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- 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
- The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular display of ... * List of elements by name with atomic number and atomic mass ...13 KB (1,942 words) - 00:40, 24 November 2022
- that are intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals. The following ... as a metalloid. Because very limited amounts of this element have been available ...7 KB (910 words) - 16:19, 9 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- "WEEE") is a waste type consisting of any broken or unwanted electrical ... == Definition of electronic waste == Electronic waste includes computers ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 16:03, 13 February 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
- Thulium (chemical symbol Tm, atomic number 69) is the least abundant ... techniques have led to easier separation of the rare earths, which has ...9 KB (1,135 words) - 23:14, 30 April 2023
- Protactinium (chemical symbol Pa, atomic number 91) is a member of ... The isotope protactinium-231 occurs in pitchblende to the extent of ...9 KB (1,150 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- 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
- Nd,Y)PO4, which contains up to 0.03 percent of terbium), xenotime (YPO4) and ... Terbium was discovered in 1843 by Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander, ...9 KB (1,141 words) - 03:47, 30 April 2023
- 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
- has major implications for the foundations of mathematics. His best know ... physics, and philosophy at the Universities of Berlin, Halle, and Freiburg ...13 KB (2,116 words) - 21:23, 20 March 2024
- with erbium, holmium, and other rare earth elements. == History == Dysprosium was first identified in Paris in 1886 by French chemist ...10 KB (1,193 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- MARC is an acronym, used in the field of library science, that stands ... The future of the MARC formats is a matter of some debate in the worldwide ...10 KB (1,427 words) - 04:45, 5 November 2022
- with yttrium. It is the heaviest and hardest of the rare earth elements. ... Found with almost all other rare-earth metals but never by itself ...11 KB (1,371 words) - 03:06, 5 November 2022
- 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
- associated with yttrium or other related elements and is used in certain steels ... Ytterbium is found with other rare earth elements in several rare ...11 KB (1,375 words) - 21:33, 4 June 2023
- Europium (chemical symbol Eu, atomic number 63) is the most reactive ... has also been identified in the spectra of the Sun and certain stars. ...10 KB (1,254 words) - 04:34, 23 March 2024
- to mythology. They initiated a new method of explanation known as philosophy ... The pre-Socratic style of thought is often called natural philosophy ...21 KB (3,010 words) - 22:19, 30 November 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
- just a trace element in the air. As a member of the noble gas series, it is ... meaning "new") was discovered by Scottish chemist William Ramsay ...6 KB (841 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- :For other meanings of the abbreviation Pr, see PR. number=59 | symbol ... silvery metallic element that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ...12 KB (1,535 words) - 22:14, 30 November 2022
- is a bright silvery metal that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ... in nature, but, like other rare earth elements, it is contained in many ...11 KB (1,437 words) - 02:07, 23 December 2022
- a silvery metallic element that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ... It constitutes about 38 parts per million (ppm) of the Earth’s crust. ...12 KB (1,578 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- It is associated with several other rare earth elements in the mineral ... century have greatly brought down the cost of production of all rare-earth ...11 KB (1,419 words) - 19:19, 13 February 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 61) is a metallic element that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ... Promethium can be formed as a product of uranium fission. Only trace ...11 KB (1,429 words) - 23:55, 1 December 2022
- Argon (chemical symbol Ar, atomic number 18) is a member of the noble ... The inertness of argon is a very useful property for a number of applications ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 06:25, 12 August 2023
- pianist, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano music ... American piano virtuoso to be acclaimed by Frédéric Chopin, (Chopin ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- 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
- rare metal. Obtained as a byproduct of molybdenum refinement, it is ... This mineral, however, is not an economically viable source of the element. ...10 KB (1,384 words) - 20:01, 8 December 2022
- "The Watchers") are a group of fallen angels described in ... A modern view of the Grigori appears in some versions of Italian witchcraft ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 20:02, 31 January 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
- silvery white metallic element and a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ... Today, gadolinium is isolated by techniques such as ion exchange and ...13 KB (1,750 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- in combination with other rare earth elements, it is one of the most reactive ... Lanthanum, its alloys, and its compounds have a wide range of applications ...11 KB (1,398 words) - 22:23, 22 October 2022
- Ukrainian-born Russian writer. Although many of his works were influenced by ... Gogol is seen by most critics as the first Russian realist. His biting ...15 KB (2,434 words) - 04:07, 15 November 2022
- with aluminum for minor components needed by the aerospace industry and ... the only known concentrated sources of this element. It is also found ...12 KB (1,615 words) - 17:06, 25 January 2023
- the term De Stijl is used to refer to a body of work from 1917 to 1931, founded ... De Stijl is also the name of a journal that was published by the Dutch ...15 KB (2,130 words) - 08:53, 28 January 2024
- symbol Cs, atomic number 55) is a member of the group of chemical elements ... This element has many isotopes, of which the single stable isotope ...14 KB (1,931 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- silvery-white, inert metal. It is a member of the platinum group of elements ... it is a symbol of wealth and is occasionally used in the presentation ...13 KB (1,685 words) - 20:04, 8 December 2022
- a silvery metallic element that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ... Cerium, its alloys, and its compounds are valuable for a variety of ...15 KB (2,039 words) - 23:59, 3 December 2023
- quot; element used in the production of the first high-temperature ... Interestingly, lunar rock samples retrieved by Apollo space missions were ...12 KB (1,634 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- web page, or other published item. Citations of both types should supply sufficient ... information such as the author's last name, year of publication, and ...17 KB (2,468 words) - 22:25, 10 December 2023
- that offers direct access to another section of the same document or to another ... == Types of links == ===Embedded link=== An embedded link is a navigation ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 13:21, 4 February 2023
- samples. 7Li would thereforehave a content of up to 96.25%. ... lightest solid chemical element and a member of the group of elements known ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 04:29, 29 October 2022
- Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States, with ... in clothing that recalls the design elements of the flag of the United ...8 KB (1,272 words) - 01:35, 3 May 2023
- 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
- The scientific definition of a machine is any device that transmits ... Generally these devices decrease the amount of force required to do a given ...16 KB (2,145 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- gray-white metal that combines with other elements in various proportions. ... The greatest demand for manganese is for the production of iron and ...14 KB (1,946 words) - 11:03, 9 March 2023
- A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant ... to serve other functions using the height of the tower. For example, the ...11 KB (1,579 words) - 17:45, 27 April 2024
- the two difficult to separate. About half of all hafnium metal manufactured ... Hafnium (Latin Hafnia for "Copenhagen," the hometown of ...10 KB (1,277 words) - 16:40, 21 January 2024
- 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
- his light, elegant, and airy style and the list of his buildings includes ... Adam was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, the second son of William ...10 KB (1,385 words) - 03:09, 15 December 2022
- found as an alloy in platinum ore. It is one of the densest natural elements. ... The compound osmium tetroxide is very toxic but has a number of important ...14 KB (1,905 words) - 04:43, 18 November 2022
- a rare, silver-white metal. It is a member of the platinum group of elements ... addition, this element is useful in a number of other applications, including ...13 KB (1,749 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- properties are intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals. It is ... The development of the germanium transistor opened the door to numerous ...13 KB (1,672 words) - 09:43, 5 December 2022
- to blue. It belongs to the same family of chemical elements as arsenic ... This element expands on freezing and was long an important component ...14 KB (1,891 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- is a rare, hard, white metal. It is a member of the platinum group of elements ... platinum group metals in the Ural Mountains of western Russia and in parts ...13 KB (1,814 words) - 18:24, 22 December 2022
- 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
- is a soft, silvery-white metallic element of the alkali metal group. Rb ... and zinnwaldite, which contains traces of up to one percent of its oxide ...14 KB (1,892 words) - 20:57, 21 December 2022
- 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
- Faience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin ... of a lead glaze, was a major advance in the history of pottery. A ...10 KB (1,425 words) - 00:28, 25 March 2024
- 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
- 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
- alkali strontium hydroxide. The properties of strontium are closest to those ... is widely used in the glass screens of color television sets. Strontium ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 21:04, 26 February 2023
- 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
