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- An endangered species is any animal or plant species that is in danger ... The expression endangered species is also used for anything or anyone ...22 KB (2,981 words) - 16:35, 5 January 2021
- The Abbey Theatre, also known as the National Theatre of Ireland, ... Sean O'Casey. The Abbey Theater is a repository of the unique ...16 KB (2,546 words) - 04:42, 14 June 2023
- 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
- his ministry, although the term can also be used to refer to anyone who ... the Old Testament prophets such as Isaiah (Is. 8:16). In the Book of Acts ...15 KB (2,501 words) - 03:45, 31 July 2022
- Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics ... but also as the festival was meant to be, in part, a celebration ...27 KB (4,185 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- century. In modern usage, this royal line is frequently referred to as the ... his great granddaughter Tamar (1184-1213), is celebrated as a "golden ...21 KB (3,136 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- was a British logician and philosopher, who is famous for conceiving the Venn ... John Venn was born to a prominent Anglican family; his father and ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 04:30, 3 May 2024
- (Surrealism as a visual movement sought to expose psychological truth ... Greatly imaginative, Dalí had an affinity for doing unusual things ...38 KB (5,792 words) - 01:13, 21 April 2023
- Free will is the power to exercise control over one’s decisions ... implications. For example, free will may be implied in the basic indeterminism ...51 KB (8,066 words) - 10:37, 11 April 2024
- The Namib Desert is a coastal desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola ... The desert's aridity is caused by the descent of dry, warm air ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:13, 11 November 2022
- Willow is the common name for any of the deciduous trees and shrubs ... and in cultivation. A well known example is the weeping willow (Salix × ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 21:53, 25 November 2022
- Clay is a term used to describe a group of fine-grained, silicate ... Clay is plastic when wet, which means it can be easily shaped. When ...7 KB (1,004 words) - 11:01, 19 December 2023
- powers of the period, causing 900,000 to 1,400,000 deaths. ... It enveloped both European and colonial theatres from 1756 to 1763 ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- viewers often tuned in Sullivan occasionally to see their favorite singer, ... introduced a generation of Americans to the truly important trendsetters ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 18:04, 12 February 2024
- Born in Uppsala, Sweden, to a Lutheran minister, Bergman grew up surrounded ... techniques of European cinema in contrast to Hollywood, stressing the visual ...15 KB (2,262 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- that treaty rights, not civil rights, should be the basis of the United States ... He worked to document treaty and sovereignty laws and developed arguments ...27 KB (4,084 words) - 20:24, 3 May 2023
- moral standards, wisdom, and flexibility to change his outlook on situations ... To Ben-Gurion’s credit, although he may not have thought through ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 22:27, 25 January 2024
- Gaborone is the capital and largest city of the landlocked nation ... Gaborone was founded in 1965, as the capital of Botswana. It is notable ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 09:18, 4 December 2023
- (Pearson's Magazine, Vol XI, January to June 1901) demonstrating the ... Anthropometry is the measurement of physical attributes of human beings ...14 KB (1,919 words) - 06:17, 31 July 2023
- Climate Change, in its broadest sense, is any change in the state ... In popular, current usage, the term is typically employed in the narrow ...86 KB (12,789 words) - 20:17, 1 June 2023
- fought between Russia and Chechnya from 1994 to 1996 and resulted in Chechnya ... What began as an secular, anti-colonial independence struggle was ...53 KB (7,700 words) - 19:54, 26 March 2024
- mother; at the age of nine he was introduced to his first piano professor. ... and mystical subjects. Falla was known to have strong religious convictions ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- "doorpost"; pl. mezuzot) refers to a small kosher parchment inscribed ... of mezuzot on doorposts. The mezuzah must be handwritten in Hebrew on a ...13 KB (2,058 words) - 16:32, 9 November 2022
- ye Razi; Latin: Rhazes or Rasis). According to al-Biruni he was born in Rayy ... Day" ("Pharmacy Day") is commemorated in Iran every ...24 KB (3,833 words) - 01:39, 8 December 2022
- the hero of the work in that in he expects to have the frustration of his ... In the discourse with Abell as to what heaven may be, Strauss refers ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 01:47, 14 December 2022
- the authority of the Antiquities Act and is managed by the Bureau of Land ... It is a high, rugged, and remote area which consists of three main ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 14:39, 31 December 2022
- The Book of Hosea is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the ... #039;s command even though she now belongs to another man. In this, Hosea ...12 KB (1,912 words) - 00:10, 19 November 2023
- things are divided by biologists. A fungus is a eukaryotic organism that ... of beer and bread, and mushroom farming is a large industry in many countries. ...13 KB (1,974 words) - 08:09, 4 December 2023
- ; "he will laugh") is the son and heir of Abraham and the ... scholars. Also, in Islam, Isaac's role is significantly different than ...18 KB (3,040 words) - 13:27, 6 March 2024
- Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode ... Brown was the first college in the nation to accept students of all religious ...30 KB (4,416 words) - 04:36, 22 November 2023
