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64297 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal%20Masjid%20siege | Lal Masjid siege | The Lal Masjid siege was a conflict centering around the Lal Masjid mosque and madrasah complex in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, that was besieged from July 3 to July 11, 2007.
2000s in Pakistan
Islamabad
2007 in Asia |
64298 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning%20dove | Mourning dove | The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family (Columbidae). It has five subspecies. The number of mourning doves is about 475 million. They live in North America. Mourning doves are light grey and brown, and males and females look similar.
These birds usually have one partner at a time. Both pare... |
64303 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai%20Kuraki | Mai Kuraki | Mai Kuraki (born October 28, 1982 in Funabashi, Chiba) is a Japanese female pop and R&B singer.
Her father is the movie director, Isomi Yamasaki.
She appeared in her father's movies in her childhood.
She started her singing career in 1999 when she was 17 years old. Her first single was "Love, Day After Tomorrow". It b... |
64304 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Mesrob | Saint Mesrob | Saint Mesrop Mashtots (also Mesrob, Mashtotz, , 360 - February 17, 440) was an Armenian monk. He invented the Armenian alphabet in the year 406. He was a theologian and linguist. That was a basic and important step in strengthening three things: the Armenian Church, the government of the Armenian Kingdom, and connectio... |
64307 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashlee%20Simpson | Ashlee Simpson | Ashlee Simpson (born October 3, 1984) is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is the younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson. Ashlee started dancing at the age of 4 and by the time she was 11 enjoyed the status of being the youngest person ever admitted to the prestigious School of Ame... |
64308 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence | Providence | Providence may mean:
Entertainment
Providence (1977 movie), a French/Swiss film
Providence (1991 movie), an American/Canadian film starring Keanu Reeves
Providence (band), 1970s-era American band
Providence (TV series), an 1999–2002 NBC television series starring Melina Kanakaredes
Providence (Wildstorm) is a fic... |
64311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus%20A340 | Airbus A340 | The Airbus A340 is a long-range four-engined widebody commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. a subsidiary of EADS. It is similar in design to the twin-engined A330.
There are 4 variants of this model:
The A340-200 (which is the shortest), the A340-300, the A340-500 and the longest one the A340-600... |
64314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomic%20nervous%20system | Autonomic nervous system | The autonomic nervous system (ANS) controls the conditions inside the body. It is sometimes called the 'visceral nervous system' or 'involuntary nervous system'. The ANS is part of the peripheral nervous system.
ANS controls all automatic actions. That means that it controls all reflexes and actions during sleep.
Mos... |
64317 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral%20nervous%20system | Peripheral nervous system | The peripheral nervous system, or PNS, is part of the nervous system. It consists of the nerves and ganglia which are outside the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). The main function of the PNS is to connect the central nervous system (CNS) to the limbs and organs.
The PNS is not protected by bone l... |
64331 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA | IKEA | IKEA is a multinational furniture company that was founded by Ingvar Kamprad, from Sweden. The name IKEA is an acronym from the name Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd (the farm where he grew up), and Agunnaryd (his hometown in Småland, southern Sweden).
History
The company was started in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad (1926-2018) whe... |
64332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20nervous%20system | Central nervous system | The central nervous system (CNS) is the largest part of the nervous system. It is made up of the brain and the spinal cord.
Together with the peripheral nervous system, it has an important role in the control of behaviour. The CNS is protected by bone in the dorsal cavity: the brain in the cranial subcavity, and the s... |
64333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal%20cord | Spinal cord | The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that go to and from the brain. It is enclosed in and protected by the bony vertebral column. The main function of the spinal cord is transmission of neural inputs between the periphery and the brain.
Spinal cord segments
Humans have 31 left-right pairs of spinal nerves, each roug... |
64334 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%20Wants%20to%20Be%20a%20Millionaire%3F | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is a British quiz show, produced by Celador. In May 2008, the Dutch company 2waytraffic bought the license for the international format.
