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- Essential oil is any concentrated, hydrophobic (immiscible with water ... and solvent extraction. Essential oils can be very complex chemically, with ...16 KB (2,270 words) - 12:06, 5 March 2021
- Euripides, who would follow him, Aeschylus is one of the seminal figures ... who examined the relation of the gods to the lives of mortal men. More ...18 KB (2,989 words) - 05:50, 16 June 2023
- A virtual museum is a museum that houses collections in digital form ... museum/about.htm Museum of Computer Art]) is an example of this type. MOCA ...12 KB (1,742 words) - 20:36, 3 May 2023
- fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "Koo ... the wide area stretching from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean, and was ...17 KB (2,468 words) - 08:09, 28 January 2024
- Gym, a shortened form of gymnasium, refers to facilities intended ... and psychological development. The gymnasium is thus a valuable asset for any ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- ) is a 50 cm by 70 m (20 in by 230 ft) long embroidered cloth, done ... The Tapestry is valued both as a work of art and as a source concerning ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 03:10, 26 September 2023
- The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet that rose to the top of ... over four decades, but were finally forced to endure a lineup change when ...13 KB (2,032 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- The Frankfurt school is a school of neo-Marxist social theory, social ... The Frankfurt School can be criticized for its reliance on the atheistic ...23 KB (3,258 words) - 05:11, 9 April 2024
- Mount Shasta, a 14,179-foot (4,322-meter) stratovolcano, is the second ... Physically unconnected to any nearby mountain and rising abruptly ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 17:45, 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
- care industries. The city serves as home to much of India's automobile ... and two railway terminals connect Chennai to the rest of the country. Thirty ...44 KB (6,123 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- "brother-sister kin," Totemism is an aspect of religious belief ... This form of religious activity is most commonly found within tribal ...20 KB (3,178 words) - 04:44, 1 May 2023
- :This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. Other ... An explosive material is a material that either is chemically or otherwise ...41 KB (6,258 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- separately by two boys, each of whom claimed to have been inspired by a vision ... abound, and the actual events continue to be a subject of debate among ...16 KB (2,418 words) - 15:33, 10 December 2023
- The Yayoi period (弥生時代, Yayoi-jidai) is an era in the history ... period and beginning of the Kofun period is marked by the appearance of ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 09:53, 23 May 2023
- contraception and abortion—and attempts to modernize the country and the ... as president of that region from 1986 to 2004. He was elected to the ...24 KB (3,434 words) - 16:28, 29 December 2020
- Copenhagen, the capital and largest city of Denmark, is located on ... the center of the Øresund Region, which is home to almost 3.7 million ...28 KB (4,058 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
- 围棋), and Baduk in Korean (바둑), is a strategic board game. It ... Go is played by alternately placing black and white stones on the ...59 KB (9,909 words) - 08:05, 24 January 2023
- Eastern region, and Southern Igala. It is claimed that it extended through ... This Confederacy owed its origin to the rise of the slave trade in ...15 KB (2,314 words) - 03:57, 15 August 2023
- he founded the American Economic Association to encourage economic research ... Clark sought to discover economic relationships, such as the relationship ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 07:36, 5 April 2024
- Contrary to the popular conception of an either-or dichotomy between ... Fisher was born in East Finchley, London to George and Katie Fisher ...23 KB (3,500 words) - 21:28, 15 August 2022
- Magnetite is a ferromagnetic mineral with the chemical formula Fe3O4and ... Magnetite mineral is valuable as an iron-bearing ore. In addition ...8 KB (1,145 words) - 05:09, 5 November 2022
- Measures of national income and output are used in economics to measure ... These measurements are not easy to calculate accurately, for various ...33 KB (5,148 words) - 19:46, 7 July 2023
- The Records of Three Kingdoms (三國志, 三国志, Sānguó Zhì ... Records of Three Kingdoms became the basis for a later historical ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- novelist and poet. Beckett's work is stark, fundamentally minimalist ... Beckett is a unique figure in the history of Western literature. Born ...30 KB (4,732 words) - 01:16, 21 April 2023
- , Aidēs) refers to both the ancient Greek underworld and to the deity ... has sometimes been used in Christianity to refer to the abode of the dead ...23 KB (3,693 words) - 16:36, 21 January 2024
- The principle of sufficient reason is the principle which is presupposed ... *For every entity x, if x exists, then there is a sufficient explanation ...13 KB (1,981 words) - 21:33, 26 February 2023
- after a peace conference held from March 20 to April 17, 1895. The treaty ... This victory cemented Japan's place as an empire and a power ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- view of an Aristotelian. His best known work is The Right and The Good (1930 ... on and translations of Aristotle; this work is probably of equal importance ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 15:58, 7 May 2023
- ), Kazakhstan's former capital, is the scientific, cultural, ... a riot took place in Almaty in response to Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal ...17 KB (2,420 words) - 08:16, 23 July 2023
- School. After World War I he returned to sociology, and developed his ... quot; (Grenznutzen), a phrase which has come to be associated with all subjectivist ...16 KB (2,487 words) - 03:17, 1 December 2023
- Divination is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation ... Divination is distinguished from fortune-telling in that divination ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- was a Seychellois politician. Committed to the principles of democracy ... father, a successful businessman, sent James to law school in England. He also ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- She is considered one of the twentieth century's greatest classical ... the youngest of four children born to Jessie Margaret (née Saltmarsh; ...26 KB (3,842 words) - 18:10, 24 January 2024
- The Book of Lamentations (Hebrew מגילת איכה) is a book of ... The text is traditionally read by Jewish people on Tisha B'Av ...22 KB (3,444 words) - 00:22, 19 November 2023
- A liquid crystal display (LCD) is a thin, flat display device made ... were rather bulky. In the future, LCDs will be used more, not only for computers ...20 KB (3,141 words) - 04:22, 29 October 2022
- 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
- Group marriage is a form of polygamous marriage in which more than ... of the group. Two of the greatest challenges to such groups have been the bearing ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 12:30, 24 January 2023
- The horn is a brass instrument that consists of tubing wrapped into ... The horn, as a member of the brass instrumental family, is a powerful ...16 KB (2,716 words) - 14:17, 7 February 2024
- own works. However, these pieces soon came to be accepted on their own merit ... of the Franco-Belgian school, his style is nonetheless reminiscent of ...12 KB (1,707 words) - 07:05, 15 April 2024
- In geology, a fault (or fault line) is a planar rock fracture that ... the boundary between two tectonic plates is called a transform fault. ...12 KB (1,799 words) - 01:40, 26 March 2024
- important Muslim scholar and theologian. He is considered the founder of the ... Ibn Hanbal is considered a defender of orthodoxy, or pure Islam, and ...7 KB (1,052 words) - 06:52, 16 June 2023
- missiles in Cuba. The missiles were placed to protect Cuba from attacks by ... 16, 1962, when U.S. reconnaissance was shown to U.S. President John F. Kennedy ...24 KB (3,635 words) - 06:42, 11 January 2024
- Court Jew is a term for Jewish leaders who rose to positions of influence ... philanthropists who used their influence to help and protect their brethren ...12 KB (1,873 words) - 20:25, 28 May 2020
- self-defined course of study, and began to develop a philosophy of history ... of spirit” as a humanistic alternative to the consolations of religion ...15 KB (2,246 words) - 09:08, 27 September 2023
- governed by consensus, and was committed to improving the lives of all ... linked. While in power, he worked hard to try to heal the rift between ...25 KB (3,662 words) - 05:46, 16 November 2023
- and moral philosophy. Sometimes referred to as the "Dutch Socrates ... Failing to obtain a professorship, he served as secretary to the state ...8 KB (1,207 words) - 04:59, 9 April 2024
- underwent intense renewal, giving birth to new paths to enlightenment ... Until today, the Japanese have continued to be interested in Shinran ...16 KB (2,491 words) - 14:15, 27 January 2023
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... interest in Western music, and attempts to adapt both Western classical ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are ... The most significant use of nuclear reactors is as an energy source ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... to 3 million persons. U.S. State Department, [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Doctor Universalis and Doctor Communis. He is the foremost classical proponent ... Saint Thomas Aquinas is held in the Roman Catholic Church to be the ...35 KB (5,231 words) - 18:38, 30 April 2023
- A chronogram is a sentence or inscription in which specific letters ... used on tombstones and foundation stones to mark the date of the event ...16 KB (2,297 words) - 21:54, 10 December 2023
- September 28, 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.) is one of the world's foremost ... the West as Confucianism that later spread to Korea and Japan. It was introduced ...28 KB (4,530 words) - 19:00, 15 May 2020
- Ytterbium (chemical symbol Yb, atomic number 70) is a soft silvery ... It is found in the minerals gadolinite, monazite, and xenotime. The ...11 KB (1,375 words) - 21:33, 4 June 2023
- Sperry was born in Cortland, New York, to Stephen Decatur and Mary ... While still a student, he saved enough to visit the Centennial Exhibition ...9 KB (1,284 words) - 17:16, 13 February 2024
- A contract is a legally binding exchange of promises or agreement ... Contract law can be classified, as is habitual in civil law systems ...41 KB (6,819 words) - 02:48, 8 January 2024
- Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science and engineering ... Research in AI is concerned with producing machines to automate tasks ...15 KB (2,061 words) - 17:40, 16 August 2023
- Elephant is the common name for any of the large land mammals comprising ... of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is recognized, with two subspecies ...64 KB (9,737 words) - 10:18, 21 January 2023
- increasingly ineffective as he was promoted to lead larger, independent commands ... despite his father's reluctance to support a military career for ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 05:57, 3 August 2022
- Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) is a species of banyan fig, characterized ... who later became known as Gautama Buddha, is said to have been sitting underneath ...10 KB (1,612 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- Mammoth is the common name for any of the large, extinct elephants ... Mammoths have captured the human imagination and added to the wonder ...14 KB (2,035 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the solar system, ... This planet is heavily cratered and appears similar to the Moon. It ...35 KB (5,451 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- Rhodium (chemical symbol Rh, atomic number 45) is a rare, silvery ... it is a symbol of wealth and is occasionally used in the presentation ...13 KB (1,685 words) - 20:04, 8 December 2022
- David Émile Durkheim (April 15, 1858 - November 15, 1917) is known ... Much of his work, in fact, was dedicated to demonstrating that religious ...22 KB (3,327 words) - 18:01, 13 February 2024
- This philosophy would later be applied by the Nazis in their Final ... career for his son and at 11 he was sent to Cheltenham College, a public ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:22, 4 February 2023
- In addition to extensive territory around and beyond the Baltic, Sweden ... in the fields of aid and development, Sweden is committed to achieving an equitable ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- In physics, magnetism is one of the phenomena by which materials exert ... are called magnets, and their ability to attract or repel other materials ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 05:09, 5 November 2022
- William Langland is the conjectured author of the fourteenth-century ... In addition to Piers Plowmans political role in its own times, the ...19 KB (3,143 words) - 11:09, 10 May 2023
- Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gon is known as Korea's first Roman Catholic ... Korean monarchy, as it desperately tried to preserve itself and Korea& ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 17:52, 27 July 2023
- and early nineteenth centuries (roughly 1760 to 1840) in Britain, the United ... turning point in human history, comparable to the invention of farming or ...56 KB (8,479 words) - 16:09, 28 September 2021
- ), is a Chinese transverse flute, usually made of bamboo. It is also ... from the inner tube of a bamboo or reed, is made taut and glued over this ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- following its publication, and Malory is generally seen as the primary ... The antiquary John Leland believed him to be Welsh, but most modern scholarship ...10 KB (1,589 words) - 21:21, 30 April 2023
- Catholic missionary priest from Belgium who is most noted for caring and ministering ... Father Damien's tireless efforts to alleviate the suffering of ...24 KB (3,819 words) - 01:38, 26 March 2024
- and its fertility, and, over time, came to be associated with rituals ... As an Egyptian deity, Geb belonged to a complex religious, mythological ...20 KB (3,212 words) - 17:11, 23 October 2022
- Irishmen Irish independence movement and is regarded as the father of Irish ... colony in Hawaii which he had submitted to William Pitt the Younger, turned ...20 KB (3,240 words) - 17:54, 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
- as a Liberal. He was Secretary for War 1809 to 1828. He is best remembered ... hand, he advocated that moral responsibility to do what is right and to defend ...66 KB (10,174 words) - 15:23, 25 January 2023
- Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the ... chains into the form of a triple helix. It is characterized by the regular ...18 KB (2,575 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- and a talented musician. Appointed to the House of Wisdom (Bayt el ... Avicenna and Averroes. He consistently tried to demonstrate that philosophy ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 04:13, 17 June 2023
- The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Religious Society ... in all its forms and therefore refuse to serve in the military, the ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 03:35, 24 July 2023
- producer, director, and screenwriter. He is most remembered for being a ... personal setbacks deter him from his purpose to entertain the people with a ...23 KB (3,587 words) - 22:09, 3 May 2023
- segment, and a hard exoskeleton that must be periodically shed for growth. Crustacea is the only subphylum of arthropoda to contain mostly aquatic ...12 KB (1,751 words) - 19:04, 4 June 2020
- Bermuda (officially, The Bermuda Islands) is a British overseas territory ... Although commonly referred to in the singular, the territory consists ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- islands). This early migration of Greek gods to Roman areas led to the creation ... In classical Greek mythology, Hephaestus can be seen as evidence of ...15 KB (2,287 words) - 13:45, 9 February 2022
- president of Argentina. He served from 1946 to 1955 and again from 1973 to 1974. Party. Perón followers lauded his efforts to eliminate poverty and to dignify ...17 KB (2,640 words) - 06:03, 10 May 2024
- More than 300 structures are credited to him, exclusive of his more ... Born into a Christian family, he converted to Islam after being drafted ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 22:27, 29 January 2023
- capital of China, Nanjing, after it fell to the Imperial Japanese Army ... The extent of the atrocities is debated between China and Japan, with ...36 KB (5,482 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
- Cobra is the common name for a number of Asian and African snakes ... Although cobras can be dangerous, and thus instill fear in people ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 07:35, 14 January 2023
- the Crusades were Christian Holy Wars to recapture Jerusalem and the ... spiritual and temporal power in Europe prior to the emergence of nation-states ...33 KB (5,138 words) - 15:34, 30 April 2023
- Canning is a method of preserving food by first sealing it in air ... (116-130°C) and pressure. Foods that must be pressure canned include most ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 19:25, 25 November 2023
- Each Upanishad is associated with one of the Samhitas. Vedanta, “the ... subsequent systems of philosophy attempted to reconcile themselves to at ...28 KB (4,159 words) - 13:11, 3 May 2023
- China. Among his many accomplishments, Zhang is credited with inventing a seismometer ... E.). As a cartographer, Zhang was the first to make a mathematical grid reference. ...53 KB (7,780 words) - 16:31, 19 January 2024
- virtue, and restored Confucian scholarship to prominence. Under Gaozu’s ... that one day he brought many friends home to eat with the family. Even though ...17 KB (2,890 words) - 20:34, 31 December 2021
- Samara, and Saratov Oblasts of Russia. To trace the story of this largely ... The name Bashkir is recorded at the beginning of the tenth century ...10 KB (1,550 words) - 04:39, 11 January 2023
- :This article is about the astronomical term. [[Image:Solar eclips ... A corona is a type of plasma "atmosphere" of the Sun or ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:34, 8 January 2024
- human women and “sons of God” (proposed to be giants or proto humans) ... The Hebrew of “nephilim” is נפלים, which may mean “those ...15 KB (2,395 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- broke into the mainstream with "Thrill Is Gone," which reached number ... Stevie Ray Vaughn, and many others. He is the recipient of numerous awards ...26 KB (3,986 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- genius, and determination enabled him to defeat the Serapis during a ... the Friendship. During his numerous journeys to Fredericksburg, Virginia, aboard ...18 KB (2,783 words) - 03:55, 2 May 2024
- Julian of Norwich (c. November 8, 1342 – c. 1416) is considered ... These visions, 20 years later, would be the source of her major work ...13 KB (2,141 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- salon and her many literary friendships, can be seen in the number of writers ... salacious French bestseller Sapphic Idyll to The Well of Loneliness. She ...46 KB (7,032 words) - 01:28, 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
- Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory ... domination during the colonial era, continue to impact the lives of many people ...36 KB (5,415 words) - 07:40, 14 January 2023
- The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is an influential international daily ... opinion page articles that are not limited to economic topics, but include ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 17:37, 30 April 2023
- Carbonic acid (ancient name acid of air or aerial acid) is a weak ... Carbon dioxide dissolved in water is in equilibrium with carbonic acid: ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 19:10, 26 November 2023
- , trans. Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is an Indo-Aryan language ... of native speakers, among all languages. It is the national language of Pakistan ...53 KB (7,869 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- ruler of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, though at first in partnership ... during his watch. While he used detente to engineer advantages for his ...24 KB (3,435 words) - 15:34, 28 April 2023
- Exoskeleton is a hard, external structure that covers, supports, and ... While the term exoskeleton most commonly is used for invertebrates ...22 KB (3,138 words) - 06:10, 13 September 2023
- Diphtheria is a highly-contagious disease caused by Corynebacterium ... Diphtheria is spread by direct physical contact or breathing the secretions ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 00:38, 26 August 2020
- 112 (1,858,000 in its metropolitan area), is the capital of Paraguay, home ... Asunción is a charming city, with beautiful flowering trees and large ...19 KB (2,690 words) - 18:39, 19 August 2023
- Bacon is any of certain cuts of meat taken from the sides, belly, ... prohibitions. Its long storage life, due to the curing process, and the ...17 KB (2,674 words) - 05:35, 26 August 2023
- John Skelton (c. 1460 – June 21, 1529) is one of the most unusual ... rediscovered. Although he remains obscure to general readers, his importance ...13 KB (2,070 words) - 07:50, 3 August 2022
- which they received the title “Apostles to the Slavs.” They are credited ... in Thessaloniki in 827 and 826 respectively to a Byzantine Greek drungarios ...33 KB (4,701 words) - 20:51, 17 April 2023
- Liverwort is the common name for any of the small, green, non-vascular ... It is estimated that there are perhaps 10,000 species of liverworts ...21 KB (3,070 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- artistic mastery were so commanding that he is often considered the archetypal ... sketches, and reminiscences that survive is taken into account, he is the ...21 KB (3,322 words) - 17:11, 9 November 2022
- minimalist cinematic style that, according to many critics, points to spirituality ... Biographical information about Bresson is incomplete and somewhat ...22 KB (3,559 words) - 03:13, 15 December 2022
- Ivy Ledbetter Lee (July 16, 1877 – November 9, 1934) is often considered ... World War I, bringing the organization to the attention of the American ...11 KB (1,658 words) - 01:07, 8 February 2023
- together, and are almost always referred to as "Ilf and Petrov." ... the New Economic Policy of the 1920s, prior to the institution of Socialist ...13 KB (2,022 words) - 16:19, 12 February 2024