- A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant ... from buildings in that they are built not to be habitable but to serve other ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 16:19, 29 April 2024
- The food industry is the complex network of farmers and diverse businesses ... uses the term food system to describe this entire enterprise. ...10 KB (1,449 words) - 06:16, 1 April 2024
- and historian of science. His surname is pronounced "H-you-el. ... observation and induction, it was possible to arrive at “necessary truths ...22 KB (3,347 words) - 20:45, 13 May 2023
- Bill Cosby (born William Henry Cosby, Jr on July 12, 1937) is an ... During the 1980s, Cosby produced and starred in what is considered ...28 KB (4,183 words) - 16:03, 31 October 2023
- quot;) because he supposedly proved himself to be the second in the ancient ... he created, and was the first person known to have calculated the circumference ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 19:18, 13 February 2024
- Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 ... , extending nearly 200 km (125 mi) from north to south and over 100 ...37 KB (5,617 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- the Kingdom of eSwatini, in southern Africa, is one of the smallest nations ... for a nation its size. Sometimes referred to as the "Switzerland of ...20 KB (2,991 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- Lobbying is the practice of trying to persuade legislators or officials ... Lobbying, which is inevitable in any political system, has received ...27 KB (3,879 words) - 07:47, 9 March 2023
- Transubstantiation (in Latin, transsubstantiatio) is a Christian doctrine ... Ages, it was a serious liturgical error to drop Eucharistic bread or wine ...30 KB (4,681 words) - 02:14, 2 May 2023
- Penguin (PEN-gwin or PENG-gwin) is the common name for any of the ... All penguin species are native to the Southern Hemisphere, principally ...36 KB (5,093 words) - 17:12, 26 March 2023
- March 18, 1745) was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having ... This position had no official recognition in law, but Walpole is nevertheless ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 00:47, 29 November 2022
- Ivy (plural ivies) is the common name for any of the evergreen woody ... The term ivy also is used more broadly to refer to any climbing or ...11 KB (1,636 words) - 03:54, 13 March 2024
- The name nylon is given to a family of synthetic polymers first produced ... that the name was originally intended to be "No-Run" (where ...10 KB (1,452 words) - 10:12, 11 March 2023
- In 1920, France married for the second time, to Emma Laprévotte.Marie ... (Paris, FR: Baudinière, 1924). He died in 1924 and is buried in the ...18 KB (2,551 words) - 20:05, 29 June 2023
- Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is one of the smallest ... Andorra was created by Charlemagne to serve as a buffer state in order ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- Federation of Association Football) is the international sport governing ... The need for a single body to oversee the worldwide game became apparent ...12 KB (1,724 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- ) is the common name of a brief early Christian treatise (c. 50–160 ... the canon of scripture because it could not be clearly linked to any one specific ...25 KB (3,964 words) - 14:24, 29 January 2024
- Human genome is the genome of Homo sapiens; that is, the hereditary ... sequence of the human genome, which is used worldwide in biomedical ...21 KB (3,045 words) - 17:02, 18 September 2020
- Greenhouse gases (GHGs) is the name given to a number of gases present ... The most important greenhouse gas is water vapor which creates clouds ...34 KB (4,898 words) - 17:16, 16 February 2023
- The Bandiagara Escarpment is a sandstone cliff in the Dogon country ... architecture." The Bandiagara site is considered one of West Africa ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- Electrical resistivity (also known as specific electrical resistance ... The electrical resistivity ρ (rho) of a material is given by ...10 KB (1,366 words) - 04:13, 8 December 2022
- ) is one of the oldest financial services firms in the world. It is ... of Detroit, have contributed significantly to global economic growth and ...34 KB (4,890 words) - 08:31, 13 March 2024
- Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic is a Middle Eastern country ... modern state of Syria can trace its roots to the fourth millennium B.C.E ...53 KB (7,689 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- at the head of the River Thames estuary, is the largest urban area and ... London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and ...41 KB (5,950 words) - 21:02, 3 November 2022
- Mackinac Island is an island covering 3.8 square miles (9.8 km²) ... restoration; as a result, the entire island is listed as a National Historic ...24 KB (3,463 words) - 22:57, 7 May 2023
- Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements ... Perjury is the giving of false testimony under oath. The word comes ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- Port Arthur is a small town and former penal colony on the Tasman ... southeast of the state capital, Hobart. It is known for its harsh ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 05:41, 30 November 2022
- A pearl is a hard, smooth, rounded (not necessarily round), lustrous ... shell of certain bivalve mollusks when nacre is secreted in successive thin ...20 KB (3,138 words) - 19:56, 22 April 2023
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written ... It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl ...56 KB (8,538 words) - 21:33, 6 June 2023
- Aruba is a 32 kilometer-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the ... were the Arawak Indians. This heritage is stronger on Aruba than on most ...22 KB (3,174 words) - 17:44, 16 August 2023
