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- Pareto applied mathematical tools to economic analyses. While he ... In 1870, he gained an engineering degree from what is now the Polytechnic ...21 KB (3,117 words) - 20:22, 3 May 2023
- The history of Poland from 1945 to 1989 spans the period of Soviet ... of Poland by the Allied Powers in order to appease Soviet leader Josef Stalin. ...65 KB (9,745 words) - 00:13, 25 January 2024
- The languages of India primarily belong to two major linguistic families ... While Hindi is the official language of the central government in ...30 KB (4,092 words) - 06:53, 4 March 2023
- The exploits of the "Red Baron" helped to popularize not ... Freiherr (literally "Free Lord") is not a given name but ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 17:23, 7 December 2023
- In the Standard Model of particle physics, a meson is a composite ... interaction. They are classified according to their quark content, total ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- concern with urban poverty which gave rise to a subsequent movement whereby ... of uneducated children and adults. Aiming to improve the impoverished conditions ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 10:06, 26 January 2023
- Ribozyme (from ribonucleic acid enzyme) is a ribonucleic acid (RNA ... potential medical application. Ribozymes can be developed to cleave particular ...13 KB (1,885 words) - 20:53, 16 April 2023
- Home education, also called homeschooling or home school, is the process ... provides an option for parents who wish to provide their children with ...29 KB (4,035 words) - 16:36, 1 March 2023
- Platonic and Aristotelian thought helped to determine the philosophic direction ... He wrote pamphlets to Manuel II Palaeologus (reigned 1391–1425) ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 06:39, 18 April 2024
- The Apostolic Fathers were a group of early Christian leaders believed ... has been used since the seventeenth century to emphasize that these authors ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 15:52, 11 August 2023
- basic concepts, which pre-exist any effort to classify particular experiences ... of science” and then arguing regressively to the presuppositions or conditions ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 19:34, 13 February 2024
- Educational psychology is a dynamic discipline with immense potential ... in the field of educational psychology is to understand the processes ...35 KB (4,855 words) - 18:18, 12 February 2024
- (Avestan: Zaraθuštra), also referred to as Zartosht ( ... of the Sassanid Empire of Persia; it is predominantly practiced today ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- him in a “new faces" contest intended to discover new, young talent ... Toshirō Mifune was born April 1, 1920, in Qingdao, China, to Japanese ...28 KB (4,179 words) - 04:42, 1 May 2023
- Jellyfish are marine invertebrates belonging to the Scyphozoan class ... There is some concern that blooms of jellyfish—congregating of hundreds ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 18:03, 2 April 2024
- Superman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero widely considered ... were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective Comics, Inc. in 1938 ...61 KB (9,123 words) - 13:55, 28 April 2023
- December 29, 1170) Lord Chancellor from 1154 to 1162 and Archbishop of Canterbury ... interests of the church. His unwillingness to compromise and see the merits ...22 KB (3,489 words) - 20:22, 31 October 2022
- century. As the first African-American to gain major praise for his poetry ... Dunbar largely failed to convince white critics and patrons of his ...8 KB (1,360 words) - 17:08, 21 November 2022
- second century. His dates are uncertain due to conflicting sources, with beginning ... Pius is believed to have been born at Aquileia in Northern Italy, ...7 KB (1,124 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- Carlyle. His interests were not limited to theoretical issues but extended ... He is also considered as one of the founder of the trades union movement ...29 KB (4,360 words) - 10:32, 11 April 2024
- interactive exhibits are also designed to inspire excitement and to nurture ... memberships, allowing members of one museum to visit all the others for free. ...29 KB (4,459 words) - 16:38, 10 December 2023
- investigation in the Great Britain, and is regarded a founding text of ... had more power than political methods to bring about social change. ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 01:56, 4 December 2023
- Iona is a small island located in the north-west region of Scotland ... In Gaelic, the island is called Ì Chaluim Cille (Saint Columba's ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 11:11, 6 March 2024
- The concept of a duty is the concept of a requirement. If one has ... The notion of a duty is closely linked with the concepts of ‘ought’ ...19 KB (3,122 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- In anatomy, the heart is the muscular, pumping organ of the closed ... cardiovascular system) means "related to the heart" and comes from ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 15:12, 25 January 2023
- The precautionary principle is the concept that establishes it is ... This principle is important in that it allows one to anticipate harm ...46 KB (6,708 words) - 18:54, 17 February 2022
- the birth of Jesus. The word Christmas is derived from Middle English ... It is a contraction meaning "Christ's mass." The name ...30 KB (4,439 words) - 14:09, 7 May 2024
- Dialectical materialism is the philosophical expression of Marxism ... Dialectical materialism holds that the world, including human beings ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- of oral tradition and revelation in response to the Karaite movement, pointing ... Judah Ha-Levi is regarded as one of the greatest Hebrew poets. More ...27 KB (4,480 words) - 20:50, 4 October 2022
- ) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the ... Due to the extraordinary talents of Michelangelo (1475-1564), the ...23 KB (3,674 words) - 22:35, 29 January 2023
