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- largest by mass. It is 17 times the mass of Earth and slightly more massive ... ) is a stylized version of Poseidon's Trident. Neptune's ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- also an important forerunner in the school of art known as Expressionism. famous work and was stolen twice; it is one of the most recognizable and iconic ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- South American independence leader, was one of the commanders--together with ... Influenced by the ideals of the United States Declaration of Independence ...15 KB (2,196 words) - 17:13, 29 September 2023
- is a government classification for a group of related minorities in China ... to the upland people living in the mountains of Hunan and northern Guangdong ...21 KB (3,250 words) - 10:13, 22 May 2023
- نينوى, Naīnuwa), was the capital of the ancient Neo-Assyrian Empire ... c. 612 B.C.E. In the Bible, it was the site of Jonah's famous preaching ...21 KB (3,258 words) - 09:49, 11 March 2023
- 31, 1939) was an Austrian psychologist, one of Sigmund Freud's closest ... contexts, particularly in the areas of personal growth and self-actualization ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 05:54, 18 November 2022
- Italian painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters ... in Rome, on July 8, 1593, the first child of the painter Orazio Gentileschi ...17 KB (2,585 words) - 10:58, 16 August 2023
- principally for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean ... early explorations settled on the island of Hispaniola. He founded the ...34 KB (5,513 words) - 14:37, 3 May 2023
- influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles ... entirely autobiographical. As the title of his column suggested (Notes ...22 KB (3,383 words) - 01:57, 4 December 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
- pan out, and she would later retract some of them, but they were always ... fur trading business in China, where he died of tuberculosis when Susan was ...21 KB (3,083 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- Schuyler and Kenneth Koch, was a key member of the New York School of poetry ... . The urgency and quickness of his voice allows the reader to experience ...22 KB (3,437 words) - 05:07, 9 April 2024
- The Queen of Sheba, (tenth century B.C.E.), also known as Makeda ... Yaqut al-Hamawi, the star-worshipers of Harran in Turkey, and those ...22 KB (3,511 words) - 15:45, 7 December 2022
- Asia. He is credited with the translation of some 1,330 fascicles of scriptures ... Xuanzang’s detailed account of his travels, Journey to the West ...21 KB (3,157 words) - 14:33, 20 May 2023
- The Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County, often referred to ... In March of 1955, Mrs. Dorothy Chandler began fundraising toward a ...21 KB (3,188 words) - 02:46, 4 November 2022
- goddess originating in the mythology of ancient Anatolia, whose worship ... Additionally, she was worshiped as a deity of rebirth in connection with ...16 KB (2,551 words) - 06:50, 12 January 2024
- energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" ... World War I soon established the importance of a reliable national oil supply ...36 KB (5,440 words) - 05:21, 26 August 2023
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Pub. L. No. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241 (July ... In its search for a way to realize the dream of social and economic ...16 KB (2,379 words) - 06:13, 14 January 2023
- Garnet is a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze ... Pure crystals of garnet are used as gemstones. In addition, garnet ...18 KB (2,682 words) - 04:33, 18 April 2024
- Open access publishing is a form of publishing that allows users free ... , music, fine arts, or any product of intellectual activity. In this ...20 KB (2,877 words) - 00:47, 18 November 2022
- which supported the general allegations of espionage by Julius, though ... tried to match the military capacity of the other in pursuance of the ...29 KB (4,418 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- 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
- ) is a province of China located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze ... Chongqing to the northwest. The capital city of the province is Changsha. ...18 KB (2,479 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Born into a prosperous ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- leaves with five leaflets, clusters of small flowers, and red to brown ... The high concentration of caffeine in the seeds, which is more concentrated ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 22:26, 2 December 2021
- 1904 – September 24, 1991) is the author of several classic children's ... war effort against Nazi Germany, and some of his children's books are ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- [[Image:Legend of the Jew calling the Devil from a Vessel of Blood ... accompanied by the claim that the blood of victims is used in various ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 18:14, 31 October 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
- 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
- known as an early promoter and popularizer of Charles Darwin's evolutionary ... As a professor of comparative anatomy at the University of Jena, Haeckel ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 21:22, 20 March 2024
- 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
- 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
- Maine and Vermont were considered part of other colonies at the time ... freedom. Massachusetts was also one of the key colonies in the events ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- a school, in 1904, that later became part of Bethune-Cookman College in ... little scholarly attention in the histories of the period. As a stateswoman ...20 KB (2,970 words) - 16:12, 7 November 2022
- 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
- The Cretan War (205 B.C.E.–200 B.C.E.) was fought by King Philip ... and economy suffering from the depredations of the pirates, Philip believed ...30 KB (4,711 words) - 00:32, 27 December 2021
- 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
- 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
- cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books. appeared in the December 17, 2002, issue of Publishers Weekly, Shel Silverstein ...18 KB (2,704 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- Setesh, Seteh) was originally the god of the desert, one of the two ... beliefs threatened by foreigners, that many of their myths, legends and religious ...29 KB (4,585 words) - 10:05, 26 January 2023
- ; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was ... Yuri Gagarin was born in the village of Klushino near Gzhatsk (now ...17 KB (2,467 words) - 10:29, 7 June 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
- Broadly defined, wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder ... they offer a natural biocontrol of agricultural pests, since so ...19 KB (2,999 words) - 23:13, 3 May 2023
- 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
- 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
- state, located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of the city of Seattle. In Pierce ... in the lower 48 states at 35 square miles of snow and glaciers. It also ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 17:43, 10 November 2022
- large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any wild terrestrial mammal ... predator, the cougar pursues a wide variety of prey. Primary food sources ...41 KB (6,179 words) - 00:14, 15 January 2023
- A library is a collection of information, sources, resources and services ... In addition, with the collection of media other than books for storing ...31 KB (4,437 words) - 22:31, 25 October 2022
- she was prominent as the wife and sister of Osiris and mother of Horus. Isis' origins are uncertain but the first mention of the deity ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- (1948), outraged conservative critics as one of the first major American novels ... used his sarcastic wit and excellent command of the English language to state ...42 KB (5,899 words) - 11:57, 24 January 2023