- After the war, Philip was granted permission by George VI to marry ... improvement program for young people aged 14 to 24. He retired from his royal ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- Second World War. She was widely referred to as the "Forces' Sweetheart ... her later years she became the oldest artist to have a number one album in ...44 KB (6,146 words) - 18:00, 3 May 2023
- in the International Phonetic Alphabet, is the central teaching of the ... Practicing Tibetan Buddhists consider that the state pointed to by ...18 KB (2,673 words) - 01:18, 16 January 2023
- The terrain of the Atlas Mountain range is particularly difficult to cross ... for this reason the range served in the past to geographically separate the ...12 KB (1,891 words) - 06:24, 21 August 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
- quot; or "Lord of Creatures") is a Hindu god. He is in close ... exalted above a plurality of others, it is not surprising to find numerous ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 22:13, 30 November 2022
- Jamaica is an island nation of the West Indies. The third largest ... Though Jamaica is sometimes referred to as a melting pot for the great ...31 KB (4,663 words) - 01:31, 8 February 2023
- Snake charming refers to the practice of hypnotizing a snake by playing ... The snake charmer plays the role of hero, able to control the snake ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 21:41, 30 January 2023
- Meiji Era. Soseki, along with Mori Ogai, is considered one of the two greatest ... “the shame of woman.” Chie was ashamed to have a child at her advanced ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 15:18, 11 November 2022
- Omnipotence (literally, "all power") is power without limits ... #Absolutist view—God is absolutely able to do anything; that is ...25 KB (3,894 words) - 00:37, 18 November 2022
- Italian: Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is a giant amphitheater in the ... mythology. The building eventually ceased to be used for entertainment in ...28 KB (4,452 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- and Buddhism, which Christianity seemed to oppose. Her philosophical ideas ... Simone Weil was born in Paris on February 3, 1909 to an agnostic family ...23 KB (3,797 words) - 22:12, 29 January 2023
- it was abolished by Sultan Mahmud II in 1826 due to its increased ... Whether this is or is not an acceptable role for an army, it was political ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 16:11, 8 February 2023
- The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to ... people of the equal protection of the laws. What exactly such a requirement ...45 KB (6,808 words) - 12:57, 12 February 2022
- Crystallization is the (natural or artificial) process of formation ... Crystallization is a valuable process for both research and industrial ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 06:32, 11 January 2024
- اسلامی افغانستان), is a landlocked country located ... Afghanistan is a multi-ethnic state at a nexus where numerous Eurasian ...50 KB (7,441 words) - 05:59, 16 June 2023
- Gaucho (gaúcho in Portuguese) is a term commonly used to describe ... They flourished from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 04:47, 18 April 2024
- Apocalyptic literature is a genre of prophetical writing that developed ... following the Exile in Babylon down to the close of the Middle Ages ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- actor and sometime screenwriter. He is best known for having directed ... forgettable, so his acting oeuvre must also be regarded as mixed. In addition ...23 KB (3,526 words) - 06:02, 3 August 2022
- during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb." red-lined gray cape, yellow sash, hat cocked to the side with a peacock feather ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 04:28, 31 July 2022
- expansionist and its influence had to be "contained" in ... as official U.S. policy, Kennan began to criticize the policies that ...39 KB (5,908 words) - 15:44, 20 May 2024
- authors of the ninteenth century. The novel demonstrates how the Cossacks ... of a Cossack. She was illiterate but learned to read and write in order to ...11 KB (1,560 words) - 04:04, 25 March 2023
- Yoga (from the Sanskrit root yuj ("to yoke")) refers to ... weight control, and self-development is commonly associated with the ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- generations of undergraduate students. He is famous for developing a system ... While Woodworth's name may not be as famous as other psychologists ...11 KB (1,471 words) - 02:14, 16 December 2022
- The Strait of Magellan (often referred to as the Straits of Magellan ... The first European to navigate the strait was Ferdinand Magellan, ...20 KB (2,965 words) - 04:44, 28 April 2023
- University of Chicago. He pioneered efforts to establish sociology as a scientific ... colleges in the Midwest, Burgess returned to the University of Chicago in ...8 KB (1,123 words) - 12:16, 21 January 2023
- arises in discussions of ethics. Choice can be defined as the rational process ... The most famous modern theory of choice is probably that of Immanuel Kant ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 17:10, 10 December 2023
- Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher. He is the namesake for the "Mach ... Today Mach is probably best known for his positivistic account of ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 21:22, 20 March 2024
- A contradiction is a logical incompatibility between two or more statements ... Pointing to this principle in applied logic, Aristotle’s law of ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 02:48, 8 January 2024
