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43710 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20French%20monarchs | List of French monarchs | Ruled from the start of the Frankish Kingdom in 486 to 1870. During most of its history, France was ruled by kings. Four Carolingian monarchs were also Roman Emperors and the Bonapartes were Emperors of the French.
This article lists all rulers to have held the title "King of Franks", "King of France", "King of the Fr... |
43712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle | Battle | A battle is a fight between two or more groups where each group is trying to defeat (beat) the others. Battles are most often fought during wars. A small battle fought by only a small part of the armies is called a skirmish. Series of battles are called military campaigns. The ground on which a battle is fought is ... |
43713 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device | Device | Device could mean:
A measuring instrument
A machine or part of one
A tool or part of one
An information appliance, such as a cell phone
Device implying computer hardware
A peripheral device attached to a computer
A display device (or graphics device), for visual or tactile presentation of images and/or text
An ... |
43714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20IV%20of%20England | Edward IV of England | }}
| coronation = 28 June 1461
| predecessor = Henry VI
| successor = Edward V
| spouse = Elizabeth Woodville
| issue = Elizabeth of YorkMary of YorkCecily of YorkEdward VRichard of Shrewsbury, Duke of YorkAnne of York, Countess of SurreyCatherine of YorkBridget of York
| issue-link = #Children
| issue-pipe = among ot... |
43718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterosaur | Pterosaur | Pterosaurs were flying reptiles which lived in the Mesozoic era at the same time as the dinosaurs.
Many pterosaurs were fairly small, but in the Upper Cretaceous some grew larger than any other flying animals. The pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus had a wing-span of up to 12 metres (~40 feet).
The first fossils occur in the ... |
43720 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus | Quetzalcoatlus | Quetzalcoatlus was a huge pterosaur, the largest animal ever to fly. It had a 10 to 12 meters wing-span (33/40 feet), but was light in construction (~200 pounds).
Quetzalcoatlus had an unusually long neck, and when it stood on the ground it was as tall as a giraffe.
Its fossil record is from the Upper Cretaceous o... |
43721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla%20%28web%20browser%29 | Mozilla (web browser) | Mozilla was a web browser that was made open source. It was developed by Mozilla Foundation. It was the base of Mozilla Firefox.
Other websites
Mozilla's official website
Related pages
Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Web browsers
Mozilla |
43722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora%20%28operating%20system%29 | Fedora (operating system) | Fedora Linux is a distribution (or distro) of Linux developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. It is designed to be safe and is used by companies and governments. Fedora's mission statement is: "Fedora is about the rapid progress of Free and Open Source software."
Linus Torvalds, au... |
43729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagel | Bagel | Bagels are a type of bread made with flour. They look like doughnuts, and they are leavened with yeast. They have a crisp, shiny crust and a dense inside. Bagels are glazed, and in a ring-shaped roll. They are different from doughnuts because they are boiled before baked. Bagels are sometimes called "the cement doughnu... |
43730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doughnut | Doughnut | A doughnut (spelled donut in various marketing sectors) is a type of deep fried dessert food made out of dough or batter.
How they are made
Round ringed doughnuts are made by joining the ends of a long, thin piece of dough into a ring or by using a doughnut cutter, which perfectly cuts the outside and inside shape, l... |
43738 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20II%20of%20England | Mary II of England | Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 until her death. Mary was a Protestant. She became queen after the Glorious Revolution, which resulted in the deposition of her Roman Catholic father, James II and VII. Mary ruled together with her husband, William ... |
43740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goal | Goal | Goal can mean more than one thing. These meanings are listed below:
Goal (sport), the result of a score (it is like getting a point). It can also be the actual thing the player aims at to make a score, e.g. a goalpost in football.
A goal can be a task.
Game Oriented Assembly Lisp |
43744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%20Summer%20Olympics | 1936 Summer Olympics | The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in Berlin, Germany.
The games were thought to be successful. The costs of the games was mostly paid for by the German government.
