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77575 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duduk | Duduk | The Duduk is a traditional woodwind instrument of Armenian origins.
History
The duduk is one of the oldest double reed instruments in the world which dates back over 3,000 years. Many different duduks can be found in Armenia and the Caucasus. The roots of Armenian duduk music go back to the times of the Armenian king... |
77577 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droopy%20Dog | Droopy Dog | Droopy Dog is a cartoon character created by Tex Avery for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in 1943. It first appeared on a cartoon named Dumb Hounded (1943).
Animated characters
Fictional dogs |
77579 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi%20Kurdistan | Iraqi Kurdistan | Iraqi Kurdistan or South Kurdistan is the part of Kurdistan which is in Iraq.
Iraqi Kurdistan is in the north of Iraq. The area is to the west of Iranian Kurdistan. To Iraqi Kurdistan's west is Syrian Kurdistan, and to the north is Turkish Kurdistan.
Gallery
References
Iraq |
77584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biohazzard%20Records | Biohazzard Records | Biohazzard Records is a German based Independent record label. It was founded by music journalist Sascha Bahn and Alexander C.H. Lorenz (publisher of "MUMM" compilation). He has more as 20 years experience in management of bands. The label is distributed through "Alive!", edel.net (Digital Distribution) and DanseMacabr... |
77588 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbil%2C%20Iraq | Arbil, Iraq | Arbil (also written Erbil or Irbil) is the capital of Kurdistan Region. In Kurdish, the city is called Hewlêr. 1,190,251 people live there, mostly Kurds. The city is 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Mosul.
References
Cities in Iraq
Kurdistan
Round cities |
77591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhr%20Area | Ruhr Area | The Ruhr Area () is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Many of the cities in the Ruhrgebiet used to have a lot of heavy industry.
The Ruhr Area is bordered by the rivers Ruhr River to the south, Rhine River to the west, and Lippe to the north. Southwest it borders the Bergisches Land.
The area has abo... |
77594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi%20dinar | Iraqi dinar | The Iraqi dinar is the currency of Iraq. One dinar equals 1000 fils (فلس).
Currency of Asia
Iraq |
77603 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massoud%20Barzani | Massoud Barzani | Massoud Barzani (born 16 August 1946) was the first president of Iraqi Kurdistan. He became president on 14 June 2005.
Masoud Barzani succeeded his father, the Kurdish nationalist leader Mustafa Barzani, as the leader of KDP in 1979. Working closely with his brother Idris Barzani until Idris's death, Barzani and vario... |
77604 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nechervan%20Idris%20Barzani | Nechervan Idris Barzani | Nechervan Idris Barzani (Kurdish:نێچیرڤان بارزانی, Nêçîrvan Îdrîs Barzanî) (born 21 September 1966) has been the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan since March 2006.
1966 births
Living people
Iraqi politicians
Kurdish politicians
Prime ministers |
77607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit%20card | Credit card | A credit card is a card which allows people to buy items without cash. Each card has a unique number. Using this number, plus other details on the card (such as the validity date, or a code), the client can buy goods or services. The issuer of the card, then transfers the money to the seller. The person using the card ... |
77612 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese%20Civil%20War | Lebanese Civil War | The Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) was a conflict that became greatly worse by Lebanon's changing demographics. There was conflict between Sunnis and Shias, between Christians and Muslims, and the involvement of Syria, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). After a short break in the fighting in 1976 d... |
77615 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosul | Mosul | Mosul ( , , ) is a city in the north of Iraq. Under the Ottoman Empire it was the capital of northern Iraq. More than a million people lived there when Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conquered it in 2014. In 2017 the Iraqi Army with help from Kurdish Peshmerga troops and other militias took the city back.
Furthe... |
77616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayonnaise | Mayonnaise | Mayonnaise (also known as Mayo) is a thick sauce. It is an emulsion of vegetable oil and egg yolk, with either lemon juice or vinegar. It is often used as a condiment for food such as salads, sandwiches and french fries.
References
Condiments |
77619 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Poulenc | Francis Poulenc | Francis Poulenc (7 January 1899 in Paris – 30 January 1963 in Paris) was a French composer. He was one of the group of six composers who became known as Les Six. He composed music in many different forms: song, chamber music, oratorio, opera, ballet music and orchestral music. His music is easy to enjoy at first hearin... |
77620 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine%20Tailleferre | Germaine Tailleferre | Germaine Tailleferre (born Saint Maur Des Fossés, France, 19 April 1892; died Paris, 7 November 1983) was a French composer. She was one of the members of the famous group Les Six.