- |motto = Dominus Illuminatio Mea"The Lord is my Light" ... , located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the ...35 KB (5,122 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- of Japan covers the years from about 710 to 784 C.E., during which the ... expanded, and many new temples were built to accommodate the growing numbers ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 01:25, 11 November 2022
- The octave is the span or intervallic space between one tone and another ... The frequent use of the octave is a part of most music, though there ...7 KB (1,075 words) - 23:50, 17 November 2022
- Their general chemical formula may be written as (X)(Y)2O4, in which ... * Spinel (MgAl2O4): This representative member of the group can be ...8 KB (1,173 words) - 15:23, 27 April 2023
- The nervous system is the network of specialized cells, tissues, and ... This major coordinating system is found in most invertebrates and ...36 KB (5,328 words) - 04:33, 11 March 2023
- and the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities and ... Strathmore and Kinghorne. Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the ...84 KB (12,053 words) - 16:21, 13 February 2024
- Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao ... While the seed of the cocao tree is important for the plant's ...17 KB (2,570 words) - 22:19, 7 January 2024
- populations ranging from several dozen to several thousand. testified at the Nuremberg Trials that up to 2.5 million people had died ...26 KB (4,084 words) - 17:54, 22 August 2023
- in London. St. Paul's Cathedral is in the background.]] A major campaign of World War II, the Battle of Britain is the name ...41 KB (6,464 words) - 11:35, 20 September 2023
- Pedagogy, literally translated, is the art or science of teaching ... Successful education for all depends on teachers being able to embrace ...26 KB (3,614 words) - 17:11, 26 March 2023
- Journalism is the reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting ... officials and institutions accountable to the public, while media critics ...45 KB (6,779 words) - 14:13, 9 September 2023
- the National Socialist regime from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler ... century romantic drama. He then went on to work as a journalist and later ...34 KB (5,445 words) - 21:47, 6 May 2024
- C.E.), known in English as Virgil or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of ... the Epicurean Siro, whose philosophy would be evident in Virgil's early ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- also introduced the concept of brand image to advertising. Ogilvy established ... Believing that the function of advertising is to sell the product, and that ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 20:00, 19 May 2023
- Paul or The Apostle Paul, (4–64 C.E.) is widely credited with the early ... Saul is described in the New Testament as a Hellenized Jew and Roman ...56 KB (9,113 words) - 00:50, 23 December 2022
- The Trinity in Christianity is a theological doctrine developed to ... of the Trinity were developed. One example is the "mutual indwelling ...42 KB (6,496 words) - 11:56, 9 May 2024
- Marble is a metamorphic rock, composed mainly of crystalline calcium ... meaning "shining stone." This stem is also the basis for the English ...8 KB (1,153 words) - 03:03, 6 November 2022
- as an electromagnetic phenomenon, and led to the employment of electromagnetic ... It can also be argued that his discoveries resulted in some of the ...17 KB (2,503 words) - 16:54, 9 November 2022
- A shock wave (also called shock front or simply "shock" ... When a shock wave passes through matter, the total energy is preserved ...14 KB (2,249 words) - 14:22, 27 January 2023
- A river is a natural waterway that conveys water derived from precipitation ... lake, from damp, boggy places where the soil is waterlogged, from glacial meltwater ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 01:43, 15 December 2022
- 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
- He was the last British monarch to have been born outside of Great ... of Britain was evolving from monarchy to a constitutional monarchy with ...28 KB (4,125 words) - 12:22, 10 November 2022
- demonstrated the desire of Edward MacDowell to help many artists and to live ... MacDowell is considered among the first American composers to achieve ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 23:45, 12 February 2024
- in Liverpool. Jevons was one of three men to simultaneously advance the ... the bias regarding class, gender, and race is obvious in Jevons' work ...23 KB (3,455 words) - 10:52, 12 May 2023
- and Modernist poetry of his age. In contrast to the verbal flourish of poets ... Housman was also not given over easily to sentiment and optimism; he ...10 KB (1,687 words) - 06:50, 13 June 2023
- meaning one who "utters forth") is a person who is believed to ... preserved prophecies dating back to at least the eighteenth century ...39 KB (6,126 words) - 09:20, 28 June 2022
- 688–763) was a Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan ... artists accompanying Jianzhen are thought to have introduced a new technique ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 12:20, 1 August 2022
- Note that the term "ray" is a misnomer, as cosmic ray particles ... energetic processes on the Sun all the way to the farthest reaches of the ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- and Realism, movements which attempted to capture reality in its particularity ... Symbolists believed that art should aim to capture more absolute truths ...23 KB (3,250 words) - 01:57, 27 February 2023
- Lollards from the late fourteenth century to early in the time of the English ... It taught that piety was a requirement for a priest to be a "true ...12 KB (1,874 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- without the knowledge of Perspective will be liable to such absurdities ... Perception is the process by which stimulation of the senses is translated ...52 KB (7,802 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- and President. He ruled Mexico from 1876 to 1880, and from 1884 to 1911 ... Diaz's years in power did nothing to make Mexico a more just ...17 KB (2,659 words) - 05:38, 30 November 2022
