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- has been used by economists since in defense of free trade. The main underlying ... years old, he was orphaned and became a ward of his father's parents. ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 10:54, 19 December 2023
- An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from ... Abortions have been induced throughout history, using methods that ...56 KB (8,002 words) - 06:28, 14 June 2023
- Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay ... opportunity to understand the lives of our remote ancestors. Its importance ...24 KB (3,569 words) - 22:43, 29 January 2023
- Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government ... to the public based on classification of information as sensitive, classified ...23 KB (3,543 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- Matchmaking is the process of introducing a couple as potential partners ... Historically, in many cultures parents would request the assistance ...21 KB (3,273 words) - 16:48, 7 November 2022
- be a powerful, evil entity and the tempter of humankind. The name "Devil ... The Hebrew Bible does not assign this level of personification to ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- in the twentieth century as a coalition of like-minded groups seeking ... quot; was originally used in the context of large ecumenical councils that ...23 KB (3,375 words) - 18:04, 12 February 2024
- Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside ... Chinese dominate almost all the economies of Southeast Asia, and have sometimes ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- energy corporation in the world and is one of the six "supermajor" ... The history of ConocoPhillips encompasses the entire history of the ...24 KB (3,330 words) - 18:20, 6 June 2023
- Normandes/Îles de la Manche) are a group of islands in the English Channel ... These islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom ...23 KB (3,402 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- significant popularity. The strength of his approach is the importance ... Rogers was born on January 8, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 00:14, 19 January 2024
- 1753), Anglo-Irish philosopher and Bishop of Cloyne, was one of the three ... George Berkeley’s name in the history of philosophy is linked to ...23 KB (3,672 words) - 07:03, 18 April 2024
- labor are collective terms for a variety of work relations in which people ... The institution of the corveé was and remains an accepted form of ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 06:20, 1 April 2024
- (monastērion) denotes the buildings of a community of monastics (monks ... by community rules that stipulate the gender of the inhabitants and require ...53 KB (8,288 words) - 19:55, 9 November 2022
- discipline that deals with the development of technologies for generating ... Electrical engineers may work on such things as the construction of ...26 KB (3,608 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism ... to achieve an elevated understanding of moral and political truth, ...22 KB (3,378 words) - 12:12, 8 May 2023
- Apostolic succession refers to the Christian practice of appointing ... Due to the sacramental theology of these churches, only bishops and ...31 KB (4,731 words) - 02:04, 9 January 2023
- Western clothing. That set the direction of his ministry, seeking to wear ... people with the life example and message of Jesus Christ. Reflecting on ...21 KB (3,248 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- often established in an underdeveloped part of a state’s territory, to detain ... where unpaid prisoners labored on behalf of their country’s colonial ...21 KB (3,190 words) - 07:14, 23 November 2022
- built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now modern-day England ... Begun in 122 C.E., it was the third of four such fortifications built ...23 KB (3,617 words) - 16:37, 21 January 2024
- – 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
- 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
- It generally is classified as a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus ... The word "dog" also is used to refer to some other members ...38 KB (6,036 words) - 11:04, 2 August 2023
- The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (C.E.) was a failed attempt by a group ... The Gunpowder Plot was one of a series of unsuccessful assassination ...20 KB (3,229 words) - 04:40, 7 December 2021
- Barbershop music is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal ... produced by singing a particular combination of notes that are perfectly tuned ...25 KB (3,778 words) - 08:05, 20 September 2023
- Typhus the name of any one of several similar diseases caused by particular ... The four main types of typhus are epidemic typhus (caused by Rickettsia ...23 KB (3,359 words) - 11:25, 18 April 2023
- or as sulfide and sulfate minerals. Many of the unpleasant odors of organic ... This element is essential for living organisms, particularly as part ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- Sir Philip Sidney (November 30, 1554 – October 17, 1586) was one ... Born at Penshurst, Kent, Sidney was the eldest son of Sir Henry Sidney ...20 KB (3,264 words) - 03:48, 24 November 2022
- at Harvard University, where he is Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute ... a more pluralistic approach to the question of the literary canon. There has ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
- and died around 850. He worked most of his life as a scholar in the ... His Algebra was the first book on the systematic solution of linear ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 17:58, 10 November 2022
- from 1926 until his death in 1977. One of the first multi-media stars ... Crosby's recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 17:48, 31 October 2023
- historian and writer] He was a champion of the nineteenth-century ideals ... His observations represented the excitement of sociological discovery, made ...22 KB (3,185 words) - 06:41, 20 July 2023
- 1883 – October 8, 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great ... policies, and that a greatly enlarged system of social services would be created ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- fight against each other for the control of political power. Some civil ... and is determined by usage, the effect of a civil war upon the population ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two unarmed persons ... Physical techniques which embody the style of wrestling are clinching ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- Atroshan or Agiary, is the principle place of worship among Zoroastrians ... Fire and light are universal symbols of holiness and divinity. The ...25 KB (4,046 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area is a contiguous network ... importance as a UNESCO World Heritage Site of outstanding natural and cultural ...24 KB (3,392 words) - 04:34, 27 February 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
- notorious episode in New England colonial history that led to the execution ... Although the Salem Witch Trials are conventionally cited as an example ...24 KB (3,678 words) - 01:48, 23 December 2022
- Health care is a vital aspect of human society and a noble profession ... The healthcare workforce comprises a wide variety of professions and ...24 KB (3,245 words) - 17:08, 17 June 2020
- Nuclear power is a type of nuclear technology involving the controlled ... The use of nuclear power has also engendered much debate. Critics ...49 KB (7,262 words) - 10:10, 11 March 2023
