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29165 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren | Siren | This article is about mythological creatures. For the noise-making siren see siren (noisemaker)
A siren is a creature in Greek mythology. The sirens were living on an island surrounded by rocks. sirens also have a mermaid form where they still sing but they hit the boat to sink it that way and sirens have a human form... |
29166 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirens%20%28movie%29 | Sirens (movie) | Sirens is a 1994 movie that had many famous models in it. The famous models were Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi and Kate Fischer. The three models are in the movie without clothing. Some of them do sex scenes. The models had to gain weight do the movie.
The Story
Sirens is based on the true story of the life of N... |
29167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua | Aqua | Aqua is the Latin word for water. It is sometimes as a prefix (such as aquaculture). It can also mean:
Aqua is also used by web site designers as a different name for the web colour cyan; aqua is also used for aquamarine by graphic designers and interior designers.
Aqua (Chicago), a skyscraper in Chicago. It is one ... |
29168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender | Lavender | This article is about the plant. For the colour see Lavender (color).
Lavender is a type of plant found on almost all continents. It has a purplish colour. It has a colour named after it, called lavender. Its Latin and scientific name is Lavandula.
Use in gardens
Lavenders are very popular among gardeners. Sometime... |
29169 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Gallen | St. Gallen | St. Gallen is a city in the eastern part of Switzerland. It is near Lake Constance. St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen. The city was founded as a monastery by the Irish monk Gallus in the 7th century. In the Middle Ages a city grew around the monastery. The role of the monastery (and the city) was ve... |
29171 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones | Jones | Jones may refer to:
People
Jones is a common family name:
Christopher Jones (Mayflower Captain)
Davy Jones (actor), a British singer and actor
James Earl Jones, an American actor and voice artist
Jim Jones, leader of a sect
John Paul Jones (musician) bassist for the rock band, Led Zeppelin
Shirley Jones, an American ... |
29172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollyoaks | Hollyoaks | Hollyoaks is a British television teen soap opera. It was first broadcast on 23 October 1995, on Channel 4. There is a new episode every weekday. It is set in Chester and is mostly filmed in Liverpool on Abbey Road.
Since 1995, the cast has expanded from just seven major characters to approximately 50 cast members. It... |
29176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muse%20%28band%29 | Muse (band) | Muse are an English alternative rock trio. They began in Teignmouth in 1994, consisting of Matthew Bellamy (guitar, piano, vocals), Chris Wolstenholme (bass and background vocals) and Dominic Howard (drums). They are sub-classified as mainly progressive rock, and play music with melody and fast tempo. However, they als... |
29179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology | Astrology | Astrology is the belief the positions of the stars and movements of the planets of the Solar System, and also asteroids and other stars, but not as much, have an influence on the events, lives, and behavior of people.
An astrologer looks at the planets' positions and tries to understand a person's character or tries t... |
29180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre%20of%20ancient%20Greece | Theatre of ancient Greece | The theatre of ancient Greece was at its best from 550 BC to 220 BC. It was the beginning of modern western theatre, and some ancient Greek plays are still performed today. They invented the genres of tragedy (late 6th century BC), comedy (486 BC) and satyr plays.
The city-state of Athens was a great cultural, politic... |
29183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophocles | Sophocles | Sophocles (497 BC, 496 BC, or 495 BC – 406 BC) was an Ancient Greek writer who wrote over 100 plays, according to the Suda. Only seven of his tragedies have survived complete. Sophocles was the second of the three greatest Ancient Greek writers of tragedies, the others were Aeschylus and Euripides.
The most famous of ... |
29185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20pepper | Black pepper | Black pepper is a plant that grows in the tropics, especially in India. The plant is a perennial vine that bears flowers. People cultivate the plant for its fruit, the peppercorn. The peppercorn can be used as a spice or condiment. Usually, it makes things hot.
