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33884 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linz | Linz | Linz is a city in Austria with nearly 200,000 inhabitants. It has a humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification). It is the third largest city in Austria, after Vienna and Graz. Linz is the capital city and a district of Upper Austria. There is the famous artcenter "Lentos" or the "Brucknerhaus"... |
33885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innsbruck | Innsbruck | Innsbruck (; ; ) is a city in Austria. About 120,000 people live there. It is the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol and also a district of Tyrol. It is one of the biggest cities of Austria. It has an area of 104.91 km2. The highest area is the Praxmarerkarspitze (2641m). The deepest one is the Inn near Am... |
33887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel | Basel | Basel (French: Bâle) is a city in the north of Switzerland. It is sometimes called Basle in English. Basel is the capital of the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt.
The city has a population of about 170,000 people and is the third largest city in Switzerland after Zürich and Geneva.
Basel borders Germany and France in the... |
33888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lausanne | Lausanne | Lausanne is a city in Switzerland. It has a population of about 140,000 people. The city is the capital of the district Lausanne. It is also the capital of the canton of Vaud. Lausanne is the fourth biggest city of Switzerland. The syndic of Lausanne (syndic is the French word for mayor in the canton of Vaud) is Grégoi... |
33889 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto | Porto | Porto (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu]; also known as Oporto in English) is the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon and one of the major urban areas of the Iberian Peninsula. The urban area of Porto, which extends beyond the administrative limits of the city, has a population of 2.4 million (2011) ... |
33891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BCrth | Fürth | Fürth (; East Franconian: []; ) is a city in the German state Bavaria, next to Nuremberg (Nürnberg).
It has about 118,000 inhabitants. The first German railway connection was between Nürnberg and Fürth.
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33893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reutlingen | Reutlingen | Reutlingen is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
It has about 110,000 inhabitants.
References |
33894 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzgitter | Salzgitter | Salzgitter is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony, founded in 1942.
It has about 108,000 inhabitants.
References
Other websites |
33895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witten | Witten | Witten is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr Area and has about 100,000 inhabitants.
References
Other websites
Ennepe-Ruhr Rural District |
33896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moers | Moers | Moers (Low German: Meurs, formerly Mörs) is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Moers is near to Duisburg and belongs to the Ruhr area.
It has about 110,000 inhabitants.
References
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Wesel (district) |
33897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrop-Rauxel | Castrop-Rauxel | Castrop-Rauxel is a town in the Ruhr area in the German state North Rhine-Westphalia. It has about 78,000 inhabitants.
References
Other websites
Recklinghausen Rural District |
33898 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratingen | Ratingen | Ratingen (Low Franconian: Rotinge) is a town in the German state North Rhine-Westphalia. It is near to Düsseldorf and has about 90,000 inhabitants.
References
Other websites
Mettmann Rural District |
33907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gland%20%28city%29 | Gland (city) | Gland is a city in Switzerland, in the canton of Vaud. In the year 2005, about 10,000 people live there. The city is halfway between Geneva and Lausanne, near Nyon.
Other websites
Official website of the Town of Gland
Cities in Switzerland
Municipalities of Vaud |
33910 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Quiet%20on%20the%20Western%20Front | All Quiet on the Western Front | All Quiet on the Western Front (original German title: Im Westen nichts Neues, literally: "Nothing New on the Western Front") is a famous book by the German author Erich Maria Remarque. It was first published in 1929.
Plot
It is about a German soldier named Paul Bäumer as he fights together with his classmates in Wor... |
33919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%E1%BA%A7n%20Th%C6%A1 | Cần Thơ | Can Tho is a city in the south of Vietnam.
Can Tho had a population of about 1.57 million in 2019. It is the biggest city in the Mekong delta. It is about 160 km away from Ho Chi Minh City and the capitol of the district of Can Tho, until 1975 named Hau Giang.
There is a university in Can Tho.
Other websites
Can Tho ... |
33928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinh | Vinh | Vinh is a city in north-central Vietnam. About 230,000 people live there. Its name in the Vietnamese language does not have any diacritics. It is also the kingdom of the Albino Gorillas, one of the rarest mammals in the world. They can only can be found in and around the city of Vinh. The most recent sighting of an Alb... |
33930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalat | Dalat | Dalat (Vietnamese: Đà Lạt) is a city in southern Vietnam. It has about 120,000 inhabitants.
