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- quot; or "manifestation") is a Christian feast intended ... In western Christian tradition, January 6 is celebrated as Epiphany ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 19:09, 13 February 2024
- A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population ... are active in delivering humanitarian aid to places where famine strikes ...36 KB (5,441 words) - 00:40, 25 March 2024
- School” or the “Psychological School,” is a school of economic thought ... stretching from the fifteenth century to the modern era and including ...22 KB (3,203 words) - 19:14, 22 August 2023
- The religion was developed in response to what was perceived to be "compromise ... The name "Jehovah’s Witnesses" is derived from a number ...37 KB (5,392 words) - 01:06, 9 February 2023
- gases expand at the same rate when subject to an increase in temperature ... Revolution, his parents found it necessary to keep Gay-Lussac at home, where ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 07:30, 2 April 2008
- film Bicycle Thieves during a visit to London. Satyajit Ray directed ... Satyajit Ray's ancestry can be traced back at least ten generations. ...43 KB (6,599 words) - 02:30, 21 April 2023
- aggregates" or "money stock" is a macroeconomic concept defining ... marks the ease at which a monetary asset can be turned into cash. Liquid assets ...16 KB (2,516 words) - 19:56, 9 November 2022
- Niagara Falls is a set of massive waterfalls located on the Niagara ... path through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean. While not ...27 KB (4,264 words) - 09:42, 11 March 2023
- Cartography or mapmaking (in Greek chartis - map and graphein - write ... The aesthetics of any given map will always be a critical component essential ...27 KB (4,007 words) - 00:45, 29 November 2023
- was a German physicist who was the first to satisfactorily demonstrate ... for even imagining the multitude of uses to which these electromagnetic ...15 KB (2,237 words) - 15:17, 25 January 2023
- Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to deform under ... The study of viscosity is known as rheology. ==Etymology== ...36 KB (5,462 words) - 20:38, 3 May 2023
- Historians continue to debate the reasons for the Soviet collapse ... Orwell in 1945, though not in reference to the struggle between the U ...49 KB (7,114 words) - 22:28, 7 January 2024
- Gestation is the period of development inside a female viviparous ... Gestation is one stage in the development of a live-bearing animal ...10 KB (1,500 words) - 18:44, 21 May 2024
- towns, gambler, saloon-keeper, and miner. He is best known for his participation ... society based on law and order that claimed to be class-free, even outlaws ...59 KB (9,719 words) - 14:12, 20 May 2023
- from a lifestyle where they were free to roam over whichever part of ... Invited to join anthropological expeditions as a photographer of native ...29 KB (4,492 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2024
- Catholic landed family, originally intended to be an artist, and studied art ... was among the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French ...19 KB (2,827 words) - 14:49, 21 May 2024
- (Iliad 13.301; Ovid), and, according to lore, Ares withdrew to Thrace ... the eagle owl, and the vulture. According to Argonautica (ii.382ff and 1031ff; ...9 KB (1,454 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- Family therapy is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the relationships ... doctor, in which psychopathology was thought to be within the individual. In ...24 KB (3,689 words) - 00:39, 25 March 2024
- 60 years he traveled the world, pointing out to people the need to transform ... of the Society at the time, who believed him to be a "vehicle" for ...52 KB (7,928 words) - 12:38, 1 August 2022
- :This page is about the number and digit 0 or "zero." ... 0 (zero) is both a number and a numerical digit used to represent ...30 KB (4,810 words) - 06:25, 13 June 2023
- the day after their birth, but there is no documentary evidence that ... Beethoven's personal life offers a startling counterpoint to ...18 KB (2,631 words) - 17:30, 20 December 2022
- for the majority of her life. She is interred at Fayetteville Cemetery ... not attracted the credit they deserved. What has been called the "Matilda ...19 KB (2,944 words) - 16:51, 7 November 2022
- He is perhaps the most noted contemporary Chinese painter for the ... Qi Baishi was born November 22, 1863 to a peasant family from Xiangtan ...16 KB (2,541 words) - 04:01, 7 December 2022
- Generally, a sacrament refers to a ritual meant to invoke divine presence ... Mysteries,” which can range from two to seven, or more. ...20 KB (3,310 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- ), the largest city in Belgium, is also that nation's capital ... inhabitants. The city’s colorful past is on display in the architectural ...30 KB (4,219 words) - 04:45, 22 November 2023
- Christian Temperance Union, which was formed to combat the debilitating influence ... and his early death the following year. Due to this experience Nation became ...12 KB (1,895 words) - 14:52, 27 April 2023
- Calvinism is a system of Christian theology advanced by John Calvin ... Calvinism is also known for some notable experiments in Christian ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 18:38, 25 November 2023
- ) is the capital, largest city, and the economic center of Qatar. ... government for many years. This focus led to the development of organizations ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- some time in the period between 27 to 33 C.E.. It is often considered ... Easter also refers to the season of the church year, called Eastertide ...23 KB (3,508 words) - 17:05, 10 October 2020
- as their moral and spiritual beliefs. Due to his efforts, knowledge of the ... generation German immigrant. His father came to America when he was ten years ...9 KB (1,305 words) - 08:17, 20 July 2023
- was a successful war waged by the Greeks to win independence for Greece ... Later, however, when other Ottoman provinces in the Balkans began ...61 KB (9,207 words) - 16:50, 18 February 2023
- English Renaissance theatre is English drama written between the Reformation ... in churches but later becoming more linked to the secular celebrations that ...22 KB (3,354 words) - 07:42, 5 February 2022
- Women's History Month is an annual declared month that highlights ... lower than that of men, relegated primarily to supporting their husbands and ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 23:27, 17 May 2023
- the Spanish and French Crowns should never be united. This was part of British ... The Treaty of Utrecht brought a period of peace in what is sometimes ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 15:00, 2 May 2023
- In particle physics, a lepton is one of the elementary (or fundamental ... and in three generations. Everyday matter is composed of the first generation: ...8 KB (1,168 words) - 21:59, 25 October 2022
- Lifeworld (German: Lebenswelt) is a concept used in philosophy and ... phenomenology as a philosophical discipline to analyze consciousness or mental ...11 KB (1,588 words) - 22:49, 25 October 2022
- Paint is the general term for a family of products used to protect ... and additives. Of these, only the binder is absolutely required. It is ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 06:16, 18 November 2022
- Pietro d'Abano (1257 - 1315) (his date of birth is also given ... other Arabian philosophers and physicians, to the West. He attempted to reconcile ...12 KB (1,811 words) - 05:30, 24 November 2022
- In computing, a hyperlink (often abbreviated to "link") ... An embedded link is a navigation element included as part of an object ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 13:21, 4 February 2023
- Tanning is the process by which raw animal skins and hides are converted ... Making rawhide does not require the use of tannin and is made simply ...11 KB (1,861 words) - 04:26, 27 February 2023
- People's Republic of China was brought to the brink of civil war. by Party Chairman Mao Zedong in 1966 to reassert his leadership after ...30 KB (4,513 words) - 06:46, 11 January 2024
- the 'science of life') is a system of traditional medicine ... Ayurveda traces its origins to the Vedas—the Atharvaveda in particular—and ...26 KB (3,585 words) - 06:06, 10 January 2023
- paper with sales of over one million, and is credited with winning ninety ... Adolph Simon Ochs was born on March 12, 1858 to German-Jewish immigrants ...10 KB (1,585 words) - 06:04, 15 June 2023
- Schmoller rejected the analytical and mathematical approaches to economics ... In addition to publishing several books, including his magnum opus ...28 KB (3,881 words) - 01:03, 27 July 2023
- casualties on both sides. The battle is taken to include the German ... its mobility. There was some substance to this. Army Group Centre had ...43 KB (6,775 words) - 01:36, 26 September 2023
- melodies with European classical conventions to create an original American ... was one of the first American composers to look to America's musical ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- their erotic sculpture. The name Khajuraho is derived from the Hindi word ... represent seemingly contradictory approaches to religious faith and doctrine ...13 KB (1,947 words) - 22:34, 3 March 2023
- A mosque is a place of worship for Muslims (followers of Islam). Muslims ... (root "s-j-d," meaning "to bow" or "to kneel ...42 KB (6,416 words) - 12:31, 7 May 2024
- of the Morioka Clan in Iwate, he converted to Christianity while a student ... 1930s. He wrote many books in English, and is most famous in the West for ...16 KB (2,449 words) - 01:35, 16 November 2022
- role in events that would eventually lead to the nation's birth. for this champion of his people's right to a safe and secure home in the ...21 KB (3,201 words) - 16:52, 21 January 2024
- that the Soviet Union was "fifty to a hundred years behind the ... To oversee the radical transformation of the Soviet Union, the party ...33 KB (4,974 words) - 12:47, 1 February 2024
- by the counsels of the wise, was best suited to govern. in these matters should nevertheless be seen in the context of the ...27 KB (4,100 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- Ordo (order) and the word holy referring to the church. Historically, an ... their religious communities, hold the power to make their respective communities ...19 KB (2,961 words) - 11:04, 2 February 2024
- the wartime meeting from February 4, 1945 to February 11, 1945 between the ... was coined in several of these countries to describe the failure of the ...13 KB (2,093 words) - 10:05, 22 May 2023
- An apparatus called a Hoffman voltameter is being used for the electrolysis ... In chemistry and manufacturing, electrolysis is a method of separating ...7 KB (1,039 words) - 04:29, 27 November 2020
- and early eighteenth centuries. His rise to prominence began as a lowly ... #039;s close friend Queen Anne. Promoted to Captain-General of British ...54 KB (8,414 words) - 17:21, 16 December 2022
- ) is the Islamic equivalent to hell. Its roots come from the Hebrew ... and metaphorically by Muslims. Jahannam is variably described as a firey ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 12:41, 6 November 2021
- reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. Although ... ranges of pitch, dynamics and tone color. To Johann Hummel, the expressiveness ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 14:45, 1 August 2022
- of the New Deal in the Senate from 1939 to 1953. He led the successful ... the federal Food Administration, he returned to Cincinnati, opened his own ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 02:17, 16 December 2022
- Housing prices peaked in early 2006, started to decline in 2006 and 2007, and ... government allocated over $900 billion to special loans and rescues related ...40 KB (5,653 words) - 11:59, 3 May 2023