There are several different plants called Pepper, all are... |
29187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili%20pepper | Chili pepper | Chili pepper (not to be confused with the country called Chile) is the fruit of a series of plants called Capsicum (nightshade family). Chilis are now grown all over the world, but originally, they came from Mexico. They are used as spices or as vegetables, and also have some use in medicine.
Chili peppers are complet... |
29192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus | Aeschylus | Aeschylus (525 BC – 456 BC) was an Ancient Greek poet and writer. He wrote about 70–90 plays. Only six of his tragedies have survived complete. Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek writers of tragedians. The two others were Sophocles and Euripides.
Aristotle said that Aeschylus added more characters ... |
29194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euripides | Euripides | Euripides (c. 480 BC–406 BC) was an Ancient Greek writer from Athens who wrote about 90 plays. Only 18 of his tragedies have survived complete, more than all other surviving ancient Greek tragedies put together. A nineteenth play, Rhesus is sometimes thought to be by Euripides, but not all classicists agree on this.
... |
29196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chard | Chard | Chard (also known as Swiss chard, silverbeet, perpetual spinach, or mangold) is a vegetable. It is in the same family as spinach, Amaranthaceae.
References
Amaranthaceae
Leaf vegetables |
29203 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-life%20%28element%29 | Half-life (element) | This article is about the property of radioactive elements. For the video game, see Half-Life (video game).
The half-life of a substance is the time it takes for half of the substance to decay. The word "half-life" was first used when talking about radioactive elements where the number of atoms get smaller over time b... |
29206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclops | Cyclops | A Cyclops (Ancient Greek: Κύκλωψ, Kyklōps; plural Κύκλωπες, Kyklōpes) is a member of a race of giants in Greek mythology, each with a single eye in the center of his forehead.
The most famous of these beings is the cyclops Polyphemus, featured in Homer's Odyssey.
Hesiod
Elder Cyclopes
In Hesiod's Theogony, the Elde... |
29209 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic%20field | Magnetic field | The magnetic field is the area around a magnet in which there is magnetic force. Moving electric charges can make magnetic fields. Magnetic fields can be illustrated by magnetic flux lines. At all times the direction of the magnetic field is shown by the direction of the magnetic flux lines. The strength of a magnet ha... |
29210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forehead | Forehead | The forehead of humans is the flat space of skin above the eyes, between the eyebrows and where your hair starts to grow. It exists to make room for the brain inside the skull.
A doctor or nurse will often touch someone's forehead to check whether or not they have a fever. This is because of the many blood vessels in ... |
29213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Prescott%20Joule | James Prescott Joule | James Prescott Joule (24 December 1818 – 11 October 1889) was an English physicist, born in Salford, near Manchester. In his time he had great contribution to the world of electricity and thermodynamics. He was best known for discovering Joule's law, which described electric heating by saying the amount of heat produce... |
29215 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromache | Andromache | Andromache is a person in Greek mythology. She is the wife of Hector of Troy and mother of Astyanax.
After the Trojan War, Neoptolemus took her and Helenus as slaves. Of Neoptolemus she had a child named Molossus. After Neoptolemus died, Andromache married Helenus, and became Queen of Epirus.
People in Greek mytholog... |
29216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astyanax | Astyanax | Astyanax is a person in Greek mythology. He is the son of Hector of Troy and Andromache. He is killed at the end of the Trojan War by Neoptolemus, so he could not be a new king of Troy, or want revenge.
People in Greek mythology |
29217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoptolemus | Neoptolemus | Neoptolemos (or Latin Neoptolemus) is a person in Greek mythology. He is an important person in the Trojan War.
Neoptolemus was the son of Achilles and Deidamea. He was needed to win the Trojan War. He killed King Priam and Astyanax, sacrificed Polyxena to his dead father Achilles, and took Helenus and Andromache with... |
29218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s%20orbit | Earth's orbit | All planets in our solar system follow an elliptical path. This path is known as an orbit. Earth's orbit is not a perfect circle. If we were to draw the Earth's orbit on a sheet of paper as a perfect circle, the width of the line would be larger than the elliptical path of the Earth.