- |pop = 17,000 to 18,000 |region1 = United States ... Kamchatka Oblast, Russia. They are related to the Inuit and Yupik people ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- been christened "Francis," and he is credited as Francis on some ... synthesized, or sampled sources. In addition to his music recordings, he created ...27 KB (4,049 words) - 05:10, 9 April 2024
- and the American people elected him to a second term, a term that ... In September 1919, during a nation-wide trip undertaken to sell the ...37 KB (5,512 words) - 23:30, 17 May 2023
- its predecessor state, Nyasaland, from 1961 to 1994. After receiving much ... Well educated, he seemed the ideal choice to lead the anti-colonial struggle ...24 KB (3,748 words) - 08:44, 20 January 2024
- Sociology is an academic and applied discipline that studies society ... through crime and revolution. Seeking to understand how human beings ...28 KB (3,873 words) - 15:03, 27 April 2023
- Karl Friedrich Benz, for whom an alternate French spelling of Carl ... the two wheels in the rear—some now refer to it as the Tri-Car. ...26 KB (3,938 words) - 18:12, 14 May 2024
- and published several texts in the field. He is best known to the general public ... basically states that each employee rises to the level of his incompetence ...14 KB (2,060 words) - 17:51, 25 October 2022
- in the Tiananmen Square Massacre (referred to in Chinese as the June Fourth ... official, Hu Yaobang, whom protesters wanted to mourn. By the eve of Hu's ...57 KB (8,680 words) - 14:07, 14 January 2024
- A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a polygon with ... a triangle and a unique plane, that is, two-dimensional Cartesian space. ...19 KB (3,068 words) - 16:46, 2 May 2023
- used in Rock art, the prehistoric precursors to art. The meaning of these works ... Some petroglyphs seem to depict real events whilst many other examples ...25 KB (3,776 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- High Commissioner for Refugees from 1966 to 1978, during which he reoriented ... for the Imamate, he dedicated his life to serving humanity. He married ...29 KB (4,230 words) - 22:56, 30 November 2022
- Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of rock and roll as a distinct ... on northern radio stations that catered to blacks, while white stations ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 21:31, 16 April 2023
- Populus is a genus of deciduous trees in the flowering plants family ... The Populus genus is native to most of the Northern Hemisphere, including ...14 KB (1,964 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- Europe between 1909 and 1929 and on tours to North and South America. The ... dance, bringing many visual artists to public attention, and significantly ...49 KB (6,850 words) - 17:32, 30 August 2023
- :This article is about the aviation term. [[Image:FA-18 Hornet breaking ... In aerodynamics, the sound barrier usually refers to the point at ...16 KB (2,554 words) - 15:12, 27 April 2023
- Achilles was killed in battle by an arrow to the heel, and so an Achilles ... Achilles is also famous for being the most 'handsome' of ...34 KB (5,355 words) - 15:14, 24 December 2023
- she was nominated as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and was ... Elementary School there and was known to her classmates as "Duane ...14 KB (1,976 words) - 01:05, 9 February 2023
- until her death. She was sometimes referred to as the epitome of an "enlightened ... in power. On the other hand, she did attempt to democratize governance, suggesting ...19 KB (2,933 words) - 16:15, 3 December 2023
- critics and theorists of the present-day. He is regarded as a founding figure ... Foucault. Said's primary contribution to literary criticism came with ...19 KB (2,870 words) - 23:50, 12 February 2024
- In science and technology, a battery is a device that stores chemical ... range from portable electronic devices to automobiles and space probes. ...31 KB (4,897 words) - 11:28, 20 September 2023
- Aldington was best known for his World War I poetry, the 1929 novel ... Aldington is associated with the poetic group around Ezra Pound, the ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 20:12, 8 December 2022
- for being the first Native American woman to secure a copyright and to publish ... whites often did not keep their promises to her and her people. Her role ...10 KB (1,568 words) - 03:26, 23 December 2022
- Space tourism (or spaceflight) is the recent phenomenon of tourists ... weightlessness. The space tourism industry is being targeted by spaceports ...31 KB (4,415 words) - 16:01, 27 November 2023
- years. Their traditional nomadic lifestyle is based on reindeer herding, ... Nenets is the singular noun for the Nentsy people, (ненец ‘nenets’ ...10 KB (1,457 words) - 22:04, 23 November 2023
- guerrilla warfare, although he preferred to see his forces as countering ... Perhaps the most important aspect of Wingate's legacy is that ...43 KB (6,762 words) - 01:10, 18 November 2022
- In epistemology and the philosophy of perception, phenomenalism is ... Phenomenalism is a radical form of empiricism and, hence, its roots ...13 KB (2,023 words) - 02:56, 24 November 2022
- [[Image:Charity to Street Arab.jpg|150px|thumbnail|200px|right|Social ... Social work is a discipline involving the application of social theory ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 15:02, 27 April 2023
- Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is ... of estrangement in the 1970s, continues to perform and record for the ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
- was an American physicist and chemist. He is best known for an experiment ... he was almost 20, when his family moved to Williamstown, Massachusetts ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 16:28, 9 August 2023
- of liberal Christianity and was devoted to comparative religions. He is ... Under Budge's directorship, the British Museum came to hold arguably ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- suborder, they are ruminants; that is, they digest their food in ... A characteristic of deer is that almost all species have antlers, ...17 KB (2,513 words) - 23:53, 23 August 2020
