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63320 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20property | Chemical property | In chemistry, a property is any aspect of a substance which is only seen by means of a chemical reaction. Simply speaking, chemical properties cannot be determined just by viewing or touching the substance. This is different from a physical property, which can be discovered without changing the substance's chemical str... |
63321 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass%20drum | Bass drum | A bass drum is a type of musical instrument called a drum. It is a large drum, makes low sounds, and is frequently used in the common drum kit.
Drums |
63322 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum%20kit | Drum kit | A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other percussion instruments that is used by a drummer in a musical group.
Setup
A normal drum kit consists of the following:
Bass drum - The largest drum, which is also called a kick drum. It is struck with a hammer that is moved by one's f... |
63323 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum%20stick | Drum stick | A drum stick or drumstick is a wooden stick that is used to hit percussion instruments to make sound.
There are many kinds of drumsticks. Some sticks are made for certain instruments. For instance, a drum kit stick may look very different from a snare drum stick. Weight, length, and tip size are all altering factors i... |
63324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khachkar | Khachkar | A Khachkar or Khatchkar ("Խաչքար" in Armenian, meaning "cross-stone", pronounced as ) is a carved memorial stone found in Armenia.
It has a crucifix or cross, with a rosette or sun circle below it. Other parts can be filled with patterns of leaves, grapes or knots. Sometimes it has a ledge at the top with saints' or c... |
63326 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back%20Dorm%20Boys | Back Dorm Boys | Back Dorm Boys () are two Chinese people who have made several well known spoof music videos in 2006. Their name comes from their lip sync video of the Backstreet Boys' song "As Long As You Love Me". They are often called the "Back Dormitory Boys". Their spoof music videos have been selected by Motorola China to promot... |
63327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natt%C5%8D | Nattō | Natto ( (hiragana), 納豆 (kanji); nattō or nattou) is a traditional Japanese food made by fermenting soybeans. Natto is known for its strong musty smell and unusual slimy texture, which yields mucous-like (or sticky) strings when stirred and eaten. In order to mediate some of the strong flavors, it is usually eaten on to... |
63328 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kichij%C5%8Dji | Kichijōji | is a neighborhood in the city of Musashino in Tokyo, Japan. It has an important commercial activity, with many shops, restaurant and cultural activities, mostly north of its railway station.
Kichijōji also has some famous landmarks. Inokashira Park, for example, is in the south part of the district, and is a favorite ... |
63330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udon | Udon | is a type of thick, wheat-based noodle popular in Japanese cuisine.
Udon is most often served hot as a noodle soup in a mild, salty broth. Its simplest form is called kake udon. This consists only of dashi stock, soy sauce (shōyu), mirin, and udon noodles. Different things can be put on top of the soup as toppings. Of... |
63332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachi%C5%8Dji%2C%20Tokyo | Hachiōji, Tokyo | is a Japanese city in on the island of Honshu. It is about 40 kilometers west of the center of the 23 special wards of Tokyo. The city is the 8th biggest city around the Tokyo metropolitan area. It is the 24th largest city in Japan.
History
Hachiōji officially became a city on September 1, 1917, but it has been an ... |
63335 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerima%2C%20Tokyo | Nerima, Tokyo | Nerima is one of the 23 special wards in Tokyo, Japan.
The municipality calls itself "Nerima City" in English.
Nerima is called "the town of animation" because the earliest anime businesses started up in the area.
History
On 1 August 1947, the ward of Nerima was formed by separating from the ward of Itabashi.
Geog... |
63338 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suginami%2C%20Tokyo | Suginami, Tokyo | is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan.
The municipality calls itself "Suginami City" in English.
Geography
Suginami is in the western part of Tokyo's special wards. It is next to Setagaya to the south. Its western neighbors are the cities of Mitaka and Musashino. Nerima is on the northern border. Nakano is t... |
63341 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higashi-Nagasaki%20Station | Higashi-Nagasaki Station | Higashi-Nagasaki Station is the railway station of the Seibu-Ikebukuro line in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, Japan.
