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- also general council) is a conference of the bishops of the whole Church ... inhabited," and was originally a figure of speech referring to the territory ...25 KB (3,755 words) - 21:55, 5 October 2020
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI ... from the Indian but he also had a sense of obligation towards the people ...36 KB (5,555 words) - 14:49, 21 May 2024
- Landscape Painting depicts the scenery of the European natural world ... was for effect. Tintoretto, Saint Mary of Egypt in Meditation, 1585, ...29 KB (4,569 words) - 20:24, 12 October 2021
- perform other tasks such as keeping records of humans' actions, acting ... beings is an ancient and common feature of most world religions, but only ...37 KB (6,014 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- The Gospel of John, (literally, According to John; Greek, Κατά ... Of the four gospels, John is the only one that presents a true christology ...37 KB (5,608 words) - 04:26, 24 May 2024
- pamphleteer, and, most enduringly, author of what is widely considered the ... blind, Paradise Lost relates the story of the biblical Fall of Man: It ...27 KB (4,256 words) - 03:00, 2 May 2024
- Nabonidus (Akkadian Nabû-nāʾid) was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian ... As king, Nabonidus was maligned by the priests of the chief Babylonian ...17 KB (2,715 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, translit ... The Dome of the Rock has a striking presence in the holy city of Jerusalem ...22 KB (3,569 words) - 16:41, 29 January 2024
- Jesus Christ, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or simply Jesus, is ... As might be expected with a man of this stature, partial understandings ...78 KB (12,289 words) - 02:54, 1 August 2022
- during World War II and the 34th President of the United States. During the ... with the communist Soviet Union. During the height of the ...38 KB (5,775 words) - 17:24, 12 February 2024
- Italian painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters ... in Rome, on July 8, 1593, the first child of the painter Orazio Gentileschi ...17 KB (2,585 words) - 10:58, 16 August 2023
- at its capital in Constantinople. Much of this territory had first fallen ... There is no consensus on the starting date of the Byzantine period ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- West as Alexander the Great or Alexander III of Macedon, in Greek ... (Megas Alexandros), King of Macedon (336–323 B.C.E.), was the most ...47 KB (7,410 words) - 20:29, 18 July 2023
- Movement. Angelou is known for her series of six autobiographies, starting ... Angelou recited her poem, "On the Pulse of Morning" at President ...37 KB (5,309 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
- The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: ... and soldiers, making them, in effect, some of the earliest "warrior ...24 KB (3,588 words) - 07:28, 7 June 2024
- and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The ... Frederick Douglass was a key figure in the abolition of slavery in ...23 KB (3,597 words) - 10:27, 11 April 2024
- In anatomy, the heart is the muscular, pumping organ of the closed ... . Cardiovascular disease refers to the class of diseases that involve the heart ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 08:00, 25 June 2024
- distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic. Hailing ... Pompey fought on the side of the Optimates, the conservative faction ...48 KB (7,762 words) - 08:50, 24 November 2022
- Bedřich Smetana (March 2, 1824 - 12 May 12, 1884) is considered one ... founded several music schools in promotion of Czech music and fostered a ...28 KB (4,344 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was a magical order of the late ... Thelema, and other forms of magical spirituality popular today, were ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 14:46, 12 February 2022