- abolition of slavery, his aim above all was to preserve the union of the United ... #039;s invasion of Maryland, but allowed Lee to eke out a precarious tactical ...67 KB (10,321 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- The archetype, a concept developed by Carl Jung, refers to an idealized ... The archetype is a concept first developed in psychology by Carl Jung ...28 KB (4,297 words) - 06:17, 12 August 2023
- century American folk hero usually referred to as Davy Crockett and by the ... ancestors who had emigrated from France to England, Ireland, and America ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 08:40, 28 January 2024
- using print card system and each library had to create an original catalog ... where one original cataloging by one library is shared by all other libraries ...14 KB (2,025 words) - 23:13, 7 October 2022
- Minimum wage is the minimum amount of compensation an employee must ... The intent of minimum wage legislation is to to avoid exploitation ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 18:50, 9 November 2022
- Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States ... "eastern-most western city." There is great diversity in Missourians ...37 KB (5,435 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- html Information that brings to justice... Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ... those members of the Islamic State qualified to elect a caliph. ...67 KB (8,996 words) - 06:52, 14 June 2023
- ) (ca. 50–121 C.E.), courtesy name Jingzhong (敬仲), is conventionally ... submitted a process for manufacturing paper to the emperor, and was rewarded ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 23:46, 12 January 2023
- Genius is an extremely powerful intellectual capacity standing in ... Genius is generally considered to involve both outstanding intellectual ...20 KB (2,859 words) - 06:48, 18 April 2024
- well, and was one of the first politicians to campaign heavily in the country. As a result of his charisma and promise, Canning early on drew to ...19 KB (2,752 words) - 07:33, 15 May 2024
- and lightness of touch that elevated them to the realm of wondrous beauty. 40 works, he made a fundamental contribution to the development of painting ...26 KB (3,834 words) - 19:48, 9 April 2024
- majority decision of the Iroquois League, to which the Seneca and six other ... 1794) that ceded large tracts of Native land to the fledgling United States ...15 KB (2,354 words) - 19:04, 14 January 2023
- shrines. Resident scholars numbering up to 100 conducted research as well ... Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.E. and grew to become the largest city of ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 06:39, 20 July 2023
- King Henry's marriage to Anne and her subsequent execution were ... Anne is most famously remembered because she was beheaded on charges ...31 KB (5,055 words) - 06:48, 28 July 2023
- the Chinese of the Spring and Autumn Period to be the people of the state ... miles from modern Gansu Province in the west to the Liaodong Peninsula in the ...37 KB (5,668 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- Heimdall is the sentry of Asgard and a member of the Aesir (the gods ... As a Norse deity, Heimdall belonged to a complex religious, mythological ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- In physics, escape velocity is the speed of an object at which its ... The phenomenon of escape velocity is a consequence of conservation ...18 KB (2,947 words) - 21:28, 20 March 2024
- 11, 1989) was an American psychologist. He is regarded as one of the most ... Festinger strove to address important issues in human life using precise ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 20:09, 25 October 2022
- earliest compendia of mathematical knowledge to be reproduced on a printing ... he made their knowledge available to the broader public. His publications ...14 KB (2,158 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2022
- The Murray River, or River Murray and sometimes informally referred ... The Murray is one of the major river systems in one of the driest ...26 KB (4,062 words) - 19:01, 10 November 2022
- Psalms (Greek: Psalmoi) is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian ... separately and set for singing or chanting, is also called the Psalter. ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- Channel Fleet under Lord Howe attempted to interdict the passage of a ... and poor training among their crews, failed to control their fleets effectively ...60 KB (9,430 words) - 18:53, 31 December 2023
- century B.C.E. (432 - 404 B.C.E.). This is widely considered to be the ... reconstructed debates and speeches to show how decisions were made ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 22:51, 5 May 2023
- rule the Magyar people moved from Etelkoz to the Carpathian basin. The dynasty ... remained no respecter of borders, continuing to settle in neighboring land ...14 KB (1,600 words) - 16:21, 13 January 2024
- An escalator is a conveyor transport device for transporting people ... walkalator, travelator (colloquial name, not to be confused with Trav-O-Lator® ...37 KB (6,013 words) - 21:28, 20 March 2024
- economist, lecturer and essayist who is principally known for having ... Smith is principally known for his contributions to political economy ...16 KB (2,570 words) - 05:45, 15 June 2023
- Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to bring attention to the integration ... and eventually led the municipal government to change the city's discrimination ...60 KB (8,930 words) - 17:58, 31 October 2023
- and became an outspoken opponent. He is best known for his testimony ... (who later made him a main character in his novel Middle of the Journey) and ...35 KB (5,145 words) - 18:42, 4 May 2023
