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- meaning "island") are a chain of more than 150 mostly volcanic ... The islands, including their 57 volcanoes, are in the northern part ...24 KB (3,659 words) - 05:12, 17 June 2023
- Fort Pasir Panjang, or Labrador Battery, located at the southern tip ... the world, understood the importance of coaling stations and coastal ...15 KB (2,283 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- The Aleuts (Unangax, Unangan or Unanga) are the indigenous people ... Despite this, an estimated 90 percent of the population died during ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- Shinran Shonin (親鸞聖人) (1173-1262) was a pupil of Honen and ... to Echigo Province on the coast of the Sea of Japan. After five years Honen ...16 KB (2,491 words) - 14:15, 27 January 2023
- a colonial global empire outside of continental Europe. Their skills ... century, the Netherlands reigned supreme at sea, and dominated global commerce ...20 KB (2,997 words) - 18:52, 24 August 2020
- UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State Parties (countries ... The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection ...15 KB (2,151 words) - 22:17, 6 October 2023
- to the genus Hippoglossus from the family of right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae ... The Atlantic halibut is native to the temperate waters of the northern ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- Tripitaka") is a Korean collection of the Tripitaka (Buddhist scriptures ... preserved and most complete extant version of Buddhist canon in Chinese script ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- Nichiren (日蓮), was a Buddhist monk of thirteenth century Japan. A ... Nichiren’s ideal of establishing a Buddhist ideal land on earth ...27 KB (4,005 words) - 23:30, 14 November 2022
- Oceania is a geographical (and geopolitical) region consisting of ... Most of Oceania consists of small island nations. Australia is the ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- Japanese folklore is heavily influenced by the two primary religions ... by foreign literature. Some stories of ancient India were influential ...36 KB (6,032 words) - 22:05, 24 November 2022
- Dutch) chartered by the States-General of the Netherlands to expand trade ... its possessions and the debt being taken over by the government of ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- generally followed the comedic misadventures of well-meaning but unscrupulous ... Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton, in present-day ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 03:51, 1 May 2023
- small invertebrates are important members of the zooplankton, particularly ... As this taxonomic group advances in its individual need of growth ...32 KB (4,630 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... The Republic of Palau consists of eight principal islands and more ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- A still life is a work of art depicting inanimate subject matter, ... Traditionally, some of the objects in a still life were likely to ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 18:01, 21 October 2022
- Prominent in Japanese cuisine, sushi is a food made of vinegared rice ... There are various types of sushi. Sushi served rolled in nori (dried ...23 KB (3,535 words) - 00:29, 27 February 2023
- Cranes are any of the large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds ... Representatives of the Guidae family, comprising 15 extant species ...19 KB (2,899 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- Giant squid is the common name for any of the very large squid comprising ... (33 ft) for males from caudal fin to the tip of the two long tentacles (second ...27 KB (3,958 words) - 07:44, 24 January 2023
- was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean ... Many consider Ahn Chang-ho to be one of the key moral and philosophical ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- Buddhist art refers to the rich and diverse representations of religious ... Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- 1945) was a prominent Japanese philosopher of the Meiji era. Nishida Kitaro ... of Unoke, a farming village on the Sea of Japan, about twenty miles from ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 05:02, 15 November 2022
- The Battle of Midway was a naval battle in the Pacific Theater of ... as the most important naval engagement of World War IIU.S. Navy, [http://www ...42 KB (6,566 words) - 10:16, 22 September 2023
- and "Ichiyusai Hiroshige") was one of the last great ukiyo-e (“pictures ... Impressionists and Post Impressionists, many of whom were influenced by his ...13 KB (2,024 words) - 21:42, 30 January 2024
- Tasman is best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service ... The Enlightenment had placed humanity at the center of the world, ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: ... ratified by Spain (at the time, the Crowns of Castile and Aragon), July 2 ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- carnivorous mammals in the genus Mustela of the Mustelidae family, typically ... Originally, the name "weasel" was applied to one species ...13 KB (1,923 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2023
- was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history, and one of ... Born the son of an insignificant daimyo in Owari province, near present ...25 KB (4,007 words) - 23:52, 17 November 2022
- may also be used for a canal or a flow of water—for consumption, for ... the construction in the twentieth century of such undersea tunnels as the ...17 KB (2,599 words) - 00:21, 3 May 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... after the Japanese defeat and at the onset of the Chinese Civil War. The ...23 KB (3,109 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- in the late nineteenth century as part of the Hohenzollern dynasty's ... tradition of expansion within the European space, Germany's renewed ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- Most commonly, rivers flow on the surface of the land, but there are also ... ==Origins of river water== A river may have its source in a spring ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 01:43, 15 December 2022
