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- nationwide. They captivated the attention of the American press and its ... to be a full partner in the gang, the role of Bonnie Parker in the Barrow ...42 KB (6,735 words) - 07:23, 17 November 2023
- The Partition of Ireland took place on May 3, 1921 under the Government ... problems, leaving minorities on both sides of the border. If the world is ...32 KB (4,882 words) - 18:46, 23 March 2023
- in the late eleventh century in the heart of the Alborz Mountains of northern ... Surrounded by enemies, Hassan dispatched teams of trained assassins ...21 KB (3,293 words) - 08:37, 25 January 2023
- command to save Noah, his family, and a pair of all animals from the Great ... take on board his family and representatives of all the animals and birds. ...50 KB (7,876 words) - 00:06, 5 March 2024
- whose assassination led to the first of the Great Purges. Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and member ...41 KB (5,846 words) - 09:59, 26 January 2023
- American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Marshall ... ideas took many years to come to any sort of fruition, his tenure as the ...24 KB (3,985 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- 1920 – June 5, 2012) decided at the age of 12 that he was going to be ... short stories, novels, and poems are full of thought provoking "what ...27 KB (3,902 words) - 19:07, 16 April 2023
- teamster, sometime buffalo hunter, officer of the law in various Western ... as Earp gained iconic status to counter that of the outlaws against whom they ...59 KB (9,719 words) - 14:12, 20 May 2023
- as the United States, it crosses the borders of 11 nations. While much of the ... than it is today. Over 30,000 petroglyphs of river animals such as crocodiles ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- Mexican Revolutionary general. As commander of the División del Norte (Division ... military revolutionary aims, unlike those of Emiliano Zapata and the Zapatista ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. (also Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino; c. 1225 ... for those studying for the priesthood (Code of Canon Law, Can. 252, §3). ...35 KB (5,231 words) - 18:38, 30 April 2023
- for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918 during World War ... Thomas' sensationalized reportage of the Revolt, as well as to Lawrence ...33 KB (5,295 words) - 00:58, 21 April 2023
- ) in the territory of Nunavut is the largest member of the Canadian ... The physical geography of the Island is stunning. Indented by numerous ...21 KB (3,177 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham ... Fred Shuttlesworth, and others, the campaign of nonviolent direct action culminated ...60 KB (8,930 words) - 17:58, 31 October 2023
- :This article covers the political aspects of the American Revolution ... The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half ...47 KB (6,905 words) - 06:45, 25 July 2023
- Dream of the Red Chamber (Traditional Chinese: 紅樓夢; Simplified ... The novel is a detailed, episodic record of the lives of the members ...35 KB (5,738 words) - 17:35, 30 January 2024
- Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... One of the founders of Rhode Island was Roger Williams. In 1636, Williams ...30 KB (4,360 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when ... His later work has shown steadfast devotion to many traditions of ...41 KB (6,363 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- colonial administration that lasted from 1952 to 1960. The core of ... the British always represented as a series of lawless acts by dangerous criminal ...44 KB (6,886 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
- identified as a secular holiday albeit of historical, legendary, and ... The date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration is a topic ...36 KB (5,333 words) - 15:08, 30 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
- The Vietnam War was a military conflict in which communist forces ... The chief cause of the war cause was Ho Chi Minh’s desire to establish ...70 KB (11,017 words) - 20:17, 3 May 2023
- travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English ... to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing ...22 KB (3,551 words) - 01:41, 16 December 2022
- in Las Vegas. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of ... Thompson himself became a central figure in the 1960s and 1970s ethos ...43 KB (6,622 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2024
- de France, giving it the title "History of Systems of Thought," and ... Michel Foucault is best known for his critical studies of various ...48 KB (6,765 words) - 17:10, 9 November 2022
- Fake news, also known as junk news or pseudo-news, is a type of yellow ... news organizations claim proud traditions of holding government officials ...44 KB (6,310 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
- country that occupies the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola ... the Dominican Republic has a long history of violence and tyranny, including; ...37 KB (5,424 words) - 09:27, 15 January 2023
- all are independent. Arabs form the majority of the populations of Algeria ... designation birthed during the days of the British Empire, and encompasses ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- figure associated with a collection of poems from the Chinese Tang ... Most of Hanshan's 600 poems were inscribed on tree trunks or ...19 KB (3,199 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2021
- radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early ... (The Hammer Song)" (with Lee Hays of the Weavers), and "Turn ...58 KB (8,480 words) - 21:18, 8 August 2023
- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the most densely ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- |death_place= Brooklyn, New York }} He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during ...32 KB (5,062 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2024
- Horus is one of the most archaic gods of the classical Egyptian pantheon ... man. He was also characterized as the ruler of the living (both humans and ...25 KB (3,894 words) - 18:16, 7 February 2024
- 2005, Bedford, Massachusetts U.S.) was one of the twentieth century's ... Mayr's theories on speciation remain the leading view of how ...30 KB (4,364 words) - 21:22, 20 March 2024
- 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
- boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. The area of Antigua and Barbuda is 171 ... to have been due to the combined effects of disease, malnutrition, and ...27 KB (3,940 words) - 06:23, 31 July 2023
- to the union (January 4, 1896). The majority of Utah's population, known ... incredible geological diversity in the form of snowcapped mountains to well ...39 KB (5,757 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- ) was the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister of Apollo ... The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (located in western part of Turkey ...26 KB (4,093 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- Egyptian mythology. It concerns the murder of the god Osiris, a primeval ... is integral to ancient Egyptian conceptions of kingship and succession, conflict ...56 KB (8,963 words) - 04:38, 18 November 2022
- in the twentieth century as a coalition of like-minded groups seeking ... quot; was originally used in the context of large ecumenical councils that ...23 KB (3,375 words) - 18:04, 12 February 2024
- across the Atlantic Ocean, in 1492, in search of a direct sea route to ... Columbus' voyage took place during the early decades of the European ...38 KB (6,067 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- Concepts are the categorization of objects, events, or people that ... at least, if not other species, are capable of concept formation, and computers ...32 KB (5,041 words) - 02:42, 8 January 2024
- Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important hand-written ancient ... Originally, it contained the whole of both Testaments. The Greek Old ...31 KB (4,479 words) - 22:23, 7 January 2024
- (January 23, 1947 - ), was President of Indonesia from July 2001 to ... Sukarnoputri means "daughter of Sukarno" (Sanskrit) and ...23 KB (3,414 words) - 09:38, 10 March 2023
- Mississippi is a state located in the Deep South of the United States ... in the nation, based largely on the value of slaves, who were counted as ...35 KB (5,105 words) - 11:10, 10 March 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
- The question of the meaning of life is perhaps the most fundamental ... This question has resulted in a wide range of competing answers and ...50 KB (7,753 words) - 02:49, 9 November 2022
- referred to the animal by the feminine name of Nessie. sightings as hoaxes or misidentification of known creatures or natural ...23 KB (3,593 words) - 16:55, 6 November 2023
- Nuclear fission is the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into parts ... for nuclear power and to drive the explosion of nuclear weapons. Both uses ...31 KB (4,827 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- {{Infobox University-Jen |name = Howard University |native_name = ...28 KB (3,869 words) - 19:30, 7 February 2024
- ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ... Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World ...38 KB (5,417 words) - 23:52, 28 April 2023
- 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology. He was ... Born in Kesswil, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau on July 26, 1875, ...31 KB (4,736 words) - 19:19, 26 November 2023
- ) (born 1058 C.E. in Tus, Khorasan province of Persia in modern day Iran; ... Al-Ghazali condemned the earlier attempts of Al-Farabi and Avicenna ...28 KB (4,307 words) - 07:21, 16 June 2023
- physicist who is widely regarded as one of the most significant scientists ... that energy is transmitted not in the form of an unbroken (infinitely subdivisible ...30 KB (4,449 words) - 00:57, 9 November 2022
- Throughout his life, Fuller was concerned with the question of whether ... synergetics. He also created a large number of inventions, mostly in the fields ...36 KB (5,646 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- and short-story writer who is considered one of the foremost figures in world ... with the social and psychological anomie of modern life than were many ...30 KB (4,821 words) - 06:22, 6 May 2024
- The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations ... in the eighteenth century, among a group of men including John Wesley and ...28 KB (4,180 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2023
- The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California ... The effects of the Gold Rush were substantial. Outside of California ...61 KB (8,925 words) - 18:25, 25 November 2023
- named Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All Time. Playing primarily ... quot; style while creating a film persona of the world-weary tough guy with ...51 KB (8,176 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United ... Colorado is one of only four states in the United States to share ...37 KB (5,383 words) - 22:39, 7 January 2024
- 3,827 innings and posted a win–loss record of 266–162, with 279 complete ... made his debut with the Indians at the age of 17. His career was interrupted ...63 KB (9,620 words) - 14:15, 10 May 2024
- Spearfishing is a form of fishing that has been popular throughout ... and is illegal in many others. Because of the belief of lack of sport ...23 KB (3,586 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2023