Cities in Vietnam |
33931 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiku | Pleiku | Pleiku (also Plei Cu or Plây Cu) is a city in Central Việt Nam.
It has about 120,000 inhabitants and was a strategic airport in the Second Indochinese War in the 1960s and 1970s. Its name is from the Việtnamese language (Vietnam).
Cities in Vietnam |
33933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%E1%BA%A3ng%20Ng%C3%A3i | Quảng Ngãi | Quảng Ngãi (Vietnamese: Thành phố Quảng Ngãi) is a city in Central Việt Nam. It has about 135,000 inhabitants.
Cities in Vietnam
es:Quảng Ngãi |
33936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Bordeaux is a city in the Gironde department of France. It is on the Garonne River near the Atlantic Ocean. About 1,150,000 people live in the area around the city. Bordeaux has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification). It is famous for wines made in the region near the city. Bordeaux is ... |
33937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes | Nantes | Nantes is a city in France, the prefecture of the Pays de la Loire region and the Loire-Atlantique department, on the Atlantic Ocean. From the 16th to the 19th centuries, it was the busiest slave trading port in France. Before 1941, Nantes was part of Brittany. The Gallo and Breton languages are spoken in the city. Jul... |
33939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toulouse | Toulouse | Toulouse () is a commune in southwestern France. It is the capital of the department of Haute-Garonne, as well as of the Occitanie region. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Toulouse. In 2014, 1.312.304 people live in the urban area, and 466.297 in the city itself. Toulouse is the 4th largest city of Franc... |
33940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice | Nice | Nice (pronounced "neese") is a city in southern France on the Mediterranean coast. It is a commune in the French department of Alpes-Maritimes. It has over 345,000 people living in the city as of 2012 (1,000,000 in its metropolitan area). It has many beaches. It has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Koeppe... |
33941 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg | Strasbourg | Strasbourg is a city in eastern France, the prefecture of Grand Est. Today, about 275,000 people live there (with around 780,000 in the metropolitan area). It lies on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite the German city of Kehl.
Strasbourg is the seat Council of Europe, of the European Court of Human Rights and of the... |
33942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montpellier | Montpellier | Montpellier is a city in south of France. About 280,000 people live there. It is the 8th largest city in France. It has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Koeppen climate classification).
Education
A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation academy) is in Montpellier. The ... |
33943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lille | Lille | Lille is a city in the north of France with a population of about 226,800 inhabitants. It is the capital of the region Hauts-de-France and the Nord
department., and is not far from the border with Belgium, where in Dutch it is called . About two million people live in the urban area (conurbation) shared with Kortrijk ... |
33944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennes | Rennes | Rennes is a city in France, the prefecture of Brittany and the Ille-et-Vilaine department. Its name is « » in the Breton language.
Education
The Rennes agglomeration has a large student population (around 63,000) and 2 universities :
University of Rennes 1 (26 000 students)
University of Rennes 2 - Upper Brittany (... |
33945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reims | Reims | Reims is a commune in France, in the Marne department in the Grand Est region. NEOMA Business School is located in the city.
Reims Cathedral
Reims Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims) is famous by coronation of almost every king of France. The cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1914 (after an attack by the Germ... |
33946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orl%C3%A9ans | Orléans | Orléans is a city in France, the prefecture of the Centre-Val de Loire region and the Loiret department. It is on the Loire River and was formerly a busy port.
Sister cities
Orléans is twinned with:
Dundee, United Kingdom
Treviso, Italy
Münster, Germany
Kristiansand, Norway
Wichita, United States
Tarragon... |
33947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20Havre | Le Havre | Le Havre is a city in Normandy. It is one of the most important ports in France. It is located on the right bank of the Seine river along the English Channel.
The city and port were founded by the King Francis I of France in 1517.
The city was bombed during World War II. The damaged area was rebuilt by Auguste Perret... |
33948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain%20range | Mountain range | A mountain range (mountain chain, mountain belt) is a geographic area with many mountains. A 'mountain system' or 'system of mountain ranges' includes geological features that are in the same region as a mountain range.
Mountain ranges usually include highlands or mountain passes and valleys. Individual mountains in ... |
33949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight%20edge | Straight edge | Straight edge (Often called sXe) is a lifestyle without drugs, tobacco, or alcohol. Some followers of straight edge also abstain from illegal or casual sex.