- MARC is an acronym, used in the field of library science, that stands ... The future of the MARC formats is a matter of some debate in the worldwide ...10 KB (1,427 words) - 04:45, 5 November 2022
- After rising to the top of the heavyweight ranks, Schmeling fought ... and German heavyweight crown before coming to the United States to fight ...12 KB (1,835 words) - 00:59, 9 November 2022
- also called Ranginui and Papatuanuku, refer to the first primordial loving ... The indigenous creation story of Rangi and Papa is an important part ...8 KB (1,301 words) - 00:36, 8 December 2022
- British princess traditionally believed to have died as a Christian martyr ... serious questioning, as it seems her legend is unsupported by history. Literary ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- Cooking utensils are typically referred to as "pots" and ... The use of cooking vessels before the development of pottery is unclear ...24 KB (3,711 words) - 20:23, 7 June 2023
- The First Epistle to the Thessalonians, also known as Paul's ... Much of the letter is personal in nature, expressing Paul's joy ...12 KB (1,921 words) - 17:23, 28 March 2024
- of killing his wife in 1989. Sentenced to 11 years in jail, he died in ... machismo. Having learned early that he loved to fight, Monzón was discovered ...10 KB (1,638 words) - 15:24, 27 November 2023
- He became the first major photographer to emphasize the visual potential ... photographer, Coburn's interest turned to the spiritual side of life ...23 KB (3,410 words) - 08:45, 23 July 2023
- Wilella Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) is among ... In 1883, Cather moved with her family to Catherton in Webster County ...10 KB (1,563 words) - 12:02, 5 May 2023
- Alimony, maintenance, or spousal support is an obligation established ... With the growing view that men and women should be treated equally ...15 KB (2,419 words) - 00:40, 9 January 2023
- Analytical psychology is the movement started by Carl Jung and his ... Carl Jung's work, known as Jungian psychology, is central to ...23 KB (3,347 words) - 18:57, 26 July 2023
- He first pursued a career as an architect before being drawn to the ... James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908 to devoutly Presbyterian ...25 KB (3,865 words) - 16:36, 30 January 2023
- burning wit and formidable erudition. Qian is distinguished among other writers ... prominent intellectuals. Qian was assigned to work as a janitor. His wife ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:10, 14 April 2023
- The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all ... the player varies the length of the tube to change pitches, although the ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 17:59, 2 May 2023
- pharyngitis or Streptococcal sore throat, is a contagious infection of the ... If strep throat is not treated, it can develop into rheumatic fever ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 23:26, 21 October 2022
- Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far and graphein = write) ... A telegraph is a machine for transmitting and receiving messages over ...24 KB (3,473 words) - 05:33, 27 February 2023
- :This article is about the device. [[Image:Apollo 15 descends to splashdown ... A parachute is a device used to slow the descent of a person or object ...30 KB (4,644 words) - 07:42, 18 November 2022
- sharp teeth, massive heads, and bodies up to 15 meters (49 feet) in length ... The Plesiosauria order, to which the pliosaurs belonged, were aquatic ...11 KB (1,490 words) - 08:04, 24 November 2022
- In regular usage, the term sound is applied to any stimulus that excites ... expression through music. Our ability to hear sounds provides us with ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 15:34, 4 February 2023
- #039;e; approximately, "joo-chey") is the official state ideology ... Juche theory is a type of Marxism ideology, but it is built upon the ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- Penitentiary in New Brunswick, Canada is an institution that is part ... A criminal suspect who has been charged with or is likely to be charged ...31 KB (4,789 words) - 23:00, 30 November 2022
- and an advocate of Native American rights to education. She was a prominent ... One of her early mentors was Dr. William Ellery Channing who is usually ...11 KB (1,579 words) - 10:20, 21 January 2023
- African philosophy is a disputed term, used in different ways by different ... peoples have shown that their religion is inseparable from their daily ...20 KB (3,143 words) - 06:07, 16 June 2023
- Eidetic reduction is a technique in Husserlian phenomenology, used ... Eidetic reduction is used together with another key phenomenological ...9 KB (1,238 words) - 00:03, 13 February 2024
- [[Image:Treasure_of_Atreus.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Dromos entrance to ... beehive tomb required considerable effort to construct, and thus was only ...9 KB (1,300 words) - 10:23, 26 September 2023
- hunters and traders with posts that extended to the east coast and Mexico. century, they became nearly extinct due to disease and demise of the buffalo ...26 KB (3,951 words) - 18:11, 31 October 2023
- “The Last Great Imperial Adventurer,” he is remembered chiefly for his ... 1863 at Murree, British India (now Pakistan) to a British military family, ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- ), is a Chan Buddhist temple at Song Shan in Zhengzhou City, Henan ... The Shaolin Monastery is the Mahayana Buddhist monastery perhaps best ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 June 2023
- and served as its first Governor-General. He is commonly known in Pakistan ... Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress expounding ...37 KB (5,500 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- as many as 30 major population centers in what is now the Norte Chico region ... us that no one part of the world can claim to have led the whole world and ...37 KB (5,637 words) - 02:50, 16 November 2022
- spoken by the Seminoles and Miccosukees) is a shelter supported by posts ... The building of chickees has become a way to retain Florida's heritage ...7 KB (1,029 words) - 15:22, 10 December 2023
- different meanings in literature. The term is often used as a pejorative ... to indicate the improper usage of science or scientific claims. ...22 KB (3,110 words) - 02:36, 21 April 2023
- 6, 1969) was the first superstar in golf due to his tremendous skill, and flamboyant ... on tour for his actions such as refusing to dress in clubhouses, ordering ...18 KB (2,704 words) - 18:48, 17 April 2023
- Horus is one of the most archaic gods of the classical Egyptian pantheon ... the latter's murder of Osiris. Due to his identification with temporal ...25 KB (3,894 words) - 18:16, 7 February 2024
- Chinese philosophy and metaphysics, and is used to describe two primal ... each other. Each aspect of yin and yang can be further subdivided into yin ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- He gained recognition as the first actor to portray fictional British secret ... As an actor, Connery brought the characters he played to life, providing ...44 KB (6,554 words) - 17:35, 25 January 2023
- Gospel music is a genre of mostly American music characterized by ... definition of Gospel music varies according to culture and social context ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 00:04, 3 January 2024
- The Arthashastra (more precisely Arthaśāstra) refers to a tradition ... Cāṇakya would date the Arthaśāstra to the fourth century B.C.E.I ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 11:01, 16 August 2023
- El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO; commonly referred to as simply ... ENSO is associated with floods, droughts, and other disturbances in ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 00:07, 13 February 2024
- professional baseball player. Speaker is considered one of the greatest ... center fielder by 1909 and led the Red Sox to World Series championships ...47 KB (6,717 words) - 20:17, 28 April 2024
- ) sometimes referred to by the name Seyyed Ruhollah Mosavi Hendizadeh ... al-taqlid, "source of imitation") to many Shi'a Muslims. Khomeini ...50 KB (7,539 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- Uraninite is a uranium-rich, radioactive mineral that is composed ... decay products of uranium. In addition, it is often mixed with UO3 and oxides ...4 KB (526 words) - 13:35, 3 May 2023
- orders from consumers without them having to come into the physical store ... The concept is several centuries old, but it became a staple of the ...17 KB (2,545 words) - 05:29, 5 November 2022
- With a single kiss on Merwan's forehead, he was said to have ... who he said "brought him down" to normal consciousness and revealed ...32 KB (4,996 words) - 04:10, 9 November 2022
- The reed organ is a keyboard instrument that operates via bellows ... as well. Since they were less expensive to build, lighter than pianos ...24 KB (3,811 words) - 03:00, 8 December 2022
- (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) is a leftist political party in ... Party, the major opposition party which is generally allied with the Catholic ...51 KB (7,226 words) - 01:19, 21 April 2023
- it empties into the Gulf of California. It is a major and, in some cases ... Prior to the construction of major dams along its route, this river ...24 KB (3,618 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- Thulium (chemical symbol Tm, atomic number 69) is the least abundant ... The element is never found in nature in pure form, but it is found ...9 KB (1,135 words) - 23:14, 30 April 2023
- nitrogen. This process in turn could be used to manufacture fertilizers ... power in Germany, the Nazis forced him to leave the country in 1933 because ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 07:04, 15 April 2024
- Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United ... state. Vermont became the 14th state to join the United States, following ...45 KB (6,488 words) - 23:23, 5 March 2023
- 23, 1800. The McGuffey family had immigrated to America from Scotland in 1774 ... #039;s passions. He had a remarkable ability to memorize, and could commit ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 18:23, 17 April 2023
- or simply alternative) is a branch of the rock music genre that became ... The name "alternative" was coined in the 1980s to describe ...22 KB (3,494 words) - 00:45, 9 January 2023
- This cultural group has often been referred to in archaeology as the Anasazi ... The origin and exact size and location of this group of people is ...40 KB (6,073 words) - 19:47, 26 July 2023
- The Grand Banks is a large area of submerged highlands southeast of ... By the 1970s and 1980s the area began to suffer from overfishing. By ...15 KB (2,318 words) - 20:24, 13 September 2021
- and a leading lawyer in New York City. He is best known as the civilian ... Born to a wealthy New York family long involved in Republican politics ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- right|thumb|Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.]] deteriorating conditions in large cities due to the rapid influx of large numbers ...10 KB (1,579 words) - 17:59, 12 February 2024
- Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain, commonly caused ... Encephalitis often is accompanied by an inflammation of the brain ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 18:32, 13 February 2024
- Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional ... as "The Dream Team". He was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary ...29 KB (4,389 words) - 22:36, 22 October 2022
