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- The State of Kuwait ( الكويت ) is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf ...41 KB (6,203 words) - 15:18, 22 March 2024
- Copenhagen, the capital and largest city of Denmark, is located on ... " in the tenth century the city of Copenhagen was officially founded ...28 KB (4,058 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
- religion with its origins in the prehistory of India, still practiced today ... that respect and honor the spiritual nature of every living being. Jainism ...28 KB (4,275 words) - 12:42, 6 November 2021
- ) are a Christian group of Russian origin. The Doukhobors were one of the sects—later defined as a religious ...38 KB (5,415 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- 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
- "bind, connect") denotes a set of common beliefs and practices ... The social structure of the world's religious traditions can ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- The Industrial Revolution was a transformation of human life circumstances ... The Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in human history ...56 KB (8,479 words) - 16:09, 28 September 2021
- (b. about 1362 – d. June 1, 1434), was a Grand Duke of Lithuania ... .Endre Bojtár, Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of the Baltic ...51 KB (7,629 words) - 23:06, 1 April 2023
- Considered one of the original "Cradle of Civilization" ... Because of its strategic geographic location, Syria has historically ...53 KB (7,689 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- The Hopi are a Native American nation, the westernmost group of Pueblo ... their culture, which is based on a mythology of their origin, spiritual beliefs ...33 KB (5,396 words) - 13:43, 2 February 2024
- German philosopher, known for his critique of religious belief. He is commonly ... Feuerbach emerged in the 1840s as a leader of the Young Hegelians ...24 KB (3,623 words) - 02:37, 5 November 2022
- #039; label for the material culture of Britain in Late Antiquity. ... While the history of Roman Britain is reasonably well covered by contemporary ...51 KB (7,614 words) - 13:43, 28 April 2023
- [[Image:Gamla uppsala.jpg|350px|thumb|The Royal mounds of Gamla Uppsala ... A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over ...28 KB (4,185 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- right|250px|Kazakh nomads in the steppes of the Russian Empire, ca. 1910]] Nomadic people, also known as nomads, are communities of people that ...40 KB (5,990 words) - 02:37, 16 November 2022
- The word Allah has been used by Arabic people of different religions ... The etymology of the word Allāh has been discussed extensively by ...42 KB (6,212 words) - 23:54, 4 March 2024
- Emperor Wu of Han ( s=汉武帝|t=漢武帝|p=hànwǔdì ... Liu Che (劉徹), was the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty in China, ruling ...44 KB (7,021 words) - 13:34, 31 January 2022
- 899) is often considered to be the founder of the English nation. As king ... Danes, after defeating them at the Battle of Edington. Realizing that it ...34 KB (5,332 words) - 20:42, 20 July 2023
- economic, military and cultural influence of the United States. The concept ... The sources and proponents of this concept range from classical Marxist ...48 KB (7,076 words) - 03:33, 24 July 2023
- scholar who served as the Solicitor General of the United States from 1973 ... Despite being recognized as one of the most influential legal ...35 KB (4,931 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminum, with the ... the decorative tiles adorning Turkish places of worship and homes for hundreds ...35 KB (5,240 words) - 00:26, 3 May 2023
- orator best known for his work in the fields of comparative mythology and comparative ... Campbell's recognition of the universality of human stories allows ...35 KB (5,311 words) - 17:54, 6 May 2024
- , also commonly known as al-Shām) is the capital and largest city ... Damascus was the capital of the Aramean Kingdom beginning in the eleventh ...36 KB (5,471 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين ... a wealthy nation. With a per capita GDP of $25,300 in 2006, Bahrain was ...38 KB (5,603 words) - 05:46, 26 August 2023
- and 24th (1893–1897) president of the United States, and the ... As a leader of the Bourbon Democrats, he opposed imperialism, taxes ...28 KB (3,976 words) - 08:11, 25 February 2023
- Cremation, or the practice of burning the dead, refers to the disposal ... Cremation practices may be used for a variety of reasons. Some cultures ...24 KB (3,818 words) - 00:19, 15 January 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
- , IPA: [kəɾˈnɑːʈəkɑː]), a state in the southern part of India ... Kerala to the southwest. The state covers an area of 191791|sqkm|sqmi ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- like a snake but has a heightened sense of intelligence. Serpents are ... The serpent is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- 1565) was a Ottoman admiral as well as Bey of Algiers; Beylerbey of the Mediterranean; ... he lived out his life in the context of what many regarded as permanent ...33 KB (5,326 words) - 18:45, 6 November 2022