For some, no drug use includes caffeine which is a stimulant drug. Some will accept drugs such as codeine or morphine for medical reasons.
Some followers of strai... |
33950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen | Rouen | Rouen is a commune. It is the prefecture of Upper Normandy and the Seine-Maritime department.
First settlements in that region were from the 6th century before Christ.
The Romans founded Rotomagus about 100 A.D..
Since 384 Rouen is the seat of a bishop.
In 841 the Vikings conquered Rouen. It became the capitol of the ... |
33954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcode | Microcode | Microcode is the name for a number of instructions or data structures which are involved in implementing higher-level machine language in many processors, especially microprogrammed ones. Microcode is on memory that is very fast to access. When a machine level instruction needs to be executed, microcode tells the proce... |
33955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20complexity%20theory | Computational complexity theory | Computational complexity theory is a part of computer science. It looks at algorithms, and tries to say how many steps or how much memory a certain algorithm takes for a computer to do. Very often, algorithms that use fewer steps use more memory (or the other way round: if there is less memory available, it takes more ... |
33956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average | Average | An average is the "normal" number of a group of numbers made by mixing the group of numbers.
In math, an average is called a mean. It can be found by adding the numbers, then dividing the answer by the number of numbers there were. There are other kinds of mean, and other things that are sometimes thought of as "avera... |
33968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluminense%20FC | Fluminense FC | Fluminense Football Club () or Fluminense, is a football club in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Current Squad
Notable Players
Ademir Menezes
Assis
Branco
Carlos Alberto Torres
Castilho
Conca
Delei
Denílson
Didi
Edinho
Félix
Flávio
Gérson
Henry Welfare
Lula
Manfrini
Marco Antôn... |
33972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization | Romanization | Romanization, or Latinization, is how words and languages that normally do not use the Latin alphabet are converted into Latin letters. That allows people who do not know the original writing system to read the sounds of the language. Romanization is one way to show the pronunciation of the language's words.
There are... |
33974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora | Diaspora | Diaspora (, literally, "a scattering or sowing of seeds") is used (without capitals) to refer to any people or racial group living outside their traditional homelands, emigrating and being scattered in distant places and making a new community. It was first used in the Septuagint to mean the scattering of Jews after th... |
33980 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angers | Angers | Angers is a city in the west of France. Around 160,000 inhabitants live inside the city and 300,000 live in the metropolitan area.
It is the capital of the historical province called Anjou. Today, the name of Anjou is Maine-et-Loire. The inhabitants of Angers and of Anjou are called 'angevins'.
The city existed befor... |
33981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toulon | Toulon | Toulon is a city in the south of France. It has about 170,000 people. Toulon is the prefecture of Var. Toulon is the third biggest city of the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur after Marseille and Nice. It is the main base of the Mediterranean Sea fleet of the French Navy. It is from the Italian border.
Education
K... |
33982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenoble | Grenoble | Grenoble is a French commune in the Alpine foothills. It is the prefecture of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
It has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).
It is an important centre for scientific research in France.
Education
A campus of the École nationale de l'a... |
33984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence | Sequence | A sequence is a word meaning "a set of related events, movements or items that follow each other in a particular order".
It is used in mathematics and other disciplines. In ordinary use, it means a series of events, one following another. In maths, a sequence is made up of several things put together, one after the ot... |
33985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aix-en-Provence | Aix-en-Provence | Aix-en-Provence is a city in the south of France. About 150,000 people live there.
Famous people from Aix-en-Provence
Paul Cézanne (d. 1906), painter
References
Attribution
Other websites
Aix en Provence Tourist office website
Official site of the town Aix-en-Provence
Subprefectures in France |
33986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiens | Amiens | Amiens is a city in Somme in the former province of Picardy in northern France. About 145,000 people live there. The Treaty of Amiens was signed there.
Other websites
This town at the Historical Association for Joan of Arc Studies
Departmental capitals in France
Former regional capitals in France |
33987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20Mans | Le Mans | Le Mans is a commune. It is found in the Pays de la Loire region in the Sarthe department in the west of France.
Le Mans is a city in France. It has about 143,000 inhabitants. It takes about one hour to go to Paris by TGV.
Sport
Le Mans is the start of the seventh stage of the 2011 Tour de France.
The city is well ... |
33988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tours | Tours | Tours is a city on the Loire River in the centre of France. It has about 143,000 inhabitants. This is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire and is one of the 22 french metropolis.