Early years
She was called Marcelle Taillefesse when she was born. When she was grown up she changed her last name to "Tailleferre" just ... |
77621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladistics | Cladistics | Cladistics is the method of classifying organisms into groups called clades.
A clade (Greek = branch) is a group of organisms with a common ancestor and all its descendants (and nothing else). Such a clade is monophyletic. The term 'clade' was coined by English biologist Julian Huxley.
Examples
Birds, dinosaurs, croc... |
77634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimbo%20Slice | Kimbo Slice | Kevin Ferguson also known as Kimbo Slice (February 8, 1974 – June 6, 2016) was a Bahamian-born American mixed martial arts fighter. He began fighting in a series of web videos. He fights in backyards, airplane hangars, and nuclear power plants. He was trained by Bas Rutten. He was born in Nassau, Bahamas.
Slice had si... |
77640 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea | Pangaea | Pangaea was the global supercontinent which formed in the Palaeozoic era. The process started about 450 million years ago (mya) and was complete by 210 mya.
Pangaea was the latest of a series of global supercontinents. They formed at various times since plate tectonics began on Earth. Generally Pangaea and Gondwana ar... |
77644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah | Fatah | Fatah is a Palestinian nationalist political party. Fatah is an acronym for Harakat At-Tahriri Al-Filistiniya. That means Palestinian National Liberation Movement in English. It was created by Yasser Arafat in the late 1950s.
In 1968 Fatah joined the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and in 1969 it got a leadershi... |
77660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkh | Balkh | Balkh () is a city in Balkh Province of Afghanistan. It was a big city hundreds of years ago, but it was ruined by Mongols. It was not ruined forever, though. In 1850 it was captured by Dost Mohammad Khan.
Related pages
Balkh Province
References
Cities in Afghanistan |
77661 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessischer%20Rundfunk | Hessischer Rundfunk | The Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) is a German television and radio broadcasting company based in Frankfurt am Main in the State of Hesse.
HR is a member of the group of German public-broadcasting institutions that makes up ARD.
The HR produces the regional television service HR Fernsehen (which used to be called HR Ferns... |
77662 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%20Sulaymaniyah%20Province | As Sulaymaniyah Province | As Sulaymaniyah (, ) is a province in the east of Iraq. The capital is Sulaymaniyah. The area is . Almost 1,800,000 people live there.
Provinces of Iraq |
77664 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbil%20Province | Arbil Province | Arbil (, Hewlêr; also written Erbil or Irbil) is a province in the north of Iraq. The area is . 1,425,000 people live in the province.
Provinces of Iraq |
77665 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahuk%20Province | Dahuk Province | Dahuk (also Dohuk or Duhok, , , Duhok, Assyrian: ܢܘܗܕܪܐ, Nohadra) is a province in north of Iraq. The capital is also called Dahuk. 510,000 people live in the province.
References
Kurdistan
Provinces of Iraq |
77671 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Anbar%20Governorate | Al Anbar Governorate | Al Anbar (; or Anbar) is a Western Region of Iraq. The largest province in Iraq by area, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Al Anbar is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim Arab. Its capital is Ar Ramadi.
The name of the province is from the Arabic , ’Anbār, and means "granaries," as this region was the p... |
77672 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babil%20Province | Babil Province | Babil () is a province in Iraq. The area is . 2,000,000 people live in the province. The capital is Al Hillah a Shia
It contains the ancient city of Babylon.
The name Babil is the Arabic name for Babylon. |
77673 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coruscant | Coruscant | Coruscant is a fictional planet in the Star Wars movies. It has been the capital of the Galaxy for many years, and during that time, the planet has become one big city. It's most notable appearance was in the prequel trilogy.
Star Wars planets
sv:Lista över platser i Star Wars#Coruscant |
77674 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20Video%20Broadcasting | Digital Video Broadcasting | Digital Video Broadcasting (often shortened to DVB) is a series of standards for sending digital content, like Television using digital technology. Compression of the data stream allows carrying several video channels in one analog television channel.