The station is near the "Ikebukuro" station that is center of Tokyo. Only local train stops this station. Limited express, rapid express, semi express and rapid train pass this station. The next station of this st... |
63345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagamihara%2C%20Kanagawa | Sagamihara, Kanagawa | Sagamihara (, Sagamihara-shi?) is a city in Japan. It is in north central Kanagawa Prefecture, bordering Tokyo, Japan. It is the third most populous city in the prefecture, after Yokohama and Kawasaki.
The main areas of commercial activity in Sagamihara are around Hashimoto Station on the JR Yokohama Line and Keio Sa... |
63346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori%2C%20Aomori | Aomori, Aomori | is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
It is southwest of the town of Hiranai. It is a coastal city, and is near the Mutsu-wan (陸奥湾). It has been recognized as a core city since 2006.
Geography
Surrounding municipalities
Aomori Prefecture
Fujisaki
Goshogawara
Hirakawa
Hiranai
Itayanagi
Kuroishi
Shi... |
63356 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM%20Land%20Registry | HM Land Registry | Land Registry or Her Majesty's Land Registry is a United Kingdom government office which started in 1862. It publicly records interests in land in England and Wales. It answers to the Ministry of Justice.
Purpose
The office records the owner of land and legal rights over land. It has recorded about half of the land... |
63360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamuna | Yamuna | The Yamuna (), sometimes called Jamuna (, , ) or Jumna, is a major river in North India. It is the largest branch of a bigger river called the Ganges. It is 1370 km long. It begins at the Yamunotri, which is in the Himalayas. It goes through the Indian states of Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. At the end, it flows i... |
63361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad is the largest city in the Gujarat state, in Western India. The city is the administrative centre of Ahmedabad district, and was the capital of Gujarat from 1960 to 1970. The city is located on the banks of the Sabarmati River, and it shares proximity with the Gandhinagar, the newly built state capital.
The ... |
63362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau%2C%20Bavaria | Dachau, Bavaria | Dachau (German pronunciation: [ˈdaxaʊ]; Bavarian: Dochau) is a city in the south of Germany, about north-west of Munich. It has about 40,000 inhabitants. The town contains a historic town centre with an 18th century castle.
Dachau was founded in the 8th century. In 1933, a concentration camp was built in Dachau. It w... |
63367 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odonata | Odonata | The Odonata are an order of flying insects, the dragonflies and damselflies.
Like most of the flying insects (flies, beetles, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera), they evolved in the early Mesozoic era. Their prototypes, the giant dragonflies of the Carboniferous, 325 mya, are no longer put in the Odonata. These are now cal... |
63371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chordophone | Chordophone | A chordophone is any musical instrument which produces sound commonly by vibrating a string or strings stretched between two points.
What most westerners would call string instruments are classified as chordophones (for example, violins, guitars and harps).
String instruments |
63373 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will%20Ferrell | Will Ferrell | Jonathan William "Will" Ferrell (; born , 1967) is an American Comedian, Impressionist, Actor, Producer, and Writer. He began his successful career as a cast member of Saturday Night Live. He has since appeared in many different movies, such as Blades of Glory, Elf, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talledega Nigh... |
63374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritium | Tritium | Tritium is an isotope of hydrogen, the lightest element. Tritium has one proton and two neutrons. It heavier than ordinary hydrogen or its isotope deuterium. Hydrogen does not have any neutrons, only a proton. The chemical symbol for Tritium is 3H or T.
In nature, tritium is made when cosmic rays hit nitrogen in the E... |
63385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood%20fibre | Wood fibre | Wood fibres are made of cellulose got from the xylem vessels in plants, especially trees. Other plants providing fibres include straw, bamboo, cotton, hemp, and sugar cane.
Products made from processed plant fibres include paper and textiles.