History
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? aired for the first time on 4 September 1998 in the United Kingdom. The UK show is hosted by Chris Tarrant. It h... |
64335 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Saucedo | Danny Saucedo | Danny Saucedo (born Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski on 25 February 1986 in Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden) is a Swedish singer who competed as one of the finalists in Pop Idol — the Swedish version of Idol. His two songs charted on the official Swedish singles chart. '"Öppna Din Dörr"' (Tommy Nilsson c... |
64336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes%20Carlsson | Agnes Carlsson | Agnes Carlsson (born March 6 1988 in Vänersborg), (better known by her stage name Agnes) is a Swedish singer who rose to popularity after winning Idol 2005, the Swedish version of Pop Idol, shown by TV4. The October 10th 2006 SVT confirmed that Agnes would participate in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2007 with her song ... |
64337 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Lindstr%C3%B6m | Daniel Lindström | Daniel Lindström (born January 30, 1978) is a Swedish singer from Umeå. He won the Swedish Idol 2004 contest against Darin Zanyar. His first single, "Coming True", sold double platinum, and his self-titled album, released in December 2004, topped the Swedish pop charts. The new album Nån slags verklighet (Some kind of ... |
64338 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny%27s%20Child | Destiny's Child | Destiny's Child was a three-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B girl group. They were founded in Houston, Texas. They formed in 1997. Originally a quartet called Girl's Tyme, the group eventually became a trio whose members were Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. According to the World Music Awar... |
64339 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%20Rowland | Kelly Rowland | Kelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland (born February 11, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful R&B girl group Destiny's Child, the world's best-selling female group of all time.
Her total sales (LP, EP... |
64340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop%20Idol | Pop Idol | Pop Idol was a British television series that was first shown on ITV on October 5, 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer, or 'pop idol', in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. There were two series of Pop Idol. The first was from October 2001 - February 20... |
64341 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel%20Smith | Rachel Smith | Rachel Renee Smith (born April 18, 1985 in Panama) is a beauty queen from Clarksville, Tennessee. She won the Miss USA contest in 2007. She had previously competed in the Miss Teen USA contest. She represented the USA in the Miss Universe pageant in 2007.
1985 births
Living people
Beauty pageant winners
People from Te... |
64342 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie%20Glebova | Natalie Glebova | Natalie Glebova, (born November 11 1981) is a Russian Canadian beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 2005.
Other websites
HHB Life - new official web site by Natalie Glebova
Healthy Happy Beautiful - Book by Natalie Glebova
Natalie Glebova - Magazines Gallery
Miss Universe winners
Living people
People fr... |
64343 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Williams%20%28singer%29 | Michelle Williams (singer) | Tenitra Michelle Williams (born July 23, 1979) is an American gospel and R&B singer, songwriter, and actress. She was a background singer for Monica, before rising to fame as one-third of the successful Grammy Award-winning musical group Destiny's Child, the world's best-selling female group of all time, selling over 1... |
64344 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Cowell | Simon Cowell | Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is a British businessman, entrepreneur, music talent show judge and television personal. Cowell is the A&R executive for Syco in the United Kingdom and the son of estate agent and music industry executive Eric Cowell Sr. and socialite Julie Brett. He was born in Lambeth, Londo... |
64353 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality%20television | Reality television | Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, document actual events, and have ordinary people instead of professional actors. Although reality television has existed in some form or another since the early years of television, the term "reality telev... |
64362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengwar | Tengwar | Tengwar is a constructed writing system, invented by J. R. R. Tolkien. The tengwar is used in his fictional world Middle-earth, for example the book The Lord of the Rings.
In the Quenya language, tengwar means "letters", tengwa is the singular and means "letter".
The tengwar are used to write some of Tolkien's constr... |
64383 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petros%20Duryan | Petros Duryan | Petros Duryan (1851-1872) an Armenian poet and actor. His father was an blacksmith in Istanbul. He died of Tuberculosis at the age of 21.
Other websites
Petros Duryan at ArmenianHouse.org
1851 births
1872 deaths
Armenian poets
Armenian actors |
64385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriana%20Lima | Adriana Lima | Adriana Lima (born June 12, 1981) is a Brazilian supermodel. She is well known for her work with underwear company Victoria's Secret.
Early life and family
Lima was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on June 12, 1981 and is an only child to her parents Nelson Torres and Maria da Graça Lima, a social worker.
When she wa... |
64390 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis | Cuban Missile Crisis | The Cuban Missile Crisis was a time of heightened confrontation between the Soviet Union, the United States, and Cuba during the Cold War. In Russia, it is known as the Caribbean Crisis (, Karibskiy krizis). Cuba calls it the October Crisis. It was a proxy conflict around Cuba.