- The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. Its ... defeated in the Middle East, the Order moved to Transylvania in 1211, to help ...34 KB (5,036 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- in gambling and drinking. He was shot to death February 28, 1908 possibly ... #039;s mythic status increased. His failure to give The Kid a chance to surrender ...17 KB (2,723 words) - 09:03, 18 November 2022
- Polynesia (from the Greek words meaning "many islands") ... Polynesia may be described as the islands within a triangle with its ...17 KB (2,443 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a global membership organization ... As World War II drew to a close, the economies of numerous nations ...32 KB (4,747 words) - 12:59, 7 February 2023
- (1,300 km) northeast from Hokkaidō, Japan, to the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula ... in 1855, and 20 years later they laid claim to the entire chain. The islands ...30 KB (4,467 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- religious teachings. This method of teaching is considered to be one of the ... ) to a 'śiṣya' (disciple, hi | शिष्य ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 07:58, 24 July 2023
- every genre from screwball comedies to historical drama. Throughout ... the transition from stage and silent film to "talkies" and later ...28 KB (4,036 words) - 10:59, 19 December 2023
- "wandering") and often shortened to plane, is a heavier-than-air ... small trainers and recreational aircraft, to large airliners and military ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- 17, 1790) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a tallow-maker. He became a ... religion and morality was broad; he donated to all denominational churches ...36 KB (5,370 words) - 09:50, 28 September 2023
- Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe comprising the western ... The country ceased to exist in 1918, with the formation of the joint ...30 KB (4,624 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- the most radical group of delegates, opposed to the Girondins faction. The ... Commune. As such, the Mountain was sensitive to the motivations of the city ...26 KB (3,556 words) - 23:01, 28 October 2022
- drawn up at the end of the Anglo-Afghan wars to help hold the Russian Empire ... The unrest caused by that division of the Pashtun lands led to the ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 15:02, 7 October 2022
- school in Wilmington, Delaware and went on to become one of America's ... Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and is probably best remembered for ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 22:57, 10 November 2022
- Nyaya (Sanskrit meaning "rational argument") is one of the ... Nyaya's most important contribution to Hindu thought is its elucidation ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 01:23, 17 November 2022
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the ... quot; or the "Mormon Church," is the largest and most well-known ...28 KB (4,522 words) - 21:59, 10 December 2023
- In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata) is a musical composition ... period until now, a serenade usually refers to a multiple-movement work for ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- from approximately 25 yards—in a 13-3 loss to the Rock Island Independents. Lambeau led the Packers to six world championships as head coach and ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- Sir Elton John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947, is ... John is also noted for crafting melodies for the lyrics of songwriting ...19 KB (3,014 words) - 17:42, 13 February 2024
- novelist during the early Soviet period. He is considered one of the greatest ... at the University of Novorossiya from 1916 to 1918. Three authors that influenced ...7 KB (1,003 words) - 10:31, 7 June 2023
- As commonly defined, the human body is the physical manifestation ... tissues, and cells. The study of tissues is the focus of histology, and ...25 KB (3,706 words) - 21:55, 23 December 2020
- a distinct liturgy and culture, influenced to varying degrees, by interaction ... portion of the Jews who migrated from Europe to other continents in the past ...20 KB (2,890 words) - 04:05, 18 August 2023
- Christian mystic (Swedenborg referred to himself as an initialis, in ... Swedenborg deserves to be appreciated as much for his theology as ...37 KB (5,627 words) - 17:59, 13 February 2024
- evolved The Beatles from pop quartet to movie stars, explorers of inner ... His creativity waned and with this his power to shape culture. ...28 KB (4,313 words) - 20:50, 1 May 2024
- Flow is the mental state of operation in which the person is fully ... The concept of the state of flow is similarly found in the traditions ...13 KB (1,998 words) - 17:43, 28 March 2024
- #039;s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February ... Today, Valentine's Day is recognized as a significant cultural ...35 KB (5,116 words) - 14:12, 3 May 2023
- literary critic. Most scholars consider him to be the founder of the tradition ... the names Georg or György Lukács. (Lukács is pronounced IPA [lukɑtʃ] by ...31 KB (4,665 words) - 06:56, 18 April 2024
- Metanarrative or grand narrative or mater narrative is a term developed ... In this context, the narrative is a story that functions to legitimize ...13 KB (1,834 words) - 16:21, 9 November 2022
- Shuttle Challenger disaster. In addition to his work in theoretical physics ... Pub. Co., 1963, ISBN 0201020106). Feynman is also known for his semi-autobiographical ...54 KB (8,060 words) - 20:15, 8 December 2022
- After a failed engagement to Maria Wodzińska from 1836 to 1837, he ... fidelity. Among his many memorials is the Fryderyk Chopin Institute ...96 KB (14,156 words) - 07:08, 15 April 2024
- Red Cross. In this capacity, he was sent to Germany in 1945, to try to ... After achieving a truce a truce in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he began ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 22:38, 5 May 2020
- Transcendental idealism is the name given by eighteenth century German ... the reliability of science and the inability to know what transcends observable ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 00:54, 2 May 2023
- Chalcedony is one of the cryptocrystalline—a term which refers to ... materials used in human history. It was used to make various tools, weapons ...7 KB (962 words) - 01:14, 4 December 2023
- Mongols sent armies under the general Bayan to invade the Song, and as Song ... , a historical diary in poetry of his flight to Yangzhou. Wen Tianxiang is ...16 KB (2,591 words) - 19:07, 21 November 2022
- Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a representative democratic ... Ecuador is a multicultural, multiethnic nation–state with one of ...30 KB (4,366 words) - 18:03, 12 February 2024
- or Peshwa and by neutralizing others. What had started as a commercial ... the end of the Maratha wars, India was ready to be possessed, mapped, defined ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 05:59, 28 July 2023
- South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United ... Located in the north-central United States, South Dakota is bisected ...41 KB (6,101 words) - 15:37, 4 February 2023
- Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into ... tests of knowledge or physical fortitude, to participating in humiliating ...23 KB (3,352 words) - 20:51, 17 June 2022
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- ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... government launched a project in the 1950s, to restore the gardens to their ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. (May 8, 1937 - ) is an American writer ... a common mispronunciation) is regarded by many readers and critics ...33 KB (4,941 words) - 22:49, 30 April 2023
- and Sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. Ordained as a priest ... his maternal line. He entered the seminary to train to become a Roman Catholic ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 01:36, 23 November 2022
- figure in Pakistani politics, referred to as both a hero and traitor ... Khan Abdul Wali Khan had the rare distinction to suffer from both ...27 KB (3,941 words) - 22:56, 3 March 2023
- An island or isle is a tract of land that is completely surrounded ... and/or geologically related islands is called an archipelago. Whatever ...19 KB (2,807 words) - 19:43, 7 February 2023
- Mussel is the common term for members of several families of freshwater ... Zebra mussel (genus Dreissena, native to Black and Caspian seas) and ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- Computers, the first African-American woman to supervise a group of staff ... She later was promoted officially to the position. During her 28-year ...15 KB (2,076 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- founder of the Aztec imperial dynasty. He is considered to be the first ... the empire. The aim of conquest was not to destroy and plunder but to ...7 KB (1,048 words) - 23:29, 30 September 2021
- Amman, sometimes spelled Ammann (Arabic عمان ʿAmmān), is the ... Amman is a city of contrasts, a unique blend of old and new; its modern ...17 KB (2,613 words) - 00:55, 9 January 2023
- its use of such concepts as the propensity to consume, the liquidity preference ... of selfishness in human nature which has to date prevented the emergence ...27 KB (4,103 words) - 17:22, 29 September 2023
- prestigious luxury sports cars. In addition to its speed, the Ferrari automobile ... others who have developed elite technologies to consider how they can apply ...10 KB (1,512 words) - 19:03, 13 February 2024
- Juggling is a form of skillful, often artful, object manipulation ... The word "juggling" derives from the Middle English jogelen ...19 KB (3,000 words) - 09:05, 12 May 2024
- was a former German protectorate from 1884 to 1914 within the German colonial ... their life, except that people were alerted to the reality of a wider world ...15 KB (2,339 words) - 22:48, 4 December 2022
- have been preserved in the Bible, he is nevertheless a very important ... According to the Bible, it is through Nathan that God first delivered ...11 KB (1,891 words) - 01:30, 11 November 2022
- The Ohio State University (OSU) is a public research university in ... The mission of OSU is to improve the quality of life of people both ...40 KB (5,731 words) - 10:21, 11 March 2023
- ; Tamil: கொழும்பு) is the largest city and commercial ... Due to its large harbor and its strategic position, Colombo has been ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern ... late Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping to become the first of the Special ...24 KB (3,404 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- Watergate is a general term for a series of political scandals, which ... 039;s staff. These investigations added fuel to a mounting campaign against ...17 KB (2,600 words) - 14:08, 31 May 2022
- the world as synonymous with evil. The need to prevent the recurrence of such ... Hitler used charismatic oratory and propaganda, appealing to economic ...75 KB (11,428 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
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- of the Badshahi Masjid. Badshahi Masjid is one of the locations where ... designed and constructed as the compliment to Lahore Fort. Lahore Fort had ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- Men (1937) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939 ... (1947), and East of Eden (1952), went on to become Hollywood films (some ...27 KB (4,093 words) - 04:08, 3 May 2024
- Sake (酒; pronounced sa.kɛ ), also spelled saki, is a Japanese word ... Sake is widely referred to in English as "rice wine," but ...26 KB (4,206 words) - 00:58, 23 December 2022
- Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name ... except for those that can no longer be observed because of the destruction ...17 KB (2,713 words) - 00:25, 19 November 2023
