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- in digital form and exhibits them via the Internet. Most virtual museums ... Some virtual museums exist solely in a virtual environment. The Museum ...12 KB (1,742 words) - 20:36, 3 May 2023
- The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris after the ... In its original form, the Pact of Paris was a renunciation of war ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- a museum, library, archive, zoo, and others. The term originates from the from ... and global contexts. Curators have the unique role of building a ...10 KB (1,517 words) - 06:45, 12 January 2024
- The Benin Empire or Edo Empire (1440-1897), also known as the Kingdom ... Within his own community, the Oba is symbolic of a long cultural and ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- Obscenity is either the state of being lewd and indecent, or something ... Still, most societies regard the existence of standards defining what ...14 KB (2,133 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- turning Lieutenant William Bligh and some of the officers and crew adrift ... Mutiny is the act of conspiring to disobey an order that a group of ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental ... The European Convention is still the only international human rights ...32 KB (4,886 words) - 04:33, 23 March 2024
- present-day Iraq). His work resulted in some of dramatic discoveries, including ... Woolley's work also included findings of sediment that he believed ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 21:47, 25 October 2022
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- is marked by a close collaboration between the photographer and the subject. Her most famous photo appeared on the front cover of Rolling Stone ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- The Arts and Crafts movement was a British and American aesthetic ... arts, cabinet making, crafts, and even the "cottage" garden ...15 KB (2,276 words) - 17:43, 16 August 2023
- He is famous for his portraits of important figures in colonial ... From about 1760 until 1774, Copley painted the finest portraits of ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 07:49, 3 August 2022
- established for charitable purposes only. The law favors charities because ... to benefit society or a specific group of people within that society ...17 KB (2,518 words) - 01:47, 4 December 2023
- Improvisation is the art of acting and reacting, in the moment, to ... The art of improvisation often focuses on bringing one's personal ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- (c. 544 – 496 B.C.E.) was a Chinese author of The Art of War (Chinese: 兵 ... The Art of War is a systematic guide to strategy and tactics for rulers ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 13:53, 28 April 2023
- Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United ... In February 1926, Carter G. Woodson launched the celebration of "Negro ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- – August 27, 1988, Ithaca, New York, United States) was a distinguished ... Cambridge where he developed an interest in the philosophy of mathematics ...9 KB (1,265 words) - 00:54, 9 November 2022
- Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was one of the foremost ... After he began spending summers in Gloucester, Massachusets his art ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- meet particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high ... school and weekend programs for students of all ages, including even college ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 01:09, 7 April 2022
- diplomat, and philanthropist. He inherited the successful newspaper publishing ... through Ellis Island to begin a life in the United States. Beginning his ...16 KB (2,264 words) - 22:11, 3 May 2023
- Kyudo (弓道) (The "Way of the Bow") is the Japanese art ... approximately half a million practitioners of kyudo today. In Japan, by most ...13 KB (2,130 words) - 04:14, 6 October 2022
- in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo, "art for art ... The symbol was apt, for Whistler's art was characterized by a ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 08:36, 1 April 2024
- is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory ... The major goals of elementary education are achieving basic literacy ...23 KB (3,445 words) - 10:17, 21 January 2023
- adventurer and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics and ... Malraux studied Oriental languages at the École des Langues Orientales ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- A Fabergé egg is considered to be any one of the sixty-nine ... his assistants between 1885 and 1917. Fifty of those eggs—known as the Imperial ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (also known as the Pre-Raphaelites ... The group's intention was to reform art by rejecting what they ...16 KB (2,149 words) - 00:32, 12 April 2023
- was a leading Russian painter and sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic ... Repin was born in the town of Chuguev near Kharkov in the heart of ...10 KB (1,457 words) - 16:31, 12 February 2024
- Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until ... Art Deco experienced a decline in popularity during the late 1930s ...22 KB (3,243 words) - 04:01, 15 August 2023
- Buddhist art refers to the rich and diverse representations of religious ... Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- Building or "Castle" on the National Mall serves as the ... The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest educational ...22 KB (3,235 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- spelled vélo) model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race]] old) is a collectible item desirable because of its age, rarity, condition ...16 KB (2,423 words) - 06:37, 31 July 2023
- thinker. Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists ... cravings, Tolstoy came to embrace a life of personal austerity based on ...19 KB (2,888 words) - 07:47, 6 March 2023
- in library and information science, which is the organization and management ... today are required to have a high degree of diversified and specialized ...23 KB (3,189 words) - 11:04, 7 March 2023
- 31, 1986) was a British artist and sculptor. The son of a mining engineer, ... made him exceptionally wealthy towards the end of his life. However, ...23 KB (3,645 words) - 07:50, 22 January 2024
- painter and author. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art ... The name Vorticism was given to the movement by Ezra Pound in 1913 ...18 KB (2,685 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- Abu Dhabi, officially, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi ( إمارة أبو ظبيّ ), (literally Father of Gazelle), is one of seven emirates that constitute ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 06:53, 14 June 2023
- Espionage is the practice of obtaining confidential information through ... ==Types of Espionage== ===Industrial Espionage=== Industrial espionage ...16 KB (2,298 words) - 12:20, 21 January 2023
- May 14, 1727 – August 2, 1788) was one of the foremost portrait and landscape ... He is recognized among the most innovative and enigmatic artists of ...17 KB (2,489 words) - 21:10, 30 April 2023
- important influence on popular music during the late 1950s and early 60s. ... Raised in Minnesota, Cochran moved with his family to California in ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 18:05, 12 February 2024
- 1856 – April 14, 1925) was a renowned turn-of-the century portrait painter ... In addition to painting two United States presidents - Theodore Roosevelt ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- Mid-Atlantic accent, he was noted as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair ... The lesson that he learned from his own career as a popular and much ...10 KB (1,620 words) - 00:46, 29 November 2023
- Typically, a fire extinguisher consists of a hand-held cylindrical pressure ... Fire extinguishers have been a major part of fire prevention. The ...15 KB (2,294 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- institution that teaches an inclusive range of subjects across the academic ... While some continue to support the idea of selective education, with ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- an illustration by John Leech that satirizes the preparatory cartoons for frescoes ... A cartoon is a form of expression, or communication, that refers to ...17 KB (2,492 words) - 00:46, 29 November 2023
- The Platonic Academy originated as Plato's school of philosophy ... Scholars distinguish the Old Academy (Plato and his immediate successors ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- (July 19, 1893 – April 14, 1930) was among the foremost representatives for ... He was born the third child and only son to his family in Bagdadi ...15 KB (2,007 words) - 20:47, 3 May 2023
- Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two unarmed persons ... Physical techniques which embody the style of wrestling are clinching ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- Taejo of Goryeo (877-943, r. 918-943 Combining his rule of Taebong ... ), the founder of the Goryeo Dynasty, ruled Korea from the tenth to ...14 KB (1,907 words) - 02:50, 27 February 2023
- Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July or July 4th) is ... other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions ...20 KB (2,843 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- 1920) was a Russian jeweler, best known for the famous Fabergé eggs he designed ... he felt his unique creations, especially the eggs representative of Easter ...14 KB (2,057 words) - 01:07, 24 November 2022
- quot;), also referred to as King David, was the second and most famous king ... The successor to King Saul, who was the first official king of the ...25 KB (4,033 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- Bowling has been popular for hundreds of years, with different variations ... There are many different forms of the game in various parts of the ...13 KB (2,040 words) - 20:02, 20 November 2023
- The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg was established ... The scope of the European Court of Human Rights and the legally binding ...17 KB (2,642 words) - 04:33, 23 March 2024
- are also found in almanacs, such as the times of the rising and setting ... The calendar is not only a tool for organizing information and dates ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- ) (967 – August 15, 1038) was Grand Prince of the Magyars (997-1000/1001 ... in Hungary and his decrees could ensure the internal peace in his kingdom ...19 KB (3,077 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom ... In the past, the British Library restricted use of its reading room ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 02:43, 22 November 2023
- Giorgos Seferis (Γιώργος Σεφέρης) was the pen name of ... Seferis helped to introduce the poetry of Symbolism to the Greek language ...11 KB (1,573 words) - 20:33, 29 August 2021
- in Freudian psychoanalysis, focused on the self as a social being, using ... by authoritarian systems. In this aspect of his thinking he was influenced ...15 KB (2,268 words) - 19:26, 13 February 2024
- Minerva was the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and war. Her areas ... Her name is virtually identical to that Menrva, the Etruscan goddess ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- biologist and politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize for his ... management. Orr became a pupil-teacher at the Academy, from where he went ...11 KB (1,795 words) - 02:42, 4 November 2022
- sparkling wit and dialogue. He was also one of the early pioneers of what ... Meredith was born in Portsmouth, England, a son and grandson of naval ...8 KB (1,223 words) - 15:24, 11 November 2022
