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- is an ester derived from the combination of ethanol and acetic acid. Its ... removers. It is also useful in the process of decaffeination of coffee and ...8 KB (1,113 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- Phenol, also known under an older name of carbolic acid, is a toxic ... group (-OH). In effect, phenols are a class of organic compounds of which ...8 KB (1,204 words) - 02:56, 24 November 2022
- bread and is produced by plants as part of their normal metabolism. It ... Traces of acetaldehyde exist in the enol form, ethenol, with Keq ...10 KB (1,279 words) - 07:33, 14 June 2023
- when released into air, due to refraction of light. At low concentrations ... (1790-1868) in 1812, by exposing a mixture of carbon monoxide and chlorine ...10 KB (1,416 words) - 22:44, 28 March 2023
- documents, files, publications, or a group of publications. It is often listed ... The traditional back-of-the-book index is a list of words that point ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- nature, it is found in the stings and bites of many insects of the order Hymenoptera ... the first person to describe the isolation of formic acid by the distillation ...13 KB (1,811 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- formula SiH4. It is the silicon analog of methane and, like methane, ... == Nomenclature of different structures == There are certain rules ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 22:02, 29 January 2023
- Alphabetical index · Quick index · 1995 Scope Notes · 1995 List of Topics · Unification aspects · Writer's Manual ...1 KB (162 words) - 15:02, 27 June 2021
- | S-phrases | , , , |- nitrogen oxide|Nitrous oxideNitrogen dioxideDinitrogen ... an important signaling molecule in the body of mammals, including humans—one ...12 KB (1,673 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- insoluble liquid with the typical smell of paint thinners, redolent of ... and chlorination by Cl2 in the presence of FeCl3 to give ortho and para ...10 KB (1,406 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- specifically an aryl amine, consisting of a phenyl group attached to ... First, benzene is heated with a concentrated mixture of nitric acid ...13 KB (1,817 words) - 06:09, 28 July 2023
- for extracting alkaloids (such as morphine) of pharmaceutical importance from ... The use of chloroform during surgery expanded rapidly thereafter in ...14 KB (1,907 words) - 17:08, 10 December 2023
- gas is the main product from the combustion of sulfur compounds and is of ... coal and petroleum contain various amounts of sulfur compounds, their combustion ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 21:44, 26 February 2023
- gas (LPG or LP-gas) and can be a mixture of propane with smaller amounts ... in gasoline by Dr. Walter O. Snelling of the U.S. Bureau of Mines in ...13 KB (1,941 words) - 00:08, 2 December 2022
- the Bible into the Early Modern English of his day. Although a number ... Possibly, they would question the teaching of the Church and the authority ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- The Epistle to the Colossians is a book of the Bible's New Testament ... Colossians represents an example of "high Christology," ...10 KB (1,524 words) - 22:41, 7 January 2024
- volume Latin dictionary in the University Library of Graz.]] A dictionary is basically a list words in a specific language, with ...22 KB (3,268 words) - 14:12, 29 January 2024
- A thesaurus is a dictionary type book of words that are organized ... In information science, a thesaurus is a collection of controlled ...11 KB (1,593 words) - 18:31, 30 April 2023
- that forms the basis or accompaniment of a composition. A riff can be ... low on the guitar, which focuses much of the energy and excitement of ...6 KB (949 words) - 01:36, 15 December 2022
- as a strong chemical base in the manufacture of pulp and paper, textiles, drinking ... It is very soluble in water, with liberation of heat. It also dissolves in ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 15:05, 27 April 2023
- Nitric acid (chemical formula HNO3) is one of the most important inorganic ... It is also used for the manufacture of explosives (such as nitroglycerine ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- Jacob Obrecht (1457/1458 – late July, 1505) was a Flemish composer ... He was born in either 1457 or 1458, the only son of Ghent city trumpeter ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 08:04, 18 March 2024
- nature," derived from the arrangement of Aristotle's works) is ... A central part of metaphysics is ontology, which is the study of being ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 16:22, 9 November 2022
- | S-phrases | |- nitrogen oxide|Nitric oxideNitrogen dioxideDinitrogen ... Under normal conditions of room temperature and pressure, it is a ...20 KB (2,927 words) - 02:28, 16 November 2022
- | S-phrases | , , |- Nitric acidArsenic acid Ammonium phosphateTrisodium ... combine with themselves to form a variety of compounds referred to as phosphoric ...23 KB (3,466 words) - 04:24, 24 November 2022
- Its main use, however, is in the production of other chemicals. About 40 percent ... Methanol is produced naturally in the anaerobic metabolism of many ...20 KB (2,894 words) - 16:26, 9 November 2022
- and tasteless gas. It is the product of the incomplete combustion of ... technology, being a precursor to a myriad of useful—even life-saving—products ...20 KB (2,871 words) - 19:08, 26 November 2023
- smelling liquid. It is a natural constituent of crude oil but is usually synthesized ... Benzene has been the subject of studies by many famous scientists ...21 KB (3,162 words) - 10:44, 28 September 2023
- Ethylene acts as a hormone in plants, regulating the ripening of fruit ... It can undergo many types of chemical reactions to generate a wide ...26 KB (3,781 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is an extensive information ... The current nine RED List Categories include seven by which the extinction ...17 KB (2,530 words) - 20:34, 7 April 2024
- is a gaseous material consisting primarily of methane and deriving from one ... bogs, landfills, sewage, the stomachs of ruminants such as cows, and ...25 KB (3,786 words) - 04:20, 11 March 2023
- A controlled vocabulary is a set of preselected terms from which a ... Vocabulary control includes policies, procedures, and methodologies ...17 KB (2,446 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- 31, 1966), born in New York City, was one of the most influential pianists ... William played the trumpet, and by the age of fifteen Powell was playing ...14 KB (2,220 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- In mathematics, an average, mean, or central tendency of a data set ... The original meaning of the word average is "damage sustained ...14 KB (2,265 words) - 07:15, 23 August 2023
- its sour taste and pungent smell. It is one of the simplest carboxylic acids ... chemical useful for the production of various synthetic fibers and ...35 KB (5,135 words) - 07:33, 14 June 2023
- all concentrations. It was once known as oil of vitriol, a term coined by the ... million tonnes, with an approximate value of $8 billion. Principal uses ...31 KB (4,778 words) - 21:53, 26 February 2023
- List, Friedrich [[image:Friedrich List 1838.jpg|right|200px]] Georg Friedrich List ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- Part of the foundation of mathematics, Russell's paradox (also ... Consider the set R of all sets that do not contain themselves as members ...14 KB (2,342 words) - 18:15, 22 December 2022
- Ammonia is a chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, with the ... several important roles, serving as a source of nitrogen for plants and helping ...39 KB (5,803 words) - 07:35, 25 July 2023
- Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important hand-written ancient ... Originally, it contained the whole of both Testaments. The Greek Old ...31 KB (4,479 words) - 22:23, 7 January 2024
- several properties that are opposite those of a metal. Based on their properties ... Only 18 elements of the periodic table are generally considered nonmetals ...6 KB (785 words) - 02:40, 16 November 2022
- in the Earth's atmosphere. It consists of simple molecules, each of which ... It is a major component of the carbon cycle. In general, it is exhaled ...34 KB (5,140 words) - 19:07, 26 November 2023
- and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international ... The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection ...15 KB (2,151 words) - 22:17, 6 October 2023
- with nitric acid. An improved version of this process used hydrochloric ... today almost exclusively by the autoxidation of 2-ethyl-9,10-dihydroxyanthracene ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 13:20, 4 February 2023
- The Apostolic Fathers were a group of early Christian leaders believed ... biblical canon. Evidence exists that some of these works were once bound ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 15:52, 11 August 2023
- Bruni, but he is better known by that of Cavalli, the name of his patron ... effort, an effort towards the achievement of fundamental human attributes. ...5 KB (733 words) - 05:27, 24 November 2022
- primarily in Germany, held by a number of thinkers in diverse disciplines ... Historicism also often challenged the concept of truth and the notion ...14 KB (2,067 words) - 15:55, 25 January 2023
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a global ... to maintain and monitor the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and ...13 KB (1,829 words) - 13:27, 7 February 2023
- Uracil is one of the five main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids ... replaces thymine as the usual complement of adenine. Thus, thymine is usually ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:37, 12 November 2022
- known in English as Academies or Academies of Classical Learning, were private ... The bestowal of a calligraphic signboard by the Emperor was an extremely ...12 KB (1,749 words) - 07:12, 14 June 2023