- can also refer to proficiency in a number of fields, such as art or physical ... Literacy rates are a crucial measure of a region's human capital ...24 KB (3,587 words) - 04:28, 29 October 2022
- climate which led to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. He is known ... Herzen was an illegitimate child of a rich Russian landowner, Ivan ...24 KB (3,543 words) - 14:23, 18 July 2023
- == History of high-definition television == Analog high-definition ... The term high definition once described a series of television systems ...44 KB (6,466 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
- duo who became famous during the early half of the twentieth century for their ... and successful films were the features Sons of the Desert (1933), Way Out ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 17:50, 25 October 2022
- Testament apocrypha, as a devoted disciple of Jesus. She is considered by ... Mary Magdalene's name identifies her as the "Mary of Magdala ...24 KB (3,839 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- Imperialism is the forceful extension of a nation's authority ... Yet, an interesting aspect of imperialism is that empires, both ancient ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and ... Nurses develop a plan of care, working collaboratively with physicians ...27 KB (3,663 words) - 10:11, 11 March 2023
- Ice hockey one of the more physical sports, is one of the four major ... While there are 72 total members of the International Ice Hockey Federation ...69 KB (11,304 words) - 17:15, 10 February 2024
- :This article covers the political aspects of the American Revolution ... The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half ...47 KB (6,905 words) - 06:45, 25 July 2023
- 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early twentieth century ... Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox." ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- advertising revenue, which makes up the bulk of a newspaper’s income, shifted ... Germany in 1502. The oldest direct ancestors of the modern newspaper were the ...26 KB (3,891 words) - 23:23, 14 November 2022
- and later as Jackie Onassis, was the wife of President John F. Kennedy, ... #039;s gallant courage during the tragedy of her husband's assassination ...21 KB (3,354 words) - 08:15, 18 March 2024
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822) was one of ... in his own time, but he became the idol of later generations of poets ...20 KB (3,154 words) - 00:32, 24 November 2022
- 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
- a British analytic philosopher. A student of Ludwig Wittgenstein, she became ... Anscombe, on arch 18, 1919, in Limerick, Ireland, where her father had been ...23 KB (3,440 words) - 07:26, 15 April 2024
- on individual merit although the forgiveness of sins was an unmerited act of ... The rigorous ascetic life of his adherents contrasted with the spiritual ...24 KB (3,917 words) - 07:13, 23 November 2022
- instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum, they consist of a head ... Timpani evolved from military drums to become a staple of the classical ...25 KB (3,944 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was a magical order of the late ... Thelema, and other forms of magical spirituality popular today, were ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 14:46, 12 February 2022
- east. Wrangle Island has the highest density of polar bear dens as well as ... Humans lived as early as 1700 B.C.E. in the region, at the end of ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 14:01, 20 May 2023
- A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent ... the Middle East show archaeological evidence of having had fortified city walls ...44 KB (6,877 words) - 22:27, 15 May 2023
- and critic, best known as the author of In Search of Lost Time (À ... Proust, along with James Joyce in Ireland, Thomas Mann in Germany ...21 KB (3,300 words) - 03:06, 6 November 2022
- – c. 500 B.C.E.) is the period in the history of India during which the ... The literary legacy, however, does take us back to one of very earliest ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- research ranges from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous ... social status and the social structures of society, social change, social ...28 KB (3,873 words) - 15:03, 27 April 2023
- instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck ... Bells are usually cast from bell metal (a type of bronze) for its ...42 KB (6,679 words) - 22:00, 26 December 2023
- works in Russian under the pseudonym of Sirin, but rose to international ... multilingual puns, anagrams, and coinages of terms. A novelist of formidable ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 20:47, 3 May 2023
- Ocean, located 300 miles from the coast of Argentina, 671 miles west ... are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, but have ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- in Hertfordshire and became the founder of the diamond company De Beers ... Africa's natural resources, proceeds of which founded the Rhodes Scholarship ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 20:13, 4 January 2024
- 21, 1926 – September 8, 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other ... In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince ...84 KB (12,053 words) - 16:21, 13 February 2024
- The Battle of Kandahar, September 1, 1880, represents the last major ... is difficult to grasp. Possibly a sense of Providence, carrying "the ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- Sales tax is a consumption tax charged at the point of purchase for ... The design and implementation of sales tax has many problems, some ...25 KB (4,002 words) - 01:49, 23 December 2022
- Grace, Princess of Monaco, née Grace Patricia Kelly, (November 12 ... Olympic sculler at a time that the sport of rowing was at its zenith. He ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 12:14, 24 January 2023
- The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ... to Europe. Though Napoleon brought most of Western Europe under his rule ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- France had colonial possessions, in various forms, from the beginning ... Currently, the remnants of this large empire are various islands and ...25 KB (3,770 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2022
- The Republic of Costa Rica ("Rich Coast") is a country in ... Costa Rica is also at the forefront of conservation and environmental ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- true to the Genesis account, this is one of the most famous depictions ... covenants underpin the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and ...23 KB (3,861 words) - 20:30, 28 May 2020
- A choir, chorale, or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. A body ... "Choir" has the secondary definition of a subset of an ensemble; ...22 KB (3,376 words) - 17:11, 10 December 2023
- known as soda, pop, or soda pop, in parts of the United States, Canada, ... syrup, the drinks supply an over-abundance of calories. Moreover, the drinks ...25 KB (3,852 words) - 15:05, 27 April 2023
- Isabella of France (c. 1295 – August 22, 1358), later referred to ... With Mortimer, Isabella plotted an invasion of England to depose Edward ...25 KB (3,939 words) - 02:58, 8 March 2024
- or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate ... The purpose of fraud may be monetary gain or other benefits. Fraud ...24 KB (3,551 words) - 09:43, 11 April 2024