There are different standards, some of them are
DVB-S, DVB-S2: Use... |
77677 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad%20Province | Baghdad Province | Baghdad () is a province in Iraq. The capital is also called Baghdad.
The area is . The province is the smallest province in Iraq. |
77682 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguine | Linguine | Linguine are a form of Italian pasta. Sometimes they are also called Linguini (this is an English-language form, and is not Italian).
They are flat, like fettuccine and trenette, but narrow like spaghetti.
The name means "little tongues" in Italian - the word being derived from Latin lingua "tongue" with the suffix ... |
77684 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra%20Province | Basra Province | Basra or Al Basrah () is a province in the southeast of Iraq. It has an area of . The capital is also called Basra. 2,565,893 people live in the province. |
77687 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg%20%28food%29 | Egg (food) | Most eggs that are eaten by humans, including bird eggs and turtle eggs, have a protective, oval eggshell, the albumen (egg white), the vitellus (egg yolk), and various thin membranes, that are layers like skin. Every part of the egg is edible, although the eggshell is usually thrown away. Eggs are a good source of pro... |
77690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20egg%20dishes | List of egg dishes | The following is a list of egg dishes:
Plain egg dishes
Savory egg dishes
Sweet egg dishes
References
Food-related lists |
77697 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhi%20Qar%20Province | Dhi Qar Province | Dhi Qar () is a province in south east of Iraq, with an area of . The capital is An Nasiriyah and 1,454,200 people live in the province. |
77698 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diyala%20Province | Diyala Province | Diyala () is a province in east of Iraq. Its area is . The capital is Baqubah. 1,271,000 people live in the province. |
77701 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitmotif | Leitmotif | A leitmotif (pronounced , “LITE-mow-teef”) (also spelled leitmotiv), is a German word meaning leading motif. It is a little musical theme that is often repeated in a piece of music, very often in opera. The leitmotif is linked in the musical story with a person or a thing or an idea. The leitmotif might be a short tu... |
77702 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karbala%20Province | Karbala Province | Karbala () is a province in Iraq, with 710,274 people living there. The capital of the province is also called Karbala, that is a holy city for Shi'a Muslims. |
77709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe%20shoes | Pointe shoes | Pointe shoes are special shoes worn by ballerinas. They are made with a wide, flat, reinforced front end. This lets the dancer stand on tiptoe.
In normal flat ballet shoes, the toe construction does not provide this support for the dancer's body weight. So they cannot stand or dance en pointe.
History
Mid-18th cent... |
77710 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maysan%20Province | Maysan Province | Maysan () is a province in southeastern Iraq, bordering Iran. The capital is Amarah. 785,068 people live in the province. |
77712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najaf%20Province | Najaf Province | Najaf () is a province in southwestern Iraq. The province has an area of 28,824 km². The capital is also called Najaf. 1.477.134 people live in the province. |
77716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninawa%20Province | Ninawa Province | Ninawa (, , Assyrian: ܢܝܢܘܐ Nîněwâ) is a province in north of Iraq It has an area of 37,323 km². The capital is Mosul which lies near the Tigris river. 2,600,000 people live in the province. The ancient Biblical city of Nineveh is also in this province. The name Ninawa is the Arabic name for Nineveh. |
77718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Muthanna%20Province | Al Muthanna Province | Al Muthanna (also Muthanna, ) is a province in southern Iraq, bordering Saudi Arabia. The province has an area of 83,268 km², and 1.035.000 people live there. The capital is Samawah. |
77721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkuk%20Governorate | Kirkuk Governorate | Kirkuk Governorate ( , Parêzgay Kerkûk, , ) or Kirkuk Province is a governorate in northern Iraq, with an area of .
The capital is also called Kirkuk, and 949,000 people live in the province.