- This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, according ... displayed with their respective national flags and capitals. This ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 04:26, 29 October 2022
- translator, critic and historian. He was one of the founders and principle ... left to himself. He spent a great deal of time reading "everything ...7 KB (980 words) - 19:56, 27 April 2020
- Angkor refers to the region of Cambodia serving as the seat of the ... and most vibrant Hindu empire outside of India. The Khmer name has become ...32 KB (4,644 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- in the Earth's mantle where a column of hot magma rises up to melt ... Geologists have identified some 40–50 hotspots around the globe ...11 KB (1,444 words) - 16:21, 25 January 2023
- lost textual source for the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke. Testament scholars noted that the gospels of Matthew and Luke shared much ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 03:59, 7 December 2022
- was a poet and ambassador in the service of Henry VIII. Although Wyatt ... England remained largely isolated from many of the innovations of the Italian ...9 KB (1,558 words) - 22:57, 30 April 2023
- web page, or other published item. Citations of both types should supply sufficient ... such as the author's last name, year of publication, and page number ...17 KB (2,468 words) - 22:25, 10 December 2023
- Baseball who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-handed power ... "The Beast" by the press, stories of Foxx's powerful blasts ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 13:10, 1 August 2022
- The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental ... to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the State. Those ...44 KB (6,390 words) - 07:20, 15 April 2024
- Lama) in the Gelugpa (Dge-lugs-pa) sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The Panchen ... The current (eleventh) incarnation of the Panchen Lama is a matter ...11 KB (1,374 words) - 06:34, 18 November 2022
- In the Roman Catholic Church, a Doctor of the Church (Latin doctor ... and Pope Gregory I were the original Doctors of the Church and were named in ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 16:32, 29 January 2024
- Andalusia, located in the southern portion of Spain, is one of the ... Andalusia lies to the south of Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha ...14 KB (2,046 words) - 19:54, 26 July 2023
- Abydos (Arabic: أبيدوس, Greek Αβυδος), is one of the most ... to the left), which meant "the hill of the symbol or reliquary." ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 07:07, 14 June 2023
- The Shepherd of Hermas was a very popular Christian writing of the ... was done by the original author as a sign of the authenticity of the translation ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
- science, education, and entertainment. One of the "big three" American ... time, Newsweek has developed a full spectrum of news-magazine material, from ...10 KB (1,451 words) - 23:24, 14 November 2022
- (FIFA, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the ... game became apparent at the beginning of the twentieth century with ...12 KB (1,724 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- sources on the World Wide Web. The purpose of the web directory is to help ... comprehensive coverage covering all types of websites on the Internet. Some ...11 KB (1,684 words) - 23:25, 3 May 2023
- His nickname "Goofy" was earned as a result of his eccentric ... Gomez was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. ...11 KB (1,553 words) - 19:03, 25 October 2022
- 1837) was a composer and virtuoso pianist of Austrian origin from Pressburg ... preference for the expressive melodic lines of the Classical style with wider ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 14:45, 1 August 2022
- In mathematics and computing, an algorithm is a finite sequence of ... as an algorithm that has nested sets of smaller algorithms within it ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 18:19, 21 July 2023
- The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved ... These myths were originally orally transmitted in the form of odes ...21 KB (3,478 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- Yerushalmi, was born August 1, 1932 (29th of Tamuz) – and assassinated ... views, exemplified in his promotion of a theocratic "Greater ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 04:16, 9 November 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
- A definition is a statement of the meaning of a term, word or phrase ... Definitions have various kinds of features and can be distinguished ...17 KB (2,616 words) - 09:12, 28 January 2024
- The Dukedom of Wellington, derived from Wellington in Somerset, England ... Wellington is considered to have been one of the greatest British ...8 KB (1,279 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- dedicated to the memorial services in honor of the Joseon dynasty kings and ... Korean kings and queens, the excellent state of preservation of the shire complex ...6 KB (909 words) - 00:56, 4 August 2022
- Toucan is the common name for any of the large-billed, long-tailed ... Reflecting the principle of bi-level functionality, toucans provide ...10 KB (1,560 words) - 04:45, 1 May 2023
- the molecular level, liquid ethanol consists of hydrogen-bonded pairs of ethanol ... Ethanol has a refractive index of 1.3614. Ethanol is a versatile solvent ...49 KB (7,279 words) - 04:30, 22 March 2024
- Gull is the common name for any of the aquatic birds comprising the ... In common usage, members of various gull species are often referred ...12 KB (1,696 words) - 04:38, 7 December 2021
- Collation is the assembly of written information into a standard order ... Advantages of sorted lists include: *one can easily find the first ...17 KB (2,611 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- Pontiff") was the high priest of the Ancient Roman College of ... The title of "Pontifex Maximus," dating back to the times ...31 KB (4,749 words) - 00:22, 12 April 2023
- The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient ... The original Seven Wonders of the World consists of: The Great Pyramid ...19 KB (2,688 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- his philosophical methodology and theory of knowledge in sharp contrast ... Born to a bookseller and the daughter of a carriage maker, Vico attended ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 20:24, 14 December 2023
- Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian ... region. In 1952, when Bangladesh was part of East Pakistan, this strong ...46 KB (6,448 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
- The cuneiform script (kjuːˈniːəfɔrm) is the earliest known form ... The Sumerian script was adapted for the writing of the Akkadian, Elamite ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 06:45, 12 January 2024
- body. UNCTAD is the principal organ of the United Nations General ... investment and development opportunities of developing countries and assist ...10 KB (1,369 words) - 11:43, 3 May 2023
- Hominidae is a taxonomic family of primates that today is commonly ... The use of the term hominid, which is the designation for members ...9 KB (1,225 words) - 11:38, 2 February 2024
- , as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural ... A bibliography, the product of the practice of bibliography, is a ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 03:44, 1 October 2023
- The B vitamins or vitamin B complex are a group of eight, chemically ... regularly be replenished. Without the intake of these vitamins, one can experience ...10 KB (1,497 words) - 20:40, 3 May 2023
- The polka is a fast, lively Central European dance, and also a genre ... 1800s. As immigrants from different parts of Europe spread across the U ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- Albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is one of the eight tuna species belonging ... tunny, or even just tuna. In some parts of the world, there are other ...9 KB (1,355 words) - 17:46, 19 December 2022
- In physics, thermal conductivity, k, is the property of a material ... Conduction is the most significant means of heat transfer in a solid ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- The development of the periodic table of the elements parallels the ... eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the rate of discovery of new elements increased ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 15:59, 25 January 2023
- Plagiarism is taking the ideas of another and using them without giving ... from the copyright holder. A violation of the terms of [http://en.wikipedia ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 06:23, 24 November 2022
- axis, formed by plate tectonics. This type of oceanic ridge is characteristic ... The mid-ocean ridges of the world are connected and form a single ...10 KB (1,559 words) - 17:32, 9 November 2022
- The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular display of ... :Main article: History of the periodic table The original table was ...13 KB (1,942 words) - 00:40, 24 November 2022
- called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state ... After World War II, Shinto lost its status of state religion; some ...32 KB (5,118 words) - 14:16, 27 January 2023
- to the preservation, education, and study of computers. Computer museums ... Some computer museums are part of science museums, while some are ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 02:34, 8 January 2024
- taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that may result in death ... Fire safety is often a component of building safety. Those who inspect ...10 KB (1,424 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- National League The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award1957 Cy Young ... and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973. ...13 KB (1,890 words) - 22:56, 3 May 2023
- the south, Place Stanislas is the true heart of the city of Nancy. In 1752 ... Place Stanislas is known as the oldest example of a modern capital ...10 KB (1,508 words) - 20:43, 9 April 2023