- extreme care. It has been used in a number of murders, earning the nickname ... for low-temperature measurements. Crystals of thallium bromide-iodide have ...13 KB (1,784 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- temperature and melts in the hand. It is one of only a few materials that expands ... Gallium is most commonly used in the form of the compound gallium ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 April 2024
- 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
- a red dwarf star is a small and relatively cool star of the main sequence ... very low mass, generally no more than 40 percent of the ...10 KB (1,492 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- human body. It is used in the preparation of wear-resistant, high-strength ... Cobalt compounds are used in the production of inks, paints, and varnishes ...13 KB (1,769 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- is a silvery white, soft metal. It has one of the highest melting points ... free in nature. The main commercial source of molybdenum is the mineral molybdenite ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 19:51, 9 November 2022
- for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements" ... , contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed ...29 KB (4,299 words) - 07:54, 24 January 2023
- was a leading American essayist and author of children's literature ... ironic onlooker, exploring the complexities of modern society, the unique ...13 KB (2,032 words) - 05:37, 4 August 2023
- == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution5glyph.png The evolution of our modern glyph for five cannot be neatly traced ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- chemical element that belongs to the group of metalloids—its chemical properties ... with care. Exposure to even small amounts of tellurium can generate a garlicky ...14 KB (1,880 words) - 05:35, 27 February 2023
- The purified metal is primarily used by the nuclear industry to form ... In nature, zirconium is found combined with other elements but has ...16 KB (2,114 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
- 17) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as ... in nature and necessary for most forms of life, including human life ...15 KB (2,040 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- and many xenon compounds have been made by now.[http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/54 ... This element can be extracted by fractional distillation of liquid ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 14:16, 20 May 2023
- traditional homes (Indonesian: Rumah adat) of the Minangkabau (also known ... painted floral carvings. Every aspect of the house has a symbolic significance ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 18:12, 22 December 2022
- Its chemical properties are similar to those of zinc, and it is found in zinc ... plastics stabilizers, and many kinds of solder. In nuclear reactors ...16 KB (2,248 words) - 10:14, 25 November 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
- injuries, or other physical conditions by operative manual and instrumental ... surgery is performed, or simply the office of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 23:38, 18 September 2021
- A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the interconversion ... the reactants, and the substances produced by the reaction are called the ...12 KB (1,710 words) - 14:43, 5 December 2023
- 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
- distinguished from other manned spacecraft by its lack of major propulsion ... astronauts to live in space for periods of weeks or months, occasionally ...12 KB (1,622 words) - 17:12, 14 October 2022
- this sense can be known before one knows any of these other propostions. Not ... further results. To axiomatize a system of knowledge is to show that all ...16 KB (2,424 words) - 07:20, 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
- == 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
- 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
- combined in several minerals and is one of the 26 elements that commonly ... Vanadium was originally discovered by Andrés Manuel del Río, a Spanish ...15 KB (2,022 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- 1899 and 1918. It has had several periods of revival since then and is still ... sheet music for piano. Being a modification of the then popular march, it ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- The magma may be derived from partial melts of pre-existing rocks in the Earth ... Igneous rocks make up approximately 95 percent of the upper part of ...25 KB (3,680 words) - 13:42, 4 February 2023
- Arnold Geulincx (1624 - 1669), sometimes known by the pseudonym Philaretus ... Geulincx served as professor at the University of Leuven, Belgium ...8 KB (1,216 words) - 03:53, 15 August 2023
- reasons, lead has been used during much of human history. Lead and its ... and arsenic. Lead is mentioned in the Book of Exodus. Lead pipes that bear ...18 KB (2,664 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- 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
- 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
- Changdeokgung (Changdeok Palace or Palace of Prospering Virtue) is ... Changdeokgung was the favored palace of many kings of the Joseon Dynasty ...8 KB (1,063 words) - 01:18, 4 December 2023
- located in Bourges, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Bourges. The cathedral is noted for its unique feats of architecture, impressive sculptures ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 19:58, 20 November 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
- slightly radioactive metal and is a member of the actinide series. It can ... as lead. Soil commonly contains an average of around 12 parts per million ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 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
- [[Image:Medieval writing desk.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustration of a scribe ... Writing is a form of communication through the act of preserving text ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- Abhidharma (Sanskrit) or Abhidhamma (Pāli) is a category of Buddhist ... Historically, Abhidharma started as an elaboration of the teachings ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- and is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story." ... The Akutagawa Prize, established in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan in memory of Akutagawa ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- 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
- ) of Chalcedon (396 – 314 B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher and third ... In his biography of Xenocrates, Diogenes Laertius recounts several ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 14:16, 20 May 2023
- 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
- Fleming were among the most beloved athletes of their respective generations ... Major international competitions are sanctioned by the ISU. These ...29 KB (4,650 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- plating. The human body needs trace amounts of trivalent chromium (chromium ... used in paints and pigments. The red color of rubies derives from the presence ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 21:52, 10 December 2023
- Industrial engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with ... Industrial engineering draws upon the principles and methods of engineering ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 22:36, 5 February 2023
- The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the full ... The Bill of Rights 1689 is largely a statement of certain positive ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- nonmetal that belongs to the nitrogen group of chemical elements. Given its ... When purified artificially, several different allotropic forms of ...25 KB (3,622 words) - 22:45, 28 March 2023
- 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
- 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
- The most common naturally occurring minerals of barium are barite (barium sulfate ... Barium and its compounds have a variety of applications. For instance ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 08:07, 20 September 2023
- Potassium (chemical symbol K, atomic number 19) is a member of a group ... The ions, alloys, and compounds of potassium have a wide range of ...18 KB (2,538 words) - 05:52, 30 November 2022
- #039;s crust, constituting about 2 percent of the crust by weight. It is ... In its ionic form, magnesium is one of the most essential elements ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- html Solar Wind Squeezes Some of Earth's Atmosphere into ... An ion is an atom, group of atoms, or subatomic particle with a net ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 11:09, 6 March 2024
- The Book of Nehemiah is a late historiographical book of the Hebrew ... Ketuvim (Writings) as the second last book of the Bible, and the latter situating ...20 KB (3,125 words) - 21:11, 17 May 2023
- gray metal. It was discovered in a variety of columbite (now called niobite ... often also contain tantalum. Large deposits of niobium have been found associated ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 04:59, 15 November 2022
- Its melting point is higher than that of any other non-alloy, and it ... Tungsten was first hypothesized to exist by Peter Woulfe in 1779, ...17 KB (2,431 words) - 18:45, 2 May 2023
- Helium (chemical symbol He, atomic number 2) is a minor component ... almost all new helium is created as a result of the nuclear fusion of hydrogen ...32 KB (4,897 words) - 15:19, 25 January 2023
- to as ADS) is a digital library portal of over 7,000,000 astronomy and ... had a significant impact on the efficiency of astronomical research since ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- |colspan=2|[[Image:Quartz Crystal.jpg|270px|Photo of quartz crystal group]] ... | Ruby Quartz || Crimson glass-like crystal, absorbs vast amounts ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 15:39, 7 December 2022
- 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
- Courtesy of 3DScience.com]] As commonly defined, the human body is the physical manifestation ...25 KB (3,706 words) - 21:55, 23 December 2020
- The original group (1967-1976) consisted of Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel ... the time, has become a much-covered classic of the era. ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- properties are intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals. It can ... antiseptics, adhesives, and a variety of other products. The isotope ...16 KB (2,239 words) - 19:45, 20 November 2023
- 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile ... Eugenia Dittler, Wilder was nicknamed Billie by his mother (he changed that ...22 KB (3,248 words) - 17:40, 31 October 2023
