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- who analyzed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to identify ... Petersburg to an assimilated Russian family of German descent. His parents ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 23:03, 24 May 2023
- the Mathematical Seminar at the University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5. Meeting ... The Vienna Circle (in German: der Wiener Kreis) was a group of philosophers ...34 KB (4,936 words) - 20:14, 3 May 2023
- 11, 1948) was a major political leader of the All India Muslim League ... to quit the Congress. He then took charge of the Muslim League and proposed ...37 KB (5,500 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic ... century, eventually affecting most of the world. The impact of this ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- St. Louis County in the United States state of Missouri. It is located at ... French explorers arrived in 1673 and found a major center of the Mississippian ...33 KB (4,943 words) - 18:26, 26 February 2024
- Germany from 1919 to 1933. This period of German history is often known ... The phrase Weimar Republic is an invention of historians, and was not used ...56 KB (8,410 words) - 23:27, 3 May 2023
- 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
- is known as the "national pastime" of the United States, although ... The game also involves a unique combination of individual competitiveness ...67 KB (11,273 words) - 11:05, 20 September 2023
- Language 32 (1) (Jan-Mar 1956): 5, India as a Lingustic Area. quote ... The art and architecture of the Tamil people encompass some of the ...56 KB (8,191 words) - 16:28, 13 January 2024
- strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- the ostrich. It is the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. The name ... The emu is common over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 16:32, 5 January 2021
- Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of the South American nation of ... financial, and political center of Colombia. As with many large ...33 KB (4,818 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- movements that are concerned with notions of cultural decline or decadence ... Fascists promote a type of national unity that is usually based on ...43 KB (6,085 words) - 00:42, 25 March 2024
- 224(4654) (1984): 1191–1198 making it one of the tallest peaks in the Indonesian ... Tambora erupted in 1815 with a rating of seven on the Volcanic Explosivity ...27 KB (3,837 words) - 17:13, 6 December 2023
- Mexican Revolutionary general. As commander of the División del Norte (Division ... military revolutionary aims, unlike those of Emiliano Zapata and the Zapatista ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- and short-story writer who is considered one of the foremost figures in world ... with the social and psychological anomie of modern life than were many ...30 KB (4,821 words) - 06:22, 6 May 2024
- Mississippi is a state located in the Deep South of the United States ... in the nation, based largely on the value of slaves, who were counted as ...35 KB (5,105 words) - 11:10, 10 March 2023
- The history of women in the military extends over 4000 years into ... Yet as a matter of record, women have played a significant role in ...76 KB (11,315 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...50 KB (7,230 words) - 10:05, 11 March 2023
- 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
- ), also known as a state within a state, connotes a form of clandestine ... to a conspiracy designed to thwart the will of the people. It is typically ...29 KB (4,345 words) - 08:37, 15 January 2023
- denotes Russians citizens and/or residents of Korean descent living on Sakhalin ... The Sakhalin Koreans experienced slaughter at the hands of the Russians ...39 KB (5,508 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, commonly called Jordan, is an Arab ... A young nation, Jordan occupies an area considered one of the 15 cradle ...50 KB (7,586 words) - 20:00, 4 May 2024
- "Respected Leader"), was one of the most prominent and highly ... at war with Britain have been the cause of arguments among historians ...36 KB (5,476 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch ... (pron. enkyklos paideia), literally 'the things of boys/child ...30 KB (4,429 words) - 15:48, 26 September 2023
- Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world ...47 KB (7,144 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California ... The effects of the Gold Rush were substantial. Outside of California ...61 KB (8,925 words) - 18:25, 25 November 2023
- 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
- physicist. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically ... to physics include his special theory of relativity, which reconciled ...63 KB (8,940 words) - 05:00, 17 June 2023
- who virtually created the discipline of comparative religion. He was ... Müller's use of comparative linguistics in his research methodology ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia called "Vlad the Impaler" ... The very different portrayals of Vlad in various bodies of tradition ...62 KB (10,177 words) - 20:44, 3 May 2023
- The Industrial Revolution was a transformation of human life circumstances ... human history, comparable to the invention of farming or the rise of the ...56 KB (8,479 words) - 16:09, 28 September 2021
- face. The most widely distributed member of the bear family, Ursidae, it ... concern species with a total population of approximately 200,000. Its ...31 KB (4,742 words) - 04:37, 22 November 2023
- mid-Ming Dynasty (1420 - 1912) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911 ... Since 1924, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by ... Flanders in the north, with 58 percent of the population, and the French ...76 KB (10,944 words) - 08:52, 27 September 2023
- 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
- Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players ... Olympics, he won two gold medals as a member of the U.S. national basketball ...95 KB (13,365 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- Throughout his life, Fuller was concerned with the question of whether ... synergetics. He also created a large number of inventions, mostly in the fields ...36 KB (5,646 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- was cited as the most awarded female artist of all time by Guinness World ... while in high school. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive ...197 KB (27,840 words) - 23:40, 20 June 2019
- quot;) refers to an esoteric collection of Jewish mystical doctrines about ... Rabbis) as a reference to the full body of Judaism's oral law. Over ...68 KB (10,629 words) - 21:49, 4 October 2022
- North Pyeongan Province, which is now part of North Korea. He founded the ... teachings are published as the Exposition of the Divine Principle (1996). ...69 KB (10,533 words) - 13:50, 28 April 2023