Participating nations
A total of 49 nations sent athletes to compete at the Berlin games.
Related p... |
43746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia | Mesopotamia | Mesopotamia (Ancient Greek: Μεσοποταμία - "land between rivers") is a historical region in the Middle East. It included most of today’s Iraq, and parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey. The 'two rivers' of the name referred to the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
The land was called 'Al-Jazirah' ("the island") by... |
43747 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss%20Whedon | Joss Whedon | Joss Hill Whedon (born June 23, 1964) is an American writer, director and producer. He was born Joseph Hill Whedon in New York City. He created the well-known television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, and has also written several movie scripts and several comic book series. He went to high school... |
43756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanajuato%20City | Guanajuato City | Guanajuato is a Mexican city. It is one of Mexico's safest cities. Guanajuato is the capital of Guanajuato state.
Capital cities in Mexico
Guanajuato (state) |
43758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathurst%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Bathurst, New South Wales | Bathurst is a city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is about 200km west of Sydney. Bathurst has a campus of Charles Sturt University and a cathedral.
References
Cities in New South Wales |
43766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Pacific%20typhoon%20seasons | List of Pacific typhoon seasons | The following is a list of Pacific typhoon seasons. Unlike Atlantic and Pacific hurricane seasons, they run for the whole year, starting on January 1 and ending on December 31. These dates are when tropical cyclones usually form in the western half of the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator.
1900s
1950
1951
1952
1953
... |
43771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songhai%20Empire | Songhai Empire | The Songhai Empire dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century.
At its peak the empire was one of the largest in both Islamic and African history. The Songhai people were the ruling elite in the empire. Gao was the capital of the empire. Other important cities in the empire were Timbuktu and Djenné, conq... |
43773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey | SeaMonkey | SeaMonkey is a free and open source Internet application suite, which uses the Gecko rendering engine. It works on many operating systems. It is very useful, and includes an e-mail client, a calendar, a HTML editor, an IRC client, and a web browser. It is made by the SeaMonkey Council, formerly by Mozilla Foundation.... |
43774 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proceratosaurus | Proceratosaurus | Proceratosaurus was a small dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic, about 165 million years ago. It was found in Gloucestershire, England, in 1910. It was a carnivorous theropod.
Proceratosaurus was first believed to be an early ancestor of Ceratosaurus, but it was actually an ancestor of the coelurosaurs. Thus, it was an... |
43775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy%20Bebop | Cowboy Bebop | Cowboy Bebop is a Japanese anime television show aired from 1998 to 1999. It was created by Sunrise and directed by Shinichiro Watanabe. The show is about a group of bounty hunters who travel in outer space to catch criminals. It has 26 episodes. The series has received a TV-14 rating in the United States, while six ep... |
43778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Vision%20of%20Escaflowne | The Vision of Escaflowne | The Vision of Escaflowne is a Japanese anime television show that aired in Japan on April 2, 1996. It is called Tenkuu no Escaflowne in Japanese which means Escaflowne of the Heavens. It was made by Sunrise and directed by Kazuki Akane. Escaflowne has 26 episodes.
Escaflowne has two mangas based on it, a videogame tha... |
43779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion | Fusion | Fusion means to merge or combine. It could also mean:
Nuclear fusion, in physics
Fusion power, energy generated by nuclear fusion reactions
Fusion (student movement), Christian charity that serves students
Electoral fusion, in politics fusion refers to two parties with the same candidate
Fusion (music), especially Jaz... |
43780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fir | Fir | Firs (Abies) are about 45-55 species of evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae. Fir trees can reach heights of 10–80 m tall and trunk diameters of 0.5–4 m when mature. The difference between firs and other members of the pine family is that their needle-like leaves are attached to the twig by a base that resembles a sm... |
43783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conifer%20cone | Conifer cone | A confier cone (or pine cone) is an organ on plants in the division Pinophyta (conifers) that contains the reproductive structures. It is the part of a tree that lets the tree reproduce. Its formal name in botany is strobilus, plural strobili.