Fibers
Wood |
63386 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20theology | Christian theology | Christian theology is the study of Christian belief. Christian theologians use analysis and argument to understand, explain, test, critique, defend, or promote Christianity.
Christian theology starts with the New Testament. Saint Paul, in his letters, and his speeches (Acts of the Apostles), draws upon his training a... |
63387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional%20wrestling | Professional wrestling | Professional wrestling, pro wrestling is wrestling done as performance art. It is different from other sports because it is a fixed sport. It is sometimes known as sports entertainment.
Like other athletes, most wrestlers train each day to maintain their physical condition. They practice for years to learn to execut... |
63393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco-Ville | Monaco-Ville | Monaco-Ville is the original fortified town of Monaco.
Other websites
Monaco-Ville information
Monaco |
63396 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%B1d%C4%B1rl%C4%B1k%20Tower | Hıdırlık Tower | Hıdırlık Tower is a landmark tower of tawny stone in Antalya, Turkey, where Kaleiçi meets Karaalioglu Park.
The tower is at the south side of the place, where the land walls of the city join the sea walls. The 14m high tower consists a circular tower rising on a quadratic pedestal. The tower's gate at the eastern side... |
63398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa%2C%20Arizona | Mesa, Arizona | Mesa is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona and part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale Metropolitan Area. It is the 38th largest city in the United States of America. It was settled by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in January 1878.
Education
CAE Global Academy Phoenix
References
1878 est... |
63400 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucson%2C%20Arizona | Tucson, Arizona | Tucson is a city in Arizona, United States. It is the seat of Pima County. It is 118 miles (188 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles (98 km) north of the Mexican border. It is where the shooting of senator Gabrielle Giffords took place. Arizona has many deserts. It is visited by many people to escape cold weather. Tuc... |
63402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington%2C%20Texas | Arlington, Texas | Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. It is in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area.
Arlington has AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Field, Texas Live, Six Flags, the United States Bowling Congress Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV and American Mensa.
Famous people from Arlington
M... |
63403 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrant%20County%2C%20Texas | Tarrant County, Texas | Tarrant County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 1,809,034 people lived there. The county seat is Fort Worth, and in 2012, 777,992 people lived there, making it the largest city in the county. The second largest city in the county is Arlington, where 375,600 people live.
Geography
The county has a tota... |
63405 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrophotometer | Spectrophotometer | A spectrophotometer measures either the amount of light reflected from a sample object or the amount of light that is absorbed by the sample object. Spectrophotometry is the quantity based study of electromagnetic spectra.
Design
In short, the sequence of events in a modern spectrophotometer is as follows:
The light... |
63407 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20Orthodox%20Church | Russian Orthodox Church | The Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate are Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs and primates of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Related pages
Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Christianity
Other websites
The official web site of ... |
63408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form | Form | Form (Lat. forma Eng. mould), refers to the external three-dimensional outline, appearance or configuration of some thing - in contrast to the matter or content or substance of which it is mainly composed (compare with shape).
Geometry |
63409 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martiros%20Saryan | Martiros Saryan | Martiros Saryan (, February 28, 1880 – 5 May 1972) was a Russian-born Armenian painter.
He was born into an Armenian family in Nor Nakhijevan (now part of Russia). In 1895, he was 15, he finished the Nakhichevan school and from 1897 to 1904 learned at the Moscow School of Arts, also in the workshops of Valentin Serov ... |
63415 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library%20of%20Congress | Library of Congress | The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress.
The head of the Library is the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
Roles
The primary function of the Library of Congress is to serve the Congress. The Library welcomes public use of its ge... |
63418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%2C%20Ontario | Forest, Ontario | Forest, Ontario is a town in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. About 3,000 people live in the town. It the biggest town in Lambton Shores. The town was an important lumber town. It even had its own train stop. Forest is now a tourist attraction. It has trails and camp facilities.
History
Forest is located on land that ... |
63419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul%20music | Soul music | Soul music is a kind of music that mixes rhythm and blues, gospel music and pop music. It started in the 1960s in the United States. Features of Soul Music are call and response, hand claps, body movement and a tense vocal sound.