It began when the Soviet Union (USSR) b... |
64391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berber%20people | Berber people | Berbers or Libyans (also called Imazighen or Ilibiyen, traduction : "free people") are an ethnic group found natively in the countries of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in North Africa, and also found as immigrants in many countries, especially France. Berbers usually speak the Berber language. Berbers were both nomadic ... |
64396 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosencephalon | Prosencephalon | The prosencephalon (or forebrain), the mesencephalon (midbrain), and rhombencephalon (hindbrain) are the three primary portions of the brain of vertebrates. They develop very early during development of the central nervous system.
When the embryonic prosencephalon fails to divide the brain into two lobes, it results i... |
64400 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag | Gag | A gag is any thing used to stop a person from speaking. This is done by blocking or muffling the person's mouth and making it difficult for them to move their jaw and tongue in a normal way.
Gags are very commonly seen in BDSM and bondage fantasy. Many different items can be used, ranging from a hand simply clamped ov... |
64401 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepchild | Stepchild | Stepchild could mean:
The daughter or son in a stepfamily
"Stepchild", a song by Solomon Burke from his 2002 album Don't Give Up on Me
"Stepchild", a song by Billie Jo Spears from her 1969 album Miss Sincerity |
64402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%C3%A4nkieli%20dialects | Meänkieli dialects | Meänkieli (also known as Tornedalian Finnish, meaning "our language") is a Finno-Ugric language spoken in the River Torne valley in the north of Sweden, above the Arctic Circle. It is an official minority language of Sweden. The language could be seen as a mix between Finnish and Swedish, since it has been changed a lo... |
64413 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni%20Braxton | Toni Braxton | Toni Michelle Braxton (born October 7, 1967 in Severn, Maryland) is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is mostly known as Toni Braxton. Braxton has won seven Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards. She is famous for her husky alto vocal timbre. The ... |
64414 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20Rivers | Joan Rivers | Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, talk show host, businesswoman, and celebrity. She was known for her tough manner and loud voice with a heavy New York accent. She was the National Chairwoman of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and w... |
64415 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa%20Rivers | Melissa Rivers | Melissa Rivers (born Melissa Warburg Rosenberg; January 20, 1968) is an American television co-host for fashion and red carpet interviews on cable and satellite television. She is a former host of the E! cable network. She also worked for a TV Guide channel with her mother, comedian Joan Rivers.
References
1968 birth... |
64416 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teri%20Hatcher | Teri Hatcher | Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and author. She gained attention for her role as Lois Lane in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman co-starring with Dean Cain. Hatcher is also well known for portraying Susan Maye... |
64417 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity%20Huffman | Felicity Huffman | Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning American movie and television actress and convicted felon. She is well known for her role as Lynette Scavo, a busy mother on the ABC television show Desperate Housewives. A year later, her role as a transwoman in the independe... |
64418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia%20Cross | Marcia Cross | Marcia Anne Cross (born March 25, 1962 in Marlborough, Massachusetts) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress. She graduated from Juilliard and earned a master's degree in psychology at Antioch University in Los Angeles. In 2005, she was nominated for her first Emmy for her work as Bree Hodge, the ... |
64419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva%20Longoria | Eva Longoria | Eva Jacqueline Longoria (born March 15, 1975) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American movie and television actress. She is best known for her role as Gabrielle Solis in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. She has also become an internationally recognized model after appearing in several high-profile adve... |
64420 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicollette%20Sheridan | Nicollette Sheridan | Nicollette Sheridan (born Colette Sheridan on 21 November 1963) is a Golden Globe nominated British actress. She was born in Worthing, Sussex. In 1973, when Nicollette Sheridan was 10 years of age, she moved from England to the United States.
She acts primarily on soap operas, movies and television. She is best known ... |
64422 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiki | Contiki | Contiki is a small, open source free operating system. It was developed to be used in 8-bit computers and embedded systems. It has a Graphical User Interface and the full installation needs about 30 kilobytes of RAM.
The name Contiki comes from Thor Heyerdahl's famous Kon-Tiki raft.