- reversals could be caricaturized, the idea of an aggressive woman who also ... Public relations (PR) is the art of managing communication between ...32 KB (4,723 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- cakes and desserts. They offset the loss of natural colors when foods are ... ==Purpose of food coloring== People associate certain colors with certain ...11 KB (1,654 words) - 06:16, 1 April 2024
- produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, Western art, ecclesiastical ... With the decline of Rome and the ascendancy of Christianity in Europe ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 10:52, 19 December 2023
- 1757) was an English philosopher and founder of the Associationist school of ... David Hartley was born in June 1705 in the vicinity of Halifax, Yorkshire ...9 KB (1,402 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- 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
- allowed for control over significant parts of the Japanese economy throughout ... After Japan’s surrender (1945) in World War II, the breakup of the ...11 KB (1,482 words) - 05:20, 13 June 2023
- organization, preservation and dissemination of information resources, and ... quot; aspect, or improve the popular image of librarians. ...14 KB (1,842 words) - 22:32, 25 October 2022
- ) is used in Islam to mean a "chapter" of the Holy Qur& ... Each Surah is named for a word or name mentioned in an ayah (section ...13 KB (1,852 words) - 23:51, 26 February 2023
- The Complex of Goguryeo Tombs lies in North Korea. In July 2004, UNESCO ... The Complex of Goguryeo Tombs provides a rare glimpse into the national ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 00:21, 8 January 2024
- designed to generate a large number of ideas for the solution of a ... Recent studies have show that because of such problems as distraction ...21 KB (3,261 words) - 18:14, 28 April 2020
- dedicating her life to improving the lives of the under-privileged. Lowell ... had strong Unitarian roots, and spent most of their wealth on helping their ...10 KB (1,566 words) - 19:42, 7 September 2022
- opera composer, and the first great exponent of French Grand Opera. His nineteenth ... considered him amongst the greatest virtuosi of his period. In his youth Beer ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 20:19, 14 December 2023
- dogmatism in general, and the concept of an institutional church. He ... with individuals through the portion of the divine remaining in each ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 17:39, 25 January 2023
- which roughly corresponds to the first half of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (from ... During the Spring and Autumn Period, a complex system of interstate ...17 KB (2,639 words) - 16:15, 8 February 2023
- The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from ... was unsuccessful in halting enforcement of the Intolerable Acts. Their ...14 KB (1,859 words) - 19:55, 26 March 2024
- A fallacy is an error in an argument. There are two main kinds of ... Refutations, there have been many systems of classifying fallacies. In this ...14 KB (2,254 words) - 00:35, 25 March 2024
- on a delicate pale buff body. The invention of a pottery glaze suitable for ... of a lead glaze, was a major advance in the history of pottery. A ...10 KB (1,425 words) - 00:28, 25 March 2024
- November 14, 1946) was a Spanish composer of classical music. teacher in music was his mother; at the age of nine he was introduced to his ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- politician, who ruled Hungary, as the leader of the Hungarian Soviet Republic ... Although Kun was hostile to all forms of religion, his Jewish roots ...26 KB (4,004 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- Centipede ("hundred legs") is the common name for any member ... pest to be exterminated, actually is one of the most beneficial creatures ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 23:51, 3 December 2023
- The Minaret of Jam is located in the Shahrak District, Ghor Province ... , had been built entirely of baked-bricks. Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 18:44, 9 November 2022
- Baseball, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was born in Lucas ... play-by-play announcer on the "Game of the Week," a televised ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 16:27, 29 January 2024
- The Gospel of Luke (literally, according to Luke; Greek, Κατά ... stories on these themes, such as the Parable of the Prodigal Son and the Parable ...37 KB (5,253 words) - 12:12, 24 January 2023
- was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties ... and agnosticism that marked him as one of the most famous American lawyers ...21 KB (3,485 words) - 22:33, 10 December 2023
- also published a book on Plato's theory of ideas (or forms) that understands ... Ross also wrote books on Kant's ethics, each of Aristotle's ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 15:58, 7 May 2023
- supported by a fairly significant faction of cardinals, and in several cases ... There have been several antipopes throughout the history of the Roman ...20 KB (3,042 words) - 06:35, 31 July 2023
- [[Image:Outline of cave paintings, Altamira.png|thumb|right|300px ... drawings and polychrome rock paintings of wild mammals and human hands ...10 KB (1,634 words) - 08:36, 23 July 2023
- The Battle of Cheongsanri (Chingshanri in Chinese) was fought in October ... Although no dramatic change in the status of relations between the ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 11:38, 20 September 2023
- and film critic. In the 1940s he was one of the most influential film critics ... in an automobile accident, and from the age of seven he and his younger sister ...10 KB (1,581 words) - 08:52, 18 March 2024
- and pride in Russian culture. His style of composing gained international ... The first of his nine symphonies premiered in 1882 when Glazunov was ...11 KB (1,503 words) - 10:09, 4 January 2023
- In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species ... Species' names formulated by the convention of binomial nomenclature ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:46, 11 January 2023
- rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished ... Examples of shrubs include the lilac, forsythia, and azalea. ...10 KB (1,205 words) - 14:30, 27 January 2023
- The term "Minor Prophets" refers to the reported authors ... text came to be translated), run the gamut of Israelite/Jewish history—from ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
- The Muratorian fragment, also known as the Muratorian canon, is a ... The author notably omits the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistle of ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- Taejong (1367-1422, r. 1400-1418) the third king of the Joseon Dynasty ... King Sejong the fourth and most famous king of the Joseon Dynasty, built Seoul ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 19:15, 24 October 2022
- The British Film Institute (BFI) is one of the oldest film organizations ... the London Film Festival and offers a range of educational programs. In 2005 ...14 KB (2,028 words) - 02:42, 22 November 2023
- Stephen III of Moldavia, or Stephen III (c. 1433 - July 2, 1504), ... quot; in more modern versions) was Prince of Moldavia between 1457 and 1504 ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in ... The Presidential Medal of Freedom ranks second only to the Medal of ...9 KB (1,283 words) - 22:24, 30 November 2022
- he wrote to demonstrate the many dimensions of the instrument. Much of his ... in Chingford, Essex (now Greater London), of mixed Indian (Parsi), Spanish ...18 KB (2,515 words) - 22:23, 4 October 2022
- The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by ... located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda ...13 KB (1,876 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- era Aztecs. These codices provide some of the best primary sources for ... culture; scholars now have access to a body of around 500 colonial-era codices. ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 05:19, 26 August 2023
- with the Geneva School. Growing out of Russian Formalism and Phenomenology ... to open his or her mind to the consciousness of the author. His work has had ...12 KB (1,794 words) - 01:13, 29 November 2022
- teacher. He was the foremost French composer of his generation, and his musical ... a foster-nurse for four years. At the age of nine, he was sent to study ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 07:36, 15 April 2024
- 13, 335, succeeding Pope Miltiades. The son of a Roman named Rufinus, he served ... Christianity became the favored religion of the Roman emperor, after having ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 04:06, 26 November 2022
- library system is a nationwide network of libraries administered by the ... the government and promised to offer a part of his estate at Hyde Park, New ...19 KB (2,492 words) - 22:38, 30 November 2022
- whom he later surpassed with the popularity of his operas; however, he never ... The son of a Paris print-seller, Auber was born in Caen in Normandy. ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 18:14, 24 January 2024
- philanthropist, and candidate for President of the United States. After 150 ... and to subdue it and that the pursuit of knowledge—in the arts as ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 14:46, 28 March 2023
- Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna is one of the most important cultural ... Schönbrunn was built to be on a par with the Palace of Versailles ...11 KB (1,678 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal ... However, the basic effort on the part of the majority of countries in ...16 KB (2,401 words) - 23:59, 24 March 2024
- Megabat is the common name for any of the largely herbivorous Old ... Many of the megabat nectarivores are important for pollination of ...12 KB (1,663 words) - 09:38, 10 March 2023