References |
77727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces%20of%20Iraq | Provinces of Iraq | Iraq is divided into 18 provinces (muhafazah). also the Iraqi Constitution has recognized only one autonomous federal region inside Iraq, the name of the region is Iraqi Kurdistan Region, this region consists of the three provinces of Dahuk ( دهوك ), Arbil ( اربيل ) and As-Sulaymaniyyah (السليمانية ) |
77729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels-Capital%20Region | Brussels-Capital Region | Brussels-Capital Region is one of the three regions of Belgium. Its official name can be in the three official languages of Belgium
and
It has 19 municipalities:
Related pages
There are two other regions:
Flanders (Flemish Region)
Wallonia (Walloon Region)
References
Other websites
www.brussels.irisnet.be ... |
77730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaishali | Vaishali | Vaishali or Vesali (Pali) was a city in what is currently Vaishali District, Bihar, India. The city was the capital of the Licchavi and the Vajjian Confederacy. At the time of the Buddha, Vesali was a very large and rich city. It was crowded with people and with much food.
Cities in India
History of India
Settlements... |
77734 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licchavi | Licchavi | Licchavi (also Lichchhavi, Lichavi) was an ancient republic that existed in what is now Bihar state of India before the birth of Mahavira (b. 599 BC). Its capital was Vaishali.
From about 400 to 750, a kingdom in Nepal in the Kathmandu Valley had the same name, Licchavi.
Origins
Early Buddhist legends tell that Licch... |
77737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republicanism | Republicanism | Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic with an emphasis on liberty and the civic virtue practiced by citizens. Republicanism always stands in opposition to aristocracy, oligarchy, monarchy, and dictatorship. More broadly, it refers to a political system that protects liberty, especially by ... |
77744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabriz | Tabriz | Tabriz تبریز is the largest city in north-western Iran with a population of 1.6 million. Most of them speak the Azerbaijani language. Tabriz is north of the volcanic cone of Sahand and south of the Eynali mountain. It is the capital of East Azarbaijan Province.
Other websites
Tabriz Historical Buildings Virtual Lib... |
77749 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saber%E2%80%93toothed%20cat | Saber–toothed cat | The sabertoothed cats or sabretooth cats are some of the best known and most popular extinct animals. They are among the most impressive carnivores that ever have lived. These cats had long canines and jaws which opened wider than modern cats. This suggests a different style of killing from modern felines.
The sabre-t... |
77754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper%20M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e | Prosper Mérimée | Prosper Mérimée (September 28, 1803 – September 23, 1870) was a French writer. He was also a historian and an archaeologist. He is probably best known for writing the short story "Carmen". "Carmen" became the basis for the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.
1803 births
1870 deaths
French writers |
77756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Hsu | Jerry Hsu | Jerry Hsu (b. December 17, 1981) is an American professional skateboarder. He was born in, and currently lives in, San Jose, California. Hsu is a member of the San Jose Tilt Mode Army crew. He has several pro model skateboard decks with Enjoi Skateboards. Hsu was featured in the skateboard videos Bag of Suck by Enjoi. ... |
77763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes%20%26%20Noble | Barnes & Noble | Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest bookseller in the United States. It operates mostly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores which is based in lower Fifth Avenue in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Barnes & Noble also operated the chain of small B. Dalton Booksellers stores in malls until they anno... |
77775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasit%20Province | Wasit Province | Wasit () is a province in the east of Iraq. The capital is Al Kut. Wasit is an Arabic word meaning "middle". The province is along the Tigris about midway between Baghdad and Misan. |
77780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth%20defect | Birth defect | A birth defect (or congenital disorder) is a defect in a baby at birth, or which develops in the first month of life. It is neutral as to whether the cause is genetic (inherited birth defect) or environmental (causes in the environment, that is, outside the foetus).
If a condition is said to be "congenital", that is ... |
77801 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrambled%20eggs | Scrambled eggs | Scrambled eggs is a dish made from beaten whites and yolks of eggs (usually chicken). The dish often contains other ingredients. Cream, butter, milk, water or oil (used in China) will dilute the egg proteins to create a softer texture.
Sample recipe
The eggs and a large piece of butter are put into a saucepan over a... |
77802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20of%20Bohemia | Elizabeth of Bohemia | Elizabeth of Bohemia (born Elizabeth Stuart, August 19 1596 to February 13 1662) was a Scottish born Queen of Bohemia. As well as being Queen of Bohemia, she was also titled Electress of Palatine and Princess Elizabeth Stuart of Scotland Elizabeth was the oldest daughter of King James VI of Scotland (later, James I of ... |
77804 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salah%20ad%20Din%20Province | Salah ad Din Province | Salah ad Din () is a province in north of Iraq. The province has an area of 24,751 km². The capital is Tikrit where Saddam Hussein was born and 1,147,000 people live in the province. The majority population is Sunni. In 2011, the province declared autonomy.
