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The Book of Ruth (Hebrew: מגילת רות, Megilat Rut, "the ... Ruth is one of the shortest books in both Jewish and Christian scripture ...

quot;) is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month ... In the Hebrew Bible, Shavuot is also called the Feast of Weeks, the ...

TaNaK (Hebrew: תנ״ך), or Tanakh, is an acronym for the Hebrew ... quot; or "Law." Also called the Chumash חומש meaning: ...

player whose consistently high level of play over a career of 23 seasons ... Aaron also holds the career marks for runs batted in (2,297), extra ...

21, 1919 – April 4, 2000) was a leading educator of the deaf. Stokoe served as chairman of the English department at Gallaudet University ...

He was best known for his years as a member of the New York Yankees, where ... father was a Croatian immigrant working for the Great Northern Railroad who ...

second baseman and manager. Nicknamed "The Rajah," he spent most ... Hornsby ranks second on the list for highest career batting average ...

6, 1919 – February 22, 1943) was a student of medicine at the University ... time to die neared, he requested baptism in the Catholic faith. He was the ...

The Rinzai school (臨済宗; Japanese: Rinzai-shū, Chinese: Linji ... The Rinzai school is known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment ...

Tamar (תָּמָר, Hebrew meaning "Date Palm") was the ... sources, Tamar played an important role in the lineage of Jesus. Her story ...

1955), nicknamed "Honus" and "The Flying Dutchman," is ... expert fielder. Many analysts consider him the most accomplished, versatile ...

and a women's rights activist, and the first woman in the United ... Blackwell was born in Bristol, England, the third of nine children ...

Midrash (מדרש; plural midrashim) is a Hebrew word referring to ... The two basic types of midrash are known as Midrash Aggadah, regarding ...

18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was a ... Cobb also received the most votes of any player on the 1936 inaugural ...

an American baseball player who played in the American League of Major League ... he received acclaim for his performance on the field as well as his ability ...

John of Patmos is the name given to the author of the Book of Revelation ... John of Patmos is traditionally identified with John the Apostle and ...

American cultural anthropologist, a pioneer of the feminist movement in America ... her Anglican Christianity and an emphasis on the importance of early childhood ...

The Book of Judges (Hebrew: Sefer Shofetim ספר שופטים) refers ... The book revolves around the legends of these five major judges and ...

Rabbi Joshua was a leading rabbinical sage of the first half-century following ... A disciple of Johanan ben Zakkai, he was an opponent of asceticism ...

The Book of Proverbs is one of the books of the "Writings" ... specifically attributed to Solomon in the text were truly written by ...

Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) (February ... Contrary to the popular conception of an either-or dichotomy between ...

In Judaism, the name of God represents the Jewish conception of the ... In the biblical text, the most frequent name used for God is "YHWH ...

known as Jerubbaal, was a judge appearing in the biblical Book of Judges. He ... Gideon was one of the more significant judges whose story is recorded ...

quot;), also referred to as King David, was the second and most famous king ... The successor to King Saul, who was the first official king of the ...

2002), known as Ted Williams and nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter ... Most Valuable Player (MVP) winner, led the league in batting six times ...

December 29, 1926) is generally considered the German language's greatest ... was perhaps drawing unconsciously on the same dissatisfaction with ...

Founded in 1971, by Michael S. Hart, it is the oldest digital library. Most ... are independent organizations which share the same ideals, and have been ...

* 3x AL TSN Pitcher of the Year (1955, 1961, 1963) * 1961 Babe Ruth Award * New York Yankees #16 retired |hofdate=1974 ...

A Gentile is a non-Jew, the term being a common English translation ... In ancient biblical times, the Israelites were strictly warned to ...

leading influence in analytic philosophy in the middle of the twentieth century ... Cambridge where he developed an interest in the philosophy of mathematics ...

[[Image:Beit Sur1.jpg|thumb|320px|Beth-Zur, one of the sites in the ... archaeologist, known as a key figure of the twentieth century biblical ...

28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was one of the most prominent social reformers ... Mary Thompson Hill Willard. She spent most of her childhood on a farm in ...

The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical ... The Old Testament consists of many distinct books by various authors ...

Shmuel ben Meir (c. 1085 - c. 1158). He was the grandson and student of the ... Rashbam's commentary on the Torah is characterized by an emphasis ...

was an American anthropologist and pioneer of African-American studies. He ... 10, 1895, in Bellefontaine, Ohio, into the family of Herman Herskovits ...

an American educator and editor. A critic of pragmatism and progressive ... on March 15, 1874, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of William Chase and Ruth ...

was an influential and important figure in the development of sports journalism. In 1922 Rice became the first play-by-play announcer carried live ...

Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg (/ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/ BAY-dər GHINZ ... Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender ...

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The White Rose ( die Weiße Rose ) was a non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of ...

newspaper publisher, and former owner of The New York Times. Under his ... and Bertha Levy Ochs, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The family moved south to Knoxville ...

inspired novels and plays reveal his views of the universal truths in human ... He won the three Pulitzer Prizes (both fiction and drama), numerous ...

"Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled ... Grimm's fairy tales, as they have come to be known, are among ...

activist. Rising to national prominence in the 1970s, she became one of the ... She is the founder and original publisher of Ms. magazine, the founder ...

by many philosophers and observers of philosophy to have been one ... is that there exists an infinite number of concrete and causally isolated ...

Nathanael West (October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was the pen ... West saw the American dream as having been betrayed, both spiritually ...

The Septuagint (or simply "LXX") is the name commonly given ... The LXX was held with great respect in ancient times; Philo and Josephus ...

The Book of Joshua (Hebrew: Sefer Y'hoshua—ספר יהושע ... In Jewish tradition, the Book of Joshua is the first of the books ...

novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps ... 93 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, which was then on the outskirts of London. Gaskell ...

The Sokal affair, also called the Sokal hoax, refers to an article ... In 2008, Sokal published Beyond the Hoax, which revisited the history ...

Japanese 公案) is a story, dialog, question, or statement from the ... Each koan represents both a communication of some aspect of Zen teaching ...

Rabbinic literature, in the broadest sense, can mean the entire spectrum ... literature in both senses. It begins with the classic rabbinic literature ...

The Fulbright Program including the Fulbright-Hays Program is a program ... Fulbright alumni around the world recognize the importance of continued ...

C.E.) was a Norse explorer thought to be the first European to have landed ... Born around 970 C.E. in Iceland, Ericson was the son of Erik the Red ...

definition for codependency within the mental health community, which ... a focus on others' needs, suppression of their own emotions, and attempts ...

Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 – January 11, 1957) was the pseudonym ... Mistral published over 30 collections of poetry in her lifetime. Some ...

Sports journalism is a form of journalism that reports on sports topics ... While the sports department within some newspapers has been mockingly ...

on July 24, 1897 (missing in flight as of July 2, 1937), daughter of ... Daughter of a railroad attorney, she grew up as a tomboy in the American ...

prose. His books, written during the Great Depression show an almost ... In his personal life, the author was known by friends as an enthusiastic ...

1873) was an American educator who created the McGuffey Readers, one of America ... County, Pennsylvania on September 23, 1800. The McGuffey family had immigrated ...

they had graduated. He spoke not only to the academic ivory tower intellectuals ... Together with White Collar: The American Middle Classes (1951), written ...

The Vatican Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana) is the ... The library was created based on Pope Nicholas V's vision of ...

American sociologist. His writings addressed the responsibilities of intellectuals ... Even though he recognized that there is an inter-relationship between ...

The Song of Solomon (Hebrew title שיר השירים, Shir ha-Shirim ... the Tanakh (and Christian Old Testament), which celebrates and interprets ...

Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services ... Berg was a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School ...

colonial roots in his writing. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature ... Walcott was born and raised in Castries, Saint Lucia, in the West ...

cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books. 1984, for Best Children’s Album for Where the Sidewalk Ends. His book, A ...

Pinyin: Huìnéng) (638 – 713) was one of the most important figures ... Huineng is regarded as the founder of the "Sudden Enlightenment ...

, was an Austrian novelist, pacifist and the first woman to win the Nobel ... At the London Peace Congress of 1907 she spoke about how European ...

: This article is about Dr. William Ellery Channing, the Unitarian ... Dr. William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was ...

are commensurable if both can be measured in the same unit of measurement. ... In the philosophy of science, two theories are said to be incommensurable ...

novelist, and dramatist during the time of the Harlem Renaissance ... Hurston's uniquely autobiographical style of relaying her anthropological ...

poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature ... better known internationally after receiving the Nobel Prize. Her work has ...

broadcasting executive who served as the president of Columbia Broadcasting ... Stanton was decisive and passionate in his pursuit of the development ...

(May 6, 1758 – July 28, 1794) was one of the primary leaders of the ... Politically, Robespierre was a disciple of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, ...

1888 – December 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Gray Eagle," was an American ... After playing in the minor leagues in Texas and Arkansas, Speaker ...