- led by the United States and mandated by the United Nations in order ... The conflict is known by numerous alternative names that reflect the ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a noose ... While hanging, especially when carried out in public, is generally ...19 KB (2,904 words) - 01:19, 28 January 2022
- earlier, Marxist period, Barthes critiqued what he took to be a fallacy of ... Bayonne where he received his first exposure to culture, learning piano from ...25 KB (3,880 words) - 02:43, 16 December 2022
- twentieth century English literature. He is now best remembered for The ... literary movement of Modernism. He helped to pioneer the use of literary ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- English game, he was the first soccer player to be knighted and, as of 2007 ... Wizard of the Dribble and The Magician, and is regarded as one of the finest ...12 KB (1,881 words) - 19:52, 9 February 2023
- O. C. Marsh is famous for his "paleontological battle," ... While competition can spur individuals to greater accomplishment, ...12 KB (1,930 words) - 04:44, 18 November 2022
- Philosophy of mathematics is the branch of philosophy that studies ... :* What are the sources of mathematical subject matter? ...31 KB (4,571 words) - 04:15, 24 November 2022
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- The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi ... The term German Resistance should not be understood as meaning that ...78 KB (12,353 words) - 18:18, 21 May 2024
- First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963. From the time of John ... father was killed she felt the only way to keep them safe was to marry ...21 KB (3,354 words) - 08:15, 18 March 2024
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- :This article is about the city in Rajasthan. For the city in Gujarat ... Jodhpur (जोधपुर), is the second largest city in the state ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 06:32, 5 April 2024
- the first successful Antarctic expedition to the South Pole between 1910 ... Amundsen was born to a family of Norwegian shipowners and captains ...24 KB (3,885 words) - 21:07, 16 April 2023
- Monad is an English term meaning "one," "single," ... the One. Gnostics used the term “monad” to refer to the most primal aspect ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 19:53, 9 November 2022
- New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational ... Today, NYU is particularly known for its programs in the social sciences ...33 KB (4,775 words) - 09:32, 11 March 2023
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- Byoir's techniques and skills continue to be used by public relation ... Byoir was born on June 24, 1888 in Des Moines, Iowa to Jewish immigrant ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 00:54, 13 January 2023
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- Cockroach is the common name for any insect in the order (or suborder ... The cockroach group is very old, with abundant fossils traced to over ...21 KB (3,077 words) - 22:18, 7 January 2024
- of the U.S. guided him as he relocated to London and become the primary ... Perhaps his best known philanthropic work in the U.S. is the Peabody ...10 KB (1,547 words) - 14:53, 21 May 2024
- Cotton can refer to members of the genus Gossypium of flowering plants ... other uses. Today, cotton fibers are used to make clothing, bedsheets, towels ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 21:13, 23 May 2020
- husband, Harry Guggenheim, encouraged her to pursue news editing as a way ... her interest in Presidential politics helped to shape the era of which she ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 18:21, 21 July 2023
- are part of metamorphic rocks. Hornblende is the most common subgroup of ... quot;) was used by René Just Haüy to include tremolite, actinolite ...6 KB (934 words) - 17:24, 26 July 2023
- ] Nobel Foundation. Retrieved July 26, 2007. to Palestinian parents. His given ... believe that he made too many concessions to the Israeli government during ...34 KB (5,106 words) - 09:50, 23 May 2023
- but principally as a painter, Matisse is one of the best-known artists ... of Our Lady of the Rosary), often referred to as the Matisse Chapel or the ...14 KB (2,268 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
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- worldview. Beginning with a tribute to Epicurus, the six books of ... scholars, scientists and philosophers. It is also a valuable source for ...13 KB (2,021 words) - 02:28, 5 November 2022
- Matchmaking is the process of introducing a couple as potential partners ... centuries, the matchmaker's job was to check the ethnic identity and ...21 KB (3,273 words) - 16:48, 7 November 2022
- The acronym UFO, Unidentified Flying Object, refers to any real or ... the world, a majority of the sightings can be grouped into five common categories: ...29 KB (4,399 words) - 01:37, 3 May 2023
- Pyrite (or iron pyrite) is the most common of the sulfide minerals ... Pyrite is often used to make necklaces, bracelets, and other types ...8 KB (1,190 words) - 21:08, 14 April 2023
- الدین محمد رومی), known to the English-speaking world ... Rumi's importance is considered to transcend national and ethnic ...22 KB (3,530 words) - 16:32, 12 December 2023
- Míkmaq: Únamakika, simply: Cape Breton) is an island on the Atlantic coast ... Cape Breton Island is part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada ...26 KB (3,747 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- The caduceus is sometimes used as a symbol for medicine, especially ... Correspondingly, in ancient Rome, Livy referred to the caduceator ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- The Book of Esther is a book of the Hebrew Bible and of the Christian ... The Book of Esther is set in the third year of Ahasuerus, a king of ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is a branch of philosophy; it ... Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten in 1735 to mean "the science of how ...53 KB (8,177 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- Duck is the common name for any member of a variety of species of ... Ducks are mostly aquatic birds and may be found in both freshwater ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 17:18, 12 February 2024
