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- was a founding member and first president of the Romanian Academy. Among his many accomplishments, Radulescu is considered one of the ...64 KB (9,591 words) - 18:55, 7 February 2023
- northern Mesopotamia from c. 1500 B.C.E. At the height of its power, during ... The Mitanni may have originated from India. Certainly, they shared ...37 KB (5,773 words) - 19:19, 9 November 2022
- meaning Alcibiades, son of Cleinias, from the deme of Skambonidai; c. 450–404 ... During the course of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades changed his ...78 KB (11,681 words) - 05:06, 17 June 2023
- music, songs, spoken dialog, and dance. The varied emotional aspects of ... "musicals," are performed around the world. They may be presented ...33 KB (5,216 words) - 19:34, 10 November 2022
- The word jewelry is derived from the word jewel, which was Anglicized ... Whether used as currency, protection, or fashion, jewelry is one of ...33 KB (4,967 words) - 20:02, 13 September 2023
- Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the ... "Detroit" is a word almost universally associated with the ...33 KB (4,747 words) - 10:07, 29 January 2024
- known for their single-minded devotion to the religious life. some degree of physical separation from the masses. In the English language ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost ... Over the course of its existence, Lisbon has both flourished and suffered ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- 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
- [[File:Durham 2534.jpg|thumb|325px|Men of the Shkreli tribe at the ... A tribe is a human social system existing before the emergence of ...37 KB (5,635 words) - 16:06, 27 July 2021
- define love more precisely, as living for the sake of another, motivated ... The ancient Greeks described love with a number of different words: ...70 KB (11,122 words) - 04:14, 4 November 2022
- In the strict sense satire is a literary genre, but the larger notion ... Although satire is usually intended to be funny, the purpose of satire ...31 KB (4,584 words) - 15:56, 18 December 2022
- 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
- [[Image:Gay flag.svg|thumb|right|400px|The Rainbow flag is the most ... The gay rights movement, or LGBT movement refers to myriad organizations ...37 KB (5,369 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- Bluefin tuna is the common name for three of the eight species of ... Pacific bluefin tuna are found in both the western and eastern Pacific ...38 KB (5,827 words) - 18:16, 31 October 2023
- Anarchist communism advocates the abolition of the state, private ... sometimes, libertarian communism, advocates the abolition of government, which ...42 KB (6,266 words) - 22:50, 14 September 2023
- by Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716), refers to the finite and limited condition ... The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam usually ...41 KB (6,708 words) - 23:52, 24 March 2024
- The sea in a general sense refers to the ocean or world ocean, the ... algae, plants, fungi, and animals, lives in the sea, which offers a wide range ...69 KB (10,326 words) - 23:04, 22 April 2023
- 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
- 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
- In a general sense, "oral tradition" refers to the transmission ... ; the method may be called variously "oral traditional theory ...37 KB (5,219 words) - 00:59, 18 November 2022
- ]] (help), transliteration: ru|ALA|russkiy yazyk) is the most geographically ... Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the tenth ...41 KB (5,525 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- Parliament. Gibbon is often referred to as the first "modern" historian; ... It covered the period of the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius, from ...36 KB (5,457 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- thanatos, "death") is the practice of terminating the ... Euthanasia refers both to the situation when a substance is administered ...39 KB (6,081 words) - 04:44, 23 March 2024
- 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
- are also public virtues that characterize the spirit of a nation, such as ... with virtues in terms of character traits of the soul. They held that virtues ...43 KB (6,406 words) - 20:37, 3 May 2023
- metal with a silvery appearance and the ability to resist corrosion ... Structural components made from aluminum and its alloys are vital ...38 KB (5,676 words) - 08:41, 23 July 2023
- called Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman Emperor ... engaged in petty amusements while neglecting the problems of the Roman city ...39 KB (6,311 words) - 04:33, 11 March 2023
- ]); formerly known as Cochin), a city in the Indian state of Kerala ... north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. It has an estimated ...42 KB (5,911 words) - 04:06, 4 March 2023
- 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
- The historicity of Jesus concerns the historical authenticity of Jesus ... On the other hand, mythologists Mircea Eliade, Images and Symbols: ...44 KB (6,589 words) - 16:59, 22 February 2023
- and religious beliefs based primarily upon the writings attributed to Hermes ... The movement is generally traced to Alexandria in the first centuries ...42 KB (6,476 words) - 10:52, 22 January 2024
- thoughts, feelings, or dreams related to the events, mental or physical ... who experienced combat during war time, the rate of PTSD occurrence is ...49 KB (6,562 words) - 21:38, 13 October 2023
- , Eng: Mound or Tell of the Dead) was one of the most prominent cities ... Lothal's dock—the earliest discovered—connected the city ...37 KB (5,691 words) - 16:48, 25 October 2023
- Natural deposits of mercury-bearing minerals, usually in the form ... they are stored in sealed containers. The most poisonous compounds of ...41 KB (5,903 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- 2009 January.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Tokyo, the largest metropolis in the world.]] ... and businesses, benefiting all parties in the process. Historically, cities ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- ::Note: This page is about the species Hippopotamus amphibius. ... Hippopotamus, or hippo, is the common name for a very large, semi ...43 KB (6,299 words) - 15:51, 25 January 2023