- meaning "temple," plural templa) is a feature of Byzantine architecture ... barriers. Classical stage architecture is one possible source. At certain ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- ) is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean ... Tsunami have been historically referred to as tidal waves because ...44 KB (6,684 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- Educational psychology is a dynamic discipline with immense potential ... in the field of educational psychology is to understand the processes ...35 KB (4,855 words) - 18:18, 12 February 2024
- (Avestan: Zaraθuštra), also referred to as Zartosht ( ... of the Sassanid Empire of Persia; it is predominantly practiced today ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- The “Fulani Empire” is now known as the Sokoto Caliphate or “Sultanate ... powerful empires in sub-Saharan Africa prior to European conquest and colonization ...23 KB (3,525 words) - 07:17, 15 April 2024
- Antennae (singular antenna) are paired appendages connected to the ... There are a wide diversity of forms, adding to the diversity of nature. ...6 KB (965 words) - 05:21, 31 July 2023
- Chinese: 石头记; pinyin: Shítóu jì) is one of the masterpieces of ... The novel is a detailed, episodic record of the lives of the members ...35 KB (5,738 words) - 17:35, 30 January 2024
- his playing career was shortened due to the effects of diabetes, particularly ... the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from 1918 to 1922 and had earlier been offered ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 18:51, 11 September 2023
- every Independence Day, August 15th. That is remarkable when considering ... Shan Jahan moved his capital from Agra in an attempt to bring prestige ...10 KB (1,606 words) - 02:24, 8 December 2022
- in the cell-mediated immune system. They can be distinguished from other lymphocyte ... The cell-mediated immune system is very complex and highly coordinated ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 18:36, 24 October 2022
- Mesa Verde National Park is a U.S. National Park and UNESCO World ... Little is known of the people who constructed these dwellings, and ...23 KB (3,607 words) - 10:33, 10 March 2023
- 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
- one meaning. In a narrow sense, it refers to the salt potassium carbonate ... potash (in the form of potassium oxide) is used mainly as a fertilizer. ...6 KB (830 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- nineteenth century. Greeley used the paper to promote the Whig and Republican ... of a poor farmer. He declined a scholarship to Phillips Exeter Academy and ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 14:59, 2 February 2024
- formal training, Lord Carnarvon was not able to conduct his own archaeological ... Lord Carnarnvon is remembered for his part in bringing to public awareness ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 17:00, 20 May 2024
- The concept of a duty is the concept of a requirement. If one has ... The notion of a duty is closely linked with the concepts of ‘ought’ ...19 KB (3,122 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- the birth of Jesus. The word Christmas is derived from Middle English ... It is a contraction meaning "Christ's mass." The name ...30 KB (4,439 words) - 14:09, 7 May 2024
- and methodological work contributed to the development of sociology ... Znaniecki, together with Thomas, were the first researchers to use ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 07:56, 21 May 2021
- The Curse of Ham (also called the curse of Canaan) refers to the curse ... used by some members of Abrahamic religions to justify racism and the enslavement ...14 KB (2,307 words) - 02:17, 15 January 2023
- Delhi, sometimes referred to as Dilli or Dhilli, is the second largest ... Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world ...33 KB (4,788 words) - 09:20, 28 January 2024
- Biblical criticism is a form of literary criticism that seeks to analyze ... called lower criticism—which seeks to establish the original text ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 03:40, 1 October 2023
- member of the Theosophical Society, appears to have been the initial driving ... written in English using a cipher attributed to German scholar Johannes Trithemius ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 14:46, 12 February 2022
- Jürgen Habermas (born June 18, 1929) is a German philosopher, political ... in the Nazi regime, and encouraged his son to join the Hitler Youth. Habermas ...27 KB (3,751 words) - 16:42, 14 May 2024
- Socialist economics is a term which refers in its descriptive sense ... There has developed a diverse array of ideas that have been referred ...42 KB (6,187 words) - 15:03, 27 April 2023
- Natural theology is a branch of theology, which attempts to establish ... St. Augustine of Hippo seems to be the first to use natural theology ...12 KB (1,729 words) - 15:21, 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
- role in the Scottish Enlightenment. His work is sometimes described as constituting ... not write his own sermons, instead beginning to work on developing his philosophical ...15 KB (2,355 words) - 22:50, 30 April 2023
- Catastrophism is the idea that Earth's features have remained ... the biblical account of the Great Flood is a prime example of these beliefs ...15 KB (2,089 words) - 17:51, 30 November 2023
- The Treaty of Nanking (Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which ... the British Empire. For many, its transfer to Chinese control in 1997 represented ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- Pedagogy, literally translated, is the art or science of teaching ... Successful education for all depends on teachers being able to embrace ...26 KB (3,614 words) - 17:11, 26 March 2023
- Journalism is the reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting ... officials and institutions accountable to the public, while media critics ...45 KB (6,779 words) - 14:13, 9 September 2023
- In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices ... the Middle Ages and the Renaissance began to write music with greater linear ...21 KB (3,187 words) - 08:33, 10 January 2024
- January 30, 1836) was an American woman who is said to have sewn the first ... Elizabeth ("Betsy") Griscom was born on January 1, 1752 ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 18:00, 29 September 2023
- A balloon is a flexible bag normally filled with a gas, such as helium ... latex tapped from rubber trees and can be filled with air, helium, water ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- (1964–1978) of an independent Kenya. He is considered the founding father ... On the one hand, Kenyatta is a symbol of his nation, on the other ...13 KB (1,915 words) - 19:43, 4 May 2024
- in Rueil, where her daughter, Hortense is interred beside her. Her marriage ... June 23, 1763, but baptized in Martinique, to a slave-owning family that ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 19:55, 7 September 2022
- , also spelled Maryinsky Theater) is a historic theater of opera and ... The theatre is named after Empress Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar ...11 KB (1,538 words) - 15:55, 6 November 2022
- the fourth and last member of the Whig Party to hold that office. He succeeded ... While Fillmore is considered by many as one of the lesser United States ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 17:59, 9 November 2022
- Robin Hood is an archetypal figure in English folklore, whose story ... series, books, comics, and plays. There is no consensus as to whether ...35 KB (5,638 words) - 17:08, 16 August 2023
- Arson is the crime of willfully or maliciously setting a fire for ... Arson risks both property and human life, and as such is destructive ...10 KB (1,466 words) - 05:41, 9 January 2023
- Inference is the act or process of deriving a conclusion based on ... Inference is studied within several different fields. * Human inference ...20 KB (3,113 words) - 22:38, 5 February 2023
- Kobe(Kōbe-shi) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent ... It was one of the first cities to open for trade with the Western ...32 KB (4,446 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- in North Carolina, which moved north to New York, and then partially ... the Tuscarora population, they also began to take their lands and kidnapped ...19 KB (2,784 words) - 00:36, 3 May 2023
- in Liverpool. Jevons was one of three men to simultaneously advance the ... the bias regarding class, gender, and race is obvious in Jevons' work ...23 KB (3,455 words) - 10:52, 12 May 2023
- and Modernist poetry of his age. In contrast to the verbal flourish of poets ... Housman was also not given over easily to sentiment and optimism; he ...10 KB (1,687 words) - 06:50, 13 June 2023
- The question of the meaning of life is perhaps the most fundamental ... answers and explanations, from scientific to philosophical and religious ...50 KB (7,753 words) - 02:49, 9 November 2022
- era who used his religious background to give the world many works which ... of his century whose entire musical output is determined by his religious ...22 KB (3,442 words) - 06:48, 31 July 2023
- The dragon is a mythical creature typically depicted as a large and ... still seen as powerful and often dangerous to humankind, the latter part ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- of their point of view were deputies to the Legislative Assembly originally ... execution of Girondin leaders. This event is considered to mark the beginning ...34 KB (4,885 words) - 16:31, 15 December 2022
- Regolith is a layer of loose, heterogeneous material covering solid ... On Earth, regolith is an important factor that supports living organisms ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 03:04, 8 December 2022
- The Law Library of the United States Congress was established in 1832 ... The Libray has been guided by the "belief that universal access ...19 KB (2,884 words) - 06:58, 4 March 2023
- This article is about Time (magazine) for other meanings see Time. Time magazine is a weekly publication, based in New York City, bringing ...20 KB (2,824 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
- times, and the social-political movement to secure prohibition. Selling ... Many social problems have been attributed to the Prohibition era. ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 23:11, 30 November 2022
- was named. Sher Shah constructed Qila Rohtas to block Emperor Humayun's ... Qila Rohtas is situated in a gorge approximately 16 km NW of Jhelum ...24 KB (3,894 words) - 02:42, 16 December 2022
- Self defense refers to acts of violence committed for the purpose ... or defense of a third person) convert what would otherwise have been ...26 KB (4,174 words) - 17:48, 25 January 2023
- Research in illusions therefore seeks to understand how human beings ... of the most notable uses of such principles is found in the trompe d'oeil ...32 KB (4,837 words) - 16:27, 12 February 2024
- Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, refers to events of the Carnival celebration ... is French for "Fat Tuesday," reflecting the practice of ...24 KB (3,459 words) - 03:52, 6 November 2022
- Albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is one of the eight tuna species belonging ... This species may also be called albacore fish, albacore tuna, longfin ...9 KB (1,355 words) - 17:46, 19 December 2022
- covers a wide range of subjects, he is known primarily for his moral ... Hutcheson is thought to have been born at Drumalig, in the parish ...14 KB (2,173 words) - 04:50, 9 April 2024