- - Sùtè) was the ancient civilization of an Iranian people and a ... Asia. They were the main caravan merchants of Central Asia and dominated ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- 19, 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature ... view the conflict between the two sides of his personality, the narrow ...14 KB (1,915 words) - 20:02, 26 July 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
- 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
- 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
- if both can be measured in the same unit of measurement. For example, a ... In the philosophy of science, two theories are said to be incommensurable ...17 KB (2,394 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- Concepts are the categorization of objects, events, or people that ... While research on learning in animals has been used by some psychologists ...32 KB (5,041 words) - 02:42, 8 January 2024
- 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
- 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
- province. T'ao Yüan-ming , was one of the most influential pre-Tang ... Qian is now regarded as the greatest poet of his era and was a major influence ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 00:46, 21 April 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
- around 239 B.C.E. under the patronage of the Qin Dynasty Chancellor ... The Lüshi chunqiu represents the Chinese intellectual world of the ...16 KB (2,593 words) - 04:44, 5 November 2022
- Copper (symbol Cu, atomic number 29) is one of the oldest known metals ... used in hospitals to prevent the transfer of germs, and copper (II) sulfate ...21 KB (3,086 words) - 17:35, 21 May 2020
- that is equipped to conduct observations of terrestrial events or celestial ... emissions, gamma ray bursts, and expansion of the universe. Volcano observatories ...10 KB (1,374 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- and director. Antonin is a diminutive form of Antoine (little Anthony), and ... Levantine-Greek, and he was much affected by this background. Although his ...12 KB (1,968 words) - 07:00, 31 July 2023
- Metalogic is a study of formal languages of logic from both syntactic ... ==Formal Languages of Logic== Formal languages are artificial languages ...14 KB (2,296 words) - 16:20, 9 November 2022
- This metal is an important component of many alloys, including bronze ... with an abundance in the Earth's crust of about two parts per million ...16 KB (2,335 words) - 23:38, 30 April 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
- EADS, high-technology and parent company of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes ... survival during the German economic crisis of the 1920s. Its automobiles ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 00:05, 24 June 2022
- It forms stable compounds with all elements except the noble gases. ... This element is essential for living organisms, particularly as part ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- independent thinker who challenged a number of traditional views on such fundamental ... At the same time, Boyle was convinced of the existence of God and ...20 KB (3,111 words) - 21:10, 16 April 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
- essential in trace amounts for the function of certain enzymes in humans and ... This element and its compounds have a wide range of applications. ...23 KB (3,335 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- designed for spaceflight. Although it is, by definition, designed to travel ... Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications ...18 KB (2,454 words) - 19:05, 7 February 2023
- tasteless gas that makes up about 21% (by volume) of air. In combination ... Oxygen is essential for the respiratory function of humans, animals ...23 KB (3,469 words) - 06:02, 18 November 2022
- atomic number 4) ranks among the lightest of all known metals. Steel-gray ... Alloys of beryllium with copper or nickel are strong and wear-resistant ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 17:26, 29 September 2023
- discipline that involves application of the principles of physics for ... The beginnings of mechanical engineering go back to the craftsmen ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
- Chinese mythology is a collection of cultural history, folktales, ... mythology and the major belief systems of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- apparent change in frequency and wavelength of a wave that is perceived by ... in his paper, "On the Coloured Light of Double Stars and Certain Other ...10 KB (1,666 words) - 19:27, 2 August 2023
- despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality ... As a Southern Gothic novel and a bildungsroman, the primary themes ...21 KB (3,359 words) - 09:25, 19 January 2024
- for metalworking, and for the production of superalloys for jet engine ... Egypt, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria ...14 KB (1,813 words) - 03:03, 19 April 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
- Sodium (chemical symbol Na, atomic number 11) is a member of a group ... bright illumination at low cost. An alloy of sodium and potassium (NaK) ...21 KB (3,204 words) - 21:54, 30 January 2023
- == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution4glyph.png tiresome. The Brahmin Indians simplified 4 by joining its four lines into ...24 KB (3,319 words) - 06:45, 13 June 2023
- 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
- In chemistry, chemical synthesis is the purposeful execution of one ... A chemical synthesis begins by selection of compounds that are known ...10 KB (1,522 words) - 14:47, 5 December 2023
- singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and pop elements into ... Successfully integrating rock elements into his recordings and live ...30 KB (4,330 words) - 07:48, 23 January 2023
- The World Heritage Site known as the Monasteries on the slopes of ... In 1994 UNESCO designated these fourteen monasteries, part of a much ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 13:08, 10 March 2023
- The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman ... It entrusted to the Pope the completion of some sections of its work ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- used in nuclear medicine for a wide variety of diagnostic tests. 99Tc is used ... Before the element was discovered, many of the properties of element ...43 KB (6,283 words) - 22:03, 13 January 2024
- scholar who analyzed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to ... Petersburg to an assimilated Russian family of German descent. His parents ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 23:03, 24 May 2023
- [[Image:minerals.jpg|right|frame|An assortment of minerals. Photo ... Minerals are inorganic crystalline compounds formed by natural processes ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- Assault is a crime of violence against another person. In some jurisdictions ... As with all crimes, the tendency of human beings to cause harm to ...11 KB (1,639 words) - 05:00, 18 August 2023
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (September 25, 1683 - September 12, 1764) was ... functional harmony and the principles of acoustics (as discovered by ...9 KB (1,322 words) - 17:12, 2 April 2024
- quot; or "rascal") is a genre of prose fiction. It depicts the ... particular with works such as the Satyricon of Petronius and later, and more ...30 KB (4,326 words) - 20:12, 13 April 2024
- white luster that can take a high degree of polish. Along with copper and ... electronic products. The nitrate and halides of silver are valuable in photography ...20 KB (2,849 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- Bhagavata Purana as an avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu. ... He is known as the elder brother of Lord Krishna and worshipped by ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 05:51, 26 August 2023
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... the second period spans the lifetimes of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- The Majapahit empire was the last of the major Hindu empires of the ... Little physical evidence of Majapahit remains, Jean Gelman Taylor, ...26 KB (3,833 words) - 05:33, 5 November 2022
- The World Bank Group is a group of five international organizations ... for project evaluation are highly valued by some, and have been adopted ...25 KB (3,686 words) - 00:01, 18 May 2023
- the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons ... mausolea are almost universally places of religious and/or national significance ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- In Greek mythology, Uranus is the personification of the sky and the ... The theonym "Uranus" is the Latinized form of Ouranos ( ...9 KB (1,482 words) - 13:41, 3 May 2023
- and mechanics. He introduced some of the familiar notation still ... Euler was born in Basel to Paul Euler, a pastor of the Reformed Church ...33 KB (4,972 words) - 15:54, 5 July 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
- 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
- its monetary value is rated well above that of gold. It is used in jewelry ... Naturally occurring platinum appears to have been used by the craftsmen ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 08:01, 24 November 2022
- , a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, was one of the chief pioneers of the revival ... His clarification of the distinction between Platonic and Aristotelian ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 06:39, 18 April 2024
- Uisang (의상625 - 702) was one of the most eminent early Silla scholar ... World System.) He was a close friend of monk Wonhyo, and both of their ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 11:28, 18 April 2023
- with four allotropic forms. The stable form of antimony is a blue-white metal ... and solder. Recently, it is being used by the semiconductor industry ...17 KB (2,369 words) - 06:33, 31 July 2023
- original festival despite sharing the same name and date. There are also various ... and still others around contests where many of the participants sport loin ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- March 14, 1471) was the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur, the ... assumes that he was Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire ...10 KB (1,589 words) - 21:21, 30 April 2023
- The Taj Mahal is considered by many to be the finest example of Mughal ... Shah Jahan intended the Taj Mahal to be acclaimed by the entire world ...30 KB (4,795 words) - 03:53, 27 February 2023
- Disco is a genre of dance-oriented music popular from the mid-1970s ... While performers and singers garnered the lion's share of public ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 15:28, 29 January 2024
- often referred to as the "Father of Bluegrass Music." Bluegrass ... his brother Charlie in the 1930s, as one of the Monroe Brothers. Bluegrass ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:06, 31 October 2023