- written down, the composition of the Vedas is thought to have begun in the ... According to strict orthodox Hindu interpretation the Vedas are [ ...32 KB (4,855 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using ... toxic chemical, regardless of its origin, is considered a chemical weapon ...61 KB (9,020 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- was the Grand Duke of Muscovy from 1533 C.E. to 1547 C.E. and was the first ... Ivan (or Ioann, as his name is rendered in Church Slavonic) was a ...11 KB (1,776 words) - 06:37, 11 March 2024
- Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, refers to events of the Carnival celebration ... is French for "Fat Tuesday," reflecting the practice of ...24 KB (3,459 words) - 03:52, 6 November 2022
- Engineering is the discipline of applying technical and scientific ... A person who practices engineering is called an engineer. Those licensed ...41 KB (5,793 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- The ethics of care is a normative ethical theory often considered ... as the foundation of ethics, care ethics is critical of the Confucian patriarchal ...15 KB (2,198 words) - 04:34, 22 March 2024
- Albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is one of the eight tuna species belonging ... This species may also be called albacore fish, albacore tuna, longfin ...9 KB (1,355 words) - 17:46, 19 December 2022
- :This article is about the chemical compound. {{Chembox new ... Diethyl ether, also known as ether and ethoxyethane, is a clear, colorless ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:33, 29 January 2024
- an early Christian apologist and saint. Born to a pagan family and trained ... through his writings or through his school) to be seen as a threat to the ...34 KB (5,421 words) - 21:24, 4 October 2022
- The Snake River is the largest tributary of the Columbia River in ... ranging in size from small diversion dams to major high dams. While the ...26 KB (3,775 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- , trans. Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is an Indo-Aryan language ... of native speakers, among all languages. It is the national language of Pakistan ...53 KB (7,869 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- A national library is a library specifically established by the government ... are usually notable for their size, compared to that of other libraries in ...17 KB (2,398 words) - 04:12, 11 March 2023
- where he was the first Allied commander to make contact with the Russians ... with his soldiers, who considered him to be a "soldier's soldier ...24 KB (3,509 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- Thomism is the philosophical school that followed in the legacy of ... the teachings of the Catholic Church cannot be understood without the basic ...28 KB (4,356 words) - 22:59, 30 April 2023
- Gunpowder is a low-explosive substance that is used as a propellant ... Gunpowder is distinguished from "high" explosives—dynamite ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 17:15, 12 July 2023
- Japanese: 八正道, Hasshōdō) is the concise summary of the ... Instead, these eight elements "are to be developed more or less simultaneously ...22 KB (3,259 words) - 02:48, 17 January 2023
- The Gurmukhī (ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ) script is derived from the Later ... Gurmukhī is a system of writing called an abugida, where each consonant ...20 KB (2,621 words) - 06:17, 10 January 2024
- Admiral Togo's initial plan was to swoop down upon Port Arthur ... for improving the defenses had been diverted to nearby Dalny, and most of the ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 10:20, 22 September 2023
- Norfolk Island (Norfuk: Norfuk Ailen) is a small inhabited island ... Norfolk Island is the main island of the island group the territory ...20 KB (2,910 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- quot;) (also Tirthankara) refer to twenty four enlightened spiritual ... Jainism is renowned throughout the world for its exemplary devotion ...12 KB (1,718 words) - 17:11, 30 September 2021
- traditionally non-academic and only related to a specific trade, occupation ... with the lower social classes as compared to the classical education that ...18 KB (2,528 words) - 20:59, 3 May 2023
- is a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on ... and the rise of modern science. It is a reference work ordered like ...30 KB (4,429 words) - 15:48, 26 September 2023
- his strength for verse-writing, Daniel is primarily remembered today ... of John Daniel. In 1579 Daniel was admitted to Magdalen Hall at Oxford University ...9 KB (1,447 words) - 02:58, 23 December 2022
- ) is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean ... Tsunami have been historically referred to as tidal waves because ...44 KB (6,684 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- or, Sir Fopling Flutter in 1676. Although he is not well-known in modern times ... Comedy, which emerged largely as a reaction to the collapse of the Puritan ...15 KB (2,460 words) - 15:44, 20 May 2024
- Fatherland), a successor literary journal to the Sovremennik. In the tradition ... completely neglected, and his youth, owing to the severity and the domestic ...9 KB (1,305 words) - 17:53, 9 November 2022
- which would enchant any sailor listening to the point that he would lose ... reflected this awe and fear of the sea. It is most probable that out of these ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- :This article is about the astronomical object. [[Image:Pleiades large ... A star is a massive, luminous ball of plasma that is held together ...80 KB (12,078 words) - 15:50, 27 April 2023
- about by the New Deal, McCormick continued to champion a right-wing, traditionalist ... McCormick. His elder brother was slated to take over the family newspaper ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 02:14, 16 December 2022
- Marie Du Fayt. Marie moved with her son to Cambrai early in his life, ... From November 1418 to 1420, he was a subdeacon at Cambrai Cathedral ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 03:20, 25 February 2023
- Gideon was one of the more significant judges whose story is recorded ... Israelite tribes that the latter were forced to live in caves and watch helplessly ...9 KB (1,479 words) - 22:57, 28 August 2021