- after, thus forming a counter-point to emerging orthodoxy. Marcion ... Marcion is sometimes referred to as a gnostic but this charge is incorrect ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- Michigan is a Midwestern state of the United States of America, located ... California and Florida. A person in Michigan is never more than 85 miles (137 ...46 KB (6,626 words) - 17:13, 9 November 2022
- and his peers at The Algonquin Round Table to contemporaries in the burgeoning ... Benchley is best remembered for his contributions to The New Yorker ...34 KB (5,358 words) - 03:11, 15 December 2022
- The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's ... and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic ...31 KB (4,598 words) - 06:22, 12 August 2023
- Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is ... Today Venice is regarded as an artistic and architectural treasure ...34 KB (5,043 words) - 15:01, 3 May 2023
- ), located in Chartres, about 50 miles from Paris, is considered one ... Long a site of holy pilgrimage due to its housing of a garment believed ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 00:43, 5 December 2023
- in the National Basketball Association (NBA) to this day. Naismith not only ... age of eight, James moved with his family to Grand Calumet where his father ...14 KB (2,207 words) - 08:49, 18 March 2024
- believed that the purpose of sociology was to bring about social reform, ... and interdependencies were the key to bringing about a peaceful and ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- as the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973, and as Prime Minister ... Bhutto could easily have devoted himself to a legal career but entered ...37 KB (5,508 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- A furnace (from the Latin word fornax, meaning "oven") is ... In American English, the term furnace generally refers to the central ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 09:57, 18 October 2022
- a northeastern suburb of Manchester, to a Catholic father and a Catholic ... life of his sister Muriel. Elizabeth, who is buried in a Protestant cemetery ...51 KB (7,981 words) - 05:23, 31 July 2023
- Stripped of citizenship, this was restored to after his death but not until ... pay and better working conditions as linked to the issue of class, an unpopular ...21 KB (3,204 words) - 04:16, 23 March 2024
- Lily is the common name for any of the herbaceous flowering plants ... including some that are quite unrelated to the true lilies. Water lilies ...20 KB (2,868 words) - 08:42, 8 March 2023
- of the Republic of India. Popularly referred to as Panditji (Scholar), Nehru ... was also an exponent of socialism as a means to address long-standing national ...41 KB (6,185 words) - 23:02, 3 May 2023
- #039;s eight sons, he ultimately appears to have been the most able leader ... of the Goryeo Dynasty, he helped his father to extend his support with the ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 19:15, 24 October 2022
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- The Persian Gulf is located in Southwest Asia. It is an extension ... Because of its natural resources, access to the Persian Gulf has become ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2022
- Potala Palace is the traditional residence of the Dalai Lama (the ... and with copper poured into the foundations to help proof it against earthquakes. ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- Pole vaulting, a part of track and field, is a rigorous and demanding ... Pole vaulting is a dangerous and sophisticated sport requiring a high ...22 KB (3,728 words) - 00:14, 12 April 2023
- Goethe, one of the influential figures in what would become known as the ... he was forced, at the command of Duke Eugen, to attend Karlscchule, a military ...18 KB (2,816 words) - 06:39, 15 April 2024
- The Deutsches Museum (German Museum) in Munich, Germany, is the world ... The full name of the museum in English is The German Museum of Masterpieces ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 10:09, 29 January 2024
- ) formerly Apple Computer Inc., is an American multinational corporation ... word "Computer" on January 9, 2007 to reflect the company's ...56 KB (7,806 words) - 15:54, 11 August 2023
- Civil disobedience encompasses the active refusal to obey certain ... 039;s social welfare campaigns and campaigns to speed up independence from ...28 KB (4,286 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- 21, Patterson became the youngest man then to have won the world heavyweight ... Patterson was also the first heavyweight to win the world championship ...10 KB (1,626 words) - 17:44, 28 March 2024
- A bibliographic database is a database that contains descriptive records ... A well structured bibliographic database is an indispensable tool ...27 KB (3,849 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- The granddaughter of Herod the Great, Herodias was first married to ... When Caligula came to the imperial throne, Herodias urged Antipas ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 11:05, 22 January 2024
- الكعبة meaning: "Cube") is a building located inside Islam ... The Ka'bah is a large masonry structure roughly the shape of ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 21:48, 4 October 2022
- ) is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the northwest ... south of the Arabian Peninsula, the archipelago is 250 kilometers ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- He was also one of the early pioneers of what would later become the psychological ... His mother died when he was five. At the age of 14 he was sent to ...8 KB (1,223 words) - 14:48, 21 May 2024
- → wūlóng) is a traditional Chinese tea somewhere between green ... Oolong has a taste more akin to green tea than to black tea: it lacks ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- whose mathematical skills enabled him to compute the distribution of ... One story from his early years has it that a caretaker used to hang ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 22:20, 29 January 2023
- (now the Republic of Singapore), and is one of the most famous Britons ... Raffles was born on the ship Ann off the coast of Jamaica. Little ...33 KB (5,257 words) - 16:24, 8 February 2023
- Hardboiled crime fiction is a literary style distinguished by an unsentimental ... models for the attitude that has come to be known as "attitude ...19 KB (2,838 words) - 22:25, 25 January 2024
- Sea urchin is the common name for various spiky echinoderms within ... In a more general sense of the term, sea urchin sometimes is used ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 17:33, 25 January 2023
- A lesbian is a woman who is romantically and sexually attracted solely ... were non-existent and of no interest to women. With the development ...16 KB (2,335 words) - 00:47, 7 March 2023
- In Christian theology, the Absolute is conceived as being synonymous ... "absolvo," a verb, meaning "to set free, end, and complete ...15 KB (2,179 words) - 06:35, 14 June 2023
- Life magazine. Bernays was one of the first to attempt to manipulate public ... Bernays is and was held in high regard by some, and thoroughly despised ...20 KB (2,909 words) - 23:44, 12 February 2024
- Balsa is the common name for a fast-growing, tropical American tree ... from use in life preservers and floats, to model building, to fishing ...6 KB (941 words) - 04:22, 11 January 2023
- from its European forms and allowed it to adapt to a democratic society ... of Northampton, Massachusetts, seems to have been a woman of unusual ...24 KB (3,948 words) - 00:21, 4 August 2022
- The Book of Joshua (Hebrew: Sefer Y'hoshua—ספר יהושע ... In Jewish tradition, the Book of Joshua is the first of the books ...26 KB (4,240 words) - 00:19, 19 November 2023
- Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It is the ... Latin School in 1635. Boston was also home to the first subway system in ...40 KB (5,847 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- Marine Engineering is a profession practiced by members of a ship ... complicated systems, although new design is mostly included within the ...7 KB (1,011 words) - 15:57, 6 November 2022
- Millipede ("thousand legs") is the common name for any member ... can also harm certain agricultural crops, be a minor garden pest, and even ...9 KB (1,312 words) - 18:00, 9 November 2022
- An archangel is a superior or higher-ranking angel found in a number ... According to Christian and Jewish traditions, the number of archangels ...17 KB (2,515 words) - 02:14, 9 January 2023
- forms or styles, which are typically danced to country-western music, and ... Like America itself, country/western dancing is a melting pot of many ...19 KB (2,953 words) - 16:29, 27 April 2024
- The cross, found in many cultures and religions of the world, is an ... were hung on crosses in public places to inspire fear of authority and ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- and physicist. He was the first to quantify the change in frequency ... Christian Doppler was born in Salzburg, Austria, the son of a well ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 17:59, 10 December 2023
- Expressionism generally refers to a twentieth century art movement ... jarring compositions. It was not important to reproduce an aesthetically ...15 KB (2,114 words) - 23:58, 24 March 2024
- both theoretical and practical support to the project. ==Early life ... Fourier. The mathematical treatment was to influence Thomson in his later ...36 KB (5,321 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is the common name for a species of burrowing ... the animal for the first time often think it is a made up animal, like a jackalope ...9 KB (1,488 words) - 00:41, 17 December 2022
- the Peloponnese. From c. 650 B.C.E., it rose to become the dominant military ... Laconophilia is the admiration of Sparta, which continues to fascinate ...46 KB (7,079 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- He lived his life in taking responsibility to inculcate a personal transformation ... Rubinstein was born to Jewish parents in Vikhvatinets (now in Transnistria ...7 KB (986 words) - 06:51, 31 July 2023
- 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon ... 30, 1955, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy ...56 KB (8,516 words) - 01:32, 8 February 2023
- achievements of the revolution, and intended to pursue the revolution on social ... It was an attempt by the revolutionaries to "dress up" their ...11 KB (1,738 words) - 09:38, 29 July 2022
- content of silica. The Earth's mantle is thought to be composed of ultramafic ... more than 90 percent mafic minerals—that is, they have a high content of ...7 KB (892 words) - 01:30, 3 May 2023
- A law library is a library designed to assist law students, attorneys ... The processes of legal research vary according to the country and ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- which survived in some form until 1857. He is also known as Timur-e Lang ... Tamerlane and Tamburlaine. Today, he is a figure of national importance ...24 KB (3,811 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
- Pharaoh is the title given in modern parlance to the ancient Egyptian ... nemes, an ornate kilt, and a double crown—to symbolize the unity of Upper ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- Progressive education is based on the belief that students learn best ... citizens involves two principles. First is the respect for diversity where ...20 KB (2,991 words) - 23:07, 30 November 2022
- 1968 student protests in France. From 1971 to 1992 he was a lecturer and ... Editor from 1982 to 2001 of The Salisbury Review, a conservative political ...58 KB (8,069 words) - 21:36, 16 April 2023