The Earth's orbit takes about 365 ... |
29219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope | Penelope | Penelope is a person in Greek mythology. She is the wife of Odysseus of Ithaca and mother of Telemachus. She became a symbol for the faithful wife.
When her husband Odysseus was on his long journey home, many people thought he was dead. Because of this, many suitors came who wanted to marry Penelope, because then they... |
29223 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemia | Anemia | Anemia (U.S. spelling) or anaemia is not having enough red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood.
Types or causes of anemia
Microcytic anemia
Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia overall
Hemoglobinopathies—much rarer
Sickle-cell disease (once called sickle-cell anemia)
Thalassemia
Normocyti... |
29239 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis%2C%20Tennessee | Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis is the second-largest city in the state of Tennessee. The city has a large port on the Mississippi River. It is also well known for blues music and barbecue. The city is also home to FedEx, a leading company that ships packages around the world. Memphis is also known for being the home of rock and roll legend E... |
29240 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari%20%28Eastern%20Persian%29 | Dari (Eastern Persian) | Dari (Fārsī-ye Darī) is a dialect of the Persian language. It is the Persian language as spoken in Afghanistan. It is the second official language of Afghanistan, and is widely used by the government and most media agencies. It is mainly spoken by the Tajiks and other minority groups. A small minority also exists in pa... |
29242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo%20%28series%29 | Halo (series) | Halo is a science fiction shooter video game series. The games are published by Microsoft were made by Bungie Studios from 2001 to 2010 and are now made by 343 Industries.
Halo: Combat Evolved, (November 2001), as well as Halo: Custom Edition made by Gearbox Software.
Halo 2, for Xbox (November 2004 and PC (September 2... |
29243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterpoint | Counterpoint | Counterpoint is the art of composing music by combining different parts (voices) in a way that sounds nice. Music composed like this is called contrapuntal.
If the tune of Twinkle, twinkle little star is played on the piano and then some chords are added, this is harmony, not counterpoint. Instead, if the tune of Twi... |
29251 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided%20by%20Voices | Guided by Voices | Guided by Voices (often called GBV) is an American indie band. Guided by Voices is very famous for making many albums. They were active between 1986 and 2004. The band reunited in 2010 but broke up again in 2014. In 2016 they reunited for a second time.
The band had many members who only stayed for a while. Robert Pol... |
29255 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics | Eugenics | Eugenics is a social and political philosophy. It tries to influence the way people choose to mate and raise children, with the aim of improving the human species.
Eugenics rests on some basic ideas. The first is that, in genetics, what is true of animals is also true of man. The characteristics of animals are passed... |
29256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilisation | Sterilisation | Sterilisation (which some people spell Sterilization) is a process that makes animals or humans that are able to bear offspring unable to do so.
Sterilisation often is done for a way of birth control or childfree. But it have been often done against the will of the person, this is called "compulsory sterilisation."
R... |
29259 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus | Cerberus | In Greek mythology, Cerberus (Greek: Κέρβερος, Kérberos; Latin: Cerberus) is the monstrous, multi-headed dog that guards the entrance to the Underworld, preventing the souls of the dead from leaving.
Often called the "hound of Hades", Cerberus was one of the numerous offspring of the monsters Typhon and Echidna; he i... |
29260 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerevan | Yerevan | Yerevan () is the capital and largest city of Armenia. In 2004 about 1,088,300 people lived in Yerevan. Some people write Yerevan as Erevan. In past, Yerevan was called Erebuni or Erivan.
It is on the Hrazdan River, and is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country.
The history of Yerevan date... |
29261 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox | Smallpox | Smallpox was a dangerous disease with a high mortality rate. It no longer exists as an epidemic disease. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977. The World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980 (said there was no more).