- Jadeite is one of the minerals recognized as the gemstone jade. ... Its color commonly ranges from white through pale apple green to deep ...7 KB (945 words) - 12:38, 6 November 2021
- Wolverine is the common name for a solitary, carnivorous mammal, Gulo ... The wolverine is the largest land-dwelling species of the Mustelidae ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 14:50, 17 April 2023
- Heavy metal is a sub-genre of rock music that emerged as a defined ... later evolved, many of which are referred to simply as "metal." ...41 KB (6,469 words) - 21:31, 26 December 2020
- control of the temples passed from Japanized monks to [[Image:Bongeunsa ... order practice Seon Buddhism, seeking a path to enlightment or understanding ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- of the Korean War, South Korea has sought to improve its economy, shrugging ... of South Korea have brought many changes to Korean's lives. In the ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- Each brought talents from his solo career to the team. ... Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. From 1945 to 1950, they did not appear on ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 17:50, 25 October 2022
- for "shield," after its shape) is a double-lobed endocrine gland ... and differentiation. The hormone calcitonin is also produced by the thyroid ...24 KB (3,497 words) - 17:25, 18 April 2023
- theory, and statistics, a formal system is an idealized and abstract language ... absolutely certain knowledge—can be found within them, and nowhere ...5 KB (794 words) - 06:34, 1 April 2024
- was an aesthetic conservative, who sought to recover the lost heights of ... nearby Carpentras, where his family moved to follow Pope Clement V in 1309 ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 01:38, 24 November 2022
- Boy Floyd." Pretty Boy Floyd is one of several gangsters and ... he was about ten years old. They then moved to Sequoya County, near the town ...9 KB (1,370 words) - 22:48, 30 November 2022
- [[Image:petroglyph jqjacobs.jpg|frame|right|Petroglyph attributed ... Rock art is a term in archeology for any man-made markings made on ...11 KB (1,550 words) - 02:26, 16 December 2022
- side of life. Like Archilocus, Anacreon is notable for writing about personal ... city on the coast of Asia Minor. Little more is known of his life. ...9 KB (1,478 words) - 18:41, 26 July 2023
- words kine (movement) and graphos (writing), is the art and craft of creating ... Cinematography is an art form unique to motion pictures. Although ...29 KB (4,666 words) - 22:03, 10 December 2023
- a thing (form) and the stuff that the thing is made of (matter). That such ... form comes from the Greek word eidos and is often translated as idea or ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 06:32, 1 April 2024
- Jikji is the abbreviated title of a Korean Buddhist document, whose ... The purpose of Jikji was to assist Buddhist monks in teaching Zen ...14 KB (2,230 words) - 01:10, 9 February 2023
- He is viewed by some art historians as a prime exponent of Neoclassicism ... He studied religion and theology, but came to detest it. The spiritual figures ...19 KB (3,002 words) - 13:41, 8 February 2022
- government was the organization of elections to a Russian Constituent Assembly ... as they were enacted, and they did not serve to modernize Russian society and ...44 KB (5,965 words) - 22:22, 29 May 2022
- and developed theories of nature in order to explain the natural processes ... Ionian philosophers. While the Ionians tried to find the original matter out ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:55, 7 December 2022
- of German philosophy from Leibniz and Wolff to Kant and the later German Idealists ... Francke and which was wholeheartedly devoted to the Pietist movement and had ...8 KB (1,198 words) - 09:10, 18 July 2023
- hangul: 원리강론, hanja: 原理講論) is the main theological textbook ... on exegesis of the Bible. However, it is held by some believers to have ...29 KB (4,573 words) - 20:52, 9 February 2024
- ruled by the Saf dynasty from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries. It ... The Kanem Empire is estimated to have originated around 800 C.E. to ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 02:36, 5 October 2022
- A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to ... These structures have allowed astronauts to live in space for periods of ...12 KB (1,622 words) - 17:12, 14 October 2022
- The Treaty of Nanking (Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which ... the British Empire. For many, its transfer to Chinese control in 1997 represented ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- Nestorianism is the Christian doctrine that Jesus existed as two persons ... The Assyrian Church of the East refused to drop support for Nestorius ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, consisting of string, brass ... the evolution of symphony orchestra to its modern form can be seen ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- The sousaphone is a brass instrument in the same family as the more ... Because of the ease of carrying and the direction of sound, it is ...19 KB (2,980 words) - 22:02, 24 February 2024
- de facto military ruler of Cuba from 1933 to 1940, and the de jure President ... generated opposition despite his attempt to placate critics with an election ...18 KB (2,625 words) - 11:10, 20 September 2023
- the support of these allies, he was returned to power. Although he continued ... the eyes of many Iranians that led, in 1979, to his overthrow and exile. Two ...53 KB (8,258 words) - 19:29, 9 November 2022
- and various other transliterations) is a sacred ritualized dance of ... (King), on the anniversary of his ascension to the throne. The bedhaya has ...12 KB (1,955 words) - 10:21, 26 September 2023
- The black market or underground market is economic activity involving ... Goods acquired illegally can take one of two price levels. They may ...19 KB (2,879 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- in his time as an idealist and liberator—is today largely remembered for ... significant figure of his time there is comparatively little information ...33 KB (5,264 words) - 21:39, 9 February 2022
