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112584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany%20Heatley | Dany Heatley | Daniel James Heatley (born January 21, 1981) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. He currently plays for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Atlanta Thrashers, Ottawa Senators, San Jose Sharks and the Minnesota Wild.
Heatley was born in Freiburg and raised i... |
112585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis | Mantis | A Mantis (order Mantodea) is a type of insect. They are usually known as praying mantids because of their prayer-like stance.
The group contains about 2,300 species. They occur in temperate and tropical habitats. Most are in are in the family Mantidae, and are called Mantids.
In Europe, the name "praying mantis" refe... |
112590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis%20blues | Memphis blues | The Memphis blues is a type of blues music that was created in the 1920s and 1930s.
Memphis blues musicians
W. C. Handy
Frank Stokes
Furry Lewis
Willie Nix
Sleepy John Estes
Ida Cox
Junior Parker
Memphis Minnie
Howlin' Wolf
Rosco Gordon
Bobby Sowell
Big Mama Thornton
Robert Wilkins
Blues music |
112591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano%20blues | Piano blues | Piano blues is a type of Blues music where the piano is the main musical instrument used. Boogie woogie is the best known kind of piano blues, though barrelhouse, swing, R&B, rock and roll and jazz are also important.
Notable artists of Piano blues
Albert Ammons
Leroy Carr
Ray Charles
James Crutchfield
Charles "Cow C... |
112594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz%20blues | Jazz blues | Jazz blues is a musical style that combines jazz and blues.
Blues music
Jazz music |
112596 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife%20and%20drum%20blues | Fife and drum blues | Fife and drum blues is a form of traditional country blues. It is played with a lead fife player, a vocalist, and a troop of drummers.
Blues music |
112597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapsack | Knapsack | The word knapsack can mean:
a backpack
the knapsack problem, a math problem
the subset sum problem, a special case of the above
Naccache-Stern knapsack cryptosystem, a cryptosystem based on the knapsack problem
Knapsack (band), an American band |
112598 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwig | Earwig | Earwigs is the name given to a group of insects (called Dermaptera). They are characterized by wings they can fold under short, leather-like forewings. There are about 1800 species of earwigs. They do not seem to spread any disease, or harm humans in any way. Most of them are 10-14mm long, some species can reach 80mm. ... |
112603 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish | Silverfish | Lepisma saccharina (commonly called the fishmoth, urban silverfish or just the silverfish) is a small, wingless insect. Typically it is between half an inch and one inch (12–25 mm). Its common name comes from the animal's silvery blue color, combined with the fish-like appearance of its movements. The scientific name i... |
112607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing%20Grace | Amazing Grace | "Amazing Grace" is a poem written in 1772 by Englishman John Newton. The poem named, "Faith's Review and Expectation", was where the song came from. It was set to music. A seventh stanza, by an unknown author, has been added to most versions since 1829, beginning with the words, "When we've been there ten thousand year... |
112608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/30%2C000%20Pounds%20of%20Bananas | 30,000 Pounds of Bananas | "30,000 Pounds of Bananas" is a song by Harry Chapin. It is from his 1974 Verities & Balderdash album.
The song tells the story of real-life truck accident which happened on March 18, 1965, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
References
1974 songs
Scranton, Pennsylvania |
112609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrie%20ten%20Boom | Corrie ten Boom | Cornelia Johanna Arnolda "Corrie" ten Boom (April 15, 1892 – April 15, 1983) was a Dutch evangelist and Nazi concentration camp survivor. She helped nearly 800 Jews escape the Nazis during World War II. Ten Boom co-wrote her autobiography The Hiding Place in 1971. It was later made into a movie of the same name. In Dec... |
112610 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%20Memorial | Lincoln Memorial | The Lincoln Memorial is a memorial building. It was built to remember Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He led the nation during the American Civil War. The memorial is in the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and is a popular site for tourists.
Design
The Lincoln Memorial was bui... |
112611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myki | Myki | Myki is a new ticket to replace the Metcard.
References
Public transport in Melbourne |
112612 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morwell%2C%20Victoria | Morwell, Victoria | Morwell is a city in Gippsland, east of Victoria, Australia. Morwell is in the Latrobe Valley. The Latrobe Valley has a lot of brown coal which is burned to make electricity in power stations. It is also the centre for the City of Latrobe.