The familiar woody cone is the female cone, which produces seeds. The male ... |
43800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein | Ein | Ein or EIN can have different meanings:
Employer Identification Number - a number assigned by the United States Internal Revenue Service to all employers.
Ein means "a" or "one (of something)" in some Germanic languages for nouns with masculine or neuter grammatical gender in the nominative case. The feminine form i... |
43803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch%20and%20Judy | Punch and Judy | Punch and Judy is a very popular puppet show which children in Britain love to watch. It is traditionally performed at the seaside in a small booth which can easily be transported. The characters are all glove puppets. The story is told by a man who calls himself “The Professor”. He cannot be seen, but he wears the... |
43820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang%20%28TV%20channel%29 | Boomerang (TV channel) | Boomerang is the name of the 2nd television networkowned by Cartoon Network. Boomerang was one of the two actual spin-offs of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim showing classic animated cartoons and animated television series from the Hanna-Barbera archives. Cartoon Network showing CN originals and modern cartoons, and Adu... |
43823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang | Boomerang | A boomerang is a flying tool that is best known for its ability to return to the thrower. In the past, it was made of wood, but most of the modern boomerangs are made of other materials.
History
Most people know that Australian Aborigines used boomerangs for hunting. But the oldest boomerang was found in a cave in Pol... |
43829 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niflheim | Niflheim | Niflheim is the world of frost and cold of Norse Mythology. Frost Giants live there. The river Hvergelmir also is there. Yggdrasil has one of its roots in the spring of the river. The serpent Nidhogg gnaws at this root.
Niflheim is ruled by the Giantess Angrboda.
Places in Norse mythology |
43830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur | Baldur | Baldr (also Balder, Baldur or Baldor) is the god of light and radiance, peace and forgiveness in Norse mythology. A member of the Æsir, he is the son of Odin and Frigg, and twin brother to the blind god of darkness, Höðr. His wife is called Nanna, with whom he had a son named Forseti, god of justice. Prior to his death... |
43843 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20%28disambiguation%29 | Cell (disambiguation) | A cell can mean:
The cell, the basic structure of a biological organism
A room in a prison or jail where people are kept.
Cell (novel), a novel by Stephen King.
Battery
Mobile phone |
43853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy | Prophecy | A prophecy is a claim of what the future will be like, which is not based on any ordinary source of information. In some ways, prophecies are similar to religion. Not all people believe in prophecy. People that do think they come from God or a god. They are often hard to understand and need interpretation. Very often, ... |
43867 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithomimus | Ornithomimus | Ornithomimus was a lightly built fast-running North American feathered dinosaur.
Ornithomimus had three toes on each foot, long arms and neck, but a small head. It also had claws on each hand and foot. It had no teeth and weak jaws, which might mean it was omnivorous.
Ornithomimus edmonticus was the largest species... |
43873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book%20of%20Job | Book of Job | The Book of Job () is the 18th book in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. It is one of the books in the class of poetry.
Beginning
The Bible says "In the land of Uz" there lived a man whose name was Job. He feared God and shunned evil. Job had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven-thousand sheep, three-t... |
43899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abide%20with%20Me | Abide with Me | "Abide with Me" is a religious song or hymn. It was written by Henry Lyte in 1847, and is typically associated with funerals and solemn events of remembrance. The song is sung at the start of the FA Cup finals.
Lyrics
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers... |
43900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail%20Mary | Hail Mary | Hail Mary is a Christian prayer to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Most of the prayer comes from the Gospel of Luke. Some things were also added to the prayer during the 13th century (the 1200s). When a person says a Hail Mary, they asks Mary to pray for them.
In Roman Catholicism, the Hail Mary makes up the most important... |
43904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio | Studio | A studio is a place where an artist can work. Studios can be used for many things, such as photography, broadcasting, painting, making movies, television shows, cartoons, or music.
