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- to publish and distribute leaflets under the group name of the White Rose ... http://www.shoaheducation.com/whiterose.html The White Rose.] Retrieved July ...18 KB (2,854 words) - 01:17, 4 February 2023
- A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, that ... The history of the flag dates back to at least Roman times. The study ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- The year 1992 marked the centennial of the beginning of the Donghak ... Japan also sent troops, unrequested, leading to the outbreak of the ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet that rose to the top of ... After founding the group in Detroit, Michigan, as The Four Aims, lead ...13 KB (2,032 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- employed methods drawn from a wide range of disciplines, from philosophy ... Bourdieu studied philosophy in Paris at the École Normale Supérieure ...23 KB (3,373 words) - 05:19, 24 November 2022
- and in English; but is best known for Out of Africa, her account of living ... Her memoirs of pioneering a coffee farm in Africa, where she had an ...13 KB (2,045 words) - 07:11, 5 October 2022
- A revolution occurred in twentieth century music listening as the ... Music performances became increasingly visual with the broadcast and ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive ... For example, the works of William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 17:00, 2 January 2023
- committed nationalist and socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of ... O'Casey was especially associated with the Abbey Theatre in Dublin ...10 KB (1,633 words) - 17:35, 25 January 2023
- The dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument of two main varieties ... The word dulcimer is Graeco-Roman, meaning "sweet song," ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the Stalin and Khrushchev years ... Anastas Mikoyan joined the Bolshevik Party and fought in Baku during ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 17:21, 2 December 2022
- August 12, 1762 – June 26, 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great ... often interfering in politics, especially in the matter of Catholic emancipation ...44 KB (6,632 words) - 10:49, 13 December 2023
- Aceh (pronounced AH-chay) is one of the provinces of Indonesia and ... There is a sociocultural divide as well; the Acehnese practice Islam, while ...19 KB (2,798 words) - 07:32, 14 June 2023
- Periodization is the attempt to categorize or divide historical time ... To the extent that history is continuous and not generalized, all ...29 KB (4,535 words) - 16:10, 29 December 2020
- Victorian literature is the body of poetry, fiction, essays, and letters ... During the nineteenth century the novel become the leading form of ...18 KB (2,842 words) - 20:10, 3 May 2023
- and audio engineer. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing ... Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in the autumn of ...30 KB (4,767 words) - 07:53, 28 January 2024
- American football, known in the United States simply as football, ... American football descended from rugby football, played in the United ...31 KB (5,091 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- Digital preservation is a set of processes and activities that maintain ... The preservation of digital information is widely considered to require ...34 KB (4,699 words) - 14:38, 29 January 2024
- The Church of Scotland (known informally as The Kirk) is the national ... The church adheres to the Bible and the Westminster Confession of ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- Awards and one Tony Award. She was ranked as the fourth greatest female star ... At the time, Bergman's marriage was unhappy. Few people at the ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:21, 19 November 2022
- ), the capital city of Bavaria, Germany, is the third largest city ... After World War I, Munich became a hotbed of right-wing politics, ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- [[Image:James I of England by Daniel Mytens in 1621.jpg|thumb|250px ... James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (Charles James ...30 KB (4,913 words) - 21:16, 20 March 2024
- country in Central Europe with a population of over five million, bordering ... The eight hundred years of Hungarian oppression was openly confronted ...34 KB (4,817 words) - 14:57, 27 April 2023
- The Philadelphia Convention (now also known as the Constitutional ... The convention failed to resolve successfully the question of slavery ...26 KB (3,802 words) - 03:12, 24 November 2022
- In Hinduism, the Rāmāyaṇa is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed ... The Rāmāyaṇa consists of 24,000 verses About 480,000 words, or ...37 KB (6,200 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- 17, 2013) was a British writer, author of novels including The Grass ... (1944–1956), when she was writing on the theme of radical social issues ...22 KB (3,145 words) - 21:11, 26 March 2024
- Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and is its largest city, with ... Bratislava was a key economic and administrative center of the Kingdom ...38 KB (5,662 words) - 22:52, 20 November 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
- Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the ... Nurses develop a plan of care, working collaboratively with physicians ...27 KB (3,663 words) - 10:11, 11 March 2023
- an Australian author widely regarded as one of the major English-language ... White was born in Knightsbridge, London. The family returned to Australia ...13 KB (2,140 words) - 16:45, 21 November 2022
- This article is about the nation of Georgia. For the U.S. state, see ... , known officially from 1990 to 1995 as the Republic of Georgia, is a ...46 KB (6,605 words) - 20:12, 4 September 2023