- conflict caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces ... which resulted in a humanitarian crisis of huge proportion. Images of ...31 KB (4,828 words) - 22:13, 28 November 2023
- was an American author who wrote a series of historical fiction books for ... Laura and her pioneer family never dreamed of, and yet she was to experience ...19 KB (2,983 words) - 17:50, 25 October 2022
- Kelly was a major exponent of twentieth century filmed dance, known ... Gene was the third son of James Kelly, a phonograph salesman, and ...40 KB (6,390 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- identities. The term is used in a variety of ways to describe phenomena ... Many contemporary advocates of identity politics take an intersectional ...40 KB (5,610 words) - 14:15, 4 February 2023
- Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the Caribbean ... social, and economic problems. As a result of mismanagement, very few natural ...32 KB (4,700 words) - 19:05, 27 April 2024
- During the pretrial discovery process, Chambers produced new evidence ... 1950, he was found guilty on both counts of perjury and received two concurrent ...52 KB (8,001 words) - 20:43, 20 July 2023
- Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from ... Burroughs was born in 1914, the younger of two sons of a prominent ...53 KB (8,079 words) - 10:49, 12 May 2023
- Tribal Areas and Balochistan provinces of western Pakistan. Their Pashto ... Their unified modern past began with the rise of the Durrani Empire ...61 KB (8,656 words) - 18:55, 23 March 2023
- ; May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) was the pen name of the French ... Antoinette Laurent, was the daughter of a clothing salesman,Pierre ...30 KB (4,372 words) - 16:49, 21 May 2024
- 2019) was the twenty-third Prime Minister of Australia and longest serving ... state sector industries, ended subsidization of loss-making industries, sold ...25 KB (3,662 words) - 05:46, 16 November 2023
- Northern India with the life and teachings of Guru Nanak and nine successive ... As a religion, philosophy and way of life, Sikhism is centered on ...38 KB (5,913 words) - 22:00, 29 January 2023
- The River Gambia flows through the center of the country and empties into ... Like its neighbor, The Gambia relies heavily on the export of groundnuts ...24 KB (3,469 words) - 15:37, 30 April 2023
- Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (Persian language: محمدرضا ... It was lack of his regime's religious legitimacy in the eyes ...53 KB (8,258 words) - 19:29, 9 November 2022
- ,(died August 15, 1057), was King of Scots (also known as the King ... participate in a global community. For much of its history, Scotland struggled ...30 KB (4,672 words) - 14:58, 12 March 2023
- Service learning is a method of teaching, learning, and reflecting ... ==History of Service Learning== Service learning can be traced back ...26 KB (3,814 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions ... economic growth and emergence as centers of technological innovation, and ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- ) is a Middle Eastern dance which features movements of the hips and ... is not limited to the entertainment value of the dance, but also because ...27 KB (4,010 words) - 16:20, 24 April 2024
- Vincent van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) is one of the ... brother Theo, an art dealer with the firm of Goupil & Cie, who continually ...53 KB (8,229 words) - 20:24, 3 May 2023
- Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a thin sliver of land in ... Togo was once part of the area known as the "Slave Coast" ...26 KB (3,713 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- and versatile German composer and organist of the Baroque era, whose sacred ... much, writing, "The purpose and end aim of figured-bass is nothing more ...38 KB (5,977 words) - 19:57, 7 May 2024
- Germany from 1919 to 1933. This period of German history is often known ... Despite its political form, the new Republic still called itself ...56 KB (8,410 words) - 23:27, 3 May 2023
- | order=27th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1909 ... | date of birth=September 15, 1857 | place of birth=Cincinnati, Ohio ...32 KB (4,775 words) - 11:00, 9 May 2023
- ; a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's ... B.C.E., Beijing has served as the capital of numerous dynasties and governments ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was one of the most influential and widely ... as well as fellow film directors, to be one of the finest film directors of ...35 KB (5,656 words) - 01:57, 26 March 2024
- first baseman. Widely considered to be one of the greatest and most consistent ... in 1948, when he finished one home run short of winning baseball's Triple ...74 KB (10,809 words) - 20:06, 28 April 2024
- was a German mathematician and scientist of profound genius who contributed ... with strong convictions, but was tolerant of those with other views. His ...24 KB (3,635 words) - 06:45, 5 April 2024
- 26, 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953 ... Truman, whose personal style contrasted sharply with that of the patrician ...47 KB (7,091 words) - 13:31, 24 January 2023
- 26, 1983) was a logician and mathematician of considerable philosophical ... Nevertheless, in 1918 he entered the University of Warsaw intending to ...27 KB (4,019 words) - 20:34, 20 July 2023
- It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy ... For some Christians and Pagans the religious origins of the holiday ...37 KB (5,487 words) - 23:07, 3 August 2023
- The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the seminal events of the ... The Russian Revolution became the first in a series of Communist revolutions ...26 KB (3,801 words) - 18:19, 22 December 2022