The name Morwell is believed to have come from the Australian aboriginal Gunnai... |
112613 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeognatha | Archaeognatha | Archaeognatha is an order of wingless insects, also known as jumping bristletails. They are among those insects which changed least during evolution. They first appear in the Devonian period along with the arachnids (Spiders). The name Archaeognatha is derived from Greek Archaeos meaning "ancient" and gnatha meaning "j... |
112615 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi%20Zacharias | Ravi Zacharias | Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias (March 26, 1946 – May 19, 2020) was an Indian-born Canadian-American Evangelical Christian apologist and evangelist. Zacharias was the author of many Christian books, such as the Gold Medallion Book Award winner Can Man Live Without God? Zacharias established Ravi Zacharias Interna... |
112621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE%20NXT | WWE NXT | WWE NXT is a professional wrestling promotion based in Winter Park, Florida. It is the official developmental territory for WWE.
History
NXT was started as Florida Championship Wrestling, typically shortened to FCW Steve Keirn in 2007 to be WWE's second developmental territory when they ended their relationship with ... |
112625 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues%20scale | Blues scale | The blues scale is a hexatonic scale with minor pentatonic scale. But because blues notes (or blue notes) have a different form, there can be no one blues scale. As named in contemporary jazz theory, its use is based on the key and not the chord, unlike some chords in jazz.
The semitone differences for a blues scale a... |
112627 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant%20baptism | Infant baptism | Infant baptism is the baptism (or "christening") of young children or infants. In theology, the practice is sometimes called paedobaptism or pedobaptism.
Related pages
Anabaptists
Baptism
Believers baptism
Church
Other websites
INFANT BAPTISM: How My Mind Has Changed by Dr. Dennis E. Johnson
Infant Baptism discussed... |
112629 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMF%20International | OMF International | OMF International (or Overseas Missionary Fellowship and China Inland Mission before 1964) is an inter-denominational Protestant Christian missionary society. It was started by English missionary Hudson Taylor on 25 June, 1865.
Other websites
OMF International (formerly China Inland Mission and Overseas Missionary F... |
112632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordless%20Book | Wordless Book | A Wordless Book is a Christian evangelistic device. Most believe that it was created by the famous London Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon. It is called a "book", as it is usually has pages, but it can also be shown on a single page or banner.
Color themes
Spurgeon’s concept only contained three colors: “firs... |
112634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm%20intelligence | Swarm intelligence | Swarm Intelligence is a field of Computer science. It is a form of Artificial intelligence. Some animals, mostly insects like ants, or bees form large colonies. These colonies are made of many animals that communicate with each other. Each animal is relatively simple, but by working together with other animals it is ab... |
112637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%20Taylor | Hudson Taylor | James Hudson Taylor 戴德生 (May 21, 1832 – June 3,1905) was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China. He started the China Inland Mission (CIM) (now OMF International). Taylor spent 51 years in China.
Other websites
1832 births
1905 deaths
Baptists
Christian religious leaders
Christian writers
English physicia... |
112639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist%20Union%20of%20Great%20Britain | Baptist Union of Great Britain | The Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) is the both oldest and largest national group of Baptist churches in Great Britain. It was started when the General Baptists and Particular Baptists came together in 1891.
Other websites
Baptist Union of Great Britain - official Web Site
Christian organizations
1891 establis... |
112641 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit | Credit | When somebody borrows resources from somebody else, credit is the trust that they will later pay it back. The term often is used when somebody borrows money from a bank. This is called a loan. A bank may not give somebody credit if they do not think they would pay the loan back.
Credit cards
A bank or a credit union ... |
112647 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurgeon%27s%20College | Spurgeon's College | Spurgeon's College is a theological institute in London. It was started by Charles Spurgeon, known as "the Prince of Preachers." It was first named The Pastors' College when it opened in 1857. When it moved to its present building in 1923, it was renamed in honour of its starter Charles Spurgeon.