- 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
- licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing ... stock market, which, due to the ensuing rise of the stock price, has made four ...49 KB (6,708 words) - 10:40, 10 March 2023
- mines increasingly financed a long series of European and North African ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...78 KB (11,731 words) - 19:08, 7 February 2023
- , 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
- KGB (transliteration of "КГБ") is the Russian-language ... intelligence (internal security) division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...41 KB (6,060 words) - 21:47, 4 October 2022
- 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
- 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
- North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ... The history of North Korea formally began with the establishment of ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced ... Characterized by its use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical ...117 KB (17,054 words) - 12:48, 4 June 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
- The Books of Kings (Hebrew: Sefer Melachim ספר מלכים) are ... Throughout the narrative, the author looks back to the golden age ...60 KB (9,862 words) - 21:32, 6 February 2024
- and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded ... The eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional ...200 KB (27,687 words) - 00:08, 13 March 2023
- that it stays aloft primarily by means of a large cavity filled with ... Airships were the first form of aircraft to make controlled, powered ...40 KB (6,108 words) - 07:11, 16 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
- 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
- fullerite. Its hardness and high dispersion of light make it useful for industrial ... stm "Chinese made first use of diamond,"] BBC News (May ...81 KB (12,332 words) - 10:25, 29 January 2024
- 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
- 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
- Gotama), also called Shakyamuni (“sage of the Shakyas,” in Pali "śakamuṇi ... Etymologically, the term Buddha is the past participle of the Sanskrit ...39 KB (6,288 words) - 18:32, 22 November 2023
- naturalist who achieved fame as originator of the theory of evolution through ... Considered the "father of evolutionary theory," Darwin made ...55 KB (8,376 words) - 23:18, 22 January 2023
- obtains thrust by reaction to the ejection of fast-moving fluid from within ... In chemically powered rockets, the combustion of propellant produces ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- 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
- Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu, also known as the Tiger of Mysore (November ... were staunchly loyal to him. At the request of the French, he built a church ...44 KB (6,987 words) - 23:40, 30 April 2023
- Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue ... made his first spaceflight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966, becoming ...110 KB (16,075 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2023
- through self knowledge, by being aware of their thoughts and feelings ... was subsequently raised under the tutelage of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater ...52 KB (7,928 words) - 12:38, 1 August 2022
- generally known as Henri Poincaré, was one of France's greatest mathematicians ... family in the Cité Ducale neighborhood of Nancy, France. His father, ...40 KB (5,908 words) - 07:01, 22 January 2024
- 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
- large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any wild terrestrial mammal ... predator, the cougar pursues a wide variety of prey. Primary food sources ...41 KB (6,179 words) - 00:14, 15 January 2023
- Francisco Franco, was the Dictator of Spain in parts of the country ... power in order to preserve a traditional way of life that was threatened, in ...40 KB (6,158 words) - 04:53, 9 April 2024
- The Moscow trials were a series of show trials held by the Soviet ... # the "Case of the Trotskyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Center" ...42 KB (6,087 words) - 00:57, 30 December 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
- ), officially the Republic of Austria ( Republik Österreich ... The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... name for the Indus River. The Constitution of India and common usage in Hindi ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill ... Chemical weapons are classified as weapons of mass destruction by ...61 KB (9,020 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- territories, establishing the Empire of the Great Qing. The Qing Dynasty ... with Han Chinese culture, and saw the height of Imperial Chinese influence ...45 KB (7,044 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2022
- Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the ... Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied ...85 KB (12,450 words) - 21:54, 26 January 2022
- base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan's Imperial Japanese ... The attack was one of the most important engagements of World War ...60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
- quot;) is the English name for a cluster of Chinese religious and philosophical ... # a family of organized Chinese religious movements, such as the Zhengyi ...58 KB (8,657 words) - 22:14, 25 January 2024
- physicist, cosmologist, author, and Director of Research at the Centre for ... Despite being diagnosed with a rare early-onset slow-progressing form ...67 KB (9,596 words) - 04:41, 28 April 2023
- Cancer, or "malignant neoplasm," is a large category of ... If the spread of cancer is not controlled, it can result in death ...90 KB (13,223 words) - 19:16, 25 November 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
- 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
- and revolutionary. He governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years as Prime ... and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. In response ...103 KB (15,063 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024
- 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
- August 4, 1961) served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 ... Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He ...70 KB (9,939 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- 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
- Category: History of the Americas jpg|thumb|alt=Refer to caption|The 28th page of Patrick Breen's diary ...73 KB (11,798 words) - 17:24, 30 January 2024
- Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... territory in 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959 ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