Notable natives and residents
Honoré de Balzac 1799-1850, novelist
René Descartes 1596-1650, scientist, mathematican and ph... |
33989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%2C%20France | Nancy, France | Nancy is a commune. It is the prefecture of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region. It was formerly the capital of the old Duchy of Lorraine.
Nancy has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).
Education
École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies
ICN Business ... |
33990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges | Limoges | Limoges ( or Limòtges) is a city and commune, the capital (prefecture) of the Haute-Vienne department and the historical capital of the old Limousin region in west-central France. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of the same name.
Limoges is known for its medieval and Renaissance enamels on copper, for its... |
33991 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clermont-Ferrand | Clermont-Ferrand | Clermont-Ferrand is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central-southern France.
It is the prefecture of the department and the capital of the arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand and the historical capital of the region of Auvergne.
History
The modern city was born from the un... |
33992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villeurbanne | Villeurbanne | Villeurbanne is a city in France. About 130,000 people live there.
References
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Cities in France
Communes in Rhône |
33999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile%20on%20Main%20St. | Exile on Main St. | Exile On Main St. was one of The Rolling Stones' albums. It was released in 1972 and includes the hit songs "Happy" and "Tumbling Dice".
The Rolling Stones
1972 albums
Rock and roll albums
R&B albums
Blues albums
Soul albums
Country albums
Blues rock albums |
34006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL | OpenGL | OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a programming interface for 3D graphics which helps computer programmers make their 3D graphics perform better and faster by running parts of their programs on a video card (GPU) rather than just the central processor (CPU). Programming interfaces like OpenGL are usually called an "API... |
34010 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori | Māori | Māori might mean:
Māori people
Māori language |
34013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori%20language | Māori language | The Māori language (, shortened to Te Reo) is the language of the Māori and an official language of New Zealand. It is an Austronesian language.
Although it is an official language, not many people speak it fluently. In the 2013 census, about 149,000 people, (3.7% of the population) said that they could have a convers... |
34029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie%20criticism | Movie criticism | Movie criticism is the evaluation of a movie. People who write their opinions about movies in newspapers and magazines or talk about movies on television, the Internet or on radio shows are called movie critics. Some movie critics also write books about movies and the history of movies.
Training
Some movie critics stu... |
34044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism | McCarthyism | McCarthyism is the term describing a period of intense anti-Communist suspicion in the United States which began during the start of the Cold War, that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the mid to late 1950s. The term gets its name from U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, a Republican of Wisconsin. The period of McCarthy... |
34046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis | Syphilis | Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum. Syphilis is usually spread by sexual contact. However, a fetus can get syphilis from its mother while she is pregnant or during childbirth. This is called congenital syphilis.
There are four stages of syphilis: the primary... |
34047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorrhea | Gonorrhea | Gonorrhea is a disease. It is transmitted by having sex. It is among the most widespread sexually transmitted diseases. Gonorrhea is also sometimes called "the clap." Gonorrhea can be cured using antibiotics but the entire course of antibiotics must be used.
Its presence was found up to 700 years ago. At that time... |
34049 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cichlid | Cichlid | Cichlids (pronounced 'sick-lids') are fishes from the Cichlidae family, in the order Perciformes.
It is a very large family of fish made up of more than 2500 species.
Cichlids come in many different sizes, from 2.5 centimeters to almost a meter long. All cichlids have some form of parental care for their eggs and fry.... |
34052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Hastings | Battle of Hastings | The Battle of Hastings (14 October 1066) was a pitched battle between the Anglo-Saxon English and an invading Norman army. The day-long battle ended in the death of the Anglo-Saxon king and a decisive victory for the Normans. William, the Duke of Normandy, was crowned as King William I of England 10 weeks later. The No... |
34067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavo%20%28genus%29 | Pavo (genus) | The Asiatic peafowl is a kind of bird. They are the genus Pavo from the Phasianidae family. They originate from Southeast Asia.