- Ecotourism, or ecological tourism, is a type of tourism in which the ... by offering tourists insight into the impact of human beings on the environment ...36 KB (5,227 words) - 15:44, 5 July 2023
- The term cargo cult describes any new religious movement that owes ... In both cases, many of the beliefs and practices particular to these ...28 KB (4,339 words) - 19:15, 26 November 2023
- Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United ... and Indian War. For many years, control of the area was disputed by the ...45 KB (6,488 words) - 23:23, 5 March 2023
- ) are one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary ... used in the People's Republic of China on Mainland China, Singapore ...45 KB (6,288 words) - 22:48, 10 February 2024
- from Mississippi who is regarded as one of America's most influential ... Williams, Faulkner is often considered one of the most important writers ...20 KB (3,045 words) - 12:09, 8 May 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
- Skambōnidēs) meaning Alcibiades, son of Cleinias, from the deme of ... During the course of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades changed his ...78 KB (11,681 words) - 05:06, 17 June 2023
- The historicity of Jesus concerns the historical authenticity of Jesus ... of biblical scholars argue that Jesus never existed as a historical ...44 KB (6,589 words) - 16:59, 22 February 2023
- Philosophy of mind is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature ... Dualism and monism are the two major schools of thought that attempt ...49 KB (7,510 words) - 22:42, 28 March 2023
- The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements ... weeks before the expedition which warned of an impending British search ...65 KB (10,526 words) - 02:50, 26 September 2023
- along with American and British Modernists of the Lost Generation, expatriates ... Barney was an early advocate of "free love." She opposed ...46 KB (7,032 words) - 01:28, 11 November 2022
- a period referred to as the Golden Age of Piracy. His best known vessel ... It was reported in the General History of the Pirates that he had hemp ...25 KB (4,026 words) - 23:53, 12 February 2024
- Philosophy of history or historiosophy is an area of philosophy concerning ... A philosophy of history begins with a few basic assumptions. First ...30 KB (4,545 words) - 04:16, 24 November 2022
- The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic ... century, eventually affecting most of the world. The impact of this ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- physicist. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically ... to physics include his special theory of relativity, which reconciled ...63 KB (8,940 words) - 05:00, 17 June 2023
- Shi'a Muslims adhere to the teachings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ... or minimized, depending on the agenda of the commentator. Shi'a ...24 KB (3,795 words) - 14:11, 27 January 2023
- Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (329–January 25, 389 C.E.), also known ... The promulgation of his (at times contested) theological perspectives ...32 KB (4,920 words) - 17:26, 17 February 2023
- are usually credited with being the founders of analytic philosophy. A prolific ... Russell was born at the height of Britain's economic and political ...75 KB (11,466 words) - 17:25, 29 September 2023
- "she who lives") was a wife of the prophet Muhammad. Aisha ... Aisha played a key role in the emergence of Islam, a faith and life ...25 KB (4,166 words) - 07:12, 16 June 2023
- The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern ... As skilled Portuguese sailors explored the coasts and islands of East ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- Hawaii and Australia. With the exception of tiny Vatican City, Tuvalu has ... Tuvalu consists of four reef islands and five true atolls. Its small ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- 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
- The Moscow trials were a series of show trials held by the Soviet ... # the "Case of the Trotskyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Center" ...42 KB (6,087 words) - 00:57, 30 December 2022
- A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard ... Shepard was designated as the commander of the first crewed Project ...57 KB (8,455 words) - 04:33, 17 June 2023
- 1909 – March 20, 2004) was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... As Holland readjusted itself to a new status in the world without ...35 KB (5,244 words) - 09:51, 12 May 2024
- 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French ... Truffaut himself was something of an autodidact and a complex, enigmatic ...31 KB (5,089 words) - 09:39, 11 April 2024
- Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was one ... Davis was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...36 KB (5,661 words) - 15:45, 20 September 2023
- inventive. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time. including the Vitruvian Man. He conceived of ideas vastly ahead of his time ...29 KB (4,455 words) - 08:02, 6 March 2023
- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- Gotama), also called Shakyamuni (“sage of the Shakyas,” in Pali "śakamuṇi ... Etymologically, the term Buddha is the past participle of the Sanskrit ...39 KB (6,288 words) - 18:32, 22 November 2023
- | order=26th President of the United States | date1=September 14, 1901 ... | date of birth=October 27, 1858 | place of birth=New York City, New York ...46 KB (7,173 words) - 17:59, 30 April 2023
- was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme ... Scalia was born in Trenton, New Jersey. A devout Catholic, he received ...85 KB (12,298 words) - 05:39, 11 August 2023
- Kurufa was a medieval West African state of the Mandinka from c. 1235 to ... The kingdom included the ancient city of Timbuktu, which was flourishing ...52 KB (8,425 words) - 06:37, 5 November 2022
