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- journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of ... Civil War, which he supported as a remedy to slavery. Garrison was also ...24 KB (3,479 words) - 18:24, 17 April 2023
- that the local church in each place should be self-governing, as they studied ... together in fellowship and in order to share resources and soon appointed ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 21:16, 30 April 2023
- Manichaeism is an extinct dualistic religion of Iranian origin, founded ... Theologically, Manichaeism is a dualistic religion that postulated ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- 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
- from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He is perhaps best remembered for ... brother had died in infancy, he became heir to the throne of England (and ...19 KB (3,042 words) - 21:42, 8 December 2022
- (1,300 km) northeast from Hokkaidō, Japan, to the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula ... in 1855, and 20 years later they laid claim to the entire chain. The islands ...30 KB (4,467 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- pitch when struck. This feature enables them to play a significant role in ... Timpani evolved from military drums to become a staple of the classical ...25 KB (3,944 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- [[Image:Eingang Mathematisches Kolloquium.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance ... around Moritz Schlick when he was called to a professorship at the University ...34 KB (4,936 words) - 20:14, 3 May 2023
- scandal coverage that eventually led to the resignation of President ... Katharine Meyer Graham was born on June 16, 1917, in New York City ...20 KB (3,045 words) - 17:10, 5 October 2022
- engineer, and electrical engineer. He is best known for his revolutionary ... Aside from his work on electromagnetism and engineering, Tesla is ...61 KB (9,138 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- Herring is the common name for any of the various fish comprising ... While herring generally is the term used for members of the family ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 22:35, 1 January 2023
- The Fall of Rome or the Fall of the Roman Empire refers to the defeat ... Some European nations saw themselves as so indebted to the legacy ...28 KB (4,463 words) - 00:34, 25 March 2024
- A department store is a retail establishment which specializes in ... aspects of the retail business continue to make advances, the role of ...29 KB (4,395 words) - 09:47, 29 January 2024
- Dublin is both the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland ... The Dubh Linn was a lake used by the Vikings to moor their ships and was connected ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom ... Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- in Japan in his youth. After returning to China, he joined the Kuomintang ... In 1966, Guo Moruo was forced to give "self-criticism" under ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 19:48, 12 July 2023
- ("Old Republic"). Carrera rose to prominence in the Chilean independence ... rebellion against foreign Spanish rule is noteworthy. It is the work ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 19:38, 9 May 2024
- The Peace Corps is an independent United States federal agency. The ... “to promote world peace and friendship through a Peace Corps, which ...28 KB (4,023 words) - 23:51, 10 August 2023
- tribe of Southern California. They refer to themselves as the Yuhaviatam ... When Europeans arrived they brought great change to this people. The ...12 KB (1,746 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- Akram), Pathan improved his batting skills to become a bowling allrounder ... had been dropped from the squad. He returned to international cricket in September ...28 KB (4,101 words) - 13:13, 6 March 2024
- The British Museum in London, England, is one of the world's ... center of the museum was redeveloped in 2000 to become the Great Court, with ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- Mycenae (Greek grc|Μυκῆναι), is an archaeological site in ... in the nineteenth century began to excavate the site, and Heinrich ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 22:40, 10 November 2022
- Acetaldehyde, sometimes known as ethanal, is an organic chemical compound ... Acetaldehyde is a common 2-carbon building block in organic synthesis. ...10 KB (1,279 words) - 07:33, 14 June 2023
- Tolstoy was born in Saint Petersburg to the famous family of Count ... of Moscow in 1836, and was assigned to the Russian diplomatic mission ...7 KB (1,141 words) - 05:10, 17 June 2023
- The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (also referred to as: Bosnian Conflict ... Since the war in Bosnia is a consequence of events in the wider region ...36 KB (5,522 words) - 14:58, 9 February 2022
- The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom, and ... two main areas which are tackled by the Bank to ensure it carries out these ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 03:34, 17 September 2023