References |
77805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/LATAM%20Airlines%20Brasil | LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM Airlines Brazil () is Brazilian airline. LATAM was founded in 1961, but since 2000 it has grown fast. It's now the biggest airline in Brazil and all of Latin America.
History
TAM Airlines began in 1961, with the name Taxi Aereo Marília (Marília Air Taxi). In 1971, one of the airline's pilots buys 33% of the airl... |
77806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Q%C4%81disiyyah%20Province | Al-Qādisiyyah Province | Al-Qādisiyyah () is a province in south of Iraq. The capital is Al Diwaniyah. |
77820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limb | Limb | A limb is a part of the body of a living creature, which extends from its trunk. Examples are the branches of a tree, and the legs of a man.
In normal human body, there are four limbs: two upper limbs (arms) and two lower limbs (legs). Each limb has several joints.
Limbs and extremities |
77826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalee%20Holloway | Natalee Holloway | Natalee Holloway (born October 21, 1986), from Mountain Brook, Alabama, United States, disappeared on May 30, 2005 during a graduation trip in Aruba. Holloway remains officially missing to this day, although according to Aruban authorities, she is most likely dead. The disappearance generated a media sensation in both ... |
77829 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australosphenida | Australosphenida | Australophenida are a clade of mammals which has nearly entirely died out. Today, living specimen exist only in Australia and New Guinea with only five surviving species species, but fossils have been in Madagascar and Argentina. Species consist are of the platypus and echidnas.
This grouping includes the following an... |
77830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steropodontidae | Steropodontidae | Steropodontidae was a family of monotremes that are known fossils from the Early Cretaceous in Australia.
References
Rich et al. 2001. Monotreme nature of the Early Cretaceous mammal Teinolophos. Acta Paleontologica Polonica. 46:113-118
Monotremes |
77831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steropodon | Steropodon | Steropodon galmanii was a prehistoric species of monotreme, or a egg-laying mammal, that lived during the Mesozoic, in the Lower Cretaceous period. It is the second-earliest known relative of the platypus: the earlist is called Teinolophos.
References
Archer M. et al 1985. First Mesozoic mammal from Australia – an ea... |
77832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollikodon | Kollikodon | Kollikodon ritchiei is a fossil monotreme species. It is known from an opalised teeth frgament, with one premolar and two molars in situ. The fossil was found al Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia.
References
Flannery, T.F., Archer, M., Rich, T.H., Jones, R. (1995) "A new family of monotremes from the Cret... |
77833 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teinolophos | Teinolophos | Teinolophos trusleri was a prehistoric species of monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. It is known from a lower jawbone found in Flat Rocks, Victoria, Australia. It lived during the Lower Cretaceous, about 123 million years ago (mya).
References
Monotremes |
77838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obdurodon | Obdurodon | Obdurodon is a extinct monotreme genus. Obdurodon differed from modern Platypuses in that it still had teeth (except for juveniles, the modern platypus does not have teeth).
References
Archer, et al. "Description of the skull and non-vestigial dentition of a Miocene platypus (Obdurodon dicksoni) from Riversleigh, Au... |
77849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20%28disambiguation%29 | Mario (disambiguation) | Mario is a Nintendo video game character. Mario or Mario Son may also mean:
People
Mario, a male given name
Mario Gómez
Mario R. Capecchi
Mario Jeckle
Video Games
Mario (series), the video games with Mario in them |
77861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss%20P-40%20Warhawk | Curtiss P-40 Warhawk | The Curtiss P-40 (also called the Tomahawk, Warhawk, and Kittyhawk) was a fighter aircraft that could also be used for attacking things on the ground. It was made by Curtiss. It first flew in 1938 and saw combat during World War II. It was not as fast high up as the German Luftwaffe fighters, but was used a lot in othe... |
77869 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying%20Tigers | Flying Tigers | The Flying Tigers was a group of American fighter pilots from the United States Army Air Force, the United States Navy, and the United States Marine Corps. Claire Lee Chennault commanded it.
History
During 1937, Claire Lee Chennault retired from the American military and became the military advisor to China. He to l... |
77870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shusha | Shusha | Shusha () is a city in Azerbaijan. The city is a major centre of Azerbaijani culture and music.