- worst) are two opposing worldviews or states of mind. The former amounts to ... are fundamentally evil, that life is devoid of meaning and thus destined to ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 00:57, 18 November 2022
- the Mediterranean coast, reaching the height of its civilization from about ... dates back to 6000 B.C.E., making it one of the earliest known urban centers ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (also known as the Hanging Gardens ... The image of the gardens is impressive not only for its beauty, but ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 20:50, 21 January 2024
- ) is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist ... Apsaras are supernatural beings who appear as young women of great ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- Egyptian hieroglyphs are a formal writing system used by the ancient ... Egyptian hieroglyphs constitute one of the oldest known writing systems ...23 KB (3,348 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- chosen as a symbol for national unity a Fort of Islamic architecture. That ... The Red Fort stands at the eastern edge of Shahjahanabad, receiving its ...10 KB (1,606 words) - 02:24, 8 December 2022
- all the objects in the universe are composed of very small, invisible, indestructible ... Traditional atomism is used in two distinct domains: The atoms of ...37 KB (5,618 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a subgenre ... Grunge became commercially successful in the first half of the 1990s ...30 KB (4,642 words) - 10:14, 25 February 2023
- pleasing in appearance. The scientific study of crystals and crystal formation ... Many types of crystals are found in nature. Snowflakes, diamonds, ...24 KB (3,432 words) - 06:31, 11 January 2024
- period to whom is ascribed authorship of a large number of alchemical ... are from the tenth century. The first, Notes of Abu Suaiman al-Mantiqi al-Sijistani ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 08:37, 13 March 2024
- and for his Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) of 1837, with its tremendous orchestral ... law, but he dared to disrespect the wishes of his family in order to pursue ...23 KB (3,532 words) - 08:21, 21 January 2024
- sense, it is a three-dimensional example of the more general structure ... interior volume is considered to be part of the polyhedron, sometimes only ...42 KB (6,082 words) - 00:20, 12 April 2023
- ), a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state of Uttar ... through architecture. He stands as one of the greatest Mughal leaders ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 00:44, 25 March 2024
- 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
- 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
- – May 19, 1954) was an American composer of European classical music. He ... were central to the worship service. Many of theses "old time" ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
- Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia or its émigrés ... Aleksandr Pushkin and culminating in two of the greatest novelists in world ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 02:35, 31 March 2023
- title "Angkor Wat" is the modern name of the temple; its original ... and capital city, Angkor Wat was the epitome of the high classical style of ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 01:44, 9 January 2023
- In geometry, a polygon is a plane figure that is bounded by a closed ... ===Number of sides=== Polygons are primarily classified by the number ...23 KB (3,520 words) - 08:42, 24 November 2022
- 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
- The mosque displays an excellent example of Mughal era architecture. The ... rebuilt over a century earlier, in 1566, by Mughal emperor Akbar. The symbolism ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- It comes in many allotropic forms, of which the yellow, black, and ... surreptitiously, arsenic was used in history by murderers, including members ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- who recast the the laws governing the motion of bodies in a simplified and ... Hamilton was the fourth of nine children of Archibald Hamilton, a ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 10:47, 12 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
- with the planets throughout the course of the year. More accurately, ... == Clarification of terms == The ecliptic plane should be distinguished ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 18:02, 12 February 2024
- 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
- ; 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
- In mathematics, the logarithm (or log) of a number x in base b is ... In general terms, if x = b'n, then the logarithm of x in base ...27 KB (4,283 words) - 20:58, 3 November 2022
- A papal bull is a special kind of patent or charter issued by a pope ... Papal bulls were originally issued by popes for various reasons of ...15 KB (2,289 words) - 07:29, 18 November 2022
- and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. Specific studies ... Early speculation, study, and theory of mineralogy was written of ...27 KB (3,827 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- Xīyóu-jì; Wade-Giles: Hsiyu-chi) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels ... The novel tells the entertaining story of the Buddhist monk Xuánzàng ...24 KB (3,989 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- Bombastus von Hohenheim, he took the name Paracelsus later in life, ... Paracelsus’ aggressive manner of teaching and his outspoken criticism ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 07:39, 18 November 2022
- Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration and extermination ... The complex consisted of three main camps: Auschwitz I, the administrative ...26 KB (4,084 words) - 17:54, 22 August 2023
- danse 1874.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An artifact of "high culture": a ... or to honor), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- The Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, designated a World Heritage Site ... A great deal of the credit for establishing the Polonnaruwa kingdom ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 08:40, 24 November 2022
- 28, 1968) was a German chemist and a pioneer of radioactivity and radiochemistry ... 1879, in Frankfurt am Main, the youngest son of the glazier and entrepreneur ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:52, 11 March 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
- originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or performers ... China relied heavily on the patronage of the imperial court and the ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- Weasel is the common name for various carnivorous mammals in the genus ... Originally, the name "weasel" was applied to one species ...13 KB (1,923 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2023
- site in Upper Egypt, located about 160 km southwest of Cairo. For the past century, the vicinity of Oxyrhynchus has been continually ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 06:03, 18 November 2022
- 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
- influenced the philosophy and public life of Britain during the late eighteenth ... in 1771, Appeal to the Public on the Subject of the National Debt and Observations ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 01:46, 14 December 2022
- syndicate dedicated to the illegal traffic of alcoholic beverages during ... By the end of the 1920s, Capone had gained the attention of the Federal ...18 KB (2,835 words) - 04:20, 17 June 2023
- resistant to corrosion, including corrosion by seawater and chlorine. It is ... forms and five naturally occurring isotopes of this element—46Ti through ...27 KB (3,874 words) - 03:49, 1 May 2023
- The Historic Centre of Lima is the portion of the city of Lima, Peru ... important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, established by Charles ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 21:54, 31 January 2024
- 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
- ; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was ... Yuri Gagarin was born in the village of Klushino near Gzhatsk (now ...17 KB (2,467 words) - 10:29, 7 June 2023
- various rocks, minerals, coral, and shells of marine animals. Soft gray in ... state. Rather, it occurs in the form of various compounds: calcium ...18 KB (2,626 words) - 18:21, 25 November 2023
- Special effects (abbreviated SPFX or SFX) are used by the film, television ... They are also used when creating the effect by normal means is prohibitively ...30 KB (4,494 words) - 19:11, 7 February 2023
- mathematics, philosophy, and the theory of signs, or semeiotic, that he ... was scant until after World War II. Much of his huge output is still unpublished ...60 KB (9,018 words) - 22:24, 4 December 2023
- is a masterpiece of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese ... Genji, as the work is commonly called, was written for the women of ...22 KB (3,369 words) - 17:34, 30 April 2023
- , tr: Bolshaya chistka) is the name given to campaigns of political ... officially used to denote the prosecution of people recognized as counter ...32 KB (4,761 words) - 12:20, 24 January 2023
- Ukiyo-e (浮世絵), "pictures of the floating world," is ... an original painting. The original subject of ukiyo-e was city life—more ...12 KB (1,823 words) - 01:28, 3 May 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a central province of the People ... ), after the powerful state of Chu that existed here during the Eastern ...22 KB (3,092 words) - 21:04, 7 February 2024
- metal that is found in ores in many parts of the world. It is an essential ... sunburn and diaper rash. The chloride of zinc is a deodorant, and the ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 06:07, 13 June 2023
- was a court instituted by the National Convention during the French ... revolutionary factions, with the passage of the Law of Suspects and the ...30 KB (4,279 words) - 19:45, 31 August 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
- a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, body of water, or other physical obstacle ... The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 20:15, 11 March 2024
- from 538 to 710, was a period in the history of Japan during which the capital ... during the Asuka period, borrowing systems of political and social organization ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- and artistic movement predominant at the end of the nineteenth and beginning ... and mystical poetry and philosophy of Fyodor Tyutchev and Vladimir ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 15:49, 1 June 2023
- Monarchs in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea are descended from Emperor ... This genealogy shows the line of succession from the founding monarch ...95 KB (11,477 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes.] ... Working Group on Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) of the International Astronomical ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- true to the Genesis account, this is one of the most famous depictions ... covenants underpin the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and ...23 KB (3,861 words) - 20:30, 28 May 2020