- is the Islamic rite of pilgrimage in Mecca, the city in Saudi Arabia ... It is the most overt demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim ...29 KB (4,558 words) - 16:54, 21 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
- Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population ... century, and finally forced the Protestants to leave on a cruel forced exodus ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- business executive, and philanthropist. He is best known as a part-owner ... and his fund donated over $70 million to public schools, colleges and ...10 KB (1,544 words) - 09:56, 12 May 2024
- Michel Foucault is best known for his critical studies of various ... 15, 1926 in Poitiers as Paul-Michel Foucault to a notable provincial family ...48 KB (6,765 words) - 17:10, 9 November 2022
- American novelist and short story writer. He is recognized, with his close ... religious doubt was an unspoken subtext to much of his fiction, while ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 21:23, 27 October 2023
- Leipzig (1746-1748), during which he began to write for the stage. he wrote "Miss Sara Samson," which is widely considered as one of ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 06:09, 31 December 2022
- Coal is a black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed primarily ... been a dangerous occupation, exposing miners to lung diseases and causing many ...32 KB (4,888 words) - 22:13, 7 January 2024
- 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
- ) 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
- I and John. She was one of the first women to take up the cross and go on ... all the world were mine from the seashore to the Rhine, that price were ...39 KB (6,271 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- The Epistle to the Ephesians is one of the books of the New Testament ... The primary theme of Ephesians is the church, its basic nature and ...15 KB (2,422 words) - 19:05, 13 February 2024
- The Unconscious is a rich concept with a multi-faceted history. For ... " and in reality it was language, that is, that element which is already ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 01:35, 3 May 2023
- worshiped in the Memphis region and thought to represent rulership and masculine ... Though Hape (Apis) is named on some of the earliest monuments in ancient ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- In natural philosophy, atomism is the theory that all the objects ... Traditional atomism is used in two distinct domains: The atoms of ...37 KB (5,618 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- in regional dominance in Asia from China to Japan, a fatal blow to the ... and military might, encouraging Japan to take on the job of civilizing ...31 KB (4,561 words) - 17:25, 28 March 2024
- The Sahara, located in Northern Africa, is the world's largest ... the Sahara was a much wetter place than it is today. Over 30,000 petroglyphs ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- April 13, 1598, by King Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants ... The Edict aimed primarily to end the long-running, disruptive French ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 17:25, 6 October 2020
- Longinus (Greek: Λογγίνος) is the conventional name of the ... the work was initially attributed to Cassius Dionysius Longinus ...20 KB (2,950 words) - 21:04, 3 November 2022
- in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S ... leader in central Maine. She was elected to Congress in 1936 serving until ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 08:31, 10 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
- minimalist cinematic style that, according to many critics, points to spirituality ... Biographical information about Bresson is incomplete and somewhat ...22 KB (3,559 words) - 03:13, 15 December 2022
- There is lack of consensus over what range of animals is encompassed ... , the main distinction between mice and rats is a matter of size, with relatively ...17 KB (2,522 words) - 01:46, 11 March 2023
- A wave is a disturbance that propagates through space in a regular ... the range of human hearing. It should be noted that although these waves ...13 KB (2,010 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- For a chemical reaction to take place, it requires a certain minimum ... an alternative pathway for the reaction to occur. In so doing, the catalytic ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 17:49, 30 November 2023
- were part of the ruling elite in Korea prior to 1945 and during the Republics ... a yangban ancestor. Yangban ancestry can be traced through the Chokbo, ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
- Virtual reality (VR) is technology which allows a user to interact ... treadmill. The simulated environment can be similar to the real world, ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 20:36, 3 May 2023
- The State of Indiana is the 19th U.S. state and is located in the ... Indiana is a diverse state with urban areas and smaller industrial ...31 KB (4,480 words) - 18:55, 4 March 2024
