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- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... Military regimes have dominated Sudanese politics since the country ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- is turned to his or her disadvantage through the use of “soft” techniques ... The origins of tai chi chuan are known only through legend and speculation ...44 KB (6,584 words) - 00:21, 16 February 2024
- | order=38th President of the United States | date1=August 9, 1974 ... | date of birth=July 14, 1913 | place of birth=Omaha, Nebraska ...30 KB (4,525 words) - 17:06, 28 August 2021
- Raffles (July 6, 1781 – July 5, 1826) was the founder of the city of Singapore ... Raffles was born on the ship Ann off the coast of Jamaica. Little ...33 KB (5,257 words) - 16:24, 8 February 2023
- discrimination baring his advance in the department of agriculture ... Woo Jang-choon was born at a difficult time in Korean history, at ...17 KB (2,719 words) - 23:29, 17 May 2023
- in short, is a Japanese automaker. It is the world's second largest ... however it ranks first in net worth, revenue, and profit. It is also ...43 KB (6,055 words) - 04:51, 1 May 2023
- underneath it. An arch can either support the load above it or perform a ... Arches are used as supports for many types of vaults, with the barrel ...55 KB (8,185 words) - 23:26, 18 March 2024
- Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located ... Colombia is the 26th largest nation in the world and the fourth-largest ...40 KB (5,666 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), ... The country, which by the end of the twentieth century resembled that ...44 KB (6,383 words) - 06:26, 11 January 2024
- Incense is a material composed of aromatic organic materials that ... Incense is available in various forms and degrees of processing. Depending ...32 KB (4,937 words) - 12:45, 4 March 2024
- The Suez Crisis (known as the Suez War or 1956 War, commonly known ... The Suez Canal had been important in Iran and the colonial penetration ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque ( bɛlepɔk|lang ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ...38 KB (5,417 words) - 23:52, 28 April 2023
- Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was a leader ... In his book, Soul on Fire, he renounced many of his former attitudes ...17 KB (2,660 words) - 00:10, 13 February 2024
- and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of government involvement in solving ... on economics, American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), and ...18 KB (2,525 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- koku) is an island country that sits off the east coast of Asia. Japan ... Archaeological research indicates that people were living on the islands ...89 KB (12,871 words) - 15:44, 4 February 2022
- The Great Lakes of Africa are a series of lakes in and around the ... The term "Great Lakes" in the African context is a rather ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- was a Pakistani politician who served as the President of Pakistan from ... Bhutto was executed in 1979 for allegedly authorizing the murder of ...37 KB (5,508 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- For the bird, see Turkey (bird) native_name = {{native ... Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- In addition to extensive territory around and beyond the Baltic, Sweden ... As a modern day supporter of the peace keeping activities of the United ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- The Iran-Iraq War, also called the First Persian Gulf War, or the ... The war began when Iraq invaded Iran on September 22, 1980, following ...36 KB (5,506 words) - 17:42, 29 January 2024
- Human sacrifice is the act of killing human beings as part of a religious ... Paralleling the various practices of animal sacrifice and of religious ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, Latin America, ... Baseball is a rare sport in which there is no time limit for play ...67 KB (11,273 words) - 11:05, 20 September 2023
- Genghis Khan (1162 – 1227), the founder of the largest contiguous ... While his image in much of the world is that of a ruthless, bloodthirsty ...50 KB (8,058 words) - 06:47, 18 April 2024
- 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
- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... The adjective (language, ethnicity and citizenship) derived from Madagascar ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- PNG|400px|right|thumb|Hypothesized map of human migration based on Mitochondrial ... throughout prehistory and human history. The movement of populations ...28 KB (4,050 words) - 16:22, 23 December 2022
- American exceptionalism has been historically referred to as the belief ... The difference is often expressed in American circles as some categorical ...29 KB (4,328 words) - 06:49, 25 July 2023
- Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services ... Berg was a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School ...35 KB (5,251 words) - 19:35, 27 April 2024
- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Organisation du Traité ... ; (also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance ...52 KB (7,555 words) - 20:25, 17 March 2024
- Jürgen Habermas during a discussion in the Munich School of Philosophy]] political scientist, and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory ...27 KB (3,751 words) - 16:42, 14 May 2024