- professor and theologian, a key leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and ... Although he was pitted against the Swiss reformers at the Marburg ...46 KB (7,311 words) - 03:55, 24 November 2022
- Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity ... From 1948 until the Six-Day War of 1967, Jerusalem was a divided city ...43 KB (6,551 words) - 12:27, 7 May 2024
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It also ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- The Kingdom of Morocco is a country in North Africa. The full Arabic ... Though Morocco hosted many peoples over the centuries, from the ancient ...40 KB (5,727 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين ... Bahrain was the first location in the region in which oil reserves ...38 KB (5,603 words) - 05:46, 26 August 2023
- Karachi (كراچى) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and ... and religious origins have changed the demographics of the city and ...41 KB (5,975 words) - 17:58, 14 May 2024
- percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that ... from other hard materials; this depends on the function. Some small bells ...42 KB (6,679 words) - 22:00, 26 December 2023
- 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 Rus' Khaganate (sometimes called Volkhov Rus, Ilmen Rus, ... According to contemporaneous sources, the population centers of the ...42 KB (6,324 words) - 00:33, 9 January 2024
- Ancient Egypt as a general historical term broadly refers to the civilization ... Egyptian contributions to knowledge in the areas of mathematics, medicine ...44 KB (6,818 words) - 19:13, 26 July 2023
- 17, 1917) was a French sculptor, and one of the pre-eminent sculptors of the ... A pose might be considered too informal, the exactness of his forms too ...42 KB (6,353 words) - 19:06, 21 August 2023
- The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Second ... to march 250 miles (400 km) unhindered from the Low Countries to the River ...50 KB (7,770 words) - 11:32, 20 September 2023
- quot;) in religion and philosophy refers to the belief that a part of a living ... The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam generally ...49 KB (7,494 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous ... eastern Africa, is widely regarded within the scientific community to be ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- 'republics' that stretched across the Indo-Gangetic plains from ... Most of the historical details about the Mahajanapadas are culled ...50 KB (7,467 words) - 05:25, 5 November 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
- The United Arab Emirates (also the UAE or the Emirates) is a Middle ... Before 1971, they were known as the "Trucial States" after ...41 KB (6,013 words) - 11:40, 3 May 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
- [[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
- known as Pompey /'pɑmpi/, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir ... Pompey fought on the side of the Optimates, the conservative faction ...48 KB (7,762 words) - 08:50, 24 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- This article is about the nation of Georgia. For the U.S. state, see ... , known officially from 1990 to 1995 as the Republic of Georgia, is a ...46 KB (6,605 words) - 20:12, 4 September 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
- Armenia (Armenian language: "Hayastan"), officially the ... During World War I in the western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey ...47 KB (6,850 words) - 03:48, 15 August 2023
- and has works in every major category of the Dewey Decimal System except ... Asimov is widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre ...53 KB (8,012 words) - 13:28, 6 March 2024
- of value theory or axiology, which is the study of sensory or sensori ... The term aesthetics comes from the Greek αἰσθητική ...53 KB (8,177 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- A journalist and politician during the French Revolution, he was ... After the fall of the Girondins, in which Marat played an important ...49 KB (7,367 words) - 18:14, 1 December 2022
- 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
- The term religion (from Latin: religio meaning "bind, connect ... The social structure of the world's religious traditions can ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the ... The procedure for granting patents, requirements placed on the patentee ...72 KB (10,557 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- Afghānistān, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto ... fought. Invaders and conquerors included the Persian Empire, Alexander ...50 KB (7,441 words) - 05:59, 16 June 2023
- The philosophy of science, a sub-branch of epistemology, is the branch ... to be distinguished—demarcated, to use the usual philosopher's term—from ...72 KB (11,042 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- Services are based in psychiatric hospitals or in the community, and ... Social stigma, exacerbated by negative portrayals in the media, often ...72 KB (9,918 words) - 21:54, 14 November 2023
- The afterlife, or life after death, is a generic term referring to ... saw inspiration in terms similar to the Greeks: the poet tuned himself to ...65 KB (10,516 words) - 06:08, 16 June 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
- form, source, or technology differing from the current popular forms, sources ... The term alternative energy also is used for energy derived from sources ...73 KB (10,796 words) - 08:37, 23 July 2023
- 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
- :This article is about the astronomical object. [[Image:Pleiades large ... that is held together by its own gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the ...80 KB (12,078 words) - 15:50, 27 April 2023
- Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in south ... The region was once inhabited by the ancient Thracians, and was later ...61 KB (8,943 words) - 18:41, 22 November 2023
- 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
- as a major prophet and some regard him as the Messiah. Many Hindus also ... and with blue eyes. Departing entirely from the Biblical record, some Asians ...78 KB (12,289 words) - 02:54, 1 August 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ), 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
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... Germany was unified as a nation state amidst the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