- The Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional division of ... With the demise of centralized Roman government in the West, trade ...60 KB (9,144 words) - 10:41, 10 March 2023
- is known as the "national pastime" of the United States, although ... The game also involves a unique combination of individual competitiveness ...67 KB (11,273 words) - 11:05, 20 September 2023
- actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and ... for Best Actor for his role in East of Eden. Upon receiving a second ...56 KB (8,516 words) - 01:32, 8 February 2023
- authority), and the political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution ... leader (marja al-taqlid, "source of imitation") to many Shi ...50 KB (7,539 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- Grenada is a group of three larger islands (Grenada, Carriacou, and ... 5 storm that damaged or destroyed 90 percent of the buildings on the island. ...26 KB (3,667 words) - 18:33, 31 January 2023
- to facilitate and manage the logistics of mass deportation to Ghettos ... Born in Solingen, Germany, Adolf Eichmann was the son of a businessman ...27 KB (4,132 words) - 06:02, 15 June 2023
- role in the administration and defense of Plymouth Colony from its inception ... A defining characteristic of Standish's military leadership was ...41 KB (6,248 words) - 19:30, 26 October 2021
- as the Branch Davidians — were an offshoot of the Seventh Day Adventist Church ... 28, 1993, when the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms ...56 KB (8,825 words) - 22:04, 3 May 2023
- 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was one of the most important leaders ... As a member of a privileged and wealthy family, he studied law in ...56 KB (8,938 words) - 15:04, 16 June 2023
- ) (May 2, 1921–April 23, 1992) was an Indian filmmaker, one of the ... the Apu trilogy. Ray worked on an array of tasks, including scripting ...43 KB (6,599 words) - 02:30, 21 April 2023
- Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, ... The long reign of monarchs came to an end in 1974, when a pro-Soviet ...47 KB (6,926 words) - 04:34, 22 March 2024
- The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious ... all social classes in western Europe. Mobs of predominantly poor Christians ...80 KB (12,105 words) - 15:35, 30 March 2024
- Criminology is the scientific study of crime as an individual and ... crime and ensuring the safety and well-being of all members of society. The ...34 KB (4,876 words) - 06:24, 11 January 2024
- best known for his single-handed composition of a new Latin translation of ... (the Vulgate) is the most important version of the text ever composed, as ...33 KB (5,192 words) - 19:50, 22 December 2022
- | order=28th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1913 ... | date of birth=December 28, 1856 | place of birth=Staunton, Virginia ...37 KB (5,512 words) - 23:30, 17 May 2023
- 224(4654) (1984): 1191–1198 making it one of the tallest peaks in the Indonesian ... Tambora erupted in 1815 with a rating of seven on the Volcanic Explosivity ...27 KB (3,837 words) - 17:13, 6 December 2023
- Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside ... Chinese dominate almost all the economies of Southeast Asia, and have sometimes ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore petroleum reserves ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- community, and to build on his conception of the basic unity of mankind ... and between the Americas and the islands of the Pacific is historically ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- The Kingdom of Morocco is a country in North Africa. The full Arabic ... The king is viewed as spiritual leader of the country and dominates ...40 KB (5,727 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music inspired by or attempting ... In the history of rock music, psychedelic rock is a bridge from early ...40 KB (6,210 words) - 08:25, 2 December 2022
- century Gujarati literature, and was one of several Gujarati writers and ... rule. Manilal's beliefs led him to search for perfection and love in ...44 KB (6,296 words) - 21:42, 30 October 2023
- by many as the greatest American leader of the twentieth century. His ... close to his birthday, King is only one of three Americans to have a national ...58 KB (9,123 words) - 17:52, 18 January 2023
- Jesus Christ, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or simply Jesus, is ... As might be expected with a man of this stature, partial understandings ...78 KB (12,289 words) - 02:54, 1 August 2022
- Protestants, Catholics, and a small number of Orthodox Christians. Although ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- has a long and rich history. Clay pottery of the Neolithic Age dates as ... The golden age of Vietnamese art occurred during the Ly dynasty (1010 ...37 KB (5,882 words) - 20:18, 3 May 2023
- The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Operation Peace), launched ... Turkey invoked its role as a guarantor under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee ...55 KB (8,362 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- for "Reconquest") was a period of 750 years in which several ... themselves and even support certain rulers of the "other side." ...48 KB (7,486 words) - 21:14, 23 July 2022
- "saddle"- after the shells of saddlebacked Galápagos tortoises ... The Galápagos archipelago is part of Ecuador, a country in northwestern ...33 KB (5,083 words) - 03:47, 18 April 2024
- opinion about the general orientation of his system, it must be acknowledged ... Unlike German Idealism, the prevalent philosophy of his day, Schopenhauer’s ...39 KB (6,008 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- musician and critic who was a major figure of the modernist movement in early ... in style and technique, Pound rejected much of the modern world, especially ...34 KB (5,360 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- June 4, 1738 – January 29, 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland ... It was during George III's reign that Great Britain lost many ...42 KB (6,393 words) - 17:01, 20 May 2024