Movie studio
A movie studio is where movies are made and produced. It can be indoors, outdoors, or both.
Television studio
A television s... |
43907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20Light%20Orchestra | Electric Light Orchestra | The Electric Light Orchestra, also known as ELO, were a popular English rock band from the 1970s and early 1980s. Their leader was musician and songwriter Jeff Lynne. Lynne wrote and sang most of their songs. He also produced their recordings. Other members included Richard Tandy on keyboards, Bev Bevan on drums, Mike ... |
43911 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicious | Vicious | The word vicious has several meanings:
It is the adjective of , meaning full of vice
Sid Vicious, a musician.
Vicious, a character in the Cowboy Bebop Anime |
43916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash | Ash | The term Ash can have different meanings:
What remains after a fire. Those things are called debris, and remain after incineration.
Volcanic ash, the material ejected by a volcano.
Fly ash and bottom ash. What remains after burning coal.
Ash trees are trees generally of the genus Fraxinus.
European Ash is a speci... |
43917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash%20tree | Ash tree | Ash trees are medium to large trees of the genus Fraxinus of the family Oleaceae (Olive-tree like). The family contains between 45 and 65 species. Some of them are evergreen, but most are deciduous. They grow in most parts of the world. The seeds are commonly known as keys in English. They are a type of fruit known as ... |
43918 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash%20Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent in the Western Christian calendar. It occurs 46 days before Easter. The date is different each year because the date of Easter varies. It can fall as early as February 4 and as late as March 10.
Those able to and willing to should fast voluntarily between Ash Wednesday and Easte... |
43926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie | Valkyrie | The Valkyries (Old Norse: Valkyrjur, singular valkyrja - “choosers of the slain”) are a host of female figures in Norse mythology; they are a group of warrior maidens in service to the chief god Odin.
Profile
Alternatively the Valkyries are servants to Freya. She negotiated with One Eye that her shield maidens would ... |
43932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosterops | Zosterops | Zosterops is a type of bird. There are many different species of Zosterops around the world.
Passeriformes |
43934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimorphodon | Dimorphodon | Dimorphodon was a prehistoric flying pterosaur from the early Jurassic period. It had a big head, a small brain, a tall beak, and two types of teeth. Variation in teeth is rare in pterosaurs.
Like Rhamphorhynchus, Dimorphodon is only found in Jurassic strata. It was the first pterosaur found in England, by Mary Annin... |
43935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryolophosaurus | Cryolophosaurus | Cryolophosaurus is a theropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic period. It is the only theropod to be found in Antarctica. Cryolophosaurus was discovered in the Jurassic Hanson Formation in the Transantarctic Mountains. The find of this dinosaur was significant because it proves that the dinosaurs lived on all continen... |
43938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloborhynchus | Coloborhynchus | Coloborhynchus was a pterosaur. It has been found in Lower Cretaceous rocks in England and Brazil. It is a similar genus to Anhanguera and Ornithocheirus.
The type specimen of Coloborhynchus is known only from a partial upper jaw. It can only be distinguished from its relatives by its unique combination of tooth socke... |
43942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder | Alder | Alder is the common name for about 30 kinds of trees and shrubs of the Alnus genus. They are a part of the birch family (Betulaceae). Most of them are smaller in size. Leaves are mostly deciduous, only very few alders are evergreen.
Alder trees are found in all parts of the northern hemisphere and they are often found... |
43945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futabasaurus | Futabasaurus | Futabasaurus was a plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous. A complete skeleton of one has not been found. It is not known very well.
Futabasaurus is the first elasmosaurid found in Japan. The type species is F. suzukii. Many of the bones of the type specimen show apparent scavenging or predation by sharks.
References... |
43946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovum | Ovum | An ovum (Latin: "egg", plural: ova) is the name for the haploid female reproductive cell, or gamete. Both animals and land plants (embryophytes) produce ova.