- and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern ... Maximilian Weber was born in Erfurt, Germany, the eldest of seven ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- than revelation—should form the basis of religion. In England and the ... In France, on the other hand, Deism in the person of Voltaire took ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 09:13, 28 January 2024
- 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
- chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table. The heaviest ... 235 (0.72 percent), and a very small amount of uranium-234 (0.0058 percent ...48 KB (6,867 words) - 15:33, 16 January 2024
- | WHS = Archaeological Site of Troy | Image = [[Image:Troy1.jpg|300px|Walls of the excavated city ...26 KB (4,181 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- The Nobel Prizes are prizes instituted by the will of Alfred Bernhard ... have been honored more than once, a total of 813 different individuals and ...34 KB (5,294 words) - 02:33, 16 November 2022
- Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian ... Holberg contributed to the common literature of Denmark-Norway. With the advent ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 06:39, 16 November 2022
- KayEss-1.jpeg|thumb|right|225px|Painting of the Buddha's first sermon ... Sachchhani) are the foundational teachings of Buddhism, typically given as ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- novel in the Spanish language, and one of the most influential and enduring ... could readily be identified within the genre of the novel. Medieval literature ...33 KB (5,296 words) - 17:47, 9 November 2022
- née Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. ... Her memoirs of pioneering a coffee farm in Africa, where she had an ...13 KB (2,045 words) - 07:11, 5 October 2022
- Asparagus is the name a genus of plants within the flowering plant ... As a vegetable, the tender, succulent shoots of asparagus not only ...14 KB (2,081 words) - 04:48, 18 August 2023
- CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United ... One of the pioneer radio networks, from its earliest days CBS established ...26 KB (4,054 words) - 22:42, 7 January 2024
- The 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between July 2-6, 1777 ... The uncontested surrender of Ticonderoga caused an uproar in the American ...22 KB (3,302 words) - 21:10, 28 March 2024
- the order Foraminiferida (or Foraminifera of supergroup Rhizaria), characterized ... sand dollars, and many other animals. Tens of thousands per square meter ...14 KB (1,865 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- Esther Sleepe Burney (1725-1762). The third of six children, she was self ... eight plays, one biography, and 20 volumes of journals and letters. In addition ...31 KB (4,786 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
- C.E., best known for his role in the trial of Jesus. His full name was Yosef ... A member of the party of the Sadducees, Caiaphas was the son-in-law ...15 KB (2,468 words) - 18:17, 25 November 2023
- storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information. Information science ... understanding problems from the perspective of the stakeholders involved and ...37 KB (5,078 words) - 17:20, 15 April 2021
- The Gospel of John, (literally, According to John; Greek, Κατά ... Of the four gospels, John is the only one that presents a true christology ...37 KB (5,608 words) - 20:09, 13 September 2023
- Dinosaur Provincial Park is located in the valley of the Red Deer ... park is well known for being one of the largest known dinosaur fossil ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 15:24, 29 January 2024
- The Book of Kells (less widely known as the Book of Columba) is an ... The Book of Kells is the high point of a group of manuscripts produced ...38 KB (6,352 words) - 00:21, 19 November 2023
- Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume ... remove barriers to the indexing activities of search engines. ...24 KB (3,505 words) - 02:44, 21 April 2023
- Nitrogen (symbol N, atomic number 7) is the chief constituent of the ... In living organisms, nitrogen atoms are part of the molecular structures ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 02:26, 16 November 2022
- Österreichs, was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Greater Germany ... The events of March 12, 1938, marked the culmination of historical ...45 KB (6,819 words) - 05:13, 31 July 2023
- as the Prime Minister and de facto dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968 ... Franco, some regard him as champion of traditional values, including ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 20:38, 22 December 2022
- Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore petroleum reserves ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- metallic chemical element that is part of the actinide series. It is ... naturally in uranium ores. These come about by a process of neutron capture ...37 KB (5,382 words) - 08:10, 24 November 2022
- #039;s equator, and the apparent position of the Sun at that moment. point, celestial equator, and other such elements are taken to be used in ...25 KB (4,132 words) - 19:17, 13 February 2024
- a Jacobean playwright, and indisputably one of the most accomplished and influential ... particular, Fletcher is considered to be one of the most important authors ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 06:38, 8 April 2024
- Gaya refers to a confederacy of chiefdoms in the Nakdong River valley ... The Gaya confederacy became a key component of the Silla dynasty. ...15 KB (2,181 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- Hōryū-ji (法隆寺; Temple of the Flourishing Law) is a Buddhist ... . Hōryū-ji was originally built in 607 by Empress Suiko and Crown Prince ...23 KB (3,463 words) - 00:01, 25 August 2023
- traits, and criminality on the basis of the shape of the head (by reading ... these do not correspond to the level of complexity that Gall described ...15 KB (2,198 words) - 05:06, 24 November 2022
- and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after helping lead ... world leaders to see to the realization of such. His diplomatic skills ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- are said to have attained the realization of siddhis (psychic abilities ... A distinct concept of "siddha" is also found in the religion ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 20:06, 21 April 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
- developed from the logographic characters of Chinese origin, known in Japan ... into Taiwanese to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters like furigana ...25 KB (3,410 words) - 02:35, 5 October 2022
- Natural deposits of mercury-bearing minerals, usually in the form ... Mercury and most of its compounds are highly toxic and need to be ...41 KB (5,903 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- Entomology is the scientific study of insects. Insects are arthropods ... Insects have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms ...14 KB (2,060 words) - 18:58, 13 February 2024
- vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety ... == Usage of sonata == The Baroque era applied the term sonata to a ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- country that occupies the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola ... the Dominican Republic has a long history of violence and tyranny, including; ...37 KB (5,424 words) - 09:27, 15 January 2023
- Qila Rohtas) - a garrison fort built by the great Afghan king Sher ... Rohtasgarh, situated on the upper course of the river Son, 20 37’ ...24 KB (3,894 words) - 02:42, 16 December 2022
- that utilizes the behavior and effects of electrons for the production ... The name electrical engineering is still used to cover electronic ...28 KB (3,902 words) - 16:01, 13 February 2024
- A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around ... either optically (visual binaries) or by indirect techniques, such as ...43 KB (6,669 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government ... to the public based on classification of information as sensitive, classified ...23 KB (3,543 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- (June 6, 1436 – July 6, 1476), known by his Latin pseudonym Regiomontanus ... Regiomontanus made a number of important observations, including eclipses ...15 KB (2,318 words) - 03:03, 8 December 2022
- The French invasion of Russia (also known as the Russian Campaign ... ) which refers to Hitler's, rather than Napoleon's, invasion ...45 KB (6,717 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- The chansons de geste, Old French for "songs of heroic deeds ... preceded written culture, and show influence of both the pagan tradition as ...21 KB (3,315 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy, which studies fundamental ... existing or possible theories and practices of social, political matters, ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- discipline that deals with the development of technologies for generating ... Electrical engineers may work on such things as the construction of ...26 KB (3,608 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- 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
- is listed as one the top 100 best actresses of the century. and often are selected as the top movies of the twentieth century. Those ...15 KB (2,271 words) - 15:36, 12 August 2022
- The Religious Society of Friends, whose members are known as Quakers ... as a Christian religious denomination by people who were dissatisfied ...39 KB (6,129 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- In the cosmology of Hinduism, the term Yuga (meaning: "age" ... associated with a progressive deterioration of dharma (or "righteousness ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 21:36, 4 June 2023
- The Society of the Friends of the Constitution ( Société des amis ... ), renamed the Society of the Jacobins, Friends of Freedom and Equality ( ...43 KB (6,105 words) - 17:02, 30 September 2023
- The rising was an attempt by militant Irish republicans to win independence ... stepping-stone in the eventual creation of the Irish Republic. The Irish ...29 KB (4,554 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2020
- originally constructed in the Peruvian Andes by the pre-Incan Chavín people ... A large part of the Chavin population was based on an agricultural ...15 KB (2,387 words) - 00:46, 5 December 2023
- were able to be exposed to a wider range of music than ever before, giving ... visual with the broadcast and recording of music videos and concerts. ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- The Blues, a haunting, stylistic type of vocal and instrumental music ... It evolved in the United States in the communities of former African ...51 KB (7,870 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- This article is about the form of dwelling {{multiple image|perrow ... a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or ...27 KB (3,923 words) - 00:12, 4 February 2024