- Raised by Christian parents in the Igbo village of Ogidi in south ... When the region of Biafra broke away from Nigeria in 1967, Achebe ...79 KB (12,034 words) - 17:05, 10 December 2023
- 1492 to 1503), is the most controversial of the Popes of the Renaissance ... He was renowned for his mistresses but also for his patronage of the ...30 KB (4,978 words) - 14:44, 18 July 2023
- and encouraged the use of her middle initial to facilitate this pronunciati ... Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages. ...39 KB (6,001 words) - 17:27, 30 January 2024
- jurisdiction based in Austin, the capital of Texas, in the United States ... The Rangers have taken part in many of the most important events of ...49 KB (7,650 words) - 15:02, 30 April 2023
- Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... in 1948. Although it enjoyed a stable period of democracy and economic progress ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- 16, 1793), the Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, was later titled, ... executed by guillotine in 1793 for the crime of treason. In recent years some ...41 KB (6,571 words) - 08:32, 10 March 2023
- public figure. He served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations ... While widely recognized as a leading representative of Judaism in ...46 KB (6,319 words) - 07:34, 27 February 2023
- and from 1967 to 1998 the second President of Indonesia. After briefly working ... 86 years old in Jakarta in 2008. The legacy of Suharto's presidency is ...58 KB (8,552 words) - 13:46, 28 April 2023
- and a national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. He was also founder ... As a fiery, socio-political critic of American Christianity's ...49 KB (7,838 words) - 06:35, 5 November 2022
- generally known as Henri Poincaré, was one of France's greatest mathematicians ... family in the Cité Ducale neighborhood of Nancy, France. His father, ...40 KB (5,908 words) - 07:01, 22 January 2024
- "Respected Leader"), was one of the most prominent and highly ... at war with Britain have been the cause of arguments among historians ...36 KB (5,476 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced ... Characterized by its use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical ...117 KB (17,054 words) - 12:48, 4 June 2023
- or space habitation) is the concept of permanent, autonomous (self ... Many people think of space colonies on the Moon or Mars, but others ...37 KB (5,482 words) - 22:47, 5 February 2023
- Southern European country with a population of approximately 60 million. It ... and France. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- The September Massacres were a series of killings of prisoners in ... massacres began around 2:30 pm in the middle of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Within ...69 KB (9,949 words) - 09:52, 26 January 2023
- and formerly Vietnamese. Four percent of Chinese characters are derived ... parts where one indicates a general category of meaning and the other the sound ...55 KB (8,141 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- and physician who served as the second emir of al-Qaeda from June 16, 2011 ... by profession, who graduated from Cairo University with a degree in medicine ...80 KB (10,642 words) - 07:25, 23 August 2023
- the social behavior or the social relations of a society, community of people ... many other social sciences. Among many forms of creating social change are ...31 KB (4,566 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 13:13, 20 May 2024
- an agreement officially entitled the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany ... In addition to stipulations of non-aggression, the treaty included ...51 KB (7,700 words) - 13:06, 10 March 2023
- and William Leonard Langer, The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval ... policy that has rewarded veterans of the Bush War with farms previously ...37 KB (5,599 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu, also known as the Tiger of Mysore (November ... were staunchly loyal to him. At the request of the French, he built a church ...44 KB (6,987 words) - 23:40, 30 April 2023
- territories, establishing the Empire of the Great Qing. The Qing Dynasty ... with Han Chinese culture, and saw the height of Imperial Chinese influence ...45 KB (7,044 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2022
- from Akkord—"musical chord, concord of sounds") ... are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven ...52 KB (7,685 words) - 01:50, 27 February 2024
- The Rosewood massacre was a racially motivated massacre of black people ... Sixty years after the rioting, the story of Rosewood was revived by major ...77 KB (11,899 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- The Metacomet Ridge, Metacomet Ridge Mountains, or Metacomet Range ... The Metacomet Ridge extends from New Haven and Branford, Connecticut ...33 KB (4,756 words) - 10:34, 10 March 2023
- third edition, published in 1831. The title of the novel refers to the protagonist ... punished for his pains. He usurped the role of the gods. Shelley's novel ...36 KB (5,384 words) - 05:11, 9 April 2024
- War battle. He is often referred to as one of the greatest chess players ... authorities for nine months under threat of extradition. He was then granted ...53 KB (7,890 words) - 08:45, 16 November 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
- in Indian culture and based on teachings of the Vedas. Hinduism is the ... taught at universities results from the work of the theosophist, Annie Besant ...61 KB (9,460 words) - 19:05, 17 March 2022
