ago. Over the centuries ...27 KB (3,967 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- naval leader noted for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Japanese ... Yi is also known for his innovation of the Turtle ships (거북선 ...34 KB (5,442 words) - 11:13, 24 May 2023
- poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature ... Robert Pinsky has stated that "with his wonderful gift of eye ...80 KB (11,371 words) - 23:33, 1 August 2023
- The Black Death, also known as the Black Plague, was a devastating ... Notable later outbreaks include the Italian Plague of 1629–1631 ...48 KB (7,671 words) - 23:50, 11 January 2023
- Sociological research ranges from the analysis of short contacts ... public policy with rationales for the actions that they take. Sociology ...28 KB (3,873 words) - 15:03, 27 April 2023
- The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming ... Since 1924, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- The Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝) (born Hongli, September 25, 1711 ... During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, China attained its maximum ...28 KB (4,243 words) - 00:03, 15 April 2023
- for educational reform, and President of the Board of Trade. He later ... Several monuments honor his legacy in the City of Birmingham. Throughout ...63 KB (9,535 words) - 21:17, 6 May 2024
- The World Cup, sometimes called the FIFA World Cup, is an international ... The tournament's final phase is often called the World Cup Finals ...41 KB (6,235 words) - 19:26, 13 March 2024
- Polish statesman, Field Marshal, first Chief of State (1918–1922) and dictator ... Jerzy Jan Lerski. Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966–1945. (Greenwood ...60 KB (8,706 words) - 05:53, 10 May 2024
- Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor ... bias have been found in a wide range of political, organizational, ...53 KB (7,755 words) - 16:46, 10 May 2023
- in eastern and southern Afghanistan and in the North-West Frontier Province ... Pashtuns have rarely been politically united. "Biography Khushal ...61 KB (8,656 words) - 18:55, 23 March 2023
- The Qing Dynasty; Manchu: daicing gurun), sometimes known as the Manchu ... During its reign, the Qing Dynasty consolidated its grip on China ...45 KB (7,044 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2022
- Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, formerly a part of the Soviet ... From at least the ninth century, the territory of present-day Ukraine ...72 KB (10,102 words) - 01:29, 3 May 2023
- , is a democratic republic in Central America. It is the largest nation ... The country's name is derived from "Nicarao," the name ...59 KB (8,536 words) - 09:43, 11 March 2023
- Wade-Giles: Ch'ung-ch'ing) is the largest and most populous ... Located on the edge of the Yungui Plateau, Chongqing is intersected ...30 KB (3,987 words) - 17:18, 10 December 2023
- In ecclesiology, the Christian Church is what different Christian ... as a synonym for Christianity, despite the fact that it is composed of ...73 KB (10,603 words) - 12:23, 7 May 2024
- 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from ... These cultural achievements contributed to the prestige of France, its people ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- Lima is the capital and largest city, as well as the commercial and ... Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded the city in 1535, as ...28 KB (4,030 words) - 08:43, 8 March 2023
- The State of New Mexico is in the southwestern region of the United ... American populations and has been part of the Spanish viceroyalty of ...63 KB (9,067 words) - 09:27, 11 March 2023
- English Renaissance theatre is English drama written between the Reformation ... several medieval theater traditions, such as the mystery plays that formed ...22 KB (3,354 words) - 07:42, 5 February 2022
- an Academy Award for Special Effects. He was the director of a number of critically ... interpretations in viewers and critics. Many of Kubrick's films just as ...59 KB (9,500 words) - 19:51, 9 February 2023
- Iran (ايران, Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ... The history of Iran covers over four thousand years. Throughout history ...82 KB (12,001 words) - 11:17, 6 March 2024
- Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. It is the second ... While Madrid possesses modern infrastructure, it has preserved the ...75 KB (11,270 words) - 17:52, 8 February 2024
- ecological egalitarianism which argues for the equal rights of all living ... and Christianity's Saint Francis of Assisi, whose views include ...30 KB (4,407 words) - 09:08, 28 January 2024
- 4, 1847) was a German composer and conductor of the early Romantic period. ... and Beethoven, Mendelssohn composed some of his best works as a teenager ...31 KB (4,782 words) - 17:14, 26 March 2024
- Macbeth is among the best known of William Shakespeare's plays ... is often seen as an archetypal tale of the dangers of the lust for ...40 KB (6,125 words) - 04:47, 5 November 2022
- from Mississippi who is regarded as one of America's most influential ... Williams, Faulkner is often considered one of the most important writers ...20 KB (3,045 words) - 12:09, 8 May 2023