Genus Pavo
Blue peafowl or Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus): originally from India, and Pakistan. In Pakistan, it is the provincial/regional bird of the province of the Punjab
Green peafow... |
34068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading%2C%20Berkshire | Reading, Berkshire | Reading (pronounced: "Redding") is a large town in Berkshire in England. It is the largest settlement in Berkshire. It is home to about 230,000 people. Reading is found in South East England, between London and Bristol. The River Thames goes through the town. Reading replaced Abingdon as the county town of Berkshire in... |
34069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dozen | Dozen | A "dozen" is a unit of measurement. It means twelve (12) items of something. The term goes back to duodecim, which means 12 in Latin. Humans might have started to count on a base 12 because there are approximately 12 cycles of the moon in one cycle of the sun. In other words, a solar year has 12 months. The first to h... |
34070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20sprat | European sprat | The European sprat is a kind of fish. It is related to the herring. It lives in the ocean, all around Europe. It has about 12% fat in its flesh. It is a source of many vitamins. It is an important fish for commercial fishing, and can be found in many cans in shops. It can also be salted, to preserve it better.
Teleost... |
34073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Little%20Mermaid | The Little Mermaid | "The Little Mermaid" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1837 in the third volume of Fairy Tales Told for Children with "The Emperor's New Clothes". The tale glorifies suffering and self-denial. There is a statue of The Little Mermaid in the harbor of C... |
34076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Christian%20Andersen | Hans Christian Andersen | Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish writer.
Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark. His father was a shoemaker, and his mother washed clothes for customers. The family was poor. When Andersen was 11, his father died. At 14, Andersen left his mother and his home. He moved to Copenhagen.
... |
34078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC%20Saraco%C4%9Flu%20Stadium | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium | The Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium is a football stadium in Istanbul in Turkey. It is home to the club Fenerbahce.
Other websites
Fenerbahçe SK Stadium Link
Satellite Photo of Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Football stadiums in Turkey
Istanbul |
34079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20airlines | List of airlines | This is a list of commercial airlines sorted by country:
List of passenger airlines
Africa
: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Algeria
Air Algérie
Ecoair International
Khalifa Airways
Star Aviation
Angola
Aeronáutica
Sociedade de Aviação Ligeira
Son Air
TAAG Angola Airines
Benin
Afrique Air... |
34081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic%20herring | Atlantic herring | The Atlantic herring is a kind of herring, a fish. It can be found on both sides of the Atlantic. It can grow up to 45cm in length, weighing more than half a kilogram. It is a swarm fish, meaning many fish come together and form a school (or swarm) of fish. Swarms of up to 4 cubic kilometers in size have been measured ... |
34082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagie%20Islands | Pelagie Islands | The Pelagie Islands are three islands in the Mediterranean. They are Lampedusa, Linosa and Lampione. They are between Malta and Tunisia. They are part of the African continent but belong to Italy.
Because of deforestation, the islands are very barren. In the past they lived on agriculture, but nowadays they live on fi... |
34083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampedusa | Lampedusa | Lampedusa is the largest of the Pelagie Islands. Sicily is 205 km to the north, Tunisia is 113 km to the south. There are no sources of freshwater on the island, so those living there collect rainwater. Fauna and Flora, as well as the climate is similar to what can be found in North Africa.
There is a NATO base on th... |
34084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscat | Muscat | Muscat () is the capital and largest city of The Sultanate of Oman. It is the largest city in the mintaqah (governorate) of Muscat. The city of Muscat has a population of 1.28 million people (2015). The official language is Arabic and English is used as an additional language for many purposes, including business and t... |
34087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian%20language | Ukrainian language | The Ukrainian language (Ukrainian: українська (мова), transliteration: ukrajins'ka mova) is an Eastern Slavic language. This language is a part of the Indo-European language family.
Ukrainian is the second most spoken Slavic language. It is the official language of Ukraine. There are 37 million speakers in Ukraine. Mo... |
34089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native%20speaker | Native speaker | A native speaker is someone who learned to speak a language as part of their childhood development. A native speaker's language is usually the language their parents speak and/or the language of their country of origin. It is the only language of a monolingual person, and likely the first language of a multilingual per... |
34093 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilty%20Gear | Guilty Gear | is a series of video games made by Arc System Works and Sammy Studios.
The first series has been release on PlayStation, Atlus
is the Publishers of the North America regional. The second game, Guilty Gear X release for PlayStation 2 home console. Release in 2001 in Japan and North America. The third installment (Guilty... |
34097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence%20Nightingale | Florence Nightingale | Florence Nightingale, OM (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), was an English nurse. She helped create the modern techniques of nursing. She became a leader of the team of nurses who helped wounded soldiers during the Crimean War.