- Minister of the United Kingdom from 1783 to 1801, and again from 1804 until ... Wars. Pitt, although often referred to as a Tory, always considered ...28 KB (4,338 words) - 18:25, 17 April 2023
- screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of ... His work made use of frequent homages and references to film history ...63 KB (9,163 words) - 20:22, 22 September 2023
- In biological terms, a human being, or human, is any member of the ... Humans also are noted for their desire to understand and influence the ...94 KB (13,955 words) - 12:18, 4 February 2023
- followed year after year during the mid-to-late 1930s. Her box office ... and became a diplomat with an appointment to represent the United States ...38 KB (5,692 words) - 14:21, 27 January 2023
- Algerian-French writer and philosopher. He is best known for the existential ... Though Camus’ work is often associated with that of another important ...25 KB (3,796 words) - 04:59, 17 June 2023
- Popularly, Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related ... philia was friendship; xenia was kindness to the guest or stranger. Agape ...70 KB (11,122 words) - 04:14, 4 November 2022
- won him national celebrity prior to the advent of rock and roll ... Although not religious in practice, Williams bowed to country music ...23 KB (3,620 words) - 03:08, 28 January 2022
- Pope Saint Stephen I served as bishop of Rome from May 12, 254 to ... of 250-251. The Catholic position was to grant communion to returning ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- Karachi (كراچى) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and ... the demographics of the city and added to the diversity of the already ...41 KB (5,975 words) - 17:58, 14 May 2024
- the Roman army, was captured, and sent to the gladiator school at Capua ... At first, the Romans were slow to respond to the uprising, with Spartacus ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- (54 C.E. - 68 C.E.). Nero became heir to the then emperor, his grand ... of his excesses and eccentricities, he is traditionally viewed as the ...39 KB (6,311 words) - 04:33, 11 March 2023
- Organized crime or criminal organizations refer to centralized enterprises ... illegal gambling, prostitution, or drugs, to find a substantial market in ...12 KB (1,649 words) - 10:42, 11 March 2023
- Philanthropy is the voluntary act of donating money or goods, or providing ... Philanthropy is the voluntary act of donating extensive financial ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 03:17, 24 November 2022
- She was born Isabella Bomefree (later changed to Baumfree) in the ... The painful experiences of being a child, wife, and mother who had ...14 KB (2,065 words) - 22:05, 30 January 2023
- Subjective idealism is a philosophical view based on the idea that ... idealistic theories do not reduce reality to the perceiving mind. From Plato’s ...8 KB (1,190 words) - 21:10, 26 February 2023
- religious scholar born in Gujarat, India. He is best known as the founder of ... of brahmacharya (celibacy and devotion to God). The Theosophical Society ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- Scandinavian Peninsula, Denmark-Norway began to develop colonies, forts, and ... and its only substantial territory ever, is that of Greenland, whose colonial ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- Barbados, situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent ... Barbados' total land area is about 430 square kilometers, (166 ...33 KB (4,815 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- Academic freedom is the freedom of teachers, students, and academic ... of inquiry by students and faculty members is essential to the mission of ...23 KB (3,336 words) - 07:10, 14 June 2023
- and a Humanitarian who traveled extensively to third world countries as Goodwill ... Raised under Nazi rule during World War II, she trained to be a prima ...27 KB (4,189 words) - 18:28, 21 August 2023
- cosmology whereby everything could be explained in terms of matter ... Holbach’s Paris salon, which met regularly, twice a week, from 1750 ...19 KB (2,831 words) - 08:10, 20 September 2023
- during the Spanish colonial era. He is considered the Philippines ... The seventh of eleven children born to a wealthy family in the town ...46 KB (7,008 words) - 06:33, 6 May 2024
- ) is a Canadian province located on Canada's southeastern coast ... the Gaspé Peninsula. Nova Scotia was home to the Mi'kmaq people when ...28 KB (4,053 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- From a young age she kept records of what came to be known as her ... struggle. She was married for over 20 years to Ulf Gudmarson, the prince of ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 23:04, 20 November 2023
- ; "School of Mo") or Moism is a Chinese Philosophy founded ... Mohism presented a challenge to the dominant Confucian thought, emphasizing ...17 KB (2,759 words) - 19:44, 9 November 2022
- In chemistry, a mixture is a material made by combining two or more ... The components can usually be separated from one another by a mechanical ...5 KB (683 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- An ulcer (from Latin ulcus) is a lesion or eroded area on the surface ... and so forth. Peptic ulcers, once attributed to stress are now commonly linked ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:30, 11 November 2022
- graphẽ "writing") is a form of ornamental handwriting ... functional inscriptions and hand lettering to fine art pieces where the artistic ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- , tr: Bolshaya chistka) is the name given to campaigns of political ... The term "repression" was officially used to denote the ...32 KB (4,761 words) - 12:20, 24 January 2023
- notably the United States—in an effort to unify Vietnam into a single ... 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
- teachers of the Church of Alexandria. He is known for his attempt to unite ... Clement of Alexandria was, and still is, a highly unorthodox and controversial ...14 KB (2,240 words) - 11:08, 19 December 2023
- thinker, Knight contributed significantly to the development of American ... high school but was admitted in 1905 to the American University in ...12 KB (1,691 words) - 05:05, 9 April 2024
- Eagle is the common name for various diurnal birds of prey in the ... essentially any bird of prey large enough to hunt sizable (about 50 centimeters ...15 KB (1,992 words) - 01:24, 16 January 2023
- was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member ... Marcos initially had laudable intentions: to improve the economy, ...51 KB (7,579 words) - 17:20, 26 March 2024
- in English or inukhuk in Inuinnaqtun) is a stone landmark or cairn built ... ancestors. They provide an important link to the past generations, keeping ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 11:05, 6 March 2024
- Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is an annual custom on April 1 ... are beneficial or harmful. Laughter is good for the individual, and ...22 KB (3,192 words) - 15:56, 11 August 2023
- Cushing's syndrome, or hypercortisolism, is an endocrine disorder ... condition in 1932, Cushing's syndrome is relatively rare. Only about ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- members of the Commission of Twelve should be brought before the Revolutionary ... France was expecting the Convention to deliver its Constitution. Instead ...32 KB (4,897 words) - 15:20, 31 August 2022
- Unification Thought is the philosophy of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon ... Unification Thought is meant to serve as a philosophical basis for ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 01:38, 3 May 2023
- Chemically, it may be referred to as potassium lithium aluminum silicate ... Lepidolite is often found associated with other minerals, such as ...4 KB (543 words) - 00:47, 7 March 2023
- Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the fifth largest metropolitian ... Toronto is heralded as one of the most multicultural cities in the ...43 KB (6,252 words) - 23:37, 15 January 2024
- The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting ... Since its founding in 1969, PBS has grown to include 354 stations which ...16 KB (2,300 words) - 18:03, 14 April 2023
- Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in central Kentucky ... The official name of the system is the Mammoth Cave System, though ...40 KB (6,197 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- "center" | *Boron-10 content may be as low as 19.1% and ashigh ... Boron (chemical symbol “B,” atomic number “5”) is a chemical ...16 KB (2,239 words) - 19:45, 20 November 2023
- The Tibetan Book of the Dead is the western name for a collection ... The Tibetan Book of the Dead is the most famous and widespread work ...13 KB (1,966 words) - 23:24, 30 April 2023
- Bean is a common name for edible plant seeds or seed pods of several ... the New Worlds. They have been and continue to be an important part of the ...19 KB (3,083 words) - 16:15, 14 November 2023
- school who made important contributions to the development of modal logic ... “if…then” propositions might be true. Diodorus stated that ...17 KB (2,681 words) - 15:24, 29 January 2024
- Actinopterygii, is a major taxonomic class (or subclass) of fish, ... horny spines ("rays"), as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins characteristic ...14 KB (1,774 words) - 17:27, 17 December 2022
- and thinker generally credited with helping to create the political climate ... interview with Napoleon, was allowed to leave, when the invaders arrived ...24 KB (3,543 words) - 14:23, 18 July 2023
- Church in the thirteenth century. He is noted for his works addressing ... Syriac as a living speech. His writing is a valuable source of information ...19 KB (3,000 words) - 19:08, 10 February 2023
- William Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 – June 5, 1953) was born ... He was the first American tennis player to compete at Wimbledon and the ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 16:08, 31 October 2023
- Budapest is the capital city of Hungary. It is its country's ... with private enterprise, it was not immune to the upsets that resulted from ...27 KB (3,960 words) - 16:54, 22 November 2023
- The Arabian Sea borders Karnataka to the west, Goa to the northwest ... meaning elevated land. Karu nadu may also be read as Karu (black) and nadu ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- Lysippos, between 292 and 280 B.C.E. It is one of the Seven Wonders of ... Rhodes is an island situated in the eastern Aegean Sea. It lies approximately ...12 KB (1,850 words) - 22:42, 7 January 2024
- freedom, namely independence from others, is essential to the development ... with others, especially within the family, is key to healthy human development ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 05:54, 18 November 2022
- The phoenix, or phœnix as it is sometimes spelled, has been an enduring ... homogeneous characteristics. The phoenix is always a bird, usually having ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
- The phrase Son of God is a title that was applied to different figures ... world used the phrase "Son of God" to justify their political authority ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- 1926. Coached rigorously by her father, she is considered one of tennis' ... sportswear. The aura of her celebrity led to her being named La Divine ...24 KB (3,518 words) - 14:14, 28 April 2023
- A decimal (or denary) system is a numeral system that has the number ... a fractional part. The decimal separator may be a dot, a period, or a comma. ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- Distillation is a method of separating chemical substances based on ... Distillation is used for a variety of purposes. Water is distilled ...29 KB (4,405 words) - 15:30, 29 January 2024
