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20084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/222 | 222 |
Events
Pope Urban I succeeds Pope Callixtus I
Roman Emperor Alexander Severus succeeds Heliogabalus
Kingdom of Wu is established in China
Sun Quan defeats Liu Bei at the Battle of Yi Ling
References |
20085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1759 | 1759 |
Events
January 11 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
January 13 – The Távora family is executed following the accusation of attempted regicide on Joseph I of Portugal
January 15 – The British Museum opens
April 13 – a French army defeats Ferdinand, Duke of... |
20086 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755 | 1755 |
Events
January 25 – Moscow University established.
February 20 – General Braddock lands in Virginia to take command of the English forces against the French in North America
April 15 – A Dictionary of the English Language is published by Samuel Johnson; he had begun the work in 1746
July 9 – French and Indian Wa... |
20087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/477 | 477 |
Events
Huneric becomes king of Vandals
Aelle, king of the South Saxons, arrives in England, with his three sons, near Cymenshore. (According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
Song Shun Di succeeds Song Hou Fei Di as ruler of the Chinese Song Dynasty |
20088 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/509 | 509 |
Births
Emperor Kimmei, 29th emperor of Japan (d. 571, traditional date)
Adi Sankara
Deaths
References |
20089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/571 | 571 |
Events
The Monophysites again reject the Council of Chalcedon, causing another schism.
Deaths
Emperor Kimmei, 29th emperor of Japan (b. 509, traditional date)
References |
20090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/609 | 609 |
Events
The Pantheon is consecrated to the Virgin Mary and all saints (or 610).
Edessa is taken by the Sassanids. |
20092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Baikal | Lake Baikal | Lake Baikal is a huge lake in Siberia, Russia. It is the biggest fresh water reservoir in the world. The lake is near Irkutsk.
Baikal is about long. It is wide. At it’s deepest point, it is deep. With this depth it is the deepest lake on Earth. The lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It holds about 20% of the wo... |
20094 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omul | Omul | The omul is a kind of fish. It belongs to the same family as the trout and the salmon. It only lives in Lake Baikal and the rivers around it (the Angara for example. It is very typical for that region of Siberia).
Omul considered a food delicacy and can be eaten n many ways. Local people consume it boiled, fried smoke... |
20095 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon | Salmon | Salmon is a kind of teleost fish. There are many different kinds of salmon. Salmon belong to the same family of fish as the trout. Most kinds of salmon live in salt water, or migrate between rivers and the sea. Many people like to eat salmon, so the fish is also grown in fish farms. Usual ways to make food out of salmo... |
20096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild%20turkey | Wild turkey | The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is the name of the more common of the two species of turkey. This large bird is found across much of the United States and southern Canada.
Wild turkeys prefer hardwood and mixed conifer-hardwood forests with scattered openings such as pastures, fields, orchards and seasonal marsh... |
20097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocellated%20Turkey | Ocellated Turkey | An ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is a turkey (a large bird) that is named for the eye-like spots on the tail feathers (ocellated means having eye-like spots). It is similar to the wild turkey that is found more to the north in North America.
Turkeys
Birds of North America |
20104 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia | Natalia | Natalia may mean:
Natalia Republic
Natalia (album), a music album of Natalia Kukulska
People named Natalia
Natalia (singer), Belgian musician
Natalia Kukulska
Natalia Rodriquez (singer), Spanish musician
Natalia Podolskaya, the 2005 Eurovision Song Contestant for Russia |
20110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drenthe | Drenthe | Drenthe (pronounce: "DREN-te") is a province in the northeast of the Netherlands. The capital city is Assen. South of it is Overijssel, west of it is Friesland and north of it is Groningen. East of it is Lower Saxony, that is a part of Germany. About 495,000 people are living in Drenthe (2021).
History
Thousands of y... |
20111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Day%20%28military%20term%29 | D-Day (military term) | D-Day is a term used in military planning to mean the actual day a major operation or event is to begin. The days leading up to a D-Day are called D-1, D-2, D-3, etc. This allows scheduling a sequence of events before the start date is chosen. The days after a D-Day are D+1, D+2, D+3, and so on.