- unartigen Kinder.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"The naughty children"; German ... has been largely rejected in favor of other disciplinary methods ...28 KB (4,287 words) - 03:35, 8 January 2024
- Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea ... Slave labor brought from Africa to work the sugarcane fields in the ...26 KB (3,654 words) - 02:55, 26 February 2023
- [[Image:Mummy 501594 fh000031.jpg|thumb|375px|A mummy in the British ... extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged ...24 KB (3,616 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is an English-speaking archipelagic ... The original native inhabitants of the Islands at the time of Columbus ...26 KB (3,773 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- Bulguksa, one of Korea's largest and most often visited temples ... The temple area is the home of six Korean National Treasures, including ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 18:42, 22 November 2023
- [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], during the war, 1993. Photo by Mikhail ... Refugee was defined as a legal group in response to the large numbers ...35 KB (5,240 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड) is a state of India located ... Nagaland has played a crucial role in the development of the Republic ...19 KB (2,820 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- A video game is a game that involves the interaction with a user interface ... The "video" in "video game" traditionally refers ...26 KB (4,049 words) - 20:12, 3 May 2023
- The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or Uruguay, is a country located ... Its geographic position as a small, wedge-shaped country between the ...30 KB (4,199 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- Shogi (将棋 shōgi), or Japanese chess, is the most popular of a ... The oldest document referring to shogi dates from the tenth century ...60 KB (9,463 words) - 14:25, 27 January 2023
- Mount Everest--also known as Sagarmatha or Chomolungma--is the highest ... The most famous of the previous challengers was the British adventurer ...31 KB (4,841 words) - 17:06, 10 November 2022
- The United States of America—also referred to as the United States ... or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ...83 KB (12,275 words) - 11:52, 3 May 2023
- Nederland is the European section of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... Amsterdam is the capital city (hoofdstad), and The Hague (Dutch: Den ...42 KB (6,042 words) - 16:24, 11 November 2022
- The Boer Wars were fought between British and Dutch settlers of the ... But a new imperial policy arose in England. It aimed to bring the ...38 KB (5,998 words) - 05:19, 17 November 2023
- in Central Asia that until 1991, was part of the Soviet Union as the Turkmen ... With one-half of its irrigated land planted in cotton, Turkmenistan ...47 KB (6,838 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
- imperial loyalist whose effort to forge the Satsuma-Choshu Alliance (1866 ... Ryoma was born January 3, 1836, in central Kochi, in the feudal domain ...18 KB (2,973 words) - 00:57, 23 December 2022
- The Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, or simply ... During its long history, Albania has been invaded many times. During ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), an African even-toed ungulate ... Giraffes play an unique role in the ecosystem by consuming leaves ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 07:47, 24 January 2023
- 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
- The history of agriculture is the story of humankind's development ... Because of agriculture, cities as well as trade relations between ...39 KB (5,853 words) - 00:03, 19 November 2020
- 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
- Emu is the common name for a large flightless Australian bird, Dromaius ... The emu is common over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 16:32, 5 January 2021
- ), Kazakhstan's former capital, is the scientific, cultural, ... The city came under Soviet rule in 1918. During World War II, it accommodated ...17 KB (2,420 words) - 08:16, 23 July 2023
- The British Empire is the most extensive empire in world history and ... By 1921, the British Empire ruled a population of between 470 and ...59 KB (8,891 words) - 02:41, 22 November 2023
- The potato plant (Solanum tuberosum) is a member of the Solanaceae ... Potatoes are the world's most widely grown tuber crop, and the ...20 KB (3,010 words) - 05:53, 30 November 2022
- March 2, 1931 - August 30, 2022) was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 ... Gorbachev was wildly popular in the West, largely because of the way ...27 KB (3,969 words) - 17:52, 9 November 2022
- military leader, and from 1967 to 1998 the second President of Indonesia ... and died at 86 years old in Jakarta in 2008. The legacy of Suharto's presidency ...58 KB (8,552 words) - 13:46, 28 April 2023
- Afghānistān, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto ... fought. Invaders and conquerors included the Persian Empire, Alexander ...50 KB (7,441 words) - 05:59, 16 June 2023
- Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the 31st ... Hoover took office in 1929, amid high hopes for the country and his ...41 KB (6,027 words) - 14:27, 9 February 2022