- ==Evolution of the glyph== as the number represents. The Romans tired of writing 4 as IIII, but 3 continues ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of traditionalist conservative ... 1971 to 1992 he was a lecturer and professor of aesthetics at Birkbeck College ...58 KB (8,069 words) - 21:36, 16 April 2023
- Tibetan people. With an average elevation of 16,000 feet, (4,900 meters ... Songtsän Gampo united numerous tribes of the region. From 1578, leadership ...62 KB (9,319 words) - 23:23, 30 April 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
- Polish Republic or Republic (Commonwealth) of the Two (Both) Nations (Peoples), ( ... ) or as the "First Republic," was one of the largest and ...62 KB (8,547 words) - 08:32, 24 November 2022
- Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kaptan ... A series of smaller victories followed over French and Spanish adversaries ...38 KB (6,070 words) - 17:40, 30 January 2022
- Yeasts are a phylogenetically diverse grouping of single-celled fungi ... for commercial baking products that consist of yeast or dried yeast cells ...24 KB (3,421 words) - 09:54, 23 May 2023
- is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the constituent countries of ... The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until May 1, 1707 ...48 KB (6,984 words) - 23:12, 30 July 2023
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... For much of its existence, Sicily has stood at a crossroads of international ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- Music is an auditory art comprised of meaningful arrangements of sounds ... Generally, music is known through the cognition of specific arrangements ...47 KB (7,194 words) - 19:07, 30 September 2023
- describes a large body of psychophysical techniques whose primary ... been, and continue to be, integral parts of religious life. ...38 KB (5,451 words) - 00:07, 13 July 2021
- in the twentieth century. When one side of a conflict participates in ... The threat of total devastation to the earth and humankind through ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- 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
- The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), located in Manhattan ... The AMNH has a collection consisting of over 32 million specimens ...26 KB (3,976 words) - 06:38, 25 July 2023
- The Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance ... for the renewed interest in the culture of classical antiquity following ...32 KB (4,821 words) - 22:45, 22 September 2022
- Cancel culture (or call-out culture) is a modern form of ostracism ... Cancel culture is a variant on call-out culture and constitutes a ...39 KB (5,227 words) - 19:39, 26 April 2022
- order to facilitate the study and analysis of history, understanding current ... To the extent that history is continuous and not generalized, all ...29 KB (4,535 words) - 16:10, 29 December 2020
- in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, stands at an average ... UNESCO designated the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram in 1984 ...31 KB (4,590 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870 and opened in 1872 ... preservation standards. As with the case of other notable museums, the ...38 KB (5,761 words) - 16:50, 24 October 2023
- Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån), officially the U.S. Territory of Guam, ... is 1,500 miles (2414 km) southeast of Tokyo and 6,000 miles (9656 ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- years. The oldest extant works show signs of maturity indicating an even ... A revival of Tamil literature took place from the late nineteenth ...33 KB (4,960 words) - 00:53, 21 April 2023
- The Doll describes the romantic infatuation of a man of action who is frustrated ... "Prus has no biography, he is one of the best-camouflaged of writers ...24 KB (3,556 words) - 07:13, 17 November 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
- 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
- "Amarna tablets") are an archive of correspondence on clay tablets ... The Amarna letters reveal a treasury of knowledge concerning the political ...34 KB (6,076 words) - 02:40, 24 July 2023
- ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other ... term has been understood to refer to a place of mistreatment, starvation, forced ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
- late seventeenth century. He was the founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement ... harboring messianic pretensions at the age of 22, he gathered followers and ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:16, 26 January 2023
- The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was a conference organized by the ... . Much of the work of the Conference involved deciding which of the ...26 KB (3,995 words) - 08:51, 18 November 2022