Several different ... |
20112 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/655 | 655 |
Events
November 15 – Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats the pagan Mercian king Penda in the Battle of the Winwaed
Empress Saimei ascends to the throne of Japan.
Clovis II succeeded by Clotaire III.
Peada succeeds his father Penda as king of Mercia
A Byzantine fleet is defeated by the Arabs at Finike. |
20114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishpeming%2C%20Michigan | Ishpeming, Michigan | Ishpeming is a city in Marquette County, Michigan, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total of 6,686 people living in it. There used to be more people in the 1950s and 1960s, when the iron ore mines were in full operation.
Geography
The city has a total area of 24.0 km² (9.2 mi²). 22.5 km² (8.7 mi²) of it is... |
20115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey%20Bogart | Humphrey Bogart | Humphrey Bogart (December 25, 1895 - January 14, 1957) was an American actor. He is nominated for three Academy Awards on each movies, including Casablanca, The African Queen and The Caine Mutiny.
Movies
Bad Sister (1931)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Kid Galahad (1937)
San Quentin (1937)
Angels with Dirty Faces (... |
20116 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk | Funk | Funk is a type of music from the United States that was developed in the 1960s by African American musicians and singers such as James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, George Clinton, and The Meters. Funk music emphasizes the rhythm of the music. Funk music is dance music that mixes rhythm and blues music with soul mus... |
20117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1513 | 1513 | 1513 was a year of the Gregorian calendar, that started on a Wednesday.
Events
Florida found by the Spanish (the first Europeans to do so).
Births
Deaths
February 21 – Pope Julius II
September 9 – James IV of Scotland |
20118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20white%20shark | Great white shark | The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is a species of shark. It is the world's largest living predatory fish. Mature sharks may grow up to in length and in weight. There also have been a few reports of great white sharks measuring over . This shark reaches its sexual maturity around 15 years of age. The li... |
20119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1560 | 1560 |
Events
July 6 – Treaty of Edinburgh
Births
Anton Praetorius, fighter against torture and chase of witches (d. 1613)
August 7– Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian murderer
November 28– Baltasar of Marradas, Spanish noblemanbleman, knight of the Knights of Malta, imperial field marshal, governor in Bohemia (d. 1638)
De... |
20122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary%20Grant | Cary Grant | Cary Grant (January 18, 1904 - November 29, 1986), born as Archibald Alexander Leach in Bristol, United Kingdom, was an actor in the United States. He starred in many movies, including 1959's North by Northwest.
Grant became an American citizen in 1942. At that time, he legally changed his name to "Cary Grant." He di... |
20124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion | Emotion | Emotions are what people feel. They are very ancient, and can be seen in all mammals.
Emotions are caused by a complex mixture of hormones and the unconscious mind. Only with great difficulty can we control our emotions by conscious effort. They cause mammals to change behaviour according to changes in their situation... |
20135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia | Dyslexia | Dyslexia is a learning disability, a condition that makes it difficult to learn and understand things in the same way others do. It is a very common problem.
It effects on the way the brain understands words. The most common signs of dyslexia are reading and writing problems. Estimates are that in the United States be... |
20144 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-47 | AK-47 | The AK-47 is a Russian assault rifle first used in 1949. It and an updated version called the AKM were used by the Soviet Union's military (which was called the Soviet Army). It was later replaced by the AK-74.
The AK-47 was designed in 1947 by Mikhail Kalashnikov.
The AK-47 quickly became famous and spread all aroun... |
20152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1763 | 1763 |
Events
February 10 – French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.
15 February – the Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria and their allies
March 1 – Charles Townshend becomes President of the Board of Trade ... |
20154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1637 | 1637 |
Events
February 3 – Tulip mania collapses in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands) by government order
February 15 – Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor
December 17 – Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan
Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermat's last the... |
20155 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1451 | 1451 |
Events
February 3 – Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II.
April 11 – Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II.
June 30 – French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture Bordeaux
August 20 – The Fre... |
20156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/146 | 146 |
Events
Change of era name from Yongxi (1st year) to Benchu era of the Chinese Han Dynasty
Change of emperor from Han Zhidi to Han Huandi of the Chinese Han Dynasty |
20157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colima | Colima | Colima is a state in west Mexico. About 760,000 people live there. Its capital is also called Colima.