- February 9, 1867 - December 9, 1916) was the pen name of Natsume Kinnosuke ... 9, 1867, just one year and a half before the start of the Meiji Reformation ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 15:18, 11 November 2022
- Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures ... ==Meaning of the term== Orientalism derives from a Latin word oriens ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- British amateur archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, collector, author ... 5, 1817 in Paris, France, into a family of Huguenot descent. His father ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 17:54, 22 August 2023
- The British Film Institute (BFI) is one of the oldest film organizations ... The BFI manages the British Film Institute National Archive (previously ...14 KB (2,028 words) - 02:42, 22 November 2023
- using electronic devices. As defined by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical ... electromechanical designs and they paved the way for the later emergence ...23 KB (3,345 words) - 16:02, 13 February 2024
- [[Image:protocomicstrip.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Example of a proto-comic ... A comic strip is a drawing or sequence of drawings that tells a story ...19 KB (2,982 words) - 07:56, 14 January 2023
- Arthur Middleton (June 26, 1742 - January 1, 1787) was one of the ... The son of Henry Middleton, one of South Carolina's representatives ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 11:12, 16 August 2023
- Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, Order of Merit (OM), Privy Council ... She was the 155th Speaker to be elected. She had served as Deputy ...16 KB (2,349 words) - 18:00, 29 September 2023
- 400px|The gentle and pensive virgin has the power to tame the unicorn ... The unicorn, a legendary creature usually depicted with the body of ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 23:41, 8 November 2023
- cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya ... His father, Leopold, was also partly of Belarusian-Polish noble descent. ...17 KB (2,362 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- Museum.jpg|thumb|right|250px|General view of the room displaying the Elgin ... The Elgin Marbles (IPA: /'ɛl gən/), also known as the Parthenon ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 16:10, 13 February 2024
- Free schools have their roots in the anarchist Modern Schools of Spain ... A variety of free schools and affiliated organizations are found throughout ...28 KB (4,345 words) - 06:52, 23 January 2023
- thumb|300px|right|The Louvre in Paris, one of the largest and most famous ... A museum (from the Greek mouseion, which denotes a place or temple ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- The Tuareg (sometimes spelled Touareg in French, or Twareg in English ... The Tuareg have been disrupted by the post-colonial division of nations ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- Honolulu is the capital and most populous city area in the United ... Honolulu's history includes habitation beginning in the twelfth ...22 KB (3,108 words) - 13:26, 2 February 2024
- Swing refers to both a special quality of jazz music (and some related ... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- Parochial school is a term used (particularly in the United States ... be educated in a God-centered environment, the narrowness of the vision of ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 08:53, 18 November 2022
- for her photo essays taken while traversing the globe for Life Magazine. In ... She was known for her sharp instincts and her willingness to get the ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- 24, 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist of Parsi-Zoroastrian heritage ... in Bombay (now Mumbai), in 1909. He was one of two sons. His father was a ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 11:24, 2 February 2024
- She became known for her portraits of celebrities of her day, and ... in her life. Her work had a major impact on the development of modern photography ...15 KB (2,391 words) - 21:09, 4 October 2022
- "lap organs," which were built in the United States around 1840 ... The melodeon is the forerunner of the more familiar pump organ reminiscent ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 04:20, 9 November 2022
- Anthony Trollope ( April 24, 1815 – December 6, 1882 ) became one ... Baretshire is focused on the inner workings of an imaginary cathedral ...17 KB (2,461 words) - 05:26, 31 July 2023
- who is best remembered for her portraits of Marie Antoinette, and for her ... Today she is generally regarded as the most famous woman painter of ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 06:24, 13 June 2023
- Hōryū-ji (法隆寺; Temple of the Flourishing Law) is a Buddhist ... his final illness. A fire in 670 destroyed the original buildings, but a ...23 KB (3,463 words) - 00:01, 25 August 2023
- Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals (programs ... The term broadcast was coined by early radio engineers from the mid ...26 KB (3,776 words) - 04:32, 22 November 2023
- [[Image:Cotta_Greif_1839.jpg|thumb|200 px|The logo of Cottasche Verlagsbuchhandlung ... The Griffin (sometimes spelled gryphon or griffen, gryphos in Ancient ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 19:20, 31 January 2023
- 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
- Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of skilled ... The Industrial Revolution led to major changes in the job market, ...23 KB (3,363 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
- The Science Museum (London) is one of many major science museums in ... The Museum not only holds remarkable historical collections but also ...12 KB (1,766 words) - 02:36, 21 April 2023
- as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army ... He physically fed, clothed, and nursed the sick. It is perhaps regrettable ...21 KB (3,345 words) - 19:07, 4 December 2023
- Roy O. Disney, Walt Disney Productions, and the Disney World and Disneyland ... a particularly happy childhood, and saw many of his movies fail at the box ...23 KB (3,587 words) - 22:09, 3 May 2023
- Geb (also spelled Seb, and Keb) was an important member of the Ennead ... and cosmological belief system developed in the Nile river basin from earliest ...20 KB (3,212 words) - 17:11, 23 October 2022
- A bottle is a container with a neck that is narrower than the body ... Bottles have been developed and used over millennia of human history ...10 KB (1,456 words) - 14:41, 28 April 2020
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870 and opened in 1872 ... The Museum's collection ranges from ancient to contemporary with ...38 KB (5,761 words) - 16:50, 24 October 2023
- Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British ... The State Rooms form the nucleus of the working Palace and are currently ...28 KB (4,475 words) - 16:52, 22 November 2023
- |motto = Terras irradient (Let Them Give Light to the World) ... |nickname = The Singing College, The Fairest College, Lord Jeffs, Jeffs ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 06:57, 25 July 2023
- A national library is a library specifically established by the government ... The first national libraries had their origins in the royal collections ...17 KB (2,398 words) - 04:12, 11 March 2023
- The Yoruba (Yorùbá in Yoruba orthography) are one of the largest ... While Yoruba can be found throughout the entirety of West Africa, ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- [[File:Figure 5 Literacy has rapidly spread Reading the past writing ... Literacy is usually defined as the ability to read and write, or the ...24 KB (3,587 words) - 04:28, 29 October 2022
- The Art of War ( 孫子兵法 Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period ...35 KB (5,067 words) - 15:13, 30 April 2023
- The tuba is the largest and lowest pitched of the brass instruments ... Among the instrumental groups of definite pitch in the modern symphony ...17 KB (2,861 words) - 18:39, 2 May 2023
- Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin apis, a "bee") is ... interact with nature. In order to receive the product of honeybees, or their ...16 KB (2,463 words) - 10:23, 26 September 2023
- between 1933 and 1939, finally settling in the United States in 1939. His ... Bruno Walter is ranked among the twentieth century's greatest ...16 KB (2,368 words) - 04:44, 22 November 2023
- was a major Russian playwright and perhaps the foremost modern writer of ... for his several hundred short stories, many of which are considered masterpieces ...19 KB (2,819 words) - 06:50, 31 July 2023
- writer, socialist and activist. He was one of the principal founders of the ... degree in 1856. That same year he initiated The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine ...16 KB (2,355 words) - 10:37, 11 May 2023
- Amosis I and "Amenes" and meaning The Moon is Born) was a pharaoh ... During his reign he completed the conquest and expulsion of the Hyksos ...39 KB (6,109 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- [[Image:Tea House.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Japanese style tea house at ... A tea house or tearoom is a venue designed for people to gather for ...29 KB (4,641 words) - 04:37, 27 February 2023
- Magadha (मगध) formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas (Sanskrit ... The Śiśunāga dynasty ruled Magadha for more than two hundred years ...20 KB (3,019 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- novelist, particularly associated with the West Country and north-east ... An advocate of Christian socialism, he published several novels about ...18 KB (2,593 words) - 19:34, 4 December 2023
- , also known as brussels sprout (without the capital B) and brussel sprout ... in Europe, has resulted in diverse cultivars of Brussels sprouts, selected ...12 KB (1,657 words) - 16:48, 22 November 2023
- UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ... The organization has 192 Member States and 6 Associate Members. Based ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 01:23, 3 May 2023
- Mambo is a Cuban musical form and dance style. The word mambo ("conversation ... The fusion of swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- Curry (from Tamil: கறி) is the English term for a general variety ... Curry originated on the Indian subcontinent, but was carried by emigrants ...30 KB (4,736 words) - 06:48, 12 January 2024
- Khachaturian made a notable contribution to the world of music while preserving ... Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was born in Tbilisi, Georgia (then a part ...10 KB (1,319 words) - 21:29, 11 August 2023
- Gyeongju is a city (see Subdivisions of South Korea) and prominent ... Gyeongju was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla, a fact to ...25 KB (3,647 words) - 14:22, 14 December 2021
- The Daughters of the American Revolution, or DAR, is a lineage-based ... The organization faced controversy on several occasions over its discriminatory ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 22:25, 25 January 2024
- novelist. He gained early literary fame with the 1959 collection Goodbye, Columbus ... Roth's work expresses the difficulties of reconciling traditional ...23 KB (3,273 words) - 22:40, 28 March 2023
- ) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ... Rome's history spans more than 2,500 years. It is renowned as ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- was a renowned Czech photographer, dubbed the "Poet of Prague." Born when Bohemia was a kingdom in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he ...21 KB (3,355 words) - 03:36, 6 August 2022
- Times, The (London) The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 17:36, 30 April 2023