- is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto. For one-thousand ... and architectural treasure. Since the end of the eighteenth century, tourism ...34 KB (5,043 words) - 15:01, 3 May 2023
- 15, 1891 – October 14, 1944) was one of the most distinguished field ... chivalry towards his adversaries. He was one of the few German commanders who ...24 KB (3,681 words) - 21:24, 20 March 2024
- and They Were Expendable, some adaptations of such classic twentieth century ... Ford was a key figure in the creation of the iconic style of the classic ...32 KB (5,047 words) - 05:09, 3 August 2022
- Governorate, Jordan. It lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among ... The ancient city sits in the Negev Desert's Valley of Moses, ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- Honduras, officially Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras ... the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by ...34 KB (4,896 words) - 12:36, 2 February 2024
- == Evolution of the glyph == J upside down. The main contribution of the western Ghubar Arabs was ...35 KB (5,128 words) - 06:47, 13 June 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
- densest and most exceptional concentration of pueblos in the American Southwest ... Between 900 and 1150 C.E., Chaco Canyon was a major center of culture ...30 KB (4,488 words) - 00:10, 4 December 2023
- the Latin or Turkish), is the founder of Islam—the world's second ... and Medina are cities in the Hejaz region of present day Saudi Arabia. He ...64 KB (10,057 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ... toward suicide found in the history of Western civilization: bafflement ...31 KB (4,676 words) - 21:40, 26 February 2023
- Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in ... to 1975 brought Vietnam to the attention of the world. That war has been ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- The Comoros (officially the Union of the Comoros) is an island nation ... The Comoros is notable for its diverse culture and history, as a nation ...32 KB (4,718 words) - 17:40, 9 March 2024
- 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
- Central America is the region of North America located between the ... ==Countries of the region== The area considered Central America comprises ...32 KB (4,189 words) - 17:46, 11 May 2023
- Greenland, (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, meaning "Land of the ... ice sheet, which covers over 80 percent of its land mass. ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- |+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
- June 10, 1940), West Indian spokesman of black nationalism and economic ... By enlarging upon the philosophy of Booker T. Washington, Garvey became ...30 KB (4,654 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- as a political economist, and an organizer of the International Workingmen ... Marx developed his revolutionary theories over a period of four decades ...40 KB (6,034 words) - 17:41, 31 March 2023
- Bamboo comprises more than 1200 species of usually woody, perennial ... tall, with some members reaching heights of up to 30 meters (98 feet). ...29 KB (4,488 words) - 04:24, 11 January 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
- Persian and Muslim poet, Sufi, theoretician of mysticism, and hagiographer ... His most famous work, The Conference of the Birds, rejoices in the ...25 KB (4,069 words) - 00:42, 25 March 2024
- The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern ... As skilled Portuguese sailors explored the coasts and islands of East ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - August 21, 1153) was a French abbot ... Devoted to the veneration of the Virgin Mary, Bernard is credited ...26 KB (4,066 words) - 16:03, 29 September 2023
- 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
- novelist, editor, and religious thinker, one of the major figures in Russian ... in 1889. Gippius published her first book of poetry, Collection of Poems ...40 KB (5,765 words) - 22:46, 29 June 2023
- #039; national hero and the anniversary of Rizal's death is commemorated ... The seventh of eleven children born to a wealthy family in the town ...46 KB (7,008 words) - 06:33, 6 May 2024
- 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
- Dynasty, was the last dynasty in the history of the Burmese monarchy ... Manipur, Arakan, Assam, the Mon kingdom of Pegu, and the Siamese kingdom ...38 KB (5,866 words) - 22:29, 15 September 2023
- American sculptor. She was a master of naturalistic animal sculpture ... Huntington is recognized as one of America's finest animaliers ...28 KB (4,145 words) - 06:44, 28 July 2023
- 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