States of Mexico |
20176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Jackson | Peter Jackson | Sir Peter Robert Jackson ONZ KNZM (born 31 October 1961, Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand film director. He is most widely known for directing The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He also directed the 2005 film, King Kong.
In 2003, Jackson won three Academy Awards for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the K... |
20182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia | Valencia | Valencia is a city in Spain, on the Mediterranean coast. It is the capital of the Community of Valencia. It has 807,396 people, making it the third-largest city in Spain and the fifteenth in the European Union.
Valencia's climate is on the boundary of hot semi-arid (Bsh in the Koeppen climate classification) and hot-... |
20184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murcia | Murcia | Murcia is the capital of the autonomous community of Murcia, in Spain, and its biggest city, with a population of 410,000 in the city and more than 740,000 in the metropolitan area. The municipality is the seventh largest in Spain.
The city is in the Segura Valley, in an area called la Huerta de Murcia, which is a ve... |
20185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaragoza | Zaragoza | Zaragoza (sometimes called Saragossa in English) is the capital of Aragon, in the Ebro Valley, in the crossroad from Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, and Bilbao. The population is 643,000. The most important monument is the Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar).
Zaragoza has a semi-arid climate (BS... |
20186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaga | Malaga | Malaga (Spanish: Málaga) is a Spanish city in Andalusia, Spain on the Mediterranean coast. The city has 560,000 people. There are more than 1,000,000 people in the surrounding area. It is the second biggest city in Andalusia after Sevilla, and the sixth biggest in Spain. The 20th century artist Pablo Picasso was born i... |
20187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las%20Palmas%20de%20Gran%20Canaria | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | La Palma is another island of the Canary Islands
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the biggest city of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. The city, with a population of 383,308 in 2010, is the eighth-largest in Spain.
Together with Santa Cruz de Tenerife, it is the capital of the Comunidad Autónoma de
Canarias (... |
20189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palma%20de%20Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca is the capital of the Balearic Islands and the Mallorca island, in the Mediterranean Sea, in front of the Iberian Peninsula. The city, with a population of 410,000, is the ninth-largest of Spain. It is a very important tourist center in the world, and is famous for its historic architecture. It has on... |
20190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba%2C%20Andalusia | Córdoba, Andalusia | Córdoba is a city in Andalusia, Spain. It is the capital of Córdoba province. It had a population of about 326,000 in 2017.
Córdoba was the capital of the Caliphate of Cordoba, an Islamic empire in the Middle Ages, when the city was the biggest in Europe, with 250,000 people.
Córdoba is 138 kilometers (86 miles) nort... |
20192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicante | Alicante | Alacant or Alicante (, Valencian: ) is a city in Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante. It is in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper is about 332,067, as of 2014, ranking as the second-largest Valencian city... |
20193 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonology | Phonology | Phonology is part of linguistics. Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Phonology is the science that studies the way that sounds (phones) carry meaning in language. Sounds (phones) that carry meaning in language are called phonemes. Sounds that do not carry meaning in the language are called allophones.
Ph... |
20194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics | Linguistics | Linguistics is the study of language. People who study language are called linguists.
There are five main parts of linguistics: the study of sounds (phonology), the study of parts of words, like "un-" and "-ing" (morphology), the study of word order and how sentences are made (syntax), the study of the meaning of word... |
20196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region%20of%20Murcia | Region of Murcia | The Region of Murcia is an autonomous community in the south-east of Spain. The region has 1,350,000 people. The capital is Murcia, with 410,000 people. Other important cities are Cartagena, Lorca, Molina de Segura, and Cieza. |
20199 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1636 | 1636 | 1636 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Events
March 26 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
Harvard University founded.
In the American colonies, Roger Williams (theologian) founds Rhode Island. |
20200 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/711 | 711 | 711 was a year in the 8th century.
Events
The Moors begin to control Spain.
