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- The caves have been dated back to the Silhara kings of the ninth through ... --> Some of the sculptures of the site have been attributed to ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- a subsequent religious experience led him to determine to make an important ... as a "sickly child," he was sent to live at Cardington, Bedfordshire ...10 KB (1,593 words) - 05:58, 3 August 2022
- repressed movements he deemed threatening to the stability of his rule, ... by the Iraq Special Tribunal and sentenced to death by hanging. ...67 KB (10,170 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist ... collage, assemblage, and prototypes of what would eventually be called ...13 KB (2,027 words) - 06:42, 5 November 2022
- British and anti-Loyalist plays from 1772 to 1775, Warren was America's ... women could contribute as much as men could to society. ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 16:13, 9 November 2022
- Reverse engineering (RE) is the process of discovering the technological ... * Lost documentation: Reverse engineering often is done because the ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 19:59, 8 December 2022
- of Jesus, in a more positive light than can be found in the New Testament ... The papyrus has been carbon-dated to approximately the third to fourth ...24 KB (3,824 words) - 19:38, 8 June 2023
- basic concepts, which pre-exist any effort to classify particular experiences ... of science” and then arguing regressively to the presuppositions or conditions ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 19:34, 13 February 2024
- center, and Tabinshwehti moved his capital to Pegu due to its strategic position ... and decisively defeated Portuguese attempts to take over Myanmar, but the ...18 KB (2,701 words) - 04:45, 1 May 2023
- Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas, after Houston and San Antonio ... Dallas is the main economic center of the 12 county Dallas, Fort Worth ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 18:06, 24 January 2024
- English society. Its heroine, Becky Sharp, is one of the stronger female ... on October 13, 1810 after being sent to India in 1809. She was sent ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 11:11, 10 May 2023
- – February 22, 1987), or Andy Warhol as he is known to the world, was an ... Andrew Warhola was born to Andrej (Andrew) Warhola and Ulja (Julia ...20 KB (3,013 words) - 18:00, 27 July 2023
- King's concise, simple and to the point style of questioning ... His parents were Orthodox Jews who immigrated to the United States ...42 KB (5,955 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- civil war broke out in 1991 as a reaction to the lack of Afar presence in ... the Somali Civil War into Djibouti continues to damage economic recovery. The ...10 KB (1,580 words) - 16:29, 29 January 2024
- Responsibility is a duty or obligation for which a person is held ... Responsibility with respect to these three elements is essential to ...36 KB (5,446 words) - 18:16, 8 December 2022
- "auspicious" or "lucky") is the protagonist of a classic ... name and persona remains unclear, though it is widely assumed to be based ...35 KB (5,273 words) - 01:42, 26 March 2024
- Sunflower is the common name for any of the plants of the genus Helianthus ... The adaptation that allows sunflowers to advance their own individual ...18 KB (2,511 words) - 17:15, 23 October 2022
- who was one of the leading literary figures to employ naturalism in his writings ... The censorship lasted well past his death, as Dreiser did not live ...16 KB (2,526 words) - 17:57, 30 April 2023
- the behavior of fermions and which led to the prediction of the existence ... Béatrice. His early family life appears to have been unhappy due to his ...20 KB (2,926 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is one of the icons of nineteenth ... colors in their paintings. Seurat sought to establish harmony, or what ...12 KB (1,923 words) - 22:59, 24 November 2022
- investigation in the Great Britain, and is regarded a founding text of ... had more power than political methods to bring about social change. ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 01:56, 4 December 2023
- Iona is a small island located in the north-west region of Scotland ... In Gaelic, the island is called Ì Chaluim Cille (Saint Columba's ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 11:11, 6 March 2024
- The Spanish Inquisition was founded in 1478 by Ferdinand and Isabella ... over all royal subjects. Between 3000 to 5000 people died during the ...61 KB (9,267 words) - 12:36, 18 September 2023
- President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations ... She is credited by many as having revitalized and liberalized a previously ...34 KB (5,329 words) - 08:42, 10 March 2023
- as pit vipers (or pitvipers, pit-vipers), is a subfamily of venomous vipers ... Asia (Nilson and Gutberlet 2004). There also is one species, Gloydius halys ...19 KB (2,781 words) - 19:53, 7 May 2020
- The Felidae family is a part of the order Carnivora within the mammals ... Some cats present a threat to domestic animals, even to humans in ...12 KB (1,871 words) - 12:24, 30 April 2021
- AMNH), located in Manhattan, New York, U.S., is one of the largest and most ... them were Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (father to former president Theodore Roosevelt ...26 KB (3,976 words) - 06:38, 25 July 2023
- a native of France, was Pope from 1362 to 1370. Before his election, ... with his first papal mission. He was sent to Milan, followed by missions ...12 KB (1,868 words) - 13:42, 3 May 2023
- from sometime in the fifth century B.C.E. to the unification of China by ... the beginning of the Warring States Period is somewhat in dispute. While ...14 KB (2,355 words) - 22:04, 18 November 2022
- Born in Marksville, Louisiana, Jacobs eventually moved to Chicago ... blues harmonica playing, however, can hardly be overestimated. ...9 KB (1,411 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- was Juno. The cow and peacock are sacred to her. Portrayed as majestic and solemn, she is often enthroned and crowned ...19 KB (3,127 words) - 09:47, 22 January 2024
- who became the first known European to discover Florida after establishing ... Earlier, he accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second voyage ...10 KB (1,638 words) - 06:05, 10 May 2024
- (자의, 慈儀). Sinmun's reign may be characterized by his attempts ... of Silla and Tang forces took over Baekje to the west and Goguryeo to the ...11 KB (1,743 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- In nanotechnology, a particle is defined as a small object that behaves ... made of semiconducting material may also be labeled quantum dots if they ...18 KB (2,579 words) - 01:19, 11 November 2022
- Obsidian is an igneous rock with a glassy form that is produced during ... People of early cultures used obsidian to produce weapons, tools, ...7 KB (1,046 words) - 10:13, 11 March 2023
- and the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities and ... Strathmore and Kinghorne. Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the ...84 KB (12,053 words) - 16:21, 13 February 2024
- Coal is a black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed primarily ... been a dangerous occupation, exposing miners to lung diseases and causing many ...32 KB (4,888 words) - 22:13, 7 January 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a province of the People's ... According to Hanyu Pinyin rules, if tone marks are not written, both ...15 KB (2,046 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- the Tang Dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649. Since he encouraged his ... Du Ruhui, and Wei Zheng, and for listening to their advice and welcoming ...60 KB (9,319 words) - 21:30, 31 December 2021
- In biology, evidence of evolution or evidence for evolution is generally ... construct, assert that natural selection is a single continuous process ...79 KB (11,963 words) - 23:52, 24 March 2024
- language are both making a comeback. It can be hoped that these people will ... B.C. ("Old Metlakatla"), is not associated with any one ...27 KB (4,093 words) - 18:32, 2 May 2023
- An asteroid is a solid object, smaller than a planet, which in our ... at 20 km per px.png|thumb|250px|right|Left to right: 4 Vesta, 1 Ceres, Earth ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 05:10, 18 August 2023
- Isotropy is a term used in various scientific disciplines to indicate ... universe at large. That information can then be used to develop various applications ...5 KB (748 words) - 21:30, 7 February 2023
- S. Marine Corps. He led the U.S. Marine Band to national prominence and later ... and that he had a particular responsibility to use that gift in the service ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 03:59, 2 May 2024
- and Nevis) located in the Leeward Islands, is an island nation in the West ... The first Europeans to arrive on the islands were the Spanish under ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction ... dimensional. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may ...20 KB (3,039 words) - 03:02, 6 November 2022
- The Book of Micah (Hebrew: ספר מיכה) is one of the books of ... The Book of Micah is also notable for its more hopeful passages, portraying ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 00:26, 19 November 2023
- , meaning "verses of wisdom") is the oldest translatable ... It is one of the oldest extant texts of any Indo-European language ...41 KB (6,083 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- A grand jury is a type of jury, in the common law legal system, part ... of an offense and ascertain if there is prima-facie evidence for an ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 12:16, 24 January 2023
- work, the epic poem The Divine Comedy, is considered the greatest literary ... and Alexander Pushkin in Russia, Dante is credited not only with creating ...23 KB (3,672 words) - 22:11, 25 January 2024
- William Shakespeare, brought about what would be a revolution in English ... Spenser's poetry, likewise, is more Romantic in the sense that ...12 KB (1,990 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- Zion National Park is a United States national park located in the ... A prominent feature in the 229-square-mile (593 square kilometer) ...32 KB (4,872 words) - 06:07, 13 June 2023
- Huntington is recognized as one of America's finest animaliers ... increasingly distressed by modern art and what she considered a tasteless ...28 KB (4,145 words) - 06:44, 28 July 2023
- Annulment is a procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike ... are in all cases unfortunate. A marriage is a commitment between two people ...12 KB (1,862 words) - 05:11, 31 July 2023
- and the sixth Qing (Ch'ing ) emperor to rule over China. When he came ... as imperial commissioner, and ordered him to stop the opium trade. Lin was ...12 KB (1,653 words) - 19:28, 21 August 2020