- artificial maritime canal in Egypt west of the Sinai Peninsula. It is ... Europe and Asia without circumnavigation of Africa. Before its opening ...20 KB (3,047 words) - 21:31, 26 February 2023
- Bluefin tuna is the common name for three of the eight species of ... and the Philippines and probably the Sea of Japan/East Sea, then migrate ...38 KB (5,827 words) - 18:16, 31 October 2023
- in 1558 when T'oegye was at the peak of his notoriety. However T'oegye ... Xi's Thought in Korea and set the path of Korean Neo-Confucianism leading ...21 KB (3,447 words) - 11:12, 24 May 2023
- In rail transport, a train consists of rail vehicles that move along ... the steam engine was the dominant form of locomotive power through the ...16 KB (2,477 words) - 00:38, 2 May 2023
- is an entity responsible for the money of its country or of its group ... Though the primary purpose of a central bank is to act as a financial ...30 KB (4,733 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- Hawaii and Australia. With the exception of tiny Vatican City, Tuvalu has ... Tuvalu consists of four reef islands and five true atolls. Its small ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- Scallop is the common name for any of the marine bivalve mollusks ... Scallops constitute a cosmopolitan family, found in all of the world ...19 KB (2,833 words) - 02:31, 21 April 2023
- An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all, or large parts ... territory and its people being invaded. Some of these consequences can be beneficial ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
- Clupea harengusThe most abundant species of fish in the world. ... life, and limbs—if present—in the form of fins. Poikilothermic refers ...18 KB (2,549 words) - 06:51, 17 May 2021
- 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
- Roman Catholic priest. Born into a family of Christian converts at a time ... by eradicating Christianity; the sacrifice of these early Korean Christians ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 17:52, 27 July 2023
- Japan made two invasions of Korea, in [Japan's Korea War: First ... == Negotiations and Truce between China and Japan (1594–1596) == ...32 KB (4,655 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- An open air museum is a distinct type of museum that exhibits its ... American models focus on representations of daily life, which should properly ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 00:49, 18 November 2022
- The most popular line is monofilament line made of a single fiber ... and other marine life. Toray Industries, Japan, developed biodegradable ...12 KB (1,938 words) - 17:31, 28 March 2024
- Surf fishing is the sport of catching fish while standing on the shoreline ... therefore, must have a working knowledge of factors that effect fishing ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 23:52, 26 February 2023
- Strait (Tsushima Strait) and East Sea (Sea of Japan), is Japan. Approximately ... Korea to the west, and the East Sea (Sea of Japan) to the east. The Korea ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also known as the Second Battle of the Philippine ... The "Battle" of Leyte Gulf was actually a campaign consisting ...48 KB (7,546 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- Most of the sixteen Kurosawa–Mifune films are considered cinema ... Japanese parents, and grew up in the Chinese city of Dalian ...28 KB (4,179 words) - 04:42, 1 May 2023
- China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into the ... The Yellow River is called the "Mother River of China" and ...20 KB (2,963 words) - 09:55, 23 May 2023
- one" or "March 1") was one of the earliest manifestations ... demonstrations failed to accomplish the goal of effecting independence, they ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation ... Some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific campaign of the Second ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 23:16, 3 March 2023
- Japan made two invasions of Korea, in 1592 and 1596, starting a war ... The Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) refers to two invasions ...42 KB (6,114 words) - 09:44, 1 April 2024
- The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal ... the war. The campaign marked the beginning of the transition by Allied forces ...54 KB (8,339 words) - 09:45, 22 September 2023
- Southeast Asia, sometimes abbreviated to SEA, is a subregion of Asia ... The maritime region consists of Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- Ming) T'ai Tsung, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty (明朝) of ... Though he was despotic and ruthless, Yongle is considered one of the ...27 KB (4,177 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- Nautilus (from Greek nautilos, "sailor") is the common name ... by having an external shell and two pair of gills rather than one (Vecchione ...16 KB (2,282 words) - 04:24, 11 March 2023
- quot;many islands") is a large grouping of over one thousand islands scattered ... Island. A Polynesian island group outside of this great triangle is Tuvalu ...17 KB (2,443 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- as Chuseok in Korea and Tsukimi in Japan. This festival is held on ... festival. These cakes, named after the shape of the full moon, reflects the ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong ... The site of Guangzhou has been continuously occupied since Panyu ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of the Greater Japanese ... During World War I, a force of Japanese destroyers supported the Allies ...62 KB (9,133 words) - 16:43, 12 February 2024
- A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally ... or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years ...28 KB (3,998 words) - 16:21, 17 January 2023
- In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand formed by eolian ... Some coastal areas have one or more sets of dunes running parallel ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 17:21, 12 February 2024
- was a Fleet Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial ... in Washington D.C., had an understanding of American character and a profound ...45 KB (7,129 words) - 05:57, 11 March 2024