It was caused by a virus. There... |
29263 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient%20China | Ancient China | Ancient China is a very old civilization. There are written records of the history of China which date from 1500 BC in the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC).
China is one of the world's oldest continuous (still alive) civilizations. Turtle shells with writing like ancient Chinese writing from the Shang Dynasty () have b... |
29267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka | Shaka | Shaka kaSenzangakhona (sometimes spelled Tshaka, Tchaka or Chaka; ca. 1787 – ca. 22 September 1828) was the most important leader of the Zulu Empire. He joined the Zulu tribal groups together into the beginnings of a nation. This Zulu nation ruled a large area of southern Africa, between the Phongolo and Mzimkhulu rive... |
29268 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo | Halo | A halo is a ring of light that surrounds an object. Also, in much religious art, it may be seen surrounding the heads of saintly people such as Jesus.
It is believed by some Hindus that the halo shown around the heads of holy people is a depiction of their "activated" crown chakra.
Halos are visual phenomena that ap... |
29269 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%20underworld | Greek underworld | The underworld is the place in Greek mythology where people go when they die. The underworld is controlled by Hades, one of the three main gods. The underworld's gates are guarded by the three-headed dog, Cerberus. The underworld was surrounded by five rivers. The Acheron was the river of woe, the Cocytus was the riv... |
29270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal%20Empire | Mughal Empire | The Mughal Empire, (, ) was an Sunni Islam empire in Asia that existed from 1526 to 1858. The Mughal rule over India was an empire because it stretched over a large area. It once ruled most of the Indian subcontinent, then known as Hindustan,, and parts of what is now India, Afghanistan and modern Pakistan and Banglade... |
29271 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Raj | British Raj | The British Raj was the rule until 1947 by the British Empire in Southeast India. "Raj" is a word in Hindi that means "rule". so "British Raj" means rule by the British Empire in Southern Asia. The area is now in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and [[Myanmar. The British Raj is also called the British Indian Emp... |
29272 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lever | Lever | A lever is a simple machine. It is something that can be used in a lot of ways. One way is by measuring things, or by seeing which weighs more. A lever is supported by a fulcrum which it uses to lifts weights. It is one of six simple machines. There are three types of levers: first-class, second-class and third-class.
... |
29273 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulley | Pulley | A pulley is a simple machine that is used to lift heavy objects. Block and tackle system is a modified form of a pulley. Pulleys are usually used in sets designed to make the amount of force needed to lift something smaller.
Types of pulleys
Static A static or class 1 pulley has an axle that is "staticed" or is stati... |
29274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef%20Pi%C5%82sudski | Józef Piłsudski | Józef Klemens Piłsudski (December 5, 1867 – May 12, 1935) was an important leader of Poland. He is seen in Poland as the father of the Polish state, since he declared Poland's independence at the end of World War 1.
From 1795 to 1918, Poland was not an independent country. The partitions of Poland divided it into thre... |
29276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1526 | 1526 |
Events
First battle of Panipat – Babur becomes Mughal emperor of India, captures Delhi, and invades Northern India. Beginning of the Mughal Empire which would last until 1858.
Births
26 September 1511
Deaths |
29277 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah%20Berlin | Isaiah Berlin | Sir Isaiah Berlin OM, FBA (6 June 1909 – 5 November 1997) was a British philosopher. He was born in Riga, Latvia, which at the time was a part of the Russian Empire. He was Jewish, and was the first Jew to win the prize of a fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford University.
Reputation
Isaiah Berlin was an important ... |
29278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru%20Granth%20Sahib | Guru Granth Sahib | The Guru Granth Sahib , also called Adi Granth, is the holy book of the religion Sikhism. It contains prayers, and hymns of Sikh religion. Sikhs believe the Guru Granth Sahib to be a living Guru, hence the Guru Granth Sahib has its own place also commonly known as 'Sach Khand' (the Heaven).