- series, The Baby Snooks Show that ran from 1936 to 1951. ... With the arrival of talking pictures, Brice went to Hollywood and ...19 KB (2,934 words) - 00:41, 25 March 2024
- In Christian theology, fideism is the position that reason is irrelevant ... Despite the fact that fideism is critical of reason, there are, ironically ...15 KB (2,241 words) - 17:33, 26 March 2024
- The Sydney Opera House, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ... Situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbor, with park land to its ...15 KB (2,320 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- a formal language or a natural language) may be joined by means of a logical ... Mathematical logic is a mathematical representation of formal rules ...27 KB (3,934 words) - 20:59, 3 November 2022
- [meaning "five books"]) refers to the most important scriptural ... Moses and Aaron—men and women of faith to whom God revealed himself and ...20 KB (3,080 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- Reformation (1560), the Chapel was closed to the public until 1861, when ... The layout of the chapel also appears to follow the layout of the Temple ...15 KB (2,311 words) - 22:26, 16 December 2022
- Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using ... toxic chemical, regardless of its origin, is considered a chemical weapon ...61 KB (9,020 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- was the Grand Duke of Muscovy from 1533 C.E. to 1547 C.E. and was the first ... Ivan (or Ioann, as his name is rendered in Church Slavonic) was a ...11 KB (1,776 words) - 06:37, 11 March 2024
- group, a fact many believe contributed to his relative lack of success ... Wilson led a troubled life due in part to his habitual womanizing ...11 KB (1,721 words) - 01:11, 8 February 2023
- Paranormal, meaning "outside the norm," is an umbrella term ... The term paranormal is used to describe most subjects studied in parapsychology ...25 KB (3,499 words) - 11:26, 11 March 2023
- The Oligocene epoch is a division of the geologic time scale and the ... The start of the Oligocene is marked by a extinction event that may ...6 KB (898 words) - 00:21, 18 November 2022
- ) is a central concept in Buddhism, which corresponds to a number ... Dukkha is one of the Four Noble Truths of the Buddha's teachings ...11 KB (1,613 words) - 18:37, 24 August 2020
- Child welfare is a term used to describe a set of government services ... The idea behind child welfare programs is that, in certain circumstances ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 15:33, 10 December 2023
- A fjord (or fiord) is a long, narrow deep inlet of the sea bordered ... and glaciers retreat. Sea level rises due to an influx of water from melting ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- B.C.E. The term "Sumerian" applies to all speakers of the Sumerian ... The history of Sumeria dates back to the beginning of writing and ...37 KB (5,525 words) - 22:21, 26 February 2023
- The Defenestrations of Prague refers to either of two incidents with ... term "Defenestration of Prague" is more commonly used to refer ...17 KB (2,723 words) - 09:09, 28 January 2024
- For that reason, Indians often refer to him as Shaheed Bhagat Singh ... Born to a family which had earlier been involved in revolutionary ...28 KB (4,246 words) - 03:31, 1 October 2023
- composer. He was born in Berlin, but moved to several countries between 1933 ... Bruno Walter is ranked among the twentieth century's greatest ...16 KB (2,368 words) - 04:44, 22 November 2023
- school, although his mature work was all done in Italy. Ribera's works ... He was one of the few seventeenth-century Spanish artists to produce ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 06:44, 28 February 2023
- Social change (or Social development) is a general term which refers ... Social change is a topic in sociology and social work, but also involves ...31 KB (4,566 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- A national park is a reserve of land, usually, but not always, declared ... The first national park to be established in the world was Yellowstone ...17 KB (2,403 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- of American poets that were among the first to rival their British counterparts. places Holmes in the traditions leading back to the founding spirit of the country. ...15 KB (2,269 words) - 10:32, 11 March 2023
- Gunpowder is a low-explosive substance that is used as a propellant ... Gunpowder is distinguished from "high" explosives—dynamite ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 17:15, 12 July 2023
- Cro-Magnon Man is a name applied to the earliest known European examples ... placed at approximately 32,000 years ago to 30,000 years ago, during the ...8 KB (1,081 words) - 00:21, 15 January 2023
- Silk is a fine, soft and yet strong proteinaceous fiber that is naturally ... While the best-known and commercially important silk is obtained from ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 20:11, 21 April 2023
- theorist, and philosopher. Although he is often mentioned as the associate ... a first-rate education, and sent him first to the parish school and then ...11 KB (1,705 words) - 08:37, 1 April 2024
- The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory, located ... a major channel connecting the Caribbean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- harmonies of many of his works are said to evoke the vast American landscape ... Much of the greatness of Copland's art is due to the ways he ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- Abidjan is the largest city, chief port, and de facto capital of Côte ... The name name "Abidjan," according to legend, came from ...16 KB (2,261 words) - 04:48, 14 June 2023
- A Turtle ship was a large warship belonging to the Panokseon class ... invading navy and army, Korea had little to oppose him with. The Korean ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 00:27, 3 May 2023
- Louse (plural: Lice) is any of the small, wingless, dorsoventally ... are not dangerous by themselves, they can be a serious health problem given ...10 KB (1,538 words) - 09:08, 9 March 2023
- In Hinduism, Balarama (Devanagri: बलराम) is listed in the ... He is known as the elder brother of Lord Krishna and worshipped by ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 05:51, 26 August 2023
- was born in Leominster, Massachusetts. He is best known as an American pioneer ... Known to many as the beloved Johnny Appleseed, he understood the practical ...11 KB (1,788 words) - 08:14, 3 August 2022
- Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil and is widely ... festive Carnival parades. The samba style is a smooth, duple-metered flow ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 11:45, 6 September 2022
- Maria Theresa of Austria. She was married to Louis XVI at age 14 in a move ... Marie Antoinette is remembered for her legendary excesses, and for ...41 KB (6,571 words) - 08:32, 10 March 2023
- he became a naturalized citizen in 1981. He is best known as the author of ... post and removed from the Party. Due to censorship by the Communist ...20 KB (2,997 words) - 12:12, 24 August 2023
- writer, author of the unfinished long novel The Man Without Qualities ... As a result of Musil's background, he is an instrumental figure ...18 KB (2,958 words) - 01:45, 16 December 2022
- Poliomyelitis, or polio, is a highly contagious viral disease caused ... was reduced by 99 percent since 1985. There is hope that polio can be the ...72 KB (10,129 words) - 16:53, 27 December 2023
- Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles. It lies ... Great Britain is an island off the north-west coast of continental ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 12:20, 24 January 2023
- These tactics have been adopted in subsequent wars. He was preparing ... Slim was born in Bishopston, near Bristol to John and Charlotte Slim ...24 KB (3,728 words) - 18:26, 17 April 2023
- The book of 4 Maccabees is a homily or philosophic discourse praising ... clear, reasonable thinking about true virtue is the key to overcoming every ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- twentieth century. Her apartment in Moscow is designated a national museum ... with her acting style, implored her to take part in his stage productions ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 03:56, 18 April 2024
- An antique (Latin: antiquus; old) is a collectible item desirable ... The definition of antique varies from source to source, product to ...16 KB (2,423 words) - 06:37, 31 July 2023
- 1855) was an English poet and diarist. She is probably best known, however ... I received much good that I can trace back to her." ...12 KB (1,881 words) - 21:07, 13 August 2020
- plan developed by the Provisional Government to reshape Russian society into ... Government. They allowed the Assembly to meet with the hope that they ...40 KB (5,691 words) - 16:00, 22 July 2022
- The fish hook is a device for catching fish either by impaling them ... Fish hooks are normally attached to some form of line or lure that ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 17:26, 28 March 2024
- "brick" or "tile") is a surface formation that is ... Nearly all kinds of rocks can be deeply decomposed by the action of ...6 KB (789 words) - 17:48, 25 October 2022
- who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in ... He went to school at the Eagleswood Military Academy in Perth Amboy ...12 KB (1,758 words) - 02:52, 4 November 2022
- seventeenth-century Flemish painter who is often said to be the greatest ... themes and subjects with classical mythology to explore humankind's spiritual ...28 KB (4,301 words) - 01:35, 24 November 2022
- The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in ... The Presidential Medal of Freedom ranks second only to the Medal of ...9 KB (1,283 words) - 22:24, 30 November 2022
- words kine (movement) and graphos (writing), is the art and craft of creating ... Cinematography is an art form unique to motion pictures. Although ...29 KB (4,666 words) - 22:03, 10 December 2023
- a thing (form) and the stuff that the thing is made of (matter). That such ... form comes from the Greek word eidos and is often translated as idea or ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 06:32, 1 April 2024
- together with its paired concept immanence, is a common philosophical term ... Transcendence often refers to an experience with the divine or God ...11 KB (1,539 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- in the chemical reaction. A catalyst is a substance that increases ... Vitamins are normally converted in the body to coenzymes. Coenzymes are organic ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 20:40, 3 May 2023
- In Christianity, Sabellianism is the belief that God the Father, God ... later became an antipope rather than submit to Zephyrinius' protege and ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 20:36, 17 April 2023