- Emperor Wu of Han ( s=汉武帝|t=漢武帝|p=hànwǔdì ... Liu Che (劉徹), was the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty in China, ruling ...44 KB (7,021 words) - 13:34, 31 January 2022
- von Braun (March 23, 1912 - June 16, 1977) was one of the leading ... Wernher von Braun was born in Wirsitz, Province of Posen, in the German ...47 KB (7,340 words) - 17:15, 4 May 2023
- for his October 30, 1938 radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' The War of ... Welles was born in 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the second son of ...56 KB (8,968 words) - 02:19, 18 November 2022
- Prussia. Quite generally regarded as one of history’s truly great thinkers ... the absolute, but speculative certainties of the continental rationalism ...48 KB (7,410 words) - 18:17, 23 January 2024
- – September 28, 1970) was the president of Egypt from 1956 until his death ... Nasser is seen as one of the most important political figures in recent ...39 KB (5,970 words) - 04:07, 18 April 2024
- Revolution and was killed at the Battle of the Alamo. Bowie is also known ... He was born in Kentucky and spent most of his life in Louisiana. Bowie ...34 KB (5,434 words) - 08:55, 18 March 2024
- #039; national hero and the anniversary of Rizal's death is commemorated ... The seventh of eleven children born to a wealthy family in the town ...46 KB (7,008 words) - 06:33, 6 May 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
- Libya is a country in North Africa 90 percent of which is desert. ... , R'bw (Libu), which refers to one of the tribes of Berber peoples ...53 KB (7,788 words) - 11:06, 7 March 2023
- together to challenge the immoral system of racial segregation. The movement ... The founding fathers of the United States had written of humanity ...74 KB (11,453 words) - 06:02, 16 June 2023
- The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, commonly called Jordan, is an Arab ... A young nation, Jordan occupies an area considered one of the 15 cradle ...50 KB (7,586 words) - 20:00, 4 May 2024
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... in the world. Its territory was a part of the pre-partitioned British ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- mines increasingly financed a long series of European and North African ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...78 KB (11,731 words) - 19:08, 7 February 2023
- was a Fleet Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial ... in Washington D.C., had an understanding of American character and a profound ...45 KB (7,129 words) - 05:57, 11 March 2024
- Tacitus (c. 56 C.E. – c. 117 C.E.) was one of the important historians of ... has been most influential outside the field of history. While recognizing ...43 KB (6,444 words) - 02:48, 27 February 2023
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC (November 15, 1708 – May 1 ... . The major American city of Pittsburgh was named for him. Also, Pittsylvania ...49 KB (8,091 words) - 14:59, 10 October 2020
- North Pyeongan Province, which is now part of North Korea. He founded the ... teachings are published as the Exposition of the Divine Principle (1996). ...69 KB (10,533 words) - 13:50, 28 April 2023
- known as the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. At the time of his ... Through Apple, Jobs was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer ...55 KB (7,618 words) - 00:27, 26 February 2023
- ) was an American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum ... He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb and was a member ...54 KB (8,060 words) - 20:15, 8 December 2022
- the Latin or Turkish), is the founder of Islam—the world's second ... and Medina are cities in the Hejaz region of present day Saudi Arabia. He ...64 KB (10,057 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- science, math, and the ethnic origins of man. He experimented with pitch ... Several of Messiaen's early works are especially notable in that ...42 KB (6,502 words) - 00:25, 18 November 2022
- operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill ... Chemical weapons are classified as weapons of mass destruction by ...61 KB (9,020 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- from the 1920s onward. He served as Chairman of the Council of People's ... deeply implicated in the worst atrocities of the Stalin years – the forced ...67 KB (9,419 words) - 21:52, 3 May 2023
- Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction between individuals of ... and sexual expression between individuals of the same sex. Today attitudes ...91 KB (13,332 words) - 16:14, 25 January 2023
- book superhero widely considered to be one of the most famous and popular ... strips, and video games. With the success of his adventures, Superman helped ...61 KB (9,123 words) - 13:55, 28 April 2023
- and endless debate as the topic of God. In the English language ... Throughout history, the vast majority of people in the world have ...102 KB (16,134 words) - 19:54, 31 December 2023
- ), or Jesus in the New Testament, is considered to be a Messenger ... Muslims believe that Jesus will return to earth near the Day of Judgment ...59 KB (9,594 words) - 02:51, 1 August 2022
- Cougar (Puma concolor) is a very large, New World wild cat (family ... An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is found in every major ...41 KB (6,179 words) - 00:14, 15 January 2023
- Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South ... from northern Ecuador to central Chile. In search of Inca wealth, the Spanish ...46 KB (6,833 words) - 23:21, 26 August 2023
- The watershed event of United States history was the American Civil ... The Union victory resulted in the abolition of slavery and consolidation ...63 KB (9,343 words) - 03:27, 24 July 2023