Ray Charles is said to be inventor of Soul with his song "I Got a Woman".
Soul is energet... |
63420 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garni | Garni | Garni ("Գառնի" in Armenian) is a village in the Armenian province of Kotayk'.
Other websites
Garni at Armenica.org
Settlements in Armenia |
63426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20Armenia | Greater Armenia | Greater Armenia could mean:
Greater Armenia, a political goal of Armenian irredentists.
The Kingdom of Armenia, also known as Greater Armenia, Great Armenia, or Historic Armenia. |
63428 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irredentism | Irredentism | Irredentism is the desire of a state or some of its people in a state for the annexation of land of another state. Those who want the land say that it really belongs to them because the other state stole it, or they wish to liberate the people who live there who have the same ethnicity or some other connection.
The te... |
63430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20Armenia%20%28political%20concept%29 | Greater Armenia (political concept) | Greater Armenia or United Armenia is an Armenian irredentist political goal aimed at uniting all territories perceived as "historically or ethnically Armenian" to the Republic of Armenia.
Related pages
Armenian Genocide
Middle East
Nationalism |
63431 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fume%20hood | Fume hood | A fume hood or fume cupboard is a large piece of scientific equipment common to chemistry laboratories. Fume hoods stop a person coming into contact with hazardous fumes. They contain an air pump that sucks fumes away from the person using them.
Fume hoods have a large glass window that is opened when a scientist need... |
63433 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghevont%20Alishan | Ghevont Alishan | Father Ghevont Alishan () (July 6, 1820 – November 9, 1901; also spelled Ghevond Alishan) was an ordained Armenian Catholic priest, historian and a poet. In 1885, Alishan created the first modern Armenian flag.
1820 births
1901 deaths
Armenian poets
Armenian historians
Christian clergy
Eastern Catholics |
63434 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian%20Catholic%20Church | Armenian Catholic Church | The Armenian Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic church sui juris within the Catholic Church. Its headquarters are in Bzoummar, Lebanon. The union was established in the Council of Florence, in 1439. During the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1918, its followers were scattered, mainly to Syria and Lebanon. Many Armenians al... |
63435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin%20T.%20Wegner | Armin T. Wegner | Armin T. Wegner (October 16 1886 – May 17 1978) was a soldier in World War I, a writer and a co-creator of German Expressionism, a political activist for Armenian and Jewish human rights, and a victim of Nazi persecution.
He was a war reporter for several German newspapers at the same time. While staying in Turkey, he... |
63438 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activism | Activism | Activism is an action to make a change, or stop a change, in society. It can be trying to make a government change its laws, or trying to make people change what they do. There are many forms of activism. Activism is most associated with protests.
Activist demonstrative forms of activism includes rallies, street march... |
63442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian%20people | Assyrian people | Assyrians, also known as Syriacs-Arameans and Chaldeans, are an ethnic group whose origins remain in what is today Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria, but who have gone to the Caucasus, North America and Western Europe during the past century. Hundreds of thousands more live in Assyrian diaspora and Iraqi refugee communities... |
63443 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty%20principle | Uncertainty principle | The Uncertainty principle is also called the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Werner Heisenberg stumbled on a secret of the universe: Nothing has a definite position, a definite trajectory, or a definite momentum. Trying to pin a thing down to one definite position will make its momentum less well pinned down, and vic... |
63444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria | Assyria | In the Middle Bronze Age,Assyria was a city state on the Upper Tigris river, named after its capital, the ancient city of Assur.
The Assyrians were just to the north of their rivals, the Babylonians. All the kingdoms of ancient Mesopotamia used the cuneiform writing system invented by the Sumerians.