- He believed that Church and State should not be separate but rather work together ... New York, as the eldest of three children to Ezra Sterling and Harriet Gardner ...15 KB (2,225 words) - 20:55, 16 April 2023
- Political abuse of psychiatry is the misuse of psychiatric diagnosis ... Leonid Brezhnev, psychiatry was used to disable and remove from society ...199 KB (24,192 words) - 20:08, 19 September 2022
- the American Civil Rights Movement. Angelou is known for her series of six ... #039;s inauguration in 1993, the first poet to make an inaugural recitation ...37 KB (5,309 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
- Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog) is a reciprocal conversation between ... verbal connotation. While communication can be an exchange of ideas and information ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- ) formerly Apple Computer Inc., is an American multinational corporation ... word "Computer" on January 9, 2007 to reflect the company's ...56 KB (7,806 words) - 15:54, 11 August 2023
- Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating ... rotation, oscillations, or waves, frequency is defined as a number of cycles ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- The Tāj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. The Mughal emperor ... The Taj Mahal is considered by many to be the finest example of Mughal ...30 KB (4,795 words) - 03:53, 27 February 2023
- Omniscience is the capacity to know everything infinitely, or at least ... God's omniscience is related to the issue of predestination, ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 00:37, 18 November 2022
- Personalism is a philosophical perspective that holds that the person ... (Catholic) contexts, and it can broadly be qualified as a theistic humanism ...9 KB (1,336 words) - 00:44, 24 November 2022
- several novels and even a children's novel, she was primarily known ... Born in San Francisco, to Leslie and Geraldine Jackson, Shirley and ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 14:20, 27 January 2023
- is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or ... Catamarans are a relatively recent introduction to the design of boats ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 17:50, 30 November 2023
- Neoptera is a major taxonomic group of insects that includes almost ... Some groups within Neoptera do not have the ability to fold their ...10 KB (1,256 words) - 04:33, 11 March 2023
- In Norse mythology, Brunhild or Brynhildr is one of the Valkyries ... Brunhilda of Austrasia, who was married to the Merovingian king Sigebert ...18 KB (2,858 words) - 16:28, 30 April 2020
- Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. ...20 KB (3,265 words) - 00:26, 25 April 2021
- of all ages today. Their enduring popularity is based on Dumas' treatment ... old, leaving a nearly impoverished mother to raise him under difficult conditions ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 06:36, 20 July 2023
- A basilica, in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions, is a church building ... The Latin word basilica was originally used to describe a public building ...21 KB (3,233 words) - 03:32, 1 January 2022
- Havana, officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the capital city, major ... Havana has a long and colorful history dating to earliest human habitation ...29 KB (4,178 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country of ... and having sparse resources, Burundi is one of the poorest and most ...23 KB (3,228 words) - 18:48, 22 November 2023
- of the Masses (1930), described the rise to power and action of the “masses” ... a doctorate in philosophy. From 1905 to 1907, he continued his studies ...25 KB (3,932 words) - 01:34, 8 September 2022
- The Kalahari Desert is not really a desert, but rather a large arid ... They vary in size from a few hundred meters to a few square kilometers. There ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 17:03, 14 May 2024
- and under equipped police force, in 1948, to one of the world's most ... Republic of Korea Marine Corps, the ROKMC is a semi-autonomous organization ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- meant "Living Image of Amun." He is possibly also the Nibhurrereya ... In historical terms, Tutankhamun is of only moderate significance ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 02:21, 18 April 2023
- 1920s. He left his job as a teacher in 1931 to pursue politics full-time, ... in 1946. In June 1950, he was elected to the Presidium of the Supreme ...40 KB (5,479 words) - 22:14, 30 March 2023
- Cro-Magnon Man is a name applied to the earliest known European examples ... placed at approximately 32,000 years ago to 30,000 years ago, during the ...8 KB (1,081 words) - 00:21, 15 January 2023
- {{Unification Aspects|Human beings use music to express emotion. Human ... the instrument was then named). Designed to be easier to play than the ...1 KB (197 words) - 21:52, 24 February 2024