- Goldwyn-Mayer who became popular during the Second World War for her portrayal ... consecutive nominations (1941–1945) in the actress category, winning ...27 KB (3,873 words) - 22:37, 26 July 2022
- A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the twentieth ... as a pre-adolescent and, after a period of estrangement in the 1970s, ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
- The America’s Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta ... During the year of the first World's Fair, American boatbuilders ...31 KB (4,811 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- 1903 – March 10, 1966) was an Irish author of over 150 works, who was best ... #039;s mother took full responsibility of the household and supported ...11 KB (1,818 words) - 05:07, 9 April 2024
- The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient ... The myth, with its complex symbolism, is integral to ancient Egyptian ...56 KB (8,963 words) - 04:38, 18 November 2022
- The Cannes Film Festival ( link=no|Festival de Cannes ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ( fr|Festival ...31 KB (4,402 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- The Cologne Cathedral ( Kölner Dom , officially de|Hohe Domkirche ... ) is renowned as a monument of Christianity, of Gothic architecture ...24 KB (3,597 words) - 22:36, 7 January 2024
- The Lèi tái (Traditional: 擂臺 Simplified: 擂台 “Beat (a ... The absence of a railing or ropes makes the lei tai a unique fighting ...22 KB (3,362 words) - 07:42, 6 March 2023
- western traditions. Like many other types of dances it has specific rules ... Like America itself, country/western dancing is a melting pot of many ...19 KB (2,953 words) - 16:29, 27 April 2024
- Fiji, officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands, is an island nation ... In the Second World War, the people of Fiji co-operated with the Allies ...27 KB (3,980 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- Harare (formerly Salisbury) is the capital of Zimbabwe. It lies in ... It serves as a distribution point for the surrounding agricultural and ...23 KB (3,136 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- 17, 1917) was a French sculptor, and one of the pre-eminent sculptors of ... A pose might be considered too informal, the exactness of his forms too ...42 KB (6,353 words) - 19:06, 21 August 2023
- also be used for table and wall coverings. The hand-knotted pile carpet has ... Carpets are made of natural and synthetic fibers, such as wool, nylon ...28 KB (4,327 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- Ermine is the common name for a small, northern weasel, Mustela erminea ... The white fur also is known as "ermine," and even in regions ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 07:45, 6 September 2023
- The Beatles were a highly influential English rock 'n' roll ... The Beatles popularity led the "British Invasion" of United ...38 KB (5,974 words) - 15:30, 30 April 2023
- The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture, noted for having ... Initially established during the Preclassic period, many of the Mayan ...31 KB (4,849 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- enormous popular success during a career of more than 70 years and continues ... Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short ...26 KB (4,022 words) - 10:54, 11 March 2023
- Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music, which has its earliest ... Hard rock became a template of society and reflected the many views ...19 KB (3,125 words) - 00:43, 27 January 2021
- The Devil is the title given to the supernatural being who is believed ... The Hebrew Bible does not assign this level of personification to ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch ... The word comes from the Classical Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία ...30 KB (4,429 words) - 15:48, 26 September 2023
- 13, 1999), was considered a talent in music, art, theater, and writing. Falk ... Falk also contributed to a series of novels about the 'Phantom ...28 KB (4,294 words) - 19:00, 25 October 2022
- A video game is a game that involves the interaction with a user interface ... The "video" in "video game" traditionally refers ...26 KB (4,049 words) - 20:12, 3 May 2023
- and Sinologist, and is still considered one of the world's great Asian ... Japanese and achieved a remarkable degree of fluency and erudition. He never ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- ) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) ... Geneva was a center of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 06:46, 18 April 2024
- and critics today recognize him as one of the originators of soul music ... James Brown is known as the "Godfather of Soul," yet Cooke ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- composer, and pianist. John has been one of the dominant forces in rock ... and over 100 million singles, making him one of the most successful artists ...19 KB (3,014 words) - 17:42, 13 February 2024
- from 1926 until his death in 1977. One of the first multi-media stars ... Crosby's recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 17:48, 31 October 2023
- capital, Halifax, is a major economic center of the region. It is the fourth ... The province includes several regions of the Mi'kmaq nation of ...28 KB (4,053 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- acting style preceded by many years the popularization of method acting ... Award-nominated performance in 1940's The Grapes of Wrath, an adaptation ...20 KB (3,018 words) - 15:04, 16 July 2022
- Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...31 KB (4,586 words) - 00:07, 15 April 2023