- he had a long and fruitful career, Resnais is best known internationally ... Holocaust against the Jews. Resnais chose to approach the subject indirectly ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 04:23, 17 June 2023
- Polyester is the name for a class of polymers that contain the ester ... In addition, polyesters are used to make bottles, films, liquid ...8 KB (1,111 words) - 17:38, 9 October 2021
- The Book of Tobit (or Book of Tobias in older Catholic Bibles) is ... deportation of the northern tribes of Israel to Assyria in 721 B.C.E. under ...8 KB (1,317 words) - 15:33, 30 January 2024
- Wide Web technology and web design that aim to enhance creativity, communication ... Tim O'Reilly is generally credited for coining the term and the ...39 KB (5,412 words) - 23:24, 3 May 2023
- is the Islamic rite of pilgrimage in Mecca, the city in Saudi Arabia ... It is the most overt demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim ...29 KB (4,558 words) - 16:54, 21 January 2024
- wedding"), or Hierogamy, refers to the coupling of a god and goddess ... derives from ancient mythologies relating to the union of the first deity ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- Kāma (Devanagari: काम) is the Indian notion of pleasure, which ... The word kama is a masculine noun referring to "desire" ...13 KB (1,937 words) - 02:33, 5 October 2022
- the Mujahideen insurgents that were fighting to overthrow Afghanistan's ... crippling cost of the war. The invasion can be seen as a product of Marxist ...40 KB (5,946 words) - 15:41, 4 February 2023
- of her fellow Jews. Her best-known play is Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom ... Nelly Sachs was born as Leonie Sachs in Schöneberg, Berlin, in 1891 ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 16:12, 11 November 2022
- Orthoptera ("straight wings") is a widespread order of generally ... maintenance, and reproduction (being used to find mates, warn of predators ...13 KB (1,770 words) - 10:49, 11 March 2023
- de facto military ruler of Cuba from 1933 to 1940, and the de jure President ... generated opposition despite his attempt to placate critics with an election ...18 KB (2,625 words) - 11:10, 20 September 2023
- A smoke detector or smoke alarm is a device that detects smoke and ... major life saving device by alerting people to the danger of fire. ...15 KB (2,419 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- music and lyrics, Foster insisted that they be treated with sympathy and respect. ... as the "baby" of the family to be indulged by older brothers ...20 KB (3,215 words) - 20:00, 9 February 2023
- quot;) and demos ("people")) is the rapid and extensive spreading ... A pandemic is simply an epidemic that affects a large proportion of ...22 KB (3,244 words) - 14:30, 11 February 2022
- in the world, regarding education as key to the establishment of international ... Butler was born on April 2, 1862, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to manufacturer ...14 KB (2,044 words) - 23:32, 14 November 2022
- the "Powhatan Human Beings"), is the name of a Native American ... The Powhatan are significant to American history because of their ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 00:30, 12 April 2023
- (원효 元曉617-686 ). In 661, he traveled to Tang China and studied the ... Uisang’s major work was Hwaeom ilseung peopkye to (An Explanatory ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 11:28, 18 April 2023
- atmospheres of Earth and other planets. It is a branch of atmospheric science ... Earth's atmosphere is composed of about 78 percent nitrogen, ...11 KB (1,481 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- The Baptist Church is a Christian denomination—or group of denominations—that ... The focus of Baptist church services is the proclamation of the Gospel ...25 KB (3,609 words) - 07:57, 20 September 2023
- Moloch (also rendered as Molech or Molekh, from the Hebrew מלך ... While no particular form of Moloch is known due to the ambiguity of ...20 KB (3,200 words) - 21:06, 21 December 2022
- and eventually, funk. His music would prove to have a profound influence on ... In 1953, Brown began his professional music career and skyrocketed ...25 KB (3,918 words) - 21:04, 20 March 2024
- violist, guitarist, and composer. He is one of the most famous violin ... Niccolò Paganini was born in Genoa, Italy, on October 27, 1782, to ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 23:29, 14 November 2022
- His most significant contributions to the study of religion are his ... Born in Bucharest to a Romanian army officer, Eliade had a quiet, ...30 KB (4,475 words) - 18:55, 9 November 2022
- A business plan is a formal, written statement of a set of business ... well as how it will fund its activities. It is important for the plan to be ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 18:51, 22 November 2023
- posthumously despite his wish that it be destroyed—has become iconic ... Der Prozess (The Trial) and the unfinished novel Das Schloß (The Castle ...29 KB (4,338 words) - 09:35, 11 April 2024
- bill intended for the final negotiations to resolve the Mexican-American ... After an earlier attempt to acquire Texas by treaty had failed to ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 10:55, 15 May 2023
- Ethology is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of animal ... role as stewards of creation. Behavior is one aspect of the vast diversity ...16 KB (2,274 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- Russian poet before Alexander Pushkin. Due to Pushkin's role as the ... as a Private in the Guards. There he rose to the highest offices of state ...6 KB (907 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- ) is a term used in a variety of different contexts. Originally, the ... For most Protestants, the term apocrypha refers to scriptural texts ...29 KB (4,388 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- in a phrase or name. These components may be individual letters (as in CEO ... initial letters of words, without reference to pronunciation. The word acronym ...44 KB (6,504 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests ... Equally, a crime in one jurisdiction may not be considered such in another ...16 KB (2,401 words) - 23:59, 24 March 2024
- II. Jehoiachin was taken in chains to Babylon and imprisoned, while ... King Amel-Marduk. Cuneiform records dated to 592 B.C.E. mention Jehoiachin ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 04:29, 31 July 2022
- Толсто́й; commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy) ... and his sensual cravings, Tolstoy came to embrace a life of personal ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 19:54, 7 May 2024
- ) in Paris, France, is one of the oldest, largest, and most famous ... Kings Henry IV and Louis XIII added wings to the Louvre as did Napoleon ...22 KB (3,221 words) - 04:13, 4 November 2022
- verificationists, and empiricists to be the most elementary statements ... Do they actually exist? If they do exist, what relationship is there between ...18 KB (2,743 words) - 08:18, 2 December 2022
- Codependency is a descriptive term that attempts to explain imbalanced ... Those who may be called codependent typically exhibit high self-sacrifice ...25 KB (3,378 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- truly great thinkers, Immanuel Kant is known for the historical synthesis ... that ended up in universal skepticism. It is obvious, however, that Kant’s ...48 KB (7,410 words) - 18:17, 23 January 2024
- thinker. He has often been referred to as a “Christian existentialist ... which paradoxically makes the self available to others for genuine inter-subjective ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 07:37, 15 April 2024
- Agency. 2008-01-03 Where in the World is Mt. Kilimanjaro? Visit the ... The World Factbook is prepared by the CIA for the use of U.S. government ...33 KB (4,760 words) - 17:51, 30 April 2023
- Voluntarism is fundamentally a theory of action according to which ... Voluntarism (from the Latin: voluntas, meaning ‘will’) is a theory ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 21:03, 3 May 2023
- In common terminology, wind is the flow of air. In a broader sense ... There are various types of winds, which may be classified in any of ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- United States. Nearly all the archipelago is part of Alaska and usually ... chain of volcanoes, commonly referred to as the Pacific Ring of Fire ...24 KB (3,659 words) - 05:12, 17 June 2023
- of modern industrial management, who sought to improve workers’ productivity ... Frank Gilbreth was born on July 7, 1868, in Fairfield, Maine, to John ...16 KB (2,285 words) - 05:10, 9 April 2024
- Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked nation ... C.E., peoples in present-day Transvaal began to coalesce into three main linguistic ...20 KB (2,852 words) - 19:53, 20 November 2023
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- Guan Yin (Pinyin: Guān Yīn; traditional Chinese: 觀音) is known ... Historically, worship of Guan Yin originated from earlier devotion ...10 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 December 2021
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- A sarcophagus (plural:sarcophagi) is an above ground stone container ... those long past, lives that often continue to impact human society even today. ...12 KB (1,915 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
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- Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... The Niger River Delta, once a source of slaves, now is the source ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
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- levels. The driving force of seeking answers to such a twofold human purpose ... On the level of the purpose for the individual, it is the end of physical ...39 KB (6,287 words) - 23:22, 20 February 2022
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- used as a derisive term by Kazimir Malevich to describe the work of Alexander ... Constructivist artists attempted to create a new type of utilitarian ...9 KB (1,167 words) - 18:57, 19 May 2020
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- Philippine island of Leyte, from October 23 to October 26, 1944, between the ... the morality of the war. Could Japan, unable to launch a naval defense have ...48 KB (7,546 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- Rivers in present-day Nebraska. They refer to themselves as "Chaticks ... into ceding their lands in Nebraska to the U.S. government and relocated ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 01:45, 23 November 2022
- The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient ... The myth, with its complex symbolism, is integral to ancient Egyptian ...56 KB (8,963 words) - 04:38, 18 November 2022
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- Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress ... His relatively brief term as Prime Minister proved to India that a ...17 KB (2,426 words) - 00:04, 16 December 2022