- The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation strategically located between ... Initially a site for English penal colonies in the eighteenth and ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- a Russian historian. His unorthodox ideas on the birth and death of ethnoses ... Neo-Eurasianism is a Russian school of thought, popularized in Russia ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 22:04, 25 October 2022
- The Goryeo Dynasty marks the last Buddhist-shaped dynasty in Korea ... Silla, which had united the Three Kingdoms of Korea in 668, weakened ...19 KB (2,644 words) - 18:12, 26 December 2022
- |name = The Open University |native_name = ... |country = United Kingdom |campus = Distance learning ...25 KB (3,516 words) - 10:35, 11 March 2023
- contact, outdoor sport played by two teams of 13 players each, with an oval ... from what was initially a breakaway faction of England's Rugby Football ...29 KB (4,628 words) - 20:33, 17 April 2023
- known as an early promoter and popularizer of Charles Darwin's evolutionary ... As a professor of comparative anatomy at the University of Jena, Haeckel ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 21:22, 20 March 2024
- May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays ... Today, May Day is celebrated in several European nations and the United ...20 KB (3,175 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
- Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of one or more gods. In a ... The word blasphemy is derived from the Middle English blasfemen, which ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 14:33, 8 February 2022
- Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country ... Yet the nation is on the verge of collapse. Under the leadership of ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- a professional who practices medicine with the purpose of promoting, maintaining ... Both the role of the physician and the meaning of the word itself ...29 KB (3,911 words) - 19:59, 15 May 2020
- htm South Africa grows to 44.8 million], on the site [http://www.southafrica ... The Zulu are a South African ethnic group of an estimated 17-22 million ...23 KB (3,468 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- In common terminology, twilight is the time interval shortly before ... Recognizing the romantic quality of the ambient light at this time ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 20:41, 17 January 2024
- Aruba is a 32 kilometer-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the ... The original native people of Aruba and surrounding islands were the ...22 KB (3,174 words) - 17:44, 16 August 2023
- A graphic novel is a type of comic book. As the name suggests, it ... formats than familiar comic magazines, using the same materials and methods ...26 KB (4,043 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth ... faith" in Spanish) had a population of 62,203 according to the April ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 01:21, 21 April 2023
- A computer museum is a museum devoted to the preservation, education ... Some computer museums are part of science museums, while some are ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 02:34, 8 January 2024
- object selected for special recognition as art. Every culture since the beginning ... As intelligence develops the human ability to use the materials of ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- painter. Wright trained in Edinburgh under the Scots painter George Jamesone ... Wright is currently rated as one of the leading indigenous British ...28 KB (4,262 words) - 00:34, 10 February 2023
- Samoa, is part of an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean formerly ... Samoa is located east of the International Date Line and south of ...18 KB (2,581 words) - 11:51, 6 September 2022
- The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque ( bɛlepɔk|lang ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ...38 KB (5,417 words) - 23:52, 28 April 2023
- The Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA, French ... The need for a single body to oversee the worldwide game became apparent ...12 KB (1,724 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. As well as more ... During World War II he entertained the troops but also engaged in ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 02:34, 16 November 2022
- nationalist and suffragette. During the Easter Rising of 1917, she ... She was imprisoned by the British authorities in 1911, in 1916, in ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 17:49, 16 May 2020
- an American jazz musician and bandleader in the swing era. He became one of ... Miller's best-known recordings include "In the Mood," ...15 KB (2,252 words) - 17:09, 16 December 2022
- Aikido is a modern Japanese budo (martial art), developed by Morihei ... with or without weapons, in a variety of positions. Aikido training ...23 KB (3,645 words) - 06:57, 16 June 2023
- Traditional Thai art was heavily influenced by Buddhist and Hindu ... In ancient Thailand, as in most parts of Southeast Asia, artists typically ...45 KB (6,630 words) - 15:04, 30 April 2023
- emphasize activity as an important form of education, especially for children ... International professional organizations of children's museums ...29 KB (4,459 words) - 16:38, 10 December 2023
- a skyscraper if it clearly stands out above the surrounding built environment ... Skyscrapers are amazing feats of architecture and construction technology ...21 KB (3,158 words) - 22:48, 29 January 2023
- The reed organ is a keyboard instrument that operates via bellows ... Most pressure wind type reed organs were built in Europe, although ...24 KB (3,811 words) - 03:00, 8 December 2022
- = before and ιστορία = history) is the period before written history ... Religious accounts of creation, such as the biblical account in Genesis ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 11:30, 26 June 2022
- A public library is a library that is open to the public and generally ... Public libraries exist in most nations of the world and are often ...23 KB (3,301 words) - 23:36, 2 December 2022
- Freedom of speech is the ability to speak without censorship or limitation ... Freedom of speech is a key factor in the spread of information in ...18 KB (2,627 words) - 10:48, 11 April 2024
- The Victorian era of the United Kingdom and its overseas Empire was ... The era is often characterized as a long period of peace, known as ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 2023
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- Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was the most widely ... Henson's success as an artist and entrepreneur was the consummation ...18 KB (2,873 words) - 20:58, 3 April 2024
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- Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement that ran from ... Romanticism arose as a reaction against the excessive rationalism ...25 KB (3,674 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe comprising the western ... Bohemia was unified under the Premyslid dynasty, under whose helm ...30 KB (4,624 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, known in the 1960s as Jackie ... Mrs. Kennedy's gallant courage during the tragedy of her husband's ...21 KB (3,354 words) - 08:15, 18 March 2024
- London, situated in south-eastern England at the head of the River ... London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and ...41 KB (5,950 words) - 21:02, 3 November 2022
- Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu, is a Melanesian island ... Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands, two of which—Matthew and ...19 KB (2,664 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- Gothic fiction began in the United Kingdom with The Castle of Otranto ... Prominent features of gothic fiction include terror (psychological ...19 KB (2,806 words) - 12:13, 24 January 2023
- Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is ... and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, it is one of the principal official residences ...30 KB (4,758 words) - 10:59, 15 May 2023
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- The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New ... The Empire State Building has been named by the American Society of ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 18:29, 13 February 2024
- won two Academy Awards for her portrayals of American "southern belles ... In her 30-year career she made only 20 films, most of them in the ...25 KB (3,932 words) - 17:29, 16 August 2023
- Records and made a major contribution to the record industry. He also co ... The son of a distinguished Turkish diplomat, Ertegun co-founded Atlantic ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- and ingenious. Her popular Woman in the Nineteenth Century, published ... She grew up in the Unitarian Church and became friends with Ralph ...15 KB (2,322 words) - 03:55, 6 November 2022
- Old Italian: Fiorenza, Latin: Florentia) is the capital and most populous ... more than 2000 years. Initially a small city of moneylenders and textile merchants ...28 KB (4,082 words) - 17:40, 28 March 2024
- Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and ranks sixth in ... metropolitan area was the fifth-largest in the United States. A commercial ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- The Republic of Yemen is a country on the southwestern corner of the ... Because the border with the Saudi kingdom is simply a line on the ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- African American music is an umbrella term given to a range of music ... African American genres are the most important ethnic vernacular tradition ...16 KB (2,453 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- Avignon is a commune in southern France with a population of 89,300 ... Founded by a Gallic tribe and later flourished under the Phoenicians ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 07:17, 23 August 2023
- The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a unique, numerical ... As of January 1, 2007, International Standard Book Numbers have been ...20 KB (2,903 words) - 13:24, 7 February 2023
- Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a nation ... The Tanzanian geography is one of the most varied and unique in the ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- A Militia is an organization of citizens prepared to provide defense ... Militias, being composed of civilians rather than professional soldiers ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- The Gothic Revival was an architectural movement that originated in ... Gothic architecture aims to create an experience of the sublime or ...32 KB (4,445 words) - 04:37, 31 December 2022
- Lake Burley Griffin is the centerpiece of Canberra, an entirely purpose ... The Griffins incorporated town planning and urban design with landscape ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 23:15, 21 October 2022
- Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana on the mainland ... Founded by the British in 1781 and named for King George III of the ...22 KB (3,061 words) - 20:14, 13 December 2023
- a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle ... His pioneering efforts in the field of ethnomusicology with his colleague ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- The Three Gojoseon kingdoms first appear in Joseon Sangosa and has ... Some leading Korea scholars omit mention of the Three Gojoseon kingdoms ...10 KB (1,333 words) - 21:05, 31 October 2022
- The Ostrogoths ( Ostrogothi or Austrogothi ) were a branch of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe that played a ...25 KB (3,947 words) - 04:44, 18 November 2022
- Archives refer to a collection of records, and also refers to the ... Archives are made up of records which have been created during the ...30 KB (4,298 words) - 06:20, 12 August 2023