- text=Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises ...714 bytes (110 words) - 17:25, 24 November 2023
- The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region ... Arizona is a crossroad of culture and heritage intertwining many different ...21 KB (2,995 words) - 02:46, 15 August 2023
- Japanese: Ohōtsuku-kai (オホーツク海) is a northwestern arm of the Pacific ... This expansive sea—611,000 square miles (1,583,000 sq km)—is considered ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- ) is the largest steel company in the world, with 310,000 employees ... The company is headquartered in Luxembourg City, the former seat of ...21 KB (2,936 words) - 06:14, 12 August 2023
- Karl Ferdinand Braun for his contribution to the development of wireless ... several competitors in the field owed much to his integration of selected ...27 KB (3,973 words) - 00:54, 7 March 2023
- Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to ... children as sacrifices varied from culture to culture, the practice has been ...43 KB (6,539 words) - 15:29, 10 December 2023
- Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty is the name used for the third ... medieval art. This influence carried forward to the early Islamic world with ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- Knowledge is evaluated and organized information with implications ... Knowledge can be studied from a variety of disciplinary perspectives ...16 KB (2,254 words) - 16:10, 15 October 2020
- ), or half-timbering, is the method of creating framed structures ... One of the first people to use the term half-timbered was Mary Martha ...19 KB (2,817 words) - 23:35, 30 April 2023
- The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ... The total land area is 70 square miles (181.3 square kilometers), ...23 KB (3,267 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- 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
- Robin Hood is an archetypal figure in English folklore, whose story ... series, books, comics, and plays. There is no consensus as to whether ...35 KB (5,638 words) - 17:08, 16 August 2023
- Yahweh (יהוה) (ya•'we) is the primary Hebrew name of God ... In Christian Bibles, Yahweh is usually translated as "the LORD ...25 KB (4,138 words) - 10:00, 22 May 2023
- A chain is a series of connected links, usually made of metal. Chains ... Chains can also be used for decorative purposes, as in jewelry. On ...6 KB (898 words) - 01:13, 4 December 2023
- Yom Kippur (Hebrew:יוֹם כִּפּוּר meaning Day of Atonement ... In the Bible, the day is called Yom HaKippurim (Leviticus 23:27) and ...20 KB (3,188 words) - 16:40, 4 June 2023
- and several adjacent small islands. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean ... Cuba is the most populous country in the Caribbean. Its people, culture ...72 KB (10,971 words) - 06:40, 11 January 2024
- committed treason by selling nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union; the couple ... In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation. A ...14 KB (2,143 words) - 12:38, 18 April 2023
- ) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ... Rome's history spans more than 2,500 years. It is renowned as ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- an author of romance novels. The romance novel, as distinct from the ninteenth ... Born in Paris to a father of aristocratic lineage (from a grandaughter ...8 KB (1,162 words) - 14:56, 21 May 2024
- astronomy as an avocation. However, it is for his work in astronomy and ... 1997, ISBN 0415141230), xxi. A modern view is that he was an ethnically German ...33 KB (5,163 words) - 02:58, 8 January 2024
- 23, 1948) was an American film director. He is widely credited with being ... low and high, from the urban working-class to presidents at the White House ...18 KB (2,857 words) - 07:36, 12 January 2024
- The diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses compression ... Diesel intended the engine to use a variety of fuels including coal ...60 KB (9,401 words) - 14:31, 29 January 2024
- Belinsky is best known for his passionate commitment to social justice ... provincial realities. Belinsky left in 1825 to attend gymnasium in Penska ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:08, 18 November 2022
- of the New Testament. The original version is in rhyming Latin verse, and ... It is one of the most common books found as an illuminated manuscript ...10 KB (1,439 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- Tengri is the supreme god of the old Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Bulgar ... Tengri is a probable precursor of the Chinese deity Tian, which became ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 05:42, 27 February 2023
- Oregano is the common name for a perennial herbaceous plant, Origanum ... Plectranthus amboinicus in the mint family is known as "Cuban oregano ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 01:11, 18 November 2022
- Phenol, also known under an older name of carbolic acid, is a toxic ... The word phenol is also used to refer to any compound which contains ...8 KB (1,204 words) - 02:56, 24 November 2022