- the most important Russian writer prior to Pushkin. He played a significant ... an officer in the Russian army. He was sent to Moscow to study under Professor ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 04:13, 15 November 2022
- The central nervous system (CNS) is that portion of the vertebrate ... The human nervous system is the most complex object known to science ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- ::Note: This page is about the species Hippopotamus amphibius. ... Hippopotamus, or hippo, is the common name for a very large, semi ...43 KB (6,299 words) - 15:51, 25 January 2023
- General of the United States from 1973 to 1977. A professor at Yale Law ... The contentious confirmation battle that led to the Senate rejecting ...35 KB (4,931 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- The electrical resistance of an object (or material) is a measure ... The SI unit of electrical resistance is the ohm, symbolized as Ω. ...12 KB (1,798 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- (Routledge, 2004, ISBN 0415933978), 114. to members of the anti-communist ... The government attempted to break the union with martial law in 1981 ...34 KB (5,074 words) - 00:48, 4 February 2023
- but as long as the Soviet Union was able to pursue its ideological war ... Union, urged the East German government to embrace change when he visited ...20 KB (3,005 words) - 18:19, 21 May 2024
- Considered by many to be one of the most brilliant orators of all ... least a century. He was the fifth son born to Beneigne Bossuet, a judge of ...26 KB (4,115 words) - 12:30, 6 November 2021
- In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure ... Distress is the opposite of eustress. Psychological distress encompasses ...42 KB (5,944 words) - 01:28, 12 April 2023
- power (他力) of Amida Buddha) in order to attain liberation. Like other ... In contemporary times, Jodo Shinshu is one of the most widely followed ...23 KB (3,447 words) - 20:10, 24 April 2023
- Brownsea Island in 1907. This camping trip is now seen as the beginning of ... the Nobel Peace Prize. Unfortunately, due to the onset of World War II, ...20 KB (2,990 words) - 03:11, 15 December 2022
- Lymph is the fluid carried by the lymphatic system. It originates ... 3 quarts, or 2.83 liters, of lymph is returned to the heart everyday ...10 KB (1,483 words) - 03:14, 5 November 2022
- Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... it also capitalizes on its beautiful scenery to attract upscale tourists. Though ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- Rainer Maria Rilke (December 4, 1875 – December 29, 1926) is generally ... Rilke attempted in his poetry to create language that, in his own ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 00:08, 8 December 2022
- Joannus Cassianus, or Joannes Massiliensis) is a Christian theologian celebrated ... as a young adult, he and a friend traveled to Palestine, where they ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 19:50, 22 December 2022
- ) is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near ... generators (50 MW each) that provide power to the plant itself, the total ...109 KB (14,087 words) - 23:55, 3 February 2024
- on the heroic individual, instead preferring to depict social reality, especially ... At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to an apothecary, his father& ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 17:55, 30 April 2023
- 88), who had been apprenticed as a youth to the Boston lithographic firm ... Nathaniel T. Currier was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel ...14 KB (2,141 words) - 06:47, 12 January 2024
- Hickok came to the West as a stage coach driver, then became a lawman ... a good shot from a very young age. Unknown to most, he was one of the earliest ...21 KB (3,433 words) - 18:45, 4 May 2023
- council" - though actually limited to the Roman Empire) of the Christian ... The council was called by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in order ...32 KB (4,986 words) - 17:21, 28 March 2024
- The ability of a chemical to behave as both an acid and a base is ... The simplest example of an amphoteric substance is water. In the presence ...5 KB (789 words) - 17:25, 26 July 2023
- In the discussions of ethics, courage is considered to be a moral ... centuries approached courage in relation to man’s attempt to restore ...6 KB (958 words) - 08:44, 10 January 2024
- physicists, and a philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath ... became the President of France (from 1913 to 1920) and a fellow member of ...40 KB (5,908 words) - 07:01, 22 January 2024
- the jazz-influenced drumming of Ginger Baker to create a unique, hybrid style ... the instrument famously inspired one fan to spray paint the words "Clapton ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 06:17, 11 January 2024
- as a power in the Mediterranean in addition to Rome. Victory over Carthage ... Arguably, the Punic Wars transformed Rome from a regional to an international ...26 KB (4,140 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- ) is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, and the capital ... god Rama, who supposedly founded the city. To this day, the Lahore Fort has ...30 KB (4,227 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- ) was a Ukrainian poet, artist and humanist. His literary heritage ... of Ukraine in English He was taught to read by a village precentor ...20 KB (2,938 words) - 00:47, 21 April 2023
- God spans the entire universe but can also be found outside of it.]] , en (in) and theos (God), this term refers to the belief that the world is ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:13, 11 March 2023
- Plagiarism is taking the ideas of another and using them without giving ... Plagiarism is not necessarily the same as copyright infringement, ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 06:23, 24 November 2022
- romantic painter, considered by many critics to be one of the finest representatives ... settled in Dresden, often traveling to other parts of Germany. Friedrich ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 14:22, 29 November 2023
- An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented ... prayer; monks used bright colors in order to illustrate the religious truth ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 21:22, 25 February 2018
- 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
- wounds sustained in battle, he determined to emulate Christ as closely as ... ” the individual’s ability to discern good from evil in order ...26 KB (4,095 words) - 19:47, 22 December 2022
- Courthouse, Virginia, from April 30 to May 6, 1863. Called Gen. Robert ... #039;s timid performance in combat combined to result in a significant Union ...21 KB (3,314 words) - 11:37, 20 September 2023
- 3, 1892), or Foeth, later changed his name to Shenshin (Шеншин), was ... named Charlotta who was initially married to Johann Foeth. She remarried ...6 KB (983 words) - 05:56, 16 June 2023
- The term Community College is used almost exclusively in the United ... inferior and their funding would be better-used supporting traditional ...21 KB (3,019 words) - 00:18, 8 January 2024
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- Honduras, officially Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras ... The country is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest ...34 KB (4,896 words) - 12:36, 2 February 2024
- A bazaar (بازار) is a permanent merchandizing area, marketplace ... goods, along with travelers, gave rise to systems of haggling and trade ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 03:11, 26 September 2023
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- 1676) was a rabbi and Kabbalist who claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish ... a significant following, and his fame spread to Jews everywhere. In Jerusalem ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:16, 26 January 2023
- Georgian architectural style, the estate is located near Mount Vernon, ... Washington and his family referred to their farm as "Mansion ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 17:46, 10 November 2022
- A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted, voluntary ... passions into directly addressing and trying to solve single issues about which ...22 KB (3,066 words) - 09:59, 11 March 2023
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- side of the aristocracy of his period. His novel, The Castle of Otranto, heralded ... with his friend Thomas Gray from 1739 to 1741, when the two quarreled ...13 KB (1,897 words) - 16:20, 25 January 2023
- and some of his official were plotting to kill some of the more powerful ... sons. The eldest, Yeon Namsaeng, defected to Tang and then led the Tang ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- Romeo and Juliet is a world-renowned tragedy by William Shakespeare ... Although Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances ...57 KB (9,012 words) - 21:40, 16 April 2023
- [[File:PatrickBreenDiaryPage28.jpg|thumb|alt=Refer to caption|The ... a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train ...73 KB (11,798 words) - 17:24, 30 January 2024
- A goblin is a mythical creature of Germanic and British folklore, ... or malevolent, evil-doers dangerous to human beings. Like many similar ...13 KB (2,074 words) - 15:53, 18 December 2022
- :This article is about the weapon. [[Image:Two arrows.jpg|300px|thumb ... An arrow is a pointed projectile that is shot with a bow. It predates ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 03:58, 15 August 2023
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- ) is a holy Islamic city in Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in ... The city is revered by Muslims for containing the holiest site of ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 03:48, 9 November 2022
- a politician who became the first woman to serve in the United States ... At 87 years of age, Felton is also the oldest freshman senator to ...12 KB (1,826 words) - 01:42, 8 December 2022
- chapters of the current Books of Kings. Due to limitations in the lengths ... While the traditional authorship of the Books of Samuel is ascribed ...37 KB (5,923 words) - 19:27, 20 November 2023
- centralized political power and battled to unite the Three Kingdoms. ... quot; or "Flower Youths." Hwa is the Sino-Korean (hanja) character ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 21:28, 9 February 2024
- melodies and lush harmonies. He used music to bring out an inner strength ... Very little is known about Thomas Robinson's life, but it is ...6 KB (863 words) - 22:51, 30 April 2023
- Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting ... such as cameras, often while exposed to the same risks (war, rioting ...14 KB (2,031 words) - 22:46, 28 March 2023