The name of the book is mad... |
29280 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%20of%20Elea | Zeno of Elea | Zeno of Elea was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of southern Italy. He was born about 490 BC and died about 430 BC: the exact dates are not known.
Zeno a member of the Eleatic School founded by Parmenides. Aristotle called him the inventor of dialectic. He is best known for his paradoxes, which Bertrand Russell has d... |
29281 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%20of%20Citium | Zeno of Citium | Zeno of Citium (sometimes called Zeno Apathea) (333 BC264 BC) was a Syrian philosopher. He was the student of Carates of Thebes, who was the most famous cynic at that time. He started the Stoic school of philosophy.
References
333 BC births
264 BC deaths
Ancient Greek philosophers |
29282 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20Curtain | Iron Curtain | The Iron Curtain is a term related to the Cold War. It means the border between the states that were members of the Warsaw Pact (in Eastern Europe), and those that were not (then called The West).
This border was between East Germany and West Germany, between Czechoslovakia and Austria, and between Hungary and Austria... |
29286 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus%20Valley%20civilization | Indus Valley civilization | The Indus Valley civilization was a Bronze Age civilization(3300–1300 BC; mature period 2700-1700 BC)
The civilization was in the subcontinent. It was discovered by archaeologists in the 1880s.
It developed along the Indus River and the Ghaggar-Hakra River and even that areas are now in modern Pakistan, north-west In... |
29287 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer | Sumer | Sumer is the earliest known civilization in southern Mesopotamia (in modern-day southern Iraq). They may have been one of the first civilizations in the world, as were Ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley.
Sumer started around 3500 BC. The Sumerian civilization grew along the Tigris and Euphrates. This land was good fo... |
29291 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cingular%20Wireless | Cingular Wireless | Cingular Wireless was a mobile phone company from United States. Cingular is now owned by AT&T. AT&T Mobility LLC (usually called AT&T) is fully owned by AT&T and provides wireless service to more than 120 million users in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. AT&T Mobility is the second largest... |
29298 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno | Zeno | Zeno may mean:
People:
Zeno (emperor) (c.425–491), Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 474–491
Zeno of Citium (333–264 BC), Hellenistic philosopher of the Painted Porch, founder of Stoicism
Zeno of Elea (c.490–c.430 BC), Hellenic Eleatic philosopher, follower of Parmenides and famous for his paradoxes
Zeno of Sidon (f... |
29299 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes | Diogenes | Diogenes (Διογένης) is a Greek name. It can refer to different people:
Diogenes of Sinope (412-323 BC), better known as Diogenes the Cynic or simply Diogenes
Diogenes Apolloniates (about 460 BC), philosopher
Diogenes the Stoic (Diogenes of Seleucia on the Tigris) (c. 150 BC)
Diogenes Laertius (between 200-500 AD), his... |
29311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery%20Science%20Theater%203000 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) was a comedy television series. It was made in the U.S. state of Minnesota from 1988 to 1999. The series was at first made for a local station in Minnesota. It was later moved to Comedy Central, and then The Sci-Fi Channel. The series was about a man (originally Joel Robinson, playe... |
29321 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaze%20Starr | Blaze Starr | Blaze Starr (born Fannie Belle Fleming; 10 April 1932 – 15 June 2015) was an American stripper and burlesque star. In the 1950s, she became well known in the United States. Besides her burlesque dancing, her affair with Governor Earl Long of the state of Louisiana got her more popularity.
Early life
Starr was born in ... |
29330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip%20drive | Zip drive | The Zip drive is a data storage device. The company Iomega introduced it in late 1994.
Originally it only supported 100 MB disks, but later versions began to support 250 MB and 750 MB disks.