The basic kernel and most of the... |
64432 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Madeleine%20of%20Sweden | Princess Madeleine of Sweden | Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, (Madeleine Thérèse Amélie Joséphine; born on 10 June 1982 in Drottningholm, Sweden), is a Swedish princess. She is the youngest child and second daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. Madeleine is seventh in line to the Swedish ... |
64433 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%20Silvia%20of%20Sweden | Queen Silvia of Sweden | Queen Silvia of Sweden (born Silvia Renate Sommerlath) (born 23 December 1943) and of half German, half Brazilian descent is the Queen consort of King Carl XVI Gustaf, Sweden's monarch, and the mother of the heir apparent to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria. Their other two children are
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden... |
64434 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Victoria%20of%20Sweden | Princess Victoria of Sweden | Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland (full name in Swedish: Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée, born 14 July 1977) is the heiress apparent to the throne of Sweden.
Early life
Victoria was born on 14 July 1977 at Karolinska University Hospital in Solna. She is eldest child and elder daughter of Carl... |
64435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%20Carl%20Philip%2C%20Duke%20of%20V%C3%A4rmland | Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland | Prince Carl Philip of Sweden (Carl Philip Edmund Bertil, born May 13, 1979), Duke of Värmland is a Swedish prince. He is the second child of three children and only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.
He was born Crown Prince of Sweden, because Sweden did not allow women to rule as Queen Regnant. O... |
64440 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeskeil | Hermeskeil | Hermeskeil is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
About 5,000 people live there.
References
Other websites
Trier-Saarburg |
64441 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinsfeld | Reinsfeld | Reinsfeld is a village in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
About 2,000 people live there.
Villages in Rhineland-Palatinate
Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
Trier-Saarburg |
64442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunsr%C3%BCck | Hunsrück | The Hunsrück is a low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle (north), the Nahe (south), and the Rhine (east). The Hunsrück is continued by the Taunus mountains on the eastern side of the Rhine. In the north behind the Moselle it is continued by the Eifel. To ... |
64445 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Space%20Station | International Space Station | The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, a very large satellite that people can live in for several months at a time. It was put together in Low Earth orbit up until 2011, but other bits have been added since then. The last part, a Bigelow module was added in 2016. The station is a joint project among ... |
64446 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentwood%2C%20Louisiana | Kentwood, Louisiana | Kentwood is a small town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana near the Mississippi border. The population was 2,205 at the 2000 census. It is best known as the hometown of singer Britney Spears
References
Towns in Louisiana |
64448 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m%20with%20You | I'm with You | I'm with You is one of Avril Lavigne's most popular songs. She played it at her wedding. The song was released in 2002 (North America) and 2003 (UK). It is on her first album, Let Go. The song was the top rated song in Mexico as well as reaching a rank in the top five in the United States, Ireland, and Italy. It also r... |
64450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somersault | Somersault | A somersault is an acrobatic move where a person moves the feet over the head whilst in mid-air. The somersault can be done forwards, backwards, or sideways and is similar to a flip (or, if performed backwards, a backflip).
A backwards somersault while still moving forward is called a Gainer
The word comes from the o... |
64454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20Donovan | Lisa Donovan | Lisa Donovan (born June 11, 1980) is an American actress, YouTuber, writer and comedian. She does sketches and impersonations of Lindsay Lohan, lonleygirl15 (another YouTuber) and many other. She is best known for her work on YouTube and the television program MadTV.
1980 births
Living people
Writers from New York Cit... |
64455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augite | Augite | Augite is a mineral. The mineral's name comes from the Greek word augites, meaning "brightness". However, augites only look shiny some of the time. Most augites have a dull (dark green, brown or black) color.
Augite is a pyroxene.
Related pages
List of minerals
Minerals |
64456 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyx | Onyx | An onyx is a type of black rock mineral with white banded lines around it.
Related pages
List of minerals
Jewel
Birthstone
Minerals |
64457 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opal | Opal | The opal is a fairly white rock mineral. It is the birthstone for the month of October. Opals are made from tiny spheres of silica (another mineral) and lots of water.
Related pages
List of minerals
Gemstones
Birthstones |
64458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amethyst | Amethyst | An amethyst is a mineral gemstone that comes from quartz. It is usually transparent and best known for its violet colour. Even though it is a form of quartz, it has more iron oxide (Fe2O3) than any other kind of quartz. Because of this, some experts think that its color comes from the iron in it.
Heating the amethys... |
64459 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald | Emerald | An emerald is a mineral gemstone and a variety of beryl. It is the birthstone of someone whose birthday is in the month of May. It is a green crystal. The emerald is one of the most valuable gems, along with the ruby, the opal, topaz, the diamond, and a sapphire.