- First Cause is term introduced by Aristotle and used in philosophy ... chains, raised by Aristotle and others, is whether they must have a starting ...8 KB (1,282 words) - 19:54, 26 March 2024
- about preaching apostolic poverty as the way to perfection. They were persecuted ... into the snare that was set for them...It is absolutely false, that these ...32 KB (4,791 words) - 23:19, 17 January 2024
- The Deep South is a descriptive category of cultural and geographic ... The Deep South is a belt stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to west ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 08:36, 15 January 2023
- Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea or PNG) is a country in Oceania, occupying ... Papua New Guinea is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- in North Carolina, which moved north to New York, and then partially ... the Tuscarora population, they also began to take their lands and kidnapped ...19 KB (2,784 words) - 00:36, 3 May 2023
- Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It ... The city is abundantly rich in water, with over twenty lakes and wetlands ...39 KB (5,459 words) - 11:07, 10 March 2023
- or literally, “river of the falls,” is the second-longest river in ... The longest river in North America is its tributary, the Missouri ...31 KB (4,768 words) - 11:11, 10 March 2023
- Sturm und Drang (the conventional translation is "Storm and ... The philosopher Johann Georg Hamann is considered to have provided ...20 KB (2,696 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ... Suicide occurs for any number of reasons, often relating to depression ...31 KB (4,676 words) - 21:40, 26 February 2023
- Caelifera is a suborder of the order Orthoptera, comprising "short ... exclusively herbivorous insects are integral to food chains, being consumed ...11 KB (1,570 words) - 23:46, 12 January 2023
- Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea, is a nation in West Africa ... The name Guinea is used for the region of most of Africa's west ...23 KB (3,314 words) - 23:40, 25 March 2024
- An art museum is a museum that specializes in works of art ranging ... exhibit, and offer educational programs to enhance people's appreciation ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- Nachman taught that in every generation, a special, saintly person ... After his death, his followers continued to regard him as their Rebbe ...16 KB (2,514 words) - 23:00, 10 November 2022
- ) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city ... Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- The history of agriculture is the story of humankind's development ... of economics throughout the centuries prior to and after the Industrial Revolution ...39 KB (5,853 words) - 00:03, 19 November 2020
- Chekhov of the suburbs." His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East ... a profound sense of community, as opposed to the alienating nomadism of ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 04:43, 3 August 2022
- Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an African American scholar ... West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and ...19 KB (2,834 words) - 03:31, 8 January 2024
- polymath. In Italy, his first name is usually spelled Leon. Alberti ... by the plague, Lorenzo moved his family to Venice, where Lorenzo ran the ...24 KB (3,831 words) - 20:08, 25 October 2022
- Luanda (formerly spelled Loanda) is the capital and largest city of ... and was the Atlantic slave trade center to Brazil until 1836. The port ...24 KB (3,367 words) - 10:35, 9 March 2023
- Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån), officially the U.S. Territory of Guam, ... Guam, the largest island in Micronesia, is 1,500 miles (2414 km) southeast ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of southeastern France ... raised in the Camargue. Although Provence is not as famous for fine wine ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 08:21, 2 December 2022
- jpg|thumb|right|250px|Increasingly the world is thought of as a whole]] Globalization, as a concept, refers both to the "shrinking" ...36 KB (5,269 words) - 08:02, 24 January 2023
- Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history that lasted for around ... and the Americas. Greek thought continues to inform discussion of ethics ...48 KB (7,639 words) - 12:24, 14 October 2023
- truly great thinkers, Immanuel Kant is known for the historical synthesis ... that ended up in universal skepticism. It is obvious, however, that Kant’s ...48 KB (7,410 words) - 18:17, 23 January 2024
- thinker. He has often been referred to as a “Christian existentialist ... which paradoxically makes the self available to others for genuine inter-subjective ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 07:37, 15 April 2024
- Earless seal is the common name for any of the pinnipeds comprising ... of both hemispheres and are mostly confined to polar, sub-polar, and temperate ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 16:04, 10 October 2020
- and the only resident of Pennsylvania to hold the office of President ... Pennsylvania, on April 23, 1791, to James Buchanan and Elizabeth ...17 KB (2,451 words) - 21:06, 20 March 2024
- RADAR is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine and ... Several inventors, scientists, and engineers contributed to the development ...32 KB (4,862 words) - 22:43, 7 December 2022
- Brachiosaurus is an extinct genus of huge, sauropod dinosaurs that ... the age of dinosaurs was over, it gave rise to a new stage that prepared the ...13 KB (1,833 words) - 02:00, 12 January 2023
- the evolution of offense in pro football. He is credited with creating many ... of Fame group in 1963. He was also named to the all-time college football ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 17:19, 30 January 2024
- remembered for his influential contributions to the study of learning and memory ... Johnston. At that time, Lashley decided to pursue a career in zoology. ...10 KB (1,439 words) - 07:17, 5 October 2022
- and Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ... Stanley Kubrick was born on July 26, 1928, to a Jewish family at the ...59 KB (9,500 words) - 19:51, 9 February 2023