Assyrian people... |
63451 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum | Forum | Forum (plural forums or fora) may mean:
Forum (Roman), open public area in the middle of a Roman city
Roman Forum, the most famous example
Forum (legal), a place for public speaking in the United States
Internet forum, discussion board on the Internet
Public forum debate, a type of debate
Blandford Forum, town in Engla... |
63454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%20Andropov | Yuri Andropov | Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (1914-1984) was a Soviet politician. He was born in Nagutskoye, Russian SFSR.
Andropov was Director of the KGB for an unusually long time: 19671982 (Jan-May). He was General Secretary of the CPSU from November 12, 1982 until his death fifteen months later. He had diabetes mellitus and died... |
63461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20%28disambiguation%29 | Van (disambiguation) | A van is a road vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people.
Van or may also refer to:
Places
In Turkey:
Van, Turkey, the city
Van Province
Lake Van, borders the Van Province
Other
The country code for Vanuatu
Van Slanzar de Fanel, a fictional character in The Vision of Escaflowne
A kind of Norse d... |
63464 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%2C%20Turkey | Van, Turkey | Van (Armenian ) is a city in eastern Turkey and the seat of Van Province. It is on the eastern shore of Lake Van. The city's population in 2005 was 284,464. According to the Encyclopedia of the Orient, Kurds form the majority though no census based on ethnicity was ever held in Turkey.
Other websites
Plan of Van city... |
63467 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20Province | Van Province | Van () is a province in eastern Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border. It is 19,069 km2 in area and has a population of 1,035,418 at the end of 2010. Kurds form the majority.
History
In the 9th century BC, the Van area was the center of the Urartian kingdom. For centuries after that, the area was a major Ar... |
63472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urartian%20language | Urartian language | Urartian is the name for the language spoken by the people of the ancient kingdom of Urartu in northeast Anatolia (present-day Turkey), in the region of Lake Van.
Urartian was a language isolate, which was neither Semitic nor Indo-European, but a member of the Hurro-Urartian family.
There is a hypothesis that suggest... |
63481 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha%20Corporation | Yamaha Corporation | Yamaha is a Japanese multinational company that makes different products, including musical instruments such as keyboards.
Yamaha was founded in 1887 by Torakusu Yamaha. Yamaha started when the founder Torasku Yamaha when he successfully completed the first reed organ It was named Nippon Gakki Company, Limited and pro... |
63485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease%20%28movie%29 | Grease (movie) | Grease is a 1978 American romantic comedy musical movie directed by Randal Kleiser and produced by Robert Stigwood. The movie tells the story of high-schoolers Rizzo (Stockard Channing), Kenickie (Jeff Conaway), Danny (John Travolta), Frenchy (Didi Conn) and Sandy (Olivia Newton-John).
Release dates
Plot
Danny Zuko ... |
63489 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20Time%20Zone | Eastern Time Zone | Eastern Time Zone (ET) is the time zone for the eastern part of the Americas including the United States, Canada and parts of South America and the Caribbean. ET is five hours behind UTC in winter, which is called Eastern Standard Time (EST). It is four hours behind UTC during summer Daylight saving time, when it is ca... |
63497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian%20Legion | Armenian Legion | The Armenian Legion () or Armenische Legion was the name given to the 812th Armenian Battalion which was a foreign unit comprised of several thousand men.
Leaders Kanayan and Garegin Njdeh counted the support of over 18,000 Armenians.
In addition to this exclusively Armenian unit, Nazi Armenians also served in the th... |
63498 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garegin%20Njdeh | Garegin Njdeh | Garegin Njdeh (, real name: Garegin Ter-Harutiunian, 1 January 1886 - late 1955) was an Armenian statesman, military, and political thinker. He was a native of Nakhchivan.
Death
Njdeh fled Armenia after the triumph of Bolsheviks, and was involved in patriotic activities in Iran, Bulgaria and the United States. A cont... |
63499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht | Wehrmacht | Wehrmacht was the name of the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. The Wehrmacht consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force).