Other websites
Spurg... |
112649 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Vick | Michael Vick | Michael Vick is a former American football quarterback of the National Football League (NFL). He played in three Pro Bowls. He played for the Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Vick was born in Newport News, Virginia on June 26, 1980. He played college football for the Virgin... |
112652 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Brady | Tom Brady | Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is a retired American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent the first 20 seasons of his career with the New England Patriots, playing in ten Super Bowls and winning seven of them, the most of any player in ... |
112653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy%20Moss | Randy Moss | Randy Moss (born February 13 1977) is an American football player. He plays as a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers. Moss came out of retirement to play with the 49ers. He played college football at Marshall University. Moss was picked in the 1998 NFL Draft, in the first round with the 21st overall pick by the M... |
112654 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm%20Van%20Brocklin | Norm Van Brocklin | Norm Van Brocklin (March 15, 1926 – May 2, 1983) was an American football coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He is a member of the NFL Hall of Fame as a player for the Los Angeles Rams (1949-1957) and the Philadelphia Eagles (1958-1960)
1926 births
1983 deaths
American football quarterbacks
Sportspeople from South Dakota |
112655 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Antonio%20Spurs | San Antonio Spurs | The San Antonio Spurs are an American basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in San Antonio, Texas. They began playing in the NBA in 1976. They play their home game at the AT&T Center. They are currently coached by Gregg Popovich. They won 5 NBA Championships in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014 re... |
112656 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta%20Hawks | Atlanta Hawks | The Atlanta Hawks are a team in the National Basketball Association. They play their home games at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
Team history
The Hawks have played in several cities throughout the team's history, and have also had other names. The team was first the Buffalo Bisons in 1946, then moved to Moline, I... |
112657 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20State%20Warriors | Golden State Warriors | The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association. They are one of the oldest teams in the NBA. They played in Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Warriors from 1946 to 1962, and in San Francisco from 1962 to 1971. Currently, they play in San Francisco, Californi... |
112658 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento%20Kings | Sacramento Kings | The Sacramento Kings are a team in the National Basketball Association in Sacramento, California. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1948. They play their home games at Golden 1 Center (Their last arena being Sleep Train Arena (formally known as Arco Arena)).
References
Other websites
Natio... |
112659 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia%2076ers | Philadelphia 76ers | The Philadelphia 76ers (called 76ers or Sixers for short) are a professional basketball team in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the National Basketball Association. They started in the year 1946 as the Syracuse Nationals. They joined the NBA in 1949. The 76ers have won three NBA championships.
References
Oth... |
112660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Knicks | New York Knicks | The New York Knicks, officially the New York Knickerbockers, are a team in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in New York, New York. The current head coach of the team is Tom Thibodeau. The Knicks play their home games at Madison Square Garden.
References
Other websites
National Basketball Association teams |
112661 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah%20Jazz | Utah Jazz | The Utah Jazz are a team in the National Basketball Association in Utah. They were originally from New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1970s. Jazz music is popular in New Orleans, and the team was named the Jazz when it was in New Orleans. The team kept the name when it moved to Utah.
The Jazz are in Salt Lake City, Ut... |
112662 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston%20Rockets | Houston Rockets | The Houston Rockets are a team in the National Basketball Association in Houston, Texas. They play their home games at the Toyota Center. They began playing in the NBA in 1967 and were originally known as the San Diego Rockets from 1967 to 1971.
Hakeem Olajuwon was a star player for the Rockets. He lead them to their... |
112663 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland%20Trail%20Blazers | Portland Trail Blazers | The Portland Trail Blazers are a team in the National Basketball Association from Portland, Oregon. They play their home games at the Moda Center. They won 1 NBA Championship in 1977.
References
Other websites |
112664 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20NBA%20champions | List of NBA champions | This is a list of NBA Champions.
Champions
The first brackets in the Western champion and Eastern champion columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second brackets indicate the number of times that teams have appeared in an NBA Finals as well as each respective team's NBA Finals record to date.
Notes
Reference... |
112678 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme | Extreme | Uses for the term extreme, which is sometimes spelled xtreme, include:
Geography and astronomy
Extremes on Earth
List of extrasolar planet extremes
Mathematics
Extreme value, the largest or smallest element of a set
Science and technology
Science
Extreme weather, severe or unseasonal weather
Extremism, ideas or a... |
112712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Eastman | Julius Eastman | Julius Eastman (October 27, 1940 – May 28, 1990) was an African-American composer, pianist, singer and dancer. He is a minimalist.
Life
Eastman grew up in Ithaca, New York. He began piano at age 14. He studied piano at the Curtis Institute of Music, with Mieczyslaw Horszowski and composition with Constant Vauclain.