- 26, 1731 – April 25, 1800) Date of birth is given in New Style (Gregorian ... In addition to being renowned as one of the greatest nature poets ...9 KB (1,493 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
- Gym, a shortened form of gymnasium, refers to facilities intended ... and psychological development. The gymnasium is thus a valuable asset for any ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- ) is a 50 cm by 70 m (20 in by 230 ft) long embroidered cloth, done ... The Tapestry is valued both as a work of art and as a source concerning ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 03:10, 26 September 2023
- The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet that rose to the top of ... over four decades, but were finally forced to endure a lineup change when ...13 KB (2,032 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- was a U.S. agricultural chemist. He is best known for his Babcock ... of Gottingen, Germany. Upon his return to the United States in 1881, ...8 KB (1,193 words) - 20:03, 9 February 2023
- The Library of Congress, located in Washington, D.C., is the national ... mission of providing research support to members of Congress after the ...24 KB (3,496 words) - 22:34, 25 October 2022
- Packaging is the science, art, and technology of enclosing or protecting ... Packaging is heavily integrated into daily life. It can be seen on ...16 KB (2,163 words) - 06:12, 18 November 2022
- instances in which individuals appeared to be functioning autonomously ... psychology while still a child, mostly due to his uncle Paul Janet, a professor ...12 KB (1,594 words) - 05:23, 24 November 2022
- Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance (or aid) provided ... The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate ...20 KB (2,745 words) - 17:19, 9 February 2024
- ) is a major subarctic, geographic region of the earth's surface ... The Taiga is an important ecosystem for the health and stability of ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:48, 27 February 2023
- Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices ... ===Late nineteenth to early twentieth century=== [[Image:Reel-to-reel_recorder_tc ...23 KB (3,345 words) - 16:02, 13 February 2024
- Anshan, he conquered the Medes and went on to conquer the Babylonian Empire ... reigned from 559 B.C.E. until his death. He is the first ruler whose name ...22 KB (3,584 words) - 07:28, 12 January 2024
- Weasel is the common name for various carnivorous mammals in the genus ... Originally, the name "weasel" was applied to one species ...13 KB (1,923 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2023
- 围棋), and Baduk in Korean (바둑), is a strategic board game. It ... Go is played by alternately placing black and white stones on the ...59 KB (9,909 words) - 08:05, 24 January 2023
- Eastern region, and Southern Igala. It is claimed that it extended through ... This Confederacy owed its origin to the rise of the slave trade in ...15 KB (2,314 words) - 03:57, 15 August 2023
- he founded the American Economic Association to encourage economic research ... Clark sought to discover economic relationships, such as the relationship ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 07:36, 5 April 2024
- Contrary to the popular conception of an either-or dichotomy between ... Fisher was born in East Finchley, London to George and Katie Fisher ...23 KB (3,500 words) - 21:28, 15 August 2022
- the position of general manager from 1925 to 1948 and concluding his career ... books addressing the public's right to know and the important role ...7 KB (1,050 words) - 03:26, 6 October 2022
- meditation. He was often known to say, "Everything else ... of The Beatles, George was often referred to as the "mysterious Beatle ...35 KB (5,701 words) - 16:50, 20 May 2024
- Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is generally classified ... Nina Simone lifted jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues singing to a ...29 KB (4,661 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Though little is known about its author, the ... The prophet Habakkuk is a largely enigmatic figure, discernible only ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 00:09, 19 November 2023
- Cerium (chemical symbol Ce, atomic number 58) is a silvery metallic ... It is, in fact, more common than lead. Cerium, its alloys, and its ...15 KB (2,039 words) - 23:59, 3 December 2023
- economics from the ancient world right up to the present day. Economics ... models from the labor theory of value to the utility of goods, Neoclassical ...51 KB (7,537 words) - 12:02, 1 February 2024
- American poet, novelist, and memoirist. She is best known today for her poetry ... particular the works of Sappho. In addition to this, H.D. would attempt to ...19 KB (3,002 words) - 20:24, 24 December 2017
- Vegetable in a general and common sense refers to any edible part ... Mushrooms, though belonging to the biological kingdom fungi, are also ...18 KB (2,509 words) - 16:34, 14 November 2022
- Almond is a small deciduous tree, Prunus amygdalus (syn. Prunus dulcis ... The almond is highly revered in some cultures. It grows in Israel ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 20:41, 26 March 2024
- In the eighteenth century, the term referred to ships that were as long as ... In modern navies, frigates are used to protect other warships and ...18 KB (2,809 words) - 06:46, 15 April 2024