Etymology
The word emerald comes from Vulgar Latin. Th... |
64460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnet | Garnet | A garnet is one kind of silicate mineral. There are many different kinds of garnets, containing different metals. Crystals of garnet are often large and pretty. Their most common color is red or purple, but they can be found in almost all colors and are often used in jewelry. In the United States, garnet is the births... |
64467 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20Macchio | Ralph Macchio | Ralph Macchio (born November 4, 1961 in Huntington, New York) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in My Cousin Vinny, The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid II, and The Karate Kid III. He was also in the movie The Outsiders as Johnny.
Other websites
1961 births
Living people
American movie actors
American t... |
64468 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20Armenian%20Legion | French Armenian Legion | The French Armenian Legion, was made with the French-Armenian Agreement (1916), was a foreign legion unit within French Army. The Armenian legion was made for the goals of the Armenian national liberation movement and was an armed unit besides the Armenian volunteer units and Armenian militia during World War I which f... |
64470 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vahan%20Kurkjian | Vahan Kurkjian | Vahan M. Kurkjian (; Aleppo, 1863 – New York City, 1961) was an Armenian writer, historian, teacher, and community leader.
Other websites
History of Armenia by Vahan M. Kurkjian, full text of the book.
Armenian historians
Armenian writers
1863 births
1961 deaths
Aleppo |
64471 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20India | North India | Northern India, also known as Hindustan, is a land and cultural region of India. In traditional Indian geography, India is pieced into five major zones: North India, North-east India, East India, West India and South India.
As a linguistic-cultural and political region, North India consists of six Indian states: Himac... |
64475 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta%20Conference | Yalta Conference | The Yalta Conference (sometimes called the Crimea Conference) was held from 4 to 11 February 1945, a few months before the end of the Second World War in Europe. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Winston Churchill), the President of the United States (Franklin D. Roosevelt) and the Premier of the Soviet Union (... |
64477 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam%20Conference | Potsdam Conference | The Potsdam Conference was a meeting of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States in Potsdam, Germany from July 17 to August 2, 1945. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Clement Attlee), the President of the United States (Harry S. Truman) and the dictator of the Soviet Union (Joseph Stalin) met ... |
64480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahe | Nahe | The Nahe is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary to the Rhine. It is also a famous wine region of Germany.
The name Nahe comes from the Latin word Nava, which is of Celtic origin and means the wild river. The Nahe separates the northern part of the Palatinate from the Hunsrück.
It rises in the a... |
64481 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatinate%20%28region%29 | Palatinate (region) | The Palatinate (germ.:Pfalz), historically also Rhenish Palatinate (lat.: palatinatum Renensis; germ.: Rheinpfalz), is a region in south-western Germany. It occupies more than a quarter of the German federal state (Bundesland) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz).
Geography
The western and northern part of the Pa... |
64482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunus | Taunus | The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany. It is bounded by the river valleys of Rhine, Main and Lahn. On the opposite side of the Rhine, the mountains are continued by the Hunsrück. The mountains themselves span the districts of Hochtaunuskreis, Main-Taunus, Rheingau-Taunus, and Rhein-Lahn.
Not to be confused ... |
64484 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov%20An-225 | Antonov An-225 | The Antonov An-225 Mriya was a Ukrainian cargo aircraft and the largest airplane in the world. It has 6 engines. It was manufactured by a company called Antonov. Three of them were built to carry the Soviet Space Shuttle Buran. Since the shuttle was never finished, the planes have been used to carry very large items t... |
64485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund%20Burke | Edmund Burke | Edmund Burke (12 January 1729-9 July 1797) was an important Irish politician, and writer. He became a member of the British Parliament with the Whigs in 1765.
Burke supported the American Revolution. He opposed the French Revolution for killing Catholics and other dissenters. His most famous book was Reflections on th... |
64487 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim%20occasions | Muslim occasions | Muslim occasions mainly celebrate events of the life of the Muslim prophet, Muhammad.