- without a writing system; one set of criteria specifies material ... tradition" refers to the transmission of cultural material through vocal ...37 KB (5,219 words) - 00:59, 18 November 2022
- below for derivation) is a Bantu language of the Sabaki subgroup of Northeastern ... making it the most widely spoken language of sub-Saharan Africa. It is now ...43 KB (6,328 words) - 15:52, 12 January 2024
- Fir is the common name for any of the evergreen trees comprising the ... not true firs, also have the common name of fir, such as the Douglas fir ...9 KB (1,400 words) - 19:50, 26 March 2024
- Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... The Trotskyists faced a crisis during WWII, as many of them supported ...19 KB (2,598 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
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- Points are used in the basic language of geometry, physics, vector graphics ... In Euclidean geometry, points are one of the fundamental objects. ...5 KB (679 words) - 08:29, 24 November 2022
- In the broader sense of the term, bioethics encompasses both biomedical ... ==Scope of bioethics== Bioethics concerns the ethical questions that ...12 KB (1,586 words) - 17:53, 31 October 2023
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- was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the so called Second Viennese ... eventually composed utilizing the techniques of dodecaphonic writing. ...12 KB (1,713 words) - 06:59, 31 July 2023
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- the capital vices or cardinal sins, are a list of the worst vices that cut ... Much debate thrived over the relative merit of the Seven Deadly Sins ...16 KB (2,583 words) - 10:07, 26 January 2023
- The Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos) was a tower built in the third ... Great, it was home to a significant number of Greeks and Jews. It was renowned ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
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- | order=19th President of Liberia | term_start=January 3, 1944 ... 29, 1895 – July 23, 1971) was President of Liberia for more than 26 years ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 20:43, 13 May 2023
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- Baleen whales comprise the Mysticeti, one of two suborders of the ... generally seen as gentle animals, a sighting of which adds to the wonder of ...10 KB (1,467 words) - 05:51, 26 August 2023
- The term Biblical canon refers to a definitive list of inspired, authoritative ... These lists of authoritative scriptures emerged through a prolonged ...22 KB (3,254 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- surgery is performed, or simply the office of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian ... the only viable alternative. For other ills of the physical body, a more comprehensive ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 23:38, 18 September 2021
- Pope Saint Telesphorus was bishop of Rome c. 128 to 138 C.E., during ... Irenaeus of Lyons recognized Telesphorus as a martyr, the first of ...4 KB (637 words) - 11:50, 13 February 2022
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- The Gospel of Matthew (literally, "according to Matthew"; ... authorship to Matthew the Evangelist, one of Jesus' twelve disciples ...26 KB (3,813 words) - 14:10, 30 December 2022
- Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music ... As the world is increasingly globalized, preservation of traditional ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- artist. He is well known for a number of witty and amusing images. Surrealism ... Magritte was born in Lessines, Belgium, in 1898, the eldest son of ...11 KB (1,775 words) - 04:07, 8 December 2022
- An alloy is the combination of metal with other chemical elements ... material are actually alloys. Alloys of gold are rated on a scale of ...17 KB (2,388 words) - 08:10, 23 July 2023
- West from the unique Christian perspective of a Japanese Catholic. Together ... Endo’s greatest work, Silence, portrays the courage of Japanese ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 18:33, 13 February 2024
- Ethology is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of animal ... The study of animal behavior touches upon the fact that people receive ...16 KB (2,274 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- Refraction is the change in direction of a wave due to a change in ... The refraction of waves through a medium is quantified in terms of ...21 KB (3,222 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- Models of the Indo-Aryan migration discusses scenarios of prehistoric ... In the case of the Indo-Aryan race, they indeed appear to have origin ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- Pope Saint Caius, or Gaius, was the bishop of Rome from December 17 ... was later turned into the historic Church of Santa Susanna, which stands ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2022
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- X, Clement VII, and Leo XI), numerous rulers of Florence (notably Lorenzo il ... From humble beginnings (the origin of the name is uncertain, it allegedly ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 04:04, 9 November 2022
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- the nineteenth century with the translation of the Rosetta Stone. Yet interest ... this culture, including the great Pyramids of Giza, reveal not only their ...16 KB (2,384 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
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- In Korea, Buddhist temples are abundant. Many of the oldest and most ... ==Brief History of Korean Buddhism== :See Korean Buddhism for more ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 04:34, 4 March 2023
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- the persecution which caused the banishment of his predecessor Pope Cornelius ... Lucius' brief papacy took place during the beginning stages of ...11 KB (1,673 words) - 04:03, 26 November 2022
- Tacitus (c. 56 C.E. – c. 117 C.E.) was one of the important historians of ... has been most influential outside the field of history. While recognizing ...43 KB (6,444 words) - 02:48, 27 February 2023
- In physics, escape velocity is the speed of an object at which its ... The phenomenon of escape velocity is a consequence of conservation ...18 KB (2,947 words) - 21:28, 20 March 2024
- Flying Dutchman," is considered one of the greatest players in the ... versatile shortstop in history. As one of just five inductees into the ...10 KB (1,520 words) - 13:38, 2 February 2024
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- teacher who efficiently perfected the art of composition as well as becoming ... entire family converted to the religion of his grandfather, Judaism, and ...12 KB (1,584 words) - 06:31, 20 July 2023
- quot;) refers to a "descent" of the divine into the realm of ... Due to the correspondences between the Hindu concept of avatar and ...18 KB (2,850 words) - 07:10, 23 August 2023
- Canonization is the process of posthumously declaring someone to be ... The practice of Canonization is currently practiced by the Roman Catholic ...17 KB (2,634 words) - 19:27, 25 November 2023
- Colugo is the common name for any of the arboreal gliding mammals ... not true lemurs. They are the most capable of all gliding mammals, using ...14 KB (1,971 words) - 07:42, 14 January 2023
- Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of ... Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years. ...49 KB (7,998 words) - 06:22, 11 January 2024
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- 35) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as ... Bromine is an important resource for the production of a wide range ...10 KB (1,346 words) - 04:33, 22 November 2023
- small city in the Niger Inland Delta of south-central Mali. It is just ... architecture, most notably the Great Mosque of Djenné, considered by many ...20 KB (2,929 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- * 1962 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year * Los Angeles Dodgers #53 retired ... Donald Scott Drysdale was a Hall of Fame pitcher who was one of the ...16 KB (2,353 words) - 17:18, 30 January 2024
- Attorney General in 1860-61 and Secretary of War through most of the American ... Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the eldest of the four children ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
- The Treaty of Utrecht that established the Peace of Utrecht, rather ... The treaties were concluded between the representatives of Louis XIV ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 15:00, 2 May 2023
- 1 Esdras is a book from the Septuagint Greek translation of Hebrew ... "Ezra," and it is from the Book of Ezra that 1 Esdras borrows ...11 KB (1,713 words) - 06:31, 13 June 2023
- and is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story." ... established in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan in memory of Akutagawa, is Japan’s most ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- Hindemith helped to create a new conception of tonality with the 12-tone scale ... In 1922, some of his pieces were heard at the International Society ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 17:06, 21 November 2022
- Chaebol refers to a South Korean form of business conglomerate, an ... together in a community that is created out of the village, clan, and region ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 00:11, 4 December 2023
- Tortoise is the common name for any turtle of the family Testudinidae ... For humans today, tortoises mainly add to the wonder of nature, being ...18 KB (2,557 words) - 05:27, 4 November 2022
- British physical anthropologist and the wife of Louis Leakey, famous for her ... Leakey was born on February 6, 1913 into the family of Cecilia Frere ...9 KB (1,368 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of early Christian gnostic ... Corpus Hermeticum and a partial translation of Plato's Republic. The ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:06, 10 November 2022