Mammals
Humans
Ova are made and released by a female's ovaries. At birth, a female has all of her eggs, and from puberty, she releases an egg once a month unti... |
43947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovule | Ovule | Ovules produce the female reproductive cells which get fertilized during sexual reproduction in seed plants. The word literally means "small egg."
The megagametophyte (also called the embryo sac in flowering plants) is inside the ovule. The megagametophyte produces the egg cell.
References
Plant anatomy
Botany
Flowe... |
43948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn%20%28musical%20instrument%29 | Horn (musical instrument) | The horn is a brass instrument. It developed from the horns that some animals have on their heads. Modern horns are often called French horns.
The hunting horn
Horns were often used during hunting. These early brass instruments were round so that the hunter could put his arm through it and carry it on his shoulder ... |
43949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valhalla | Valhalla | In Norse mythology, Valhalla (Old Norse: Valhöll - “hall of the slain”) is an enormous and majestic hall in Asgard, headed by Odin. Described as a "warrior's paradise," it is here that the souls of those who are slain in battle go, chosen and guided by the Valkyries, a group of warrior maidens in service to Odin. Once ... |
43954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn%20%28anatomy%29 | Horn (anatomy) | Horns are part of the body of some animals. They grow on the animal's head. They are projections (things that stick out) made of hard skin. The horn has a lot of keratin in it, the same protein that is in human hair and nails.
Normally horned animals will have two horns, but the rhinoceros has just one horn in the mi... |
43955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead | Mead | Mead is a fermented alcoholic drink. It is made from honey. Its history may be as old as that of beer. It is made by mixing honey, water, and yeast. Some kinds of mead also include spices or fruit. Mead is sometimes called "honey wine".
Archaeologists discovered that people made mead 9,000 years ago. Mead was descri... |
43958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ull | Ull | In Norse mythology, Ull (or Ullr or Uller) is the son of Sif, and the stepson of Thor. He is thought to be the god of Winter, of hunting, of hand-to-hand combat, and of the willow tree. His name means "glory". He was said to be a great archer and skier who left blazing trails across the sky.
For this reason he is cel... |
43959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrud | Thrud | Þrúðr, sometimes written as Thrúd, is a daughter of the gods Sif and Thor in Norse mythology. Although her name is mentioned in the Prose Edda, it gives no direct powers or other information about her. Thrúd is also one of the valkyries described in Grímnismál (stanza 36). Thrúd is the goddess of power, of trees, flowe... |
43960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugin%20and%20Munin | Hugin and Munin | Hugin and Munin are two ravens, commonly associated with Odin. They bring Odin news from the world, when he sends them out. Their names translate as thought and memory, respectively.
Norse mythology |
43964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel%20%28goddess%29 | Hel (goddess) | Hel is a goddess of Norse mythology. Her father is Loki, and her mother is Angrboða, a giantess. Her siblings are Jörmungandr and Fenrir. Her task is to reign over the realm of the dead, also called Hel or Neifelheim, where the dead peacefully go to in the afterlife to wait until Ragnarok, the end of the gods and Asgar... |
43973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runestone | Runestone | A Runestone or Rune stone is a large stone, with runes inscribed on it, dating from the early Middle Ages. Currently, about 6000 such stones are known to exist in Scandinavia. About half of them date from the tenth and eleventh century, and were found in Sweden. Most of them are like grave stones. They announce the lif... |
43984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balcony | Balcony | A balcony is a kind of floor at a certain height, which stands out from the building. Usually, there is some kind of balustrade so people do not fall off.