- that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch ... (pron. enkyklos paideia), literally 'the things of boys/child ...30 KB (4,429 words) - 15:48, 26 September 2023
- Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon one of the figures most associated ... Robbe-Grillet, an influential theorist as well as writer of the nouveau ...15 KB (2,225 words) - 04:24, 17 June 2023
- The Books of Samuel (Hebrew: ספר שמואל—Sefer Sh'muel ... The Books of Samuel originally formed a single text, which probably ...37 KB (5,923 words) - 19:27, 20 November 2023
- nanometers (nm) (15.7-27.6 millionths of an inch)). In a scientific ... The study of light and its interaction with matter is termed optics ...39 KB (6,028 words) - 01:15, 26 October 2022
- to Wudangquan or the “internal” styles of Chinese martial arts, which ... Neijia styles teach awareness of the spirit, mind, chi (breath), and ...24 KB (3,729 words) - 16:11, 11 November 2022
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... Korean history has long included elements of Shamanism, Confucianism ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- 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
- Space tourism (or spaceflight) is the recent phenomenon of tourists ... Among the primary attractions of space tourism are the uniqueness ...31 KB (4,415 words) - 16:01, 27 November 2023
- as they cross national boundaries, usually by the government of the importing ... protect domestic industries and as a source of revenue. Methods for accomplishing ...32 KB (5,003 words) - 04:32, 27 February 2023
- ) are one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary ... used in the People's Republic of China on Mainland China, Singapore ...45 KB (6,288 words) - 22:48, 10 February 2024
- An open air museum is a distinct type of museum that exhibits its ... American models focus on representations of daily life, which should properly ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 00:49, 18 November 2022
- Lily is the common name for any of the herbaceous flowering plants ... While members of the genus Lilium are the "true lilies," ...20 KB (2,868 words) - 08:42, 8 March 2023
- is said to have begun as an offshoot of the Ismaili sect of Islam, ... . The Druze call themselves Ahl al-Tawhid ("People of Monotheism ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 21:14, 30 January 2024
- theos, god) refers to belief in, or worship of, multiple gods or deities. ... The term "polytheism" is sometimes applied to a wide variety ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 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
- The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... Antioch, Alexandria, and other centers of learning to study the Greek ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- and was known to have written a number of philosophical treatises. While ... the characters and recounts the noble deeds of Greek and Roman soldiers, legislators ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 08:08, 24 November 2022
- The Bosporan Kingdom, or the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, was ... third century B.C.E. until it was conquered by the Romans in the early first ...15 KB (2,433 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- Korea's first religion, the religion of Dangun, the mythical founder ... Shamanism, a tribal religion practiced by tribal people around the world ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- "Kan-Yu" which means 'The Law of Heaven and Earth.’ ... Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 2023
- mid-Ming Dynasty (1420 - 1912) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911 ... Since 1924, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- history. The innovative music and style of John Lennon (1940–1980), ... The Beatles popularity led the "British Invasion" of United ...38 KB (5,974 words) - 15:30, 30 April 2023
- ) was the governor of the Roman Iudaea province from 26 -36 C.E. He ... Although sometimes portrayed sympathetically because of his reported ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 20:06, 9 April 2023
- or both, or generally to violate standards of ethical behavior. Government ... The history of competition law reaches back further than the Roman ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 06:41, 31 July 2023
- ) describes the central area of the original city of Havana, Cuba ... Following a royal Spanish decree by Philip II of Spain in 1561, all ...17 KB (2,656 words) - 00:04, 18 November 2022
- lit. “capital capital,” or “capital of capitals") was the Imperial ... Kyoto is known as one of the academic centers of Japan, and is home ...36 KB (5,281 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- where the notations are not entered by buttons but are written on ... comptometers, Napier's bones, books of mathematical tables, slide ...24 KB (3,458 words) - 18:22, 25 November 2023
- 5) served as Nicholas II's Chairman of the Council of Ministers—the ... the next several years until the outbreak of World War I, which would ultimately ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 20:10, 16 January 2024
- important semiconductor, though dozens of others are important as well. that exploit the electronic properties of semiconductor materials, principally ...37 KB (5,657 words) - 17:50, 25 January 2023
- Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist ... Oh Joy! Oh Rapture! The Enduring Phenomenon of Gilbert and Sullivan (Oxford ...35 KB (5,340 words) - 10:04, 14 December 2022
- He lives and works in Chennai, India. Married, his family consists ... Ilaiyaraaja had been the most prominent composer of film music in ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- 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
- doctor. Lacan’s ‘return to the meaning of Freud’ profoundly changed ... Lacan's work has had a profound impact on the development of ...49 KB (7,514 words) - 08:30, 18 March 2024
- ; "School of Mo") or Moism is a Chinese Philosophy founded ... individual piety and submission to the will of "heaven," or "Shang ...17 KB (2,759 words) - 19:44, 9 November 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
- De Borchgrave interviewed many heads of state, heads of government ... d'Altena family. He was the son of Belgian Count Baudouin de Borchgrave ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 03:52, 15 August 2023
- ) is the most influential sub-school of the Vedānta (Sanskrit for ... . Advaita is often called a monistic system of thought. The word ...32 KB (4,839 words) - 06:20, 15 June 2023
- to the color era, Hitchcock remains one of the best known and most popular ... Hitchcock was the quintessential master of suspense. One aspect that ...29 KB (4,441 words) - 08:14, 20 July 2023
- Romanian playwright and dramatist, one of the foremost playwrights of ... The 'Theatre of the Absurd' is thought to have its origins ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 04:19, 23 March 2024
- long (240 to 270 cm). Ski jumping is part of the Winter Olympic Games, but ... Ski jumping, like skydiving, is a sport practiced by those who enjoy ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
- 200 books and articles in various fields of science. He was well versed ... Razi's portrait adorns the great hall of the Faculty of Medicine in ...24 KB (3,833 words) - 01:39, 8 December 2022
- a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) ... An aerophone is a musical instrument that produces sound primarily ...37 KB (5,471 words) - 15:52, 11 March 2024
- Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (the anglicized form of Schönberg—Schoenberg ... He began composing at the young age of ten, producing short pieces ...35 KB (5,095 words) - 03:55, 15 August 2023
- American Thoroughbred racehorse considered by many to be the greatest racehorse ... Sired by Bold Ruler out of the dam Somethingroyal, Secretariat was ...29 KB (4,653 words) - 17:43, 25 January 2023
- Music is an auditory art comprised of meaningful arrangements of sounds ... Generally, music is known through the cognition of specific arrangements ...47 KB (7,194 words) - 19:07, 30 September 2023
- and much revered figure in the majority of [Hinduism|Hindu]] traditions ... Vyasa is the author of, and an important character in, the Mahabharata ...17 KB (2,751 words) - 21:52, 3 May 2023
- Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) takes the form of ... various types, according to the frequency of the wave. These types include ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- and diplomat. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature ... passions that would become a commonplace of Romanticism: "One inhabits ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 09:37, 11 April 2024
- ) is the capital, largest city, and the economic center of Qatar. ... Education has been a major focus of the Qatari government for many ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- most prominent in the first few centuries of the Common Era. It is also ... The origins of gnosticism are not clearly known, but there is general ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- and short-story writer who is considered one of the foremost figures in world ... with the social and psychological anomie of modern life than were many ...30 KB (4,829 words) - 03:14, 6 August 2022
- The original context of the term scapegoat was a Jewish purification ... The modern (almost clichéd) use of the term to describe an individual ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- The term "Web 2.0" describes the changing trends in the ... " emphasizing the participatory aspect of the web as opposed to the web ...39 KB (5,412 words) - 23:24, 3 May 2023
- Main sequence is the class name for stars that occupy a continuous ... at its hot, dense core through the fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium ...39 KB (5,825 words) - 10:55, 9 March 2023
- The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands in the southern Pacific ... The islands are best known for being the home of the descendants of ...17 KB (2,562 words) - 06:19, 24 November 2022
- one") is a principal deity of Hinduism who is especially ... or dancing the Tandava upon the demon of ignorance in his manifestation ...43 KB (6,555 words) - 20:31, 21 April 2021
- E. – September 10, 210 B.C.E.), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese ... his prime minister Lǐ Sī passed a series of major reforms aimed at cementing ...27 KB (4,481 words) - 23:18, 3 November 2023
- astronomer, geographer, and mathematician of the Hellenistic period. He ... Most of what is known about Hipparchus comes from Ptolemy's ...39 KB (6,174 words) - 21:25, 30 January 2024