- was among the first public intellectuals to make that case for smaller ... Buckley was born in New York City to lawyer and oil baron William ...39 KB (5,642 words) - 12:09, 8 May 2023
- the Mediterranean world: from the Almoravids to the Algerian War. Cass series—history ... The exact meaning of "Murabit" (from which Almoravid is ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 08:18, 23 July 2023
- Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Nominated to the Court ... Due to her case-by-case approach to jurisprudence and her relatively ...45 KB (6,555 words) - 21:58, 19 December 2023
- A dilemma (Greek δί-λημμα "double proposition") is ... The dilemma is sometimes used as a rhetorical device, in the form ...24 KB (3,799 words) - 15:21, 29 January 2024
- of the U.S. Continental Congress, minister to France and Great Britain, governor ... pursued a policy that served both to protect the United States from ...18 KB (2,572 words) - 16:07, 8 February 2023
- became its first sovereign, while continuing to hold the separate crown of ... by many crises, both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and ...29 KB (4,444 words) - 15:41, 7 December 2022
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- ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost ... history and possibly its name as well, dates to the Phoenician Civilization ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- Parsnip is a hardy, biennial, strongly-scented plant (Pastinaca sativa ... The parsnip is one of a vast array of food providing plants that humans ...7 KB (1,014 words) - 08:54, 18 November 2022
- Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy, which studies fundamental ... issues, political theorists today continue to discuss both. ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- . In addition to the redwood forests, the parks preserve other indigenous ... The Save-the-Redwoods League was founded in 1918 to preserve remaining ...31 KB (4,564 words) - 19:11, 16 April 2023
- that it was the nature of human beings to live sociably in peace. War ... (Fürstenschule) at Grimma, he was sent to study theology at the University ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 03:05, 23 December 2022
- ” or “choosing the best”), is a conceptual approach that ... In philosophy and theology, eclecticism is the practice of selecting ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
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- reign of George I from the county of Antrim to Tipperary. His father, also ... family began a migratory existence that was to last several years. From Maidstone ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 10:56, 9 May 2023
- Alternative energy is a term for any nontraditional energy form, source ... The term alternative energy also is used for energy derived from sources ...73 KB (10,796 words) - 08:37, 23 July 2023
- Ancient philosophy is philosophy in antiquity, or before the end of ... philosophy. Ancient philosophy in the West is distinguished from Medieval ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- American film actress who, upon marriage to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco ... Grace Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to John Brendan ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 12:14, 24 January 2023
- theatre. The divine mission of Dionysus was to bring an end to care and worry. ... imagination of the Greeks, as he was thought to represent the union between ...32 KB (5,115 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln. He was a staunch ... where he joined Theta Delta Chi. In 1861, he was admitted to practice ...10 KB (1,420 words) - 06:55, 8 April 2024
- quot; or "radiotelegraphy," is the wireless communication ... applications, including (but not limited to) the following: Radio and television ...35 KB (5,160 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- Lapis lazuli, also referred to as lapis, is a stone with one of the ... Lapis has been used to produce jewelry, carvings, mosaics, and a variety ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 22:35, 22 October 2022
- Tettigoniidae is a major family of "long-horned grasshoppers ... 7,000 species in over 1000 genera, and can be quite large (1 to 6 centimeters ...11 KB (1,513 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- A Passion play is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of ... Proponents of the reformation objected to their pomp and pageantry. Several ...20 KB (2,912 words) - 09:02, 18 November 2022
- A polymath is a person with broad knowledge or learning. Renaissance ... The ideal of the polymath Renaissance Man is embodied in the Italian ...38 KB (5,454 words) - 00:21, 12 April 2023
- In physics, the center of mass (CM) of a system of particles is a ... In the case of a rigid body, the position of its center of mass is ...21 KB (3,514 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- ) is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation ... with over 350,000 employees worldwide, it is the largest information technology ...48 KB (6,957 words) - 06:47, 6 March 2024
- Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present organizations ... The organization fell into decline from 1868 to 1870 and was destroyed in the ...52 KB (7,797 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- Creationism, in its most widely used sense, is a set of religious ... In the first sense, creationism (not to be confused with the doctrine ...31 KB (4,607 words) - 06:18, 11 January 2024
- 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
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- complexity theory, a decision problem is a yes-or-no question on specified ... Decision problems are closely related to function problems, which ...10 KB (1,556 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- Party." This aspect of his character is believed to have been what ... The Wade family moved to Andover, in the Western Reserve of Ohio, ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 09:47, 28 September 2023
- quot;), formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of the South ... Bogotá is the educational, cultural, commercial, administrative, ...33 KB (4,818 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- chamber assembly from September 20, 1792 to October 26, 1795 (4 Brumaire ... The Convention came about in the wake of the King's Flight to ...73 KB (10,932 words) - 21:23, 26 December 2022
- in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define ... He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter ...65 KB (9,151 words) - 15:55, 15 May 2023
- of its Buddhist teachings were transmitted to other parts of Asia, including ... The origin of the name Nalanda is disputed. It may derive from nalam ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- Buddhism the state religion, but continued to use their own written script ... gave them the organizational structure to extend their power. Over a ...17 KB (2,503 words) - 01:22, 17 November 2022
- The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... Jesus' command to "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- The Septuagint (or simply "LXX") is the name commonly given ... and Josephus ascribed divine inspiration to its authors. It formed the ...32 KB (4,408 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- A Yurt, or Ger in Mongolia, is a portable, felt-covered, wood lattice ... A yurt is quite different from a modern tent, apart from its portability—the ...18 KB (2,825 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- [[Image:Combotrans.svg|thumb|right|225px|The gender symbols used to ... Gender traditionally refers to the differences between men and women ...24 KB (3,629 words) - 06:41, 18 April 2024
- A tropical cyclone is a meteorological term for a storm system characterized ... The adjective "tropical" refers to both the geographic origin ...68 KB (9,719 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
- Ashgabat (Aşgabat) is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan ... Ashgabat, a city of around 900,000, is primarily a government and ...13 KB (1,843 words) - 04:04, 18 August 2023
- expectations for each gender as stifling to the growth of each person as ... For her study she chose education, despite her parents desire to become ...11 KB (1,553 words) - 17:40, 13 February 2024
- making it difficult for other musicians to play with him. Thus, during ... his numerous siblings were only permitted to listen to religious songs, ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 20:45, 1 May 2024
- A floodplain (or flood plain) is flat or nearly flat land adjacent ... of wildlife. Despite their susceptibility to flooding, floodplains attract ...10 KB (1,461 words) - 19:34, 9 November 2023
- Geopolitics attempts to explain international politics in terms of ... Geopolitics attempts to explain international politics in terms of ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 12:53, 5 November 2022
- In zoology, metamorphosis is the process of pronounced and relatively ... . The transformation from an egg to an adult butterfly involves ...11 KB (1,565 words) - 16:21, 9 November 2022
- Popularly known as R.F. Outcault, he is considered the inventor of ... quot; cartoon characters eventually led to a line of products including ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 20:15, 8 December 2022
- In most cases, the analyte in solution is first converted to a solid ... The precipitate can then be collected by filtration, washed to remove ...8 KB (1,266 words) - 19:27, 20 January 2023
- under various other formulations) refers to the self that must underlie ... statements based on faith in God came to be challenged as dogmatic. ...8 KB (1,206 words) - 00:40, 2 May 2023
- was a WWI conscientious objector sentenced to 15 years hard labor in the ... A conscientious objector (CO) is a person refusing to bear arms for ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- The ecliptic is the apparent path that the Sun traces out in the sky ... The ecliptic plane should be distinguished from the invariable ecliptic ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 18:02, 12 February 2024
- the Roman Catholic form of the faith brought to England by Augustine of Canterbury ... Evangelical and Anglo-Catholic. It is often seen as a bridge between ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 05:52, 28 July 2023
- 8, 1895), also known as Queen Min, married to King Gojong, the 26th King ... Queen Min, an unlikely person to take the reins of Korea during the ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- until 1817. She also occasionally acted as what is now described as First ... She was born in New Garden, a Quaker community in what is today Guilford ...12 KB (1,850 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Enlightenment ... equality and fraternity. In reality it led to the loss of liberty, dictatorship ...68 KB (10,394 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- A computer is a machine for manipulating data according to a list ... personal computers. Today, computers can be made small enough to fit into ...50 KB (7,240 words) - 00:24, 8 January 2024