- Engineering is the discipline of applying technical and scientific ... engineer. Those licensed in specific areas of engineering may have formal ...41 KB (5,793 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- [[Image:Stećak.jpg|thumb|250px|Radimlja necropolis of stećak in ... place. Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries ...26 KB (3,983 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- the symbol. In mathematics, the definition of number has been extended over ... are called numerical operations. The study of numerical operations is called ...37 KB (5,685 words) - 00:43, 17 November 2022
- , Syriac: ܒܝܪܘܬ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. ... Prior to 1975, the country was considered the banking capital of the ...27 KB (4,043 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- about 31 miles (50 km) south-south-west of Tokyo (to which it is linked ... Kamakura remained a religious destination for pilgrimages because ...27 KB (3,754 words) - 07:04, 28 February 2023
- exchange for remuneration. The legal status of prostitution varies in different ... life, and lineage, is commodified, the value of a human being is inevitably ...45 KB (6,813 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- Since the script was conceived and popularized by the followers of ... known as azbuka, derived from the old names of the first two letters of most ...61 KB (8,412 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
- by humans. The term encompasses the universe of living organisms and their ... essential character or fundamental quality of a person or thing, it is in ...63 KB (9,360 words) - 04:22, 11 March 2023
- The dynasty originated in the fertile valley of the Kaveri River. Karikala ... The Cholas reached the height of their power during the tenth, eleventh ...44 KB (6,505 words) - 17:15, 10 December 2023
- and colonizer whose daring conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico ... Cortés adopted methods in the conquest of Mexico like those of other ...74 KB (12,378 words) - 15:44, 25 January 2023
- The Gospel of Luke (literally, according to Luke; Greek, Κατά ... stories on these themes, such as the Parable of the Prodigal Son and the Parable ...37 KB (5,253 words) - 12:12, 24 January 2023
- on the River Eurotas in the southern part of the Peloponnese. From c. 650 ... Laconophilia is the admiration of Sparta, which continues to fascinate ...46 KB (7,079 words) - 19:09, 7 February 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
- musician and critic who was a major figure of the modernist movement in early ... in style and technique, Pound rejected much of the modern world, especially ...34 KB (5,360 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator ... or keys are used to change vibratory length of tubing, thus changing the available ...34 KB (4,980 words) - 16:54, 26 March 2022
- Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest ... in a little over 30 years, from a collection of poor desert-coast sheikdoms ...41 KB (6,013 words) - 11:40, 3 May 2023
- take relationship with God in every moment of human life. Jews had grown disillusioned as a result of the failed messianism of the ...28 KB (4,280 words) - 08:41, 20 January 2024
- a well-known Russian revolutionary, and one of the leading figures of nineteenth ... in 1865 and helped to formulate many of the philosophical principles ...43 KB (6,370 words) - 17:48, 9 November 2022
- political philosopher, noted for his defense of liberal democracy and free ... 1899 in Vienna, Austria to a Catholic family of prominent intellectuals. He ...29 KB (4,353 words) - 11:04, 11 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
- Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... Malta has had a long and turbulent history. Situated in the middle ...35 KB (5,045 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- the southwest and the People's Republic of China to the southeast. girls," a reference to the Manas of folklore unifying 40 tribes ...39 KB (5,879 words) - 16:28, 21 March 2024
- Philosophy of religion is the application of the philosophical method ... A composite discipline and one of the many “philosophies of – ...73 KB (11,277 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- West as Alexander the Great or Alexander III of Macedon, in Greek ... (Megas Alexandros), King of Macedon (336–323 B.C.E.), was the most ...47 KB (7,410 words) - 20:29, 18 July 2023
- 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
- IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes.] ... Working Group on Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) of the International Astronomical ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- as the commercial and industrial center, of Peru. It is located in the ... as La Ciudad de los Reyes, or "The City of Kings." It became the ...28 KB (4,030 words) - 08:43, 8 March 2023
- ) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded ... As with most pharaohs, Ramesses had a number of royal names. The two ...38 KB (6,086 words) - 05:03, 17 July 2022
- - August 16, 2018) was the Prime Minister of India, briefly in 1996, and ... in his native language, Hindi. His vision of India was that of an ancient ...47 KB (6,896 words) - 18:41, 19 August 2023
- 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