- ) is a form of Chinese opera which arose in the late eighteenth century ... Beijing opera features four main types of performers; performing troupes ...41 KB (6,269 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- Liberal Party statesman and prime minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874 ... Gladstone was famously at odds with Queen Victoria for much of his ...29 KB (4,472 words) - 12:12, 8 May 2023
- |motto = Vox clamantis in deserto(The voice of one crying ... |nickname = The Big Green (official) |athletics =NCAA ...29 KB (4,327 words) - 22:24, 25 January 2024
- The Acts of John is a second century collection of Christian-based ... The Acts of John describes his journeys to Ephesus, filled with dramatic ...18 KB (3,042 words) - 05:43, 15 June 2023
- [[Image:Mexico.Tab.OlmecHead.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Monument 1, ... The Olmec were an ancient Pre-Colombian people living in the tropical ...35 KB (5,268 words) - 00:32, 18 November 2022
- The King James Version of the Bible, or Authorized Version, first ... ==History of the Text== The New Testament of the King James Version ...44 KB (6,927 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City (Latin: Status ... It was created in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty as a vestige of the much ...21 KB (3,351 words) - 22:10, 21 December 2023
- The Miao ( c=苗|p=Miáo linguistically and culturally related group of people recognized by the government ...23 KB (3,462 words) - 16:33, 9 November 2022
- Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked nation ... The original inhabitants of southern Africa were the Bushmen (San ...20 KB (2,852 words) - 19:53, 20 November 2023
- Armenia (Armenian language: "Hayastan"), officially the ... During World War I in the western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey ...47 KB (6,850 words) - 03:48, 15 August 2023
- Engineering is the discipline of applying technical and scientific ... engineer. Those licensed in specific areas of engineering may have formal ...41 KB (5,793 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- The Council of Europe is the oldest international organization working ... The most famous bodies of the Council of Europe are the European Court ...42 KB (6,144 words) - 08:27, 10 January 2024
- Transylvania is a Central European region located in the eastern half ... Dracula while within Romania and Hungary the region is known for the scenic ...47 KB (6,836 words) - 02:15, 2 May 2023
- leaves, stem, flowers, seeds, bulbs, fruit) of herbaceous plants consumed ... Mushrooms, though belonging to the biological kingdom fungi, are also ...18 KB (2,509 words) - 16:34, 14 November 2022
- Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, with an area of 227 ... The 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- Horror films are films of the horror genre that are designed to elicit ... or at least films not to be taken as serious art. Nonetheless, some major studios ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 14:21, 7 February 2024
- Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... On October 1, 1960, Nigeria declared its independence from the United ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- Ashoka the Great (304 B.C.E. - 232 B.C.E.; also known as Asoka, Sanskrit: ... The name ‘Ashoka’ translates as “without sorrow” in Sanskrit ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- Dresden, the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony ... Dresden has a long history as the capital and royal residence for ...25 KB (3,605 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- Bucharest (Romanian: Bucureşti) is the capital city, as well as the ... The people of Bucharest suffered under the leadership of Nicolae Ceaușescu ...32 KB (4,507 words) - 16:51, 22 November 2023
- Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal ... Berlin was successively the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701 ...35 KB (5,027 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- ; Tamil: கொழும்பு) is the largest city and commercial ... than 2,000 years. However, it only became the capital of the nation after ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- The Right Reverend James Edward Lesslie Newbigin C.B.E. (December ... order, that bishops, symbolizing unity of faith and practice, can gather ...30 KB (4,685 words) - 22:01, 25 October 2022
- ), the largest city in Belgium, is also that nation's capital ... Brussels has grown from a seventh century chapel into a metropolis ...30 KB (4,219 words) - 04:45, 22 November 2023
- The term Arab (Arabic: عرب ʻarab to be over 300 million people living in the Arab world. There are 22 nations ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- The Bailiwick of Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency ... The defense of all these islands is the responsibility of the United ...44 KB (6,712 words) - 18:59, 16 October 2022
- The Great Famine or the Great Hunger (Gaelic: An Gorta Mór or An ... The immediate effect on Ireland was devastating, and its long-term ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 13:17, 6 March 2024
- North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...50 KB (7,230 words) - 10:05, 11 March 2023
- |region1 = United States (New York) |pop1 = |ref1 = ... The Onondaga (Onöñda'gega' or the People of the Hills ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 00:41, 18 November 2022
- novelist known especially for his novels, The Doll and Pharaoh. his experiences as a 15-year-old soldier in the 1863 Uprising, in which he ...24 KB (3,556 words) - 07:13, 17 November 2023