- Sustainable development is defined as balancing the protection of ... the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" ...14 KB (1,869 words) - 00:30, 27 February 2023
- of the leaders of the baronial opposition to Edward II of England. A descendant ... oversight of kingly power that had begun to develop in England subsequent ...17 KB (2,615 words) - 20:54, 31 October 2022
- The relevance of Christian teachings to modern life was being challenged ... this, he felt the religious dimension had to permeate the secular sphere ...22 KB (3,350 words) - 01:34, 23 November 2022
- ninth President of Israel, serving from 2007 to 2014. Peres served twice as ... First elected to the Knesset in November 1959, Peres served continuously ...47 KB (6,756 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- was based on traditional beliefs, as opposed to the religious tendencies arising ... Though a Presbyterian and a Calvinist, he refused to entertain the ...15 KB (2,292 words) - 19:10, 4 December 2023
- by Lucas Tudensis (in the Acta Sanctorum), is mostly myth and cannot be trusted ... mastered Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. It is not known whether he ever embraced ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- composer of European classical music. He is widely regarded as one of the ... in which Christian hymns were central to the worship service. Many of ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
- There is lack of consensus over what range of animals is encompassed ... , the main distinction between mice and rats is a matter of size, with relatively ...17 KB (2,522 words) - 01:46, 11 March 2023
- and separation from their social obligations to process and adjust to change ... those making the transition from one phase to another, are Turner's ...16 KB (2,369 words) - 20:08, 3 May 2023
- Fig is the common name given to any vine, shrub, or tree in the genus ... In addition to the common fig, Ficus carica, the most well known species ...16 KB (2,692 words) - 19:39, 26 March 2024
- the murder of Malcolm X. He converted to Islam and made struggle for ... and black man on a train ride. His work is animated by his experience ...18 KB (2,687 words) - 07:05, 25 July 2023
- Utility, in a philosophical context, refers to what is good for a ... Britain although its central ideas may be traced back to Plato and ancient ...37 KB (5,971 words) - 13:49, 3 May 2023
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... part of Washington Territory and admitted to the Union as the 42nd state ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- painters, and they are considered by many to be the most important women ... " a title she and her circle came to embrace as describing their ...10 KB (1,531 words) - 17:21, 29 September 2023
- Environmentalism is a perspective that encompasses a broad range of ... and professionals from diverse disciplines is indispensable in order to cope ...21 KB (2,883 words) - 19:02, 13 February 2024
- Judo (Japanese: 柔道, jūdō; "gentle way") is a martial ... Judo is the successor to jujutsu and was founded by Dr. Jigoro Kano ...35 KB (5,636 words) - 09:00, 12 May 2024
- territories were confiscated and distributed to the victors under the new system ... space, Germany's renewed attempt to conquer Europe in World War ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- ) (January 20, 1948 - ) is a notable former Soviet dissident, human ... The group was organized in response to monitor Soviet compliance with ...16 KB (2,307 words) - 01:29, 11 November 2022
- and son of Laërtes and Anticlea, Odysseus is renowned for his guile and ... Relatively little is known of Odysseus' background except that ...27 KB (4,422 words) - 23:55, 17 November 2022
- Russian symbolism. The story of her marriage to Dmitri Merezhkovsky, which ... it as a cultural disaster, and in 1919 emigrated to Poland. ...40 KB (5,765 words) - 22:46, 29 June 2023
- ) is renowned as a monument of Christianity, of Gothic architecture ... Cologne Cathedral is one of the world's largest churches, being ...24 KB (3,597 words) - 22:36, 7 January 2024
- "Hear, [O] Israel") refers to the most important prayer in ... The text of the first part of the Shema is as follows: Hear, O Israel: ...14 KB (2,261 words) - 13:27, 27 January 2023
- this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ... It is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the north ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- of refraction than most types of glass; this is useful in the making of corrective ... Scratch-resistant coatings can be applied to most plastic lenses, ...22 KB (3,347 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- of Akbar. Tulsidas wrote twelve books and is considered the greatest and ... Tulsidas is considered a Prophet of Hinduism. His work, the Rāmacaritamānasa ...12 KB (1,974 words) - 18:42, 2 May 2023
- Aswan Low Dam, both of which work together to prevent the annual large floods ... The Aswan Dam is a rock fill dam, a type of dam that relies on compacted ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 18:40, 19 August 2023
- grass prairie in the United States. Efforts to preserve this uniquely scenic ... The Badlands Wilderness, designated by Congress in 1976, is located ...20 KB (3,121 words) - 05:36, 26 August 2023
- John Andrew Smith (1579 or 1580–1631), known to history as Captain ... In 1614, Smith returned to the New World in a voyage to coasts of ...17 KB (2,660 words) - 04:04, 3 May 2024
- a Japanese imperial loyalist whose effort to forge the Satsuma-Choshu Alliance ... Japan. He was the second son of a well-to-do family; his father, Sakamoto ...18 KB (2,973 words) - 00:57, 23 December 2022
- A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally ... of John Philip Sousa and comedic routines to contemporary Rock and Roll ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 2022
- paradox that humanist values often lead to both hedonism and boredom. ... In 1940, Antonioni moved to Rome, where he worked for Cinema, the ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 17:12, 9 November 2022
- at the box office. However, he cannot be regarded as being a mainstream ... Yet, for all that, Altman has come to be highly regarded by most critics ...44 KB (6,977 words) - 03:11, 15 December 2022
- the uncle of Eleanor Roosevelt, who would be first lady. Inaugurated at ... hunting expeditions of the time, led to some of the most progressive ...46 KB (7,173 words) - 17:59, 30 April 2023
- The Scream (1893; originally called Despair) is perhaps his most famous ... dread that modern humans feels when the soul is in conflict with the natural ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- China is one of the countries which had the most advanced mathematics ... a two-wheeled vehicle which was designed to constantly point south by the ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 06:13, 13 June 2023
- Fur seal is the common name for eared seals comprising the genera ... includes the seal spending its time close to the Antarctic ice. ...12 KB (1,705 words) - 07:37, 23 January 2023
- empiricist John Locke, and would himself be a significant influence on ... as a physician in the Cooper household, to educate his grandson. Shaftesbury ...11 KB (1,695 words) - 05:22, 31 July 2023
- Saint Clement I was a bishop of Rome from 88 to 99 C.E. Also called ... Clement of Rome is considered one of the Apostolic Fathers, and the ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2022
- [[Image:Eugenics congress logo.png|right|thumb|275px|"Eugenics ... Eugenics is a social philosophy which advocates the improvement of ...35 KB (5,140 words) - 04:18, 23 March 2024
- who favored Soviet-style modifications to communist economic policy, ... monuments; and breaking into private homes to destroy old books, Western ...18 KB (2,779 words) - 02:28, 8 December 2022
- modern republic. The name 'Taejo' is comprise of two Chinese characters ... the Goryeo throne, his move of the capital to Seoul, and his reforms in the ...15 KB (2,284 words) - 19:06, 24 October 2022
- Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses ... Kansas City, nicknamed the "City of Fountains," is well ...46 KB (6,922 words) - 17:38, 14 May 2024
- main group elements or their compounds. It is in the main group elements ... elements all have one valence electron which is easily lost to form an ion ...30 KB (4,368 words) - 00:41, 24 November 2022
- Postmodernism (sometimes abbreviated as Po-Mo) is a term applied to ... 1) postmodernism as a reaction to the aesthetic "modernism ...45 KB (6,401 words) - 05:50, 30 November 2022
- Chloral hydrate is a colorless, solid chemical compound with the formula ... The name chloral hydrate suggests that it is the hydrate of chloral ...12 KB (1,697 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- short story writer, and essayist, who is regarded as one of the most ... his literary aspirations, he was able to find support for his writing ...12 KB (1,855 words) - 08:53, 18 March 2024
- In the field of parapsychology, psychometry (soul-measuring) is defined ... The past is entombed in the present, the world is its own enduring ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 18:01, 14 April 2023
- for vocal production and created a novel art which culminated in the ... unusually blond and blue-eyed, a throw-back to his antecedents in central ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 21:07, 8 May 2020
- Dvaita (Devanagari:द्बैत, Kannada:ದ್ವೈತ) is a ... Madhva’s Dvaita school is decidedly realist in the same category ...14 KB (2,041 words) - 17:24, 12 February 2024
- habit, over which a black scapular or apron is sometimes worn) is a Roman ... The keynote of Cistercian life is a return to a literal observance ...26 KB (4,063 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
- Flour is a finely ground powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding cereal ... Flour is the key ingredient of bread, which is the staple food in ...20 KB (3,186 words) - 08:08, 21 May 2021
- planted” or "potted plant") is the art of aesthetic miniaturization ... during the Han dynasty and was introduced to Japan during the Kamakura period ...25 KB (3,891 words) - 07:23, 17 November 2023
- subject matter of the life sciences, which is the nature of life in all its ... century, when the social sciences began to be recognized as distinct disciplines ...53 KB (7,429 words) - 21:46, 30 January 2023
- The term Biblical canon refers to a definitive list of inspired, authoritative ... The final list of accepted scriptures is often considered to be inspired ...22 KB (3,254 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- Hermeticism is a set of philosophical and religious beliefs based ... The movement is generally traced to Alexandria in the first centuries ...42 KB (6,476 words) - 10:52, 22 January 2024