- A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or ... refer to a literary work, or a main division of such a work. In library and ...32 KB (5,045 words) - 07:24, 17 November 2023
- (population: 371,767 in 2007; population of urban area is some 1,007,972 ... Reformation. Documentary history of Western civilization. New York: Harper ...53 KB (7,882 words) - 06:16, 13 June 2023
- until 1910, lasted for five centuries as one of the world's longest running ... Shortly following the declaration of the Korean Empire in 1897, the ...39 KB (5,700 words) - 15:30, 6 May 2024
- Science fiction (also, sf, SF, or sci-fi) is a broad genre of fiction ... Science fiction is part of, and in organizational or marketing contexts ...54 KB (7,938 words) - 02:35, 21 April 2023
- 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
- as Buddhists. Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs, and spiritual ... Most Buddhist traditions share the goal of overcoming dukkha (suffering ...93 KB (13,393 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- The Victorian era of the United Kingdom and its overseas Empire was ... The era is often characterized as a long period of peace, known as ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 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
- 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
- leader whose role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the ... Caesar fought in a civil war that left him undisputed master of the ...44 KB (7,133 words) - 19:23, 4 February 2024
- The history of economic thought concerns thinkers and theories in ... Following Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, classical economists ...51 KB (7,537 words) - 12:02, 1 February 2024
- sources and have been used in a variety of traditional religious practices ... chosen in contrast with recreational use of the same substances. These ...32 KB (4,699 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ... Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara, which is used by geographers ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (Persian language: محمدرضا ... It was lack of his regime's religious legitimacy in the eyes ...53 KB (8,258 words) - 19:29, 9 November 2022
- 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
- (1948), outraged conservative critics as one of the first major American novels ... used his sarcastic wit and excellent command of the English language to state ...42 KB (5,899 words) - 11:57, 24 January 2023
- in Pakistan after Karachi, and the capital of Punjab province. It is popularly ... Much of Lahore's architecture from the Mughal and colonial eras ...30 KB (4,227 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- Filasṭīn, Falasṭīn, Filisṭīn) is one of several names for ... Different geographic definitions of Palestine have been used over ...86 KB (12,843 words) - 06:24, 18 November 2022
- region = Western Philosophy | era = Eighteenth-Century Philosophy | ... notable_ideas = Problem of causation, Induction, Is-ought problem | ...48 KB (7,545 words) - 08:05, 28 January 2024
- 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
- 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
- below for derivation) is a Bantu language of the Sabaki subgroup of Northeastern ... making it the most widely spoken language of sub-Saharan Africa. It is now ...43 KB (6,328 words) - 15:52, 12 January 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
- Members of the Bahá'í faith understand history as an evolving ... Fundamental to Bahá'í teachings is unity: the unity of God ...50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
- national, ethnic, racial, or religious group of people either entirely or a ... Genocide is defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment ...35 KB (5,250 words) - 06:50, 18 April 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
- The Book of Revelation, also called Revelation to John or Apocalypse ... Revelation is composed of two main sections. The first is a message ...34 KB (5,503 words) - 00:39, 19 November 2023
- was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as the Premier ... During the Great Patriotic War (World War II), Kosygin was a member ...60 KB (8,496 words) - 22:35, 29 April 2023
- Salt is a mineral, composed primarily of sodium chloride, which is ... Sodium and chlorine, the two components of salt, are necessary for ...36 KB (5,357 words) - 01:13, 21 April 2023
- The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious ... response across all social classes in western Europe. Mobs of predominantly ...80 KB (12,105 words) - 15:35, 30 March 2024
- and the cosmic levels. The driving force of seeking answers to such a twofold ... On the level of the purpose for the individual, it is the end of physical ...39 KB (6,287 words) - 23:22, 20 February 2022
- Eritrea, officially State of Eritrea, is a country situated in northern ... Remains of one of the oldest known hominids, dated to over one million ...41 KB (6,034 words) - 19:30, 13 February 2024