History
Shusha was founded in 1750-1752 by Panah-Ali khan Javanshir (r. 1748-1763), the founder and the first ruler of the Karabakh Khanate (Qarabağ xanlığı - in Azerbaijani). The first capital of the Karabakh khanate was... |
77874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doritos | Doritos | Doritos ,pronounced as (),os a brand of flavored corn (maize) tortilla chip snack. They have been made by the American food company Frito-Lay since 1966. They come in different flavors, including Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch. They may be eaten with a dip such as salsa. They are made with varying vegetables and are not... |
77880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Silverthrone | Mount Silverthrone | Mount Silverthrone is a 20 km wide, deeply dissected caldera complex in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Most of its eruptions occurred during the last ice age. The products have since been heavily eroded. It is the highest peak in the Ha-Iltzuk Icefield, the largest icefield in the Coast Mountains south of the A... |
77881 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-9%20Sidewinder | AIM-9 Sidewinder | The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a short-range air-to-air missile, which means it is shot from an aircraft and is supposed to hit an aircraft. It is heat seeking, which means it locks on to heat. It first flew in 1953, and went into air forces in 1956. It was used during the Vietnam War along with the AIM-7 Sparrow, but was not... |
77882 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-intercept | X-intercept | The x-intercept of a line on a graph is where the line touches (intercepts) the x-axis.
Related pages
y-intercept
Algebra
Mathematics |
77886 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty | Liberty | Liberty means the condition in which an individual has the ability to act following his or her own will and alternatively, achieve their potential, within the context of other words like political freedom. It is a term that has contested meanings.
Communism and socialism claim to have something defined as liberty for... |
77888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty%20%28disambiguation%29 | Liberty (disambiguation) | Liberty generally means the condition in which an individual has the ability to act following his or her own will.
Liberty may also refer to:
Inspiration
Freedom, or the more specific political freedom
The Arts
Liberty (magazine) (disambiguation)
Liberty - a 1929 short movie starring Laurel and Hardy
"Liberty", a... |
77889 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity | Dignity | Dignity in humans involves the earning or the expectation of personal respect or esteem.
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood".
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
I... |
77890 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity%20%28disambiguation%29 | Dignity (disambiguation) | Dignity in humans involves the earning or the expectation of personal respect or of esteem.
Dignity could also mean:
In music:
"Dignity" (Deacon Blue song), a song by Deacon Blue on their 1987 album Raintown
"Dignity" (Bob Dylan song), a song by Bob Dylan on his 1994 album Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3
Dignit... |
77891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association | Association | Association can mean:
Voluntary association, a group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement to accomplish a purpose
501(c) non-profit organization
Association (statistics), comes from two variables that are related
Association (psychology), something linked in memory or imagination with a thing or p... |
77892 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary%20association | Voluntary association | A voluntary association or union is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement to form a body (or organization) to work together for a purpose.
In most of the cases no formalities are necessary to start an association. But in some jurisdictions, there is a minimum for the number of persons starting an associa... |
77918 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Keller | Helen Keller | Helen Adams Keller was an American writer and speaker. She was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama in 1880 to Arthur H. Keller and Kate Adams Keller. When she was nineteen months old she became sick and lost her eyesight and hearing. The doctor didn't know what it was, so he called it a "congestion of the stomach and brain." So... |
77919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pausanias%20%28geographer%29 | Pausanias (geographer) | Pausanias (Greek: ) was a Greek traveller and geographer of the 2nd century A.D., who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. He is famous for his Description of Greece (), a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece from firsthand observations. He is a crucial link between classical literat... |
77929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignitas | Dignitas | In Ancient Rome, Dignitas was regarded as the sum of the personal influence that a male citizen acquired throughout his life. It included personal reputation, moral standing, and ethical worth and the man's entitlement to respect and proper treatment as well.
The word does not have a direct connotation or translation ... |
77930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus | Tacitus | Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca. 56 – ca. 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving parts of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—report about the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian.
Works
Experts believe Tacit... |
77931 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus%20%28disambiguation%29 | Tacitus (disambiguation) | Tacitus was a Roman historian. Other people and things named Tacitus include:
Marcus Claudius Tacitus, emperor of Rome 275–276
Asteroid 3097 Tacitus, named after the historian.
