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- The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began ... The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California ...61 KB (8,925 words) - 18:25, 25 November 2023
- – January 24, 1965) was a Russian philosopher, representative of ... concerned with theology than with the task of working out a system of metaphysics ...12 KB (1,405 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- [[Image:Pie Grande.jpg|thumb|200 px|Artistic depiction of Bigfoot]] like animal believed to inhabit the forests of North America, although people ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 02:27, 21 April 2023
- education—but also to redress the effects of past discrimination. The underlying ... admissions, have been criticized as a form of reverse discrimination|right ...23 KB (3,279 words) - 20:11, 7 July 2023
- those empowered to use force and other forms of coercion and legal means to ... The responsibilities of police include fighting crime, but more generally ...30 KB (4,393 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English ... to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing ...22 KB (3,551 words) - 01:41, 16 December 2022
- 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile ... Wilder attended school. After dropping out of the University of Vienna, Wilder ...22 KB (3,248 words) - 17:40, 31 October 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 Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America ... The Cascades are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, the ring of volcanoes ...29 KB (4,312 words) - 14:17, 29 November 2023
- An engine is a machine that can convert some form of energy (obtained ... ==Usage of the term "engine"== Originally, an engine was ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- Gazelle is the common name for any of the various small, swift antelopes ... running ability requires stealth on the part of the predators to get close ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 07:59, 23 January 2023
- goddess married to Shiva (the ascetic god of destruction). She is seen as ... Mythologically, Parvati is considered a representation of Shakti, ...16 KB (2,503 words) - 08:58, 18 November 2022
- Models of the Indo-Aryan migration discusses scenarios of prehistoric ... In the case of the Indo-Aryan race, they indeed appear to have origin ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- {{Infobox University-Jen | name = Kyoto University | native_name = 京都大学 | ...16 KB (2,170 words) - 04:41, 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
- material, is the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity ... mid-twentieth century that it became a part of western mainstream culture ...30 KB (4,376 words) - 05:39, 30 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
- reverence for Mother nature, and worship of the Goddess. The movement received ... claimed that Wicca had secretly existed for thousands of years, originating ...23 KB (3,499 words) - 18:43, 4 May 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
- :Note: This article is about the institution and office of the Dalai ... The Dalai Lama (meaning "Ocean of Wisdom") is an institution ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- 11, 1994) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science. He was one of the ... has noted, "If one looks at the course of Feyerabend's life, one ...26 KB (3,955 words) - 16:54, 21 November 2022
- to describe the rapidly increasing amount of published information and the ... ==Use of the term "Information explosion"== The Online Oxford ...13 KB (1,868 words) - 22:50, 5 February 2023
- explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions ... economic growth and emergence as centers of technological innovation, and ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- A goat is a member of the genus Capra of the bovid (Bovidae) family ... a distinct species, C. hircus. It was one of the first animals domesticated ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws ... In philosophy and theology, eclecticism is the practice of selecting ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- Creationism, in its most widely used sense, is a set of religious ... In the first sense, creationism (not to be confused with the doctrine ...31 KB (4,607 words) - 06:18, 11 January 2024
- [[Image:Catlin - Dance to the berdache2.jpg|thumb|250 px|Detail of ... to the romantic, and/or sexual attraction of individuals to other individuals ...20 KB (2,817 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- modern China. It brought about an upsurge of Chinese nationalism, and a ... and towards communism. The introduction of Vernacular Chinese (白话 ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- |death_place=Whittier, California, U.S. |occupation=Photographer ... 1868 - October 19, 1952) was a photographer of the American West and of Native ...29 KB (4,492 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2024
- he has now come to be regarded as one of the four or so most important ... Frege began his studies at the University of Jena in 1869, moving ...16 KB (2,250 words) - 20:22, 11 September 2021
- 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
- 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
- Lama, without any qualifiers. The fifth of 16 children of a farming family ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- 1945) was a prominent Japanese philosopher of the Meiji era. Nishida Kitaro ... Nishida Kitaro was born on June 17, 1870, in the Mori section of Unoke ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 05:02, 15 November 2022
- psychiatric hospitals. He also had a number of hits covering old R & B ... Taylor was part of a wave of singer-songwriters of the time that also ...20 KB (2,798 words) - 16:08, 8 February 2023