- ) is the capital of Uzbekistan and the Tashkent Province. The city ... Few buildings from the city's ancient past remain, most destroyed ...23 KB (3,205 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- miles (9.8 km²) in land area, belonging to the U.S. state of Michigan. It ... In the late nineteenth century, Mackinac Island became a popular tourist ...24 KB (3,463 words) - 22:57, 7 May 2023
- Dame Muriel Spark, (February 1, 1918 – April 13, 2006) was the greatest ... had left Sydney and Robin. She returned to the United Kingdom in 1944 and ...16 KB (2,563 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- [[File:Ghetto (Venice) Panorama.jpg|thumb|400px|The main square of ... commonly involuntarily with varying degrees of enforcement by the dominant ...30 KB (4,539 words) - 23:27, 21 October 2023
- Nederland is the European section of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... Amsterdam is the capital city (hoofdstad), and The Hague (Dutch: Den ...42 KB (6,042 words) - 16:24, 11 November 2022
- Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was one of ... After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:44, 15 April 2023
- The Eighty Years' War, or Dutch Revolt (1568–1648), was the ... The Southern Netherlands, situated in modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg ...28 KB (4,365 words) - 11:02, 23 December 2021
- literary critic whose works, such as "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ... Ezra Pound, Eliot drew liberally on the literary canon, producing ...25 KB (3,801 words) - 02:02, 27 February 2023
- The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the ... There is no consensus on the starting date of the Byzantine period ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- Copyright is the exclusive right given to the creator of a creative ... not just literary work, but also forms of creative work such as sound ...45 KB (6,771 words) - 03:01, 8 January 2024
- Slang is a set of highly informal words and expressions that are not ... The origins of slang are usually found in the desire of those members ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 22:49, 29 January 2023
- Tamil people, a Dravidian people from the Indian subcontinent, have ... Language 32 (1) (Jan-Mar 1956): 5, India as a Lingustic Area. quote ...56 KB (8,191 words) - 16:28, 13 January 2024
- The Dresdner Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady") is a Lutheran ... Reconstruction commenced in January 1993, under the direction of church ...20 KB (2,966 words) - 06:08, 3 August 2023
- Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan, home to the Late Show with David Letterman.]] CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United ...26 KB (4,054 words) - 22:42, 7 January 2024
- ) is a holy Islamic city in Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in ... The city is revered by Muslims for containing the holiest site of ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 03:48, 9 November 2022
- The Canadian Screen Awards ( link=no|Les prix Écrans canadiens ) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry ...36 KB (5,123 words) - 19:13, 25 November 2023
- The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as the Federation ... The first Europeans to arrive on the islands were the Spanish under ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- Barbershop music is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal ... produced by singing a particular combination of notes that are perfectly tuned ...25 KB (3,778 words) - 08:05, 20 September 2023
- inventor, and futurist, most famous for the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey ... Clarke served in the Royal Air Force as a radar instructor and technician ...45 KB (6,700 words) - 11:08, 16 August 2023
- The Kingdom of Norway, commonly known as Norway, is a Nordic country ... Norway plays a significant role in the pursuit of stability and world ...44 KB (6,442 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. The history of Norwegian literature ... The period from the fourteenth century up to the nineteenth is considered ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 06:39, 16 November 2022
- A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa. There are more than ... Roses are members of the family Rosaceae, which is one of the largest ...22 KB (3,504 words) - 21:40, 15 August 2022
- 1999) was an English pop singer who, among the female artists of the British ... O'Brien, Springfield was a major fan of American soul music, and created ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- "The Hedgehog and the Fox" is the title of an essay by Isaiah ... The title is a reference to a fragment attributed to the ancient Greek ...12 KB (1,826 words) - 15:38, 30 April 2023
- John Michael Argyle (August 11, 1925 – September 6, 2002) was one ... |right|250px|Michael Argyle suggested the idea that social skills ...16 KB (2,228 words) - 10:37, 10 March 2023
- :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... (baptízô), is a religious act of purification by water usually associated ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- [[Image:Friedrich_II_transparent.png|266px|thumb|right|Friedrich II ... Frederick II of Prussia, also known as Frederick the Great (January ...32 KB (4,879 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid ... He was generally credited with coining the term "Rainbow Nation ...30 KB (4,335 words) - 09:58, 29 January 2024
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on ... means mountains' east, which refers to the province's location east ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island ... years after its founding, it became known as the "Birthplace of Confederation ...27 KB (3,922 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- [[Image:LibraryCongressWashDC.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Main Library of ... The Library of Congress, located in Washington, D.C., is the national ...24 KB (3,496 words) - 22:34, 25 October 2022