The Waffen-SS, an initially small armed section of Heinrich Himmler's Allgemeine SS that grew to nearly a million strong during World ... |
63502 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drastamat%20Kanayan | Drastamat Kanayan | General Drastamat Kanayan (May 31, 1884 – March 8, 1956) was an Armenian politician, revolutionary, and general. He was the commander of the Armenian Legion of the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany and part of Armenian national liberation movement.
Drastamat Kanayan was born in Iğdır, Surmalu, Russian Empir... |
63503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20White | Jack White | Jack White (born John Anthony Gillis, July 9, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American singer, guitarist, composer and actor. He is best known as one half of The White Stripes with his ex-wife Meg White.
Because of his successful career with The White Stripes, he has gotten the chance to work many other famous musici... |
63506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg%20White | Meg White | Meg White was born on December 10, 1974 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. She is an American drummer and vocalist. She is one half of The White Stripes with her ex-husband Jack White.
Meg's playful yet simple style of drumming has drawn so much debate about her ability that is referenced in the movie School of Rock. I... |
63519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriatic%20Sea | Adriatic Sea | The Adriatic Sea is a body of water and is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. The Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula was sepatated by the sea. Countries that have a coastline in the Adriatic Sea are Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania.
The average width of the sea is about 1... |
63520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20in%20Australia | Time in Australia | Mainland Australia has three official time zones. The full names of the time zones are usually shortened by dropping the Australian. Most Australian external territories are in different time zones. Many parts of Australia have daylight saving time.
History
The three official standard time zones were set up in Febru... |
63521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20sacrifice | Human sacrifice | Human sacrifice is the act of killing a human being as an offering to a deity or other, normally supernatural, power.
It was practiced in many ancient cultures. The practice was different in different cultures.
Some like the Mayans and Aztecs are notorious for their ritual killings, others have looked down on the prac... |
63524 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomomi%20Kahala | Tomomi Kahala | Tomomi Kahala, sometimes spelled Kahara ( Kahara Tomomi born August 17, 1974 in Tokyo) is a Japanese female singer. Her nickname is "Tomochan", and special skill is Horse riding. Her most famous song is "I'm Proud", "I Believe".
Albums
Awards
Other websites
Tomomi Kahara - Universal Music official site
Kahala To... |
63534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer%20effect | Observer effect | The observer effect, or observer bias, means several things in different situations, although there are similarities.
Use in science
In science, the term observer effect means that the act of observing will influence the phenomenon being observed.
For example, for us to "see" an electron, a photon must first interact... |
63535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton%20Township%2C%20Michigan | Canton Township, Michigan | Canton, Michigan is a township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. About 93,704 people live in it according to an educated guess of the U.S. Census Bureau. The FBI decided that it is the 20th safest city in the United States.The average household in Canton earns $84,000 dollars.
References
Townships in Mi... |
63537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability%20theory | Probability theory | Probability theory is the part of mathematics that studies random situations. Probability theory usually studies random events, random variables, stochastic processes, and non-deterministic events (events that do not follow a simple pattern).
Tossing a coin, winning the lottery, or rolling a die are random events. ... |
63543 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Raven | The Raven | "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845. It tells the story of a mysterious talking raven who visits a lover; it shows how the lover is slowly going insane. It is often called Poe's most famous poem, its publication made him famous in his day, and today it is ... |
63545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan%20civilization | Mayan civilization | The Maya civilization and Maya religion. They lived there for a long time and some of the Maya people live there even today.
The Maya lived there 4,000 years ago (about 2000 BC). At that date complex societies were living in the Maya region. The staple foods of the Maya diet were cultivated. Their food included maiz... |
63547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican%20chronology | Mesoamerican chronology | Looking at the history of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica one can see some rather different periods between the first humans and the early Colonial period (which followed the Spanish colonization of the Americas) in the end.