The term Biblical canon refers to a definitive list of inspired, authoritative ... These lists of authoritative scriptures emerged through a prolonged ...

Philo (20 B.C.E. – 50 C.E.), known also as Philo of Alexandria and ... Philo wrote commentaries portraying the Hebrew Bible as an allegory ...

and author. A prolific writer, he was among the most recognized monastic figures ... Merton was a leading voice of interfaith engagement. Drawing from ...

2023) was an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice ... moderate political views, O'Connor was the crucial swing vote of the ...

missionary and Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...

rabbi, Jewish philosopher, and exegete of the geonic period, known for ... Saadia was born in Dilaz, in upper Egypt in 882 c.e.. The name "Saadia ...

[[Image:Ouroboros_1.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Engraving of Ouroboros ... The dragon is a mythical creature typically depicted as a large and ...

Baptist minister. He is considered one of the most influential Christian ... work reached beyond a narrow understanding of Christianity, embracing people ...

The Ballets Russes ( balɛ ʁys|lang and on tours to North and South America. The company never performed in ...

The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( ... , "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice ...

dancer and choreographer, is known as one of the foremost pioneers of modern ... Wright. Like other modernists she broke with the formalism of nineteenth century ...

and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator ... The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written in 1900, and produced for stage ...

PC) is a term used by proponents, usually on the political left, to describe ... Since the late 1980s, advocates of the term use it to describe a preference ...

American sociologist, who spent most of his career teaching at Columbia ... Jewish immigrant family. Educated in the South Philadelphia High School ...

Utopia is a term denoting a visionary or ideally perfect state of ... Utopianism refers to the various ways in which people think about ...

She became known for her portraits of celebrities of her day, and ... in her life. Her work had a major impact on the development of modern photography ...

The Yoeme or Yaqui are a border Native American people who originally ... Throughout their history, the Yaqui remained separate from the Aztec ...

to quantum mechanics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for ... and Georgine Emilia Brenda (daughter of Alexander Bauer, Professor ...

1918 – December 15, 2010), nicknamed "the Heater from Van Meter" ... minor leagues, Feller made his debut with the Indians at the age of 17. ...

May 17, 2011), nicknamed "the Killer" and "Hammerin ... generated tremendous power and made him one of the most feared power hitters ...

George Steiner] Contemporary Writers in the UK. accessdate 2008-03-26 ... He has written extensively about the relationship between language ...

* University of Illinois #77 retired |HOF=78 |CollegeHOF=20071 ... football player. He is a charter member of both the College Football Hall ...

celebrated on October 31, particularly in the United States where it has ... The day is often associated with the colors orange and black, and ...

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the ... ). From the High Middle Ages his Saints' Day has been associated ...

writings were highly influential during the Victorian era. Coming from ... Carlyle held that the universe was ultimately good and directed by ...

Tengri is the supreme god of the old Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Bulgar ... Tengri is a probable precursor of the Chinese deity Tian, which became ...

The Gospel of Matthew (literally, "according to Matthew"; ... The Christian community traditionally ascribes authorship to Matthew ...

May 31, 1983) was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title between ... In the ring, Dempsey employed a two-fisted attack. He boxed out of ...

(March 17, 1902 - December 18, 1971) was one of the most dominant figures in ... for excluding African Americans players from the tournament during its early ...

June 14, 1970), a Polish philosopher and one of the most important philosophers ... Ingarden was critical to positivism and all forms of relativism, including ...

Hindemith helped to create a new conception of tonality with the 12-tone scale ... Born in Hanau, Germany, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child ...

The term "Web 2.0" describes the changing trends in the ... Tim O'Reilly is generally credited for coining the term and the ...

Canetti moved to England in 1938 after the Anschluss to escape Nazi ... He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked ...

from 1926 until his death in 1977. One of the first multi-media stars ... Crosby's recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas ...

character led him to be rejected by the academic world, and he turned ... His interests gradually centered on the manifestations and human significance ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls (Hebrew: מגילות ים המלח) comprise ... The Dead Sea Scrolls are widely acknowledged to be among the greatest ...

Machu Picchu (Quechua language: Old Mountain; sometimes called the ... Theories of its use vary. Bingham initially claimed it was a sanctuary ...

typically in response to an event or series of events which represents a critical ... The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate ...

and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1922. He was ... Niels Bohr is one of the most important scientists from Denmark; he ...

two United States government investigations, the assassin of U.S. President ... Oswald's life changed history but it did not leave the world ...

is legendary, and she is known today as one of the most brilliant writers ... Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; ...

Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican ... Hatch chaired the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and ...

5 (five) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution5glyph.png The evolution ...