- [[Image:HiltonofCadboll01.JPG|thumb|A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll ... The Picts were a confederation of tribes who lived to the north of ...35 KB (5,272 words) - 05:13, 24 November 2022
- San Diego is a large coastal California city located in the southwestern ... It lies along the Pacific Ocean at San Diego Bay just north of the ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- Library science is an interdisciplinary science incorporating the ... terms, perhaps adopted to increase the "science" aspect ...14 KB (1,842 words) - 22:32, 25 October 2022
- Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations ... archaeology inevitably includes an element of imaginative reconstruction ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- or entertainment-education) is a form of entertainment designed to educate ... Successful edutainment is discernible by the fact that learning becomes ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 18:18, 12 February 2024
- which is now an acknowledged classic of English literature, and is ... Brontë possessed a powerful understanding of the society in which she lived ...13 KB (2,034 words) - 18:16, 13 February 2024
- in popular entertainment, who developed the modern American circus. In ... " and later his circus, dubbed "The Greatest Show on Earth," ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 04:19, 24 November 2022
- The Munich Agreement ( Mnichovská dohoda ; Mníchovská dohoda ... ) was an agreement regarding the Sudetenland Crisis among the major ...18 KB (2,719 words) - 18:57, 10 November 2022
- Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (August 26, 1676 – March 18 ... is nevertheless acknowledged as having held the de facto office due to the ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 00:47, 29 November 2022
- As the way in which war is prosecuted, and the nature of war itself ... and is thus most likely to be the correct version. [[File:Ostfriedhof ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 15:21, 27 November 2023
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- ) is a Middle Eastern dance which features movements of the hips and ... and practiced in many schools around the globe. Its popularity is not ...27 KB (4,010 words) - 16:20, 24 April 2024
- poet and author. He became known as a writer of satirical anti-war verse during ... Unlike many of the poets who had memorialized the great achievements ...18 KB (2,623 words) - 14:37, 27 January 2023
- complete God’s providential purposes for the world. Unification thought ... ==The Goal of History== The goal of history is restoration or "re ...26 KB (3,993 words) - 02:18, 18 April 2023
- Korea has one of the longest continuous histories of any kingdom or ... civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- The Almoravids, was a Berber dynasty from the Sahara that spread over ... The exact meaning of "Murabit" (from which Almoravid is ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 08:18, 23 July 2023
- The Seljuqs (also Seljuk or Seljuq Turks) were a Muslim dynasty of ... The dynasty marked the beginning of Turkic power in the Middle East ...17 KB (2,487 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- The Shakers are a Christian sect, an offshoot of the Religious Society ... The Shakers are famous for their ecstatic religious dances and work ...23 KB (3,664 words) - 10:17, 26 January 2023
- first modern world heavyweight champion and the last of the great bare-knuckle ... a turning point in boxing history. It was the final world-title bout fought ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 06:07, 3 August 2022
- Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the seventh largest ... Located in the southeast of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast ...33 KB (4,767 words) - 18:11, 12 February 2024
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. Order of the British Empire (KBE ... Chaplin was one of the founders of United Artists Studios and he maintained ...32 KB (4,840 words) - 00:37, 5 December 2023
- Riga the capital city of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast ... The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ...31 KB (4,622 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- be expressed with either, both, or neither of these words. The definition ... documented, albeit controversially, over the centuries and numerous cultures ...16 KB (2,335 words) - 00:47, 7 March 2023
- Middle school, also known as Junior High school, is a school in the ... The middle school years are a significant time in compulsory schooling ...19 KB (2,829 words) - 17:33, 9 November 2022
- soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ottoman ... The first Mamluks served the Abbasids caliphs in ninth-century Baghdad ...13 KB (2,110 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- Majulah Singapura ("Onward Singapore") is the national anthem ... Originally composed in the key of G major, in 2001, the national anthem ...17 KB (2,551 words) - 00:16, 22 October 2023
- elements wrapped in fabric, including the Wrapped Reichstag, The Pont ... Born on the same day in Bulgaria and Morocco, respectively, the pair ...37 KB (5,196 words) - 21:40, 10 December 2023
- A high school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly ... In addition to completing this level of academic studies, high schools ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
- The Kingdom of Thailand, known as Siam until 1939, lies in Southeast ... The word Thai (ไทย) means "freedom" in the Thai language ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- A sauna session is usually a social affair in which the participants ... The word sauna is also used metaphorically to describe an unusually ...15 KB (2,539 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2022
- The kingdom of Ayutthaya ( อยุธยา ) was a Thai kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767. King Ramathibodi ...29 KB (4,487 words) - 06:07, 10 January 2023
- | countryofbirth = United Kingdom | dateofdeath = February 24, 1993 (age 51) ... | countryofdeath = United Kingdom | position = Defender ...23 KB (3,813 words) - 05:17, 17 November 2023
- fish, shellfish, or other aquatic organisms. The activity of catching the aquatic ... The focus of a fishery may be fish, but the definition is expanded ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- a database that contains descriptive records of books, periodical articles ... researchers to find descriptive records of relevant information sources ...27 KB (3,849 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- philosopher, and physician, renowned in the twentieth century as a humanitarian ... Schweitzer was the principal of a theological college and author of ...33 KB (4,954 words) - 05:02, 17 June 2023
- crime and its penalty; or grant clemency, or the lessening of the punishment ... Public debate invariable surrounds the pardoning of a criminal, despite ...35 KB (5,395 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- The Royal Opera House, the United Kingdom's most important performing ... The current Royal Opera House is the third theater built on the Covent ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 20:56, 21 December 2022
- Mount Shasta, a 14,179-foot (4,322-meter) stratovolcano, is the second ... mountain and rising abruptly from miles of level ground which encircle ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 17:45, 10 November 2022
- Samaritans today are both a religious and an ethnic group located ... In the New Testament, Samaritans were despised by the Judean Jews; ...22 KB (3,530 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- Jamaica is an island nation of the West Indies. The third largest ... Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taino inhabitants named the island ...31 KB (4,663 words) - 01:31, 8 February 2023
- was a Polish-born British novelist, one of the most important and respected ... Conrad's works draw on the symbolism of the Romantics and the ...22 KB (3,425 words) - 07:21, 10 August 2022
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... For much of its existence, Sicily has stood at a crossroads of international ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- Home education, also called homeschooling or home school, is the process ... Especially in the English-speaking nations, homeschooling provides ...29 KB (4,035 words) - 16:36, 1 March 2023
- The Sinai Peninsula is a triangle-shaped peninsula located in Egypt ... Sinai is a land of contrasts. The desert interior comes to an abrupt ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 22:24, 29 January 2023
- New Caledonia, or Nouvelle-Calédonie, is an overseas territory of ... New Caledonia's capital, Nouméa, is the seat of the Secretariat ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- The Uyghur (also spelled Uygur, Uighur, Uigur; Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر; ... ) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- or simply alternative) is a branch of the rock music genre that became ... Independent record labels were established during the punk era, which ...22 KB (3,494 words) - 00:45, 9 January 2023
- Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument that uses a reed, in addition ... Perhaps because of the ancient nature of their sound, the bagpipes ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean 22 miles (35 km) off the coast ... , raffia, and tourism. Zanzibar is also the home of the endemic Zanzibar ...19 KB (2,660 words) - 05:43, 13 June 2023
- flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found ... The flower structure contains the plant's reproductive organs ...22 KB (3,368 words) - 15:42, 21 January 2023
- traditions developed around religion and the political and social circumstances ... Little is known about the earliest cultures in the region. The Plain ...42 KB (6,594 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- Cinematography, from the Greek words kine (movement) and graphos ... Cinematography is an art form unique to motion pictures. Although ...29 KB (4,666 words) - 22:03, 10 December 2023
- The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more ... The awards were founded by theatre producer and director Brock Pemberton ...32 KB (4,813 words) - 19:02, 14 May 2023
- or other substances. Jewelry is made out of almost every material known ... The word jewelry is derived from the word jewel, which was Anglicized ...33 KB (4,967 words) - 20:02, 13 September 2023
- religion established by Felix Adler in 1876. The Ethical Culture Movement is ... In adhering to its social and moral imperatives, the Ethical Culture ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 04:32, 22 March 2024
- He painted, cataloged, and described the birds of North America, as ... In March, 2000, Audubon's complete, double-elephant folio copy ...18 KB (2,835 words) - 06:04, 3 August 2022
- The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA ... The first BAFTA Awards ceremony was held in 1949, and the ceremony ...26 KB (3,803 words) - 02:24, 22 November 2023
- Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisureCategory:Performing arts ... Lion dance (s=舞狮|t=舞獅|p=wǔshī) is a form of traditional ...24 KB (3,959 words) - 00:19, 5 September 2023
- This article is an overview of the history of Korea, up to the division ... The Korean peninsula has been inhabited since Lower Paleolithic times ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- is an ad valorem tax that an owner pays on the value of the property being ... and assessment, with various methods of assessing property value in ...37 KB (5,745 words) - 00:22, 2 December 2022