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- south of present day Luoyang in Henan province, China. The grottoes ... The construction of the Longmen Grottoes began in 493 C.E. and continued ...11 KB (1,501 words) - 02:38, 4 November 2022
- to Find Out. is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency ... The World Factbook is prepared by the CIA for the use of U.S. government ...33 KB (4,760 words) - 17:51, 30 April 2023
- The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a member of the Convolvulaceae ... value for humans. Physically, they are one of the most nutritional vegetables ...11 KB (1,640 words) - 07:24, 24 October 2022
- Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was ... quot;Domesday" (Middle English spelling of Doomsday) in the twelfth century ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 16:43, 29 January 2024
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- A late 19th-century artist's conception of the Ark of the Covenant, employing ... The Ark of the Covenant (Hebrew: ארון הברית,aron habrit) ...29 KB (4,905 words) - 02:49, 15 August 2023
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- Born in the Netherlands, he lived most of his life in England and wrote ... He was known for The Fable of the Bees (1714), which was first published ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 15:56, 29 September 2023
- Dixieland music is an early style of jazz which developed in New Orleans ... music incorporated the cultural aspects of New Orleans jazz music of the ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- is commonly regarded as the fundamental unit of counting and measurement. For ... known as the "identity element" of multiplication (or multiplicative ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. Influenced by the philosophy ... In September, 1874 he was sent to the Jesuit College of Sainte-Barbe ...15 KB (2,277 words) - 16:59, 7 November 2022
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- The World Bank Group is a group of five international organizations ... the United States nominates the head of the World Bank as the biggest ...25 KB (3,686 words) - 00:01, 18 May 2023
- Jannai/Yannai) was king and high priest of Judea from (103 B.C.E. to 76 ... The third son of John Hyrcanus, Jannaeus came to the throne after ...11 KB (1,660 words) - 14:25, 18 July 2023
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- The formlessness which characterizes much of his writing reflects the fluid ... Eikichi, a prominent physician, died of tuberculosis when Kawabata ...14 KB (2,136 words) - 17:16, 5 October 2022
- Sargon I, also known as Sargon of Akkad or Sargon the Great (Akkadian: ... including Mesopotamia and possibly parts of Anatolia. He ruled from a new ...10 KB (1,482 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
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- The chromatic scale is the scale that contains all twelve pitches ... All the other scales in traditional Western music are subsets of this ...5 KB (783 words) - 21:50, 10 December 2023
- King Cheoljong (1831 - 1863) (r. 1849-1863) was the 25th king of the ... When he took the throne in the middle of the nineteenth century, the ...11 KB (1,646 words) - 07:55, 13 January 2023
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- Gwanghaegun or Prince Gwanghae (1574 – 1641) was the fifteenth king ... Gwanghaegun endeared himself to generations of Koreas for guiding ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 08:20, 27 July 2023
- The Three Kingdoms Period of Korea (hangul: 삼국시대) featured ... Kingdoms." Founded soon after the fall of Gojoseon, the three city-states ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
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- Patterson had been knocked out for a count of ten. Liston was known by the ... May 8, 1932, there is a considerable amount of uncertainty about the date ...14 KB (2,380 words) - 01:16, 4 February 2023
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- December 24, 1863) was an English novelist of the nineteenth century. He ... William had been sent to England earlier, at the age of five, with ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 11:11, 10 May 2023
- A music library contains music-related materials for patron use. Use ... For example, the University of Virginia Library provides access to ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 19:07, 10 November 2022
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- Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080 – 1 May 1118) was the first wife and ... also commissioned the Gesta regum Anglorum of William of Malmsbury, considered ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- Abuja is both a Federal Capital Territory within the nation of Nigeria ... Nigeria, is two and half times the size of Lagos city, the former capital ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 07:06, 14 June 2023
- with Alfred Lord Tennyson is perhaps one of the most well-remembered poets ... Ring and the Book, are all mammoth volumes of narrative, sharing perhaps ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 03:13, 15 December 2022
- regarded as the “crown” or the “cream” of the Vedas ... philosophy, meditation, and the nature of God; they form the core spiritual ...28 KB (4,159 words) - 13:11, 3 May 2023
- known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and ... the Classical poses and elegant compositions of Raphael, in particular, had ...16 KB (2,149 words) - 00:32, 12 April 2023
- central and Eastern India as well as parts of the northwest (now Pakistan ... The beginning of larger, centralized polities in India was largely ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:32, 26 February 2023
- It provides a simple and standardized set of conventions for describing ... and "core" implies the possibility of expansion. In 1995, the OCLC ...13 KB (1,902 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
- regarded as the Chinese inventor of paper and the papermaking process ... significant improvement and standardization of papermaking by adding essential ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 23:46, 12 January 2023
- date back about 2500 years with the arrival of Judaism, ... followed by arrival of Christianity around 2000 years ago. ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Bedřich Smetana (March 2, 1824 - 12 May 12, 1884) is considered one ... founded several music schools in promotion of Czech music and fostered a ...28 KB (4,344 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... " (Mark 12:17) fostered the development of separate rival Church and State ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom, located in ... The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and the turning away from communism ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
- The Talmud (Hebrew: תלמוד) is a record of rabbinical discussions ... (c. 200 C.E.), the first written compendium of Judaism's Oral Law; and ...32 KB (4,820 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935), is a Hall of Fame former Major ... League, won the Triple crown, was a member of two teams that won the World ...19 KB (2,752 words) - 05:08, 9 April 2024
- He was regarded in his day as "The King of the Violin." Many important violinists of the twentieth century were greatly influenced ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 18:51, 11 September 2023
- or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics ... Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- in Table Bay, 5 miles (8 km) off the coast of South Africa, approximately ... became a penal colony and eventually a place of exile for the ill, including ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 21:08, 16 April 2023
- Comedy, together with tragedy was one of two principal dramatic forms ... The Old Comedy, dating from the establishment of democracy by Kleisthenes ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2023
- A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library ... Library classification forms part of the field of library and information ...25 KB (3,639 words) - 22:33, 25 October 2022
- Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates ... which is the latinisation of the Greek word grc|κύμβαλον ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- #039;s summer palace), situated in the city of Chengde in Hebei Province, ... Resort between 1703 and 1792. Covering a total area of 5.6|km2|sqmi ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 14:51, 5 December 2023
- Hoolock gibbon is the common name for any of the arboreal, tailless ... As seed dispersers and part of forest food chains—consuming plant ...12 KB (1,738 words) - 16:17, 25 January 2023
- Przewalski's horse is a rare, wild horse of Asia, Equus ferus ... endangered in the wild. As a result of its preservation and reintroduction ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 01:25, 12 April 2023
- was an ancient city about 55 km southwest of Aleppo. It was an important ... a major economic center governed by a series of kings who were elected rather ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 17:22, 11 October 2020
- 1954) was a French artist, noted for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant ... At the end of his life, Matisse, who had been baptized a Catholic ...14 KB (2,268 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937), one of America ... Many of his compositions have been used in cinema, and are recognized ...15 KB (2,281 words) - 13:20, 30 December 2022
- Aquamarine (Lat. aqua marina, "water of the sea") is a gemstone ... This mineral occurs at most localities that yield ordinary beryl, ...5 KB (716 words) - 15:58, 11 August 2023
- was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Mantle played ... When Mantle finished second to Roger Maris in the pursuit of Babe ...17 KB (2,724 words) - 17:26, 9 November 2022