- or "lucky") is the protagonist of a classic German legend who ... The historical origin of Faust's name and persona remains unclear ...35 KB (5,273 words) - 01:42, 26 March 2024
- Online shopping is the process of researching and purchasing products ... ” and pays with a credit card or some form of electronic payment. The products ...28 KB (4,204 words) - 00:40, 18 November 2022
- The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen ... The protests were sparked by the death of pro-market and pro-democracy ...57 KB (8,680 words) - 14:07, 14 January 2024
- ; literally "ancient stringed instrument") is the modern ... While certain rules of acoustics were followed in the construction ...45 KB (6,609 words) - 01:21, 15 July 2023
- fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering ... Variants of the tale are known across Europe. Heidi Anne Heiner, [http://www ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 10:19, 26 September 2023
- (after Lake Balaton). The southern shore of the lake is in France, taking ... shore. The northern (Swiss) shore is bounded by sloping vineyards and orchards ...16 KB (2,589 words) - 23:17, 21 October 2022
- worldwide Scouting movement founded in 1908 by Robert Baden-Powell. A parallel ... fitness through a structured program of outdoor activities. The Scout ...39 KB (5,942 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- Water purification is the process of removing contaminants from a ... as particulate sand, suspended particles of organic material, parasites ...30 KB (4,619 words) - 23:17, 3 May 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
- , and (1871–1872), as President of Mexico.For resisting the French ... and adoption of a federalist constitution. ==Early life== ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 09:15, 27 September 2023
- Darband) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is the ... Often identified with the legendary Gates of Alexander, Derbent claims ...18 KB (2,614 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
- |Place of Birth: |Thessaloníki (Selânik) |- |Death: |November 10, 1938 ... |Place of Death: |Istanbul |- |Political Party: |As PM: Republican ...25 KB (3,912 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- " which remained his nickname for the rest of his life. A founding figure of modern jazz, or bebop, Parker's innovative ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- century in reaction to the rationalism of the Enlightenment. Wordsworth ... Originally inspired by the French Revolution and the social changes ...18 KB (2,833 words) - 15:19, 14 May 2023
- thermocouples are a widely used type of temperature sensor and can ... == Principle of operations == In 1821, the German–Estonian physicist ...22 KB (3,206 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- " "origin") is the first book of the Bible, also called The ... The book begins with a description of God's act of creation, ...32 KB (5,356 words) - 06:45, 18 April 2024
- [[Image:Bankrupt computer store 02.jpg|thumb|Notice of closure attached ... Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability, or impairment of ability ...20 KB (3,097 words) - 03:35, 17 September 2023
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written ... It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl ...56 KB (8,538 words) - 21:33, 6 June 2023
- in the early twentieth-century philosophies of William James and John Dewey ... Upon the rise of analytic philosophy after World War II, the classical ...38 KB (5,567 words) - 22:10, 30 November 2022
- She was a notable first female in a variety of additional positions, including ... Sauvé's main objective was to see to the fulfillment of national ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- ), also known as a state within a state, connotes a form of clandestine ... to a conspiracy designed to thwart the will of the people. It is typically ...29 KB (4,345 words) - 08:37, 15 January 2023
- Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music inspired by or attempting ... In the history of rock music, psychedelic rock is a bridge from early ...40 KB (6,210 words) - 08:25, 2 December 2022
- Vishnu as the all-pervading essence of all beings, the master of—and ... Vishnu is also venerated as Mukunda, Supreme God who is the giver ...50 KB (7,445 words) - 20:39, 3 May 2023
- Plagiarism is taking the ideas of another and using them without giving ... which occurs when one violates copyright law by failing to get permission from ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 06:23, 24 November 2022
- South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... South America has a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890 ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- (CIA) is an intelligence-gathering agency of the United States government ... The CIA's elite division is called the Directorate of Operations ...26 KB (3,792 words) - 23:54, 3 December 2023
- South Korea's contemporary culture has been shaped by the passionate ... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- geological formations. The construction of a large dam may force the relocation ... and before that, from Middle Dutch, as seen in the names of many old ...36 KB (5,567 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- Nan or Taiwanese Hok-kiàn) is a province of China located on the southeast ... center and pristine nature. The ecology of the province has been threatened ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- ==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
- The Norse pantheon consisted of numerous minor dieties that were often ... Norse Mythology is renowned for its rich tapestry of colorful stories ...36 KB (5,860 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- Hydrogen peroxide was first isolated in 1818 by Louis Jacques Thénard ... Hydrogen peroxide is manufactured today almost exclusively by the ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 13:20, 4 February 2023
- is the oldest and most fundamental branch of mathematics. It is used by ... In common usage, arithmetic refers to a branch of mathematics that ...35 KB (4,898 words) - 02:39, 15 August 2023
- Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the ... Brazzaville was founded in 1880, on the site of a village named Nkuna ...18 KB (2,623 words) - 22:54, 20 November 2023
- Earth is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance ... occur along plate boundaries. The interior of the planet is also active, ...38 KB (5,592 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- Justice is the ideal, morally correct state of things and persons ... important: "Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth ...34 KB (5,251 words) - 21:23, 4 October 2022
- [[Image:Pie Grande.jpg|thumb|200 px|Artistic depiction of Bigfoot]] like animal believed to inhabit the forests of North America, although people ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 02:27, 21 April 2023
- The angiosperms (also called flowering plants) are a major group of ... Angiosperms comprise one of the two groups in the seed plants, the ...33 KB (5,220 words) - 01:41, 9 January 2023
- injustice and tyranny. His band consists of a "seven score" group ... He has been the subject of numerous movies, television series, books ...35 KB (5,638 words) - 17:08, 16 August 2023
- to both capitalism and Stalinism. Consisting of followers of Leon Trotsky, ... In France in 1938, Trotsky and many of his supporters, having been ...51 KB (7,375 words) - 14:35, 22 January 2023
- quot; or "creating") is a form of art in which language is used ... Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts ...69 KB (10,532 words) - 00:11, 5 March 2023
- ) is the capital city and the economic and communications hub of Padova ... the poet Dante lived, where Saint Anthony of Padua is buried, and as the ...25 KB (3,594 words) - 06:14, 18 November 2022
- are a list of religious and moral laws, which, according to biblical ... According to the Hebrew Bible, Moses was called by God to receive ...37 KB (5,883 words) - 02:58, 19 April 2023
- The Tower of London (known historically simply as The Tower), is an ... The Tower of London is sometimes identified with the White Tower, ...20 KB (3,219 words) - 04:47, 1 May 2023
- Shanghai, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is China ... and parking lots for automobiles, north of the foreign concessions. During ...46 KB (6,727 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- pop, is contemporary music and a common type of popular music (distinguished ... Pop music may include elements of rock, hip hop, reggae, dance, R ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- the Cold War. He served as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the ... Born in rural Russia in 1902, Suslov became a member of the All-Union ...40 KB (5,479 words) - 22:14, 30 March 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
- Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (March 11 ... Wilson is generally recognized as a man of profound intellect but ...47 KB (7,170 words) - 20:22, 29 January 2022
- ) is a range of traditional medical practices originating in China ... TCM theory asserts that processes of the human body are interrelated ...53 KB (7,935 words) - 04:54, 1 May 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
- James Watt (January 19, 1736 – August 25, 1819)Although a number ... Watt was born on January 19, 1736, in Greenock, a seaport on the Firth ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 08:53, 1 April 2024
- , also called Haakon the Old, was king of Norway from 1217 to 1263. Under ... a single (rather than two co-rulers) king of legitimate birth succeeded ...19 KB (3,123 words) - 23:53, 29 July 2023
- #039;Oresme (c.1323 - July 11, 1382) was one of the most original thinkers ... Oresme evolved a geometrical method of plotting speed or intensity ...30 KB (4,510 words) - 09:44, 11 March 2023
- movements that are concerned with notions of cultural decline or decadence ... Fascists promote a type of national unity that is usually based on ...43 KB (6,085 words) - 00:42, 25 March 2024
- , represents the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ ... between North and South Korea and a source of incidents. The truce that called ...29 KB (4,546 words) - 06:45, 27 February 2023
- The Battle of Charleston was a Confederate victory in Kanawha County ... 13, 1862, during the American Civil War. Troops led by Major General ...38 KB (5,738 words) - 19:45, 30 March 2024
- Hamlet: Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It ... and it is universally included on lists of the world's greatest books. ...40 KB (6,336 words) - 16:59, 21 January 2024
- modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1530–1540 ... bitter rival, obtained the sovereignty of Kabul and Lahore, the more ...33 KB (5,251 words) - 21:14, 11 January 2023
- 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
- his fealty to Charlemagne; from a manuscript of a chanson de geste.]] Feudalism is a political system of power dispersed and balanced between ...38 KB (6,097 words) - 01:33, 21 July 2022