- approximately 15.5 miles (25 km) southwest of Mostar and near the border ... When word spread of these visions, millions flocked to the town for ...28 KB (4,419 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surfaces ... theories hold that they may have been a way of transmitting information, while ...25 KB (3,776 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- (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
- referred to the animal by the feminine name of Nessie. sightings as hoaxes or misidentification of known creatures or natural ...23 KB (3,593 words) - 16:55, 6 November 2023
- Disaster relief (or emergency management) refers to the process of ... While disasters are by definition tragic, resulting in great loss ...28 KB (4,048 words) - 15:27, 29 January 2024
- Social work is a discipline involving the application of social theory ... on advocacy and case work became part of social work practice. During ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 15:02, 27 April 2023
- UNSC) was created after World War II as part of the United Nations. It was ... in the Korean War. During a Soviet boycott of the meetings over the inclusion ...68 KB (9,754 words) - 11:45, 3 May 2023
- It occupies a continental surface area of 1,078,000 square miles (2 ... silver, and was based upon the legend of Sierra del Plata—a mountain ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions." Carey ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as ... enthusiastic: Some powers linked the demise of the Ottomans with the fate ...61 KB (9,207 words) - 16:50, 18 February 2023
- [[File:Initiation ritual of boys in Malawi.jpg|right|330px|thumb|Initiation ... quot; or "person") is the study of humanity (see genus Homo). ...28 KB (3,944 words) - 06:17, 31 July 2023
- The Suez Canal had been important in Iran and the colonial penetration ... The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 gave the United Kingdom control ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC (November 15, 1708 – May 1 ... . The major American city of Pittsburgh was named for him. Also, Pittsylvania ...49 KB (8,091 words) - 14:59, 10 October 2020
- [[Image:Pirate_Flag_of_Rack_Rackham.svg|thumb|250px|right|The flag ... at sea, or outside the normal jurisdiction of any state, by an agent without ...24 KB (3,715 words) - 06:18, 24 November 2022
- The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea ... defined as Melanesia. With a land area of 452,860 square kilometers, ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- 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
- 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
- nonmetal that belongs to the nitrogen group of chemical elements. Given its ... When purified artificially, several different allotropic forms of ...25 KB (3,622 words) - 22:45, 28 March 2023
- view that everything in existence is of an all-encompassing immanent ... have been discussed as long ago as the time of the Ancient Greek philosophers ...28 KB (4,312 words) - 06:37, 18 November 2022
- components, and semiconductors, all of which are marketed under their ... Konosuke Matsushita, almost penniless and with less than four years ...25 KB (3,633 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- the Muslim world, he nominated the leader of the Shi'a community as ... He founded the famous 'Bayt al-Hikmah' (House of Wisdom} ...24 KB (3,663 words) - 05:21, 30 April 2021
- 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
- The Battle of the Somme, fought in the summer and autumn of 1916, ... United Kingdom was exposed to the horrors of modern war with the release ...54 KB (8,491 words) - 02:44, 26 September 2023
- instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings, usually ... as a solo instrument as well as being part of a larger section or entity ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- membership, known as Salvationists, of over 1 million consisting of ... The theology of the Salvation Army is derived from that of Methodism ...30 KB (4,473 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- a particularly happy childhood, and saw many of his movies fail at the box ... millions throughout the world. The subjects of his films were fairy tales ...23 KB (3,587 words) - 22:09, 3 May 2023
- 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from ... achievements contributed to the prestige of France, its people, its language ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, with an area of 227 ... The 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- [[Image:Emancipation of Slaves 1834 monument - Victoria Tower Gardens ... Slavery is the social and/or legal designation of specific persons ...50 KB (7,650 words) - 14:57, 27 April 2023
- refer to a road tractor. Other common uses of the term include the lawn tractor ... === History === The first powered farm implements in the early 1800s ...28 KB (4,353 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- that name. In reality, the movement consists of several distinct organizations ... itself contributed towards the development of human consciousness of a world ...66 KB (10,055 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- 224(4654) (1984): 1191–1198 making it one of the tallest peaks in the Indonesian ... Tambora erupted in 1815 with a rating of seven on the Volcanic Explosivity ...27 KB (3,837 words) - 17:13, 6 December 2023
- specific purposes. Early balloons were made of dried animal bladders. Modern ... Party balloons are mostly made of natural latex tapped from rubber ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- guitarist. He is widely known for his brand of "heartland rock," ... albums and somber folk-oriented works. Much of his iconic status stems from ...23 KB (3,510 words) - 04:41, 22 November 2023
- Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation ... Hospice care in the United States is largely defined by the practices ...33 KB (4,647 words) - 20:47, 25 September 2020
- and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of ... with popular belief in the Manifest Destiny of the United States ultimately ...28 KB (4,268 words) - 16:30, 9 November 2022
- capital, Halifax, is a major economic center of the region. It is the fourth ... The province includes several regions of the Mi'kmaq nation of ...28 KB (4,053 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- 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
- productions. Given annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television ... The awards were first presented in 2013 as the result of a merger ...36 KB (5,123 words) - 19:13, 25 November 2023
- community. The word literally means out of communion, or no longer in ... Excommunication is the most grave of all ecclesiastical censures. ...24 KB (3,632 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- singer and songwriter. Cash was the husband of country singer and songwriter ... a-boom or "freight train" sound of his Tennessee Three backing ...23 KB (3,723 words) - 06:42, 27 February 2023
- Esox is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, whose members are known ... Of the five traditionally recognized extant species in Esox, the type ...24 KB (3,763 words) - 18:12, 26 February 2022
- In 1794, the Qajar family took full control of Iran as they had eliminated ... empire. Britain also established control of the Trucial States. In the ...27 KB (4,140 words) - 03:59, 7 December 2022
- Boar, or wild boar, is an omnivorous, gregarious mammal, Sus scrofa ... The boar is native across much of Central Europe, the Mediterranean ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 23:54, 11 January 2023