- KGB (transliteration of "КГБ") is the Russian-language ... secret police, and intelligence agency, from 1954 to 1991. ...41 KB (6,043 words) - 16:44, 14 May 2024
- The sociology of religion is primarily the study of the practices ... Historically, sociology of religion was of central importance to sociology ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- stances that make the assumption that nature is governed by objective laws ... that all phenomena and hypotheses can be studied using the same methods ...17 KB (2,419 words) - 15:22, 11 November 2022
- Ontology is a major branch of philosophy and a central part of metaphysics ... of that studies being in so far as it is being" (Metaphysics, IV ...15 KB (2,218 words) - 00:43, 18 November 2022
- the name implies, Formalism focused not on what the content of the story was ... (with ancestors from Shklov) who converted to Russian Orthodoxy. His mother ...20 KB (2,702 words) - 16:08, 31 August 2023
- of Africa. He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus ... Tertullian is the first Christian writer to use the term trinity, ...57 KB (8,333 words) - 20:17, 31 January 2024
- Stalinism is the name given to the political and economic system which ... Like many other "-isms" it can be used as a pejorative term when ...25 KB (3,574 words) - 16:24, 8 February 2023
- The bridge's main span over the East River is 1,595 feet, six ... The bridge is built from limestone, granite, and Rosendale natural ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 04:35, 22 November 2023
- Ghazzah; Hebrew:Retzu'at 'Azza) is a narrow coastal strip of land ... for further collapse when Israel responded to the Intifada of 1990 by imposing ...33 KB (4,844 words) - 04:49, 18 April 2024
- An abrasive is a material, often a mineral, that is used to shape ... technological applications. This gives rise to a large variation in the physical ...20 KB (3,070 words) - 06:35, 14 June 2023
- debates surrounding his teachings led to the Nestorian schism, separating ... Nestorianism originated in the fifth century out of an attempt to ...10 KB (1,525 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- Kimchi, also spelled gimchi or kimchee, refers to a traditional Korean ... The history of kimchi traces back to ancient times. References to ...18 KB (2,571 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- Ballroom dance refers to a set of learned partner dances, which are ... The waltz is credited with having been "invented" in Austria ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- In the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Jonah is the fifth in a series of ... The story is based on an obscure historical figure who probably lived ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 00:19, 19 November 2023
- :This page is about the biblical person Joshua. For the book, see ... Joshua or Yehoshúa (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ—"The LORD is help ...17 KB (2,859 words) - 19:56, 7 September 2022
- and music theorist. In philosophy, he is mainly remembered in his connection ... place of the new natural philosophy should be understood. Perhaps his main ...8 KB (1,231 words) - 15:57, 6 November 2022
- Millennialism or millenarianism is a Christian belief, based on the ... differences, consider the millennial kingdom to be earthly, and it would fit ...47 KB (6,873 words) - 18:00, 9 November 2022
- An anchor is an object that is used to attach a ship or boat to a ... A permanent anchor, often called a mooring, is one that is rarely moved. It ...30 KB (5,219 words) - 01:04, 9 January 2023
- Federalist No. 10 (Federalist Number 10) is an essay by James Madison ... No. 10 addresses the question of how to guard against "factions ...19 KB (2,859 words) - 01:53, 26 March 2024
- hero of disputed historical authenticity who is said to have lived in the Canton ... years ago when the Austrians controlled what is now Switzerland. The Austrian ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- law theorist who wrote An Introduction to the Study of the Law of the ... in society. He insisted that “no person is above the law and it is law ...10 KB (1,578 words) - 07:05, 13 June 2023
- Gamma rays (γ rays) is the popular name applied to gamma radiation ... in high energy regions of the universe. Due to their high energy content, ...16 KB (2,549 words) - 04:20, 18 April 2024
- etc.) for a more natural exposition. Chekhov is a modernist insofar as his ... Chekhov is best known in modern-day Russia for his several hundred ...19 KB (2,819 words) - 06:50, 31 July 2023
- Dravidian peoples refers to the peoples that natively speak languages ... The origins of the Dravidian people and language has been difficult ...24 KB (3,241 words) - 17:33, 30 January 2024
- Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history ... such as the biblical account in Genesis can be understood as “prehistory ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 11:30, 26 June 2022
- Rehoboam's reign has been dated to roughly the last quarter of ... The Bible is the main historical source for his reign. His story is ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 19:23, 23 June 2023
- Jerusalem, famous for its shrine. According to the biblical account, altars ... (or place) of God." Abraham, according to Genesis 12:8, built an altar ...13 KB (2,035 words) - 10:23, 4 March 2023
- Founded perhaps as early as the tenth century, Timbuktu is an African ... writing and copying of important books. It is remembered as well for its ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) is a small, dome-shaped cactus whose ... times by those who see it as a cheap means to experience a drug-induced altered ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 02:54, 24 November 2022
- The Progressive Movement in Korea began in 1873, just prior to the ... the whales. Indeed, the history of Korea is replete with invasions by Japan ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 23:06, 30 November 2022
- III. In 1321, he joined baronial opposition to Edward's profligacy and ... by Parliament, which appointed his young son to succeed with Isabella and Mortimer ...18 KB (2,777 words) - 02:39, 16 December 2022
- Clam is an imprecisely defined common name variously used for certain ... The term clam can be more precisely equated to any bivalve other than ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 22:30, 10 December 2023
- On his views about composing he once stated, "Music is for me ... Duchy of Finland. Although known as Janne to his family, during his student ...20 KB (3,124 words) - 17:26, 2 April 2024
- Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two unarmed persons ... but its basic principles are closely related to those of military hand-to-hand ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- was the grand prince of Kiev who converted to Christianity in 987 and is ... the Kievan Rus' from the Ukraine to the Baltic Sea through his ...12 KB (1,795 words) - 20:46, 3 May 2023
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... and millions displaced, due in large part to famine and disease. The chronic ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- back East. Though not the first artist to record these sites, Bierstadt ... called luminism. However that style began to wane with the influence of ...26 KB (3,901 words) - 04:59, 17 June 2023
- He was born to Ann Louis Penn Dagworthy (Charlton) and Captain John ... nearby. At the age of ten he was sent to Annapolis to attend St. John’s ...9 KB (1,528 words) - 04:51, 9 April 2024
- a medieval African state of Niger from 1389 to 1893. It was a continuation ... their neighbors (Arabs, Berbers and Hausa) to found a new state in Bornu ...14 KB (2,148 words) - 19:44, 20 November 2023
- Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish people. While far from ... According to Jewish thought, God established a covenant with the Jewish ...32 KB (4,795 words) - 08:46, 12 May 2024
- #039;s Most Valuable Player, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1956. Despite losing four prime seasons to World War II and another to a ...29 KB (4,518 words) - 21:15, 17 January 2024
- was bishop of Rome from August 30, 257 to August 6, 258. He died a brutal ... According to the Liber Pontificalis, Sixtus was Greek by birth, although ...11 KB (1,645 words) - 11:45, 13 February 2022
- Kapila or Maharishi Kapila is a Vedic sage (rishi) traditionally considered ... According to the oldest available Samkhya work, Isvarakrsna's ...11 KB (1,609 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
- and Inca civilizations, Spain laid claim to vast territories in North and ... have remained part of Spain. Also, according to the United Nations "Spanish ...78 KB (11,731 words) - 19:08, 7 February 2023
- Neptunium (chemical symbol Np, atomic number 93) is a silvery radioactive ... and the first member of this group to be produced synthetically. Its ...11 KB (1,451 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structures, properties ... with other carbon atoms in a variety of ways to give the enormous diversity ...8 KB (1,161 words) - 01:13, 18 November 2022
- A philanthropic foundation is a legal categorization of nonprofit ... A philanthropic foundation is a way to live for the sake of others ...18 KB (2,622 words) - 14:49, 28 March 2023
- Narcissism is a self-centered personality style characterized as having ... Narcissism can be described as a continuum that ranges from normal ...31 KB (4,187 words) - 17:00, 16 November 2023
- of Darius the Great (i. 16). Sogdiana is "listed" as the second ... by the Arabs. Though the Sogdian language is extinct, there remains a large ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- A subatomic particle is a particle smaller than an atom. It may be ... It may be helpful to think of fermions as "pixels of matter"—fundamental ...20 KB (3,162 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- Buddhist art refers to the rich and diverse representations of religious ... the death of Gautama Buddha (563 B.C.E. to 483 B.C.E.). This original ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- river delta meets the sea, it borders India to the west, north, and east and ... densely populated countries in the world is largely attributable to the ...30 KB (4,435 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- An academic conference is a conference for researchers (not always ... Today, developments in technology have begun to allow for Internet-based conferences ...13 KB (1,841 words) - 07:10, 14 June 2023
- quot;) was a term coined by Mahatma Gandhi to express his philosophy that ... derive from the Sanskrit language: Satya is the Sanskrit word for “truth” ...17 KB (2,735 words) - 22:38, 3 April 2020
- His empire stretched from the Netherlands to the Ural River and from the ... Norse sagas, in much of Western Europe he is remembered as the epitome of ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 18:24, 21 August 2023
