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- Huế (化 in chữ Nôm), the capital city of Thừa Thiên-Huế ... from the fifteenth century during the reign of Le Thanh Thong, one of the ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 21:27, 9 February 2024
- Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a musical genre of Latin ... piano or by the horn section. The presence of vocals, especially a catchy ...5 KB (835 words) - 16:13, 15 March 2023
- Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States, with ... in clothing that recalls the design elements of the flag of the United States—for ...8 KB (1,272 words) - 01:35, 3 May 2023
- daring, albeit short, career as an explorer of the New World earned him a ... Hudson's explorations of the arctic regions exemplify the relentless ...9 KB (1,487 words) - 15:22, 25 January 2023
- [[Image:New_York_Public_Library_030616.jpg|300px|thumb|New York Public ... The New York Public Library (NYPL) is one of the leading libraries ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 21:49, 14 November 2022
- The Mausoleum of Maussollos (or Mausoleum of Halicarnassus) was a ... triumph that the ancient historian Antipater of Sidon identified it as one ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 00:51, 9 November 2022
- and writer who is considered to be one of the most important writers ... Among the African-American writers of his time, Ellison stands out ...13 KB (2,109 words) - 00:29, 8 December 2022
- March 30, 1964) was a mixed-race novelist of the Harlem Renaissance, an ... race protagonists, Larsen displayed clarity of vision despite the complexities ...12 KB (1,881 words) - 16:12, 11 November 2022
- the tenth century, Timbuktu is an African city in the modern day nation of ... Timbuktu was the center of significant written tradition on the African ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- | birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America ... | death_place = Covington, Louisiana, United States of America ...9 KB (1,310 words) - 18:46, 17 April 2023
- organization dedicated to the public purpose of furthering access to the world ... eContent provider, in 2002 and owns 100% of the shares of OCLC PICA, a ...15 KB (2,039 words) - 00:39, 18 November 2022
- mystic and poet who is now revered as one of the most influential Persian ... its early part; there is a great deal of more or less mythical anecdote ...10 KB (1,669 words) - 16:39, 21 January 2024
- June 3, 1953, with inventing the modern game of baseball. Abner Doubleday was once credited with the invention of baseball, ...11 KB (1,661 words) - 09:07, 18 July 2023
- in the self, particularly the development of the self within the context ... his death: Look Homeward, Angel (1929), and Of Time and River (1935); and ...16 KB (2,496 words) - 22:56, 30 April 2023
- ; literally “The Great Canon [or Vast Documents] of the Yongle Era” ... transported and kept in the Forbidden City. In 1557, the Emperor Jiajing ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 16:59, 4 June 2023
- in the earliest-known religious system of the Han Chinese people. The ... seemingly understood as a composite ancestor of the ruling dynasty. From the ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 15:31, 18 June 2022
- ) is the ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty ... site became famous as the original source of oracle bones and oracle bone ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- spelled La Guardia, was the Republican Mayor of New York for three terms from ... LaGuardia was born in New York City to a non-traditional parents of ...15 KB (2,248 words) - 19:50, 26 March 2024
- Noguchi was born into poverty and became handicapped when, at the ... Noguchi received a number of awards during his lifetime and after ...17 KB (2,515 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- Although he received no formal education of any sort, Carter became one ... Carter's efforts established a new trend in archaeological practices ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 19:24, 7 February 2024
- who earned worldwide fame with his discovery of the first specimens of early ... dedicated to, if not obsessed with, the idea of finding what he believed to ...11 KB (1,759 words) - 04:18, 23 March 2024
- the Lynds pioneered applying the methods of cultural anthropology to the ... Robert Lynd was born on September 26, 1892, in New Albany, Indiana ...13 KB (1,965 words) - 02:18, 16 December 2022
- As the founder and artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet—a company ... from such rock ballets as Joffrey's hit of 1967, Astarte, to distinguished ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 05:07, 15 December 2022
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (also known as the Hanging Gardens ... The image of the gardens is impressive not only for its beauty, but ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 20:50, 21 January 2024