- In World War II, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France ... France was divided into a German occupation zone in the north and ...78 KB (12,110 words) - 11:42, 20 September 2023
- Online shopping is the process of researching and purchasing products ... photos, and multimedia files. Typically the customer selects items to ...28 KB (4,204 words) - 00:40, 18 November 2022
- Marie-Jeanne Phlipon, and best known under the name Madame Roland, was a ... a provincial intellectual with her husband, the economist Jean-Marie Roland ...54 KB (8,542 words) - 21:56, 28 November 2022
- Þórr) was a widely worshipped deity among the Viking peoples and revered ... Thor was the focus of numerous Norse folk tales and he was seen to ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 21:00, 31 October 2022
- [[Image:Skyscrapers of Shinjuku 2009 January.jpg|thumb|right|250 px ... and businesses, benefiting all parties in the process. Historically, cities ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- | order=28th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1913 ... | date of birth=December 28, 1856 | place of birth=Staunton, Virginia ...37 KB (5,512 words) - 23:30, 17 May 2023
- Fishing is the practice of catching wild fish for food, recreation ... activity that can enhance a personal sense of balance, strengthen intergenerational ...49 KB (7,746 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- Softball is a sport that sprung from the mind of George Hancock. The ... The International Softball Federation (ISF) holds world championships ...50 KB (8,173 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- The Czech Republic also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is ... As Czechoslovakia, independence was gained after World War I, but ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- in northeast Spain. It covers an area of 12,399 square miles (32,113 ... an older history as an independent territory of the Crown of Aragon, which ...38 KB (5,664 words) - 19:12, 29 November 2023
- Radulescu was a prolific translator of foreign literature into Romanian ... Among his many accomplishments, Radulescu is considered one of the ...64 KB (9,591 words) - 18:55, 7 February 2023
- Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters ... in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the mid-1970s, and rose to fame ...61 KB (8,753 words) - 02:22, 16 December 2022
- refugee who died in Bergen-Belsen. Her diary of two years in hiding during ... and very insightful written observations of life in hiding and the personalities ...32 KB (5,043 words) - 06:52, 28 July 2023
- intercourse in exchange for remuneration. The legal status of prostitution ... Prostitution, however, has continued to exist since the earliest societies ...45 KB (6,813 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, ... The long reign of monarchs came to an end in 1974, when a pro-Soviet ...47 KB (6,926 words) - 04:34, 22 March 2024
- Nanotechnology is a field of applied science and technology covering ... Despite the apparent simplicity of this definition, nanotechnology ...39 KB (5,416 words) - 02:44, 11 March 2023
- Charlemagne (742 or 747 – January 28, 814) (also Charles the Great; ... from Latin, Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus), son of King Pippin ...56 KB (8,914 words) - 01:47, 4 December 2023
- The State of Idaho is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the ... First occupied by American Indians, the region was explored by the ...41 KB (5,855 words) - 15:35, 12 February 2024
- offering two solutions or possibilities, of which neither is acceptable ... The dilemma is sometimes used as a rhetorical device, in the form ...24 KB (3,799 words) - 15:21, 29 January 2024
- कॅशीर; Urdu: کشمیر) is the northwestern region of the ... (comprising Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh), the Pakistani administered regions ...52 KB (7,879 words) - 07:24, 5 October 2022
- , is an outdoor sport played by two teams of 15 players each with a oval ... An adult-level rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes, consisting ...32 KB (5,080 words) - 20:33, 17 April 2023
- megalithic monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire ... The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list ...37 KB (5,831 words) - 02:27, 26 February 2023
- a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays ... on how to portray emotion and connect with the audience. She played several ...103 KB (16,692 words) - 01:55, 22 March 2023
- Augustan literature is a style of English literature produced during ... The chronological anchors of the era are generally vague, largely ...61 KB (9,767 words) - 03:12, 31 January 2023
- George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the ... Washington first gained prominence leading Virginia troops in support ...58 KB (9,004 words) - 11:02, 13 December 2023
- actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern ... school plays and wrote poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic ...89 KB (13,120 words) - 22:57, 30 March 2023
- Canberra is the federal capital of the Commonwealth of Australia located ... city. Following an international contest for the city's design, a design ...37 KB (5,453 words) - 19:15, 25 November 2023