- these, the Shuar, are most commonly referred to when speaking of the Jivaro Indians. using the weapons they traded for the heads to kill more efficiently. This ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 17:14, 27 October 2020
- a tonal center. However, he later evolved to a new and sometimes strident ... in Moscow on Christmas Day 1871 according to the Julian Calendar. When he ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
- Industrialization (or industrialisation) is the period of social and ... goods and services of all kinds tend to expand and provide a further ...23 KB (3,165 words) - 17:35, 25 September 2021
- Biological psychology, of biopsychology, is the application of the ... centuries, biopsychology has found new ways to answer old questions, has tackled ...23 KB (3,212 words) - 17:55, 31 October 2023
- War II division of Germany, he was elected to Parliament in 1946, and quickly ... After German re-unification, Honecker first fled to the Soviet Union ...12 KB (1,816 words) - 19:26, 13 February 2024
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- Gabbro is a dark, coarse-grained, intrusive igneous rock chemically ... Gabbro is dense, greenish or dark-colored and contains varied proportions ...5 KB (628 words) - 07:32, 15 April 2024
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- He had been commonly referred to as the Chanakya of modern India for ... socialist based Nehruvian style of economy to a market driven one, his years ...30 KB (4,303 words) - 10:56, 11 March 2023
- meaning "nature") can refer either to the parts or functions (mechanical ... Since the function of a part is related to its structure, physiology ...6 KB (856 words) - 05:11, 24 November 2022
- a popular local performer before moving to Chicago and rising to the top ... members well, he was also a devoted husband to his wife Lillie and his two ...14 KB (2,286 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- short story writer, and essayist. She is most famous for her semi-autobiographical ... In 1982, Plath became the first poet to win a Pulitzer Prize posthumously ...19 KB (3,157 words) - 01:56, 27 February 2023
- In traditional Aristotelian logic, deduction or deductive reasoning ... We do need to say that in a deductive inference the premises "purport ...16 KB (2,607 words) - 09:05, 28 January 2024
- Equilibrioception or sense of balance is one of the physiological ... system, proprioception). Equlibrioception is so important that some believe ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 20:01, 16 February 2021
- activated charcoal, or activated coal) is a form of carbon that has been ... Activated carbon is valuable for a variety of applications. Examples ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 05:41, 15 June 2023
- |population = approx. 125,000(30,000 to 80,000 in the U.S.45,000 in Canada) ... of Native American tribes that lived prior to the arrival of Europeans in ...41 KB (6,201 words) - 23:24, 9 December 2021
- the battle, Britain restored Afghanistan to its pre-war role as a neutral ... had been a true saying from the late 1820s. What fueled Britain's drive ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- an event ordained by divine Providence, both to punish the French monarchy ... Duchy of Savoy, which at the time belonged to the Kingdom of Sardinia. His ...18 KB (2,651 words) - 05:02, 7 May 2024
- . In Christian thought, Jesus Christ came to be seen as a scapegoat, whose ... The modern (almost clichéd) use of the term to describe an individual ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is a highly prestigious annual ... it typically takes place in February prior to the Academy Awards. The awards ...26 KB (3,803 words) - 02:24, 22 November 2023
- a belief in continuing revelation, a refusal to compromise with worldly standards ... Although the bishops eventually declared Montanism to be a heresy ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 21:12, 9 November 2022
- community, he made a major contribution to his field. ==Life== ... Switzerland and Carnot went with his mother to St. Omer. Political upheavals ...15 KB (2,378 words) - 23:36, 14 November 2022
- the American Revolution and most moved to Canada when the British were ... of the Cayuga name for "Cayuga" is Gayogohó:no’. [http://www ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 23:34, 3 December 2023
- Hibernation is a state of inactivity (deep sleep) and metabolic depression ... Hibernation is one of several types of dormancy, a general term used ...14 KB (2,055 words) - 15:45, 25 January 2023
- He was one of the first to expose the use of psychiatric imprisonment ... From June 1963 to February 1965, Bukovsky was convicted under Article ...20 KB (2,721 words) - 20:45, 3 May 2023
- :This article is about the perceptual property. For other uses, see ... Color (or colour) is the visual perceptual property corresponding ...32 KB (4,860 words) - 22:38, 7 January 2024
- jazz guitarist, generally considered to be the finest of his era and ... rhythmic accompanist. His career is forever linked to that of legendary ...6 KB (912 words) - 18:06, 12 February 2024
- Sigmund Freud introduced what would later come to be called the "structural ... and his rejection of spiritual aspects to human nature, led former students ...17 KB (2,701 words) - 23:59, 12 February 2024
- Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It ... I long ago came to the conclusion that even if I could put down accurately ...23 KB (3,732 words) - 16:37, 21 May 2024
- Arkansas (are-can-saw) is a state located in the southern region of ... Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African-American ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 02:49, 15 August 2023
- the conclusion of the war, she continued to act on stage, radio, and television ... business. Her father was born in London to Scottish parents, and her mother ...27 KB (3,873 words) - 22:37, 26 July 2022
- . Retrieved January 29, 2008. , although what he essentially did was substitute ... in 1948, he not only found a way to live and create art in the ...21 KB (3,254 words) - 02:02, 9 February 2023
- ultimate reality as well as the instrument to explain all reality. In that ... For Hegel, their mutual negation leads to the third element of a triad ...43 KB (6,642 words) - 07:00, 18 April 2024
- colonial African confederation of states in what is now the Democratic Republic ... was, the whole of Lundan society should not be judged by its role in this ...16 KB (2,448 words) - 03:03, 5 November 2022
- works, who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the expressive and ... were lost in the Baltic Sea on their way to Sweden as war booty. His reputation ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 16:57, 7 November 2022
- McGuinness and Bernard Williams went on to become well-known philosophers ... Japanese from the fall of Singapore in 1942, to the end of the Second World ...14 KB (2,112 words) - 16:05, 7 December 2022
- He was renowned for bringing Christianity to Romania, Ukraine, and Russia ... It is also held that Andrew founded the See of Byzantium in 38 C.E ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 ... vary in their interpretation of the path to liberation, the relative importance ...93 KB (13,393 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- "The Hedgehog and the Fox" is the title of an essay by Isaiah ... The title is a reference to a fragment attributed to the ancient Greek ...12 KB (1,826 words) - 15:38, 30 April 2023
- overlord of Schleswig and Pomerania. Canute is generally regarded as a successful ... He also helped to spread common institutions across North Europe, ...11 KB (1,794 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- the 1960s. His All-American good looks led to many television appearances ... Young award winner and teammate Sandy Koufax to lead the Brooklyn Dodgers to ...16 KB (2,353 words) - 17:18, 30 January 2024
- Echidna, also known as spiny anteater, is any of the egg-laying mammals ... The echidna species are not related to the anteater species, even ...11 KB (1,540 words) - 02:46, 1 October 2020
- a movement among painters and poets to return the arts to idealized ... Although, as a Pre-Raphaelite, he professed to be interested solely ...19 KB (3,190 words) - 21:27, 20 July 2023
- Ammunition, often referred to as ammo, is a generic term meaning the ... The term "ammunition" is also frequently used for whatever ...18 KB (2,918 words) - 17:14, 26 July 2023
- Entomology is the scientific study of insects. Insects are arthropods ... often viewed role as stewards of nature—it is not surprising that entomology ...14 KB (2,060 words) - 18:58, 13 February 2024
- . Each of the Seven Deadly Sins corresponds to one of the Seven Holy Virtues ... reconciliation). The Seven Deadly Sins may be venial or mortal depending ...16 KB (2,583 words) - 10:07, 26 January 2023
- Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republikais), is a landlocked country in Central ... during World War II, as an alternative to a direct German control within ...34 KB (4,824 words) - 22:31, 15 May 2024
- for a More Beautiful National Capital) to improve physical conditions ... though her husband called her Bird, which is the name she used on ...20 KB (3,091 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
- and early twentieth centuries. Wald helped to provide standardized health ... Lillian Wald was born on March 10, 1867 in Cincinnati, Ohio to a comfortable ...8 KB (1,096 words) - 01:43, 26 October 2022
- ) is the Greek god of nature who watches over shepherds and their ... Pan was considered to be the god responsible for the adjudication ...15 KB (2,404 words) - 06:26, 18 November 2022
- Piracy is a robbery committed at sea, or outside the normal jurisdiction ... The occurrence of piracy was closely related to international trade ...24 KB (3,715 words) - 06:18, 24 November 2022
- ; also transliterated and Latinized as icthus, ichthus or ikhthus ... the meaning of the sign of Pisces. According to some astrologists, Jesus Christ ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 21:21, 7 September 2023
- Telepathy (from the Greek tele (distant) and patheia (feeling)) is ... Latent Telepathy is telepathy in which a time lag is observed between ...13 KB (1,892 words) - 05:34, 27 February 2023
- as the hero of nine days, referring to the length of the uprising ... Tyler is believed to have been born around 1320, probably in Broxley ...10 KB (1,583 words) - 23:15, 3 May 2023
- Jainism (pronounced jayn-izm), traditionally known as Jain Dharma ... Jain dharma teaches that every living thing is an individual and eternal ...28 KB (4,275 words) - 12:42, 6 November 2021
- , a term used in Christian tradition, refers to the "Coming of the Savior ... . In Eastern Orthodox churches—where it is also called the Nativity Fast ...6 KB (939 words) - 14:01, 7 May 2024
- the idea of the Axial Age. According to Jaspers, the period between ... Jaspers was led to realize the possibility of a political unity of ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- of the Gregorian calendar, the battle is now commemorated on July 12. a key part in Irish Protestant folklore. It is still commemorated today, principally ...20 KB (3,207 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- The Second Italo–Ethiopian War (also referred to as the Second Italo ... Ethiopia had been the only African state to avoid colonization in ...21 KB (3,220 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- of intelligence. He contributed greatly to the measurement of attitudes ... with controversy, particularly in relation to the evaluation of groups as ...13 KB (1,868 words) - 04:24, 6 October 2022
- Mount Everest--also known as Sagarmatha or Chomolungma--is the highest ... Several attempts to challenge Everest had failed before it was finally ...31 KB (4,841 words) - 17:06, 10 November 2022