- Wizard of Tuskegee," Washington worked to achieve economic and social ... Southern freedmen needed an action program to meet the challenges of poverty ...32 KB (5,107 words) - 19:08, 20 November 2023
- where they eventually settled. This process is part of the story of human ... The division of the Goths is first attested in 291.Herwig Wolfram ...25 KB (3,947 words) - 04:44, 18 November 2022
- a strict deconstruction of the term, refers to what people in common would ... for philosophical knowledge. Reid tried to develop a position that could ...13 KB (2,021 words) - 04:14, 24 November 2022
- and patron of the arts. From c. 1305 to 1328 he held the position as ... interests. He studied astronomy, and sought to restore Attic purity to the ...8 KB (1,270 words) - 17:58, 30 April 2023
- [[Image:Bullying Irfe.jpg|thumb|250 px|Bullying can be detrimental ... Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others, through ...28 KB (4,146 words) - 18:43, 22 November 2023
- singer, and this undoubtedly contributed to his great affinity for vocal ... Britten once wrote: “It is cruel, you know, that music should be ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 09:18, 27 September 2023
- the transmission of Zen Buddhism from India to China (where it is known as ... His teachings point to a direct experience of Buddha-Nature rather ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- Esox is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, whose members are known ... type species, E. lucius (the northern pike) is the only circumpolar member ...24 KB (3,763 words) - 18:12, 26 February 2022
- of major decisions. Administration can be defined as the universal process ... Early in the twentieth century, management came to be regarded as ...13 KB (1,727 words) - 06:01, 15 June 2023
- A cult, strictly speaking, is a particular system of religious worship ... During the twentieth century, groups referred to as "cults" ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 06:44, 11 January 2024
- :This article is about the chemical substance. {|class="infobox ... Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for all known ...56 KB (8,647 words) - 23:15, 3 May 2023
- Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, with an area of 227 ... crucial in the settlement of the area, and is believed by historians to have ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- Nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the vertebrate ... The nephrons' functions are vital to life. In human beings, there ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- INRI is an acronym of the Latin phrase IESVS·NAZARENVS·REX·IVDÆORVM ... (Hebrew, Latin, and Greek), was affixed to the cross. Within Western Christianity ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is a stock exchange based in New ... Trading on the floor was available only to members who had purchased one ...22 KB (3,309 words) - 21:49, 14 November 2022
- Howler monkey is the common name for the tropical, arboreal New World ... monkeys (NPRC), ranging from southern Mexico to northern Argentina (Strier ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 19:31, 7 February 2024
- Sydney is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan ... Sydney is located on Australia's southeast coast. The city is ...33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- epic. Blegen, thus, contributed greatly to our understanding of these ... in 1919. Following the war, he returned to United States to complete his ...9 KB (1,327 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
- the Aesir) that was mythologically connected to the abode of the mortals (Midgard ... While Asgard is to be destroyed at the great battle of Ragnarök, ...19 KB (3,050 words) - 03:59, 18 August 2023
- Embryophyta is a major grouping of plants, sometimes known as "land ... on earth. Without embryophytes, there would be no animals or humans surviving ...11 KB (1,564 words) - 10:22, 21 January 2023
- Yakshagana (Kannada:ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ, pronounced as yaksha-gaana ... were created and performances began to be held outside of Karnataka ...30 KB (4,418 words) - 10:04, 22 May 2023
- An electrical generator is a device that converts mechanical energy ... Today, generators are used in many different machines and have led ...16 KB (2,450 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- He was the first American to devote himself extensively to mural painting ... by the late 1870s, LaFarge used watercolor to make studies for illustrations ...18 KB (2,681 words) - 02:30, 9 February 2023
- the territory of the Hetmanate was limited to left-bank Ukraine. In 1764 ... The Hetmanate state consisted of most of what is now central Ukraine ...25 KB (3,590 words) - 23:40, 6 April 2022
- and proponent of women's rights. She is sometimes credited with being ... was a stop on the Underground Railroad prior to the Civil War and her views ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 02:27, 5 November 2022
- Mastodon is the common name for any of the large, extinct elephant ... Often references to mastodons are limited to members of the genus ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 16:47, 7 November 2022
- An herbicide is an agent used to kill unwanted plants. Selective herbicides ... from skin rashes, nausea, and fatigue to headaches, chest pain, and ...17 KB (2,537 words) - 15:43, 25 January 2023
- Pyridine is a fundamentally important chemical compound with the formula ... This compound has numerous applications. It is both a versatile solvent ...11 KB (1,458 words) - 03:38, 7 December 2022
- Baba, was an Indian guru, yogi and Sufi who is regarded simultaneously by ... charity, contentment, inner peace, devotion to God and guru. His philosophy ...29 KB (4,491 words) - 20:40, 17 April 2023
- Angkor Wat (meaning: "Capital Temple") is an ancient temple ... Khmer architecture. The temple was designed to represent Mount Meru, home ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 01:44, 9 January 2023
- A Plastid is any member of a family of organelles found in the cells ... which metabolize sugar and fatty acids to produce energy (captured by ...12 KB (1,679 words) - 16:58, 14 October 2021