- 13, 1925 - April 8, 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 ... One of the most significant British politicians in recent political ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 04:09, 6 November 2022
- Fishing is the practice of catching wild fish for food, recreation ... activity that can enhance a personal sense of balance, strengthen intergenerational ...49 KB (7,746 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- 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
- they cross national boundaries, usually by the government of the importing ... protect domestic industries and as a source of revenue. Methods for accomplishing ...32 KB (5,003 words) - 04:32, 27 February 2023
- The Cold War was the protracted ideological, geopolitical, and economic ... The global confrontation between the West and communism was popularly ...49 KB (7,114 words) - 22:28, 7 January 2024
- (May 21, 1944 - ) was the first female President of Ireland, serving ... political office. Robinson resigned the presidency four months ahead ...34 KB (5,329 words) - 08:42, 10 March 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 Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, largely a continuation ... Roughly two million people died as a result of war, famine, and disease ...27 KB (3,989 words) - 21:31, 26 February 2023
- At the end of the Second World War, a ravaged Japan was occupied by ... The U.S. ended its occupation in part to bolster its efforts in the ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty ... Truman, whose personal style contrasted sharply with that of the patrician ...47 KB (7,091 words) - 13:31, 24 January 2023
- , is the Japanese word for comics (sometimes called komikku コミック ... In Japan, manga are widely read by people of all ages, and include ...39 KB (5,688 words) - 21:37, 11 January 2024
- The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... ), commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. The name India ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- 2015) was an Australian politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia ... and in some respects, colonial view of Australia and of Australian ...31 KB (4,378 words) - 06:35, 5 November 2022
- European exploration of Africa began with the Greeks and Romans, who ... The story of the European exploration of Africa comprises many incidents ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 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
- |caption =Keating Hall with Edwards Parade in the foreground ... Fordham University is a private university in the United States, with ...33 KB (4,668 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- was a Polish-born Israeli statesman. He was the ninth President of Israel ... First elected to the Knesset in November 1959, Peres served continuously ...47 KB (6,756 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- , Urdu: لدّاخ; "land of high passes") is a province ... Situated on a high altitude plain, Ladakh became the midway point ...43 KB (6,368 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- In general terms, geothermal energy is thermal energy (the energy ... In terms of alternative energy, geothermal energy is the energy that ...43 KB (6,456 words) - 20:26, 13 December 2023
- Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous ... eastern Africa, is widely regarded within the scientific community to be ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- 1917 – September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to ... Marcos initially had laudable intentions: to improve the economy, ...51 KB (7,579 words) - 17:20, 26 March 2024
- The term Arab (Arabic: عرب ʻarab to be over 300 million people living in the Arab world. There are 22 nations ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- Ashoka the Great (304 B.C.E. - 232 B.C.E.; also known as Asoka, Sanskrit: ... The name ‘Ashoka’ translates as “without sorrow” in Sanskrit ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... One of the founders of Rhode Island was Roger Williams. In 1636, Williams ...30 KB (4,360 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- The White House is the residence and official office of the president ... The White House is well known throughout the world as a symbol of ...21 KB (3,325 words) - 17:23, 4 May 2023
- ) is the capital, chief seaport, and largest city of Algeria, the ... Its location has caused the city to play a central role throughout ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country in southwestern ... The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ...88 KB (12,576 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- ) is one of the largest financial services provider in the world, ... Allianz was the largest insurer in Germany when the Nazi party came ...22 KB (3,101 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for ... Traditionally, the locomotive hauls (pulls) the train. In local passenger ...22 KB (3,331 words) - 07:49, 9 March 2023