- mouth or, more rarely, by snagging the body of the fish. Fish hooks have been ... Fish hooks are normally attached to some form of line or lure that ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 17:26, 28 March 2024
- In Korea, Buddhist temples are abundant. Many of the oldest and most ... ==Brief History of Korean Buddhism== :See Korean Buddhism for more ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 04:34, 4 March 2023
- is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth, on the opposite ... is a major factor in the exploration of and the research conducted ...23 KB (3,208 words) - 15:38, 4 February 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is one of four municipalities of ... The urban area of Tianjin is located along the Haihe River, and is ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands ... The Torres Strait Islanders are a sea-faring people. They have been ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 04:40, 1 May 2023
- (or pitvipers, pit-vipers), is a subfamily of venomous vipers (family Viperidae ... There more than 150 species of crotalines, distributed in both the ...19 KB (2,781 words) - 19:53, 7 May 2020
- curd (the literal translation), is a food of Chinese origin, made by coagulating ... but little else is known about the origins of tofu and its method of production ...37 KB (5,817 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Kirin; Manchu: Girin ula), is a province of ... whose area of control extended to the Sea of Japan to encompass much of what ...17 KB (2,180 words) - 20:50, 3 April 2024
- The French campaign against Korea of 1866, known as Byeonginyangyo ... Though Joseon Dynasty Korea maintained a policy of isolation from ...15 KB (2,312 words) - 10:51, 11 April 2024
- Infrared astronomy is the branch of astronomy and astrophysics that ... that occur during the birth and death of stars, as well as to observe ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- The crowns of Silla, discovered and displayed in Gyeongju, are unique ... The crowns of Silla were made in the Korean kingdom of Silla approximately ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 06:29, 11 January 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
- cough followed by a high-pitched intake of breath that sounds like "whoop ... coverage with this vaccine, pertussis is one of the leading causes of vaccine ...20 KB (2,804 words) - 18:43, 4 May 2023
- Seahorse is the common name for any of the small, marine, upright ... For humans, the interesting form and behaviors of these fish add to ...26 KB (3,800 words) - 02:43, 21 April 2023
- Didymus, meaning "Twin") was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus ... it eastwards as far as India. The churches of Malankara in India trace their ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- This article is an overview of the history of Korea, up to the division ... However, Korea's history has been one of constant struggle between forces ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- marine billfish in the family Istiophoridae of the bony fish order Perciformes ... fine dining restaurants. Blue marlin meat is of good quality because it has ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 16:04, 6 November 2022
- ) is a collection of Chinese historical books covering a period of ... and the editing, revising, and collating of them was organized under official ...31 KB (4,609 words) - 00:37, 3 May 2023
- The geological history of Earth began 4.567 billion years ago, when ... Some of this object's mass merged with the Earth and a portion ...37 KB (5,215 words) - 06:53, 18 April 2024
- Bass fishing is one of the most popular recreational types of fishing ... a popular game sport in the Eastern regions of the United States. Although ...31 KB (4,895 words) - 18:03, 11 February 2023
- The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea ... defined as Melanesia. With a land area of 452,860 square kilometers, ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- Bean is a common name for edible plant seeds or seed pods of several ... The various species of bean plants include some of the very first ...19 KB (3,083 words) - 16:15, 14 November 2023
- , "Island of Atlas") is a mythical island nation first mentioned ... Plato's account of Atlantis, believed to be the first, is found ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- :For the history of Korea before its division, see History of Korea. ... to the border with Russia and the Sea of Japan (known as "Korean ...33 KB (5,024 words) - 16:59, 7 May 2021
- The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin ... with differing objectives, the main outcome of the Tehran Conference was the ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 02:51, 19 April 2023
- 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
- Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern ... The one-time fishing village of Shenzhen was singled out by late Chinese ...24 KB (3,404 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- labor are collective terms for a variety of work relations in which people ... The institution of the corveé was and remains an accepted form of ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 06:20, 1 April 2024
- 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
- Eutrophication is the enrichment of an aquatic ecosystem with chemical ... In aquatic environments, enhanced growth of choking aquatic vegetation ...22 KB (3,105 words) - 06:56, 12 September 2023
- Atoll) is a coral atoll having a coastline of 12 miles (19.3 kilometers ... It is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States ...28 KB (4,195 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- Although convinced that the airborne attack he led against Japan in ... After the war he was active in the reorganization of the American ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- Nan or Taiwanese Hok-kiàn) is a province of China located on the southeast ... center and pristine nature. The ecology of the province has been threatened ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- 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
- or semi-solid that is present in most types of crude petroleum and in some ... residue from the distillation process of selected crude oils. Outside ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 04:53, 18 August 2023
