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- a Romanian historian, philosopher, theorist of religion, literary critic, ... His most significant contributions to the study of religion are his ...30 KB (4,475 words) - 18:55, 9 November 2022
- Kanji Kun'yomi (Japanese reading) of 定家, (1162 – September ... of Japanese poets, and perhaps the greatest master of the waka form ...30 KB (4,827 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- poet, and playwright. He was a key figure of the Renaissance, best known ... leading armies, the wealthy city-states of Italy falling one after another ...29 KB (4,511 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- physicist. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically ... to physics include his special theory of relativity, which reconciled ...63 KB (8,940 words) - 05:00, 17 June 2023
- William III of England (The Hague, November 14, 1650 – Kensington ... Born a member of the House of Orange-Nassau, William III won the English ...49 KB (7,679 words) - 11:02, 9 May 2023
- portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the ... often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter's expression ...32 KB (4,849 words) - 15:32, 25 May 2023
- The Khmer Rouge was the ruling political party of Cambodia—which ... committed against its own people, 20 percent of whom perished, reached almost ...47 KB (7,124 words) - 02:58, 6 June 2024
- quot;) refers to an esoteric collection of Jewish mystical doctrines about ... among the Geonim (early medieval Rabbis) and by Rishonim (later medieval Rabbis ...68 KB (10,629 words) - 21:49, 4 October 2022
- Hare Krishna movement, was founded in 1966 by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ... are easily identified in Western nations by their distinctive appearance ...34 KB (5,270 words) - 13:23, 7 February 2023
- gifts in the folktale genre at the age of 40. While many of his earlier ... mother moved to St. Petersburg in the hope of securing a government pension ...31 KB (4,830 words) - 07:40, 12 March 2024
- conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations ... led by the United States and mandated by the United Nations in order ...62 KB (9,508 words) - 19:05, 21 June 2024
- ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District ... was both a provincial capital and a center of the world-wide muslin trade ...34 KB (4,736 words) - 20:15, 21 January 2023
- between France and Prussia, which was backed by the North German Confederation ... newly recruited French armies in a series of battles fought across northern ...61 KB (9,426 words) - 14:18, 1 October 2022
- established in 1945 for the purpose of securing world peace. It replaced ... As an organization of governments designed to prevent war between ...64 KB (9,547 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- (The Long Day Wanes), on the dying days of Britain's empire in the ... He wrote critical studies of Joyce, Hemingway, Shakespeare and Lawrence ...51 KB (7,981 words) - 05:23, 31 July 2023
- An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or ... A true alphabet has letters for the vowels of a language as well as ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
- Margaret Eleanor Atwood, Order of Canada (November 18, 1939 - ) is ... Atwood is also the inventor and developer of the LongPen and associated ...39 KB (5,259 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- 69 and 96 C.E., encompassing the reigns of Vespasian (69–79 C.E.), and ... The reign of Titus was struck by multiple natural disasters, the most ...53 KB (7,893 words) - 19:45, 12 July 2023
- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- Asia, North Asia, and East Asia. Its name derives from Saint Cyril, ... Since the script was conceived and popularized by the followers of ...61 KB (8,412 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