- Brisbane is the third largest city in Australia and the most populous ... The island nation was initially a site for penal colonies in the eighteenth ...24 KB (3,443 words) - 02:23, 22 November 2023
- 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
- Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a coastal Alpine ... Slovenia has been part of the Roman Empire, the Duchy of Karantania ...45 KB (6,521 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- The Buddhas of Bamyan ( بت های باميان - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost ... Over the course of its existence, Lisbon has both flourished and suffered ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- for his barbed and clever wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights ... As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and ...34 KB (5,298 words) - 04:37, 18 November 2022
- The Ganges (also Ganga Devanāgarī: hi|गंगा ) is a major river in the Indian subcontinent flowing east through ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1930 The Literary Encyclopedia 2004 ... Sir Edward Stafford, English ambassador at the French court. An ordained ...37 KB (5,465 words) - 20:16, 8 December 2022
- books for adolescents include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and ... a children's author, impressed millions of readers worldwide with his ...26 KB (4,117 words) - 03:07, 15 December 2022
- Nauru (pronounced “now-roo”), officially the Republic of Nauru ... economic activity since 1907 has been the export of phosphate mined ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 04:23, 11 March 2023
- Honduras, officially Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras ... The country is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest ...34 KB (4,896 words) - 12:36, 2 February 2024
- A citation is a reference to a source (not always the original source ... readers to a footnote or endnote that cites the source. In other citation ...17 KB (2,468 words) - 22:25, 10 December 2023
- The term Barbarian does not derive from the name of any tribe or cultural ... Although barbarian cultures generally worked against the advancement ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- Arthur is a legendary British "king" of mythical proportions ... The historical background to Arthur is extremely scarce. From a fifth ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- The Miskitos are indigenous people in Central America. Their territory ... but he did not have total power. Instead, the power was split between him ...25 KB (3,718 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- counselors. In professional literature, the term school counselor is preferred ... The purpose of guidance counseling is to help students achieve happiness ...17 KB (2,422 words) - 08:00, 8 January 2024
- In a matriarchy, power lies with the women of a community. Conclusive ... However, such societies generally occur in times of societal stress ...26 KB (3,881 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- The term jade is applied to two different types of rock, nephrite ... During the Stone Age of many cultures, jade was used for axe heads ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- Carol I of Romania, original name Prince Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus ... During the Independence War of 1877-1878, Prince Charles personally ...26 KB (4,057 words) - 00:37, 29 November 2023
- poet, and playwright. He was a key figure of the Renaissance, best known ... era that saw popes leading armies, the wealthy city-states of Italy ...29 KB (4,511 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- The horn is a brass instrument that consists of tubing wrapped into ... The horn, as a member of the brass instrumental family, is a powerful ...16 KB (2,716 words) - 14:17, 7 February 2024
- ) (May 2, 1921–April 23, 1992) was an Indian filmmaker, one of the ... Along with Aparajito and Apur Sansar, the film forms the Apu trilogy ...43 KB (6,599 words) - 02:30, 21 April 2023
- ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... Suzhou reached its golden age with the Ming Dynasty in 1368 C.E. During ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- Spartacus (c. 109 B.C.E. - 71 B.C.E.) the leader of the major slave ... At first, the Romans were slow to respond to the uprising, with Spartacus ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- wedding"), or Hierogamy, refers to the coupling of a god and goddess ... The concept of the hieros gamos derives from ancient mythologies relating ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. Casablanca ... Its location on the coast of Morocco has rendered it an important ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
- The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, and Cephas—original ... role by Jesus, who reportedly gave him the keys of heaven and called ...28 KB (4,305 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- The horse or domestic horse (Equus caballus) is a sizable ungulate ... Horses, one of the most historically vital domesticated animals to ...30 KB (4,944 words) - 19:37, 21 February 2022
- 1803 – June 18 1880) was a Swiss pioneer of California known as a founder ... The discovery of gold on January 24, 1848, by Sutter's carpenter ...21 KB (3,394 words) - 04:21, 3 May 2024
- Psychological warfare is a tactic involving the use of propaganda ... As long as war exists, we can expect new forms of psychological warfare ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 23:30, 2 December 2022
- known simply as Elvis but also called "The King of Rock 'n' ... Presley started as a singer of rockabilly, borrowing songs from both ...31 KB (4,709 words) - 17:51, 13 February 2024