- Riga the capital city of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast ... The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ...31 KB (4,622 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- aircraft that obtains thrust by reaction to the ejection of fast-moving fluid ... In chemically powered rockets, the combustion of propellant produces ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- Aceh (pronounced AH-chay) is one of the provinces of Indonesia and ... There is a sociocultural divide as well; the Acehnese practice Islam, while ...19 KB (2,798 words) - 07:32, 14 June 2023
- James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) was ... As President, his major accomplishments included the consolidation ...56 KB (8,252 words) - 21:54, 3 January 2024
- A novel is a longer work of narrative fiction compared to a novella ... for "new," "news," or "short story of something ...82 KB (12,058 words) - 20:51, 27 February 2023
- The term drama comes from a Greek word meaning "action" ... , dráō). The enactment of drama in theater, performed by actors ...37 KB (5,637 words) - 17:32, 30 January 2024
- Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South ... When the Spanish landed in 1531, the Inca empire extended over a vast ...46 KB (6,833 words) - 23:21, 26 August 2023
- Since the creation of the separate states of India and Pakistan in ... Tension between the two nations remains high and both possess nuclear ...51 KB (7,827 words) - 00:17, 28 July 2023
- 1916 – July 17, 2005) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 ... Although he refused appointment as Ambassador to the United States ...28 KB (4,351 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- and newspaper columnist, best known as one of the principle figures in the ... and poets, as well as to American poets of all races and creeds. He has ...20 KB (3,210 words) - 22:22, 22 October 2022
- The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the ... Originally settled by Amerindians of South American origin at least ...48 KB (7,150 words) - 17:39, 2 May 2023
- Unit 731, short for Manshu Detachment 731, was a unit of the Imperial ... The heinous acts of torture committed by Unit 731 mirrored the inhumane ...57 KB (8,103 words) - 19:47, 9 February 2022
- The Northeastern United States, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau ... The first Europeans to settle New England landed in present-day Massachusetts ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked South Asian nation situated ... One of the most isolated nations in the world, Bhutan is often described ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 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
- A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society ... While the distinction between a "civil war" and a "revolution ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, consists of the island of Cuba ... Cuba is the most populous country in the Caribbean. Its people, culture ...72 KB (10,971 words) - 06:40, 11 January 2024
- The Second Italo–Ethiopian War (also referred to as the Second Italo ... Ethiopia had been the only African state to avoid colonization in ...21 KB (3,220 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo-jidai), also called the Tokugawa ... The Edo period is known as the beginning of the early modern period ...38 KB (5,709 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed ... situations, propaganda involves deception of the audience, for a purpose ...32 KB (4,797 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
- Speed skating emphasizes speed at the shorter distances and endurance ... Long track speed skating enjoys large popularity in the Netherlands ...27 KB (4,168 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2023
- The Grameen Bank ( গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক microcredit or "grameencredit") to the impoverished without requiring ...25 KB (3,568 words) - 12:15, 24 January 2023
- 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
- Lethal injection involves injecting a person with a fatal dose of ... However, the humaneness of lethal injection as a process of execution ...26 KB (3,901 words) - 23:34, 21 October 2023
- A virtue is a trait or disposition of character that leads to good ... and Aristotle dealt with virtues in terms of character traits of the soul ...43 KB (6,406 words) - 20:37, 3 May 2023
- The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of ideological, political ... The Revolution was originally a popular uprising against the absolute ...68 KB (10,394 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- The Chola Dynasty ( சோழர் குலம் , 'ʧoːɻə ), a Tamil dynasty, ruled primarily in southern India until the thirteenth ...44 KB (6,505 words) - 17:15, 10 December 2023
- ) for short, is the capital and the largest city of Thailand. Bangkok ... Bangkok has one of the fastest rates in the world for construction ...46 KB (6,646 words) - 03:29, 17 September 2023
- The term Messiah, literally "Anointed One," refers to the ... The concept of Messiah is prevalent in several world religions as ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- 31, 1984) nee Nehru) was Prime Minister of India from January 19, 1966 ... Daughter of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and ...30 KB (4,508 words) - 00:36, 27 January 2021
- for educational reform, and President of the Board of Trade. He later ... Several monuments honor his legacy in the City of Birmingham. Throughout ...63 KB (9,535 words) - 21:17, 6 May 2024
- Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is the common name for a long-legged, fast ... The unique adaptations of the cheetah allows them to capture fast ...32 KB (4,927 words) - 07:51, 13 January 2023
- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country ... The Republic of Serbia comprises Serbia proper and two autonomous ...67 KB (9,913 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- April 10, 1912 – November 4, 1993) is the dharma name of a Korean Seon ... Born Lee Young Joo in Korea on April 10, 1912, Seongcheol was the ...36 KB (5,271 words) - 19:47, 21 April 2023
- and politician, who, in 1957, became the first Canadian to receive ... universal health care, student loans, the Canada Pension Plan and Canada ...24 KB (3,567 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- form, source, or technology differing from the current popular forms, sources ... The term alternative energy also is used for energy derived from sources ...73 KB (10,796 words) - 08:37, 23 July 2023
- With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the Russian ... Despite this acceptance, post-Soviet Russia lacked the military and ...65 KB (9,740 words) - 15:57, 25 January 2023
- known as H. G. Wells, was an English author of science fiction novels such ... Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, producing ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 16:38, 29 July 2023
- Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas, after Houston and San Antonio ... Dallas is the main economic center of the 12 county Dallas, Fort Worth ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 18:06, 24 January 2024
- [[Image:Niger-Congo.png|right|300px|thumb|Map showing the approximate ... Africa, united by a common language family (the Bantu languages) and in many ...25 KB (3,899 words) - 07:30, 20 September 2023
- The Kingdom of Morocco is a country in North Africa. The full Arabic ... Though Morocco hosted many peoples over the centuries, from the ancient ...40 KB (5,727 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- The Republic of Iraq, commonly known as Iraq, is a Middle Eastern ... Iraq is bordered by Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey ...56 KB (8,476 words) - 13:04, 6 March 2024
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee (December 25, 1924 - August 16, 2018) was the ... in his native language, Hindi. His vision of India was that of an ancient ...47 KB (6,896 words) - 18:41, 19 August 2023
- The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- political leader in East Pakistan and the founding leader of Bangladesh ... rose in East Pakistani politics and within the ranks of the Awami League ...37 KB (5,519 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- Industrialization in the Soviet Union occurred as a process of accelerated ... The official task of industrialization was the transformation of the ...62 KB (8,764 words) - 22:12, 30 March 2023
- 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
- The Kalevala is considered to be the national epic of Finland and ... The central plot of the epic traces the journeys of the bardic hero ...26 KB (4,066 words) - 17:10, 14 May 2024
- The slave trade has been, and continues to be, an economic commodity ... Slavery has been a part of human civilization for thousands of years ...45 KB (6,987 words) - 14:55, 27 April 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
- Wuruk, whose reign from 1350 to 1389 marked the empire's peak, when it ... The Majapahit empire was the last of the major Hindu empires of the ...26 KB (3,833 words) - 05:33, 5 November 2022
- The Soviet Union introduced the collectivization ( Коллективизац ... ) of its agricultural sector between 1928 and 1940 during the Premiereship ...62 KB (8,577 words) - 22:34, 7 January 2024
- Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic is a Middle Eastern country ... Considered one of the original "Cradle of Civilization" ...53 KB (7,689 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- and nineteenth centuries that sought to end the practice of slavery and the ... The truth, self-evident, that all men are created equal, apparent ...36 KB (5,445 words) - 06:28, 14 June 2023
- The Pagan Kingdom (849-1287) is considered to be the first Burmese ... (r. 1113-1167), consolidated and expanded the Pagan domain, and introduced ...24 KB (3,647 words) - 06:14, 18 November 2022
- was an Italian architect, widely considered the most influential person in ... He was born Andrea di Pietro della Gondola in Padua, then part of ...30 KB (4,521 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- Vanilla is the common name and genus name for a group of vine-like ... flavor and scent and is widely used today in the preparation of desserts and ...27 KB (4,046 words) - 00:03, 14 November 2022
- Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world ...47 KB (7,144 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (or Hungarian Uprising of 1956) ... was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government ...73 KB (10,504 words) - 12:26, 4 February 2023
- The Gulf War (August 28, 1990 – February 28, 1991) was a conflict ... led by the United States and mandated by the United Nations in order ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- was a Filipino polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for ... The seventh of eleven children born to a wealthy family in the town ...46 KB (7,008 words) - 06:33, 6 May 2024