- also an important forerunner in the school of art known as Expressionism. famous work and was stolen twice; it is one of the most recognizable and iconic ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- ) is a province of China located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze ... Chongqing to the northwest. The capital city of the province is Changsha. ...18 KB (2,479 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- human rights activist, former Prisoner of Zion, Israeli politician and author. As a refusenik and dissident, he became a member of the Moscow Helsinki ...16 KB (2,307 words) - 01:29, 11 November 2022
- ==Evolution of the glyph== as the number represents. The Romans tired of writing 4 as IIII, but 3 continues ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- Adam Ferguson, sometimes known as Ferguson of Raith (June 20, 1723 ... Perth grammar school and at the University of St Andrews. In 1745, owing ...6 KB (883 words) - 05:45, 15 June 2023
- design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally ... and legally protected for a specific period of time, a trade secret can only ...18 KB (2,736 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended ... Founded in 1976, TIFF is now one of the largest and most prestigious ...26 KB (3,603 words) - 04:11, 1 May 2023
- Mary II (April 30, 1662 – December 28, 1694) reigned as Queen of ... William III, who became the sole ruler of both countries upon her death ...22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:05, 16 December 2022
- Toothed whale is the general term for any of the various aquatic mammals ... Odontoceti is one of two suborders of cetaceans, the other being the ...13 KB (1,677 words) - 05:01, 4 November 2022
- political scientist who devised the concept of a Condorcet method. Unlike ... Condorcet was a key figure in the transformation of society from its ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- ) was a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern ... refers to the middle and lower levels of the bureaucracy. The nomenklatura ...21 KB (2,829 words) - 18:54, 31 May 2023
- served as the twenty-sixth and final king of the five-century long Korean ... an heir. The Dowager Queen Sinjeong, mother of King Heonjong, the king before ...17 KB (2,290 words) - 20:45, 31 December 2021
- ancient philosophical and ascetic movement of the Indian subcontinent. Philosophically ... The Ajivikas believed that transmigration of the human soul was determined ...6 KB (943 words) - 05:13, 30 April 2021
- known as Abu Sufyan, was a leading man of the Quraish of Mecca and arch ... Sunni and Shi'a Muslims. The lateness of his conversion has always attracted ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 06:56, 14 June 2023
- just a trace element in the air. As a member of the noble gas series, it is ... Morris Travers in 1898, during their studies of liquefied air. ...6 KB (841 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- Prize-winning Polish born American writer of both short stories and novels ... by Jews near Warsaw in Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, probably ...18 KB (2,895 words) - 18:52, 7 March 2024
- under equipped police force, in 1948, to one of the world's most advanced ... South Korea maintains one of the largest standing armies in the world ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown ... The early Pandyan dynasty went into obscurity during the invasion ...21 KB (3,154 words) - 06:36, 18 November 2022
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English ... Nine manuscripts survive in whole or in part, though not all are of ...32 KB (4,981 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- in 2001, devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for ... ] and [http://www.plos.org/ Public Library of Science]. ...14 KB (1,898 words) - 06:20, 11 January 2024
- Hart, it is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection ... Michael Stern Hart's vision and efforts led to the establishment ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
- monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Wearmouth. He ... assertion without having a substantial body of documentation to support his ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 10:20, 26 September 2023
- Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a huge, landlocked nation ... borders on the north stretch into the center of the Sahara Desert, while the ...15 KB (2,110 words) - 06:37, 5 November 2022
- , based on a strict deconstruction of the term, refers to what people ... took common sense as the source and ground of justification for philosophical ...13 KB (2,021 words) - 04:14, 24 November 2022
- Pope Saint Alexander I was the bishop of Rome for seven to ten years ... longer lists him as a martyr, as his cause of death cannot be historically ...6 KB (917 words) - 09:24, 24 November 2022
- Kanji Kun'yomi (Japanese reading) of 定家, (1162 – September ... of Japanese poets, and perhaps the greatest master of the waka form ...30 KB (4,827 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- Pope Saint Marcellinus was the bishop of Rome beginning c. 296 until ... that he indeed did so but had repented of his sin and redeemed himself ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 04:03, 26 November 2022
- mountains in China. Samantabhadra, the Lord of Truth, resides as the patron ... Qing dynasties are located in the vicinity of the mountaintop. The Leshan ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 17:05, 10 November 2022
- painter who was born in Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire. Among the celebrated painters of the twentieth century, Chagall is ...14 KB (2,115 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- Giant anteater is the common name for the largest species of anteater ... a single day, helping to control populations of these organisms. However, it ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 07:42, 24 January 2023
- Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group ... Classical chamber music, or music written during the period of 1750 ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- Bamako, a city of nearly 1.7 million people, is the capital and largest ... the area that is now Bamako has been part of the great west African empires ...22 KB (3,196 words) - 17:23, 10 February 2023
- The Nanda Devi National Park, a national park situated around the ... , located in the state of Uttarakhand in northern India. The park ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 01:17, 11 November 2022
- Up, about Peter, Wendy and the Lost Boys of Never Never Land. Barrie was ... Critics have speculated that Peter Pan was a reflection of Barrie ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 08:18, 13 March 2024
- first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. She co-owned the Newark ... The only female owner in the history of the Negro Leagues, Manley ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 02:46, 17 January 2023
- is an African city in the modern day nation of Mali. Occupying a strategic ... Timbuktu was the center of significant written tradition on the African ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- It has led the consolidation of the world steel industry and today ... The company is headquartered in Luxembourg City, the former seat of ...21 KB (2,936 words) - 06:14, 12 August 2023
- gifts in the folktale genre at the age of 40. While many of his earlier ... mother moved to St. Petersburg in the hope of securing a government pension ...31 KB (4,830 words) - 07:40, 12 March 2024
- over 26 hits and recorded in the styles of doo-wop, R&B, pop, blues ... and the Vandellas number 96 on their its of the 100 Greatest Artists of ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- In philosophy the notion of categories derives from Aristotle’s ... Just as Aristotle proposed that categories are intertwined with ideas ...7 KB (987 words) - 18:01, 30 November 2023
- by God to spread the "good news" of the Christian message to the ... The status of the apostles in the early Church was penultimate to ...30 KB (4,741 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- text in three languages, telling the story of King Darius' conquests ... The document most crucial in the deciphering of a previously lost script. It ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- Yi Hwang (李滉, 이황 1501-1570) was one of the two most prominent ... in the Joseon court and bureaucracy for most of his life, holding 29 government ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 11:12, 24 May 2023
- player who played in the American League of Major League Baseball in the ... Jackson, who played left field for most of his career, has the third highest ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 20:02, 21 April 2023
- Berzelius, is considered a "father of modern chemistry." In ... He stated the first version of the law of conservation of mass; co ...17 KB (2,470 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- He was the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations, serving ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- leaves, stem, flowers, seeds, bulbs, fruit) of herbaceous plants consumed ... Vegetables are an essential part of good nutrition. Longevity studies ...18 KB (2,509 words) - 16:34, 14 November 2022
- China is one of the countries which had the most advanced mathematics ... to constantly point south by the use of differential gears without ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 06:13, 13 June 2023
- Narwhal is the common name for an Arctic whale, Monodon monoceros ... The narwhal also is known as the unicorn whale because of its unique ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 01:26, 11 November 2022
- 9) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as ... Fluorine and its compounds are useful for a wide range of applications ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 17:47, 28 March 2024
- best known for his iconic status as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny ... current affairs and on events in the worlds of show business and of celebrity ...20 KB (3,216 words) - 19:16, 3 August 2022
- Injong of Goryeo (인종 仁宗 1109 – 1146, r. 1122-1146) was the ... Printing with movable metal type was developed during the reign of ...12 KB (1,858 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- 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