The Arabs begin to control Southern Pakistan. |
20202 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segura | Segura | Segura is a Spanish river that is 325 kilometers (200 miles) long. It flows through the provinces of Jaen, Albacete, Murcia, and Alicante, and the cities of Cieza, Molina de Segura, Murcia, Orihuela, Rojales, and Guardamar. It then flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
Rivers of Spain |
20203 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orihuela | Orihuela | Orihuela is a city on the coast in Spain in the Alicante province, on the Segura river in a district called Vega Baja. Oranges and lemons are grown. The city has a population of 75,000 with very important historical monuments like the Cathedral and the church of Santiago, the church of Santa Justa and Rufina and the Se... |
20204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Alicante | Province of Alicante | Alacant () province is the fifth largest Spanish province by population with 1,750,000, and the second largest in the Valencian Community. It is on the south-east Mediterranean coast and the capital is the city of Alicante, a sea- port with a University. It is a commercial city with monuments like Sainte Barbra Castle.... |
20205 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan ( or ; , ;), also known as Turkmenia, is a country in South-Central Asia. It has borders with Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. It has no ocean but it is on the Caspian Sea to the west. The capital of Turkmenistan is Ashghabat.
The majority of the country is Muslim at 93%.
Turkmenistan is a non-... |
20206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesium | Caesium | Caesium (or cesium) is the chemical element with the atomic number 55 on the periodic table. Its symbol is Cs.
Caesium is an alkali metal. Its melting point is low (28 °C). It is extremely reactive. Because of its high reactivity, it is a dangerous chemical. It may set itself on fire (ignite) in air. It explodes on co... |
20207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubidium | Rubidium | Rubidium is chemical element 37 on the periodic table. Its symbol is Rb. Its atomic mass is 85.47. It has 37 protons and 37 electrons. It is a soft silver colored metal. It was first discovered in 1861 by Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchoff in Heidelberg, Germany.
Properties
Physical properties
Rubidium melts at a very... |
20208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barium | Barium | Barium is chemical element 56 on the periodic table. Its symbol is Ba. It contains 56 protons and 56 electrons. Its mass number is about 137.3. It is a metal.
Properties
Physical properties
Barium is part of a group of elements known as the alkaline earth metals. It is a silvery metal that easily turns black. It is s... |
20209 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandium | Scandium | Scandium is chemical element number 21 on the periodic table. Its symbol is Sc.
Scandium is a metal in a group known as the transition metals. It is also a rare earth metal. What this means is that there is not very much scandium found in the earth. Because of this, the pure metal can be expensive. The pure metal... |
20210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanadium | Vanadium | Vanadium is chemical element 23 on the periodic table. Its symbol is V. It is named after Vanadis, another name of Freyja.
Vanadium is a metal and is part of the group known as the transition metals. It is mostly used in steel where it helps strengthen the steel metal.
Vanadium is often found in aquatic forms of life... |
20211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/844 | 844 |
Events
Rhodri the Great becomes King of Gwynedd.
Louis II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
Births
Judith Martel
Deaths
January 25 – Pope Gregory IV |
20212 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic | Arsenic | Arsenic is chemical element 33 on the periodic table. Its symbol is As. Its atomic number is 33 and its atomic mass is 74.92. It is in the pnictogen group on the periodic table.
Properties
Physical properties
Arsenic is found in three allotropes. Gray arsenic is the most common. It is a brittle, somewhat soft metall... |
20213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese | Manganese | Manganese is chemical element 25 on the periodic table. Its symbol is Mn. (Some people get it confused with magnesium, the symbol is Mg). Manganese is used a lot in steel to make it stronger. This is the main use for manganese metal. Manganese compounds, particularly manganese(IV) oxide, are used in alkaline cells and ... |
20214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium | Gallium | Gallium (chemical symbol: Ga) is chemical element 31 on the periodic table.
Gallium is a metal, but it has some unusual properties. Its melting point is 85.58 Fahrenheit. If it is held in a person's hand, it will melt. It makes a stain on your hand when put on your hand. Gallium is safe in your hands but is not edible... |
20215 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita%20Khrushchev | Nikita Khrushchev | Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April 1894 – 11 September 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. He ruled from 1953–1964.