- is the literal translation of empire)—refers to Germany in the years ... The policies pursued by Nazi Germany, based on the concept of Lebensraum ...65 KB (9,573 words) - 18:36, 30 April 2023
- [[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
- . A large part of the European drainage basin empties into the North ... Much of the sea's coastal features are the result of glacial ...64 KB (9,669 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. German Nazism ... Fascism led to Italy's support of Hitler's Germany during ...34 KB (5,044 words) - 06:23, 11 March 2024
- The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia, the successor ... could have a profound impact on the future of Cambodia's economy. ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 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
- Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest ... among different ethnic groups has been part of the country's history ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- for the Wounded Knee Creek, a tributary of the White River, which runs ... Wounded Knee Creek rises in the southeastern corner of the Pine Ridge ...36 KB (5,349 words) - 14:00, 20 May 2023
- Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg dynasties of the Austrian Empire, Habsburg ... In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Peace of Westphalia ...37 KB (5,890 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2020
- political leader who was the chief architect of the Constitution of India. spent his life fighting against the system of Hindu untouchability and the ...34 KB (5,057 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of ... imposed by France and England at the Treaty of Versailles. The economic disaster ...75 KB (11,428 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- 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
- Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction between individuals of ... the other hand, many cultures throughout history have had specific socially ...91 KB (13,332 words) - 16:14, 25 January 2023
- from Russia as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. After the initial ... religious clash. Some Chechens, the majority of whom are Muslim, began to describe ...53 KB (7,700 words) - 19:54, 26 March 2024
- (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
- The Russian Revolution of 1905 began as a wave of mass political and ... By the end of 1905, the revolution resulted in a number of reforms ...57 KB (8,235 words) - 06:28, 13 June 2023
- The Republic of Dagestan (older spelling Daghestan) is a republic ... Situated on the eastern end of the North Caucasus Mountains along ...42 KB (6,192 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- Nepal, known officially as the State of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan ... Although the country is the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who ...47 KB (6,833 words) - 16:19, 11 November 2022
- him the only Canadian recipient of the "Triple Crown of Acting ... von Trapp in the musical film The Sound of Music (1965) alongside Julie ...51 KB (7,432 words) - 21:43, 10 December 2023
- Baptist minister. He is considered one of the most influential Christian ... work reached beyond a narrow understanding of Christianity, embracing people ...66 KB (9,276 words) - 17:37, 31 October 2023
- The Greco-Persian Wars or Persian Wars or Medic Wars were a series ... What is known today of this conflict is derived primarily from Greek ...77 KB (11,840 words) - 17:01, 27 January 2023
- educator, and social thinker. The founder of "anthroposophy," ... into Burgenland, Austria, in the foothills of the eastern Alps. ...49 KB (7,066 words) - 17:42, 22 December 2022
- | 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
- Landscape Painting in the American tradition, depicts the scenery ... In the woods, is perpetual Youth. The currents of the Universal Being ...34 KB (5,216 words) - 16:33, 21 February 2022
- 2.5 million acres (10,000 km²) in the state of Wyoming. Originally a part ... property, lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the Wind ...41 KB (6,175 words) - 20:03, 21 April 2023
- , was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. his own authority over the apparatus of government. As president and ...67 KB (10,170 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- Few concepts in human history have generated as much fascination, ... Throughout history, the vast majority of people in the world have ...102 KB (16,134 words) - 19:54, 31 December 2023
- Egyptian mythology. It concerns the murder of the god Osiris, a primeval ... is integral to ancient Egyptian conceptions of kingship and succession, conflict ...56 KB (8,963 words) - 04:38, 18 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
- 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
- The social sciences are a group of academic disciplines that study ... distinct disciplines. However, the origins of their ideas and goals are located ...53 KB (7,429 words) - 21:46, 30 January 2023
- conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations ... United Nations in order to liberate the nation of Kuwait. ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- island country that sits off the east coast of Asia. Japan comprises over ... that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as 35,000 B ...89 KB (12,871 words) - 15:44, 4 February 2022
- from the 1920s onward. He served as Chairman of the Council of People's ... deeply implicated in the worst atrocities of the Stalin years – the forced ...67 KB (9,419 words) - 21:52, 3 May 2023
- meaning Thoth is Born) was the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient ... Thutmose III was the son of Pharaoh Thutmose II and Aset (sometimes ...45 KB (7,145 words) - 14:03, 14 January 2024
- 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
- important and controversial English writer of the twentieth century, and ... Although he is now esteemed as one of the most important figures in ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 07:34, 12 January 2024
- Protestant Reformation and is the namesake of the system of Christian theology ... John Calvin was a leader of the Swiss protestant reformation. Reformed ...41 KB (6,580 words) - 14:04, 7 May 2024
- are usually credited with being the founders of analytic philosophy. A prolific ... Russell was born at the height of Britain's economic and political ...75 KB (11,466 words) - 17:25, 29 September 2023
- For the Republic of China see Taiwan. For the civilization of China and its history see China. ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 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
- Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity, which typically ... ==History of research== ===Beginnings=== In his Dream Pool Essays of ...51 KB (7,568 words) - 08:38, 8 March 2023
- distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic. Hailing ... Pompey fought on the side of the Optimates, the conservative faction ...48 KB (7,762 words) - 08:50, 24 November 2022
- transcontinental country extending over much of northern Eurasia (Asia and Europe). ... Socialist Republic (RSFSR), a republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist ...137 KB (20,217 words) - 18:16, 22 December 2022
- night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of -4.6. As an inferior planet ... The planet is covered with an opaque layer of highly reflective clouds and ...45 KB (7,026 words) - 17:37, 3 May 2023
- Chechenia or Noxçiyn), is a republic of Russia. It is located in the ... In November 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Chechnya ...48 KB (6,944 words) - 00:48, 5 December 2023
- Raccoon (sometimes racoon) is the common name for any of the New World ... ranges from Costa Rica through most areas of South America east of the Andes ...75 KB (11,261 words) - 20:56, 26 October 2023
- Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing ... which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to ...101 KB (14,057 words) - 17:18, 7 May 2024
- best known for his role as the director of the Manhattan Project, the ... position to lobby for international control of atomic energy and to avert ...58 KB (8,808 words) - 01:10, 8 February 2023
- 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
- Hungary, officially in English the Republic of Hungary, is a landlocked ... After a Celtic and a Roman period, the foundation of Hungary was laid ...107 KB (15,967 words) - 21:14, 9 February 2024
- 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
- 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
- by many as the greatest American leader of the twentieth century. His ... close to his birthday, King is only one of three Americans to have a national ...58 KB (9,123 words) - 17:52, 18 January 2023
- Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical ... hierarchies long before the establishment of formal states, realms, or empires ...78 KB (10,754 words) - 22:08, 30 March 2023
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... a central position in the history of western civilization, as the location ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
- was the first and most prominent leader of a reform movement in sixteenth ... He came to this understanding over the course of a long and tortuous ...61 KB (9,597 words) - 08:35, 10 March 2023
- England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the ... United Kingdom, or the same as the island of Great Britain, which consists ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- site in Istanbul, Turkey. The last of three church buildings to be ... Eastern Orthodox until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It ...227 KB (32,955 words) - 20:31, 5 May 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
- Climate Change, in its broadest sense, is any change in the state ... is typically employed in the narrow sense of contemporary changes in the ...86 KB (12,789 words) - 20:17, 1 June 2023