- eastern Moldova. It corresponds in the main to modern Romania and Moldova ... revolt. Hadrian almost withdrew but stayed to protect Romans who had settled ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- Weightlessness is the experience (by people and objects) during free ... in a chair on the ground, etc. (gravity is countered by the reaction force ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 23:27, 3 May 2023
- A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet ... Scottish dish celebrated by Burns in Address to a Haggis), Scotch whisky, and ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- Pope Saint Simplicius was pope from 468 to March 10, 483. During his ... leaders during the first part of his papacy to counter Monophysitism, Simplicius ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 11:44, 13 February 2022
- at the school, William S. Clarke. Determined to live by the Covenant, Uchimura ... In 1891 Uchimura’s refusal to bow deeply enough ("worshiping ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
- Spearfishing is a form of fishing that has been popular throughout ... or pneumatic-powered spearguns and slings to strike the hunted fish. ...23 KB (3,586 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2023
- Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) is the modern term for a school ... Their doctrines of “emanation,” return to the origin, and others should ...11 KB (1,605 words) - 16:18, 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
- War. During his reign, Totila attempted to initiate reforms and relations ... Admired for his achievements, Totuila is considered second only to ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 04:44, 1 May 2023
- Celsius (or centigrade) is a temperature scale named after the Swedish ... United States, however, the Celsius scale is used mainly by scientists and ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- Wizard of Tuskegee," Washington worked to achieve economic and social ... Southern freedmen needed an action program to meet the challenges of poverty ...32 KB (5,107 words) - 19:08, 20 November 2023
- Norfolk Island (Norfuk: Norfuk Ailen) is a small inhabited island ... Norfolk Island is the main island of the island group the territory ...20 KB (2,910 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- quot;) (also Tirthankara) refer to twenty four enlightened spiritual ... Jainism is renowned throughout the world for its exemplary devotion ...12 KB (1,718 words) - 17:11, 30 September 2021
- schools that train their students to meet particular goals, most ... While public education institutions can be influenced by bureaucracy ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 01:09, 7 April 2022
- Attention is defined as a readiness on the part of the organism to ... At the same time, we give meaning to the information that is coming ...32 KB (4,749 words) - 18:24, 21 August 2023
- Barley is any annual cereal grass of the genus Hordeum, and in particular ... plant species, barley also contributes value to human beings. Barley is used ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 08:08, 20 September 2023
- his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans; he is most famous for the novel À ... Huysmans was born in Paris to a Dutch father, Godfried Huysmans, who ...9 KB (1,248 words) - 03:25, 6 August 2022
- Only Pitcairn Island—the second largest—is inhabited. With only around 50 permanent inhabitants, Pitcairn is also famed ...17 KB (2,562 words) - 06:19, 24 November 2022
- Coalition (1798–1802). Initially confined to Europe, the fighting gradually ... intervene in support of King Louis XVI, to prevent the spread of revolution ...65 KB (9,639 words) - 10:56, 11 April 2024
- ) is a Japanese rice cake made by pounding glutinous rice into a paste ... In Japan, mochi is traditionally made in a ceremony called mochitsuki ...16 KB (2,504 words) - 12:55, 10 March 2023
- England attitude and no-nonsense approach to governance, Calvin Coolidge ... he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of ...18 KB (2,751 words) - 18:37, 25 November 2023
- the space environment may allow one to perform industrial processes ... Economic requirements of space manufacturing imply a need to collect ...17 KB (2,555 words) - 19:04, 7 February 2023
- Market research is the process of systematic gathering, recording ... codified into a clearly defined field. Prior to that time, most companies would ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 08:33, 10 March 2023
- Nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the vertebrate ... The nephrons' functions are vital to life. In human beings, there ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- Wolverine is the common name for a solitary, carnivorous mammal, Gulo ... The wolverine is the largest land-dwelling species of the Mustelidae ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 14:50, 17 April 2023
- Heavy metal is a sub-genre of rock music that emerged as a defined ... later evolved, many of which are referred to simply as "metal." ...41 KB (6,469 words) - 21:31, 26 December 2020
- Platonic and Aristotelian thought helped to determine the philosophic direction ... He wrote pamphlets to Manuel II Palaeologus (reigned 1391–1425) ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 06:39, 18 April 2024
- Applied ethics is a field of ethics that deals with ethical questions ... each ethical issue, a philosopher often has to also consider fundamental questions ...12 KB (1,559 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
- A werewolf (also known as lycanthrope or wolfman) in folklore is a ... While in contemporary times the werewolf is a staple of horror genres ...17 KB (2,631 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- ; also referred to as Oleksandr, Aleksandr, Alexander, or Alexandre ... writer, producer, and director of films, and is often cited as one of the most ...12 KB (1,532 words) - 00:07, 18 November 2022
- up/Appointed of the Lord.” According to the Book of Jeremiah, he prophesied ... authority, Jeremiah did not hesitate to confront Temple authorities ...32 KB (5,493 words) - 08:37, 31 July 2022
- the first king of the independent Belgium, to the Belgian throne in 1865 ... and supervision until they matured enough to govern themselves, if they ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 21:56, 25 October 2022
- Tongdosa Temple is one of the Three Jewel Temples of Korea, representing ... Alter, with a bell-shaped stupa believed to contain relics of the Buddha ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- Public opinion is the aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs ... Adam Smith referred to it in his Theory of Moral Sentiments, but Jeremy ...30 KB (4,541 words) - 18:05, 14 April 2023
- Nairobi National Park is a national park in south-central Kenya. Established ... It is located approximately 7|km|mi|0 south of the center of Nairobi ...18 KB (2,633 words) - 02:41, 11 March 2023
- Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelago ... in a bloodless coup in 1977 and continues to rule, dominating politics by ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- from Arabic for "shaking off") is an Arabic term for "uprising ... The Oslo peace process began as the international community responded ...16 KB (2,421 words) - 10:58, 6 March 2024
- Jikji is the abbreviated title of a Korean Buddhist document, whose ... The purpose of Jikji was to assist Buddhist monks in teaching Zen ...14 KB (2,230 words) - 01:10, 9 February 2023
- of German philosophy from Leibniz and Wolff to Kant and the later German Idealists ... Francke and which was wholeheartedly devoted to the Pietist movement and had ...8 KB (1,198 words) - 09:10, 18 July 2023
- Carlyle. His interests were not limited to theoretical issues but extended ... He is also considered as one of the founder of the trades union movement ...29 KB (4,360 words) - 10:32, 11 April 2024
- The Damascus Document, also called the Zadokite Fragments, is one ... of its writers, the Damascus Document is considered by many scholars ...13 KB (2,022 words) - 22:57, 22 June 2020
- him as its first commander and continued to re-elect him to that position ... in the growing Colony, although he seems to have preferred to act in an ...41 KB (6,248 words) - 19:30, 26 October 2021
- Born into a well-educated family, he was expected to follow in his ... Berlioz is credited for his large-scale and skillful employment of ...23 KB (3,532 words) - 08:21, 21 January 2024
- ) is the largest city, and the administrative, communications, and ... Bujumbura is Burundi's largest city and its administrative, communications ...18 KB (2,590 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- Karl Ritter von Frisch (Note: Ritter is a title, translated approximately ... love for animals, and encouraged Frisch to take some classes on animal ...15 KB (2,290 words) - 10:47, 28 February 2023
- simply The Tower of Pisa (La Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestanding ... The leaning tower of Pisa is a cultural icon that perhaps symbolizes ...8 KB (1,257 words) - 18:48, 25 October 2022
- 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
- The Church of Scotland (known informally as The Kirk) is the national ... The church adheres to the Bible and the Westminster Confession of ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- Charles Spencer Goodyear (December 29, 1800 - July 1, 1860) is widely ... farm on the neck of land in New Haven that is now known as Oyster Point, ...19 KB (3,096 words) - 19:08, 4 December 2023
- #039;s Czech Republic before emigrating to the United States in 1846. ... In addition to his successful ministry as rabbi to Cincinnatti's ...16 KB (2,521 words) - 18:59, 7 March 2024
- A bottle is a container with a neck that is narrower than the body ... of human history. They are typically used to store liquids such as water ...10 KB (1,456 words) - 14:41, 28 April 2020
- in his time as an idealist and liberator—is today largely remembered for ... significant figure of his time there is comparatively little information ...33 KB (5,264 words) - 21:39, 9 February 2022
- First Cause is term introduced by Aristotle and used in philosophy ... chains, raised by Aristotle and others, is whether they must have a starting ...8 KB (1,282 words) - 19:54, 26 March 2024
- principle, which states: "A statement is literally meaningful (it expresses ... noises, without any content that could be either true or false. In spite ...8 KB (1,167 words) - 18:01, 3 May 2023
- Australia's population. The latter term is usually used to refer to those ... use—all but 20 are highly endangered. It is estimated that prior to the ...50 KB (7,297 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- demonstrate that the Americans were willing to stand up to a pitched battle. such victories would have surely put an end to British dominion in America." ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 11:35, 20 September 2023
- writing the satiric World War II classic novel Catch-22. The literary devices ... Heller is widely regarded as one of the best post-World War satirists ...20 KB (3,184 words) - 17:07, 19 December 2022
- In the Solar System, Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. It is ... must have inspired astronomers and others to regard it as a miniature Solar ...26 KB (3,935 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- Khan's full-scale invasion during 1237 to 1240. The invasion was facilitated ... The rise of Moscow as the successor state to the one centered in Kiev ...16 KB (2,408 words) - 13:10, 10 March 2023