- KGB (transliteration of "КГБ") is the Russian-language ... intelligence (internal security) division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...41 KB (6,043 words) - 16:44, 14 May 2024
- Nazi human experimentation, in the context of this article, refers ... such atrocities as amputation and removal of body parts without anesthesia ...58 KB (8,390 words) - 00:12, 25 October 2021
- mathematics, philosophy, and the theory of signs, or semeiotic, that he ... was scant until after World War II. Much of his huge output is still unpublished ...60 KB (9,018 words) - 22:24, 4 December 2023
- [[Image:Caslon-schriftmusterblatt.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|A specimen ... Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design ...43 KB (6,355 words) - 00:40, 3 May 2023
- August 4, 1961) served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 ... Obama graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where ...70 KB (9,939 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ... The history of North Korea formally began with the establishment of ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- that name. In reality, the movement consists of several distinct organizations ... itself contributed towards the development of human consciousness of a world ...66 KB (10,055 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern ... wrote poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but did not complete ...89 KB (13,120 words) - 22:57, 30 March 2023
- ) of its agricultural sector between 1928 and 1940 during the Premiereship ... In the early 1930s, over 91 percent of agricultural land became collectivized ...62 KB (8,577 words) - 22:34, 7 January 2024
- conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations ... United Nations in order to liberate the nation of Kuwait. ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
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- Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... territory in 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959 ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- The meaning of the word truth extends from honesty, good faith, and ... is also understood not only as a matter of conceptual understanding, but ...66 KB (9,824 words) - 23:40, 15 January 2024
- Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy (August ... Over the course of little more than a decade, the armies of France ...53 KB (8,268 words) - 01:21, 11 November 2022
- Originally coined to criticize the actions of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy ... During this time many thousands of Americans were accused of being ...62 KB (9,130 words) - 09:28, 10 March 2023
- in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and ... Resistance. The German resistance consisted of small and usually isolated ...78 KB (12,353 words) - 18:18, 21 May 2024
- also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue ...110 KB (16,075 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2023
- Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia called "Vlad the Impaler" ... The very different portrayals of Vlad in various bodies of tradition ...62 KB (10,177 words) - 20:44, 3 May 2023
- Slavery has been a part of human civilization for thousands of years ... The primary reason for the enterprise of slave trade and human trafficking ...45 KB (6,987 words) - 14:55, 27 April 2023
- The history of economic thought concerns thinkers and theories in ... Following Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, classical economists ...51 KB (7,537 words) - 12:02, 1 February 2024
- Members of the Bahá'í faith understand history as an evolving ... Fundamental to Bahá'í teachings is unity: the unity of God ...50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
- the foremost global power. It was a product of the European age of discovery ... By 1921, the British Empire ruled a population of between 470 and ...59 KB (8,891 words) - 02:41, 22 November 2023
- general Julius Caesar against the peoples of Gaul (present-day France, Belgium ... and to pay off his debts. Still, Gaul was of significant military importance ...77 KB (12,113 words) - 23:58, 4 March 2024
- was cited as the most awarded female artist of all time by Guinness World ... while in high school. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive ...197 KB (27,840 words) - 23:40, 20 June 2019
- The Industrial Revolution was a transformation of human life circumstances ... human history, comparable to the invention of farming or the rise of the ...56 KB (8,479 words) - 16:09, 28 September 2021
- ==Evolution of the glyph== as the number represents. The Romans tired of writing 4 as IIII, but 3 continues ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- A novel is a longer work of narrative fiction compared to a novella ... for "new," "news," or "short story of something ...82 KB (12,058 words) - 20:51, 27 February 2023
- Mexico City ( link=no|Ciudad de México , In Peninsular Spanish, the ... ) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
- Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms"), is an English ... Magna Carta was originally created because of disagreements between ...62 KB (10,535 words) - 05:01, 5 November 2022
- Pio of Pietrelcina (May 25, 1887 – September 23, 1968) was a Capuchin ... Pio is renowned among Roman Catholics as one of the Church's ...40 KB (6,382 words) - 17:02, 2 October 2023
- naturalist who achieved fame as originator of the theory of evolution through ... Considered the "father of evolutionary theory," Darwin made ...55 KB (8,376 words) - 23:18, 22 January 2023
- Business ethics is a form of applied ethics (see the article metaethics ... In the increasingly conscience-focused marketplaces of the twenty ...55 KB (8,456 words) - 18:51, 22 November 2023