- The League of Nations was an international organization founded as ... After a number of notable successes and some early failures in the ...54 KB (8,084 words) - 06:07, 6 March 2023
- was the first woman appointed to the board of Edmonton Hospital. In 1916 ... #039;s role in winning legal recognition of the "person-hood" ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:23, 21 January 2023
- New Guinea, located just 100 miles north of Australia, is the world ... the strongest candidate for highest point of the Australia/Oceania continent. ...29 KB (4,293 words) - 09:18, 11 March 2023
- Chinese ceramics or Chinese porcelain is a form of fine art developed ... The first types of pottery were made about 11,000 years ago, during ...32 KB (4,846 words) - 22:42, 13 January 2023
- Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... newly independent nation cherished as a sign of membership in the community ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged ... The findings of mummies from different cultures and time periods has ...24 KB (3,616 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- بهاء الله : meaning "Glory of God") (November 12, 1817 ... Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad, who took the title of the Báb (Arabic; meaning ...32 KB (5,101 words) - 05:47, 26 August 2023
- that utilizes the behavior and effects of electrons for the production ... to cover electronic engineering amongst some of the older (notably American ...28 KB (3,902 words) - 16:01, 13 February 2024
- A dominant feature of most planetariums is the large, dome-shaped ... The celestial scenes can be created using a wide variety of technologies ...27 KB (4,171 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- In 27 months of combat action in World War II, Murphy became the most ... To Hell and Back (1955), based on his memoir of the same name (1949), and starred ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 18:26, 21 August 2023
- Sheridan helped to perfect the comedy of manners that originated with ... burgesses five guineas each for the honor of representing them, beside gifts ...24 KB (3,861 words) - 20:13, 8 December 2022
- Canada. Founded in 1821, McGill is one of the oldest universities in ... degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields of study, including medicine. ...36 KB (4,859 words) - 09:30, 10 March 2023
- statesman Pericles. She was born in the city of Miletus in Asia Minor, and ... Aspasia appears in the philosophical writings of Xenophon, Aeschines ...30 KB (4,572 words) - 04:50, 18 August 2023
- [http://www.olympic.org/ Official website of the Olympic movement]. Retrieved ... ==History of the Sport== Field hockey history The sport of field hockey ...33 KB (5,580 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024
- house at The Irish National Stud, Tully, Kildare, Ireland.]] for people to gather for the purpose of drinking tea, often combined ...29 KB (4,641 words) - 04:37, 27 February 2023
- Prize-winning Turkish novelist and professor of comparative literature at Columbia ... Pamuk is one of Turkey's most prominent novelists, ...30 KB (4,557 words) - 10:43, 11 March 2023
- occupied many public offices, including that of Lord Chancellor from 1529 to ... XI, and was later declared the patron saint of statesmen and lawyers. He shares ...28 KB (4,440 words) - 21:23, 30 April 2023
- The Pilgrim Fathers is the common name for a group of English separatists ... The founding of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts and its historic ...56 KB (8,607 words) - 20:39, 9 April 2023
- Romanesque architecture is the term that describes the architecture ... symmetrical plans. The overall appearance is of simplicity when compared to ...63 KB (10,037 words) - 21:37, 16 April 2023
- A library is a collection of information, sources, resources and services ... In addition, with the collection of media other than books for storing ...31 KB (4,437 words) - 22:31, 25 October 2022
- is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831 ... 31 Nobel Prize winners; 9 National Medal of Science recipients; 12 Pulitzer ...33 KB (4,775 words) - 09:32, 11 March 2023
- Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 - June 12, 1972), born in Chicago ... that it was meant to ensure the promises of life, liberty, and the pursuit ...25 KB (3,909 words) - 02:30, 21 April 2023
- Hubert Walter (c. 1160-1205 C.E.) was the Archbishop of Canterbury ... a precursor for the modern "Justice of the Peace," based on selecting ...34 KB (5,307 words) - 23:24, 17 January 2024
- British gentleman scientist and inventor of the Victorian period. applying its principles to a novel form of illumination, the Bude light; ...27 KB (4,255 words) - 22:32, 29 January 2023
- different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians ... despite the fact that it is composed of multiple churches or denominations ...73 KB (10,603 words) - 12:23, 7 May 2024
- the Second World War for her portrayal of strong women on the homefront ... for her performance in the title role of the 1942 film Mrs. Miniver ...27 KB (3,873 words) - 22:37, 26 July 2022
- one" or "March 1") was one of the earliest manifestations ... demonstrations failed to accomplish the goal of effecting independence, they ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- 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
- started in 1991, following the overthrow of the dictator, Siad Barre. The ... The failure of the UN mission in Somalia, which withdrew having completed ...29 KB (4,403 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation strategically located between ... and nineteenth centuries as well as a base of British economic exploitation ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- or "garland of roses" [http://books.google.com/books?id=eqkFAAAAQAAJ ... practice, which denotes both a set of prayer beads and the devotional ...35 KB (5,735 words) - 21:43, 16 April 2023
- Creationism, in its most widely used sense, is a set of religious ... In the first sense, creationism (not to be confused with the doctrine ...31 KB (4,607 words) - 06:18, 11 January 2024
- Mary (מרים, Maryām, "Bitter") was the mother of Jesus ... the crucifixion and is depicted as a member of the early Christian community ...30 KB (4,633 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- to the Indian Ocean to protect the ships of the British East India Company ... claim to be from Greenock. After the death of his father when he was five ...26 KB (4,192 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. ... and his songs have been recorded by some of the world's most ...65 KB (9,151 words) - 15:55, 15 May 2023
- inventive. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time. including the Vitruvian Man. He conceived of ideas vastly ahead of his time ...29 KB (4,455 words) - 08:02, 6 March 2023
- fuel obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, often called petrodiesel ... == History == === Etymology === The word "diesel" is derived ...30 KB (4,446 words) - 14:28, 29 January 2024
- The Order of the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Roman ... and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and ...33 KB (5,125 words) - 23:21, 3 March 2023
- material, is the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity ... mid-twentieth century that it became a part of western mainstream culture ...30 KB (4,376 words) - 05:39, 30 November 2022
- 814) was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative ... Abu Nuwas was born in the province of Ahvaz (modern Khuzestan Province ...28 KB (4,086 words) - 06:54, 14 June 2023