- Prize-winning Polish born American writer of both short stories and novels ... by Jews near Warsaw in Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, probably ...18 KB (2,895 words) - 18:52, 7 March 2024
- His initial insight was that a social group of human beings in many ways functions ... Karlsruhe, Germany. His father was the head of the household staff of the ...10 KB (1,388 words) - 06:38, 15 April 2024
- Absurdism is a philosophical perspective which holds that the efforts ... Absurdism implies a tragic tone and feelings of frustration that arise ...15 KB (2,329 words) - 06:46, 14 June 2023
- 'De-jung') meaning "Source of happiness," is a mythical ... scriptures also speak of a closely-related land called 'Olmolungring ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 09:52, 6 October 2022
- Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and ... Michigan's shores. The great cities of Chicago and Milwaukee were ...12 KB (1,735 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 ... As a devout Buddhist and practitioner of meditation, Thant brought ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 01:24, 3 May 2023
- | screenshot = [[Image:JSTOR new front page.png|200px]] ... in 1995. It provides full-text searches of digitized back issues of several ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 07:45, 27 February 2023
- Parmenides of Elea (c. 515 – 450 b.c.e.) was a Greek pre-Socratic ... Earlier pre-Socratic philosophers identified the ultimate principle ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 08:52, 18 November 2022
- he was a Dutch painter who came to New York City. He was an important ... that he called compositions, consisting of rectangular forms of red, yellow ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 22:49, 28 March 2023
- James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (October 29, 1740 - May 19 ... journals that he wrote for long periods of his life, which remained undiscovered ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 08:53, 18 March 2024
- specifically established by the government of a country to serve as the preeminent ... had their origins in the royal collections of the sovereign or some other ...17 KB (2,398 words) - 04:12, 11 March 2023
- December 4, 1952) was a German psychoanalyst of Norwegian and Dutch descent ... on September 16, 1885 in the German city of Hamburg. Her father, Berndt ...26 KB (3,913 words) - 16:28, 15 November 2023
- 1806) was a Scottish physician and explorer of the African continent who explorations ... His career was set in the context of the early days of the European ...19 KB (3,147 words) - 18:22, 10 November 2022
- a philosophical model. He was a close friend of the U.S. German-born theologian ... May is best known for his work on the human struggles of living in ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 02:44, 16 December 2022
- [[Image:NYPDBrooklynBridge.jpg|thumb|250px|right|New York City Police ... those empowered to use force and other forms of coercion and legal means to ...30 KB (4,393 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- | work_institutions = Stony Brook University | alma_mater = ... and archaeologist, famous for his discovery of "Turkana Boy." The ...14 KB (1,980 words) - 23:02, 4 January 2024
- Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources ... The Park's 119 square miles (309 km²) of spire-filled desert forms a ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 06:16, 12 August 2023
- would quickly renounce these views in favor of a life-long, if sometimes cynical ... Walter Lippmann was born on September 23, 1889 in New York City to ...12 KB (1,763 words) - 22:27, 3 May 2023
- lawyer and peace activist; he is one of several people who have been ... and Otlet created the Central Office of International Associations ...22 KB (3,199 words) - 17:09, 26 March 2023
- The New Kingdom is the period in ancient Egyptian history between ... Some of the most famous of all the Pharaohs, such as Ramesses II and ...12 KB (1,918 words) - 16:32, 11 November 2022
- Schuyler and Kenneth Koch, was a key member of the New York School of poetry ... . The urgency and quickness of his voice allows the reader to experience ...22 KB (3,437 words) - 05:07, 9 April 2024
- was a popular US jazz saxophonist and one of the premier saxophonists of ... (Segell 2005, 123). Among the generation of jazz musicians that saw rock ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 16:53, 9 November 2022
- 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was the founder of the American Red Cross. As ... with my life if need be; as the daughter of an accepted Mason, he had me ...14 KB (2,285 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- she was understood as the protector of the Lower Kingdom, and represented ... In classical Egyptian religion, Bast was the subject of considerable ...21 KB (3,284 words) - 11:08, 20 September 2023
- Roman trade with India started around the beginning of the Common ... The use of monsoon winds, which enabled a voyage safer than a long ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- ) is a holy Islamic city in Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in ... The city is revered by Muslims for containing the holiest site of ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 03:48, 9 November 2022