I... |
112714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli%20Manning | Eli Manning | Elisha Nelson "Eli" Manning (born January 3, 1981 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) is a retired American football quarterback. Manning played for the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons.
College career
Manning played college football at the University of Mississippi after attending high... |
112715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Pierce | Paul Pierce | Paul Anthony Pierce (born October 13, 1977 in Oakland, California) is a retired American basketball player of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball at the University of Kansas. Pierce won an NBA championship with the Celtics in 2008, and won the NBA 3-Point Shooting Contest in 2010. He... |
112716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotty%20Bowman | Scotty Bowman | William Scott "Scotty" Bowman (born September 18, 1933 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a former National Hockey League head coach. He holds the record for most wins with 1,244.
Early years
Bowman was born on September 18, 1933 in Verdun, Quebec. He played minor league hockey until a fractured skull resulting from a sl... |
112727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel%20Mansell | Nigel Mansell | Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE (born 8 August 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire) is a British racing driver from England who won both the Formula One World Championship (1992) and CART World Series (1993). He is the only person in history to hold both titles simultaneously, and was the first person to win the C... |
112730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%20Hill | Graham Hill | Norman Graham Hill (15 February 1929 – 29 November 1975) was a British racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. He was born in Hampstead, London and died in a plane crash in Arkley, London.
His son Damon Hill and Damon's son Josh Hill are racing drivers.
Accidental deaths in the United Kingdom
Aviatio... |
112732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C5%9Fikta%C5%9F | Beşiktaş | Besiktas (Turkish: Beşiktaş) is a district in the European part of İstanbul. Beşiktaş is by the coastal of Bosphorus.
Beşiktaş has a football team called Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (BJK) (English: Besiktas Gym Club). BJK is one of the biggest and one of the most popular football team in Turkey.
Historical buildings
Do... |
112733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusociality | Eusociality | Eusociality is a term in animal behaviour for the more complex kinds of social organisation. The term "eusocial" was introduced in 1966 by Suzanne Batra. E.O. Wilson gave it a more precise meaning.
Meaning of the term
At the start, it was used for invertebrates only, usually social insects. These are its main feature... |
112735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuderia%20Ferrari | Scuderia Ferrari | Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. Though the Scuderia and Ferrari Corse Clienti continue to manage the racing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams, Ferrari's racing division has completely devoted its atten... |
112737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRT | TRT | The TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation) is the first television broadcaster and national public broadcaster of Turkey. Launched on 1926 as TR (Radio) 1964 May 1th as TRT (Radio) 1968 January 31 (Television) Currently it has 14 channels. (one of HD)
Turkish media |
112739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnbc-e | Cnbc-e | Cnbc-e is a TV channel which broadcasts financial and entertainment programs in Turkey. Cnbc-e broadcasts TV series and movies in original languages (mostly American series and movies) with Turkish subtitles.
TV series
Desperate Housewives
Cold Case
Prison Break
24
How I met your mother
Gilmore Girls
The Simpsons
My N... |
112741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanal%20D | Kanal D | Kanal D is a popular Turkish television channel broadcasting nationally. Euro D broadcasts Kanal D programmes to all Europe.
TV Series
Aşk-ı Memnu
Arka Sokaklar
Geniş Aile
Yaprak Dökümü
Hanımın Çiiftliği
Kavak Yelleri
Bir Bulut Olsam
Akasya Durağı
Küçük Kadınlar
Küçük Sırlar
Turkish media |
112742 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN%20T%C3%BCrk | CNN Türk | CNN Türk is the Turkish version of international CNN. CNN Türk broadcasts nationwide in Turkey.
Programmes
News
Sports
Turkish media
CNN |
112743 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTV%20Turkey | NTV Turkey | NTV Turkey is a Turkish nationwide television channel which consists of news, sports programmes and documentaries.
Other websites
Official site
NTV Turkey at LyngSat Address
Turkish media
Television channels in Asia |
112744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milliyet | Milliyet | Milliyet is a major Turkish daily newspaper founded in 1950. Abdi İpekçi, the editor of Milliyet, was murdered in 1979 when coming from the newspaper to his home.
References
Other websites
Milliyet's official website
Turkish-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Turkey
Istanbul |
112747 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon%20Hill | Damon Hill | Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE (born 17 September 1960) is a British retired racing driver.