Tacitus, a fictional data matrix from the Command & Conquer series of computer games. |
77934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connotation | Connotation | Connotation is a meaning that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal definition.
Usage
Today the word has different meanings, but it is always used for the contrast of a word or phrase with its primary, literal meaning (known as a denotation). That can be an implied value judgement or feelings... |
77935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margrave | Margrave | A Margrave () is a German nobleman.
Originally the Holy Roman Emperor would give a Markgraf an area of the borders (the Marches or ) to look after. The Margrave would have to protect the people in the area from invaders, and at the same time protect the empire.
A Markgraf ranked higher than a graf, but lower than... |
77943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meppel | Meppel | Meppel is a city and a municipality in the north east of the Netherlands (in the province Drenthe). On January 1, 2007 it had about 31,063 inhabitants. It has a density of 558/km² (1,445.2/sq mi). The timezone in Meppel is CET.
History
Meppel received city rights in 1644. It is the oldest town of Drenthe.
In the Wor... |
77944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego%20Vel%C3%A1zquez%20de%20Cu%C3%A9llar | Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar | For the Spanish painter, see Diego Velázquez.
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465 - 1524) was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator (a Conquistador).He conquered and governed Cuba for Spain. He is often called Diego de Velázquez by Dominican historians (that is the name used in the Appleton's Cyclopedia).
He was ... |
77948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denotation | Denotation | For the opposite of Denotation see Connotation.
In logic, linguistics and semiotics, a denotation of a word or phrase is a part of its meaning.
Examples
In order to understand fully the difference between denotation and connotation in the media studies and semiotics uses it is necessary to become familiar with some e... |
77973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Silvstedt | Victoria Silvstedt | Victoria Silvstedt (born September 19, 1974 in Skellefteå, Sweden) is a Swedish fashion model and actress. She is also a former winner of Playmate of the Year, which is chosen by Hugh Hefner.
1974 births
Living people
Swedish models |
77982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doner%20kebab | Doner kebab | Doner kebab (also spelled döner kebab) (, ; or ) is a type of kebab. A doner can be made from lamb, chicken or beef. It is cooked on a vertical rotisserie then thinly sliced. When bought from kebab shops it usually comes with salad or french fries.
Restaurants in Germany offer hot chili sauce and garlic yoghurt-sty... |
77992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder%20of%20Meredith%20Kercher | Murder of Meredith Kercher | The murder of Meredith Kercher happened on the night of 1 November 2007. Meredith Kercher was born in London on 28 December 1985 and was 21 years old at the time of her death. She was a student at Leeds University in England but moved to Italy in August 2007. Meredith went to a university in Perugia, Italy as part of h... |
77994 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith%20Monroe | Meredith Monroe | Meredith Monroe (born December 30, 1968) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Andie McPhee on Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2000. She's currently part of the CBS program NCIS.
She was a series regular in Seasons 2-3, appearing in several episodes at the beginning and end of season 4, and was a speci... |
77995 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Williams%20%28actress%29 | Michelle Williams (actress) | Michelle Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Williams first appeared in the teen series Dawson's Creek and later acted in full length movies, such as Brokeback Mountain, for which she was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress.
In 2018, Williams was nominated fo... |
77996 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernilla%20Wiberg | Pernilla Wiberg | Pernilla Wiberg (born October 15 1970 in Norrköping) is one of the most successful Swedish alpine skiers. She won the giant slalom in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the Alpine combination at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer as well as 24 wins in the Alpine skiing World Cup between 1991 and 1999. She... |
77997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebba%20von%20Sydow | Ebba von Sydow | Ebba von Sydow (born February 18, 1981 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish journalist and author. She is the great-granddaughter of Swedish prime minister Oscar von Sydow, and also related to actor Max von Sydow and politician Björn von Sydow.
1981 births
Living people
People from Gothenburg
Swedish journalists |
78007 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulu%20%28opera%29 | Lulu (opera) | Lulu is an opera by the composer Alban Berg. Berg took the story from two plays called Erdgeist and Die Büchse des Pandora by the German playwright Frank Wedekind. Berg wrote the libretto (the words for the opera) himself.
Many people found Lulu very shocking because the story is very decadent. There is a lot of bl... |
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