- The collective unconscious refers to that part of the unconscious ... Jung believed that the collective unconscious guides us to self-fulfillment ...15 KB (2,390 words) - 22:33, 7 January 2024
- addressing questions of philosophy. Wundt is typically acknowledged as the ... a rather dour person, totally committed to intellectual endeavors of a ...20 KB (2,709 words) - 12:00, 5 May 2023
- Criminology is the scientific study of crime as an individual and ... Attempts to understand what causes individuals to commit criminal ...34 KB (4,876 words) - 06:24, 11 January 2024
- The term felony is a term used in common law systems for very serious ... Whether a crime is grave or less serious, a crime is still an act ...15 KB (2,199 words) - 16:11, 5 April 2017
- reigned between 609 and 598 B.C.E. His name is also sometimes spelled Jehoikim ... II invaded Judah and forced Jehoiakim to shift his allegiance to Babylon ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 20:02, 4 November 2023
- when she became the first journalist to be expelled from Nazi Germany ... For her dedication to reporting the truth and awakening Americans ...14 KB (2,067 words) - 17:28, 30 January 2024
- occurs relatively rapidly in comparison to much longer periods of evolutionary ... An ardent advocate of evolutionary theory who wrote in opposition ...30 KB (4,344 words) - 04:42, 28 April 2023
- A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library ... cataloging and classifying library materials is called a cataloger or catalog ...25 KB (3,639 words) - 22:33, 25 October 2022
- A bottle is a container with a neck that is narrower than the body ... of human history. They are typically used to store liquids such as water ...10 KB (1,456 words) - 14:41, 28 April 2020
- the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the largest of the Earth's ... With Asian countries on the western Pacific rim projected to continue ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- After Stanislas, Duhem’s father wanted him to study applied science at École ... was incorrect, and that free energy should be used instead. Unfortunately ...15 KB (2,236 words) - 05:22, 24 November 2022
- |motto = Terras irradient (Let Them Give Light to the World) ... Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 06:57, 25 July 2023
- The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group ... the cause of Reform; it will Endeavour to assist in the diffusion of ...15 KB (2,174 words) - 15:37, 30 April 2023
- In Jewish tradition, a cantor or hazzan is a musician trained in the ... Jewish law restricts the cantor's role to Jewish males over the age of ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He is known as the "liberator ... of dictatorial authority, he wanted to establish a democracy. This ...15 KB (2,196 words) - 17:13, 29 September 2023
- Botany is the branch of biology dealing with the scientific study ... Historically, botany covered all organisms not considered to be animals ...17 KB (2,438 words) - 19:52, 20 November 2023
- #039;s League contributed significantly to the work of the League of Nations ... of Bryn Mawr College in 1889. She continued to study sociology and economics ...10 KB (1,611 words) - 18:17, 13 February 2024
- clan-based dissident groups opposed to his rule with his special forces ... humanitarian operations and trying to create conditions conducive ...21 KB (3,059 words) - 01:10, 4 February 2023
- 'Cyrenaica' that it has retained to modern times. It lies in a ... eventually forgotten. The history of Cyrene is the same history that befell ...13 KB (1,919 words) - 18:50, 12 May 2020
- Watermelon refers to both the edible fruit and vine-like plant (Citrullus ... berry or false berry (accessory fruit) that is derived from an inferior ovary ...20 KB (2,988 words) - 23:18, 3 May 2023
- The chemical compound formaldehyde (also known as methanal) is a gas ... of carbon-containing materials. It may be found in the smoke from forest ...18 KB (2,445 words) - 06:34, 1 April 2024
- directors and their films. He went on to set up his own film company ... Truffaut was a "secret child," born out-of-wedlock in Paris ...31 KB (5,089 words) - 09:39, 11 April 2024
- and mechanical action come in quanta, that is, in discrete units. While one ... of even an ideal measurement of a system is not deterministic, but instead ...26 KB (4,014 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- of the NFL's Chicago Bears. He was born to resourceful Bohemian immigrants ... pasttime," in no small part due to Halas' contributions. ...14 KB (2,238 words) - 16:49, 20 May 2024
- dvaitadvaita, duality in unity. There is considerable disagreement regarding ... Nimbarka’s philosophical position is simultaneous duality and non ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 04:44, 15 November 2022
- Ichneumonidae is a diverse family of wasps, typically characterized ... America. The distribution of Ichneumonidae is one of the most notable exceptions ...15 KB (1,966 words) - 13:28, 4 February 2023
- The Greek word telos means goal, end, or purpose, and teleology is ... Greek virtue ethics. Aristotle’s ethics is the most influential example ...13 KB (2,107 words) - 05:34, 27 February 2023
- highly developed neural organs allows them to have an excellent capacity ... the mollusk shell has been internalized or is absent; this subclass includes ...18 KB (2,469 words) - 01:46, 13 January 2023
- The NASA Astrophysics Data System (usually referred to as ADS) is ... ADS is an extremely powerful research tool, and has had a significant ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- Akkad. The earliest mention of Babylon can be found in a tablet of the reign ... understanding ever after as a people called to establish God's universal ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 05:24, 26 August 2023
- In Judaism, the yetzer harah is the inclination or impulse to evil ... The term yetzer refers to the inclination toward either good or evil ...17 KB (2,843 words) - 11:10, 24 May 2023