He was the 1996 Formula One World Champion. As the son of double Formula One world champion Graham Hill, he is the only son of a world champion to win the title, until Nico Rosberg, son of 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg, clin... |
112749 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20newspapers%20in%20Turkey | List of newspapers in Turkey | There is a list of newspapers published in Turkey.
Sözcü (The Spokesman)
Milliyet (The Nation)
Sabah (The Morning)
Hürriyet (The Independence)
Birgün (One day)
Evrensel (Universal)
Fanatik (Fanatic)
Akşam (The Evening)
Cumhuriyet (The Republic)
Bugün (Today)
Güneş (The Sun)
Zaman (The Time)
Posta (The Mail)
Şalom ... |
112750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphid | Aphid | Aphids are small bugs which feed on plants. Aphids cause more plant damage than any other insects. There are over 4,000 different species of aphid.
About 250 species are serious pests for agriculture and forestry as well as an annoyance for gardeners. They vary in size from 1-10 mm long.
Important natural enemies inc... |
112754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aigle | Aigle | Aigle is the capital of the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The town has a population of 8,100 people.
References
Other websites
Official Website of the Commune of Aigle
Webcam on the Rue de la Gare
Cities in Switzerland
Municipalities of Vaud |
112756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabham | Brabham | Motor Racing Developments Ltd., commonly known as Brabham (), was a British company that built racing cars. It also ran a racing team in Formula One. It was founded in 1960 by two Australians, driver Jack Brabham and designer Ron Tauranac. The team won four drivers' and two constructors' world championships in its 30-y... |
112759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrotheria | Afrotheria | The Afrotheria is a group of mammals, (a superorder or a clade). It includes the golden moles, elephant shrews, tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants and manatees.
Biologists made this group based on RNA sequence analysis. Afrotheria are one of four major groups in the Eutheria (placental mammals). Afrotheria means ... |
112762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimi%20R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen | Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi-Matias Räikkönen () (born October 17, 1979 in Espoo, Finland) is a race car driver, currently driving for Alfa Romeo Racing. He is the 2007 Formula One World Drivers' Champion.
Räikkönen entered Formula One as a regular driver for Sauber-Petronas in 2001. Having previously only raced in very junior open-wheel cat... |
112764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration%20Internationale%20de%20l%27Automobile | Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile | La Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, usually called the FIA, is a non-profit association established as the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR) on June 20, 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users. Most people know the FIA as the governing body ... |
112771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presociality | Presociality | Presociality is a term which applies to animal behaviour. Presocial animals have close family relationships, more than just sexual interactions with members of the same species. However, they do not form the extreme colonies of eusocial insects, such as ants.
Presocial animals can live together and take care of their ... |
112775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrumbidgee%20River | Murrumbidgee River | The Murrumbidgee River is a big river in New South Wales, Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory. It joins in with the Murray River. The word Murrumbidgee is from the Wiradjuri language (Indigenous Australian) and means "big water", "track goes down here" or "very good place". There are many large towns built... |
112776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neotominae | Neotominae | Neotominae is a subfamily of the family Cricetidae. It consists of three tribes, 16 genera, and many species of New World rats and mice. Most of them are found in North America. Among them are the well-known deer mice, white-footed mice, packrats, and grasshopper mice.
Neotomines are related to the other two subfamili... |
112777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusadasi | Kusadasi | Kusadasi (Turkish Kuşadası) is a town in the province of Aydın in Turkey. The town is a tourist resort and is near the ancient city of Ephesus. It has a population of about 65,000 people.
Cities in Turkey |
112779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayvalik | Ayvalik | Ayvalik (Turkish Ayvalık) is a seaside town in the west of Turkey in the province of Balıkesir. The town had an important number of Greek people living there. After the Turkish Independence War the population changes with Turkish and Greek population and Greek population have gotten smaller.
Cities in Turkey |
112780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bregenz | Bregenz | Bregenz (Vorarlbergian: Breagaz) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost federal state of Austria. About 27.000 people live in the city proper, its agglomeration has about 60.000 people. Together with Lindau, the settled area (which reaches into the south of Germany, and into Switzerland) has about 120.000 peopl... |
112781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo%20mouse | Togo mouse | The Togo mouse (or Büttner's African forest mouse or the Groove-toothed forest mouse, Leimacomys buettneri) is a unique muroid rodent. It is known from only two specimens, which were taken near the locality of Bismarckburg, near Yege, Togo in 1890.