- [[Image:Los Angeles skyline.JPG|thumb|right|200 px|The city of Los ... Urbanization is the increase over time in the population of cities ...23 KB (3,351 words) - 13:43, 3 May 2023
- to publish and distribute leaflets under the group name of the White Rose ... http://www.shoaheducation.com/whiterose.html The White Rose.] Retrieved July ...18 KB (2,854 words) - 01:17, 4 February 2023
- The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting ... in 1969, at which time it took over many of the functions of its predecessor ...16 KB (2,300 words) - 18:03, 14 April 2023
- A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, that ... The history of the flag dates back to at least Roman times. The study ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- employed methods drawn from a wide range of disciplines, from philosophy ... Bourdieu studied philosophy in Paris at the École Normale Supérieure ...23 KB (3,373 words) - 05:19, 24 November 2022
- The year 1992 marked the centennial of the beginning of the Donghak ... Japan also sent troops, unrequested, leading to the outbreak of the ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet that rose to the top of ... After founding the group in Detroit, Michigan, as The Four Aims, lead ...13 KB (2,032 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- and in English; but is best known for Out of Africa, her account of living ... Her memoirs of pioneering a coffee farm in Africa, where she had an ...13 KB (2,045 words) - 07:11, 5 October 2022
- A revolution occurred in twentieth century music listening as the ... Music performances became increasingly visual with the broadcast and ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive ... For example, the works of William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 17:00, 2 January 2023
- committed nationalist and socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of ... O'Casey was especially associated with the Abbey Theatre in Dublin ...10 KB (1,633 words) - 17:35, 25 January 2023
- The dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument of two main varieties ... The word dulcimer is Graeco-Roman, meaning "sweet song," ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- Aceh (pronounced AH-chay) is one of the provinces of Indonesia and ... There is a sociocultural divide as well; the Acehnese practice Islam, while ...19 KB (2,798 words) - 07:32, 14 June 2023
- Periodization is the attempt to categorize or divide historical time ... To the extent that history is continuous and not generalized, all ...29 KB (4,535 words) - 16:10, 29 December 2020
- August 12, 1762 – June 26, 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great ... often interfering in politics, especially in the matter of Catholic emancipation ...44 KB (6,632 words) - 10:49, 13 December 2023
- Victorian literature is the body of poetry, fiction, essays, and letters ... During the nineteenth century the novel become the leading form of ...18 KB (2,842 words) - 20:10, 3 May 2023
- and audio engineer. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing ... Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in the autumn of ...30 KB (4,767 words) - 07:53, 28 January 2024
- Digital preservation is a set of processes and activities that maintain ... The preservation of digital information is widely considered to require ...34 KB (4,699 words) - 14:38, 29 January 2024
- Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the Stalin and Khrushchev years ... Anastas Mikoyan joined the Bolshevik Party and fought in Baku during ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 17:21, 2 December 2022
- ), the capital city of Bavaria, Germany, is the third largest city ... After World War I, Munich became a hotbed of right-wing politics, ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- American football, known in the United States simply as football, ... American football descended from rugby football, played in the United ...31 KB (5,091 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- [[Image:James I of England by Daniel Mytens in 1621.jpg|thumb|250px ... James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (Charles James ...30 KB (4,913 words) - 21:16, 20 March 2024
- The Church of Scotland (known informally as The Kirk) is the national ... The church adheres to the Bible and the Westminster Confession of ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- country in Central Europe with a population of over five million, bordering ... The eight hundred years of Hungarian oppression was openly confronted ...34 KB (4,817 words) - 14:57, 27 April 2023
- In Hinduism, the Rāmāyaṇa is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed ... The Rāmāyaṇa consists of 24,000 verses About 480,000 words, or ...37 KB (6,200 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- Awards and one Tony Award. She was ranked as the fourth greatest female star ... At the time, Bergman's marriage was unhappy. Few people at the ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:21, 19 November 2022
- Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and is its largest city, with ... Bratislava was a key economic and administrative center of the Kingdom ...38 KB (5,662 words) - 22:52, 20 November 2023
- 17, 2013) was a British writer, author of novels including The Grass ... (1944–1956), when she was writing on the theme of radical social issues ...22 KB (3,145 words) - 21:11, 26 March 2024
- The Philadelphia Convention (now also known as the Constitutional ... The convention failed to resolve successfully the question of slavery ...26 KB (3,802 words) - 03:12, 24 November 2022
- This article is about the nation of Georgia. For the U.S. state, see ... , known officially from 1990 to 1995 as the Republic of Georgia, is a ...46 KB (6,605 words) - 20:12, 4 September 2023
- The common law forms a major part of the law of those countries of ... As a genre of law which is based on custom, tradition, and/or precedent ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 00:10, 8 January 2024
- an Australian author widely regarded as one of the major English-language ... White was born in Knightsbridge, London. The family returned to Australia ...13 KB (2,140 words) - 16:45, 21 November 2022
- Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the ... Nurses develop a plan of care, working collaboratively with physicians ...27 KB (3,663 words) - 10:11, 11 March 2023
- Goldwyn-Mayer who became popular during the Second World War for her portrayal ... consecutive nominations (1941–1945) in the actress category, winning ...27 KB (3,873 words) - 22:37, 26 July 2022
- 1903 – March 10, 1966) was an Irish author of over 150 works, who was best ... #039;s mother took full responsibility of the household and supported ...11 KB (1,818 words) - 05:07, 9 April 2024
- A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the twentieth ... as a pre-adolescent and, after a period of estrangement in the 1970s, ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
- The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient ... The myth, with its complex symbolism, is integral to ancient Egyptian ...56 KB (8,963 words) - 04:38, 18 November 2022
- The America’s Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta ... During the year of the first World's Fair, American boatbuilders ...31 KB (4,811 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- The Cologne Cathedral ( Kölner Dom , officially de|Hohe Domkirche ... ) is renowned as a monument of Christianity, of Gothic architecture ...24 KB (3,597 words) - 22:36, 7 January 2024
- western traditions. Like many other types of dances it has certain rules ... Like America itself, country/western dancing is a melting pot of many ...19 KB (2,973 words) - 22:43, 26 April 2024
- The Cannes Film Festival ( link=no|Festival de Cannes ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ( fr|Festival ...31 KB (4,402 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- The Lèi tái (Traditional: 擂臺 Simplified: 擂台 “Beat (a ... The absence of a railing or ropes makes the lei tai a unique fighting ...22 KB (3,362 words) - 07:42, 6 March 2023
- Fiji, officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands, is an island nation ... In the Second World War, the people of Fiji co-operated with the Allies ...27 KB (3,980 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- Harare (formerly Salisbury) is the capital of Zimbabwe. It lies in ... It serves as a distribution point for the surrounding agricultural and ...23 KB (3,136 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- also be used for table and wall coverings. The hand-knotted pile carpet has ... Carpets are made of natural and synthetic fibers, such as wool, nylon ...28 KB (4,327 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- 17, 1917) was a French sculptor, and one of the pre-eminent sculptors of ... A pose might be considered too informal, the exactness of his forms too ...42 KB (6,353 words) - 19:06, 21 August 2023
- The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture, noted for having ... Initially established during the Preclassic period, many of the Mayan ...31 KB (4,849 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- Ermine is the common name for a small, northern weasel, Mustela erminea ... The white fur also is known as "ermine," and even in regions ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 07:45, 6 September 2023
- The Beatles were a highly influential English rock 'n' roll ... The Beatles popularity led the "British Invasion" of United ...38 KB (5,974 words) - 15:30, 30 April 2023
- enormous popular success during a career of more than 70 years and continues ... Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short ...26 KB (4,022 words) - 10:54, 11 March 2023
- The Devil is the title given to the supernatural being who is believed ... The Hebrew Bible does not assign this level of personification to ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music, which has its earliest ... Hard rock became a template of society and reflected the many views ...19 KB (3,125 words) - 00:43, 27 January 2021
- that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch ... The word comes from the Classical Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία ...30 KB (4,429 words) - 15:48, 26 September 2023
- 13, 1999), was considered a talent in music, art, theater, and writing. Falk ... Falk also contributed to a series of novels about the 'Phantom ...28 KB (4,294 words) - 19:00, 25 October 2022
- A video game is a game that involves the interaction with a user interface ... The "video" in "video game" traditionally refers ...26 KB (4,049 words) - 20:12, 3 May 2023
- and Sinologist, and is still considered one of the world's great Asian ... Japanese and achieved a remarkable degree of fluency and erudition. He never ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- ) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) ... Geneva was a center of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 06:46, 18 April 2024
- and critics today recognize him as one of the originators of soul music ... James Brown is known as the "Godfather of Soul," yet Cooke ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- capital, Halifax, is a major economic center of the region. It is the fourth ... The province includes several regions of the Mi'kmaq nation of ...28 KB (4,053 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- composer, and pianist. John has been one of the dominant forces in rock ... and over 100 million singles, making him one of the most successful artists ...19 KB (3,014 words) - 17:42, 13 February 2024
- from 1926 until his death in 1977. One of the first multi-media stars ... Crosby's recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 17:48, 31 October 2023
- Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...31 KB (4,586 words) - 00:07, 15 April 2023