There is a possibility to protect the balcony with a glazing. So called balcony glazings are important for certain areas that are heavily influenced by weather or n... |
43990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergstra%C3%9Fe%20Route | Bergstraße Route | Bergstraße ("Mountain Road") is the name of a mountain route, and the area around it, which stretches across the western edge of the Odenwald in southern Hesse and northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The name "Bergstraße" also refers to the district Kreis Bergstraße, the independent wine-growing region of Hessische ... |
44000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasus | Caucasus | The Caucasus or Caucasia is a region in Eurasia bordered on the south by Iran, on the southwest by Turkey, on the west by the Black Sea, on the east by the Caspian Sea, and on the north by Russia. The Persian name for the region is Qafqâz. Caucasia includes the Caucasus Mountains and surrounding lowlands.
The Cauc... |
44001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamidian%20massacres | Hamidian massacres | The Hamidian massacres took place around 1895 until 1897. The estimated number of Armenians killed are around 100,000 - 300,000.
These events are known by the Armenians as the "Great Massacres". The Armenians believed the Hamidian measures showed the extension of the Turkish state to do a systematic policy of murder a... |
44002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Pampalon | Alfred Pampalon | Alfred Pampalon (24 November 1867 – 30 September 1896) was born in the city of Lévis, Quebec, and died at 28 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré. He was a Redemptorist priest known for having a deep faith in God and a deep love of Mary. He is a patron for people with addictions.
His character and early life
He was known to be ... |
44004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian%20oblast | Armenian oblast | Armenian oblast (1828-1840 AD) was an oblast (province) around eastern Armenia. It was created by the Russians when they took over Eastern Armenia, a large number of Armenians moved back from Persia to Armenia and about 35000 Muslims (Azeris, Kurds and Lezgins) and various nomadic tribes left the area.
History of Arme... |
44005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Hripsime | St. Hripsime | St. Hripsime is a church in Ejmiadzin, Armenia. It was built in 618. It is one of the oldest churches in Armenia. St. Hripsime is also known for its fine Armenian architecture. This style of architecture was used again when they built many churches in Armenia.
Churches in Armenia
618 establishments
Establishments in A... |
44006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian%20language | Armenian language | The Armenian language is an Indo-European language that is spoken by Armenians.
It is the official language of Armenia and the occupied region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities all over the world. It is written by its own Armenian alphabet. The language has two standard fo... |
44007 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian%20diaspora | Armenian diaspora | The Armenian diaspora is a term used to describe the communities of Armenians living outside of Armenia. Of the total Armenian population living worldwide which was estimated to be 8,000,000 in 2004, only about 3,000,000 live in Armenia and about 120,000 in the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh.
Other websites ... |
44008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect | Aspect | Aspect may mean:
Aspect (computer science)
Aspect (grammar) or Lexical aspect
Astrological aspect
Aspect (geography)
Aspect (real estate)
Warner Aspect |
44009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol%20Vorderman | Carol Vorderman | Carol Jean Vorderman (born 24 December 1960) is a British television presenter. She was born in Bedford and raised in Prestatyn, North Wales. Her father was Dutch; her mother is Welsh. She studied engineering at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. She is best known for having picked the letters and numbers ... |
44011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobiles%20of%20the%201920s | Automobiles of the 1920s | Automobiles have changed considerably since 1893 due to the more efficient ways for new cars to be developed and designed. The car industry was thriving in the 1920s. There were many new types of cars. In the beginning of the 1920s many of the soldiers returning from World War I bought automobiles. People started to se... |
44015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norns | Norns | The Norns are female deities in Norse mythology who govern fate. Their names are Urd (what has been), Verdandi (what is) and Skuld (what is to come). Skuld is also the name of a Valkyrie.
The Norns are at the base of the ash tree Yggdrasil (or, according to some versions, above the Bifröst bridge). They spin threads a... |
44020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Trek%3A%20The%20Next%20Generation | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Star Trek: The Next Generation was the second television series of the science fiction franchise Star Trek. It was created by Gene Roddenberry, and was aired for seven years, from 1987 to 1994.