- 26, 1950) was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand serving three terms ... refused to take part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq without an explicit United ...30 KB (4,497 words) - 15:18, 25 January 2023
- 1968), also called "RFK," was one of two younger brothers of President ... RFK's resounding legacy is in the domain of civil rights. Along ...28 KB (4,414 words) - 21:27, 16 April 2023
- that carries its own motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles ... The automobile is one of the technologies—along with such others ...30 KB (4,553 words) - 07:06, 23 August 2023
- Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Puerto Rico, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado ... During the period of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- 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
- Anne Boleyn, 1st Marchioness of Pembroke (ca. 1501/1507 – May 19, 1536) ... was the second wife of King Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. ...31 KB (5,055 words) - 06:48, 28 July 2023
- Soil is the mixture of minerals, organic matter, liquids, and gases ... While the general concept of soil is well established, the definition ...27 KB (4,112 words) - 15:59, 14 October 2022
- George Fox (July 1624 – January 13, 1691), founder of the Religious ... Fox's teachings opposed the the rationalism common in religion ...29 KB (4,689 words) - 10:15, 13 December 2023
- The State of Indiana is the 19th U.S. state and is located in the ... often called Hoosier Hysteria. Residents of Indiana are called Hoosiers. ...31 KB (4,480 words) - 18:55, 4 March 2024
- celebrity, due to the emerging role of mass media in the lives of ... The trajectory of his life would take Lindbergh from the Herculean ...26 KB (3,945 words) - 21:30, 4 December 2023
- or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. This configuration ... There are four types of solar eclipse: * A total eclipse occurs when ...35 KB (5,853 words) - 13:54, 2 February 2023
- based on late [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] helmets of spangenhelm type, the immediate ... Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, is the site of two ...29 KB (4,604 words) - 00:30, 27 February 2023
- The kingdom of Ayutthaya ( อยุธยา I (Uthong) founded Ayutthaya as the capital of his kingdom in 1350 and absorbed ...29 KB (4,487 words) - 06:07, 10 January 2023
- The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or Uruguay, is a country located ... shaped country between the two major powers of Brazil and Argentina has long ...30 KB (4,199 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- later, television career spanned a total of 76 years, during which time ... During his long career he also worked with some of the great composers ...26 KB (3,902 words) - 09:43, 11 April 2024
- Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the seventh largest ... Located in the southeast of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast ...33 KB (4,767 words) - 18:11, 12 February 2024
- , in order to eliminate the dichotomy of mind and body—has more general ... drive and impulse throughout human history, culture, and religious ...36 KB (5,370 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of the Greater Japanese ... During World War I, a force of Japanese destroyers supported the Allies ...62 KB (9,133 words) - 16:43, 12 February 2024
- – August 27, 1975) was de jure Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 ... within. To the outside world, he was heir of an ancient dynasty possibly ...31 KB (5,022 words) - 16:46, 21 January 2024
- in promoting and supporting the settlement of North America by the English ... chaplain to Sir Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, principal Secretary ...37 KB (5,465 words) - 20:16, 8 December 2022
- The elk or wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is the second largest species ... Some cultures revere the elk as a spiritual force. In parts of Asia ...32 KB (4,952 words) - 08:44, 31 December 2021
- phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky ... A rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colors. Traditionally, however ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:20, 16 April 2023
- voyage, in 1912. This event ranks as one of the worst peacetime maritime ... In the early part of the twentieth century, White Star Line sought ...33 KB (4,881 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions ... The Missouri River flows through the western part of the state and ...34 KB (4,932 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- some demand was met, such as the receipt of overdue pay, and they most ... The experiences of the mutineers on Pitcairn, too, became the stuff ...32 KB (4,973 words) - 19:39, 10 November 2022
- New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern ... both to its geology and to its tradition of self-sufficiency. Several other ...33 KB (4,724 words) - 09:19, 11 March 2023
- ) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until ... They are divided in two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–97 ...65 KB (9,639 words) - 10:56, 11 April 2024
- The Republic of South Africa, most commonly referred to as South Africa ... other nations on the continent as a result of two factors: higher European ...35 KB (4,809 words) - 15:13, 27 April 2023
- Cholera is transmitted and spread to humans through consumption of ... cholerae most often occurs due to a lack of proper sanitation (clean water ...32 KB (4,728 words) - 17:16, 10 December 2023
- Guyana, officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is the only ... Guyana is the third smallest country on the mainland of South America ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- Bhagavadgita and Srimad Bhagavatam,* both of which date back thousands of ... by their distinctive appearance consisting of shaved heads and orange saffron ...34 KB (5,270 words) - 13:23, 7 February 2023
- by Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst.]] ... known as Calcutta), which became part of post-independence India. A ...50 KB (7,214 words) - 16:18, 7 December 2022
- The term Poor Man's Bible refers to various forms of Christian ... Until the invention of the Printing press in 1439, the average Christian ...33 KB (5,258 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- Henry Ford (July 30, 1864 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the ... cars that were priced for this new market of workers as consumers, Ford ...32 KB (4,898 words) - 15:22, 25 January 2023
- defeated the Republicans, or Loyalists, of the Second Spanish Republic ... and civilians, formally acting independently of the state, massacred Catholic ...34 KB (5,051 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- He was reputed to have killed 21 men, one for each year of his life. ... a wildly sensationalistic biography of the outlaw called The Authentic ...32 KB (5,164 words) - 17:41, 31 October 2023
- Conflict is a state of disagreement between two or more parties. This ... or harmonious. Appreciating diversity of opinion, ability, and interest ...32 KB (4,807 words) - 18:58, 15 May 2020
- | order=27th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1909 ... | date of birth=September 15, 1857 | place of birth=Cincinnati, Ohio ...32 KB (4,775 words) - 11:00, 9 May 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
- partnership with Lionel Richie. One of the best-selling music artists ... National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. He developed the ...38 KB (5,690 words) - 22:10, 3 March 2023