Overview
Paleo-Indian period
The Paleo-Indian (not so often Lithic) period or era is that which ... |
63549 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck | Beck | Beck Hansen (better known as simply Beck) (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for folky rock music, unusual lyrics, and post-modern arrangements, which has made him one of the most outstanding in 1990s alternative roc... |
63571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20Meridian | Prime Meridian | The Prime Meridian is the meridian (line of longitude) that goes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in London it is also known as the International Meridian or Greenwich Meridian. Other longitudes are given as east or west of the Prime Meridian.
Lines like this are not actually lines on the ground, but are ways ... |
63572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement | Retirement | Retirement is when people stop working. People may retire when they reach a certain age, or if they get sick or have an accident, or even for their own choice. Some people may semi-retire and keep some sort of job. People typically do this after working for so many years and growing tired of it.
Society
Leisure |
63573 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia | Sophia | Sophia and sofia may mean:
Spiritual
Sophia (gnosticism), gnostic deity
Pistis Sophia, gnostic text
In the Ben Sirach, wisdom from the Torah.
Music
Sophia (indie rock band)
SOPHIA, Japanese band
Sophia (EP) by The Crüxshadows
Sophia (song) by Nerina Pallot
Buildings
Hagia Sophia or Saint Sophia, Istanbul
So... |
63574 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trdat%20the%20Architect | Trdat the Architect | Trdat the Architect (c. 950-1020) (Armenian: Տրդատ ճարտարապետ), known in Latin as Tiridates, was chief architect of the Bagratuni Dynasty of Armenia.
After a great earthquake in 989 destroyed the dome of Hagia Sophia, the Byzantine officials sent Trdat to Byzantium to organize repairs. The restored dome was completed ... |
63578 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantium | Byzantium | Byzantium () was an ancient Greek city. The name "Byzantium" is a Latinization of the original name Byzantion.
The city became the center of the Byzantine Empire, (the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of late Antiquity and the Middle Ages), but at that time it was already called Constantinople.
History
Legend
The origins... |
63580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat%20of%20arms%20of%20Armenia | Coat of arms of Armenia | The national coat of arms of Armenia consists of an eagle and a lion supporting a shield. The coat of arms combines new and old symbols. The eagle and lion are ancient Armenian symbols dating from the first Armenian kingdoms that existed prior to Christ.
The current coat of arms was adopted on 19 April 1992 by the Arm... |
63582 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsacid%20Dynasty%20of%20Armenia | Arsacid Dynasty of Armenia | The Arsacid Dynasty or (sometimes called the Arshakuni Dynasty) ruled the Kingdom of Armenia from 54 to 428. They started as a branch of the Parthian Arsacids but became a distinctly Armenian dynasty later on. Armenia was between the Parthian and Roman Empires and both were trying to control it. Arsacid Kings reigned i... |
63584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakob%20Kojoyan | Hakob Kojoyan | Hakob Karapetovich Kojoyan (1883 - 1959) was an Armenian artist. He worked in genres of painting, landscapes, and applied art. Hakob Kojoyan was awarded the designation of "People's Artist of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic." He helped Armenian architect Alexander Tamanian to create the coat of arms for the Demo... |
63585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Tamanian | Alexander Tamanian | Alexander Tamanian (, March 4, 1878, Yekaterinodar - February 20, 1936, Yerevan) was an Armenian neoclassical architect, who is remembered today for his work in the city of Yerevan.
Other websites
Alexander Tamanian at Armeniapedia.org
Alexander Tamanian at TACentral.com
Armenian people
1878 births
1936 deaths |
63586 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ani | Ani | Ani (, Latin: Abnicum) is a ruined and uninhabited medieval city-site in Turkey. It is in the province of Kars, beside the border with Armenia. It was once the capital of a medieval Armenian kingdom that covered much of present-day Armenia and eastern Turkey.
At the height of its great times, Ani had a population of 1... |
63590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian%20Soviet%20Socialist%20Republic | Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic | The Armenian SSR or Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia, came into being on 29 November 1920. On 1 December 1920, the Prime Minister Simon Vratsian handed over control of the country to the Communist Party of Armenia. The name was later changed to the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
The modern Republic of Armeni... |
63594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinct%20language | Extinct language | An extinct language is a language that no longer is the first language or the second language of anyone. The opposite of a modern language, an extinct language is not spoken anymore and so no longer develops or changes. The first recorded example in human history is Sumerian.