- of children in the United States how to spell and read, and in the ... the West Division of Hartford, Connecticut to an established American family ...15 KB (2,342 words) - 02:32, 16 November 2022
- and north-east Hampshire. In addition to his literary body of work, ... (1866). He was also one of the first clergy to support Charles Darwin’s ...18 KB (2,593 words) - 19:34, 4 December 2023
- ), meaning "handy man," or "skillful person," ... specimens as habilis, and few can agree on what traits define habilis, if ...12 KB (1,749 words) - 12:08, 2 February 2024
- Ezra Pound, Eliot, and Yeats would give way to a flood of contemporary poetic ... friends would often ask him, on a dare, to compose a poem on a particular ...17 KB (2,660 words) - 22:02, 3 May 2023
- is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates ... Mesopotamia is the site of the earliest developments of the Neolithic ...54 KB (7,940 words) - 19:20, 25 March 2024
- Pinyin: Yáo zú; Vietnamese: người Dao) is a government classification ... E.), when the term mo yao ("not subject to corvée") was first used ...21 KB (3,250 words) - 10:13, 22 May 2023
- Ijtihad (Arabic اجتهاد) is a technical term of Islamic law that ... Sunni decided that ijtihad could no longer be exercised, and that the legal ...12 KB (1,870 words) - 00:00, 19 December 2020
- until her death. Mary, a Protestant, came to the thrones following the Glorious ... in 1694. Popular histories usually refer to the joint reigns as those of ...22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:05, 16 December 2022
- Armor is protective clothing intended to defend its wearer from intentional ... Armor was also commonly used to protect war animals, such as war horses ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 03:50, 15 August 2023
- (which was rare at the time) allowed him to have access to a greater scope ... "Eriugena" is perhaps the most suitable surname form as ...10 KB (1,486 words) - 15:09, 1 August 2022
- dramatist, best known as the author of the novel series Jean-Christophe (1904 ... for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary ...26 KB (3,958 words) - 21:37, 16 April 2023
- ) refers to a town situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, ... Lanka, sits on a small peninsula, belonging to the sea as much as to the land ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 03:58, 18 April 2024
- history, Magdeburg has been subjected to devastation and destruction ... and monasteries remain, for which the Magdeburg is famous. ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture, noted for having ... during the following Classic period (c. 250 to 900), and continued throughout ...31 KB (4,849 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- decided at the age of 12 that he was going to be a writer. He became one ... poems are full of thought provoking "what if" ideas that often ...27 KB (3,902 words) - 19:07, 16 April 2023
- James Brown is known as the "Godfather of Soul," yet Cooke ... Cooke was among the first modern black performers and composers to ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- actress whose life encompassed a true rags-to-riches story. Born to a poor ... Gardner is listed as one of the American Film Institute's greatest ...18 KB (2,786 words) - 07:08, 23 August 2023
- centuries later, he was rediscovered. He is now considered by scholars ... the genre of "revenge tragedy" to English literature. This drama ...12 KB (1,976 words) - 21:20, 30 April 2023
- The Caspian Sea (Russian: Kaspiyskoye More; Persian: Daryaye Khezer ... Mountains; the remainder of the shoreline is bordered by Russia (Dagestan ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 14:23, 29 November 2023
- Joseph Echols Lowery was born to Leroy and Dora Lowery on October ... staying with relatives, but he returned to Huntsville, Alabama, to complete ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:42, 11 August 2022
- in the imagist movement in poetry. His name is often linked with Ezra Pound ... beauty and meaning of the commonplace in what Williams' close friend ...12 KB (1,901 words) - 15:54, 7 May 2023
- II) that consisted of those nations opposed to the Axis Powers during the ... conflict and the two sets of alliances can be seen as representing a struggle ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- Anarcho-syndicalism is a branch of anarchism which focuses on the ... economic system from Collectivist anarchism to Anarcho-Communism. ...27 KB (3,759 words) - 19:00, 26 July 2023
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It also ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- Durante was born in New York City, the third of four children born ... a live elephant and asked him, "What are you doing with that elephant ...15 KB (2,360 words) - 13:22, 1 August 2022
- hundreds of scientists who refused to play the propaganda game demanded ... Pravda with having discovered a method to fertilize fields without using ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 17:45, 2 May 2023
- Chandrasekhar was the third of ten children born to Sita Ayyar (née ... the son preserves the family lineage, and to whom all family belongings ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- |time=Possibly from MM IB to LM IIIA |differentiated to =Linear B and Linear Cypriot |iso15924=Lina ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 07:40, 9 March 2023
- all tetrapod (four-limbed) vertebrates (that is, except fish) and that produce ... The vertebrate body is a wonder of intricately coordinated mechanisms ...10 KB (1,360 words) - 07:55, 18 November 2022
- with the Buddhist faith's commitment to promote peace and relieve suffering ... of Buddhism's tenet that humans need to live in harmony with nature ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- took place soon after independence and is sometimes known as the First ... whose leaders claimed that they would be discriminated against if they ...51 KB (7,827 words) - 00:17, 28 July 2023
- the most popular female country singer up to that time and led to the introduction ... and 1960s was so large that she continued to rank as the sixth most successful ...16 KB (2,471 words) - 23:17, 3 March 2023
- ) is a city in south-central Poland on the Warta River. It was formed ... The town is known for the famous Paulist monastery of Jasna Góra ...13 KB (1,981 words) - 07:32, 12 January 2024
- Benham's top, also called Benham's disk, is named after ... Although the cause of this illusion is not clearly understood, our ...4 KB (639 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- Agricultural technology refers to technology for the production of ... Agricultural technology is among the most revolutionary and impactful ...11 KB (1,529 words) - 06:48, 16 June 2023
- Belief is the state of mind in which an individual is convinced of ... There is a degree of belief and certainty. While faith often includes ...14 KB (2,132 words) - 08:53, 27 September 2023
- Bluegrass music is a form of American country music with roots in ... Bluegrass emerged in the mid-1940s and came to be identified as a distinct ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- moine et le voyou"), a tag that was to be attached to his name for ... His mother, an amateur pianist, taught him to play, and music formed a part ...8 KB (1,187 words) - 05:16, 30 September 2022
- Shenandoah National Park is a beautiful historic national treasure ... Authorized in 1926 and established in 1935, Shenandoah National Park ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 19:57, 21 April 2023
- Black September, a militant group with ties to Yasser Arafat’s Fatah organization ... the cycle of retribution. Israel responded to the massacre with Operation ...51 KB (8,065 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- are nearly synonymous expressions used to refer to the unknowable, indescribable ... It is immediately apparent that Kant’s notion of the noumenon is ...9 KB (1,461 words) - 22:14, 16 November 2022
- , Kishinyov) is the capital city, the industrial and commercial center ... in 1991, Chişinău has continued to face significant challenges ...21 KB (3,032 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- In the sociology of religion, a sect is generally a small religious ... In an Indian context, however, a sect refers to an organized tradition ...9 KB (1,258 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- account of the world and of human beings. He is regarded as one of the most ... phenomena, and that all beliefs should be based on experimentation and ...10 KB (1,654 words) - 22:51, 3 May 2023
- In biology, a hybrid is the offspring of individuals of different ... In the first sense of the term, a hybrid is the result of interbreeding ...30 KB (4,469 words) - 21:31, 9 February 2024
- thousand texts, dating from ancient times to the early Ming Dynasty. All ... When he moved his capital to Beijing, Zhu Di had the Encyclopedia ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 16:59, 4 June 2023
- 1558, until her death. Sometimes referred to as The Virgin Queen (since ... Elizabeth's reign is referred to as the Elizabethan era or the ...47 KB (7,593 words) - 16:23, 13 February 2024
- Artichoke, or globe artichoke, is a perennial thistle, Cynara cardunculus ... There are two other plants for which the term artichoke is applied ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 05:45, 9 January 2023
- The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic ... modern radio (at the long-wavelength end) to gamma radiation (at the short ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 15:55, 13 February 2024
- He studied law at Harvard but soon turned to writing and a career in public ... Both in his books and on the lecture platform, Fiske endeavored to ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 06:36, 8 April 2024
- the Tutsi rebels and Hutu regime were able to agree to a cease-fire, and ... conflict was thought by the United Nations to be too difficult and volatile ...45 KB (6,822 words) - 18:26, 22 December 2022
- The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or Uruguay, is a country located ... and both have failed. Culturally, Uruguay is closest to Argentina. It shares ...30 KB (4,199 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island nation ... India. Today the Maldivian ethnic identity is a blend of people of South ...34 KB (4,966 words) - 06:36, 5 November 2022
- Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last ... town parks. For many though, the connection to war casualties has become somewhat ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 04:27, 9 November 2022
- village in Brittany, he found himself unable to reconcile Catholic dogma with ... Ernest Renan is also known for his political writings. In his 1882 ...23 KB (3,624 words) - 19:32, 13 February 2024
- Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball who is widely regarded as one of the ... While playing in the Negro Leagues from 1921 to 1948, he would jump ...14 KB (2,119 words) - 02:27, 21 April 2023
- Vanilla is the common name and genus name for a group of vine-like ... Vanilla, whose use traces to Pre-Columbian in Central America, is ...27 KB (4,046 words) - 00:03, 14 November 2022
- Toluene, also known as methylbenzene or phenylmethane, is a clear ... The name toluene was derived from the older name toluol that refers ...10 KB (1,406 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- for avoiding dangers. He served as Secretary to the Protector of King Edward ... of William Rufus. The descent from Sitsyllt is highly unlikely and the connection ...19 KB (3,064 words) - 23:35, 3 December 2023
- formed as early as 1886. Hitler subscribed to this conspiracy theory. The ... He was charged with passing military secrets to the German Embassy in Paris ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 17:43, 30 January 2024
- journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of ... Civil War, which he supported as a remedy to slavery. Garrison was also ...24 KB (3,479 words) - 18:24, 17 April 2023
- Union. Though his early career was devoted to the creation of the Soviet ... laboratory work in Ulyanovsk. He returned to Moscow in 1945 to study at ...11 KB (1,679 words) - 20:10, 26 July 2023
- The Great Basin is a huge heart-shaped area that covers parts of six ... The Great Basin Culture Area, home to several Shoshonean Great Basin ...18 KB (2,728 words) - 02:26, 19 December 2022
- East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-L'este ... A colony of Portugal until 1974, with the Philippines, East Timor ...25 KB (3,519 words) - 16:40, 26 March 2024
- Rakugo (落語 literally, "fallen words") is a form of Japanese ... sermons. The priests used dramatic stories to illustrate the spiritual principles ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- Romanian writer, noted for his contribution to poetry and children's ... High School in October 1891, started working to pay for his studies,Kuiper ...22 KB (3,385 words) - 18:40, 2 May 2023
- the molar, universal, or ideal gas constant) is a physical constant that is ... Denoted by the symbol R, the value of the gas constant is: ...9 KB (1,458 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- Thallium (chemical symbol Tl, atomic number 81) is a soft, malleable ... many useful purposes. For instance, thallium is used in certain semiconductor ...13 KB (1,784 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- Numbat is the common name for members of the marsupial species Myrmecobius ... combined with their diurnal habits, also add to the beauty of nature for humans ...16 KB (2,462 words) - 20:23, 11 February 2023
- Pope Saint Alexander I was the bishop of Rome for seven to ten years ... Alexander's feast day is celebrated on May 3. From 1960, the ...6 KB (917 words) - 09:24, 24 November 2022
- Some historians consider the crisis to have been a primary reason ... This struggle brought home to America the widening conflict between ...27 KB (3,935 words) - 13:01, 6 March 2024
- The llama is a domesticated, gregarious, South American ungulate, ... " where the entire foot is on the ground, as in humans ...18 KB (2,774 words) - 07:47, 9 March 2023
- (also rendered daemon, dæmon, or daimon) is a supernatural being of malevolent ... are frequently depicted as spirits that may be conjured and insecurely controlled ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, Latin America, ... Baseball is a rare sport in which there is no time limit for play ...67 KB (11,273 words) - 11:05, 20 September 2023
- The Akkadian Empire usually refers to the Semitic speaking state that ... Comparatively little of what constitutes modern civilization may have ...13 KB (2,078 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- in the United States on June 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation ... ideals on which the U.S. was itself built to the rest of the world? Was ...22 KB (3,341 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- Amazigh) are an ethnic group indigenous to Northwest Africa, speaking ... Berber tribes could never unite long enough to rid themselves of the numerous ...26 KB (3,865 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- included "Hip Hug-Her," "Time is Tight," and an instrumental ... Jr., were in the Stax studio in Memphis to back up former Sun Records ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 19:23, 20 November 2023
- A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts chemical energy ... A fuel cell system running on hydrogen can be compact and lightweight, with ...40 KB (5,810 words) - 07:10, 15 April 2024
- Silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of various species of moths, ... and produces a coarse silk, but one that is more durable and cheaper than ...16 KB (2,383 words) - 23:22, 7 October 2022
- was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States and ... befriended the boy and took him home to Fairhaven, Massachusetts, where ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- 25, 1951 - May 30, 1975) (commonly referred to as Pre by runners and fans ... in every running event from the 2000 meters to the 10,000 meters. He is considered ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
- Classical mechanics is used for describing the motion of macroscopic ... and solids, and so on. Classical mechanics is enhanced by special relativity ...33 KB (4,963 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- battles over the seven days, from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond ... James River. Lee's final opportunity to intercept the Union Army was ...23 KB (3,550 words) - 10:06, 26 January 2023
- year after his death. Each year this award is given to the most outstanding ... time. His accomplishments and records can be attributed to his longevity ...14 KB (2,233 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- has provided a gift of beauty from the past to be enjoyed by all humankind. ... by classicist Christian August Brandis to accompany him on a journey ...7 KB (1,047 words) - 19:34, 13 February 2024
- :Zeno of Elea should not be confused with Zeno of Citium. ... Aristotle the inventor of the dialectic, he is best known for his paradoxes. ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 05:50, 13 June 2023
- pianists, used a working man's music to influence the kings and queens ... "grand jazz opera" Porgy and Bess is arguably the finest example ...15 KB (2,270 words) - 16:35, 20 May 2024
- The Florida Everglades is a subtropical marshland located in the southern ... lies within the Florida Everglades. The area is home to rare and endangered ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 23:51, 24 March 2024
- Assateague Island is a 37|mi|km|adj=on long barrier island located ... Assateague is separated from the mainland by the Chincoteague Bay ...14 KB (2,153 words) - 04:57, 18 August 2023
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... flourished for over a thousand years due to the emphasis it placed on commerce ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- long sojourn in Rome. There he was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca, ... Wright is currently rated as one of the leading indigenous British ...28 KB (4,229 words) - 02:57, 2 May 2024
- Food chemistry is the study of chemical processes and interactions ... The history of food chemistry dates back to the late 1700s, when many ...10 KB (1,507 words) - 06:16, 1 April 2024
- Ohio is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Part of ... Prior to 1984, the United States Census Bureau considered Ohio part ...38 KB (5,430 words) - 22:43, 12 February 2022
- in the desert during the Exodus. According to the biblical story, the term ... the 40 years in the wilderness and ceased to appear when they first harvested ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 02:56, 6 November 2022
- "active interest in others." It is one of the ten pāramitās ... The object of mettā meditation is loving kindness (love without attachment ...28 KB (4,040 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical ... The invisible, vibratory world of instrumental music can be said to ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 17:43, 20 December 2022
- Cannes is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes ... The city is well known for the annual Cannes Film Festival, during ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
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- supernatural as well. Her first published novel, Under the Net, was selected ... young age, Murdoch's parents moved her to London where her father worked ...8 KB (1,094 words) - 13:15, 6 March 2024
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- ) is the traditional Western spelling; (1624 - 1662), was a military ... the Qing. He then turned his attention to Taiwan as a possible military ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 15:22, 3 December 2022
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- life, during which he had become devoted to the cause of revolution against ... His exile over, in 1900 he moved to Western Europe, where he joined ...47 KB (6,948 words) - 22:40, 30 May 2022
- bonghwang; Vietnamese: Phượng Hoàng) is the name of two Chinese mythological ... and Huang female, the Feng-Huang can also be regarded as a female entity ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- The Nutcracker (1892); despite its appeal to children it contains dark psychological ... beyond the more narrow area of the gothic novel. His stories had a profound ...31 KB (4,592 words) - 17:31, 12 February 2024
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- the poet and essayist Han Yü, he strove to liberate writers from the formalized ... ten years, he was sent even farther away to the ethnic minority area of ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
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- Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders and diseases ... for "study of." However, today the term neuroscience is ...20 KB (2,815 words) - 04:35, 11 March 2023
- of the almighty dollar," "the pen is mightier than the sword," ... of Lytton was viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880. His daughter Lady Emily ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2024
- People's Republic of China from 1978 to the early 1990s. He pioneered ... Party leadership. Deng's leadership is generally credited with developing ...39 KB (5,846 words) - 13:32, 28 January 2024
- The Republic of Finland is a Nordic country situated in Northern Europe ... Finland is a member state of the European Union and the United Nations ...43 KB (6,190 words) - 19:49, 26 March 2024
- and Joseph the Worker) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband ... her as his wife after an angel appeared to him in a dream and directed ...18 KB (2,901 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- This article is about the city in the West Bank. Bet Lehem meaning “House of Bread”) is a Palestinian city in Israel ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 12:00, 9 May 2024
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- experimental novels and short stories who is considered to be one of the ... Along with Borges, Cortazar is often considered to be one of the most ...9 KB (1,243 words) - 21:13, 4 October 2022
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- tirelessly for civil rights. Daisy Bates is most famous for her work with ... at Huttig, Arkansas. Huttig was referred to as a "plantation town ...13 KB (1,959 words) - 07:47, 12 January 2024
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- Abduction, or inference to the best explanation, is a method of reasoning ... into modern logic. The concept of abduction is applied beyond logic to the ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 04:43, 14 June 2023
- scientist, Polanyi turned his attention to the philosophy of science. ... Polanyi was born into a Jewish family. His older brother Karl is known ...17 KB (2,500 words) - 10:38, 10 March 2023
- . During his reign, most of Armenia was lost to the Roman Empire and Emperor ... by good fortune more than skill was able to pass on to those who followed ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- the next day from a single gunshot wound to the head, becoming the first ... in the Civil War and Lincoln's proposal to extend voting rights to freed ...20 KB (3,093 words) - 04:41, 3 May 2024
- by his unionist convictions he refused to swear loyalty to the Confederacy ... His earlier life included encouraging emigration to Tennessee, time ...18 KB (2,765 words) - 01:57, 23 December 2022
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