- , romanized: Moskva, IPA:) is the capital of Russia and the country ... its performing arts. It is well-known for the elegant onion domes of Saint ...63 KB (8,988 words) - 16:33, 10 November 2022
- in Indian culture and based on teachings of the Vedas. Hinduism is the ... Some Hindus dislike the name “Hinduism,” although many now use ...61 KB (9,460 words) - 19:05, 17 March 2022
- and journalist, who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky. ... His literary career began in the early 1860s with the publication ...52 KB (7,872 words) - 04:11, 15 November 2022
- Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Reino de España North Africa (both bordering Morocco). It is the largest of the three sovereign ...115 KB (17,210 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string ... known songs include "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (with ...58 KB (8,480 words) - 21:18, 8 August 2023
- The Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, or simply ... many times. During more than 40 years of communist totalitarian rule ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- Tibet, called “Bod” by Tibetans, or 西藏 (Xīzàng) by the Chinese ... The Tibetan Empire came into existence in the seventh century when ...62 KB (9,319 words) - 23:23, 30 April 2023
- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- coalescence. It is often done by melting the workpieces and adding a filler ... A variety of energy sources can be used for welding, including a gas ...41 KB (6,376 words) - 23:28, 3 May 2023
- military leader and a leading member of the Nazi Party. Among many ... Goering was one of the central figures in the Nazi regime that was ...51 KB (7,918 words) - 14:29, 12 February 2022
- a Romanian historian, philosopher, theorist of religion, literary critic, ... His most significant contributions to the study of religion are his ...30 KB (4,475 words) - 18:55, 9 November 2022
- Latvia (historically Lattonia, Lettonia, or Lettland), officially ... Latvia shares land borders with Estonia to the north and Lithuania ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- A mosque is a place of worship for Muslims (followers of Islam). Muslims ... The Arabic word masjid means place of worship and derives from the ...42 KB (6,416 words) - 12:31, 7 May 2024
- The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Natural satellites ... The average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384,403 kilometers ...39 KB (6,162 words) - 13:13, 10 March 2023
- or other ideological goals. Most definitions of terrorism include only those ... Many people find the terms "terrorism" and "terrorist ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, Latin America, ... Baseball is a rare sport in which there is no time limit for play ...67 KB (11,273 words) - 11:05, 20 September 2023
- ) is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel, often ... In the Bible, water-rich Beersheba was once the home of each of the ...24 KB (3,637 words) - 10:25, 26 September 2023
- was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan who were ... Samurai gradually developed Bushido (武士道), or the “Samurai ...49 KB (7,556 words) - 03:06, 23 December 2022
- Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing ... generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism ...101 KB (14,057 words) - 17:18, 7 May 2024
- Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat ... produced Baker's yeast, all of which create bubbles before ...36 KB (5,350 words) - 22:56, 20 November 2023
- Guerrilla warfare (also spelled guerilla) is a method of combat by ... While some efforts on the part of guerrilla forces can be understood ...49 KB (7,286 words) - 23:47, 6 March 2023
- The theremin is an electronic musical instrument controlled without ... The instrument's controlling section usually consists of two ...52 KB (7,562 words) - 23:57, 12 March 2023
- ), is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... With nearly 100 million people, Henan is the most populous province ...27 KB (3,852 words) - 17:21, 7 February 2022
- The Book of Enoch is an apocraphal and pseudopigraphal collection ... ), which describes a group of fallen angels (called "the Grigori ...29 KB (4,679 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- The marathon is a long-distance running event of 42.195 km (26 miles ... In Ancient Greek, fennel was called marathon the same term to name ...30 KB (4,587 words) - 03:03, 6 November 2022
- original purpose, can also be used as toys. The term "toy" can also ... plastic are used to make toys. Newer forms of toys include interactive digital ...41 KB (6,246 words) - 04:50, 1 May 2023
- France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan ... The French Republic is a unitary semi-presidential republic with more ...109 KB (16,195 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Kiangsu) is a province of the People's ... Jiangsu has a coastline that extends over a thousand kilometers along ...28 KB (3,971 words) - 20:38, 3 April 2024
- Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces, joining the confederation ... Alberta's development since the eighteenth century has been based ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- Italian Fascism (in Italian, fascismo) was the authoritarian political ... Fascism led to Italy's support of Hitler's Germany during ...34 KB (5,044 words) - 06:23, 11 March 2024
- work in and numerous contributions to the discipline of electricity ... In the United States, Tesla's fame rivaled that of any other ...61 KB (9,138 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- The incandescent light bulb or incandescent lamp is a source of artificial ... Incandescent bulbs constitute a class of electric lamps, extending ...44 KB (6,810 words) - 12:43, 4 March 2024
- The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a mammal of the Felidae family and ... Native to the mainland of southeastern Asia, the tiger is an apex ...34 KB (5,273 words) - 03:13, 4 November 2022
- to God" is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and ... Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, governed the first Muslim ummah (nation ...71 KB (11,340 words) - 17:01, 18 March 2022
- Ice hockey one of the more physical sports, is one of the four major ... The sport's popularity in the U.S. is concentrated in certain ...69 KB (11,304 words) - 17:15, 10 February 2024
- and mathematician, working mostly in the twentieth century. He and ... Russell was born at the height of Britain's economic and political ...75 KB (11,466 words) - 17:25, 29 September 2023
- He often drew upon his own life experiences and addressed the nature ... The novel The Man in the High Castle bridged the genres of alternate ...41 KB (6,282 words) - 03:22, 24 November 2022
- koku) is an island country that sits off the east coast of Asia. Japan ... Archaeological research indicates that people were living on the islands ...89 KB (12,871 words) - 15:44, 4 February 2022
- 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was one of the most important leaders ... As a member of a privileged and wealthy family, he studied law in ...56 KB (8,938 words) - 15:04, 16 June 2023
- ), officially the Republic of Austria ( Republik Österreich ... The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- writer famous for his literary depictions of a libertine sexuality as well ... and blasphemy against Christianity. Many of the characters in his works ...57 KB (8,573 words) - 17:01, 30 June 2023
- Spain led European global exploration and colonial expansion in the ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...78 KB (11,731 words) - 19:08, 7 February 2023
- Philosophy of history or historiosophy is an area of philosophy concerning ... A philosophy of history begins with a few basic assumptions. First ...30 KB (4,545 words) - 04:16, 24 November 2022
- philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He was the recipient of numerous awards ... Newman's major film roles include The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963 ...38 KB (5,689 words) - 17:42, 21 November 2022
- In biological terms, a human being, or human, is any member of the ... Psychologically, humans have a highly developed brain capable of abstract ...94 KB (13,955 words) - 12:18, 4 February 2023
- music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s ... and his songs have been recorded by some of the world's most ...65 KB (9,151 words) - 15:55, 15 May 2023
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... federal republic, historically consisting of several sovereign states with ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
- Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 00:28, 4 January 2024
- Parrot is the common name for any of the tropical and subtropical ... There are roughly 350 species in 85 genera making up the order. These ...49 KB (7,385 words) - 18:44, 23 March 2023
- – June 9, 1870) was an English novelist of the Romantic and Victorian ... even political leaders have pointed out, one of the most politically revolutionary ...35 KB (5,506 words) - 01:58, 4 December 2023
- The history of Poland from 1945 to 1989 spans the period of Soviet ... Near the end of World War II, German forces were driven from Poland ...65 KB (9,745 words) - 00:13, 25 January 2024
- The Rosary (from Latin rosarium, meaning "rose garden" ... or "garland of roses" [http://books.google.com/books?id=eqkFAAAAQAAJ ...35 KB (5,735 words) - 21:43, 16 April 2023
- بهاء الله : meaning "Glory of God") (November 12, 1817 ... Bahá'u'lláh authored many religious works, most notably ...32 KB (5,101 words) - 05:47, 26 August 2023
- and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace ... young man and a committed Whig, he was part of the scheme to overthrow James ...51 KB (7,876 words) - 04:26, 3 May 2024
- The Mughal Empire, (Persian language: مغل بادشاۿ) was an ... Under Akbar the Great, the empire grew considerably, and continued ...31 KB (4,705 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- International (ODI) debuts in early 1998. In the 2001 Border-Gavaskar Trophy ... than from just representing India on the cricket field. As a visible ...42 KB (6,183 words) - 19:43, 29 January 2022