- 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
- life, his on-screen persona gave pleasure to millions. Describing his own ... in the end, acquisition of wealth and fame is no substitute for love, "the ...10 KB (1,620 words) - 00:46, 29 November 2023
- British writer and university professor who is best known as the author of ... fabulists have used folk and fairy tales, to tell stories that contain timeless ...53 KB (8,151 words) - 08:28, 13 March 2024
- Panthera is a genus of large, wild cats in the mammalian family, Felidae ... , the other species typically belonging to the genera Neofelis and Uncia ...14 KB (1,964 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- Sade is best known for his erotic works, which combined philosophical ... Sade was born on June 2, 1740, in the Hôtel de Condé, Paris, to ...57 KB (8,573 words) - 17:01, 30 June 2023
- and mechanical action come in quanta, that is, in discrete units. While one ... of even an ideal measurement of a system is not deterministic, but instead ...26 KB (4,014 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- ) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city ... Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- The history of agriculture is the story of humankind's development ... of economics throughout the centuries prior to and after the Industrial Revolution ...39 KB (5,853 words) - 00:03, 19 November 2020
- He was the last British monarch to have been born outside of Great ... of Britain was evolving from monarchy to a constitutional monarchy with ...28 KB (4,125 words) - 12:22, 10 November 2022
- The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in northeastern ... extends from the Beaufort Sea on the north to the Ogilvie Mountains on the ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
- of financial struggles, the King wanted to implement new tax revenues ... == The decision to summon the Estates == === First Assembly of Notables ...27 KB (4,325 words) - 21:32, 20 March 2024
- Yù) was a Chinese military officer loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398 C ... back as his military campaign of 1355 C.E. to mid 14th century. Descriptions ...17 KB (2,391 words) - 20:43, 3 April 2024
- In 1794, he returned to Berlin, and attempted to make a living by ... Tieck's transition to Romanticism is seen in the series of plays ...10 KB (1,394 words) - 02:39, 5 November 2022
- Mathematical logic is best understood as a branch of logic or mathematics ... One unifying theme in mathematical logic is the study of the expressive ...11 KB (1,513 words) - 16:50, 7 November 2022
- Since its beginnings in England, Quakerism has spread to many other ... of Friends has avoided creeds, and tried to avoid hierarchical structure. ...39 KB (6,129 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- and Jewish philosophy. Saadia was the first to present a systematized Jewish ... in 882 c.e.. The name "Saadia" is apparently the Hebrew equivalent ...22 KB (3,468 words) - 18:29, 22 December 2022
- Silicon (chemical element symbol Si, atomic number 14) is a member ... Although only tiny traces of it appear to be required by animals, it ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 22:04, 29 January 2023
- Earless seal is the common name for any of the pinnipeds comprising ... of both hemispheres and are mostly confined to polar, sub-polar, and temperate ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 16:04, 10 October 2020
- Brachiosaurus is an extinct genus of huge, sauropod dinosaurs that ... the age of dinosaurs was over, it gave rise to a new stage that prepared the ...13 KB (1,833 words) - 02:00, 12 January 2023
- written down, the composition of the Vedas is thought to have begun in the ... According to strict orthodox Hindu interpretation the Vedas are [ ...32 KB (4,855 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- the elected king of Finland from October 9 to December 14, 1918. He was married ... #039;s first president. Frederick retired to castle Friedrichshof, near ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 07:09, 6 June 2021
- England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the ... England is often mistakenly considered the same as the United Kingdom ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- International Women's Day (IWD), marked annually on March 8, ... Nations. In others, the flavor of the day is not very political and is mainly ...18 KB (2,637 words) - 10:37, 6 March 2024
- Stingray is the common name for any of the various cartilaginous fish ... for humans, one of their chief values may be more internal—the wonder ...25 KB (3,545 words) - 18:03, 21 October 2022
- The Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny, alpine country in Western ... Not only is it the smallest German-speaking country in the world, ...28 KB (4,022 words) - 08:35, 8 March 2023
- A pagoda is the general term for a tiered tower with multiple eaves ... on many diverse forms as details specific to different regions were incorporated ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- heyday, Metastasio's lyrics were set to music by virtually every major ... were utilized by more capable musicians to create some of the most popular ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 05:29, 24 November 2022
- and ceremonies of the Imperial cult) should be considered idolatrous. Ricci had initially been relatively open to these traditional rites as ...22 KB (3,410 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- ibn Ali ibn Husayn) (702 – 765 C.E.) is believed by Shi'a Muslims ... Al-Sadiq is respected by both Shia and Sunni Muslims for his scholarship ...14 KB (2,157 words) - 08:33, 13 March 2024
- Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application ... forensic skills would win. This origin is the source of the two modern ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 06:30, 1 April 2024
- Esox is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, whose members are known ... type species, E. lucius (the northern pike) is the only circumpolar member ...24 KB (3,763 words) - 18:12, 26 February 2022
- of major decisions. Administration can be defined as the universal process ... Early in the twentieth century, management came to be regarded as ...13 KB (1,727 words) - 06:01, 15 June 2023
- Olmec colossal heads at La Venta. This one is nearly three meters (nine feet ... of south-central Mexico, roughly in what are the modern-day states ...35 KB (5,268 words) - 00:32, 18 November 2022
- In astrophysics and cosmology, dark matter is a major component of ... According to present observations of structures larger than galaxies ...31 KB (4,554 words) - 22:23, 25 January 2024
- conductors of the day, but he has since come to be acknowledged as among the ... synthesis of symphony and song cycle that is Das Lied von der Erde ('The ...43 KB (6,581 words) - 23:49, 26 July 2023
- militia forces, took place after his retreat to Saratoga. ... from Canada in June. The objective was to reach Albany, New York and ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 10:21, 22 September 2023
- Scientific American is a popular-science magazine, published (first ... It is a well-respected publication despite not being a peer-reviewed ...13 KB (1,844 words) - 17:24, 25 January 2023
- , also Keynesianism and Keynesian Theory, is based on the ideas of twentieth ... Although Keynesian theories no longer adhere to many of the points of Keynes ...42 KB (6,124 words) - 03:32, 6 October 2022
- Mendelssohn’s most important contribution to philosophy was to refine and ... Mendelssohn strove to support and sustain the Jewish faith while advancing ...14 KB (2,061 words) - 16:58, 10 November 2022
- The moose (plural "moose") is the largest extant species ... Moose add to the wonder of nature for humans, with these giant animals ...18 KB (2,884 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- ) refers to an Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern ... in South India shifted from smaller kingdoms to large empires with the rise ...41 KB (5,966 words) - 01:14, 4 December 2023
- Fine art photography refers to high-quality photographic prints that ... that people found the right chemicals to make permanent prints. Most ...7 KB (1,047 words) - 19:49, 26 March 2024
- years later), whose ministry belonged to the period of Jewish history ... Like many other texts in the prophetic corpus, the Book of Haggai ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 10:18, 2 March 2024
- Japanese: Ohōtsuku-kai (オホーツク海) is a northwestern arm of the Pacific ... This expansive sea—611,000 square miles (1,583,000 sq km)—is considered ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- Yakshagana (Kannada:ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ, pronounced as yaksha-gaana ... were created and performances began to be held outside of Karnataka ...30 KB (4,418 words) - 10:04, 22 May 2023
- An electrical generator is a device that converts mechanical energy ... Today, generators are used in many different machines and have led ...16 KB (2,450 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals (programs ... ==Introduction to broadcasting== The term broadcast was coined by early ...26 KB (3,776 words) - 04:32, 22 November 2023
- The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Babylonia and arguably ... his people and even disregards the gods. He is part divine and part human ...20 KB (3,264 words) - 07:45, 24 January 2023
- a full administrative union only in 1569) is the reason for the common appellation ... king of that dynasty. In Polish, the dynasty is known as Jagiellonowie (singular: ...13 KB (1,810 words) - 12:40, 6 November 2021
- philosopher, poet, critic, theologian. He is best known for his influence ... Herder challenged Kant’s approach to philosophy and criticized his ...18 KB (2,775 words) - 14:41, 1 August 2022
- Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, and (much to his chagrin) John Berryman ... attended Harvard University but transferred to Kenyon College in Gambier, ...8 KB (1,303 words) - 01:42, 16 December 2022
- The Lüshi Chunqiu is an encyclopedic Chinese classic text compiled ... in which the ruler, cultivating himself to maintain an internal state ...16 KB (2,593 words) - 04:44, 5 November 2022
- who became a leader as a modernist composer to influence the likes of Arnold ... are fugues or in variation form, including what is probably his best known ...5 KB (798 words) - 00:58, 9 November 2022
- Raoul Gustav Wallenberg (born August 4, 1912, exact date of death ... He was born in Kappsta, Sweden, to Raoul Oscar Wallenberg (1888-1912 ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:37, 8 December 2022
- The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is the name given to the shooting ... Moran's gang and a doctor who happened to be at the scene were lined ...8 KB (1,287 words) - 00:55, 23 December 2022
- new religious movement, its core philosophy is based on scriptures such as ... status and began planning for a journey to America in order to spread ...34 KB (5,270 words) - 13:23, 7 February 2023
- and his relationship with God were central to his life. Covey's insights motivated people to accept these challenges and ...25 KB (3,579 words) - 19:59, 9 February 2023
- János Kádár, né Giovanni Czermanik (his Italian first name was ... by the Soviets that the revolution could not be allowed to stand, he played ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 22:47, 18 October 2021