- and physiology, Wundt created a new branch of science, psychology, which ... The later years of Wundt's life were spent working on Völkerpsychologie ...20 KB (2,709 words) - 12:00, 5 May 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
- Operetta is a genre of the performing arts, related to opera, but ... made opera, a typically dense and epic form of entertainment, available to ...19 KB (2,844 words) - 00:52, 18 November 2022
- very popular with the Viennese public. Son of the composer Johann Strauss ... building on his father's foundation of popularizing the waltz in Vienna ...18 KB (2,468 words) - 14:59, 1 August 2022
- 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
- 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
- Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ... Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara, which is used by geographers ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- A virtue is a trait or disposition of character that leads to good ... and Aristotle dealt with virtues in terms of character traits of the soul ...43 KB (6,406 words) - 20:37, 3 May 2023
- Hearst acquired and developed a series of influential newspapers, starting ... to promote his views. Near the end of his life he turned to philanthropy ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 10:39, 12 May 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
- ) was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Armies of the ... The Long March began the ascent to power of Mao Zedong, whose leadership ...32 KB (4,903 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by speakers (not necessarily native ... Arabic literature emerged in the sixth century with only fragments ...44 KB (6,658 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- who served as the first prime minister of the Russian Empire, replacing ... Witte served under the last two emperors of Russia, Alexander III ...50 KB (7,301 words) - 10:01, 26 January 2023
- great interest in exposing the workings of the subconscious mind through ... on January 28, 1912. He was the youngest of five boys. A year after Pollock ...37 KB (5,789 words) - 09:21, 13 March 2024
- and longing, or storm and impulse) is the name of a movement in German literature ... to have provided the ideological basis of Sturm und Drang, and Johann ...20 KB (2,696 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- them). His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable ... was eight. Wagner was largely brought up by a single mother. ...53 KB (8,225 words) - 21:05, 16 April 2023
- The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... Indian classical music has one of the most complex and complete musical ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- and formerly Vietnamese. Four percent of Chinese characters are derived ... parts where one indicates a general category of meaning and the other the sound ...55 KB (8,141 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- quot;) describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere. The ... The outermost part of the Earth's interior is made up of two ...57 KB (8,619 words) - 02:46, 8 January 2024
- pursued his education at the University of Virginia before making various ... 1950s, Tangier was his home for the remainder of his life. ...32 KB (4,975 words) - 16:49, 21 November 2022
- best known during his own lifetime as one of the leading orchestral and ... Gesellen (usually rendered as 'Songs of a Wayfarer', but literally ...43 KB (6,581 words) - 23:49, 26 July 2023
- Scientology is a new religious movement based on the writings of L ... The organization presents itself as a fully integrated system of religious ...33 KB (4,873 words) - 17:26, 25 January 2023
- a fictional comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer ... miniseries Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, by writer-artist Frank Miller ...56 KB (8,607 words) - 11:11, 20 September 2023
- Magnolia is the common name and genus name for a large group of deciduous ... east and southeast Asia. Today, many species of Magnolia and an ever increasing ...24 KB (3,395 words) - 10:50, 9 March 2023
- An allergy is an abnormally high or misguided reaction by the immune ... The immune system is the system of specialized cells and organs that ...22 KB (3,374 words) - 00:41, 9 January 2023
- Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is a branch of philosophy; it ... "aisthetike" and was coined by the philosopher Alexander ...53 KB (8,177 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... Archaeologists place the first arrival of humans on the island to ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- The Paris Commune during the French Revolution was the government ... By 1792, the Commune was dominated by those Jacobins who were not ...32 KB (4,786 words) - 22:20, 25 June 2022
- is a figure from Greek mythology called by Pindar "the minstrel ... His name does not occur in Homer or Hesiod, though he was known by ...19 KB (3,011 words) - 02:17, 18 November 2022
- – September 11, 1971) assumed leadership of the Soviet Union during the ... Khrushchev is remembered for his rejection of the “personality cult” ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 20:28, 9 March 2022
- == Evolution of the glyph == J upside down. The main contribution of the western Ghubar Arabs was ...35 KB (5,128 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- Korean painting includes paintings made in Korea or by overseas Koreans ... traditionally characterized by simplicity, spontaneity, and naturalism ...22 KB (3,315 words) - 22:03, 5 January 2024
- Mo) is a term applied to a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory ... Many theorists agree that we can distinguish between two senses of ...45 KB (6,401 words) - 05:50, 30 November 2022
- Greenland, (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, meaning "Land of the ... ice sheet, which covers over 80 percent of its land mass. ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- Korea has one of the longest continuous histories of any kingdom or ... North Korea and South Korea. The borders of Korea have fluctuated throughout ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- an unrelated physics theory with a similar name, see Theory of Relativity evaluate beliefs and behaviors only in terms of, for example, their historical ...25 KB (3,816 words) - 03:07, 8 December 2022
- The Night of the Long Knives (German: Nacht der langen Messer) or ... Ernst Röhm, because he saw the independence of the SA and the penchant of ...33 KB (5,289 words) - 04:05, 15 November 2022
- – January 23, 1991), a Canadian, was one of the most distinguished literary ... degree at Victoria College, University of Toronto. He then studied theology ...25 KB (3,694 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- a multifaceted Greek goddess whose spheres of influence centered around wisdom ... She was known as the companion of heroes, protector of cities, and ...30 KB (4,535 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- The Storming of the Bastille ( Prise de la Bastille pʁiz də la bastij| insurgents storming and seizing control of the medieval armory, fortress ...35 KB (5,341 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... Gansu has a unique role in China. Sitting on the terminus of the Silk ...21 KB (2,969 words) - 04:27, 18 April 2024
- ), is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end ... Modern Greece, a developed country and a member of the European Union ...73 KB (10,722 words) - 18:19, 27 January 2023
- The Objectivist poets were a loose-knit group of second-generation ... The core group consisted of the American poets Zukofsky, Williams ...24 KB (3,660 words) - 19:52, 17 November 2022
- The Battle of Inchon (also Romanized as "Incheon;" ... Incheon Sangryuk Jakjeon; code name: Operation Chromite) was a decisive ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern ... Mariana Islands. They are the southern part of a submerged mountain range ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Degenerate art is the English translation of the German entartete ... Degenerate Art was also the title of an exhibition, mounted by the ...20 KB (2,833 words) - 09:12, 28 January 2024
- 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
- " is the wireless communication of signals by transmitting electromagnetic ... Radio technology gives humanity the convenience of extremely rapid ...35 KB (5,160 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United ... to the early culture at Poverty Point, one of the largest and most important ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
- unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass ... Fans of the Grateful Dead were known as "Deadheads" and ...21 KB (3,133 words) - 17:52, 20 January 2023
- October 4, 1669) is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers ... Biographical Dictionary. "His treatment of mankind is full of human sympathy ...23 KB (3,470 words) - 03:58, 8 December 2022
- Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (October 7, 1900 – May 23, 1945) was ... He rose to power on the foundation of his absolute loyalty to Hitler ...22 KB (3,391 words) - 22:49, 3 February 2022
- Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين ... a wealthy nation. With a per capita GDP of $25,300 in 2006, Bahrain was ...38 KB (5,603 words) - 05:46, 26 August 2023
- , "Island of Atlas") is a mythical island nation first mentioned ... Plato's account of Atlantis, believed to be the first, is found ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country ... In 1895 the name "Rhodesia" was applied to the Ndebele territory ...31 KB (4,520 words) - 05:42, 13 June 2023
- Simon Wiesenthal, Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) (December ... At the end of World War II, thousands of Nazis who participated in ...23 KB (3,477 words) - 22:10, 29 January 2023
- Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country of ... and having sparse resources, Burundi is one of the poorest and most conflict ...23 KB (3,228 words) - 18:48, 22 November 2023
- in most cases, a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being. recognize each other through a process of landmarks and regularity. There ...59 KB (8,933 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- Madeira is an archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean, and is one ... was rediscovered, possibly accidentally, by Portuguese sailors and settled ...32 KB (4,286 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- A cowboy is an animal herder, usually in charge of the horses and/or ... It appears to be a direct English translation of vaquero, the Spanish ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 06:14, 11 January 2024
- known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, the Revolt of the West or the West Country ... The failure of Parliamentary efforts to exclude James from the succession ...41 KB (6,020 words) - 19:00, 7 March 2024