The Next Generation was set in the 24th century, eighty years after the original series of Star Trek, and it focused on the l... |
44026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liopleurodon | Liopleurodon | Liopleurodon was a large species of Pliosaur. It was an apex predator in the Upper Jurassic seas, around 160–155 million years ago. It grew up to 6.39 metres (21 feet) long. It was a relative of Pliosaurus and Kronosaurus. It preyed on other marine animals such as Ophthalmosaurus.
Some fossil remains excavated from th... |
44027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libonectes | Libonectes | Libonectes was a plesiosaur related to Elasmosaurus. It lived 80 to 65 million years ago. It grew up to 12 metres long. It was a predator of small fish; the fish ate plankton in the upper pelagic layers of the sea.
Plesiosaurs
Fossils |
44029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimetrodon | Dimetrodon | Dimetrodon was a pelycosaur (early Synapsida) from the first part of the Permian period (about 295–272 million years ago).
Dimetrodon walked on four legs and had a tall, curved skull with large teeth of different sizes set along the jaws. Most fossils have been found in the southwestern United States, from red beds i... |
44030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinosaurus | Spinosaurus | Spinosaurus (which means 'spiny lizard') was a huge semi-aquatic dinosaur from the Cretaceous, 112 to 93.5 million years ago. It had paddle-like feet and nostrils on top of its crocodile-like head. This would let it submerge as a crocodile does.
The same research suggests it was perhaps larger than Tyrannosaurus rex, ... |
44040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhanguera | Anhanguera | Anhanguera, which means 'Old Devil', was a pterodactyl from the Upper Cretaceous. It was found in the Santana Formation of Brazil, and specimens from England are also placed in this genus.
It ate fish and grew to 14 feet (4.5 meters) across. The species Anhanguera piscator is now placed in the genus Coloborhynchus.
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44041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhamphorhynchus | Rhamphorhynchus | Rhamphorhynchus is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs in the Upper Jurassic. It is the best-known of the long-tailed pterosaurs, the sub-order Rhamphorynchoidea.
Rhamphorhynchus had a long tail, stiffened with ligaments, which ended in a small diamond-shaped rudder on the end of its tail which helped keep it stable ... |
44043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhejiangopterus | Zhejiangopterus | Zhejiangopterus is a pterosaur that was found in China. It lived in the late Cretaceous.
At least six specimens of adults have been found. Zhejiangopterus was a moderately large pterosaur. Its wingspan was first estimated at five metres (16.4 feet). Later estimates reduced this to about 3.5 metres (11 feet).
Its sk... |
44044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupuxuara | Tupuxuara | Tupuxuara was a pterosaur that lived 112 million years ago. It was found in the Santana Formation, the remains of an inland sea.
Some species were quite small, but the largest skull (length 130 cms) suggests a wingspan of 5.5 metres. It was an Azdarchid pterosaur, the same group as Quetzalcoatlus.
Pterosaurs |
44046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anurognathus | Anurognathus | Anurognathus was a genus of small rhamphorhynchoid pterosaurs which lived 150 million years ago, in the Upper Jurassic period. It had a short head with pin-like teeth for catching insects. It was found in the Solnhofen limestone, the same place as Archaeopteryx. They grew up to 35 cms wingspan.
Although it is in the l... |
44048 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Nine%20Articles | Thirty-Nine Articles | The Thirty-Nine Articles are the historic statements of Anglican beliefs. The Articles were not meant to be a complete statement of the Christian faith. They are a statement of the position of the Church of England against the Roman Catholic Church and against Protestants.