- "apostate," refers to a group of secret Sabbatean crypto-Jews ... by the Ottoman government in 1666. Some of his followers quickly interpreted ...14 KB (2,156 words) - 17:24, 30 January 2024
- In astrophysics and cosmology, dark matter is a major component of ... According to present observations of structures larger than galaxies ...31 KB (4,554 words) - 22:23, 25 January 2024
- 17, 1913 - December 18, 2008) was an agent of the United States Federal Bureau ... For thirty-three years one of the great mysteries of American politics ...34 KB (5,368 words) - 10:34, 11 May 2023
- The common law forms a major part of the law of those countries of ... As a genre of law which is based on custom, tradition, and/or precedent ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 00:10, 8 January 2024
- serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University ... a more pluralistic approach to the question of the literary canon. There has ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
- A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction ... geometrically accurate representations of three-dimensional space, while ...20 KB (3,039 words) - 03:02, 6 November 2022
- Carlos Castaneda (December 25, 1925 – April 27, 1998) was the author ... Castaneda's descriptions of psychedelic experiences stood apart ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 15:23, 27 November 2023
- |flag=[[File:Flag of the Comanche Nation.svg|center|225px]] ... |popplace=United States (Oklahoma, Texas, California) |rels=Christianity ...41 KB (6,731 words) - 00:03, 8 January 2024
- The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks ... hypertext documents and other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW). ...48 KB (7,277 words) - 23:46, 30 November 2022
- ) both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of ... subcultural divisions among themselves; two of the largest are White Hmong ...34 KB (5,083 words) - 13:05, 1 February 2024
- 26, 1983) was a logician and mathematician of considerable philosophical ... Nevertheless, in 1918 he entered the University of Warsaw intending to ...27 KB (4,019 words) - 20:34, 20 July 2023
- served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United ... O'Connor was the crucial swing vote of the Court for many of her final ...45 KB (6,555 words) - 21:58, 19 December 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
- largest by mass. It is 17 times the mass of Earth and slightly more massive ... ) is a stylized version of Poseidon's Trident. Neptune's ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- also an important forerunner in the school of art known as Expressionism. famous work and was stolen twice; it is one of the most recognizable and iconic ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- South American independence leader, was one of the commanders--together with ... Influenced by the ideals of the United States Declaration of Independence ...15 KB (2,196 words) - 17:13, 29 September 2023
- is a government classification for a group of related minorities in China ... to the upland people living in the mountains of Hunan and northern Guangdong ...21 KB (3,250 words) - 10:13, 22 May 2023
- نينوى, Naīnuwa), was the capital of the ancient Neo-Assyrian Empire ... c. 612 B.C.E. In the Bible, it was the site of Jonah's famous preaching ...21 KB (3,258 words) - 09:49, 11 March 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
- Italian painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters ... in Rome, on July 8, 1593, the first child of the painter Orazio Gentileschi ...17 KB (2,585 words) - 10:58, 16 August 2023
- principally for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean ... early explorations settled on the island of Hispaniola. He founded the ...34 KB (5,513 words) - 14:37, 3 May 2023
- influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles ... entirely autobiographical. As the title of his column suggested (Notes ...22 KB (3,383 words) - 01:57, 4 December 2023
- in the late eleventh century in the heart of the Alborz Mountains of northern ... Surrounded by enemies, Hassan dispatched teams of trained assassins ...21 KB (3,293 words) - 08:37, 25 January 2023
- pan out, and she would later retract some of them, but they were always ... fur trading business in China, where he died of tuberculosis when Susan was ...21 KB (3,083 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- 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
- The Queen of Sheba, (tenth century B.C.E.), also known as Makeda ... Yaqut al-Hamawi, the star-worshipers of Harran in Turkey, and those ...22 KB (3,511 words) - 15:45, 7 December 2022
- Asia. He is credited with the translation of some 1,330 fascicles of scriptures ... Xuanzang’s detailed account of his travels, Journey to the West ...21 KB (3,157 words) - 14:33, 20 May 2023
- The Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County, often referred to ... In March of 1955, Mrs. Dorothy Chandler began fundraising toward a ...21 KB (3,188 words) - 02:46, 4 November 2022
- 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
- energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" ... World War I soon established the importance of a reliable national oil supply ...36 KB (5,440 words) - 05:21, 26 August 2023
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Pub. L. No. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241 (July ... In its search for a way to realize the dream of social and economic ...16 KB (2,379 words) - 06:13, 14 January 2023
- Garnet is a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze ... Pure crystals of garnet are used as gemstones. In addition, garnet ...18 KB (2,682 words) - 04:33, 18 April 2024