- among many Sikhs in Punjab. He tried to spread the original values ... Samachar Group. He willingly surrendered to police who later released him ...16 KB (2,278 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- religious tradition: first, it can refer to a measurement of time in the ... The Vedangas are first mentioned in the Mundaka Upanishad as topics ...10 KB (1,446 words) - 22:19, 3 April 2023
- of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is an international convention ... on September 3, 1981. The United States is the only developed nation that ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- II), (792–872), pope from December 14, 867 to December 14, 872, was a member ... members. Comparitively little information is available on the personal and ...9 KB (1,412 words) - 06:17, 15 June 2023
- ) (ca. 21 March 598 – 661) was an early Islamic leader. He is seen ... between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims, Ali is also a figure around whom Muslims ...25 KB (4,139 words) - 18:19, 21 July 2023
- of Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph. The battle is often marked as the event that ... The Battle of Karbala is particularly central to Shi'a Muslim ...12 KB (2,050 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- disillusioned by the injustices of the world to fully take up the hopeful, ... Heine is often labeled the first of the "post-Romantic" ...13 KB (2,100 words) - 08:29, 21 January 2024
- age of 20, in which he argued effectively to gain from his guardians what ... public political speeches. He would go on to devote the most productive ...80 KB (11,861 words) - 09:32, 28 January 2024
- Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site is a National Historic ... The creation of the memorial site is, as stated by Secretary of the ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:11, 23 December 2022
- Karaites, Karaite Judaism or Karaism is a Jewish denomination characterized ... "Readers (of Scripture)," and is derived from the old Hebrew ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 07:10, 5 October 2022
- Mithraism is only documented in the form it had acquired in the Roman ... It is not possible to state with certainty when "the mysteries ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States ... Slightly more than 86 percent of its land is owned by the United States ...34 KB (5,052 words) - 04:36, 11 March 2023
- Formal logic is logic that deals with the form or logical structure ... (a description that applies correctly to an individual person or object ...7 KB (926 words) - 06:33, 1 April 2024
- new religious movement, its core philosophy is based on scriptures such as ... status and began planning for a journey to America in order to spread ...34 KB (5,270 words) - 13:23, 7 February 2023
- Eggplant is the common name for a perennial plant, Solanum melongena ... A variety of eggplant that is particularly prized in some regions ...16 KB (2,414 words) - 23:58, 12 February 2024
- He gained recognition as the first actor to portray fictional British secret ... As an actor, Connery brought the characters he played to life, providing ...44 KB (6,554 words) - 17:35, 25 January 2023
- Bryant was the first guard in NBA history to play 20 seasons. His 18 All ... retired from the NBA and moved his family to Rieti in Italy to continue ...95 KB (13,365 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- The term Community College is used almost exclusively in the United ... inferior and their funding would be better-used supporting traditional ...21 KB (3,019 words) - 00:18, 8 January 2024
- books about theological problems. Arminius is best known for his critique ... holding that God had chosen those who were to be saved or damned even before ...11 KB (1,626 words) - 08:08, 18 March 2024
- Gull is the common name for any of the aquatic birds comprising the ... In common usage, members of various gull species are often referred ...12 KB (1,696 words) - 04:38, 7 December 2021
- The Jesus myth hypothesis, or simply Jesus myth, refers to the theory ... of most biblical scholars and historians is that Jesus was a historical ...41 KB (6,172 words) - 22:02, 17 February 2023
- A religious separatist, Williams questioned the right of the colonists ... During his 50 years in New England, the English theologian contributed ...17 KB (2,483 words) - 02:41, 16 December 2022
- first of the thirteenth century theologians to attempt to reconcile Aristotle ... the first member of a mendicant order to the faculty of the University ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 15:20, 14 May 2023
- May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental ... time in a military hospital, before fleeing to fight in anti-Nazi groups. ...14 KB (2,188 words) - 04:19, 4 November 2022
- into Gaye's unselfish actions to better communicate with others ... However, with his successful 1971 album, What's Going On, and subsequent ...27 KB (4,247 words) - 08:37, 10 March 2023
- The Gospel of Mary is an ancient Christian text rediscovered by scholars ... de Boer. 1980. The Gospel of Mary Listening to the Beloved Disciple. (Continuum ...15 KB (2,491 words) - 18:05, 27 December 2022