- addressing questions of philosophy. Wundt is typically acknowledged as the ... a rather dour person, totally committed to intellectual endeavors of a ...20 KB (2,709 words) - 12:00, 5 May 2023
- reigned between 609 and 598 B.C.E. His name is also sometimes spelled Jehoikim ... II invaded Judah and forced Jehoiakim to shift his allegiance to Babylon ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 20:02, 4 November 2023
- side of life. Like Archilocus, Anacreon is notable for writing about personal ... city on the coast of Asia Minor. Little more is known of his life. ...9 KB (1,478 words) - 18:41, 26 July 2023
- Cartilage is a type of dense connective tissue found in vertebrates ... Cartilage is distinctive in that it has only one cell type, is avascular ...12 KB (1,668 words) - 00:43, 29 November 2023
- he held a position in some ways comparable to that of Louis Armstrong in ... Beiderbecke was born in Davenport, Iowa, to a middle-class family ...14 KB (2,109 words) - 18:01, 31 October 2023
- which argued that "the past is the key to the present." ... Romanticism elevated the achievements of what it perceived as misunderstood ...25 KB (3,676 words) - 17:16, 20 May 2024
- Python is the common name for any of the non-venomous constricting ... Pythons are similar to the anacondas comprising the genus Eunectes ...15 KB (2,266 words) - 15:06, 2 July 2022
- Lake Tanganyika is a large lake in Central Africa that is estimated ... Located at the southern end of the Western Rift Valley, the lake is ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 23:20, 21 October 2022
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- Wen Ming, (張文明) who traveled by sea to India and studied at Nalanda ... The written records of I Ching's travels contributed to the world ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 13:24, 4 February 2023
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- business. His most significant contribution is the thesis, known as "Say ... Jean-Baptiste Say was born in Lyons, France on January 5, 1767 to ...17 KB (2,645 words) - 16:56, 2 April 2024
- #039;s League contributed significantly to the work of the League of Nations ... of Bryn Mawr College in 1889. She continued to study sociology and economics ...10 KB (1,611 words) - 18:17, 13 February 2024
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- Details of his life are sketchy, but a few facts can be established ... smallpox), Landini became devoted to music early in life, and mastered ...6 KB (949 words) - 04:47, 9 April 2024
- #039;ah, Shari'a, Shariah or Syariah) is the Arabic word for Islamic ... It shows one of many ways that humanity strives to harmonize and maintain ...36 KB (5,852 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
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- Fairy shrimp is the common name for aquatic crustaceans in the branchiopod ... 1969). Anostraca includes genera adapted to living in concentrated brine ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 20:13, 1 November 2023
- in the German Protestant tradition. He is particularly remarkable for ... influence on Otto’s thought. They came to represent the epitome of religion’s ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 17:41, 22 December 2022
- In Judaism, the yetzer harah is the inclination or impulse to evil ... The term yetzer refers to the inclination toward either good or evil ...17 KB (2,843 words) - 11:10, 24 May 2023
- became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of ... awarded Yeager a silver medal equivalent to a noncombat Medal of Honor ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British ... Buckingham Palace is one of the world's most familiar buildings ...28 KB (4,475 words) - 16:52, 22 November 2023
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- Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of mostly perennial and aromatic ... Many of the plant components that are so vital to the survival and ...26 KB (3,665 words) - 12:12, 7 November 2021
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- northwest India. He was also the first ruler to carry the title Sultan. He ... In any case, in the long run, no believer will be proud of historical ...21 KB (3,127 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- , roughly meh’-joo-gor-yeh) is a town located in Bosnia and Herzegovina ... When word spread of these visions, millions flocked to the town for ...28 KB (4,419 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- Reform Judaism refers to the spectrum of beliefs, practices, and institutions ... It is characterized by a liberal attitude toward the Jewish law and ...19 KB (2,867 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral ... Some sandstones are resistant to weathering, yet are easy to work ...7 KB (1,047 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea ... Slave labor brought from Africa to work the sugarcane fields in the ...26 KB (3,654 words) - 02:55, 26 February 2023
- , was born in North Pyeongan Province, which is now part of North Korea. He ... and supported dozens of organizations to advance international understanding ...69 KB (10,533 words) - 13:50, 28 April 2023
- The languages of India primarily belong to two major linguistic families ... While Hindi is the official language of the central government in ...30 KB (4,092 words) - 06:53, 4 March 2023
- Prize for literature in 1980, for his novel Rites of Passage the first ... British Suffrage movement. The family moved to Marlborough and Golding attended ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 12:13, 8 May 2023
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- Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history that lasted for around ... and the Americas. Greek thought continues to inform discussion of ethics ...48 KB (7,639 words) - 12:24, 14 October 2023
- strife, armed rebellion, and forced to feel their homeland as refugees ... Dinka, or as they refer to themselves, Mounyjaang, are one of the ...14 KB (2,232 words) - 15:22, 29 January 2024
- Lawrence Bragg, pioneered the use of X-rays to determine the atomic structure ... his formal studies. He won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge ...13 KB (1,944 words) - 18:22, 17 April 2023
- Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial ... The idea that celestial bodies may be emitting radio waves had been ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- Little is known about the earliest cultures in the region. The Plain ... C.E. Dvaravati-style Mon Buddha images can be seen carved into the rock face ...42 KB (6,594 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- Testosterone is a steroid hormone that acts in vertebrates to regulate ... on the female side) act early in development to organize male or female phenotypes ...21 KB (3,056 words) - 15:00, 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
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- Halite is the mineral form of sodium chloride, NaCl, commonly known ... lakes, playas, and seas. Salt beds may be up to 350 meters (1150 feet ...5 KB (705 words) - 16:58, 21 January 2024
- A clock (from the Latin word cloca, meaning "bell") is an ... timekeeping instrument for personal use is the pocket watch or wristwatch. ...26 KB (3,970 words) - 22:10, 7 January 2024
- According to the New Testament, John came from a family of fisherman ... According to the Book of Acts, John was a significant leader in the ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 17:09, 4 May 2024
- solo artist with great success in the early to mid 1940s, finding fame as ... Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records ...40 KB (6,385 words) - 05:09, 9 April 2024
- Air pollution is the human introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals ... Estimated deaths & DALYs attributable to selected environmental risk ...34 KB (4,855 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- Vyāsa (Devanāgarī: व्यास) is a central and much revered ... Vyasa is the author of, and an important character in, the Mahabharata ...17 KB (2,751 words) - 21:52, 3 May 2023
- Death Valley National Park is a United States National Park located ... 650 square km—over 3.4 million acres), it is the largest national park in ...35 KB (5,565 words) - 08:57, 28 January 2024
- and thus far only person of Jewish descent to do so, although Disraeli was ... Not until the 1860s would Derby and Disraeli be on easy terms, and the latter ...28 KB (4,114 words) - 23:17, 11 January 2023
- A bog is a freshwater wetland characterized by acidic peat deposits ... They are a source of peat, which can be dried and burned as an energy ...13 KB (1,940 words) - 00:02, 12 January 2023
- ) in Paris, France, on July 14, 1789, refers to revolutionary insurgents ... In France, July 14 is a national holiday, usually called Bastille ...35 KB (5,341 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent ... To defend themselves against sieges, even the earliest cities were ...44 KB (6,877 words) - 22:27, 15 May 2023
- The Act was an effort to curb speculative banking practices that had ... and especially commercial bank affiliates, to engage in an expanding list ...59 KB (7,956 words) - 21:36, 26 June 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 great middle (of autumn)"), is a major harvest festival and ... Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns where they pay respect to ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C., ... The Post continues to exert a powerful influence in the political ...14 KB (2,023 words) - 17:49, 30 April 2023
- accession of King Henry's son Richard I to the throne of England. He accompanied ... on selecting four knights in each hundred to administer justice. He also ...34 KB (5,307 words) - 23:24, 17 January 2024
- |motto = Dominus Illuminatio Mea"The Lord is my Light" ... , located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the ...35 KB (5,122 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
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- History is a word of multiple meanings, all related to the past. When ... field of study, knowledge of history is often said to encompass both ...33 KB (4,990 words) - 23:36, 20 April 2021
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- In the Judeo-Christian tradition Asherah is considered a false Canaanite ... On the other hand, there is suggestive archaeological evidence that ...14 KB (2,179 words) - 04:03, 18 August 2023
- on Yonder Wall," "The Sky Is Crying," "Standing ... a strand of broomwire from a nail attached to his front porch. He began playing ...13 KB (2,113 words) - 17:34, 13 February 2024
- and the real bills doctrine of money. He is said to be the "father ... and adventurer, the remarkable John Law is renowned for more than his ...21 KB (3,378 words) - 06:11, 3 August 2022
- :This article is about the sedimentary rock. [[Image:Flint.jpg|thumb ... Flint (or flintstone) is a hard, sedimentary, cryptocrystalline form ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 17:39, 28 March 2024
- "Geonim" in an extended sense, to mean "leading authorities ... The title of gaon came to be applied to the heads of the two Babylonian ...8 KB (1,324 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- Metamorphic rock is produced deep beneath the Earth's surface ... micas, feldspars, and quartz—may also be found in metamorphic rocks ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 16:21, 9 November 2022