Higher capacity Zip disks must be used in a drive with at least the same capacity ability. Generally, higher capacity drives al... |
29335 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmetics | Cosmetics | Cosmetics (also called makeup, make up, or make-up) are products used to make the human body look different. Often cosmetics are used to make someone more attractive to one person, or to a culture or sub-culture. In Western culture, women are the main users of cosmetics. Their use by men is less frequent, except on sta... |
29336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic%20Wars | Napoleonic Wars | The Napoleonic Wars were wars which were fought during the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte over France. They started after the French Revolution ended and Napoleon Bonaparte became powerful in France in November 1799. War began between the United Kingdom and France in 1803. This happened when the Treaty of Amiens ended in 1... |
29340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantata | Cantata | A cantata is a type of singing which is done accompanied by an instrument(s). By contrast, a cappella specifically refers to unaccompanied singing. The word(cantata) etymologically comes from the Italian word “cantare” which meant “to sing”. The word “cantata” was used mainly in the 17th and 18th century to describe m... |
29342 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavichord | Clavichord | A clavichord is a musical instrument like a small keyboard. It was very popular for many years, especially in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Sound
The clavichord is a very quiet instrument. It is not suitable for playing with other instruments because it is so quiet. But it sounds very beautiful in slow, expressi... |
29346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony | Harmony | Harmony means playing several notes together to make “chords”. The word comes from the Greek harmonia meaning "to join things up" . A tune by itself can sound nice, but it can be “harmonized” by adding an accompaniment of chords. Studying how to do this is called harmonization. Music students learn which chords sou... |
29347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow%20%28weapon%29 | Bow (weapon) | This article is about the weapon. For other meanings, see Bow (disambiguation).
A bow is a weapon used to shoot arrows. It is used in hunting, sport, and a long time ago, war.
Using a bow is called archery. A person who uses a bow is an archer and a person who makes bows is a bowyer.
A bow is a long curved stick an... |
29348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20physics | Nuclear physics | Nuclear physics is the part of physics that studies the nucleus of the atom. Everything on the earth is made up of atoms; they are the smallest part of a chemical element that still has the properties of that specific element. When two or more atoms combine they create what we know as the molecule, which is the smalles... |
29349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seljuk%20Empire | Seljuk Empire | Not to be Confused with Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm
The Seljuk Empire was an empire of the Seljuk Turks and a Muslim dynasty. It ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to the 14th centuries. It was founded by Tughril Beg in 1037. The Seljuk Empire stretched from Anatolia to Pakistan. It was replaced ... |
29350 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Asia | Central Asia | Central Asia is a region in Asia. The countries in Central Asia are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan (which are mainly Turkic states) but also includes Tajikistan, and parts of China and Mongolia. Caucasia is also part of Central Asia. The United Nations also includes Afghanistan as part of Central Asia... |
29351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkestan | Turkestan | Turkestan (Turkish: Türkistan, Kazakh: Түркістан, Uzbek: Turkiston, Turkmen: Türküstan, , Chinese: 突厥斯坦, literally "Land of Turks") is a region of Central Asia around the Caspian Sea and Aral Sea. Much of it is currently in China. During the 20th century, much of it was in the Soviet Union.
The main ethnic groups in t... |
29352 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerica | Mesoamerica | Mesoamerica (literally, "central America") is a geographical region. It begins from around the Tropic of Cancer in central Mexico and ends near Costa Rica. The term is especially used to mean the native peoples and cultures that were there before the Spanish took over that region. The cacao tree is native to this area... |
29353 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode%20ray%20tube | Cathode ray tube | The cathode ray tube or CRT was invented by Karl Ferdinand Braun. It was the most common type of display for many years. It was used in almost all computer monitors and televisions until LCD and plasma screens started being used.
A cathode ray tube has an electron gun. The cathode is an electrode (a metal that can sen... |
29354 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recitative | Recitative | Recitative (Italian: “recitativo”) is music which is telling a story quite quickly, as if it were being spoken, "talky". The word means: “to recite” i.e. to tell a story.