- Open access publishing is a form of publishing that allows users free ... , music, fine arts, or any product of intellectual activity. In this ...20 KB (2,877 words) - 00:47, 18 November 2022
- which supported the general allegations of espionage by Julius, though ... tried to match the military capacity of the other in pursuance of the ...29 KB (4,418 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and ... for Best Actor for his role in East of Eden. Upon receiving a second ...56 KB (8,516 words) - 01:32, 8 February 2023
- ) is a province of China located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze ... Chongqing to the northwest. The capital city of the province is Changsha. ...18 KB (2,479 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Born into a prosperous ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- leaves with five leaflets, clusters of small flowers, and red to brown ... The high concentration of caffeine in the seeds, which is more concentrated ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 22:26, 2 December 2021
- 1904 – September 24, 1991) is the author of several classic children's ... war effort against Nazi Germany, and some of his children's books are ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- [[Image:Legend of the Jew calling the Devil from a Vessel of Blood ... accompanied by the claim that the blood of victims is used in various ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 18:14, 31 October 2023
- teamster, sometime buffalo hunter, officer of the law in various Western ... as Earp gained iconic status to counter that of the outlaws against whom they ...59 KB (9,719 words) - 14:12, 20 May 2023
- in Las Vegas. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of ... Thompson himself became a central figure in the 1960s and 1970s ethos ...43 KB (6,622 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2024
- known as an early promoter and popularizer of Charles Darwin's evolutionary ... As a professor of comparative anatomy at the University of Jena, Haeckel ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 21:22, 20 March 2024
- 1920 – June 5, 2012) decided at the age of 12 that he was going to be ... short stories, novels, and poems are full of thought provoking "what ...27 KB (3,902 words) - 19:07, 16 April 2023
- Service learning is a method of teaching, learning, and reflecting ... ==History of Service Learning== Service learning can be traced back ...26 KB (3,814 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- Maine and Vermont were considered part of other colonies at the time ... freedom. Massachusetts was also one of the key colonies in the events ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- a school, in 1904, that later became part of Bethune-Cookman College in ... little scholarly attention in the histories of the period. As a stateswoman ...20 KB (2,970 words) - 16:12, 7 November 2022
- Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside ... Chinese dominate almost all the economies of Southeast Asia, and have sometimes ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- The Cretan War (205 B.C.E.–200 B.C.E.) was fought by King Philip ... and economy suffering from the depredations of the pirates, Philip believed ...30 KB (4,711 words) - 00:32, 27 December 2021
- Egyptian mythology. It concerns the murder of the god Osiris, a primeval ... is integral to ancient Egyptian conceptions of kingship and succession, conflict ...56 KB (8,963 words) - 04:38, 18 November 2022
- de France, giving it the title "History of Systems of Thought," and ... Michel Foucault is best known for his critical studies of various ...48 KB (6,765 words) - 17:10, 9 November 2022
- cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books. appeared in the December 17, 2002, issue of Publishers Weekly, Shel Silverstein ...18 KB (2,704 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- Setesh, Seteh) was originally the god of the desert, one of the two ... beliefs threatened by foreigners, that many of their myths, legends and religious ...29 KB (4,585 words) - 10:05, 26 January 2023
- ; 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
- to the union (January 4, 1896). The majority of Utah's population, known ... incredible geological diversity in the form of snowcapped mountains to well ...39 KB (5,757 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- Broadly defined, wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder ... they offer a natural biocontrol of agricultural pests, since so ...19 KB (2,999 words) - 23:13, 3 May 2023
- Kelly was a major exponent of twentieth century filmed dance, known ... Gene was the third son of James Kelly, a phonograph salesman, and ...40 KB (6,390 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- across the Atlantic Ocean, in 1492, in search of a direct sea route to ... Columbus' voyage took place during the early decades of the European ...38 KB (6,067 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- state, located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of the city of Seattle. In Pierce ... in the lower 48 states at 35 square miles of snow and glaciers. It also ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 17:43, 10 November 2022
- 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
- A library is a collection of information, sources, resources and services ... In addition, with the collection of media other than books for storing ...31 KB (4,437 words) - 22:31, 25 October 2022
- she was prominent as the wife and sister of Osiris and mother of Horus. Isis' origins are uncertain but the first mention of the deity ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- (1948), outraged conservative critics as one of the first major American novels ... used his sarcastic wit and excellent command of the English language to state ...42 KB (5,899 words) - 11:57, 24 January 2023