- water that obstructs, directs, or slows the flow, often creating a reservoir ... and to maintain wildlife habitats. On the downside, a dam may adversely ...36 KB (5,567 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- The lion (Panthera leo) is an Old World mammal of the Felidae family ... Asia, having disappeared from North Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia ...86 KB (13,304 words) - 17:35, 12 May 2023
- perfume-like odor. It is best known as the alcohol found in alcoholic ... able to participate in hydrogen bonding. At the molecular level, liquid ethanol ...49 KB (7,279 words) - 04:30, 22 March 2024
- The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Operation Peace), launched ... Turkey invoked its role as a guarantor under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee ...55 KB (8,362 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- Restoration literature is the English literature written during the ... In general, the term "Restoration" is used to denote the ...54 KB (8,435 words) - 08:15, 4 August 2022
- Amsterdam, located in the south of the province North Holland in the ... The 1960s and 1970s saw a cultural revolution, with Amsterdam at the ...29 KB (4,176 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- November 24, 1963) was, according to two United States government investigations ... Oswald's life changed history but it did not leave the world ...49 KB (7,803 words) - 19:01, 25 October 2022
- Climate Change, in its broadest sense, is any change in the state ... In popular, current usage, the term is typically employed in the narrow ...86 KB (12,789 words) - 20:17, 1 June 2023
- The "Roman Empire" (Imperium Romanum) is used to denote ... The precise date at which the Roman Republic changed into the Roman ...70 KB (11,213 words) - 04:50, 16 December 2022
- Augustine of Hippo or Saint Augustine (November 13, 354 – August ... Born in what is present-day Algeria as the eldest son of Saint Monica ...65 KB (10,156 words) - 11:55, 9 May 2024
- Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 ... Most Buddhist traditions share the goal of overcoming dukkha (suffering ...93 KB (13,393 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America ... power from September 1973 to March 1990, the country has been relatively ...39 KB (5,549 words) - 16:43, 10 December 2023
- The unification of Germany into a politically and administratively ... The self-interests of the various parties hampered the process over ...102 KB (14,729 words) - 11:39, 3 May 2023
- For the bird, see Turkey (bird) native_name = {{native ... Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- ) was an American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum ... He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb and was a member ...54 KB (8,060 words) - 20:15, 8 December 2022
- Prussia. Quite generally regarded as one of history’s truly great thinkers ... creating a revolutionary synthesis between the absolute, but speculative ...48 KB (7,410 words) - 18:17, 23 January 2024
- ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District ... Under Mughal rule in the seventeenth century, the city was also known ...34 KB (4,736 words) - 20:15, 21 January 2023
- Rabindranath Tagore in Kolkata, c. 1915, the year he was knighted by Charles ... reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late ninteenth and early twentieth ...50 KB (7,214 words) - 16:18, 7 December 2022
- Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction between individuals of ... in accord with nature and natural law. On the other hand, many cultures ...91 KB (13,332 words) - 16:14, 25 January 2023
- to move goods or people vertically. Because of elevators, humankind has been ... and equipment; e.g. lifting aircraft to the flight deck of an aircraft ...49 KB (7,939 words) - 16:09, 13 February 2024
- Josef Stalin, consolidated power to become the absolute ruler of the Soviet ... Stalin was responsible transforming the Soviet Union from an agricultural ...78 KB (11,852 words) - 06:34, 6 May 2024
- :This article is about the mineral. {{Infobox mineral | name = Diamond ... Diamond is the hardest known natural material and the third-hardest ...81 KB (12,332 words) - 10:25, 29 January 2024
- Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainsong or plainchant ... Gregorian chant developed mainly in the Frankish lands of western ...47 KB (7,182 words) - 13:41, 31 January 2023
- The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the fourteenth ... The nucleus of the Aztec Empire was the Valley of Mexico, where the ...52 KB (8,358 words) - 05:19, 26 August 2023
- Θεσσαλονίκη [θesaloˈnici]), is the second-largest city in Greece ... ), literally "the co-capital", url=https://books.google.com/books ...256 KB (33,767 words) - 18:54, 1 April 2024
- , Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands ... ), which is currently regarded as the earliest recorded civilization ...64 KB (9,298 words) - 20:14, 29 April 2024
- :For the Three Kingdoms general, see Zhang He. [[Image:ZhengHeShips ... diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 2023