- from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He is perhaps best remembered for ... brother had died in infancy, he became heir to the throne of England (and ...19 KB (3,042 words) - 21:42, 8 December 2022
- engineer who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. He ... NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space. During this mission ...110 KB (16,075 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2023
- extending his research and theories to legal, medical, clinical, educational ... He made significant contributions to Clinical Psychology. In his work ...13 KB (1,901 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- Jerusalem about the tenth century B.C.E. It is known in Hebrew as the Mishkan ... wilderness, and the presence of God was said to appear visibly over its inner ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 02:04, 27 February 2023
- The Trinity in Christianity is a theological doctrine developed to ... of the Trinity were developed. One example is the "mutual indwelling ...42 KB (6,496 words) - 11:56, 9 May 2024
- apologist, utilitarian, and philosopher. He is best remembered for his watchmaker ... In 1776 Paley was presented to the rectory of Musgrave in Westmorland ...9 KB (1,398 words) - 10:38, 11 May 2023
- Angkor Wat (meaning: "Capital Temple") is an ancient temple ... Khmer architecture. The temple was designed to represent Mount Meru, home ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 01:44, 9 January 2023
- New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions ... New York City is known for its history as a gateway for immigration ...44 KB (6,512 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- (Latin doctor, teacher, from Latin docere, to teach) is a saint from whose ... , dubbed "Doctor Illuminatus," is not officially considered a ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 16:32, 29 January 2024
- Cubic zirconia (or CZ) is the cubic crystalline form of zirconium ... Given its low cost, durability, and close visual likeness to diamond ...11 KB (1,568 words) - 06:43, 11 January 2024
- A computer museum is a museum devoted to the preservation, education ... Museum in Silicon Valley, California, is the largest computer museum ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 02:34, 8 January 2024
- Prominent in Japanese cuisine, sushi is a food made of vinegared rice ... Sushi as an English word has come to refer to the complete dish (rice ...23 KB (3,535 words) - 00:29, 27 February 2023
- in the process. Pendergast's legacy is a reminder that even in a democratic ... his horizons broadened and his focus changed to consolidating the faction of ...8 KB (1,233 words) - 22:46, 30 April 2023
- 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
- figure in Pakistani politics, referred to as both a hero and traitor ... Khan Abdul Wali Khan had the rare distinction to suffer from both ...27 KB (3,941 words) - 22:56, 3 March 2023
- contemporary, Hokusai, together with whom he is considered one of the dominant ... for his nocturnal scenes. Today Hiroshige is represented in the art museums ...13 KB (2,024 words) - 21:42, 30 January 2024
- The Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws that attempted to resolve ... The measures, designed by Whig Senator Henry Clay (who failed to get ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- A fetus (or foetus, fœtus) is a developing mammal or other viviparous ... A remarkable harmony in human development is seen in the complex changes ...27 KB (3,955 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- |motto = Terras irradient (Let Them Give Light to the World) ... Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 06:57, 25 July 2023
- poet, and critic. Scott was among the first to draw upon history as source ... from the eighteenth century Enlightenment to nineteenth century Romanticism ...17 KB (2,589 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2023
- War by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German ... from the city on September 16, but failed to make further headway in the ...33 KB (5,102 words) - 22:58, 3 May 2023
- novelist, pacifist and the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, ... in a more unified world. She believed war to be barbaric, immoral, that ...26 KB (4,056 words) - 17:15, 29 September 2023
- Environmental ethics is a branch of applied ethics and a part of environmental ... focus on human beings, environmental ethics is based on concern for nature ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 19:01, 13 February 2024
- common in the Dutch Baroque period. She is best known for her happy scenes ... of the era, and she was one of the first to develop the domestic genre ...11 KB (1,680 words) - 21:00, 4 October 2022
- Harpy is the singular form for the mythical creatures called Harpies ... However, in modern English, Harpy can also be defined as "whirlwinds ...9 KB (1,453 words) - 22:03, 14 December 2022
- Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements ... The history of gymnastics dates back several thousand years ago, to ...18 KB (2,771 words) - 07:20, 28 July 2023
- Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ... #039;s conception and composition according to the norms and needs of the ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- Pecan is the common name for a large, North American deciduous hickory ... agent, while the eastern fox squirrel is the major mammalian dispersal ...12 KB (1,631 words) - 07:10, 23 November 2022
- the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996, the first woman in the ... These Muslim women leaders are all related to men who also led their nations. ...24 KB (3,377 words) - 23:03, 30 January 2023
- most of Sicily's early existence is marked by periods of foreign ... Sicily is both the largest region of the modern state of Italy and ...33 KB (4,988 words) - 11:46, 1 February 2024
- ) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
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- Experiential education (or "learning by doing") is the process ... Experiential education empowers students to take responsibility for their ...47 KB (6,690 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- word "Advaita" essentially refers to the identity of the Self (Atman ... The key source texts for all schools of Vedānta, which is one of ...19 KB (2,943 words) - 06:21, 15 June 2023
- The Washington Times is an American daily newspaper. Published as ... of former executives purchased the paper. It is currently owned by diversified ...31 KB (4,327 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- :This article is about the star. {{Starbox begin | name =Betelgeuse ... Betelgeuse (also called Alpha Orionis, α Orionis, or α Ori) is one ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 17:58, 29 September 2023
- A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad ... The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 20:15, 11 March 2024
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- being the young Robert Johnson, who went on to become legendary. ... James was known to be an aloof and idiosyncratic artist. Though the ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA ... NARA has been active in digitizing their holdings to make them easily ...18 KB (2,561 words) - 01:36, 11 November 2022
- Olivine (also called chrysolite) is a name used for a series of minerals ... ((Mg,Fe)2SiO4). The ratio of magnesium to iron varies between the two ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 10:32, 11 March 2023
- Greek: Συγκριτικό Δίκαιο) is the study of differences and ... the art of estimation by comparison which is a relative comparison between ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- The thermoelectric effect is a phenomenon by which a temperature difference ... This effect can be used to generate electricity, to measure temperature ...25 KB (3,886 words) - 18:30, 30 April 2023
- the founder of modern phenomenology, and is credited with the introduction ... Franz Brentano, who influenced Stumpf to change his major toward philosophy ...10 KB (1,352 words) - 15:19, 27 November 2023
- Dynasty (386-534 C.E.), in China, refers to them as part of the Gaoche ... quot; or "allied") was applied to a group of Turkic-speaking ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information ... Encryption has long been used by militaries and governments to facilitate ...13 KB (1,971 words) - 16:34, 5 January 2021
- from Syriac abba, "father"), is a Christian monastery or convent ... after the first millennium, and can still be seen at Oxford University and ...20 KB (3,204 words) - 14:14, 7 May 2024
- Vapor pressure (or vapour pressure) is the pressure of a vapor in ... In meteorology, the term vapor pressure is used to mean the partial ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- at the London School of Economics. He is counted among the most influential ... Popper was born in Vienna (then part of Austria-Hungary) in 1902 to ...33 KB (4,906 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2022
- Bāguàzhǎng is one of the major internal (Nèijiā) Chinese martial ... The creation of Baguazhang during the nineteenth century is attributed ...25 KB (3,699 words) - 06:17, 10 January 2023
- practices, such as field preaching, to reach factory laborers and ... His theology constituted a counterbalance to the Enlightenment that endorsed ...47 KB (7,298 words) - 14:06, 7 May 2024
- A samovar (Russian: самовар, səmɐˈvar) is a heated metal ... tea culture. Providing sufficient water to serve tea to a family or larger ...16 KB (2,540 words) - 01:15, 21 April 2023
- tending toward moral relativism. Mead sought to understand cultures not just ... her conviction that cultural conditioning is a more major determinant of ...26 KB (3,818 words) - 03:56, 6 November 2022
- The Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival celebrated notably by ... The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known by other names, such as: ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- and mathematician who was the first to observe four of Saturn's ... James Cassini, who first assigned a tutor to assist in Cassini's education ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 20:28, 26 September 2023
- Swimming is self-propulsion through water, or other liquid, usually ... Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities ...26 KB (3,876 words) - 13:41, 23 March 2023
- Improvisation is the art of acting and reacting, in the moment, to ... a profound understanding for the action one is performing. This fusion of ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- "song for the goat," is any event with a sad and unfortunate ... According to Aristotle, "The structure of the best tragedy should ...26 KB (4,004 words) - 17:24, 6 March 2023
- Tuna is any of 14 species of ocean-dwelling fish comprising the tribe ... distances and some, whose members are able to raise their body temperature ...16 KB (2,306 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- new media and technologies were developed to record, capture, reproduce ... Headphones allowed people sitting next to each other to listen to entirely ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- influenced contemporary architects and is still influential today. Originally ... frequently employed symbolism appropriate to the use of the building. He ...10 KB (1,548 words) - 06:24, 13 June 2023
- Gabriel Urbain Fauré was born in Pamiers, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées ... In 1870 Fauré enlisted in the army and took part in the action to ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 07:36, 15 April 2024
- Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities ... Anthropomorphism is frequently used as a device in art, literature ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- Dormancy is a general term used to describe a period in an organism ... Diversity is one of the factors that enhances the human experience ...21 KB (3,263 words) - 09:30, 15 January 2023
- The Fall of Rome or the Fall of the Roman Empire refers to the defeat ... Some European nations saw themselves as so indebted to the legacy ...28 KB (4,463 words) - 00:34, 25 March 2024
- and the President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969. He handed over power ... Ayub Khan was born in the village of Rehana in Haripur District to ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 14:50, 7 February 2023
- Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous ... An Islamic nation, it is home mainly to the Tajiks, who share culture ...43 KB (6,221 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the ... is home to nearly 13 million people from all over the globe, including ...40 KB (5,759 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- philosophical work was largely in reaction to the empiricist views of Alexander ... life developed, knowledge of God would be increased. == Life == ...11 KB (1,641 words) - 18:22, 12 February 2024
- The term pre-Columbian is used to refer to the cultures of the Americas ... The term "pre-Columbian" is used especially often in discussions ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 22:17, 30 November 2022
- them served as wandering political advisors to the regional lords of the Warring ... with the use of terminology (ming, words) to correctly identify and classify ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV), is a vehicle or craft ... Cockerell, in 1952. Several inventors prior to that date had built or attempted ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 19:24, 7 February 2024
- The dog (Canis lupus familiaris or Canis familiaris) is usually considered ... The word "dog" also is used to refer to some other members ...38 KB (6,036 words) - 11:04, 2 August 2023
- 1925. He commanded the Northern Expedition to unify China against the warlords ... During the Chinese Civil War (1926–1949), Chiang attempted to eradicate ...31 KB (4,795 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- India and the Indian subcontinent. Folklore is the body of expressive culture ... The folklore of India is distinguished from classical Sanskrit literary ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- Cyberspace is a global domain within the information environment consisting ... others point out that people will continue to associate narrowly with those ...14 KB (2,094 words) - 02:18, 15 January 2023
- Dorothy Day was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 8, 1897, to ... step down for the family, and Dorothy began to understand the shame people ...16 KB (2,524 words) - 17:27, 30 January 2024
- Haley expanded the appeal of rock and roll to a much wider audience after ... 1955 film, Blackboard Jungle, it rocketed to the top of the U.S. Billboard ...21 KB (3,146 words) - 16:05, 31 October 2023
- Erbium (chemical symbol Er, atomic number 68) is a silvery metallic ... It is associated with several other rare earth elements in the mineral ...11 KB (1,419 words) - 19:19, 13 February 2024
- The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known ... and amorous scenes. Images of recorders can be found in literature and artwork ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- Soldering is a high-temperature method of joining metallic surfaces ... In a soldering process, heat is applied to the parts to be joined ...27 KB (4,119 words) - 00:47, 4 February 2023
- theory with behaviorism, trying to scientifically explain Freudian ... has become classic, lending direct support to behavior modification techniques ...10 KB (1,432 words) - 16:01, 11 November 2022
- of Arkhangelsk and Astrakhan, often referred to as the A-A line (see the translation ... The ultimate failure of Operation Barbarossa would prove a death knell ...62 KB (9,424 words) - 00:50, 18 November 2022
- who applied the evolutionary approach to the study of economic institutions ... until he was a teenager. The family moved to Wheeling, Minnesota in 1865 ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 23:02, 30 April 2023
- The United States House of Representatives is the larger of the two ... party in opposition. The presiding officer is the Speaker of the House, who ...85 KB (12,273 words) - 00:47, 30 December 2023
- The Book of Ezekiel is a book of the Hebrew Bible named after the ... the Babylonian power, but should submit to captivity in obedience to God ...21 KB (3,455 words) - 07:29, 17 November 2023
- The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, commonly referred ... historical depth and has been subjected to a number of external influences ...34 KB (4,913 words) - 21:02, 20 July 2023
- of monism, the concept that all reality is one and there are no separate ... Bradley's contributions to moral philosophy and the philosophy ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- the Great Patriotic War. Later he turned to fiction, but as he became more ... the KGB and released only in October 1990, is based on this four-page story. ...10 KB (1,566 words) - 16:18, 14 November 2022
- highly volatile materials, such as methane, to liquid petroleum, to solids ... The term "fossil fuels" is based on the widely accepted ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 06:36, 1 April 2024
- Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established ... open all year, with annual tourism visits to Banff increasing to over 5 ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) is a college-based ... officers. Graduates of ROTC programs rise to the highest levels of military ...25 KB (3,768 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
- alternatively Jodocus Pratensis) (c. 1450 to 1455 – August 27, 1521) was ... of faith and as such, music was not meant to be primarily concerned with ...26 KB (3,991 words) - 05:29, 7 May 2024
- His commentary on Plato’s “Symposium” is said to be the origin of the ... became his lifelong patron, making him tutor to his grandson, Lorenzo de' ...12 KB (1,803 words) - 16:15, 6 November 2022
- Her name is virtually identical to that Menrva, the Etruscan goddess ... of war and combat. Like Athena, Minerva came to be represented in art bearing ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- during the late nineteenth century and is rumored to have been involved ... figure, as a young girl who just happened to be a crack shot, who, as time ...14 KB (2,256 words) - 18:59, 11 January 2023
- Intelligent design (ID) is the view that it is possible to infer from ... Intelligent design cannot be inferred from complexity alone, since ...70 KB (10,563 words) - 12:54, 7 February 2023
- Fleet and as a guardpost for the approaches to Petrograd, now Saint Petersburg ... the latter year added the final chapter to the disaster. In the years ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- Typhoid fever (or enteric fever) is an illness caused by the bacterium ... body that engulf the bacteria and attempt to destroy it). The bacteria then ...16 KB (2,376 words) - 11:25, 18 April 2023
- most popular play, The Country Wife, which is thought to be one of the most ... became a place in which the anti-thesis to puritan values became manifest ...21 KB (3,484 words) - 15:19, 14 May 2023
- Moshe ben Maimon's Hebrew name is רבי משה בן מיימון ... Maimonides is typically regarded as the greatest of the medieval Jewish ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 05:30, 5 November 2022
- A gear is a wheel with teeth around its circumference, the purpose ... devices; however, the most common situation is for a gear to be in mesh with ...33 KB (5,689 words) - 06:30, 18 April 2024
- Anubis is the Greek name for the ancient jackal-headed god of the ... He serves as both a guide to the recently departed and as the patron ...19 KB (3,124 words) - 05:49, 11 August 2023
- Dredging is an operation to excavate material from the bottom of a ... Dredging may be carried out to create a new harbor or waterway, to ...15 KB (2,387 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- The State of Maine is a state in the northernmost portion of the New ... The original inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine were Algonquian ...36 KB (5,276 words) - 05:31, 5 November 2022
- Flann O'Brien (October 5, 1911 – April 1, 1966) is a pseudonym ... modern painting. O'Brien's fiction is as much about the act of storytelling ...13 KB (2,105 words) - 17:36, 28 March 2024
- an American inventor with over 300 patents to his credit. De Forest invented ... mass media helped shape it into the force it is today. Unfortunately, his life ...19 KB (2,827 words) - 18:59, 25 October 2022
- the first vaccine for rabies. Pasteur is best known to the general public ... Pasteur is regarded as one of the three main founders of bacteriology ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 22:52, 1 September 2023
- In philosophy and logic, proposition refers to either (a) the content ... as the existence of "meanings," is disputed. Where the concept ...13 KB (1,904 words) - 00:23, 2 December 2022
- aquatic animals. The name rotifer is derived from the Latin word ... development), they also provide value to the ecosystem as a whole. Such ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 21:46, 16 April 2023
- a number of cities in Judah. He laid siege to Jerusalem, but soon returned ... According to the Bible, the siege failed, as the angel of Yahweh went ...9 KB (1,470 words) - 09:47, 26 January 2023
- been variously translated as "whose God is the Lord," "my God ... Elijah is considered to be one of the great prophets of the Abrahamic ...18 KB (2,908 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- in 1983 became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre, the ... An important feature of Simon's writing is his adherence to traditional ...42 KB (6,266 words) - 16:11, 11 November 2022
- which analyzed and effectively brought to a conclusion earlier studies ... sympathy. He was convinced that not only is all life sacred but that true ...33 KB (4,954 words) - 05:02, 17 June 2023
- The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in ... of Alsace-Lorraine was taken by Prussia to become a part of Germany, which ...61 KB (9,426 words) - 14:18, 1 October 2022
- as the false Messiah (see also: Antichrist) is an evil figure in Islamic ... "Dajjal" (compare to "Devil") is a common Arabic ...8 KB (1,233 words) - 16:34, 21 January 2024
- in Thrace and lived from around 460 B.C.E. to 370 B.C.E. Democritus developed ... size. The qualitative diversity of the world is reduced to and explained by ...8 KB (1,214 words) - 09:28, 28 January 2024
- Daily Record and the Sunday Pictorial. He is known in particular, with his ... He left school early to become a tax clerk, and then a postal clerk ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- Political abuse of psychiatry is the misuse of psychiatric diagnosis ... Leonid Brezhnev, psychiatry was used to disable and remove from society ...199 KB (24,192 words) - 20:08, 19 September 2022
- Sex education is a broad term used to describe education about human ... only within marriage; otherwise it can be destructive to human flourishing ...26 KB (3,715 words) - 19:51, 21 April 2023