- Yosemite National Park (pronounced "Yo-SEM-it-ee"), is a ... Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally ...40 KB (6,041 words) - 21:33, 4 June 2023
- was a Seychellois politician. Committed to the principles of democracy ... father, a successful businessman, sent James to law school in England. He also ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
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- Lysine is an α-amino acid that is present in many proteins, has low ... Lysine is low in concentration in the proteins of many cereal grains ...10 KB (1,432 words) - 04:39, 5 November 2022
- the twentieth century. He made contributions to the philosophy of language ... He graduated in 1930 and was awarded a fellowship to study at Göttingen ...9 KB (1,265 words) - 00:54, 9 November 2022
- The term nèijiā usually refers to Wudangquan or the “internal” ... unrefined muscular tension. Early training is done at a deliberately slow ...24 KB (3,729 words) - 16:11, 11 November 2022
- #039;s Vaughan Williams Memorial Library is named after him. soil and that soil has anything individually to give you, you may still gain ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
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- in folksong, and learned lithography to engrave his own works. Carl ... children of Franz Anton von Weber (who seems to have had no real claim to a ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 19:20, 26 November 2023
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- The term Ahmadi (Urdu: اØÙ…Ø¯ÛŒÛ Ahmadiyya) refers ... Ghulam Ahmad, and how such a successor should be chosen. ...36 KB (5,381 words) - 06:53, 16 June 2023
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- Along with Hermann Grassmann, he invented what is now termed geometric algebra ... phrase "mind-stuff," comparable to the atom in physical matter ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 11:09, 10 May 2023
- self-defined course of study, and began to develop a philosophy of history ... of spirit” as a humanistic alternative to the consolations of religion ...15 KB (2,246 words) - 09:08, 27 September 2023
- governed by consensus, and was committed to improving the lives of all ... linked. While in power, he worked hard to try to heal the rift between ...25 KB (3,662 words) - 05:46, 16 November 2023
- and moral philosophy. Sometimes referred to as the "Dutch Socrates ... Failing to obtain a professorship, he served as secretary to the state ...8 KB (1,207 words) - 04:59, 9 April 2024
- USA, and on the east by Ontario, Canada, is the third largest (by volume ... French, it was the first of the Great Lakes to be seen by Europeans. The French ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 23:17, 21 October 2022
- Taxila is an important archaeological site in Pakistan containing ... to the fifth century C.E."Nalanda" (2007). Encarta. ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- Papaya is a palm-like, soft-stemmed, evergreen tree, Carica papaya ... The papaya fruit is both delicious and nutritious. It provides several ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 07:31, 18 November 2022
- :This article is about plasma in the sense of an ionized gas. The ... In physics and chemistry, a plasma is one of the four principal states ...35 KB (5,311 words) - 07:58, 24 November 2022
- exchange with European powers. Efforts to modernize the Japanese navy ... forces, the Imperial Japanese Navy clung to a "decisive battle" ...62 KB (9,133 words) - 16:43, 12 February 2024
- " his later career was largely devoted to gospel music. After serving in the Army Air Corps, Ford moved to California to work ...12 KB (1,774 words) - 06:08, 27 February 2023
- the Provisional Government. It was not able to successfully disengage from ... The Revolution can be viewed in two distinct phases: *The first was ...26 KB (3,801 words) - 18:19, 22 December 2022
- Computer graphics, a subfield of computer science, is concerned with ... Today, computer graphics can be seen in almost every illustration ...34 KB (4,961 words) - 02:33, 8 January 2024
- Radish is the common name for herbaceous plant, Raphanus sativus, ... Radishes belong to the flowering plant family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science and engineering ... Research in AI is concerned with producing machines to automate tasks ...15 KB (2,061 words) - 17:40, 16 August 2023
- Elephant is the common name for any of the large land mammals comprising ... of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is recognized, with two subspecies ...64 KB (9,737 words) - 10:18, 21 January 2023
- increasingly ineffective as he was promoted to lead larger, independent commands ... despite his father's reluctance to support a military career for ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 05:57, 3 August 2022
- Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) is a species of banyan fig, characterized ... who later became known as Gautama Buddha, is said to have been sitting underneath ...10 KB (1,612 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- sangen (literally "three strings") is a three-stringed musical instrument ... It is derived from a Chinese stringed instrument with a drum-like ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 12:23, 27 January 2023
- Mu'tazilah (Arabic المعتزلة al-mu`tazilah) is a theological ... a ideological stance which attempted to reconcile the disputes which ...9 KB (1,426 words) - 17:53, 10 November 2022
- medical innovator, and humanitarian. He is most famous for his work in ... aspects of disease. After a visit to the Soviet Union in 1935, Bethune ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- Computed tomography (CT) is a medical imaging method employing tomography ... CT produces a volume of data that can be manipulated, through a process ...61 KB (9,364 words) - 00:24, 8 January 2024