Description and natural history
The entirety of known material for th... |
112786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazimiye | Nazimiye | Nazimiye is a district of Tunceli Province in Turkey. Its old name is Kisle. The district has a total population of about 2000 people. There is no industrial activity in Nazimiye. Agriculture and state ownership institutions are the only jobs there.
Districts of Turkey |
112788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalova | Yalova | Yalova is a Turkish city in the northwest, which was affected in the earthquake of 17 August 1999. The city is along the coast of the Marmara Sea. Yalova has a better quality of life from other Turkish cities. It has a population of 77,000.
The first people settled in this region in the Prehistoric Period.
Twin citie... |
112789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudanya | Mudanya | Mudanya is a town along the Sea of Marmara and also a district of Bursa Province in Turkey. It is located in Gulf of Gemlik. The town has a road transportation with Bursa and seaway transportation by ferries with Istanbul.
Mudanya has industrial sector and agriculture sector especially oil production. The town also h... |
112791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemlik | Gemlik | Gemlik is a harbor town in Turkey. It has 70,000 people living there. Gemlik is a district of Bursa Province. It has a free industrial zone. This zone helped the development of industry in Gemlik. Agriculture is mostly olives for eating. Olive oil is important to the economy of Gemlik.
There is a seaport in the town. ... |
112794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchillidae | Chinchillidae | The family Chinchillidae contains the chinchillas, viscachas, and their fossil relatives. They are restricted to southern and western South America. Often they can be found in the Andes. They are large rodents, weighing from 800 grams to 8 kilograms. They have strong hind legs and large ears. All species have thick, s... |
112795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myomorpha | Myomorpha | Suborder Myomorpha has 1,137 species of mouse-like rodents, almost a quarter of all mammals. mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, lemmings and voles are in the group. They are grouped according to how the jaw looks like and how the molar teeth look like. They are very good at biting and chewing. Myomorphs are found all aroun... |
112799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumuroida | Eumuroida | Eumuroida are a group of all muroid rodents, or the true muroids. It was made in 2004. The group is not in the standard taxonomic classification, but it is between superfamily and family. The Eumuroida is the clade including all organisms which evolved from the most recent ancestor of the Calomyscidae, Nesomyidae, Cric... |
112803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse-like%20hamsters | Mouse-like hamsters | Mouse-like hamsters are a group of small rodents found in Syria, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. They are found in rocky and slightly high areas in desert regions.
The mouse-like hamsters are not real hamsters, although they look like hamsters. They were once thought to be hamsters based o... |
112807 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nesomyidae | Nesomyidae | Nesomyidae is a family of African rodents in the large and complicated superfamily Muroidea. It includes many subfamilies, which all live in Africa. Malagasy rats and mice, climbing mice, African rock mice, swamp mice, pouched rats, and the white-tailed rat are in this family.
Characteristics
Nesomyids are small to ... |
112809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manisa | Manisa | Manisa is a large city in western Turkey in Asia Minor.
Other websites
Cities in Turkey |
112810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir | Eskişehir | Eskişehir (eskē'shehēr, , "Old City") is a city that can be found in the northwestern part of Turkey. It is the capital district of Eskişehir Province.
References
Other websites
Eskişehir Photo Gallery
Cities in Turkey |
112811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricetidae | Cricetidae | The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complicated superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice. With almost 600 species, it is the second largest family of mammals, and has animals in it in the New World, Asia, and Europe.
Characteristics
The cricetid... |
112814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaziantep | Gaziantep | Gaziantep is a city in the southeast of Turkey. It has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Koeppen climate classification). Gaziantep is well known for its dessert baklava. Gaziantep is the sixth biggest city in Turkey.
Gazantiep has had terrorist attacks in 2012, May 2016 and August 2016.
Cities in Turkey |
112815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baklava | Baklava | Baklava () is a traditional sweet made from pastry and often eaten as a dessert. It is known in many countries of the former Ottoman Empire. It is also developed from the cookery of the Ottomans and is believed to be invented in Istanbul. Baklava is a popular dessert in the Arab world.