- teachings, which were most prominent in the first few centuries of the ... The origins of gnosticism are not clearly known, but there is general ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- October 29, 1885) was a major general during the American Civil War. While ... McClellan's Peninsula Campaign of 1862 ended in failure, retreating ...67 KB (10,321 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- 1851) was a prolific and influential writer of children's literature ... Sherwood's childhood was uneventful, although she recalled it ...47 KB (7,022 words) - 16:12, 7 November 2022
- and encouraged the use of her middle initial to facilitate this pronunciati ... Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages. ...39 KB (6,001 words) - 17:27, 30 January 2024
- symbolist poet and translator who became one of the major figures of the Silver ... attended two gymnasiums, was expelled from the first for political activities ...51 KB (7,071 words) - 15:34, 30 June 2023
- , abbreviated as IR, refers to a Department of the Government of India, under ... India's rail transport, constitutes one of the largest and busiest rail ...37 KB (5,222 words) - 13:17, 4 March 2024
- opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles) ... Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society ...64 KB (9,860 words) - 20:09, 29 April 2023
- Marxism, in a narrow sense, refers to the thoughts and theories of ... thoughts, theories, and movements of Marxism have emerged since ...86 KB (12,847 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- [[Image:Camuccini Lamentation over the Corpse of Socrates.jpg|thumb ... Death is the permanent end of the life of a biological organism. Death ...47 KB (7,217 words) - 08:56, 28 January 2024
- was a prominent Christian theologian during the Protestant Reformation and ... John Calvin was a leader of the Swiss protestant reformation. Reformed ...41 KB (6,580 words) - 14:04, 7 May 2024
- The Russian Federation (Росси́йская Федера́ция ... The largest country in the world by land area, Russia has the world ...137 KB (20,217 words) - 18:16, 22 December 2022
- novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely-read book in modern ... Raised by Christian parents in the Igbo village of Ogidi in south ...79 KB (12,034 words) - 17:05, 10 December 2023
- Frog is the common name for any of the members of the amphibian order ... Frogs are the most numerous and diverse amphibians, being found in ...41 KB (6,365 words) - 07:07, 15 April 2024
- ) 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
- North Pyeongan Province, which is now part of North Korea. He founded the ... religious teachings are published as the Exposition of the Divine Principle ...69 KB (10,533 words) - 13:50, 28 April 2023
- causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such ... Services are based in psychiatric hospitals or in the community, and ...72 KB (9,918 words) - 21:54, 14 November 2023
- somber contemplation, and endless debate as the topic of God. In the English ... Throughout history, the vast majority of people in the world have ...102 KB (16,134 words) - 19:54, 31 December 2023
- Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... The area that became Alaska was purchased from Russian interests on ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
- The Gallic Wars The 58–50 B.C.E. conflict is also named the "Second ... were waged between 58 and 50 B.C.E. by the Roman general Julius Caesar ...77 KB (12,113 words) - 23:58, 4 March 2024
- According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the ... The golden plates are the most significant of metallic plates in Latter ...50 KB (7,692 words) - 04:51, 20 December 2022
- below for derivation) is a Bantu language of the Sabaki subgroup of Northeastern ... Southeast African lingua franca, making it the most widely spoken language ...43 KB (6,328 words) - 15:52, 12 January 2024
- 2, 1876 – October 9, 1958), reigned as the 260th Pope, the head of the ... Pius is one of the few popes in recent history to exercise his right ...51 KB (7,678 words) - 20:42, 9 April 2023
- singer and actress. She was cited as the most awarded female artist ... vocalist while in high school. With the guidance of Arista Records ...197 KB (27,840 words) - 23:40, 20 June 2019
- Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of ... in World War I in which many people resented the humiliating terms imposed ...75 KB (11,428 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- ), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque ( Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami ... and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The last of three church buildings ...227 KB (32,955 words) - 20:31, 5 May 2024
- The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi ... The term German Resistance should not be understood as meaning that ...78 KB (12,369 words) - 07:39, 24 January 2023
- 15, 1810) was a noted writer and critic of British children's literature ... school programs and to write for children and the poor. ...55 KB (8,296 words) - 03:26, 23 December 2022
- The National Convention ( link=no|Convention nationale ) was a parliament of the French Revolution, following the two-year ...73 KB (10,932 words) - 21:23, 26 December 2022
- 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
- The afterlife, or life after death, is a generic term referring to ... While in this life, people ask the questions: Is death the end, or ...65 KB (10,516 words) - 06:08, 16 June 2023