- became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of ... awarded Yeager a silver medal equivalent to a noncombat Medal of Honor ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- In addition to painting two United States presidents - Theodore Roosevelt ... His prodigious career has become a testament to a bygone era - a ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- then) radical focus on ecumenism (stressing, to an extent, the shared religious ... According to Hans Küng, who served as an expert theological advisor ...53 KB (8,198 words) - 14:42, 3 May 2023
- an argument based on the Book of Genesis to support the position that every ... When civil war broke out in 1642, Filmer was too old to fight, but ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 05:04, 15 December 2022
- Lynx (plural lynxes or lynx) is both the common and scientific name ... while they also are securing the nutrition to assure their own maintenance ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 04:38, 5 November 2022
- Schaaf's death was partially attributed to the beating he had earlier ... his career, Baer shockingly lost the title to James J. Braddock, the "Cinderella ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 00:53, 9 November 2022
- He was a gifted scientist, who contributed to the understanding of cosmic ... children of Europeans and Indians acclimated to western culture. Across from ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 11:24, 2 February 2024
- In addition to his wins, he was known for devising a system of full ... The year before they said their vows, Miller was asked to coach boys ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 00:29, 8 December 2022
- , also known as Abba Pachomius and Pakhom, is generally recognized as the ... divine. Saints are known for their devotion to God as well as for their commitment ...11 KB (1,740 words) - 00:48, 23 December 2022
- The “Fulani Empire” is now known as the Sokoto Caliphate or “Sultanate ... powerful empires in sub-Saharan Africa prior to European conquest and colonization ...23 KB (3,525 words) - 07:17, 15 April 2024
- office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. He was one of the most ... western philosophy). He also attempted to resolve contradictions and ...33 KB (5,289 words) - 05:15, 31 July 2023
- ) is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near ... generators (50 MW each) that provide power to the plant itself, the total ...109 KB (14,087 words) - 23:55, 3 February 2024
- Prize for literature in 1980, for his novel Rites of Passage the first ... British Suffrage movement. The family moved to Marlborough and Golding attended ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 12:13, 8 May 2023
- Bank. Though he served only briefly, Meyer is credited with instilling the ... However, he dropped out after just one year to enroll at Yale University where ...9 KB (1,262 words) - 04:14, 23 March 2024
- Reconstruction is the name of the historical period following the ... Reconstruction is generally dated from 1865 to 1877, but some historians ...46 KB (6,871 words) - 19:08, 16 April 2023
- The Olympic Games (often referred to simply as The Olympics) are the ... in the Olympic Games has increased to include athletes from nearly ...28 KB (4,253 words) - 00:34, 18 November 2022
- A drill (from the Dutch term Drillen) is a tool with a rotating probe ... The earliest drills were bow drills, dating back to the ancient Harappans ...16 KB (2,609 words) - 21:09, 30 January 2024
- Lac Léman, le Léman, or Lac de Genève) is the second largest freshwater ... Lake Geneva is famous for its deep, blue and remarkably transparent ...16 KB (2,589 words) - 23:17, 21 October 2022
- GM, an American multinational corporation, is consistently the world's ... Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, and Vauxhall. GM is the majority shareholder in ...40 KB (5,886 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application ... forensic skills would win. This origin is the source of the two modern ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 06:30, 1 April 2024
- A papal bull is a special kind of patent or charter issued by a pope ... retroactively used the term "bull" to describe any elaborate papal ...15 KB (2,289 words) - 07:29, 18 November 2022
- Planetary habitability is the measure of a planet's or a natural ... An absolute requirement for life is an energy source, and the notion ...54 KB (8,172 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- and methodological work contributed to the development of sociology ... Znaniecki, together with Thomas, were the first researchers to use ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 07:56, 21 May 2021
- in the United States. Opened in 1817, it is now known as the American School ... guided his life. He put aside his preaching to serve those he perceived to ...11 KB (1,641 words) - 21:19, 30 April 2023
- romantic painter, considered by many critics to be one of the finest representatives ... settled in Dresden, often traveling to other parts of Germany. Friedrich ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 14:22, 29 November 2023
- The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked South Asian nation situated ... One of the most isolated nations in the world, Bhutan is often described ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- The Epistle to the Romans is one of the books of the New Testament ... The main message of the Epistle is that salvation is available to ...13 KB (2,049 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- solo artist with great success in the early to mid 1940s, finding fame as ... Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records ...40 KB (6,385 words) - 05:09, 9 April 2024
- Air pollution is the human introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals ... Estimated deaths & DALYs attributable to selected environmental risk ...34 KB (4,855 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- twentieth century, including but not limited to the Holocaust. at the Nuremberg Trials. He was sentenced to death by hanging, but committed ...51 KB (7,918 words) - 14:29, 12 February 2022
- Denali National Park and Preserve is located in interior Alaska and ... in the native Athabaskan language and refers to the Mount McKinley. The mountain ...19 KB (2,921 words) - 09:33, 28 January 2024
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