- , marked annually on March 8, is a major day of global celebration for the ... The holiday that developed from these beginnings blended the culture ...18 KB (2,637 words) - 10:37, 6 March 2024
- The Book of Mormon is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint ... Along with the Bible, the Book of Mormon is esteemed as part of the ...29 KB (4,400 words) - 00:27, 19 November 2023
- who contributed to mapping the source of the Niger River and was the ... his father, William Laing, a private teacher of classics, and at Edinburgh ...15 KB (2,435 words) - 09:08, 18 July 2023
- often called "The Dean of Western Writers". Stegner ... As a historian, Stegner concerned himself with the issues of community ...23 KB (3,464 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- psychologist who helped found the school of transpersonal psychology. He ... His humanistic model allowed psychologists and students of psychology ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 06:31, 14 June 2023
- " Monk is often regarded as a founder of bebop, although his playing ... 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious and Barbara Monk ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 17:54, 30 April 2023
- ) was a co-recipient, with Mairead Corrigan, of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 ... Williams led a women's movement for peace that consisted of ordinary ...12 KB (1,943 words) - 23:29, 11 January 2023
- name Jalalu'ddin has the meaning Majesty of Religion. Rumi wrote over 65,000 verses of intoxicated poetry on the Sufi path ...22 KB (3,530 words) - 16:32, 12 December 2023
- S. Census Bureau, covers nine states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts ... The first Europeans to settle New England landed in present-day Massachusetts ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- on July 24, 1897 (missing in flight as of July 2, 1937), daughter of ... Daughter of a railroad attorney, she grew up as a tomboy in the American ...24 KB (3,751 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- 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
- a Dutch painter who specialized in scenes of ordinary people going about ... lifetime he was relatively unknown outside of his hometown of Delft where ...27 KB (4,136 words) - 07:23, 5 April 2024
- as the “First Teacher”) because of his extensive commentaries ... work, Al-Madina al-fadila (The Virtuous City), describes a hierarchical ...18 KB (2,709 words) - 07:20, 16 June 2023
- east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent ... The System traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario ...15 KB (2,273 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- Drew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey ... Nicknamed the "University in the Forest" because of the ...19 KB (2,571 words) - 17:43, 30 January 2024
- Prize in Literature|1993 Presidential Medal of Freedom|2012 ... | deathplace = New York City, U.S. | occupation = Novelist, editor ...18 KB (2,615 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- Up, about Peter, Wendy and the Lost Boys of Never Never Land. Barrie was ... Critics have speculated that Peter Pan was a reflection of Barrie ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 08:18, 13 March 2024
- was the co-founder, with Betty Williams, of the Community of Peace People ... Corrigan gained recognition as a promoter of peace and justice that has ...10 KB (1,559 words) - 10:55, 9 March 2023
- temple complex in Japan. Located in the city of Ise in Mie prefecture, ... Jingū is in fact a shrine complex composed of over one hundred individual ...13 KB (2,113 words) - 03:00, 8 March 2024
- first to quantify the change in frequency of a wave motion experienced by ... Christian Doppler was born in Salzburg, Austria, the son of a well ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 17:59, 10 December 2023
- themes from the spiritual tradition of Judaism. Malamud's stories ... Bernard Malamud was born April 26, 1914, in Brooklyn, New York to ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 15:38, 29 September 2023
- period to whom is ascribed authorship of a large number of alchemical ... are from the tenth century. The first, Notes of Abu Suaiman al-Mantiqi al-Sijistani ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 08:37, 13 March 2024
- famous for his contribution to theories of cultural evolution. His approach ... Marvin Harris was born in Brooklyn, New York, into a poor family of ...11 KB (1,566 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- | Died = November 5, 1989 (age: 86)New York, New York, USA ... 1989) was an American classical pianist of Ukrainian birth. In his prime ...22 KB (3,176 words) - 20:45, 3 May 2023