Early life
Nikita was born in the town of Kalinovka in Russia. He later moved to Ukraine. He worked in mines, and became part of the Bolshevik movement. He w... |
20218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambla%20de%20las%20Ovejas | Rambla de las Ovejas | The Rambla de las Ovejas (which translates to Ravine of the Sheeps) is a water course of the province of Alicante, in Spain. It originates at the foot of the Maigmo, to 1,100 meters of height and gathers the waters of the sides of the Maigmo, Cid and others of minor height across numerous tributary ravines. It ends in ... |
20221 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalquivir | Guadalquivir | Guadalquivir is a river in southern Spain. It crosses the autonomous community of Andalusia. The name derives from the Arab Wadi al-Kabir ("big river"), whereas the Romans were called it Betis.
Guadalquivir starts in the Glen of the Sources in the mountains near Cazorla (Jaen province) and ends in Sanlucar de Barramed... |
20222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebro | Ebro | Ebro is a Spanish river. It flows through Reinosa, Miranda de Ebro, Logrono, Tudela, Zaragoza, and Tortosa. It empties into the Mediterranean Sea in the province of Tarragona.
Rivers of Spain |
20223 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo%20Province | Toledo Province | Province of Toledo () is one of the provinces of Castile-La Mancha, in the center of Spain, near Madrid. The capital is Toledo and the biggest city is Talavera of the Queen. The population of the province is near 600,000. |
20224 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talavera%20de%20la%20Reina | Talavera de la Reina | Talavera of the Queen (Talavera de la Reina in Spanish) is a city of the interior of Spain. It is the capital of a wide region belonging to the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It is located in the northwest of the province of Toledo. Talavera of the Queen is the second biggest city of Castile-La Mancha, and ... |
20225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castilla%E2%80%93La%20Mancha | Castilla–La Mancha | Castilla–La Mancha or Castile-La Mancha is an autonomous community in Spain with a population over 2,000,000. The capital is Toledo and the biggest cities are Albacete, Talavera of the Queen, Guadalajara, Ciudad Real, Puertollano, and Cuenca.
Provinces of Castile-La Mancha:
Albacete province
Cuenca province
Guadala... |
20228 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad%20Real | Ciudad Real | Ciudad Real (this translates to Royal City) is a city in Spain. It is the capital of the province with the same name, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha.
The city has 69,063 people who live there. It is an average of 628 meters above sea level. The municipal area is 285 km². It is approximately 200 km to... |
20231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puertollano | Puertollano | Puertollano (which translates to Flatport, in English) is a city in Spain. It is the second biggest in Ciudad Real province, in the region of Castile-La Mancha. It is an important industrial center, with a population of 50,000.
Cities in Castile-La Mancha
Municipalities in Castile-La Mancha
Ciudad Real Province |
20233 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOFX | NOFX | NOFX is a popular punk rock band from California. The band was formed in 1983 by Fat Mike. As of April 2009, NOFX has released eleven full-length albums. Their latest one, Coaster, came out on April 28, 2009.
Studio albums
Liberal Animation (1988)
S&M Airlines (1989)
Ribbed (1991)
White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean (1... |
20234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo | Toledo | Toledo is the name of several things. The best known cities are:
Places
Toledo, Spain
Toledo, Callaway County, Missouri, USA
Toledo, Ozark County, Missouri, USA
Toledo, Ohio, USA
People
It is a last name in Spain, England, and Ireland.
Alejandro Toledo |
20235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane | Methane | Methane is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is an alkane with one carbon atom. It is often found as the main part of natural gas. Methane is a greenhouse gas 23 times more effective than carbon dioxide. It is also less stable and slowly oxidates by oxygen to carbon dioxide and water.
Uses
Methane is... |
20247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Country | North Country | North Country is a 2005 American drama movie about a woman being harassed in a mining facility.
Other websites
2005 movies
2005 drama movies
American drama movies
Warner Bros. movies
Movies directed by Niki Caro |
20248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance%20Dance%20Revolution | Dance Dance Revolution | Dance Dance Revolution or Dancing Stage in Europe is a series of video games made by Konami in which players step on arrows on a large pad or mat to match the arrows on screen. The arrows are in time with the music. Because players are moving themselves along to the music, they look like they are dancing. There is a l... |
20249 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street%20Fighter%20II | Street Fighter II | Street Fighter II is a 1991 fighting game made by Capcom.