- Bahram II was the fifth Sassanid King of Persia in 276–293. He was ... regarding them as their peers. The survival of the Persian empire against ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- The Apocalypse of Peter or Revelation of Peter is an example of popular ... in Peter's name during the first half of the second century C.E., the ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 06:02, 11 August 2023
- the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes ... Disciplines within chemistry are traditionally grouped by the type ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- American politician who served as Governor of Kansas from 1933-1937. He was ... in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, at the time of Landon's birth. Later ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 16:52, 20 July 2023
- Bookselling is the commercial trading of books, the retail and distribution ... Book Review and Booklist affect the sales of the book and critics play an ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 19:27, 20 November 2023
- the Fair (French: le Bel), son and successor of Philip III, reigned as King ... A member of the House of Capet, Philip was born at the Palace of Fontainebleau ...23 KB (3,671 words) - 22:38, 28 March 2023
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- A business plan is a formal, written statement of a set of business ... a mission statement, a detailed description of the business, a marketing plan ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 18:51, 22 November 2023
- The Standard Model of particle physics is a theory that describes ... In the Standard Model, the physical world is composed of a set of ...25 KB (3,578 words) - 16:25, 8 February 2023
- [[Image:Fuggerkontor.jpg|thumb|200px| A painting of an early business ... to carry out activities for the purpose of generating revenue. It involves ...23 KB (3,377 words) - 18:50, 22 November 2023
- time Academy Award-winning American star of film, television, and stage ... Emmys and two Tony Awards during the course of her more than 70- year acting ...23 KB (3,401 words) - 17:11, 5 October 2022
- to a traditional Korean fermented dish made of seasoned vegetables. The most ... Kimchi has been a mainstay of Korean culture for over 2,000 years ...18 KB (2,571 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- Player Award, two Gold Gloves, the Rookie of the Year Award, and made 17 ... accolades, Rose was dubbed the 1970s Player of the Decade by Sporting News ...22 KB (3,468 words) - 01:04, 24 November 2022
- The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- Assisi is a small city in the Perugia province of the Umbria region ... Assisi is most well-known as the birthplace of Saint Francis, the ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 05:01, 18 August 2023
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- the names Lal Qila, Fort Rouge and Red Fort of Agra. Situated about 2.5 km ... Agra Fort represents a blend of Hindu and Islamic civilization and ...12 KB (1,823 words) - 06:48, 16 June 2023
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- day Libya, the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the ... Cyrene became one of the great intellectual centers of the classical ...13 KB (1,919 words) - 18:50, 12 May 2020
- , derived from bolshinstvo, "majority") were a faction of ... and ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. ...15 KB (2,018 words) - 07:17, 17 November 2023
- Earl Hines is one of jazz music’s most legendary pianists and one ... Earl Hines was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Duquesne, Pennsylvania ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 17:33, 12 February 2024
- There are not specific matsuri days for all of Japan; dates vary from area ... and still others around contests where many of the participants sport loin ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- player whose consistently high level of play over a career of 23 seasons ... Hank Aaron is among a handful of sports stars whose achievement transcended ...21 KB (3,165 words) - 21:13, 17 January 2024
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- Bald eagle is the common name for a North American bird of prey, ... The species was on the brink of extirpation in the continental United ...30 KB (4,424 words) - 04:17, 11 January 2023
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- baseball player who played the majority of his career with the New York ... third all time home run hitter at the time of his retirement, and currently ...29 KB (4,418 words) - 15:22, 14 May 2023
- but is best known for her A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790), a ... true virtue. Virtue, which consisted of imitating God, could only be ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 16:16, 7 November 2022
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- French physicist, philosopher and historian of science. His most influential ... At the young age of eleven, Duhem entered the Collège Stanislas. ...15 KB (2,236 words) - 05:22, 24 November 2022
- 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early twentieth century ... Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox." ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo (374-413, r. 391-413) was the nineteenth ... Today, King Gwanggaeto the Great is regarded by Koreans as one of ...14 KB (2,166 words) - 12:47, 24 January 2023
- – June 11, 1970) served as the second Prime Minister of the Russian ... In the aftermath of the collapse of the autocracy, hastened by Russian ...14 KB (1,980 words) - 14:26, 18 July 2023
- In the Standard Model of particle physics, a meson is a composite ... Since mesons are composed of quarks, they participate in both the ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- His gregarious personality and dynamic style of play endeared him ... by Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki), and one of only two to record 2,000 hits ...17 KB (2,653 words) - 23:16, 3 March 2023
- Mussel is the common term for members of several families of freshwater ... Most freshwater mussels require a host during one stage of the life ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- language did not have a writing system of its own. Chinese characters ... Kanji includes new characters created in Japan, and modifications ...32 KB (4,676 words) - 02:41, 5 October 2022
- Iguana is both the common name for several of the larger members of ... For humans, they add to the wonder of nature and the green iguana ...14 KB (2,039 words) - 23:45, 4 October 2021
- Cycads (division Cycadophyta) are an ancient group of seed plants ... produce seeds that grow naked on the scales of a cone-like structure rather ...26 KB (3,809 words) - 06:52, 12 January 2024
- from 1981 to 2011. At launch, it consisted of three main assemblies: a reusable ... was designed for a projected lifespan of 100 launches, or 10 years, ...43 KB (6,281 words) - 15:42, 4 February 2023
- quốc gia Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng) is one of the world's largest karst ... passageways ever discovered. The government of Vietnam declared Phong Nha ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 23:56, 18 September 2023
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- Nanping. It runs along the northern border of Fujian (Hok-kian) province ... The mountains cover an area of 60 km². In 1999, UNESCO designated ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 17:46, 10 November 2022
- founded, being the first to adopt the title of "emperor" (huangdi ... officials in his administration as a means of controlling the Han people ...14 KB (2,103 words) - 17:48, 27 January 2022
- Wisconsin, one of the 50 United States of America, is located near ... Bordered by the states of Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois, ...35 KB (5,043 words) - 23:16, 17 May 2023
- Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain is the ... The artwork in these caves was well preserved for thousands of years ...25 KB (4,047 words) - 06:22, 18 November 2022
- Hermitage") is considered to be one of the most remarkable art treasures ... above Bulguksa, the grotto overlooks the Sea of Japan (East Sea) and rests ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books. for its 182-week stay on the New York Times list. His poetry books are widely ...18 KB (2,704 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- refer to the perfection or culmination of certain virtues, which purify ... The six perfections (paramita) are also an important part of the bodhisattva ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- for its non-conformist opinions and support of innovative, non-traditional ... in Manchester, England in 1821 by a group of non-conformist businessmen ...15 KB (2,174 words) - 15:37, 30 April 2023
- Pope Saint Pius I was bishop of Rome for about 14 years during the ... was called Rufinus, and he was the brother of Hermas, author of the apocalyptic ...7 KB (1,124 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- Kierkegaard, Sartre, and the phenomenology of Husserl and Heidegger. Sexe (The Second Sex), a detailed analysis of the oppression of women. Accepting ...19 KB (2,875 words) - 22:12, 29 January 2023
- singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and pop elements into ... with 148 million domestic units sold, ahead of Elvis Presley, and is second ...30 KB (4,330 words) - 07:48, 23 January 2023
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- The Black Hole of Calcutta incident refers to forty three British ... Faced with overwhelming superiority, most of the British soldiers ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 14:24, 8 February 2022
- divided into two very distinct stages, that of a lost and disillusioned youth ... Waugh "the greatest English novelist of the century." Time magazine ...17 KB (2,728 words) - 04:54, 23 March 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