- acting style preceded by many years the popularization of method acting ... Award-nominated performance in 1940's The Grapes of Wrath, an adaptation ...20 KB (3,018 words) - 15:04, 16 July 2022
- ) is a form of Chinese opera which arose in the late eighteenth century ... Beijing opera features four main types of performers; performing troupes ...41 KB (6,269 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- Liberal Party statesman and prime minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874 ... Gladstone was famously at odds with Queen Victoria for much of his ...29 KB (4,472 words) - 12:12, 8 May 2023
- [[Image:Mexico.Tab.OlmecHead.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Monument 1, ... The Olmec were an ancient Pre-Colombian people living in the tropical ...35 KB (5,268 words) - 00:32, 18 November 2022
- The Acts of John is a second century collection of Christian-based ... The Acts of John describes his journeys to Ephesus, filled with dramatic ...18 KB (3,042 words) - 05:43, 15 June 2023
- |motto = Vox clamantis in deserto(The voice of one crying ... |nickname = The Big Green (official) |athletics =NCAA ...29 KB (4,327 words) - 22:24, 25 January 2024
- The King James Version of the Bible, or Authorized Version, first ... ==History of the Text== The New Testament of the King James Version ...44 KB (6,927 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City (Latin: Status ... It was created in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty as a vestige of the much ...21 KB (3,351 words) - 22:10, 21 December 2023
- The Miao ( c=苗|p=Miáo linguistically and culturally related group of people recognized by the government ...23 KB (3,462 words) - 16:33, 9 November 2022
- Armenia (Armenian language: "Hayastan"), officially the ... During World War I in the western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey ...47 KB (6,850 words) - 03:48, 15 August 2023
- leaves, stem, flowers, seeds, bulbs, fruit) of herbaceous plants consumed ... Mushrooms, though belonging to the biological kingdom fungi, are also ...18 KB (2,509 words) - 16:34, 14 November 2022
- Engineering is the discipline of applying technical and scientific ... engineer. Those licensed in specific areas of engineering may have formal ...41 KB (5,793 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- Transylvania is a Central European region located in the eastern half ... Dracula while within Romania and Hungary the region is known for the scenic ...47 KB (6,836 words) - 02:15, 2 May 2023
- Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked nation ... The original inhabitants of southern Africa were the Bushmen (San ...20 KB (2,852 words) - 19:53, 20 November 2023
- Ashoka the Great (304 B.C.E. - 232 B.C.E.; also known as Asoka, Sanskrit: ... The name ‘Ashoka’ translates as “without sorrow” in Sanskrit ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- The Council of Europe is the oldest international organization working ... The most famous bodies of the Council of Europe are the European Court ...42 KB (6,144 words) - 08:27, 10 January 2024
- Bucharest (Romanian: Bucureşti) is the capital city, as well as the ... The people of Bucharest suffered under the leadership of Nicolae Ceaușescu ...32 KB (4,507 words) - 16:51, 22 November 2023
- Horror films are films of the horror genre that are designed to elicit ... or at least films not to be taken as serious art. Nonetheless, some major studios ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 14:21, 7 February 2024
- Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... On October 1, 1960, Nigeria declared its independence from the United ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- Dresden, the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony ... Dresden has a long history as the capital and royal residence for ...25 KB (3,605 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, with an area of 227 ... The 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal ... Berlin was successively the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701 ...35 KB (5,027 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- ; Tamil: கொழும்பு) is the largest city and commercial ... than 2,000 years. However, it only became the capital of the nation after ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- ), the largest city in Belgium, is also that nation's capital ... Brussels has grown from a seventh century chapel into a metropolis ...30 KB (4,219 words) - 04:45, 22 November 2023
- The Bailiwick of Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency ... The defense of all these islands is the responsibility of the United ...44 KB (6,712 words) - 18:59, 16 October 2022
- The term Arab (Arabic: عرب ʻarab to be over 300 million people living in the Arab world. There are 22 nations ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- The Right Reverend James Edward Lesslie Newbigin C.B.E. (December ... order, that bishops, symbolizing unity of faith and practice, can gather ...30 KB (4,685 words) - 22:01, 25 October 2022
- novelist known especially for his novels, The Doll and Pharaoh. his experiences as a 15-year-old soldier in the 1863 Uprising, in which he ...24 KB (3,556 words) - 07:13, 17 November 2023
- North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...50 KB (7,230 words) - 10:05, 11 March 2023
- The Great Famine or the Great Hunger (Gaelic: An Gorta Mór or An ... The immediate effect on Ireland was devastating, and its long-term ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 13:17, 6 March 2024
- ) is the capital of Uzbekistan and the Tashkent Province. The city ... Few buildings from the city's ancient past remain, most destroyed ...23 KB (3,205 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- |region1 = United States (New York) |pop1 = |ref1 = ... The Onondaga (Onöñda'gega' or the People of the Hills ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 00:41, 18 November 2022
- Dame Muriel Spark, (February 1, 1918 – April 13, 2006) was the greatest ... had left Sydney and Robin. She returned to the United Kingdom in 1944 and ...16 KB (2,563 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- miles (9.8 km²) in land area, belonging to the U.S. state of Michigan. It ... In the late nineteenth century, Mackinac Island became a popular tourist ...24 KB (3,463 words) - 22:57, 7 May 2023
- [[File:Ghetto (Venice) Panorama.jpg|thumb|400px|The main square of ... commonly involuntarily with varying degrees of enforcement by the dominant ...30 KB (4,539 words) - 23:27, 21 October 2023
- Nederland is the European section of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... Amsterdam is the capital city (hoofdstad), and The Hague (Dutch: Den ...42 KB (6,042 words) - 16:24, 11 November 2022
- literary critic whose works, such as "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ... Ezra Pound, Eliot drew liberally on the literary canon, producing ...25 KB (3,801 words) - 02:02, 27 February 2023
- The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the ... There is no consensus on the starting date of the Byzantine period ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- The Eighty Years' War, or Dutch Revolt (1568–1648), was the ... The Southern Netherlands, situated in modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg ...28 KB (4,365 words) - 11:02, 23 December 2021
- Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was one of ... After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:44, 15 April 2023
- Slang is a set of highly informal words and expressions that are not ... The origins of slang are usually found in the desire of those members ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 22:49, 29 January 2023
- Tamil people, a Dravidian people from the Indian subcontinent, have ... Language 32 (1) (Jan-Mar 1956): 5, India as a Lingustic Area. quote ...56 KB (8,191 words) - 16:28, 13 January 2024
- Copyright is the exclusive right given to the creator of a creative ... not just literary work, but also forms of creative work such as sound ...45 KB (6,771 words) - 03:01, 8 January 2024
- The Dresdner Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady") is a Lutheran ... Reconstruction commenced in January 1993, under the direction of church ...20 KB (2,966 words) - 06:08, 3 August 2023
- ) is a holy Islamic city in Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in ... The city is revered by Muslims for containing the holiest site of ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 03:48, 9 November 2022
- Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan, home to the Late Show with David Letterman.]] CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United ...26 KB (4,054 words) - 22:42, 7 January 2024
- The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as the Federation ... The first Europeans to arrive on the islands were the Spanish under ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- The Canadian Screen Awards ( link=no|Les prix Écrans canadiens ) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry ...36 KB (5,123 words) - 19:13, 25 November 2023
- inventor, and futurist, most famous for the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey ... Clarke served in the Royal Air Force as a radar instructor and technician ...45 KB (6,700 words) - 11:08, 16 August 2023
- The Kingdom of Norway, commonly known as Norway, is a Nordic country ... Norway plays a significant role in the pursuit of stability and world ...44 KB (6,442 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Barbershop music is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal ... produced by singing a particular combination of notes that are perfectly tuned ...25 KB (3,778 words) - 08:05, 20 September 2023
- composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. The history of Norwegian literature ... The period from the fourteenth century up to the nineteenth is considered ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 06:39, 16 November 2022
- :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... (baptízô), is a religious act of purification by water usually associated ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- "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
- A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa. There are more than ... Roses are members of the family Rosaceae, which is one of the largest ...22 KB (3,504 words) - 21:40, 15 August 2022
- John Michael Argyle (August 11, 1925 – September 6, 2002) was one ... |right|250px|Michael Argyle suggested the idea that social skills ...16 KB (2,228 words) - 10:37, 10 March 2023
- [[Image:Friedrich_II_transparent.png|266px|thumb|right|Friedrich II ... Frederick II of Prussia, also known as Frederick the Great (January ...32 KB (4,879 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- 1999) was an English pop singer who, among the female artists of the British ... O'Brien, Springfield was a major fan of American soul music, and created ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on ... means mountains' east, which refers to the province's location east ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid ... He was generally credited with coining the term "Rainbow Nation ...30 KB (4,335 words) - 09:58, 29 January 2024
- Brisbane is the third largest city in Australia and the most populous ... The island nation was initially a site for penal colonies in the eighteenth ...24 KB (3,443 words) - 02:23, 22 November 2023
- Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island ... years after its founding, it became known as the "Birthplace of Confederation ...27 KB (3,922 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- Sydney is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan ... Sydney is located on Australia's southeast coast. The city is ...33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost ... Over the course of its existence, Lisbon has both flourished and suffered ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a coastal Alpine ... Slovenia has been part of the Roman Empire, the Duchy of Karantania ...45 KB (6,521 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- The Buddhas of Bamyan ( بت های باميان - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- [[Image:LibraryCongressWashDC.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Main Library of ... The Library of Congress, located in Washington, D.C., is the national ...24 KB (3,496 words) - 22:34, 25 October 2022
- The Ganges (also Ganga Devanāgarī: hi|गंगा ) is a major river in the Indian subcontinent flowing east through ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- for his barbed and clever wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights ... As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and ...34 KB (5,298 words) - 04:37, 18 November 2022
- com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1930 The Literary Encyclopedia 2004 ... Sir Edward Stafford, English ambassador at the French court. An ordained ...37 KB (5,465 words) - 20:16, 8 December 2022
- books for adolescents include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and ... a children's author, impressed millions of readers worldwide with his ...26 KB (4,117 words) - 03:07, 15 December 2022
- A citation is a reference to a source (not always the original source ... readers to a footnote or endnote that cites the source. In other citation ...17 KB (2,468 words) - 22:25, 10 December 2023
- Arthur is a legendary British "king" of mythical proportions ... The historical background to Arthur is extremely scarce. From a fifth ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- The term Barbarian does not derive from the name of any tribe or cultural ... Although barbarian cultures generally worked against the advancement ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- Honduras, officially Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras ... The country is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest ...34 KB (4,896 words) - 12:36, 2 February 2024
- Nauru (pronounced “now-roo”), officially the Republic of Nauru ... economic activity since 1907 has been the export of phosphate mined ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 04:23, 11 March 2023
- The Miskitos are indigenous people in Central America. Their territory ... but he did not have total power. Instead, the power was split between him ...25 KB (3,718 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- counselors. In professional literature, the term school counselor is preferred ... The purpose of guidance counseling is to help students achieve happiness ...17 KB (2,422 words) - 08:00, 8 January 2024
- The term jade is applied to two different types of rock, nephrite ... During the Stone Age of many cultures, jade was used for axe heads ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- Carol I of Romania, original name Prince Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus ... During the Independence War of 1877-1878, Prince Charles personally ...26 KB (4,057 words) - 00:37, 29 November 2023
- In a matriarchy, power lies with the women of a community. Conclusive ... However, such societies generally occur in times of societal stress ...26 KB (3,881 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- poet, and playwright. He was a key figure of the Renaissance, best known ... era that saw popes leading armies, the wealthy city-states of Italy ...29 KB (4,511 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- The horn is a brass instrument that consists of tubing wrapped into ... The horn, as a member of the brass instrumental family, is a powerful ...16 KB (2,716 words) - 14:17, 7 February 2024
- ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... Suzhou reached its golden age with the Ming Dynasty in 1368 C.E. During ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- ) (May 2, 1921–April 23, 1992) was an Indian filmmaker, one of the ... Along with Aparajito and Apur Sansar, the film forms the Apu trilogy ...43 KB (6,599 words) - 02:30, 21 April 2023
- Spartacus (c. 109 B.C.E. - 71 B.C.E.) the leader of the major slave ... At first, the Romans were slow to respond to the uprising, with Spartacus ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- wedding"), or Hierogamy, refers to the coupling of a god and goddess ... The concept of the hieros gamos derives from ancient mythologies relating ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. Casablanca ... Its location on the coast of Morocco has rendered it an important ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
- The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, and Cephas—original ... role by Jesus, who reportedly gave him the keys of heaven and called ...28 KB (4,305 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- The horse or domestic horse (Equus caballus) is a sizable ungulate ... Horses, one of the most historically vital domesticated animals to ...30 KB (4,944 words) - 19:37, 21 February 2022
- known simply as Elvis but also called "The King of Rock 'n' ... Presley started as a singer of rockabilly, borrowing songs from both ...31 KB (4,709 words) - 17:51, 13 February 2024
- who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England ... == The Historical figure == Lady Godiva was the wife of Leofric (968–1057 ...16 KB (2,352 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- film director closely associated with the suspense thriller genre. He ... Hitchcock was the quintessential master of suspense. One aspect that ...29 KB (4,441 words) - 08:14, 20 July 2023
- Psychological warfare is a tactic involving the use of propaganda ... As long as war exists, we can expect new forms of psychological warfare ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 23:30, 2 December 2022
- important and controversial English writer of the twentieth century, and ... Although he is now esteemed as one of the most important figures in ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 07:34, 12 January 2024
- to describe a group whose values and norms of behavior run counter to those ... On the other hand, countercultures can be detrimental to society, ...27 KB (4,003 words) - 08:31, 10 January 2024
- 1803 – June 18 1880) was a Swiss pioneer of California known as a founder ... The discovery of gold on January 24, 1848, by Sutter's carpenter ...21 KB (3,406 words) - 07:56, 3 August 2022
- The Igbo, sometimes referred to as Ibo, are one of the largest single ... The Igbo share linguistic ties with their neighbors the Bini, Igala ...21 KB (3,253 words) - 16:00, 12 February 2024
- and places to three very different taxa of trees, Ficus sycomorus, Acer ... Ficus sycomorus is the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible. It is ...16 KB (2,282 words) - 01:53, 27 February 2023
- Ancient Egypt as a general historical term broadly refers to the civilization ... Egyptian contributions to knowledge in the areas of mathematics, medicine ...44 KB (6,818 words) - 19:13, 26 July 2023
- Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, refers to events of the Carnival celebration ... is French for "Fat Tuesday," reflecting the practice of ...24 KB (3,459 words) - 03:52, 6 November 2022
- Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... a long and turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean ...35 KB (5,045 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27 1902 – December 20 1968) was one ... on real historical conditions and events in the first half of the twentieth ...27 KB (4,116 words) - 07:52, 3 August 2022
- The Great Plains are the broad expanse of prairie and steppe that ... The region covers almost 500|mi|km east to west and 3000|mi|km ...26 KB (3,847 words) - 07:33, 4 January 2024
- 3, 1958) was an Anglican theologian, Dean of Canterbury, Bishop of Chichester ... Hampshire, where his father was a Church of England clergyman. Bell attended ...18 KB (2,871 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- Guyana, officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is the only ... Guyana is the third smallest country on the mainland of South America ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- 2, 1754 – May 17, 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand ... He was Napoleon's chief diplomat during the years when French ...51 KB (7,312 words) - 22:21, 4 December 2023
- The cuisine of India is one of the world's most diverse cuisines ... India’s unique blend of cuisines evolved through large-scale cultural ...28 KB (4,219 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- | deathplace = Los Angeles, California, United States | occupation ... 8, 1995) was a Chinese writer. She also used the pseudonym Liang Jing (梁京 ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- Open access publishing is a form of publishing that allows users free ... , music, fine arts, or any product of intellectual activity. In this ...20 KB (2,877 words) - 00:47, 18 November 2022
- Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( ... ), is a cultural and religious celebration held on March 17, the traditional ...52 KB (7,483 words) - 20:49, 17 April 2023
- Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic, is a Southern European ... The Italian Republic shares its northern alpine boundary with France ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- intellectual. Gates currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University ... and for a more pluralistic approach to the question of the literary canon ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
- Henry V of England (September 16, 1387 – August 31, 1422) was one ... Henry was son of Henry of Bolingbroke, later Henry IV, and Mary de ...22 KB (3,484 words) - 15:24, 22 February 2022
- Martin Luther and subsequent failure to stem the Protestant Reformation, which ... The remark "It has served us well, this myth of Christ" ...28 KB (4,490 words) - 20:07, 25 October 2022
- whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, ... In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and ...17 KB (2,523 words) - 19:41, 7 February 2023
- Spiritualism is the belief that the spirits of the dead can be contacted ... These spirits are thought to be capable of providing helpful advice ...26 KB (3,720 words) - 15:24, 27 April 2023
- [[Image:Gamla uppsala.jpg|350px|thumb|The Royal mounds of Gamla Uppsala ... A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over ...28 KB (4,185 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- |popplace = New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, United States, Canada ... The word Māori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and ...37 KB (5,756 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is the most widely known performer ... rocksteady, and reggae songs, which include the hits "I Shot the Sheriff ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 08:43, 16 November 2023
- | Associated_acts = The Moonglows, Martha and the Vandellas, Tammi ... gained international fame as an artist on the Motown label in the 1960s ...27 KB (4,247 words) - 08:37, 10 March 2023
- Nan or Taiwanese Hok-kiàn) is a province of China located on the southeast ... as an education center and pristine nature. The ecology of the province has ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- Dublin is both the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland ... Long the seat of culture within Ireland, it has been at the center ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI ... and splendor. He required obedience from the Indian but he also had a sense ...36 KB (5,555 words) - 08:08, 23 January 2023
- Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous ... eastern Africa, is widely regarded within the scientific community to be ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- Skydiving is a type of parachuting done for recreational purposes ... jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797. The military developed parachuting ...19 KB (3,068 words) - 22:48, 29 January 2023
- ), sometimes known as Baqy, Baky, or Baki, located on the western ... The city entered a period of decline after the break-up of the Soviet ...25 KB (3,739 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- celebrated on October 31, particularly in the United States where it has ... The day is often associated with the colors orange and black, and ...37 KB (5,487 words) - 23:07, 3 August 2023
- ), (April 7, 1920 - December 11, 2012), often referred to by the title ... with George Harrison lead guitarist of The Beatles. Together with ...35 KB (4,906 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
- "given" or "lent") was the first king of the ancient ... Described in the Bible as a man of uncommon promise and valor, Saul ...26 KB (4,275 words) - 17:04, 23 December 2022
- Malaysia is a federation of 13 states in Southeast Asia. ... The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- that found an all-inclusive unity in the Absolute Spirit (non-personal ... His philosophy can be best understood within the contexts of German ...29 KB (4,323 words) - 17:06, 17 December 2022
- Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), ... The country, which by the end of the twentieth century resembled that ...44 KB (6,383 words) - 06:26, 11 January 2024
- roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles ... This path defined the sixties generation and Lennon was an archetype ...28 KB (4,343 words) - 11:39, 19 October 2023
- poet, critic, and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic ... Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- Prague (Czech: Praha), is the capital and largest city of the Czech ... Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe ...35 KB (5,518 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- and scholars for his broad understanding of both Chinese classics, and ... His wife and daughter survived during the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:10, 14 April 2023
- Prize-winning Turkish novelist and professor of comparative literature at Columbia ... Pamuk is one of Turkey's most prominent novelists, ...30 KB (4,557 words) - 10:43, 11 March 2023
- The Asuka period (飛鳥時代, asuka jidai), lasting from 538 to ... The Yamato state evolved considerably during the Asuka period, borrowing ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- ) was a Pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty (ruled 1333 B.C.E.–1324 ... In historical terms, Tutankhamun is of only moderate significance ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 02:21, 18 April 2023
- (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan ... The location of human and pre-human habitation dating back two million ...40 KB (5,942 words) - 05:17, 26 August 2023
- The Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny, alpine country in Western ... Not only is it the smallest German-speaking country in the world, ...28 KB (4,022 words) - 08:35, 8 March 2023
- urban renewal project, a transformation of a large former disused docks ... Cabrini-Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts.]] ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- A society is a grouping of individuals, which is characterized by ... Human beings are essentially social creatures, with the desire and ...31 KB (4,695 words) - 19:52, 8 November 2022
- Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world ...47 KB (7,144 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- [[Image:Gem.pebbles.800pix.labelled.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A selection ... used in jewelry and decorative items. Among the most highly valued gemstones ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 06:40, 18 April 2024
- A Passion play is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of ... The plays, which became increasingly elaborate and sometimes featured ...20 KB (2,912 words) - 09:02, 18 November 2022
- Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... attract upscale tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- Surgery (from Greek: cheirourgia, meaning "hand work") is ... A surgery can also refer to the place where surgery is performed, ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 23:38, 18 September 2021
- Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements ... Gymnastics events test the strength, rhythm, balance, flexibility ...18 KB (2,771 words) - 07:20, 28 July 2023
- ) are an ethnic group indigenous to China and the largest single ethnic ... The history of the Han Chinese ethnic group is closely tied to that ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
- Puerto Rico, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado ... During the period of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- Quebec City or Québec (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital of ... Quebec City is known for its Winter Carnival and the Château Frontenac ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- The union of Austria and Hungary, also known as the Dual (that of ... The newly created Austro-Hungarian Empire was a good example of a ...36 KB (5,334 words) - 18:41, 22 August 2023
- The Abbey Theatre, also known as the National Theatre of Ireland, ... In its early years, the theater was closely associated with the writers ...16 KB (2,546 words) - 04:42, 14 June 2023
- Sita (Sanskrit: meaning "furrow") is one of the principal ... The Sanskrit word Sita literally means "the line made by the ...19 KB (3,150 words) - 22:35, 29 January 2023
- The Yao nationality (瑶族, Pinyin: Yáo zú; Vietnamese: người ... Most Western, Chinese, and Yao scholars believe that the Yao became ...21 KB (3,250 words) - 10:13, 22 May 2023
- The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or Uruguay, is a country located ... Its geographic position as a small, wedge-shaped country between the ...30 KB (4,199 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- are used to harden, burn, or dry materials. The firing of kilns requires a ... Primitive kilns date back to the early days of civilization and are ...23 KB (3,896 words) - 23:03, 3 March 2023
- The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked South Asian nation situated ... One of the most isolated nations in the world, Bhutan is often described ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- , is the Japanese word for comics (sometimes called komikku コミック ... In Japan, manga are widely read by people of all ages, and include ...39 KB (5,688 words) - 21:37, 11 January 2024
- English composer. He was a student at the Royal College of Music and ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- Ontario is a province located in the east-central part of Canada, ... The capital of Ontario is Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Ottawa ...35 KB (5,025 words) - 00:41, 18 November 2022
- Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the ... a reed or a fipple. A woodwind may be made of any material, not just wood ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that ... Bells are usually cast from bell metal (a type of bronze) for its ...42 KB (6,679 words) - 22:00, 26 December 2023
- ) is a large seaport city on the northern coast of Colombia. Founded ... The city's history includes its role as a center for the Spanish ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- She is considered one of the twentieth century's greatest classical ... born in 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia, the youngest of four children ...26 KB (3,842 words) - 18:10, 24 January 2024
- Kingston, the capital, the largest city, and chief port, of Jamaica ... Founded in 1693, under English rule, Kingston became the prosperous ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
- Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich—officially called Deutsches Reich ... is the literal translation of empire)—refers to Germany in the years ...65 KB (9,573 words) - 18:36, 30 April 2023
- The Decadent movement (Fr. décadence, “decay”) was a late-nineteenth ... The Decadent movement first flourished in France and then spread throughout ...53 KB (7,426 words) - 21:41, 10 July 2023
- |name = University of Oxford |latin_name = Universitas ... |motto = Dominus Illuminatio Mea"The Lord is my Light" ...35 KB (5,122 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms ( t=三國演義|s=三国演义|p=sānguó ... ), written by Luo Guanzhong in the fourteenth century, is a Chinese ...29 KB (4,917 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- The dog (Canis lupus familiaris or Canis familiaris) is usually considered ... The word "dog" also is used to refer to some other members ...38 KB (6,036 words) - 11:04, 2 August 2023
- A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the ... The procedure for granting patents, requirements placed on the patentee ...72 KB (10,557 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- in 1958 and 1960. Perkins was featured on the cover of the March 3, 1958 ... gay to straight therapy. In 1973 at the age of 40 he married 25 year ...20 KB (2,895 words) - 05:25, 31 July 2023
- rifled bore), and designed to fire a charge of spherical pellets, usually ... firearm, effective typically at a distance of 40 yards (36 meters) or less ...33 KB (5,325 words) - 14:26, 27 January 2023
- Tenzin Gyatso (born July 6, 1935) is the fourteenth Dalai Lama, and ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual ... The modern English word harp comes from the Old English hearpe; akin ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel is renowned for its ... As a Southern Gothic novel and a bildungsroman, the primary themes ...21 KB (3,359 words) - 09:25, 19 January 2024
- Budapest is the capital city of Hungary. It is its country's ... Budapest was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, ...27 KB (3,960 words) - 16:54, 22 November 2023
- Afghānistān, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto ... fought. Invaders and conquerors included the Persian Empire, Alexander ...50 KB (7,441 words) - 05:59, 16 June 2023
- The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known ... ==History of the Recorder== The recorder was popular from medieval ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ... He successfully commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major ...46 KB (7,157 words) - 15:39, 29 September 2023
- A pigment is a material that changes the color of light it reflects ... For industrial applications, as well as in the arts, permanence and ...29 KB (4,213 words) - 06:14, 24 November 2022
- Edward III (November 13, 1312 – June 21, 1377) was one of the most ... Edward was crowned at the age of 14, following the deposition of his ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of the South ... Bogotá is the educational, cultural, commercial, administrative, ...33 KB (4,818 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... The adjective (language, ethnicity and citizenship) derived from Madagascar ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg ... The world's only sovereign Grand Duchy, Luxembourg is a parliamentary ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- Science fiction (also, sf, SF, or sci-fi) is a broad genre of fiction ... Science fiction is part of, and in organizational or marketing contexts ...54 KB (7,938 words) - 02:35, 21 April 2023
- triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the shape roughly ... Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids, generally ...37 KB (5,368 words) - 21:28, 9 November 2023