- a powerful English statesman and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Wolsey became involved in furthering the political ambitions of Henry ...31 KB (4,953 words) - 20:23, 31 October 2022
- The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by ... Flanders in the north, with 58 percent of the population, and the French ...76 KB (10,944 words) - 08:52, 27 September 2023
- The Battle of Gallipoli took place at Gallipoli from April 1915 to ... Çanakkale Savaşları, after the province of Çanakkale. In the United Kingdom ...37 KB (5,841 words) - 21:41, 25 June 2022
- Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the state ... a major asset. Once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the ...32 KB (4,493 words) - 03:24, 17 September 2023
- and south-central United States. Because of the region's unique cultural ... After the Civil War, the South was largely devastated in terms of ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 15:40, 4 February 2023
- or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... The ancient Balts of this time actively participated in the trading ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- Tides are the cyclic rising and falling of the Earth's ocean ... The changing tide produced at a given location is the result of several ...37 KB (5,992 words) - 23:32, 30 April 2023
- Anarchist communism advocates the abolition of the state, private ... communism, advocates the abolition of government, which it refers ...42 KB (6,266 words) - 22:50, 14 September 2023
- ) was established immediately following the abdication of Nicholas ... For most of the life of the Provisional Government, the status of ...44 KB (5,965 words) - 22:22, 29 May 2022
- or alkyl halides) are a group of chemical compounds, consisting ... Freon is a trade name for a group of chlorofluorocarbons used primarily ...35 KB (5,199 words) - 23:36, 3 August 2023
- a United States National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain ... in the country. Approximately 95 percent of the park is designated as wilderness ...35 KB (5,565 words) - 08:57, 28 January 2024
- Alabama is a state located in the southern region of the United States ... Like other states in the South, Alabama is burdened by the legacy ...36 KB (5,209 words) - 04:22, 17 June 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
- I on December 31, 1600, with the intention of favoring trade privileges in ... A close study of the history of the company shows how the British ...38 KB (6,054 words) - 02:25, 22 November 2023
- Minimum wage is the minimum amount of compensation an employee must ... The intent of minimum wage legislation is to to avoid exploitation ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 18:50, 9 November 2022
- St. Louis County in the United States state of Missouri. It is located at ... French explorers arrived in 1673 and found a major center of the Mississippian ...33 KB (4,943 words) - 18:26, 26 February 2024
- A pyramid's design, with the majority of the weight closer to the ground ... Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids, generally ...37 KB (5,368 words) - 21:28, 9 November 2023
- a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company ... Carnegie's writings provide insight into his philosophy of successful ...35 KB (5,539 words) - 20:11, 26 July 2023
- Ontario is a province located in the east-central part of Canada, ... The capital of Ontario is Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Ottawa ...35 KB (5,025 words) - 00:41, 18 November 2022
- is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson ... administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is the ...36 KB (5,238 words) - 15:40, 7 December 2022
- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the most densely ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918 during World War ... Thomas' sensationalized reportage of the Revolt, as well as to Lawrence ...33 KB (5,295 words) - 00:58, 21 April 2023
- mid-Ming Dynasty (1420 - 1912) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911 ... Since 1924, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- 14, 1836) was the third Vice-President of the United States (1801–1805 ... As a legislator, Burr was a formative member of the Democratic-Republican ...38 KB (5,858 words) - 07:13, 13 June 2023
- for God (or the gods), with the purpose of delivering a divinely inspired ... the Mari tablets, discovered on the banks of the Euphrates in northern Mesopotamia ...39 KB (6,126 words) - 09:20, 28 June 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
- Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United ... Colorado is one of only four states in the United States to share ...37 KB (5,383 words) - 22:39, 7 January 2024
- The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Natural satellites ... surface reaches Earth in 1.3 seconds (at the speed of light). ...39 KB (6,162 words) - 13:13, 10 March 2023
- Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated ... Although commonly referred to in the singular, the territory consists ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- 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
- produced through rapid, confined burning of a propellant. This process ... was a variation on the contemporary terms of bow arm and drawing arm still ...44 KB (7,015 words) - 19:53, 26 March 2024
- and entrepreneur. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including ... the Sundance Kid (1969), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), The ...38 KB (5,689 words) - 17:42, 21 November 2022
- all wars. Some question the appropriateness of the term “world war” because ... The legacy of the war, in many respects, was World War II, which was ...72 KB (11,195 words) - 13:50, 20 May 2023
- The State of Florida is located in the southeastern region of the ... in population was caused by a large influx of people moving from other parts ...40 KB (5,623 words) - 17:42, 28 March 2024
- [[Image:Skyscrapers of Shinjuku 2009 January.jpg|thumb|right|250 px ... cities formed in locations where a number of people were gathered to live ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It is the ... eighteenth century Boston was the location of several major events surrounding ...40 KB (5,847 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- – April 23, 2007) was the first president of the Russian Federation, serving ... Yeltsin was blamed for many of the problems of this period. By the ...42 KB (6,205 words) - 19:43, 20 November 2023
- ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ... Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World ...38 KB (5,417 words) - 23:52, 28 April 2023
- South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United ... In the southwestern portion of the state rise the Black Hills, a group ...41 KB (6,101 words) - 15:37, 4 February 2023
- | order=7th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1829 ... | date of birth= March 15, 1767 | place of birth= Waxhaw, South Carolina ...39 KB (5,930 words) - 17:50, 27 July 2023
- The Boer Wars were fought between British and Dutch settlers of the ... in England. It aimed to bring the whole of Southern Africa under British ...38 KB (5,998 words) - 05:19, 17 November 2023
- Tasmania is an Australian island and a state of the same name. The ... Tasmania's history is one of grim and sometimes brutal relations ...42 KB (6,077 words) - 04:33, 27 February 2023
- 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