The player controls a martial arts fighter and has to knock out the opponent. There are many playable characters, including Ryu, Ken Masters, Guile and Chun Li. Each character has special moves that require special commands to perform. The game has 4 bosses - B... |
20250 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty%20Morphin%20Power%20Rangers | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is a television series which ran for 3 seasons (one season of television is made in a year), which is longer than the Power Rangers shows after this series have lasted. This series has 145 episodes in total. This series aired on Fox from 1993 to 1995. This series re-aired on ABC Kids (US) ... |
20252 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office%20Space | Office Space | Office Space is a 1999 American comedy movie starring Ron Livingston and Jennifer Aniston. The movie was directed by Mike Judge. The movie is a satire of white collar office work in the United States.
Reception
Office Space received mostly positive reviews from reviewers, which means that most of them thought that it ... |
20256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriana | Syriana | Syriana is an 2005 American drama thriller movie, which has won Academy Award and Golden Globe Awards. It is directed by Stephen Gaghan and produced by Jennifer Fox, Michael Nozik, Georgia Kacandes, Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney. The movie stars Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, and William Hurt.
... |
20259 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware | Shareware | Shareware is a way to sell software.
The user will get a preview or demo of the software for free. This way, the user can decide if he or she likes the program or not before buying the complete program.
Users can get games for free this way but most of the time these games do not have all the levels. Sometimes Intern... |
20260 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback%20Mountain | Brokeback Mountain | Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 American romantic drama movie by Ang Lee. The film is set in Wyoming during the years from 1963 to 1981. The story is about two bisexual cowboys, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, who are in love with each other. During that time it was difficult to have homosexual relationships. The movie ... |
20261 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Christmas%20Carol | A Christmas Carol | A Christmas Carol is a novella by the British writer Charles Dickens. It was first published on 19 December 1843 by Chapman & Hall in London. The illustrations were drawn by John Leech. The first edition was a beautiful and expensive book. It was sold out by Christmas Eve, but Dickens never made the money he expected o... |
20262 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba | Aruba | Aruba is an island in the Caribbean Sea, just north of the Venezuelan Paraguaná Peninsula. It is in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Unlike much of the Caribbean region, it has a dry climate and an arid, cactus-strewn landscape. This climate has helped tourism, because visitors to the island can reliably expect warm, s... |
20263 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20of%20the%20Netherlands | Kingdom of the Netherlands | The Kingdom of the Netherlands (), commonly called the Netherlands is a transcontinental sovereign state whose form of government is a constitutional monarchy.
The country was formed in 1954 and is now made up of four countries:
European country:
1. Netherlands
Caribbean islands:
2. Aruba
3. Curaçao
4. Sint Maar... |
20264 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill%20Bill | Kill Bill | Kill Bill is an American crime movie directed by Quentin Tarantino. It was released in two parts; Volume 1 and Volume 2. In most countries it is rated for adult viewing only because of extreme violence and profanity.
Cast
Sonny Chiba as Hanzō Hattori
Other websites
2003 movies
2004 movies
American crime movies
... |
20266 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-by%20shooting | Drive-by shooting | A drive-by shooting is when a gun is fired from a moving vehicle, at a target outside the vehicle.
Types of crime |
20278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andalusia | Andalusia | Andalusia () is the first in population among the 17 Autonomous communities in Spain and the second in area. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Seville. Its capital is the city of Seville (Spanish: Sevilla).
Andalusia is in the south of the Iberia... |
20279 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada | Granada | Granada is a Spanish city, capital of the province of Granada, in Andalusia. With 233,000 inhabitants, it is an important artistic and cultural center. The city has many famous monuments, such as the Alhambra, the Cathedral, the Alcaiceria, and the Corral del Carbon. It is near Sierra Nevada, the highest mountain range... |
20280 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadiz | Cadiz | Cadiz is a Spanish city, capital of the Province of Cadiz, in Andalusia. It is the southernmost capital in the Iberian Peninsula. The population is 130,000, but it is the centre of a metropolitan area, the Bay of Cadiz, with more than 500,000 inhabitants.
Cadiz is known for its attractive beaches where many nautical ... |
20281 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rida%2C%20Spain | Mérida, Spain | Mérida () is the capital of Extremadura, an autonomous community in Spain. It has 55,000 inhabitants and is an important Roman center, with the theatre and the bridge over the Guadiana river.