It is not to be confused with a dead lang... |
63603 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian%20Americans | Armenian Americans | An Armenian American is an American whose ancestry is from Armenia. During the 2009 Census in the United States, 1,270,000 Americans indicated either full or partial Armenian ancestry.
History
The first Armenian known to have moved to America is nicknamed "Martin the Armenian". He was one of the settlers in the James... |
63604 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Cavendish | Thomas Cavendish | Sir Thomas Cavendish (or Candish) (1560-1592) was an English sea explorer. He was known as "the Navigator" because he led the third expedition to travel around (circumnavigate) the globe. Cavendish was the first who set sail to do this. Magellan and Francis Drake were the first two to circumnavigate the globe, but they... |
63609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Saroyan | William Saroyan | William Saroyan () (August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981) was an American author who wrote many plays and short stories about growing up impoverished as the son of Armenian immigrants. These stories were popular during the Great Depression. Saroyan grew up in Fresno, the center of Armenian-Americans in California, where many... |
63611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael%20Lemkin | Raphael Lemkin | Raphael Lemkin (; 24 June 1900 – 28 August 1959) was a lawyer of Polish-Jewish descent. Before World War II, Lemkin was interested in the Armenian Genocide and campaigned in the League of Nations to ban what he called "barbarity" and "vandalism". He is best known for his work against genocide, a word he coined in 1943 ... |
63613 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vak%C4%B1fl%C4%B1 | Vakıflı | Vakıflı Köyü ( — Vakif) is the only ethnic Armenian village in Turkey. It is on the slopes of Musa Dagh in the Samandağ district of Hatay Province. It has a view of the Mediterranean Sea. From the village, people can see the Syrian border. It has a population of about 130 people.
Cities in Turkey |
63614 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20colonization%20of%20the%20Americas | Spanish colonization of the Americas | The Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in America of Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón) in 1492. This was the first part of the European colonization of the Americas.
The Spanish expanded their territories in America over the years until they included Central America, most of South Americ... |
63615 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquistador | Conquistador | A Conquistador (English: Conqueror; : Conquistadores, or Conquistadors) was a Spanish soldier, explorer and adventurer. The Conquistadors invaded and conquered much of the Americas and the Philippines Islands and other islands in Asia Pacific. Many of them were hidalgos (noblemen of low category).
Their conquests brou... |
63616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shushanik%20Kurghinian | Shushanik Kurghinian | Shushanik Kurghinian (Popoljian) (1876-1927) was an Armenian poet. Kurghinian received little or no recognition for her outstanding poems. Although a socialist with some stirring poems of labour's rebellion to her name, she remained a dim star even in the Soviet era. Today she is almost unknown, away from the literary ... |
63618 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyumri | Gyumri | Gyumri (Armenian:Գյումրի) is the capital and largest city of the Shirak province in northwest Armenia. It is located about 75 miles from the capital Yerevan, and, with a population of 150,917 (2001 census), is the second-largest city in Armenia.
Other websites
City website
Surp Amenaprkich cathedral in Gyumri
Cit... |
63620 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminianism | Arminianism | Arminianism is a school of soteriological thought in Protestant Christian theology founded by the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius.
Other websites
The Works of Jacob Arminius
What is an Arminian? by John Wesley
Protestant theology
Christian movements and denominational families
Protestant Reformation |
63622 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben%20Sevak | Ruben Sevak | Sevak Ruben or Ruben Sevak (February 15, 1885 - August 26, 1915) was an Armenian poet a prose-writer, and a doctor.
Among many others, he was arrested on April 24, 1915 and killed on August 26, 1915 during the Armenian Genocide.
Armenian poets
1885 births
1915 deaths |
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