- who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England ... == The Historical figure == Lady Godiva was the wife of Leofric (968–1057 ...16 KB (2,352 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27 1902 – December 20 1968) was one ... on real historical conditions and events in the first half of the twentieth ...27 KB (4,093 words) - 04:08, 3 May 2024
- film director closely associated with the suspense thriller genre. He ... Hitchcock was the quintessential master of suspense. One aspect that ...29 KB (4,441 words) - 08:14, 20 July 2023
- important and controversial English writer of the twentieth century, and ... Although he is now esteemed as one of the most important figures in ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 07:34, 12 January 2024
- to describe a group whose values and norms of behavior run counter to those ... On the other hand, countercultures can be detrimental to society, ...27 KB (4,003 words) - 08:31, 10 January 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
- The Igbo, sometimes referred to as Ibo, are one of the largest single ... The Igbo share linguistic ties with their neighbors the Bini, Igala ...21 KB (3,253 words) - 16:00, 12 February 2024
- and places to three very different taxa of trees, Ficus sycomorus, Acer ... Ficus sycomorus is the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible. It is ...16 KB (2,282 words) - 01:53, 27 February 2023
- Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... a long and turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean ...35 KB (5,045 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- The Great Plains are the broad expanse of prairie and steppe that ... The region covers almost 500|mi|km east to west and 3000|mi|km ...26 KB (3,847 words) - 07:33, 4 January 2024
- Ancient Egypt as a general historical term broadly refers to the civilization ... Egyptian contributions to knowledge in the areas of mathematics, medicine ...44 KB (6,818 words) - 19:13, 26 July 2023
- Guyana, officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is the only ... Guyana is the third smallest country on the mainland of South America ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- | deathplace = Los Angeles, California, United States | occupation ... 8, 1995) was a Chinese writer. She also used the pseudonym Liang Jing (梁京 ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- 3, 1958) was an Anglican theologian, Dean of Canterbury, Bishop of Chichester ... Hampshire, where his father was a Church of England clergyman. Bell attended ...18 KB (2,871 words) - 07:02, 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
- 2, 1754 – May 17, 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand ... He was Napoleon's chief diplomat during the years when French ...51 KB (7,312 words) - 22:21, 4 December 2023
- The cuisine of India is one of the world's most diverse cuisines ... India’s unique blend of cuisines evolved through large-scale cultural ...28 KB (4,219 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( ... ), is a cultural and religious celebration held on March 17, the traditional ...52 KB (7,483 words) - 20:49, 17 April 2023
- intellectual. Gates currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University ... and for a more pluralistic approach to the question of the literary canon ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
- Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic, is a Southern European ... The Italian Republic shares its northern alpine boundary with France ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- Henry V of England (September 16, 1387 – August 31, 1422) was one ... Henry was son of Henry of Bolingbroke, later Henry IV, and Mary de ...22 KB (3,484 words) - 15:24, 22 February 2022
- whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, ... In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and ...17 KB (2,523 words) - 19:41, 7 February 2023
- Spiritualism is the belief that the spirits of the dead can be contacted ... These spirits are thought to be capable of providing helpful advice ...26 KB (3,720 words) - 15:24, 27 April 2023
- [[Image:Gamla uppsala.jpg|350px|thumb|The Royal mounds of Gamla Uppsala ... A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over ...28 KB (4,185 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- Martin Luther and subsequent failure to stem the Protestant Reformation, which ... The remark "It has served us well, this myth of Christ" ...28 KB (4,490 words) - 20:07, 25 October 2022
- singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is the most widely known performer ... rocksteady, and reggae songs, which include the hits "I Shot the Sheriff ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 08:43, 16 November 2023
- |popplace = New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, United States, Canada ... The word Māori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and ...37 KB (5,756 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- | Associated_acts = The Moonglows, Martha and the Vandellas, Tammi ... gained international fame as an artist on the Motown label in the 1960s ...27 KB (4,247 words) - 08:37, 10 March 2023
- Nan or Taiwanese Hok-kiàn) is a province of China located on the southeast ... as an education center and pristine nature. The ecology of the province has ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- Dublin is both the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland ... Long the seat of culture within Ireland, it has been at the center ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI ... and splendor. He required obedience from the Indian but he also had a sense ...36 KB (5,555 words) - 08:08, 23 January 2023
- Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous ... eastern Africa, is widely regarded within the scientific community to be ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- Skydiving is a type of parachuting done for recreational purposes ... jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797. The military developed parachuting ...19 KB (3,068 words) - 22:48, 29 January 2023
- ), sometimes known as Baqy, Baky, or Baki, located on the western ... The city entered a period of decline after the break-up of the Soviet ...25 KB (3,739 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- celebrated on October 31, particularly in the United States where it has ... The day is often associated with the colors orange and black, and ...37 KB (5,487 words) - 23:07, 3 August 2023
- ), (April 7, 1920 - December 11, 2012), often referred to by the title ... with George Harrison lead guitarist of The Beatles. Together with ...35 KB (4,906 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
- roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles ... This path defined the sixties generation and Lennon was an archetype ...28 KB (4,313 words) - 20:50, 1 May 2024
- "given" or "lent") was the first king of the ancient ... Described in the Bible as a man of uncommon promise and valor, Saul ...26 KB (4,275 words) - 17:04, 23 December 2022
- that found an all-inclusive unity in the Absolute Spirit (non-personal ... His philosophy can be best understood within the contexts of German ...29 KB (4,323 words) - 17:06, 17 December 2022
- Malaysia is a federation of 13 states in Southeast Asia. ... The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- poet, critic, and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic ... Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), ... The country, which by the end of the twentieth century resembled that ...44 KB (6,383 words) - 06:26, 11 January 2024
- Prague (Czech: Praha), is the capital and largest city of the Czech ... Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe ...35 KB (5,518 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- and scholars for his broad understanding of both Chinese classics, and ... His wife and daughter survived during the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:10, 14 April 2023
- Prize-winning Turkish novelist and professor of comparative literature at Columbia ... Pamuk is one of Turkey's most prominent novelists, ...30 KB (4,557 words) - 10:43, 11 March 2023
- ) was a Pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty (ruled 1333 B.C.E.–1324 ... In historical terms, Tutankhamun is of only moderate significance ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 02:21, 18 April 2023
- (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan ... The location of human and pre-human habitation dating back two million ...40 KB (5,942 words) - 05:17, 26 August 2023
- The Asuka period (飛鳥時代, asuka jidai), lasting from 538 to ... The Yamato state evolved considerably during the Asuka period, borrowing ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- urban renewal project, a transformation of a large former disused docks ... Cabrini-Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts.]] ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- The Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny, alpine country in Western ... Not only is it the smallest German-speaking country in the world, ...28 KB (4,022 words) - 08:35, 8 March 2023
- A society is a grouping of individuals, which is characterized by ... Human beings are essentially social creatures, with the desire and ...31 KB (4,695 words) - 19:52, 8 November 2022
- [[Image:Gem.pebbles.800pix.labelled.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A selection ... used in jewelry and decorative items. Among the most highly valued gemstones ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 06:40, 18 April 2024
- Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world ...47 KB (7,144 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- A Passion play is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of ... The plays, which became increasingly elaborate and sometimes featured ...20 KB (2,912 words) - 09:02, 18 November 2022
- Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... attract upscale tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements ... Gymnastics events test the strength, rhythm, balance, flexibility ...18 KB (2,771 words) - 07:20, 28 July 2023
- Puerto Rico, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado ... During the period of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- Surgery (from Greek: cheirourgia, meaning "hand work") is ... A surgery can also refer to the place where surgery is performed, ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 23:38, 18 September 2021
- Quebec City or Québec (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital of ... Quebec City is known for its Winter Carnival and the Château Frontenac ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- ) are an ethnic group indigenous to China and the largest single ethnic ... The history of the Han Chinese ethnic group is closely tied to that ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
- The Abbey Theatre, also known as the National Theatre of Ireland, ... In its early years, the theater was closely associated with the writers ...16 KB (2,546 words) - 04:42, 14 June 2023
- The union of Austria and Hungary, also known as the Dual (that of ... The newly created Austro-Hungarian Empire was a good example of a ...36 KB (5,334 words) - 18:41, 22 August 2023
- The Yao nationality (瑶族, Pinyin: Yáo zú; Vietnamese: người ... Most Western, Chinese, and Yao scholars believe that the Yao became ...21 KB (3,250 words) - 10:13, 22 May 2023
- Sita (Sanskrit: meaning "furrow") is one of the principal ... The Sanskrit word Sita literally means "the line made by the ...19 KB (3,150 words) - 22:35, 29 January 2023