- A business plan is a formal, written statement of a set of business ... well as how it will fund its activities. It is important for the plan to be ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 18:51, 22 November 2023
- A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, ... mounted so the plane of rotation for each is perpendicular to the plane ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 08:50, 29 July 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
- Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country ... In 1895 the name "Rhodesia" was applied to the Ndebele territory ...31 KB (4,520 words) - 05:42, 13 June 2023
- exception of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who wrote to the then-unknown author, "I ... Whitman imagined that these divisions could be sublimated through the power ...22 KB (3,515 words) - 22:10, 3 May 2023
- Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti) is a Eurasian country that stretches ... Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara, which is used by geographers ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- the beginning of the twentieth century up to about the 1970s or 1980s, and ... Central to logical positivism and logical empiricism were the Vienna ...27 KB (4,040 words) - 18:56, 26 July 2023
- Tell (opera))—the end of the overture is popularly known for being the ... Rossini's father was sympathetic to the French, and welcomed ...21 KB (3,251 words) - 13:21, 15 December 2022
- years; its origins are often traced back to the I Ching (the Book of Changes ... ), but it draws on an oral tradition that goes back to neolithic times. ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- of the Constitution of the United States. It is the fourth and final essay in a series of essays that he wrote advocating the importance of political ...897 bytes (152 words) - 00:32, 31 October 2023
- also called correspondence education, is a field of education that focuses ... 1840. This element of feedback was crucial to Pitman's system, as he ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 15:30, 29 January 2024
- 4, 1924) was an English author and poet. She is most famous for her children ... Her modern and realistic approach to the genre has been noted as a ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- society or fraternal organization) is a mutual association for insurance ... The history of friendly societies is entwined with benefit societies ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 06:44, 15 April 2024
- Leucine is an α-amino acid that is found in most proteins and is ... In humans, the L-isomer of leucine is one of the 20 standard amino ...8 KB (1,156 words) - 22:03, 25 October 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
- Public opinion is the aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs ... Adam Smith referred to it in his Theory of Moral Sentiments, but Jeremy ...30 KB (4,541 words) - 18:05, 14 April 2023
- the lintel, high, lofty, elevated, exalted), is the quality of greatness or ... The first study of the value of the sublime is the treatise ascribed ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 21:10, 26 February 2023
- included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is best known for his philosophical ... and American Civil War heroes. Prior to Percy's birth, his grandfather ...9 KB (1,310 words) - 18:46, 17 April 2023
- Cosmetics are substances used to enhance or protect the appearance ... defines cosmetics as products "intended to be applied to the human body ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 18:25, 17 January 2023
- Modern geologists and geophysicists consider the age of Earth to be ... et Cosmochimica Acta 10:230-237. and is consistent with the ages of ...34 KB (5,149 words) - 06:44, 16 June 2023
- Alluvium (from the Latin alluvius, from alluere, meaning "to ... its length. In areas where the river flow is fast, more particles are picked ...5 KB (763 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- of the Gregorian calendar, the battle is now commemorated on July 12. a key part in Irish Protestant folklore. It is still commemorated today, principally ...20 KB (3,207 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- physicists, and a philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath ... became the President of France (from 1913 to 1920) and a fellow member of ...40 KB (5,908 words) - 07:01, 22 January 2024
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- The Book of Proverbs is one of the books of the "Writings" ... Traditionally ascribed to Solomon, Proverbs today is generally held ...13 KB (2,047 words) - 00:28, 19 November 2023
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- The Holy Spirit refers to the third person of the Trinity in Christianity ... Fathers were instrumental in helping to establish it. Later a technical ...27 KB (4,354 words) - 11:19, 2 February 2024
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