Recitative is used in opera, oratorio and cantatas. When opera was invented around 1600 the composers needed to tell the story in music. In recit... |
29358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient%20India | Ancient India | Ancient India had a long-lived civilization and culture. It covered several countries including modern-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The Indus Valley Civilization flourished from about 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE. It marked the beginning of the urban civilization on the subcontinent. It was centred on the Indus River a... |
29359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition%20of%20India | Partition of India | The partition of India divided British India into the countries of India and Pakistan (East and West Pakistan) in 1947. That was part of the end of British Raj, British rule in the Indian subcontinent. One reason for partition was the two-nation theory, which was presented by Syed Ahmed Khan and stated that Muslims and... |
29360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Heritage%20Site | World Heritage Site | World Heritage Sites are places in the world which are very important from a cultural or natural point of view. A part of the United Nations called UNESCO selects these sites.
The World Heritage Convention ("Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage") is a United Nations treaty. It g... |
29367 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail | Tail | A tail is the section at the rear end of an animal's body. Most animals have tails, like cats, dogs, whales, fish, cheetahs, and monkeys.
Basic English 850 words
Animal anatomy |
29368 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha | Ganesha | Ganesha or (Ganesh) is the elephant-headed god in Hinduism. He is the son of Shiva and Parvati.
Ganesha is a very popular god in Hinduism, and was one of the most worshipped. Hindu tradition states that Ganesha is a god of wisdom, success and good luck. He is also the giver of different types of favors. The Hindu trad... |
29382 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie%20%28music%29 | Indie (music) | Indie is a word that is short for independent. When people talk about indie in music, they mean music that is made by people independently from major record labels (mainly rock and roll groups and artists). Indie music could also be very experimental, meaning that people try out things like new or different sounds. Th... |
29387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-life | Half-life | Half-life can mean different things:
Half-life (element), a property of radioactive elements
Half-Life (video game) is a 1998 video game made by Valve Software |
29389 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivas%20USA | Chivas USA | Club Deportivo Chivas USA was an American football (soccer) team that played in Major League Soccer (MLS) in Carson, California. They began play in 2005, and played at the home of the Los Angeles Galaxy.
When the team was formed, it was planned to be a "little brother" to the very popular Mexican team C.D. Guadalajara... |
29396 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle | Cycle | Cycle might mean:
A unicycle
A sequence of events that repeat over and over again, for example: the cycle of the seasons
A group of poems or songs that belong in a group together |
29404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu%20Musab%20al-Zarqawi | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (October 30, 1966 - June 7, 2006) was the leader of the Iraq branch of al-Qaeda, a terrorist group in the Middle East. He was born in Zarqa, Jordan. He was killed by a bomb that was fired by the USAF into the house he was in at the time in Hibhib, Iraq.
References
Zarqawi beheading victims
1966... |
29433 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salta%20Province | Salta Province | Salta is a province in the north of Argentina. It has a population of 1,000,000.
It is famous for its wonderful natural views and the old architecture in the provincial capital, Salta City.
Other websites
Official Page
Tourist Secretary
Salta
Universidad Nacional de Salta
Welcome Salta
Provinces of Argentin... |
29437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s%20primality%20test | Fermat's primality test | Fermat's primality test is an algorithm. It can test if a given number p is probably prime. There is a flaw however: There are numbers that pass the test, and that are not prime. These numbers are called Carmichael numbers.
Concept
Fermat's little theorem states that if p is prime and , then
.
If we want to test i... |
29438 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash%20function | Hash function | The Hash function is a function. When a computer program is written, very often, large amounts of data need to be stored. These are normally stored as hash tables. In order to find the data again, some value is calculated. This is like when someone reads a book, and to remember, they put what they read into their own w... |
29460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity | Trinity | In the Christian religion, the Trinity is an idea used to explain that three different persons are called God: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (who is sometimes called the Holy Ghost). Trinity states that these three all form the same God.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church describes th... |
29467 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%C5%A1ovce | Mošovce | Mošovce is one of the biggest villages in the Turiec Region of Slovakia.