- the Atlantic Ocean, in 1492, in search of a direct sea route to the Indies ... Columbus' voyage took place during the early decades of the European ...38 KB (6,067 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... in 1948. Although it enjoyed a stable period of democracy and economic progress ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ... Asia and South America, Portugal was one of the world's major economic ...88 KB (12,576 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- [[File:Battle of britain air observer.jpg|thumb|250px|Aircraft spotter ... A major campaign of World War II, the Battle of Britain is the name ...41 KB (6,464 words) - 11:35, 20 September 2023
- or behaviour (British English) is the range of actions and mannerisms in response ... The primary focus of this article is human behavior, which includes ...40 KB (5,552 words) - 21:51, 20 March 2023
- famous for his audacious Valley Campaign of 1862 and as a corps commander ... Military historians consider Jackson to be one of the most gifted ...40 KB (6,273 words) - 04:43, 28 April 2023
- as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins. ... processing, transportation and marketing of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) ...44 KB (6,285 words) - 21:48, 16 April 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
- institution which has formed the foundation of the family throughout history ... Challenges to the institution of marriage in the twentieth century ...46 KB (7,206 words) - 14:15, 7 May 2024
- Hazing refers to any activity expected of someone in joining or participating ... Hazing is seen in many different types of social groups, including ...40 KB (5,725 words) - 16:55, 30 June 2022
- tales often involve a far-fetched sequence of events that ultimately progress ... Fairy tales are found in oral folktale and in literary form. The history ...47 KB (7,154 words) - 00:31, 25 March 2024
- The State of Idaho is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the ... and Clark Expedition in 1805. It was part of the disputed Oregon Country ...41 KB (5,855 words) - 15:35, 12 February 2024
- Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the ... in the United States. The citizens of Los Angeles speak more than ...40 KB (5,759 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- Chicago is the largest city in the state of Illinois and the largest ... Located at the site of a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi ...42 KB (6,247 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America ... 1990, the country has been relatively free of the coups common to many of ...39 KB (5,549 words) - 16:43, 10 December 2023
- actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern ... wrote poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but did not complete ...89 KB (13,120 words) - 22:57, 30 March 2023
- mines increasingly financed a long series of European and North African ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...78 KB (11,731 words) - 19:08, 7 February 2023
- to generate and receive the sound. The study of underwater sound is known as ... There are two kinds of sonar — active and passive. The frequencies ...46 KB (7,281 words) - 01:12, 4 February 2023
- Program (ERP)), was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding ... The reconstruction plan was developed at a meeting of participating ...47 KB (7,376 words) - 19:38, 14 June 2023
- ) is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean ... and a very long wavelength (often hundreds of kilometers long). Consequently ...44 KB (6,684 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- a single note being played. He was a pioneer of chance music, non-standard ... Cage was a long-term collaborator and romantic partner of choreographer ...40 KB (6,250 words) - 17:00, 5 April 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
- 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
- from 1981 to 2011. At launch, it consisted of three main assemblies: a reusable ... was designed for a projected lifespan of 100 launches, or 10 years, ...43 KB (6,281 words) - 15:42, 4 February 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
- role in Dr. No, Connery played Bond in six of Eon Productions' entries ... full Highland dress, including a tartan kilt of his mother's clan, for ...44 KB (6,554 words) - 17:35, 25 January 2023
- Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the ... Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied ...85 KB (12,450 words) - 21:54, 26 January 2022
- in Armonk, New York, U.S. The company is one of the few information technology ... IBM has been known through most of its recent history as the world ...48 KB (6,957 words) - 06:47, 6 March 2024
- The Kingdom of Norway, commonly known as Norway, is a Nordic country ... Norway plays a significant role in the pursuit of stability and world ...44 KB (6,442 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- well as for being a landmark in the timeline of colonialism in the region. ... One of the puzzles of the Anglo-Zulu war is that although the British ...42 KB (6,753 words) - 06:01, 28 July 2023
- actor, director, and producer. He is one of the most famous and revered ... than six decades and included a wide variety of roles, from Shakespeare's ...43 KB (6,624 words) - 17:52, 25 October 2022
- The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, "S.J.," "S ... the "Black Pope" after the color of the Jesuit habit) has occasionally ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- Nebraska is a state located on the Great Plains of the United States ... Originally home to the Plains Indians, the area was part of Louisiana ...48 KB (6,855 words) - 04:25, 11 March 2023
- was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces ... Defeat at the Battle of Hakodate broke this last holdout and left ...49 KB (7,292 words) - 13:40, 28 April 2020
- Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending ... the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America ...54 KB (7,539 words) - 19:09, 25 November 2023
- The Battle of Antietam (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly ... campaign than in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Spanish-American War ...52 KB (8,281 words) - 11:30, 20 September 2023
- philosophy refers to the belief that a part of a living being survives death ... The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam generally ...49 KB (7,494 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United ... Oklahoma was the destination of the Native American Cherokee tribes ...50 KB (7,185 words) - 10:30, 11 March 2023
- The daughter of an Imperial Russian Army general, Kollontai embraced ... #039;s radical proposals and, as a member of the party's Central Committee ...55 KB (7,707 words) - 20:09, 30 July 2023
- played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all ... in football and for his outspoken support of policies that improve the social ...132 KB (18,506 words) - 20:27, 15 February 2024
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Order of the British Empire (January 3, ... His works address the inner struggle of good and evil within each of ...53 KB (8,151 words) - 08:28, 13 March 2024
- Tribal Areas and Balochistan provinces of western Pakistan. Their Pashto ... Their unified modern past began with the rise of the Durrani Empire ...61 KB (8,656 words) - 18:55, 23 March 2023
- Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain ... When Britain acquired an Empire of its own, reference to His or Her ...53 KB (8,072 words) - 04:48, 16 December 2022
- 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
- 1689), which corresponds to the last years of the direct Stuart reign in ... despair among Puritans, or the literature of rapid communication and trade ...54 KB (8,435 words) - 08:15, 4 August 2022