- A barometer is an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure ... pressure predicts stormy weather" is the basis for a primitive weather ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 08:09, 20 September 2023
- poet and writer. Martí devoted his life to Cuban independence and firmly ... of poems Versos Sencillos were later put to music as "Guantanamera ...19 KB (3,059 words) - 06:30, 6 May 2024
- colonization of Australia, most notably in what came to be known as the Mabo ... distance across the Strait from Cape York to New Guinea is approximately ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 04:40, 1 May 2023
- The Old Farmer's Almanac is a reference book that contains weather ... Released the second Tuesday in September of the year prior to the ...19 KB (2,821 words) - 10:31, 11 March 2023
- from צוה, tzavah, "command") is a word used in Judaism to refer ... that if the reason for each mitzvah could be determined, people might try ...49 KB (8,351 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- New Brunswick (French: Nouveau-Brunswick) is one of Canada's ... The province's "name was chosen as a compliment to [the ...32 KB (4,639 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- California is a state on the West Coast of the United States, along ... California is rich in natural resources. The California Gold Rush ...42 KB (5,921 words) - 18:24, 25 November 2023
- Grasshoppers are long and slender insects belonging to the order Orthoptera ... For the purposes of this article, "grasshopper" refers to ...20 KB (2,942 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- media conglomerate. Scripps was the first to create a chain of newspapers ... E.W. Scripps was born in Rushville, Illinois, on June 18, 1854, to ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 17:31, 12 February 2024
- and blues-infused music propelled them to the heights of popularity during ... roll's "bad boys" in contrast to the Beatles' relatively ...30 KB (4,791 words) - 17:26, 30 April 2023
- means "man" or "person") is a general term for a group ... Prior to the arrival of Europeans, and even after their arrival since ...53 KB (8,160 words) - 18:55, 7 February 2023
- Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of skilled ... The Industrial Revolution led to major changes in the job market, ...23 KB (3,363 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
- United States. He led Germany's effort to develop a ballistic missile ... trace ancestry through both her parents to medieval European royalty. ...47 KB (7,340 words) - 17:15, 4 May 2023
- In mathematics, the concept of a curve tries to capture the intuitive ... The term curve is also used in ways making it almost synonymous with ...14 KB (2,245 words) - 21:42, 23 June 2022
- helminth, meaning "worm," which is indicative of their ribbon ... of acoelomates. Platyhelminths are thought to be the first invertebrates ...12 KB (1,667 words) - 20:17, 31 July 2022
- being largely motivated by an apparent need to prove the duo's belief ... resources or moral guidance and determined to prove themselves by committing ...16 KB (2,623 words) - 21:57, 25 October 2022
- Toothed whale is the general term for any of the various aquatic mammals ... Odontoceti is one of two suborders of cetaceans, the other being the ...13 KB (1,677 words) - 05:01, 4 November 2022
- somatophylakes, or bodyguards, attached to his person. He was a few years ... the view of some that multiculturalism is a chimera, the Ptolemaic period ...22 KB (3,249 words) - 23:34, 2 December 2022
- The Greater Blue Mountains Area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in ... The Area is comprised of seven contiguous national parks and one protected ...15 KB (2,192 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- anthropologist and social theorist. He is best known for his long-term ... Kluckhohn matriculated at Princeton University, but due to poor health ...10 KB (1,350 words) - 22:13, 7 January 2024
- for which he was sometimes referred to as "the Quiet Man." and Montreal Royals, Alston was promoted to manage the Dodgers in 1954. ...42 KB (6,008 words) - 01:00, 21 May 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is one of four municipalities of ... The urban area of Tianjin is located along the Haihe River, and is ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- most of their other Savoy operas, continue to be performed regularly throughout ... Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. According to The Cambridge History of English ...46 KB (7,062 words) - 22:03, 3 May 2023
- and is believed responsible for dispatching numerous Al-Qaeda suicide ... ), is believed to have been al-Zarqawi's real name. "Abu ...57 KB (8,842 words) - 17:21, 17 December 2022
- lawyers, he was an influential delegate to the United States Constitutional ... credit, and stock and commodity exchanges. To promote his national vision ...32 KB (4,920 words) - 14:22, 18 July 2023
- the name of any tribe or cultural group. It is not a name one gives to oneself ... barbarian cultures and actions contributed to societal progress. In particular ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- Boyle's law (sometimes called the Boyle-Mariotte law) is one ... Boyle's law can be stated as follows: For a fixed amount of an ...8 KB (1,241 words) - 14:53, 28 April 2020
- Dendroclimatology is the science of determining past climate conditions ... many local climate conditions for hundreds to thousands of years before modern ...10 KB (1,555 words) - 00:41, 27 July 2022
- The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New ... in just 410 days, the Empire State Building is an enduring symbol of the American ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 18:29, 13 February 2024
- and his virtuosity as a pianist led many to call him "the Charlie ... the composition "In Walked Bud" to Powell. In the early forties ...14 KB (2,220 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म from the root kri, "to do" ... Karma literally means "deed" or "act" and is associated ...16 KB (2,496 words) - 07:22, 5 October 2022
- Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United ... Colorado is one of only four states in the United States to share ...37 KB (5,383 words) - 22:39, 7 January 2024
- and statistical theory. He also attempted to create a new encyclopedia. ... War I, the Austrian government assigned him to the planning ministry during ...12 KB (1,753 words) - 05:54, 18 November 2022
- Date palm or date is the common name for a palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera ... While the term "date palm" by itself typically is associated ...25 KB (3,862 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- School, Hassler maintained that service to the community was in the conscientious ... many German composers of the time, he went to Italy to continue his studies; ...4 KB (660 words) - 01:17, 19 January 2024
- The Somali Civil War is an armed conflict in Somalia that started ... of its mandate, resulted in reluctance to intervene in the Rwandan Genocide ...29 KB (4,403 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- Swahili (also called Kiswahili; see below for derivation) is a Bantu ... people speak it as their native language, it is spoken as a second language ...43 KB (6,328 words) - 15:52, 12 January 2024
- (during that year's revolution), which is now viewed as a first step ... recovered the ship, her name was changed to Panteleimon. She accidentally ...35 KB (5,047 words) - 18:20, 22 December 2022
- quot; or "adrenalin" respectively) is a hormone that is secreted ... Epinephrine is one of two main hormones excreted by the adrenal medulla ...13 KB (1,794 words) - 16:18, 15 February 2021
- Journey to the West (Traditional Chinese: 西遊記; Simplified Chinese: ... The novel tells the entertaining story of the Buddhist monk Xuánzàng ...24 KB (3,989 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- Authenticity is a philosophical concept that denotes the genuine, ... been discussed by many thinkers. According to Existentialists, who formally ...14 KB (2,048 words) - 19:15, 22 August 2023
- prominent auxin indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is found in almost all plants ... in the plant life cycle. In addition to the definitive function of ...15 KB (2,169 words) - 05:59, 10 January 2023
- part of of a campaign by the Japanese army to suppress Korean independence ... in 1907. Groups of soldiers loyal to Korea resisted the Japanese ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 11:38, 20 September 2023
- which he shaped into the organization it is today. ==Life== were Scottish immigrants. Henry was sent to live with his grandmother in ...17 KB (2,654 words) - 04:14, 7 May 2024
- Baba) (November 23, 1926 - April 24, 2011) is a famous South Indian guru ... Across the globe, local Sathya Sai Baba groups assemble to sing bhajans ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 15:00, 23 October 2023
- Monetary policy is the government or central bank process of managing ... The economic system of human society can be likened to a human body ...27 KB (4,108 words) - 19:56, 9 November 2022
- The Niagara Escarpment is a long, precipitous, cliff-like ridge of ... The Niagara Escarpment is the most prominent of several escarpments ...10 KB (1,467 words) - 23:26, 14 November 2022
- ) is a large seaport city on the northern coast of Colombia. Founded ... kidnappings, and murder required efforts to foster stability. To achieve ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- Böll's novels are part of modern Germany's attempt to come ... Böll was a gentle, peace-loving man but tenacious in his efforts ...12 KB (1,890 words) - 15:15, 25 January 2023
- The Wundt illusion is an optical illusion where straight lines appear ... The Wundt illusion is named for German psychologist Wilhelm Wundt ...3 KB (445 words) - 14:11, 20 May 2023
- and integrity in delivering the news, he is considered among journalism ... broadcasting, Murrow's work continued to bring information to the public ...32 KB (5,062 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2024
- rebounding, shot blocking, and his talent to shoot over smaller defenders ... MVP trophy, three scoring titles, and named to the first four NBA All-Star ...19 KB (3,019 words) - 14:49, 21 May 2024
- Ardhanarisvara (also known as Ardhanari and Mohiniraaj) is an androgynous ... In Hindu iconography, Ardhanarisvara is depicted as half-male and ...12 KB (1,890 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- A fallacy is an error in an argument. There are two main kinds of ... In this article, the only classification is the distinction between formal ...14 KB (2,254 words) - 00:35, 25 March 2024
- (February 17, 1899 - October 22, 1954) is the most popular Bengali poet ... his first poem in 1919, and continued to publish poems, collections ...31 KB (4,652 words) - 01:09, 9 February 2023