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 ...

was a Jewish philosopher and doctor and the most influential of the Tibbon ... Samuel ibn Tibbon was the first to translate Aristotle and Averroes ...

activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string ... known songs include "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (with ...

- September 10, 2020) was an English actress of stage and screen. Her career ... Rigg received recognition as one of the greatest dramatic actors, ...

Pumpkin is the common name for large-fruited varieties of several ... The pumpkin fruit and flowers, while advancing the plant's own ...

William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was the ... against Darwinism, which culminated in the Scopes Trial in 1925. Like ...

known for applying evolutionary theory to the study of politics and ethics ... Herbert Spencer was born in Derby, England on April 27, 1820, the ...

The label moral relativism refers to at least three distinct claims ... Discussions of relativism usually begin with the empirical claim that ...

Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music, which has its earliest ... Hard rock became a template of society and reflected the many views ...

American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist movement ... Stella Pollock on January 28, 1912. He was the youngest of five boys. A year ...

Her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles, such as jazz ... music-making to relate to a greater frame of reference—to an ever expanding ...

The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual ... The modern English word harp comes from the Old English hearpe; akin ...

wide readership for his lyrical explorations of spirituality and psychology ... and spiritual realization were explored in the genre-expanding Steppenwolf ...

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices ... As composers in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance ...

physicist famous for his application of probability theory to the study ... Boltzmann was born in Vienna, then capital of the Austrian Empire ...

The temperance movement attempted to greatly reduce the amount of ... Most of the biggest supporters in all countries have been women, often ...

6 (six) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution6glyph.png The evolution ...

According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the ... The golden plates are the most significant of metallic plates in Latter ...

(December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was the wife of President of the United ... efforts inspired similar programs throughout the country. She was also instrumental ...

Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world ... Some classical examples of Tricksters in various mythologies are Mercurius ...

was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme ... law firm before becoming a law professor at the University of Virginia. In ...

Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 - June 12, 1972), born in Chicago ... democracy, that it was meant to ensure the promises of life, liberty ...

on various days in many places around the world. Officially recognized ... in Europe commonly celebrated a forerunner of today's holiday, the contemporary ...

Franz Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 22, 1942) was one of the pioneers ... From his early experience at the Froebel kindergarten in Minden, to ...

220 C.E.) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in ... Tertullian is the first Christian writer to use the term trinity, ...

jpg|thumb|right|250px| A child learning the countries of Asia by experience ... Experiential education (or "learning by doing") is the process ...

Amnesia is a medical condition involving the loss of memory. While ... The type of memory loss involved in amnesia does not affect a person ...

Cosmetics are substances used to enhance or protect the appearance ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates cosmetics ...

May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays ... Today, May Day is celebrated in several European nations and the United ...

Marranos or Secret Jews were Jews resident in the Iberian peninsula ... Many Jews converted to Christianity after the reconquest of Spain ...

) is a Middle Eastern dance which features movements of the hips and ... and practiced in many schools around the globe. Its popularity is not ...

Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical ... without formal hierarchies long before the establishment of formal states ...

and novelist who made a transition from the golden age of American live ... Chayefsky worked in the media of radio, television and film but is ...

Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, Latin America, ... Baseball is a rare sport in which there is no time limit for play ...

The Decadent movement (Fr. décadence, “decay”) was a late-nineteenth ... The Decadent movement first flourished in France and then spread throughout ...

, a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu ... UNESCO designated the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram in 1984 ...

al-Quds) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions ... From 1948 until the Six-Day War of 1967, Jerusalem was a divided city ...

8 (eight) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... ==Evolution of the glyph== In the beginning, various groups in India ...

The panda or giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a mammal native ... The term panda is also used for the red panda, Ailurus fulgens, another ...

September 20, 1957) was a Finnish composer of European classical music, and ... which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws ...

The King James Version of the Bible, or Authorized Version, first ... ==History of the Text== The New Testament of the King James Version ...

Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife ... During the Civil Rights era of the late 1950s and 1960s she worked ...

writer best known for his iconic status as the host of The Tonight Show Starring ... Carson almost single-handedly made the late-night light television ...

an Academy Award for Special Effects. He was the director of a number of critically ... interpretations in viewers and critics. Many of Kubrick's films just as ...

The Long March ( t=長征|s=长征|p=Chángzhēng ) was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Armies of the ...

The Mi'kmaq ([miːgmaɣ]; (also spelled Míkmaq, Mi'gmaq ... Although early reports made the Micmac appear fierce and warlike, ...

Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née ... An iconic presence on the world stage, Diana was beloved by her British ...

The Rosewood massacre was a racially motivated massacre of black people ... Although the rioting was widely reported around the United States ...

total warfare was first demonstrated in the nineteenth century and flourished ... The threat of total devastation to the earth and humankind through ...

event. Villaraigosa is a former director of the ACLU Southern California ... The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a national non-profit ...

Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist ... Gilbert, who wrote the words, created fanciful topsy-turvy worlds ...

Islamic feminism is a form of feminism concerned with the role of ... Muslim majority countries have produced more than seven heads of state ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870 and opened in 1872 ... The Museum's collection ranges from ancient to contemporary with ...

Henry James, OM (April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916), was one of ... James' evolving literary style and artistic intentions mirrored ...

Feminism comprises a number of social, cultural and political movements ... Historians of feminism have identified three “waves” of feminist ...

logo.png|right|thumb|275px|"Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution ... Eugenics is a social philosophy which advocates the improvement of ...

known for his home-bred screen persona. Over the course of his career, he starred ... He first pursued a career as an architect before being drawn to the ...

tales often involve a far-fetched sequence of events that ultimately progress ... Fairy tales are found in oral folktale and in literary form. The history ...

Award-winning American actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named ... Bogart popularized the "natural" style while creating a ...

is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s ... The term film noir (French for "black film"), was first ...

Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (January 2, 1895 – September ... After achieving a truce a truce in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he began ...

Opus Dei (Latin for "Work of God"), formally known as The ... Opus Dei was founded in Spain in 1928 by the Roman Catholic priest ...

Superman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero widely considered ... and an American cultural icon.Les Daniels. Superman: The Complete ...

The French Revolutionary Wars ( Guerres de la Révolution française ) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until ...

poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature ... Robert Pinsky has stated that "with his wonderful gift of eye ...

"star-cross'd lovers" and the role played by their tragic ... Although Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances ...

political philosopher, member and president of the French National Convention ... but he achieved a lasting reputation as the face of the Reign of Terror ...

best known for her role as Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz. Garland's ... Gumm became an 'illustrator' at the Parlor Theater in Superior ...

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Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins ... First, philosophers of language inquire into the nature of meaning ...

in central Kentucky. It encompasses portions of Mammoth Cave, the world’s ... The official name of the system is the Mammoth Cave System, though ...

Zen (禅), Japanese for "meditation," is a form of Mahāyāna ... non-verbal doctrine communicated directly by the Buddha to his followers. It ...

that are felt by people due to a combination of factors. For example, a black ... The term was coined by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw in a 1989 essay ...

The Ohio State University (OSU) is a public research university in ... The mission of OSU is to improve the quality of life of people both ...

1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general of the United States Army who ... Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and ...

) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city ... Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads ...

Nero Germanicus before his accession) was the fourth Roman Emperor of the ... He was reportedly afflicted with some type of disability, and his family ...

‎; (July 28, 1971 – October 27, 2019) was the Iraqi-born leader ... by the Shura Council, who were representing those members of the Islamic ...

– January 19, 2013), nicknamed "Stan the Man," was an American ... Signed to a professional contract by the St. Louis Cardinals as a ...

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) was ... As President, his major accomplishments included the consolidation ...

Violence is defined as "the use of physical force so as to injure ... Less conventional definitions are also used, such as the World Health ...

Christianity. Not content to be a member of the religious "flock, ... #039;s largest cities, preaching to tens of thousands and (not incidentally ...

Eritrea, officially State of Eritrea, is a country situated in northern ... Remains of one of the oldest known hominids, dated to over one million ...

The Waco "cult" — more properly known as the Branch Davidians ... This tiny apocalyptic sect was thrust into the international spotlight ...

:This page is about the World War II nuclear project. [[Image:Trinity ... The Manhattan Project was the project undertaken during World War ...

His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture ... McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Sand ...

Blythe III on August 19, 1946), was the 42nd President of the United ... During Clinton's presidency, the world continued to transition ...

Antifa is a political movement, expecially in Germany and the United ... In the postwar era, the historical Antifaschistische Aktion inspired ...

and television. Although based for much of her life in the United States ... Gaslight (1944), National Velvet (1944), and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 ...

5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from ... These cultural achievements contributed to the prestige of France, its people ...

The history of women in the military extends over 4000 years into ... Yet as a matter of record, women have played a significant role in ...

Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ... and Korea. When Japan came into contact with the Western world during the nineteenth ...

The First World War, known as the Great War before 1939 and as World ... The legacy of the war, in many respects, was World War II, which was ...