Sister cities
Rome, Italy
Mérida, Venezuela
Mérida, Mexico
Mérida, Philippines
Other websites
Roman Art National ... |
20282 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuenca | Cuenca | Cuenca is a Spanish city, capital of the Cuenca province, in Castile-La Mancha. Around 50,000 are living there. It is famous for its monuments: The hanging houses, the Cathedral and other churches. It is located over the Jucar river, near the Serrania of Cuenca.
Images
References
Other websites
Cuenca
Cities in C... |
20283 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balearic%20Islands | Balearic Islands | The Balearic Islands (officially and in Catalan Illes Balears) are an autonomous community of Spain, formed by the Balearic Islands province. The main Balearic islands are Mallorca (also called in English Majorca), Minorca, Eivissa or Ibiza, and Formentera. The capital is Palma de Mallorca, and other cities are Mahon, ... |
20284 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Fonda | Henry Fonda | Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American movie, stage, television, radio, and voice actor. He was the head of a family of actors: son Peter, daughter Jane, granddaughter Bridget and grandson Troy Garity. He has won an Academy Award.
Fonda starred in movies including The Grapes of Wrath (1940... |
20285 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces%20of%20Spain | Provinces of Spain | There are fifty parts of Spain called provinces. They are:
Spain-related lists |
20287 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartagena | Cartagena | Cartagena is a city in the Region of Murcia, in Spain. In the south of the region, at the Mediterranean Sea. The population of the city is 205,000 and it is an industrial centre. Cartagena was founded by the Carthaginese as "Qart Hadasht" and the name means New City.
Cities in the Region of Murcia
Municipalities in t... |
20288 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo | Palermo | Palermo is an Italian city. It is the capital and largest city of Sicily. It has 720,000 people, with more than 1,000,000 in the metropolitan area. It has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate. The city started as a colony of Phoenicia. It was later Roman -for a century Islamic- and Norman and part of the Kingdom of the T... |
20289 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina or Bosnia-Herzegovina (locally: Bosna i Hercegovina/Босна и Херцеговина, most commonly abbreviated as BiH/БиХ) is a country in Southeastern Europe, with an area of 51,197 km2 and 4,600,000 people. Countries around Bosnia and Herzegovina are Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. The capital is Sarajevo,... |
20296 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20bass | Black bass | A black bass is a type of fresh water fish. The black basses are found throughout a large area east of the Rocky Mountains in North America, from the Hudson Bay basin in Canada to northeastern Mexico. Several species, notably the Largemouth and Smallmouth, have been very widely introduced throughout the world. Black ba... |
20297 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot | Reinheitsgebot | The Reinheitsgebot is a regulation about the purity of beer. The regulation started in Ingolstadt, in Bavaria, in Germany, in 1516.
The regulation says several things:
It says what can be part of beer, and what can not. Beer may only contain water, barley, and hops.
It gives a price to beer. This is important for tax... |
20298 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%9F | Maß | A Maß or Mass is an old unit of measurement of liquid. Literally translated, it means mass. It is equal to 1.069 litre. Today, it is only used for measuring quantities of beer (one litre). Beer is usually served as 0.2 or 0.3 l (small beer) or as 0.5 l (big beer), but at some occasions (like the Oktoberfest) and some p... |
20299 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine | Wolverine | The wolverine or glutton (Gulo gulo) is the largest member of the Mustelidae family (the weasels). It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, more like a small bear than other mustelids. The wolverine, a solitary animal, has a reputation for ferocity, and can kill prey many times larger than itself. It is a powerful and ve... |
20300 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck%20%28ship%29 | Bismarck (ship) | The German battleship Bismarck was built by Nazi Germany. It was one of the most famous and recognized warships of World War II. It sailed for just one mission, known as Operation "Rheinübung".
Its construction began on 1 July 1936 in a shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. The ship was launched on 14 February 1940. The Bism... |
20305 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic%20of%20Mahabad | Republic of Mahabad | The Republic of Mahabad (also Republic of Kurdistan), established in Iranian Kurdistan, was the second independent Kurdish state of the 20th century after the Republic of Ararat in Turkey. Its capital was the Kurdish city of Mahabad in northwestern Iran. The Republic was part of the Iran crisis a conflict between the U... |
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