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Featured Article: Mexico City

Skyline of Mexico City with the Torre Latinoamericana

Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and one of the most important cultural and financial centers in the world. It is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of 2,240 meters (7,300 ft). Mexico's capital is both the oldest capital city in the Americas and one of two founded by Indigenous people. Originally built on a group of islands in Lake Texcoco by the Mexica (Aztecs) around 1325, under the name Tenochtitlan, it was almost completely destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan and subsequently redesigned and rebuilt as part of the Spanish Empire.

Popular Article: Books of Kings

Solomon greeting the Queen of Sheba

The Books of Kings are a part of the Hebrew Bible narrating the history of the kings of Judah and Israel from the end of the reign of King David and the accession of Solomon through the beginning of the Babylonian exile. Kings was originally written in Hebrew, and it was later included by Christianity as part of the Old Testament.

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Classical music is considered primarily a written musical tradition, preserved in music notation (source: Classical music)

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