In Turkey, Baklava is made of th... |
112816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radikal | Radikal | Radikal was a nationwide newspaper in Turkey. Radikal was a center-left newspaper. It shares social liberal ideas.
On Sundays it gave an extra called Radikal2.
Other websites
Radikal's official website
Turkish-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Turkey
Istanbul |
112817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96SS | ÖSS | ÖSS Turkish Öğrenci Seçme Sınavı is the exam for entering universities in Turkey. Every year in June, the ÖSS exam is done. OSS is a test exam which has many questions from different subjects such as Maths, Geography, and History.
Colleges and universities in Turkey |
112819 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet%20Necdet%20Sezer | Ahmet Necdet Sezer | Ahmet Necdet Sezer (born September 13, 1941 in Afyonkarahisar) is a Turkish politician who was the tenth President of Turkey. He was president from May 16, 2000 until August 28, 2007. He was a republican and supporter of secularism in Turkey.
Presidents of Turkey
1941 births
Living people |
112820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamer%20Gen%C3%A7 | Kamer Genç | Kamer Genç (February 23, 1940 – January 22, 2016) was a Turkish politician.He was a member of parliament as a member of the Republican People's Party in the 18th, 19th, and 23rd election cycles, and in the 20th and 21st as a member of the True Path Party. He was born in Nazımiye, Tunceli Province.
Genç died of cancer ... |
112821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emine%20Erdo%C4%9Fan | Emine Erdoğan | Emine Erdoğan, born as Emine Gülbaran, (born February 16, 1955 in Üsküdar, Istanbul) is the First Lady of Turkey and the wife of current Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. They were married on July, 4 1978. She is of Arab descent.
Her family is originally from Siirt in southeast Turkey. She went to Istanbul Mitha... |
112822 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan%20Evren | Kenan Evren | Ahmet Kenan Evren (17 July 1917 – 9 May 2015), was a Turkish politician who served as the 7th President of Turkey. He was a former Turkish general and the leader of the coup d'état on 12 September 1980.
On 18 June 2014, Evren and General Tahsin Şahinkaya were given life sentences because of their roles in the 1980 cou... |
112823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show%20TV | Show TV | Show TV is a national television channel in Turkey. The channel launched on March 1, 1991. Turkish news presenter Ali Kırca is the one of the important people on Show TV.
Turkish media
Television networks |
112824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumhuriyet | Cumhuriyet | Cumhuriyet (English: The Republic) is a Turkish nationwide daily newspaper based in Istanbul. It was founded on May 7, 1924 by Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu.
Cumhuriyet newspaper includes columnists that are generally considered to share social democratic, secularist and republican ideas with its readers. Cumhuriyet is sold ab... |
112825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uludag%20University | Uludag University | Uludag University is a Turkish university. It is in Turkey's fourth largest city, Bursa. Before 1980 its name was Bursa University, but in 1980 the name changed to Uludag University. Uludag is the name of the highest mountain in Bursa. Uludag University is a public university. The university has a big campus in Görükle... |
112826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmangazi%20University | Osmangazi University | Osmangazi University is a university in Eskişehir, Turkey.
Colleges and universities in Turkey |
112827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERASMUS%20programme | ERASMUS programme | The Erasmus Programme is a European Union project to help students and university teachers move among EU countries and Turkey, Norway and Switzerland. Its name stands for "European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students". The name is also in honor of the humanist Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus.... |
112828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Gallery%20of%20Art | National Gallery of Art | The National Gallery of Art is an art museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was built in 1938 by the United States Congress. Andrew W. Mellon gave money and art to help the museum. Many lovers of art have given the National Gallery their art collections, like Lessing J. Rosenwald, Samuel H. Kress, ... |
112830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%20%C4%B0zmit%20earthquake | 1999 İzmit earthquake | The 1999 İzmit earthquake was an approximately 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey on August 17, 1999. It happened at around 3:01 am local time. The event lasted for 37 seconds, killing 15,135 people and leaving approximately half a million people homeless. The epicenter was in İzmit, which was hea... |
112831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20W.%20Mellon | Andrew W. Mellon | Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855 – August 27, 1937) was an American banker who also owned many industrial businesses. He was the Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 until February 12, 1932.
Personal life
Mellon was a lover of art, and had a large collection which he gave to the National Gallery of Art. ... |
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