History
Mošovce has existed for 770 years. In this time people built many old and beautiful buildings. King Andrew II wrote about the village for the first time in 1233.
At first, Mošovce had two parts: The first one, Machyuch, was in the area o... |
29488 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Ossetia | South Ossetia | South Ossetia (, less commonly ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, or the Tskhinvali Region, is a de facto, disputed territory recognised as part of Georgia in the Caucasus region.
South Ossetia was a Soviet oblast (region) with some self-rule and controlled big parts of the region. When... |
29493 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soprano | Soprano | A soprano is a female singer with a high voice. Young boys who sing, and also girls, are usually called trebles. The word “soprano” can also refer to the top line of choir music. This would be sung by sopranos or trebles. Soprano is also used as a name for high pitched instruments, such as a soprano saxophone.
In oper... |
29495 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto | Alto | The word alto can mean: someone who sings lower than a soprano. Usually females with lower voices are called contraltos. A male alto is a man who sings in a special way called falsetto. In England male altos sing in church and cathedral choirs. In some countries like Germany it is tradition to have boy altos in cat... |
29497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor | Tenor | A tenor is a man with a high singing voice. In opera the role of the young male is usually sung by a tenor. Depending on characteristics such as: volume, color and style, the tenor voice is classified in following groups:
The light tenor. This is also called tenor leggero. An example is Peter Pears, who sang the ten... |
29498 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass%20%28sound%29 | Bass (sound) | This article is about the musical term. For other uses, see Bass.
Bass is a low or deep tone (low end frequency) in music. Low or deep tones are also called "low-pitched" tones, because the pitch is low. It is usually made by a bass guitar or an acoustic bass (a double bass). It can also be a deep, rumbling electronic... |
29499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baritone | Baritone | A baritone is a man with a voice range between that of a tenor (high male voice) and bass (low male voice), typically ranging from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C. It is the most common male voice type.
Famous baritone roles in opera include: Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute and Figaro in Rossi... |
29521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappho | Sappho | Sappho was an Ancient Greek lyrical poet. She was probably born around 630 BC on the island of Lesbos. In the ancient world, Sappho's poetry was highly thought of. Today, most of it has been lost. Sappho presumably wrote about 10,000 lines of poetry, but only around 650 lines survive today. Little is known for certa... |
29535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Order%20of%20the%20Phoenix | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. The book was released on 21 July 2003. It is about Harry's his fifth year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Lord Voldemort has come back. Except for Albus Dumbledore, most people do not believe him. A mo... |
29553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20U.S.%20state%20songs | List of U.S. state songs | 48 states of the United States (except New Jersey and Virginia) have a state song, chosen by the state legislature as a symbol of the state. Some states have more than one official state song.
Songs, List of U.S. state
Lists of songs |
29557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades | Pleiades | The Pleiades (also known as M45 or the Seven Sisters) are a group of stars in the night sky. You can see them in the constellation Taurus, the bull. Charles Messier gave it the name M45. They are named after the Pleiades in Greek mythology.
This an open star cluster of middle-aged hot B-type stars in the constellation... |
29559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicomachus%20of%20Gerasa | Nicomachus of Gerasa | Nicomachus (c. 60-c. 120, born in Gerasa, Roman Syria, now Jerash, Jordan). He was one of the most important mathematicians of the ancient world.
He was strongly influenced by Aristotle and is best known for his works Introduction to Arithmetic (Arithmetike eisagoge) and The Manual of Harmonics in Greek. He was a Pyth... |
29562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deimos%20%28moon%29 | Deimos (moon) | Deimos (or Mars II) comes from the Greek word for terror. It is the smaller moon of Mars. Its orbital period is 30.3 hours, which is 1.263 days.
Deimos is only 15 kilometers in diameter. It is covered with craters, as Earth's moon and other bodies without an atmosphere are.
Discovery and naming
Deimos was discovere... |
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