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- 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
- , 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- , 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ==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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