Festivals
Eid ul-Fitr
Eid ul-Fitr begins the day after Ramadan is over and lasts three days. As soon as the Sun sets from the last day of Ramadan, Eid ul-Fitr starts and the Muslims feast. Muslims also say a special prayer called t... |
64499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guys%20and%20Dolls | Guys and Dolls | Guys and Dolls is a 1950 Broadway musical. The music and lyrics were written by Frank Loesser, and the speaking parts were written by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. The story of Guys and Dolls is based on short stories written by Damon Runyon. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical.
What happens
Nathan Detroit, a gamb... |
64503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichiro%20Mizuki | Ichiro Mizuki | , real name (born January 7, 1948 in Tokyo), is a Japanese singer, composer, voice actor and actor. He is best known for his anime and tokusatsu such as Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, Kamen Rider and Metal Hero series.
Ichiro Mizuki began his solo career in 1968, although his first single "Kimi ni sasageru Boku no Uta"... |
64512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saalburg | Saalburg | The Saalburg is a Roman fortification in the Taunus mountains in Germany and was a stronghold in the Upper Germanic Limes.
It was constructed about 90 CE and enlarged until about 210. Then the Romans left it after 260. It is estimated that it was home to a cohors equitata, about 500 cavalry and infantry, to protect th... |
64516 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesha%20Wizzart | Kesha Wizzart | Kesha Wizzart (22 October 1988 – 12 July 2007) was an English singer. She was a contestant on the television programme Stars In Their Eyes. She was born in Manchester.
Wizzart was murdered on 12 July 2007, along with her mother Beverley and brother Fred. It happened in their home in Manchester. The investigators found... |
64517 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names%20for%20small%20numbers | Names for small numbers | Naming very small numbers is the same as naming very big numbers, but with one important difference. There is a minus sign over what the 10 in the formula is raised to. So if one wanted to write 0.007 in shorthand form, they would write it 7 x 10−3 since 7 is the third digit after the decimal point (the zero in front o... |
64518 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20of%20ancient%20Rome | Military of ancient Rome | The Military of ancient Rome (known to the Romans as the militia) means all military forces of Ancient Rome from the founding of the city of Rome to the end of the Western Roman Empire. Originally there was only the Roman army, but a small navy was added during the Second Samnite War, around 320 BC.
The Roman military... |
64519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20legion | Roman legion | A Roman legion was the basic military unit of the ancient Roman army in the period of the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. It was roughly equivalent to the modern word division. In the plural, the legions, it may mean the entire Roman army.
A legion was about 5,000 men in several cohorts of heavy infantry (l... |
64520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion%20%28disambiguation%29 | Legion (disambiguation) | Legion may refer to:
Armed forces
Roman Empire
Roman Legion
List of Roman legions (disambiguation page)
Legionary
United States
Legion of the United States
World War II
33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French) (French Legion)
Armenian Legion
Condor Legion
Ostlegionen
Foreign Legions
Fo... |
64526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha%20helix | Alpha helix | .
An alpha helix (α-helix) is a twisted part of a protein. It is one of the two most common parts of the secondary structure, or shape, of a protein. The other is the beta sheet. An alpha helix is created by alternating groups of atoms. There is a carbonyl group, created by a carbon atom double bonded to an oxygen ato... |
64527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied%20Germany | Allied-occupied Germany | After World War II Nazi Germany west of the Oder-Neisse line was divided into four occupation zones. This had been agreed in London in September 1944.
They were occupied by the allied powers who defeated Germany (the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States) and by France. This was done for administrativ... |
64530 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topaz | Topaz | Topaz is a silicate mineral. Along with silicate, it includes the chemical elements aluminium and fluorine with the chemical formula Al2SiO4(F,OH)2.
Color and varieties
Pure topaz is colorless and transparent but they usually have colors made by small impurities. The typical topaz is wine, yellow, pale gray, reddish-o... |
64534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful%20%28song%29 | Beautiful (song) | Beautiful is a song from Christina Aguilera's fourth album Stripped. It was written by Linda Perry.
Aguilera sings about how people should not be ashamed to show pride in their differences.
It was released late in 2002. It was the second single from Stripped.
"Beautiful" won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal ... |
64535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental%20theorem%20of%20algebra | Fundamental theorem of algebra | The fundamental theorem of algebra is a proven fact about polynomials, sums of multiples of integer powers of one variable. It is based on mathematical analysis, the study of real numbers and limits. It was first proven by German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. It says that for any polynomial with the degree , whe... |
64536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.E.M.%20%28band%29 | R.E.M. (band) | R.E.M. is an American rock band. It was formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980. R.E.M. was one of the first popular alternative rock bands. R.E.M. released its first single, "Radio Free Europe" in 1981. The lead singer of the band was Michael Stipe.