- The cuisine of India is one of the world's most diverse cuisines ... India’s unique blend of cuisines evolved through large-scale cultural ...28 KB (4,219 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical ... The invisible, vibratory world of instrumental music can be said to ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 17:43, 20 December 2022
- Lebanon (Arabic: لبنان Lubnān), officially the Lebanese Republic ... Until the Lebanese Civil War (1975-90), the country was considered ...55 KB (7,922 words) - 06:11, 6 March 2023
- The Joint Security Area (JSA) or Panmunjom, often called the "Truce ... , represents the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ ...29 KB (4,482 words) - 19:40, 4 May 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
- Médecins Sans Frontières was created in 1971 by a small group of ... The organization is known in most of the world by its French name ...42 KB (6,193 words) - 17:12, 25 February 2024
- Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players ... Points are scored by passing the ball through the basket from above; ...42 KB (6,657 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten ... with Mahatma Gandhi but was unable to avoid the Partition of India, although ...36 KB (5,344 words) - 04:07, 4 November 2022
- , IPA: 'kolkat̪a]), formerly Calcutta, is the capital of the ... Kolkata served as the capital of India during the British Raj until ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- from Akkord—"musical chord, concord of sounds") ... are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven ...52 KB (7,685 words) - 01:50, 27 February 2024
- Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 ... Most Buddhist traditions share the goal of overcoming dukkha (suffering ...93 KB (13,393 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- Banana is the common name for any of the very large, tree-like, herbaceous ... for their fruit, and to a lesser extent for the production of fiber and as ...28 KB (4,308 words) - 04:25, 11 January 2023
- kryptós "hidden," and the verb γράφω gráfo "write ... in everyday life; examples include security of ATM cards, computer passwords ...47 KB (6,889 words) - 06:31, 11 January 2024
- The dog (Canis lupus familiaris or Canis familiaris) is usually considered ... The word "dog" also is used to refer to some other members ...38 KB (6,036 words) - 11:04, 2 August 2023
- Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën ... Although the Peugeot factory had been in the manufacturing business ...27 KB (3,917 words) - 02:54, 24 November 2022
- The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines "planet" ... :(a) is in orbit around the sun; :(b) has sufficient mass for its self ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican ... Hatch chaired the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and ...48 KB (6,423 words) - 21:40, 4 December 2022
- an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the ... During the 1930s, he ranked second in the Soviet leadership, after ...67 KB (9,419 words) - 21:52, 3 May 2023
- 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
- matter, are delivered to destinations around the world. Anything sent through ... on private postal delivery systems. Since the mid-nineteenth century, national ...32 KB (4,926 words) - 05:47, 30 November 2022
- politician and revolutionary. He governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years ... When the attempt to overthrow Cuban President Fulgencio Batista in ...103 KB (15,063 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024
- Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia ... A 2006 study found that Vancouver had the third highest quality of ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- Josef Stalin, consolidated power to become the absolute ruler of the Soviet ... Stalin was responsible transforming the Soviet Union from an agricultural ...78 KB (11,852 words) - 06:34, 6 May 2024
- The Global Positioning System (GPS) is currently the only fully functional ... Since the first experimental satellite was launched in 1978, GPS has ...54 KB (8,113 words) - 20:37, 29 December 2023
- , Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands ... ), which is currently regarded as the earliest recorded civilization ...64 KB (9,291 words) - 23:45, 15 May 2024
- Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical ... without formal hierarchies long before the establishment of formal states ...78 KB (10,754 words) - 22:08, 30 March 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
- ) is an ancient Indo-European classical language of South Asia, a ... ]] ("Eight-Chapter Grammar") dating to around the fifth ...71 KB (10,080 words) - 03:16, 23 December 2022
- Franz Kafka (July 3, 1883 – June 3, 1924) was one of the major German ... His most famous pieces of writing include his short story Die Verwandlung ...29 KB (4,338 words) - 09:35, 11 April 2024
- Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing ... generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism ...101 KB (14,057 words) - 17:18, 7 May 2024
- was a French composer who created within the style referred to as Impressionist ... Debussy is considered the most original musical mind of the turn of ...26 KB (3,950 words) - 10:53, 19 December 2023