- The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or Uruguay, is a country located ... Its geographic position as a small, wedge-shaped country between the ...30 KB (4,199 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- are used to harden, burn, or dry materials. The firing of kilns requires a ... Primitive kilns date back to the early days of civilization and are ...23 KB (3,896 words) - 23:03, 3 March 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
- , is the Japanese word for comics (sometimes called komikku コミック ... In Japan, manga are widely read by people of all ages, and include ...39 KB (5,688 words) - 21:37, 11 January 2024
- Ontario is a province located in the east-central part of Canada, ... The capital of Ontario is Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Ottawa ...35 KB (5,025 words) - 00:41, 18 November 2022
- English composer. He was a student at the Royal College of Music and ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that ... Bells are usually cast from bell metal (a type of bronze) for its ...42 KB (6,679 words) - 22:00, 26 December 2023
- Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the ... a reed or a fipple. A woodwind may be made of any material, not just wood ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- ) is a large seaport city on the northern coast of Colombia. Founded ... The city's history includes its role as a center for the Spanish ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- Kingston, the capital, the largest city, and chief port, of Jamaica ... Founded in 1693, under English rule, Kingston became the prosperous ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
- She is considered one of the twentieth century's greatest classical ... born in 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia, the youngest of four children ...26 KB (3,842 words) - 18:10, 24 January 2024
- Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich—officially called Deutsches Reich ... is the literal translation of empire)—refers to Germany in the years ...65 KB (9,573 words) - 18:36, 30 April 2023
- The Decadent movement (Fr. décadence, “decay”) was a late-nineteenth ... The Decadent movement first flourished in France and then spread throughout ...53 KB (7,426 words) - 21:41, 10 July 2023
- |name = University of Oxford |latin_name = Universitas ... |motto = Dominus Illuminatio Mea"The Lord is my Light" ...35 KB (5,122 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- The dog (Canis lupus familiaris or Canis familiaris) is usually considered ... The word "dog" also is used to refer to some other members ...38 KB (6,036 words) - 11:04, 2 August 2023
- in 1958 and 1960. Perkins was featured on the cover of the March 3, 1958 ... gay to straight therapy. In 1973 at the age of 40 he married 25 year ...20 KB (2,895 words) - 05:25, 31 July 2023
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms ( t=三國演義|s=三国演义|p=sānguó ... ), written by Luo Guanzhong in the fourteenth century, is a Chinese ...29 KB (4,917 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the ... The procedure for granting patents, requirements placed on the patentee ...72 KB (10,557 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- rifled bore), and designed to fire a charge of spherical pellets, usually ... firearm, effective typically at a distance of 40 yards (36 meters) or less ...33 KB (5,325 words) - 14:26, 27 January 2023
- Tenzin Gyatso (born July 6, 1935) is the fourteenth Dalai Lama, and ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual ... The modern English word harp comes from the Old English hearpe; akin ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel is renowned for its ... As a Southern Gothic novel and a bildungsroman, the primary themes ...21 KB (3,359 words) - 09:25, 19 January 2024
- Budapest is the capital city of Hungary. It is its country's ... Budapest was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, ...27 KB (3,960 words) - 16:54, 22 November 2023
- Afghānistān, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto ... fought. Invaders and conquerors included the Persian Empire, Alexander ...50 KB (7,441 words) - 05:59, 16 June 2023
- Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ... He successfully commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major ...46 KB (7,157 words) - 15:39, 29 September 2023
- The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known ... ==History of the Recorder== The recorder was popular from medieval ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- A pigment is a material that changes the color of light it reflects ... For industrial applications, as well as in the arts, permanence and ...29 KB (4,213 words) - 06:14, 24 November 2022
- Edward III (November 13, 1312 – June 21, 1377) was one of the most ... Edward was crowned at the age of 14, following the deposition of his ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of the South ... Bogotá is the educational, cultural, commercial, administrative, ...33 KB (4,818 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... The adjective (language, ethnicity and citizenship) derived from Madagascar ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg ... The world's only sovereign Grand Duchy, Luxembourg is a parliamentary ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- Science fiction (also, sf, SF, or sci-fi) is a broad genre of fiction ... Science fiction is part of, and in organizational or marketing contexts ...54 KB (7,938 words) - 02:35, 21 April 2023
- triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the shape roughly ... Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids, generally ...37 KB (5,368 words) - 21:28, 9 November 2023