History
The articles were made in 1563, unde... |
44059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teal | Teal | Teal can mean many things, such as:
A type of duck,
Ringed teal,Callonetta leucophrys
Common teal, Anas crecca
Green-winged teal, Anas carolinensis
Black teal, Aythya novaeseelandiae
Brown teal, Anas aucklandica
Silver teal, Anas versicolor
Cape teal, Anas capensis
Marbled teal, Marmaronetta angustirostris
B... |
44062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojiya%2C%20Niigata | Ojiya, Niigata | Ojiya (Japanese: 小千谷（おぢや）市;-shi) is a city in Niigata, Japan. As of July 16, 2003, 40,342 people lived in the city. Ojiya's total area is . The Lord Mayor of Ojiya is Yasuo Yatsui
An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck Ojiya on October 23, 2004 at 17:56 local time. The earthquake killed 51 people. 4,795 people were in... |
44067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus | Tantalus | Tantalus was a mortal king in Greek mythology. He did many bad things against the gods and goddesses. At a banquet, he tried to feed people the flesh of his son Pelops. He had asked the gods and goddesses to come to this banquet. When they learn what he had planned, they punished Tantalus in not only this world (the wo... |
44069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido | Bushido | , meaning "Way of the Warrior", is a Japanese code of conduct and a way of life, more or less similar to the European code of chivalry. It comes from the samurai moral code and gives great importance to certain virtues like frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery and honour until voluntary death, seppuku. Bushidō was ... |
44102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign | Campaign | Campaign is trying to do something. Some battles in wars are called campaigns. The word comes from "Campania", a region where the ancient Roman army often fought.
When someone in politics seeks election to a political office, that is called a "political campaign". Sometimes, a series of advertisements can be referred ... |
44103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manco%20C%C3%A1pac | Manco Cápac | Manco Cápac (died in 1231) was the first of the fourteen Inca rulers of Peru. He started the Inca empire.
As he says it, his legend started at the waters of Lake Titicaca, when he was told by the sun god to go East to set up his empire. As they walked looking for a good place, Manco taught men to farm, hunt, and fish... |
44106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville | Brazzaville | Brazzaville is the capital city of the Republic of the Congo. One million people live there. Brazzaville is on one side of the Congo river, with Kinshasa on the other side. Brazzaville and Kinshasa are the nearest country capitals in the World.
References
Capital cities in Africa
Settlements in the Republic of the Co... |
44107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow%20Sea | Yellow Sea | The Yellow Sea is the northern part of the East China Sea. It is between Mainland China and the Korean peninsula. The northwestern part is called the Bohai Sea. The name "Yellow Sea" comes from the silt particles that color its water. The particles come from the Yellow River. Smaller rivers include the Yalu and Han Ri... |
44113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20China%20Sea | East China Sea | The East China Sea is a marginal sea east of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean and covers an area of 1,249,000 km². In China, the sea is called the East Sea. In Korea, the sea is sometimes called "South Sea", but this is more often used to speak only of the area near South Korea's southern coast.
Geography
The... |
44116 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%20of%20California | Governor of California | The Governor of California is the highest office in the state government in the American state of California. The office of Governor of California was created in 1849, before California became a state. Before it was a state, there had been six American military governors and numerous Mexican governors when California w... |
44117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymn | Hymn | A hymn is a religious song of worship in Christianity, or a sacred song. Collections of hymns are known as hymnals.
In Hinduism, a hymn is a shloka.
Christian music
Musical forms |
44123 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett%20O%27Hara | Scarlett O'Hara | Scarlett O'Hara is the main charcater in Margaret Mitchell's book Gone with the Wind with the movie adaptation, and Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley. She is one of the residents of Georgia who had histrionic personality disorder.
Characters in written fiction
Fictional American people
Fictional people with personality dis... |
44124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivien%20Leigh | Vivien Leigh | Vivien Leigh (; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967; born Vivian Mary Hartley and styled as Lady Olivier after 1947) was an English actress. She is best known for playing Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind in 1939, and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951. Leigh won Academy Awards for both of these roles.
L... |
44126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred%20Heart | Sacred Heart | The prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic devotion. A devotion is something that people do or say to show their love for God and Jesus. Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque wrote the prayer. When Roman Catholics pray to the Sacred Heart of Jesus they are praying for a part of Jesus that they believe is divine... |
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