- Cliff-dwelling is the general archaeological term for the habitations ... inhabited. They are common among the canyons of the Southwestern United States ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 22:05, 7 January 2024
- American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to ... to have been the author of the phrase "Information Superhighway ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- Simon Wiesenthal, Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) (December ... At the end of World War II, thousands of Nazis who participated in ...23 KB (3,477 words) - 22:10, 29 January 2023
- make special distinction for the experiences of women of color. She has written ... The style of the text was that of a traditional epistolary novel, ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 18:21, 21 July 2023
- Raoul Gustav Wallenberg (born August 4, 1912, exact date of death ... ancestors. Raoul Wallenberg, Sr., died of cancer three months before ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:37, 8 December 2022
- Boysenberry is the common name for a hybrid plant of the blackberry/raspberry ... (which work as antioxidants), and a source of iron. The boysenberry is a ...10 KB (1,507 words) - 22:33, 20 November 2023
- نينوى, Naīnuwa), was the capital of the ancient Neo-Assyrian Empire ... center and was Assyria's capital city from the ninth through the ...21 KB (3,258 words) - 09:49, 11 March 2023
- Religions (originally titled The Religions of Man) which sold over two million ... Born and raised a Methodist, Smith studied and practiced many of the ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- state, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located ... over 4,600 acres (7.2 mi² or 18.6 km²) of ski-able terrain; Timberline ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- goddess originating in the mythology of ancient Anatolia, whose worship ... Additionally, she was worshiped as a deity of rebirth in connection with ...16 KB (2,551 words) - 06:50, 12 January 2024
- remains obscure in comparison to the giants of his time such as Walt Whitman ... Lanier and Mary Jane Anderson; he was mostly of English and American ancestry ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 14:34, 27 January 2023
- by authoritarian systems. In this aspect of his thinking he was influenced ... Fromm's chief influence remains in the field of humanistic psychology ...15 KB (2,268 words) - 19:26, 13 February 2024
- dancer and choreographer, is known as one of the foremost pioneers of modern ... modernists she broke with the formalism of nineteenth century Romanticism ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- ; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was ... Yuri Gagarin was born in the village of Klushino near Gzhatsk (now ...17 KB (2,467 words) - 10:29, 7 June 2023
- 31, 1939) was an Austrian psychologist, one of Sigmund Freud's closest ... contexts, particularly in the areas of personal growth and self-actualization ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 05:54, 18 November 2022
- by the Ptolemaic period, he was "a kind of national mascot." ... The worship of Apis was certainly the most popular of the three great ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- The Nile is one of the world's great waterways, at 4,180 miles ... Flowing northward from remote sources in the mountains of Ethiopia ...23 KB (3,670 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- 1860 - October 23, 1946) was born in England of Scottish parents. He was raised ... He was founder of the Woodcraft Indians and one of the founding pioneers ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- Alexandria, with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest ... Ancient Alexandria was a thriving Greco-Roman city, one of the most ...24 KB (3,570 words) - 06:37, 20 July 2023
- Thomas Jefferson following the acquisition of vast western territories from ... with the Native Americans with the help of the Shoshone Indian woman Sacajawea ...22 KB (3,473 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- The Book of Lamentations (Hebrew מגילת איכה) is a book of ... a feast day that bewails the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. It ...22 KB (3,444 words) - 00:22, 19 November 2023
- {{Infobox University-Jen | name = Kyoto University | native_name = 京都大学 | ...16 KB (2,170 words) - 04:41, 4 March 2023
- the Transcendentalist movement as the editor of its journal The Dial. When ... From 1839 to the mid-1840s she organized discussion groups of women ...15 KB (2,322 words) - 03:55, 6 November 2022
- – March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy, horror, and science ... Rhode Island. He was the only child of Winfield Scott Lovecraft, a ...17 KB (2,651 words) - 18:23, 29 July 2023
- He was the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations, serving ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- Cantor dedicated much of his life for caring for others needs. He ... Cantor was born Israel Iskowitz in New York City, the son of Russian ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 18:05, 12 February 2024