- The Qutb complex refers to an array of monuments and buildings at ... to construct the minar and other monuments of the complex. That resulted ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 16:04, 7 December 2022
- 23, 1443 – April 6, 1490) was king of Hungary and Croatia, ruling ... as Matthias Corvinus House, the second son of John Hunyadi--a successful ...23 KB (3,564 words) - 16:56, 7 November 2022
- 1791) was a prolific and celebrated composer of Classical music. His enormous ... The young Mozart toured as a child and won the patronage of both nobility ...34 KB (5,408 words) - 16:10, 10 October 2020
- Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... Afonso I left his mark on the map of Europe. The impetus created by ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
- Ribonucleic acid or RNA is a polymer or chain of nucleotide units ... several important roles in the process of translating genetic information ...21 KB (3,210 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- modern life. Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors ... Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter ...26 KB (4,124 words) - 21:08, 30 April 2023
- his accession) was the fourth Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty ... He was reportedly afflicted with some type of disability, and his family ...58 KB (9,002 words) - 11:01, 19 December 2023
- seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family (中華絃樂噐 ... While certain rules of acoustics were followed in the construction ...45 KB (6,609 words) - 01:21, 15 July 2023
- South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United ... In the southwestern portion of the state rise the Black Hills, a group ...41 KB (6,101 words) - 15:37, 4 February 2023
- world. In 1927, shortly after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ... identical to those handed out today. As one of the most prominent award ceremonies ...19 KB (2,964 words) - 07:16, 14 June 2023
- The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo ... Galileo’s discovery showed the importance of the telescope as a tool for ...25 KB (3,695 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031 – November 2, 1083) was Queen consort ... Matilda was daughter of count Baldwin V of Flanders and Adèle (1000 ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the ... was already rich and essential in the period of antiquity called the pre-Chin ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- Anne (February 6, 1665 – August 1, 1714) became Queen of England ... both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and religious polarization ...29 KB (4,444 words) - 15:41, 7 December 2022
- Oceania is a geographical (and geopolitical) region consisting of ... Most of Oceania consists of small island nations. Australia is the ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- Scallop is the common name for any of the marine bivalve mollusks ... Scallops constitute a cosmopolitan family, found in all of the world ...19 KB (2,833 words) - 02:31, 21 April 2023
- the cultural and literary renaissance of Spain in the twentieth century ... As part of his own “project of life,” Ortega acted on his convictions ...25 KB (3,932 words) - 01:34, 8 September 2022
- de la Légion d'honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour) is a ... The royal orders of the Kings were all abolished after the French ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
- sexual reproduction requires the mating of two organisms, male and female ... ==Evolution of the glyph== [[Image:Evolution2glyph.png|thumb|400px|left]] ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- Churches in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the Pope). While differing ... Africa and India, but are now, because of migration, found also in Western ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- Athanasius of Alexandria (also spelled "Athanasios") (c. 296 C.E. ... – May 2, 373 C.E.) was a Christian bishop—the Patriarch of Alexandria—in ...20 KB (3,060 words) - 18:42, 19 August 2023
- Rattlesnake is the common name for any of the venomous snakes comprising ... While rattlesnakes are often viewed unfavorably, because of their ...14 KB (2,198 words) - 01:30, 8 December 2022
- he was a major contributor to the fame of the Cambridge school of mathematical ... and applying mathematics to any member of the university. He served in ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 10:37, 13 December 2023
- * 3x AL TSN Pitcher of the Year (1955, 1961, 1963) * 1961 Babe Ruth Award ... "Slick" and "Chairman of the Board." ...20 KB (3,113 words) - 18:40, 4 May 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
- during the French Revolution for the trial of political offenders. It was ... revolutionary factions, with the passage of the Law of Suspects and the ...30 KB (4,279 words) - 19:45, 31 August 2023
- politician. Committed to the principles of democracy, he founded the Seychelles ... James Mancham was the eldest son of Richard and Evelyn (née Tirant ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ... == History of Imperial Examinations == [[Image:Palastexamen-SongDynastie ...21 KB (3,072 words) - 15:27, 4 February 2023
- landscape shaped by the dissolution of a soluble layer or layers of ... and where the first scientific research of a karst topography was made ...14 KB (1,944 words) - 20:16, 28 February 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Ngan-hui, Anhwei or An-hwei) is a province ... has a history that provides a cross section of China's history. The Yangtze ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 06:03, 28 July 2023
- Carbon black is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of ... The most common use (70 percent) of carbon black is as a pigment and ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 22:13, 25 November 2023
- There are many physical constants in science. Some of the most widely ... * the speed of light in a vacuum c * the electric constant ε0, ...22 KB (3,290 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- * University of Illinois #77 retired |HOF=78 |CollegeHOF=20071 ... football player. He is a charter member of both the College Football Hall ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 02:25, 8 December 2022
- ::This article is about the traditional culture of Korea. For the ... The traditional culture of Korea has its mythical beginnings 5000 ...29 KB (4,255 words) - 06:48, 11 January 2024
- 1904 – September 24, 1991) is the author of several classic children's ... war effort against Nazi Germany, and some of his children's books are ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- and the Berlin Philharmonic. A conductor of great stature, his unorthodox ... Although most of his recorded legacy was accomplished prior to the ...21 KB (3,095 words) - 11:58, 5 May 2023
- played a decisive role in the development of big band jazz and Swing music. New Orleans jazz, with its spontaneous use of improvisation in a small band ...14 KB (2,137 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- Buddhism has been a major force in the creation of Korean culture ... One of the foremost Buddhist temples in South Korea, Haeinsa has housed ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 16:38, 21 January 2024
- and dominant American football player of his era. In college, Nagurski ... He was also a famous professional wrestler, being one of the first ...14 KB (1,992 words) - 04:34, 22 November 2023
- devices. As defined by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics ... they paved the way for the later emergence of electronic instruments. An ...23 KB (3,345 words) - 16:02, 13 February 2024
- Pennsylvania State House for then Province of Pennsylvania. In 1775, it became ... The building is now part of the larger Independence National Historical ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 12:50, 4 March 2024
- 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
- † 443 B.C.E. in Argos), was one of the canonical nine poets of ... a poet that, although only a tiny fraction of his works have survived, what ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 06:16, 24 November 2022
- Uncertainty is a term used in subtly different ways in a number of ... The philosophical problematics of uncertainty are often tied to a ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution6glyph.png The evolution of our modern glyph for 6 appears rather simple when ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- city in Syria after Damascus, and one of the oldest inhabited cities ... city in the world. Aleppo was the capital of the Amorite kingdom of Yamkhad ...14 KB (2,080 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- actor, singer, and comedian. In many of his movies, as well as on stage ... immigrants from the Ukraine, Kaye became one of the world's best-known ...13 KB (1,920 words) - 06:25, 15 January 2023
- Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India are a Buddhist monastery complex ... The caves are located just outside the village of Ajinṭhā ...19 KB (2,978 words) - 07:12, 16 June 2023
- designer, sometimes called the "Father of Modernism" in the Nordic ... States following the critical reception of his design for the Finnish ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 08:41, 23 July 2023
- and digests animal prey consisting mostly of insects and arachnids. The ... #039;s Green Swamp. The nutritional poverty of the soil is a reason for the ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 17:48, 3 May 2023
- – November 14, 1263) was the Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir during ... St. Petersburg, is still considered one of the most heroic figures in ...15 KB (2,202 words) - 14:33, 18 July 2023
- the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken ... Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the tenth ...41 KB (5,525 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- a specified statement follows from a set of assumed statements. The specified ... the conclusion is a necessary consequence of the set of premises, i.e. the ...9 KB (1,489 words) - 23:56, 1 December 2022