- The Russian Federation (Росси́йская Федера́ция ... The largest country in the world by land area, Russia has the world ...137 KB (20,217 words) - 18:16, 22 December 2022
- The Portuguese Colonial War, also known as the Overseas War in Portugal ... The revolutionary Portuguese government withdrew its remaining colonial ...54 KB (8,315 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each. It is widely ... on artificial turf, with a goal at each end of the field. The object of the ...38 KB (6,157 words) - 21:43, 30 January 2023
- The State of Israel (in Hebrew "Medinat Yisra'el," ... Israel declared its independence in 1948. With a diverse population ...69 KB (10,208 words) - 15:25, 19 March 2023
- , was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. Saddam tightly controlled conflict between the government and the armed forces ...67 KB (10,170 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- :This article is about the mineral. {{Infobox mineral | name = Diamond ... Diamond is the hardest known natural material and the third-hardest ...81 KB (12,332 words) - 10:25, 29 January 2024
- 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from ... These cultural achievements contributed to the prestige of France, its people ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- 275px|An African-American man drinks out of the "colored only" ... Racism refers to various beliefs maintaining that the essential value ...36 KB (5,283 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- – June 10, 323 B.C.E.), commonly known in the West as Alexander the Great ... (Megas Alexandros), King of Macedon (336–323 B.C.E.), was the most ...47 KB (7,410 words) - 20:29, 18 July 2023
- Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. It is the second ... While Madrid possesses modern infrastructure, it has preserved the ...75 KB (11,270 words) - 17:52, 8 February 2024
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- The Cyrillic script, Slavonic script, or the Slavic script, is a writing ... Since the script was conceived and popularized by the followers of ...61 KB (8,412 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
- The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Mouvement international ... human life and health, to ensure respect for the human being, and to prevent ...66 KB (10,055 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- ) refers to a town in the Indian state of West Bengal, the headquarters ... Darjeeling has become internationally famous for its tea industry ...33 KB (4,712 words) - 06:27, 15 January 2023
- Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Reino de España North Africa (both bordering Morocco). It is the largest of the three sovereign ...115 KB (17,210 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870 and opened in 1872 ... The Museum's collection ranges from ancient to contemporary with ...38 KB (5,761 words) - 16:50, 24 October 2023
- France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan ... The French Republic is a unitary semi-presidential republic with more ...109 KB (16,195 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
- States Senator from Ohio. In 1962 he was the first American to orbit the ... Glenn was one of the Mercury Seven military test pilots selected in ...55 KB (7,935 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- The Ottoman Empire represents one of the largest imperial projects ... Those who believe that history teaches lessons or that a non-human ...38 KB (5,718 words) - 05:55, 18 November 2022
- The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, (I) that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir ...53 KB (8,038 words) - 18:09, 14 May 2024
- North Carolina is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the ... The state's Native American population was included in the 1838 ...37 KB (5,288 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- The lion (Panthera leo) is an Old World mammal of the Felidae family ... Asia, having disappeared from North Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia ...86 KB (13,304 words) - 17:35, 12 May 2023
- underwater at very high pressures beyond the range of unaided human survivability ... quot; except in some formal documents. The term U-Boat is sometimes used ...65 KB (10,100 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- Wilhelm II ; Prince Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia (January ... His role in World War I is debated by scholars. On the one hand, he ...73 KB (11,213 words) - 11:59, 5 May 2023
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Natural satellites ... The average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384,403 kilometers ...39 KB (6,162 words) - 13:13, 10 March 2023
- metal with a silvery appearance and the ability to resist corrosion ... Structural components made from aluminum and its alloys are vital ...38 KB (5,676 words) - 08:41, 23 July 2023
- 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
- Millennialism or millenarianism is a Christian belief, based on the ... These millennial views in Christianity, in spite of their differences ...47 KB (6,873 words) - 18:00, 9 November 2022
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... Germany is a democratic parliamentary federal republic, historically ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