During the 1980s, R.E.M. were one of the most important rock bands in the ... |
64541 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite | Finite | If something is finite, it means it will end. The opposite is infinite. There are many uses of this word, for example:
A finite number is a number which is not equal to ; all real numbers are finite.
A finite set is a set that has a certain number of elements.
A finite verb is a term from linguistics that means tha... |
64543 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel | Israel | For the historical people of Israel, see Israelites.
The State of Israel is a country in southwestern Asia on the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea. Israel became an independent country in 1948. Israel is the only Jewish country, and Jews all over the world think of Israel as their spiritual home. Israel's populati... |
64546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Champlain | Lake Champlain | Lake Champlain is a natural freshwater lake in North America along the borders of New York and Vermont and partially across the United States-Canada border in the province of Quebec. The lake was named for the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who came there in 1609.
A region of large freshwater lakes
Lake Champlai... |
64548 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumie%20Suguri | Fumie Suguri | is a Japanese athlete. She is best known as a figure skater. She is a five-times Japanese National Champion, three-times World Championships medalist, and 2003-2004's Grand Prix Final Champion.
Profile
Suguri is expressive, her program is called "Suguri World". Her younger sister Chika Suguri is figure skater likewi... |
64562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational%20Safety%20and%20Health%20Administration | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. It was created by Congress under the Occupational Safety and Health Act and was signed by President Richard M. Nixon, on December 29, 1970. Its mission is to prevent work-related injuries, illne... |
64563 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenio%20Hall | Arsenio Hall | Arsenio Hall (born February 12, 1956) is an American actor and comedian. He hosted his own television talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show, from 1989 to 1994 on the Fox network. He also had his own sitcom on ABC titled, Arsenio.
Hall co-starred with Eddie Murphy in the movies Coming to America and Harlem Nights. After his... |
64564 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezenye | Bezenye | Bezenye is a village in the north-west of Hungary. It is very close to the border with Slovakia and only 9 km from the Slovakian capital city Bratislava. The population is about 1600.
Archaeologists have found things under the ground which show that the first people to lived there were Old Germanic tribes. Later, H... |
64571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Proclamation%20of%201763 | Royal Proclamation of 1763 | The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III after Great Britain gained French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. The purpose of the Proclamation was to organize Britain's large North American empire, and to make relations with Native... |
64572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape | Inkscape | Inkscape is a vector graphics (pictures made from lines instead of dots) drawing program published under the GNU General Public License. Its stated goal is to become a really good drawing tool while being able to fit in with standards for SVG graphics.
Inkscape was first made for Linux, but now it is cross-platform and... |
64575 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land%20grant | Land grant | A land grant is a gift of real estate - land or privileges - made by a government or other authority as a reward for services to an individual, especially as rewards for military service. Grants of land are also awarded to individuals and companies to help develop unused land in relatively unpopulated countries.
Roma... |
64580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope%20Leo%20XIII | Pope Leo XIII | Pope Leo XIII (; , March 2, 1810—July 20, 1903), born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 257th Pope from 1878 until his death.
Monsignore
Pope Gregory XVI granted Pecci the title Monsignore. In 1903, there were Golden Jubilee celebrations which recalled... |
64581 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konzum | Konzum | Konzum is Croatia's biggest supermarket chain. Konzum was opened in Zagreb in 1957, and today has 230 stores open in Croatia. Lately, Konzum's popularity has grown a lot in Croatia. In 1994, Konzum joined the Agrokor group. Konzum supermarkets can also be found in Croatia's neighbouring country, Bosnia and Herzegovina... |
64582 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%20Teresa | Mother Teresa | Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), was a Roman Catholic nun who started the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with people. For over forty years, she took care of needs of those without money, those who were sick, those without parents, and those dying in Calcutta... |
64597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoJo%20%28singer%29 | JoJo (singer) | Joanna Noëlle Levesque (born December 20, 1990 ), known by her stage name JoJo, is an American actress and singer. She was born in Brattleboro, Vermont and raised in Keene, New Hampshire and Foxborough, Massachusetts. She is a pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She released her first album, J... |
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