- – January 9, 1873) was the first President of the French Republic and the ... moral failings. The leaders and the people of Post-revolutionary France lacked ...48 KB (7,305 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- command to save Noah, his family, and a pair of all animals from the Great ... take on board his family and representatives of all the animals and birds. ...50 KB (7,876 words) - 00:06, 5 March 2024
- Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms"), is an English ... Magna Carta was originally created because of disagreements between ...62 KB (10,535 words) - 05:01, 5 November 2022
- , 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
- 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
- Water fluoridation is the controlled addition of fluoride to a public ... The goal of water fluoridation is to prevent tooth decay (dental caries ...64 KB (9,289 words) - 23:16, 3 May 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
- perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace. He wrote two ... 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
- physician, Marxist, politician, and leader of Cuban and internationalist ... Some time later, Guevara became a member of Fidel Castro's paramilitary ...45 KB (6,974 words) - 17:59, 7 March 2024
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region ... Salem, and Boston, which soon became the hub of the region, then the Pioneer ...52 KB (7,434 words) - 08:45, 10 March 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
- The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California ... The effects of the Gold Rush were substantial. Outside of California ...61 KB (8,925 words) - 18:25, 25 November 2023
- lit. The Book of Kings, ʃɒːhnɒːˈme|pron 977 and 1010 C.E. and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of ...59 KB (8,437 words) - 22:06, 30 March 2023
- and successful general. During the course of the American Civil War he quickly ... After the war he was alleged to have participated in the founding ...54 KB (8,703 words) - 02:44, 11 March 2023
- 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
- 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
- ]]/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains regions ... also important to the economy, with millions of visitors a year to Glacier ...59 KB (8,584 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- Snake is any of the numerous elongate, limbless, scaled, carnivorous ... The more than 2,900 species of snakes are spread across every continent ...54 KB (8,016 words) - 05:10, 13 October 2022
- Confederation and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria ... newly recruited French armies in a series of battles fought across northern ...61 KB (9,426 words) - 14:18, 1 October 2022
- at very high pressures beyond the range of unaided human survivability ... Submarines encompass one of the largest ranges in capabilities of ...65 KB (10,100 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion ( "Протоколы сионских ... Scholars generally agree that the Okhrana, the secret police of the ...66 KB (9,730 words) - 23:42, 22 October 2023
- He is commonly placed in the Baroque school, of which he was the first great ... enemies. By the next year, after a career of little more than a decade, ...56 KB (8,917 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- for his October 30, 1938 radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' The War of ... Welles was born in 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the second son of ...56 KB (8,968 words) - 02:19, 18 November 2022
- | image name=Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981.jpg | order=40th President of the United States | date1=January 20, 1981 ...55 KB (8,232 words) - 05:01, 16 December 2022
- a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays ... for her day. She sought the attention of those who could influence her ...103 KB (16,692 words) - 01:55, 22 March 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
- to the systematic persecution and genocide of the Jews, other minority groups ... . The commonly used figure for the number of Jewish victims is six million ...63 KB (9,654 words) - 20:59, 31 December 2023
- |+Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |Periods in Office: ... |Place of Birth: |Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire|Woodstock ...65 KB (10,388 words) - 23:13, 17 May 2023
- South Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United ... It was part of the 1663 charter in which Charles I of England granted ...64 KB (9,145 words) - 15:14, 27 April 2023
- Civil War. While not necessarily a supporter of the abolition of slavery, his ... McClellan's Peninsula Campaign of 1862 ended in failure, retreating ...67 KB (10,321 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- Democracy is the name given to a number of forms of government and ... Democracy is also a peaceful way for a group of any size to settle ...75 KB (11,285 words) - 09:26, 28 January 2024
- jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United ... Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender ...79 KB (11,056 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups ... Throughout history, families have been central to human society; a ...66 KB (10,046 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- , Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands ... to as Kaptara in texts from the Syrian city of Mari dating from the 18th century ...64 KB (9,291 words) - 23:45, 15 May 2024
- August 4, 1961) served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 ... Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He ...70 KB (9,939 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- Category: History Category: History of the Americas [[File:PatrickBreenDiaryPage28.jpg ...73 KB (11,798 words) - 17:24, 30 January 2024
- Neanderthal or Neandertal is a relatively recent extinct member of ... Sequencing of the Neanderthal genome has suggested that Neanderthals ...80 KB (11,439 words) - 04:24, 11 March 2023
- Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in south ... by Greeks and Romans. It is a successor of the powerful European Bulgarian ...61 KB (8,943 words) - 18:41, 22 November 2023
- and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded ... The eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional ...200 KB (27,687 words) - 00:08, 13 March 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
- Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... territory in 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959 ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 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
- Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central ... an event that coincided with the baptism of Duke Mieszko I. Poland became ...71 KB (10,329 words) - 17:32, 2 January 2024
- 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
- 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
- Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Reino de España (both bordering Morocco). It is the largest of the three sovereign nations ...115 KB (17,210 words) - 19:06, 7 February 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
- ) 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
- There was systematic political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union, ... based on the interpretation of political opposition or dissent as ...199 KB (24,192 words) - 20:08, 19 September 2022