- Bluefin tuna is the common name for three of the eight species of ... Pacific bluefin tuna are found in both the western and eastern Pacific ...38 KB (5,827 words) - 18:16, 31 October 2023
- 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
- Blythe III on August 19, 1946), was the 42nd President of the United ... During Clinton's presidency, the world continued to transition ...54 KB (7,922 words) - 11:07, 10 May 2023
- Ammonia is a chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, with the ... several important roles, serving as a source of nitrogen for plants and helping ...39 KB (5,803 words) - 07:35, 25 July 2023
- flooding rain. A tropical cyclone feeds on the heat released when moist air ... The adjective "tropical" refers to both the geographic origin ...68 KB (9,719 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
- Journalism is the reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting ... Many news organizations claim proud traditions of holding government ...45 KB (6,779 words) - 14:13, 9 September 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
- ) is an Islamic term referring to the religious duty of Muslims to ... ), the plural of which is mujahideen ( ar|مجاهدين ...48 KB (7,155 words) - 12:39, 1 August 2022
- best known for her sympathetic coverage of Russia and the Bolsheviks during ... Italy, and other countries in Europe and the Middle East. Some articles ...42 KB (6,349 words) - 09:05, 9 March 2023
- 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
- Frog is the common name for any of the members of the amphibian order ... Frogs are the most numerous and diverse amphibians, being found in ...41 KB (6,365 words) - 07:07, 15 April 2024
- George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd President of the ... The Bush family has a significant history in United States politics ...61 KB (9,229 words) - 08:20, 23 January 2023
- Ants are insects of the family Formicidae. They, along with the related ... Ants are one of the world's most successful and diverse animal ...39 KB (6,124 words) - 01:55, 9 January 2023
- The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks ... The Internet connects information resources and provides various services ...48 KB (7,277 words) - 23:46, 30 November 2022
- Elephant is the common name for any of the large land mammals comprising ... The three living species of elephants are the African bush elephant ...64 KB (9,737 words) - 10:18, 21 January 2023
- is a silvery metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic ... 235 (0.72 percent), and a very small amount of uranium-234 (0.0058 percent ...48 KB (6,867 words) - 15:33, 16 January 2024
- Volleyball is a globally recognized sport that found its origins in ... The complete rules of volleyball are extensive, but in general, play ...62 KB (10,612 words) - 21:01, 3 May 2023
- who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-nineteenth century. He ... Some of his aggressive actions, now termed liberal interventionist ...66 KB (10,174 words) - 15:23, 25 January 2023
- 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
- :This article is about the number three. {| class="infobox" ... 3 (three) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova), ( ... – July 17, 1918), was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II ...45 KB (6,850 words) - 00:19, 3 January 2024
- Guerrilla warfare (also spelled guerilla) is a method of combat by ... While some efforts on the part of guerrilla forces can be understood ...49 KB (7,286 words) - 23:47, 6 March 2023
- Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. After the revolution of February 1917 ... Within the Bolshevik Party, Bukharin was initially considered a left ...53 KB (7,506 words) - 19:11, 19 January 2023
- perfume-like odor. It is best known as the alcohol found in alcoholic ... able to participate in hydrogen bonding. At the molecular level, liquid ethanol ...49 KB (7,279 words) - 04:30, 22 March 2024
- In biological terms, a human being, or human, is any member of the ... Psychologically, humans have a highly developed brain capable of abstract ...94 KB (13,955 words) - 12:18, 4 February 2023
- 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
- A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the ... The procedure for granting patents, requirements placed on the patentee ...72 KB (10,557 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- Many ancient cultures speculated on the nature of the human mind, ... In 1879, Wilhelm Wundt founded the first laboratory dedicated exclusively ...60 KB (8,560 words) - 12:29, 1 February 2024
- 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general of the United States Army who ... Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and ...100 KB (15,023 words) - 13:47, 12 November 2022
- Arguments or proofs for the Existence of God have been proposed by ... If God is conceived as the Supreme Being, Being-itself, the source ...81 KB (12,883 words) - 08:12, 24 January 2023
- in period European sources, reflecting the contemporary pronunciation ... was a Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyo of ...57 KB (8,893 words) - 08:38, 20 January 2024
- painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now ... Dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents ...107 KB (16,223 words) - 20:24, 30 June 2023