Works
She was the first female to receive the Order of Merit, one of the highest honours award... |
34098 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse%20Now | Apocalypse Now | Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic drama movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
It tells a fictional story which takes place in the 1960s during the Vietnam War. It tells the story of an Army Captain who is sent on a boat deep into the Cambodian jungle to capture a Special Forces colonel who, it is suggested, has... |
34099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1228 | 1228 |
Events
The Sixth Crusade is launched by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, after delays due to sickness and an excommunication from Pope Gregory IX.
Conrad IV of Germany becomes titular King of Jerusalem, with Frederick II as regent.
Baldwin II becomes emperor of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, with John of Br... |
34101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1305 | 1305 | 1305 (MCCCV) was .
Events
August 5 – English troops capture William Wallace
Wenceslas III becomes king of Bohemia
Archbishop of Bordeaux, Bertrand de Got, was elected as Pope Clement V.
Philip IV of France accused the Knights Templar of heresy. |
34103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1327 | 1327 |
Events
January 25 – Edward III becomes King of England.
Beginning of reign of Alfonso IV of Aragon.
April 6 – Petrarch sees a woman he names Laura in the church of Sainte-Claire d'Avignon, which awakes in him a lasting passion. He writes a series of poems dedicated to her, which are collected into his Canzoniere ... |
34105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/312 | 312 |
Events
October 28 – Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine I defeats Maxentius and becomes the only Roman Emperor in the West.
Construction of the Arch of Constantine in Rome begun. |
34106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1709 | 1709 |
Events
January 10 - Abraham Darby I makes cast iron using coke fuel at his Coalbrookdale blast furnace in Shropshire, England.
February - In America, Mardi Gras is celebrated one more time with Masque de la Mobile in the capital of French Louisianne, Mobile (Alabama), before Mobile is moved 27 miles (43 km) down t... |
34109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1336 | 1336 |
Births
April 14 – Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (died 1374)
July 25 – Albert, Count of Holland (d. 1404)
King Albert of Sweden (died 1412)
Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1406)
Pope Gregory XI (died 1378)
Pope Innocent VII (died 1406)
Gao Qi, Chinese poet (died 1374)
Tamerlane, founder of the Timurid Empir... |
34110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1374 | 1374 |
Deaths
March 12 – Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (born 1336)
July 19 – Petrarch, Italian poet (born 1304)
November 25 – Prince Philip II of Taranto
King Gongmin of Goryeo
Joanna of Flanders, Duchess of Brittany (born 1295)
Gao Qi, Chinese poet (born 1336)
William Whittlesey, Archbishop of Canterbury |
34111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1295 | 1295 |
Events
Mongol leader Ghazan Khan is converted to Islam, ending a line of Tantric Buddhist leaders.
Philip IV of France and Pope Boniface VIII begin having disagreements.
Jayavarman VIII of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia abdicates.
Marco Polo returns to Italy from his travels to China.
Edward I summons the Model P... |
34112 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1360 | 1360 |
Events
October 24 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.
King Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark seizes Scania (from 1658 a Swedish province).
Births
May 2 – Yongle Emperor of China (died 1424) |
34114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vojvodina | Vojvodina | The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина or Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina) is one of the two autonomous provinces in Serbia. It is located in the northern part of the country, in the Pannonian plain. Its capital and the largest city is Novi Sad and the second largest city is Subotica... |
34115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1649 | 1649 |
Events
January 30 – King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. His widow Henrietta Maria lives in her native France.
January 30 – The Commonwealth of England, a republican form of government, replaces the monarchy as the form of government of England and later of Scotland and Ireland. Members of ... |
34117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania%20Station | Pennsylvania Station | Pennsylvania Station, or Penn Station, is a name of several railway stations in the United States. The name "Pennsylvania Station" comes from the times when all these stations belonged to the Pennsylvania Railroad and, later, to Penn Central. The stations in New York City, Newark, New Jersey, and Baltimore still have t... |
34118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Quayle | Dan Quayle | James Danforth "Dan" Quayle (born February 4, 1947) is an American politician who was the 44th vice president of the United States. He served with President George H. W. Bush (1989–1993).
Early life
Quayle was born at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital (When he was born as Methodist Hospital in 1947) in Indi... |
34119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is a city in the southwestern corner of the state of Ohio near the states of Kentucky and Indiana. The city is in Hamilton County, Ohio. Cincinnati is home to major sports teams including the Cincinnati Reds and the Cincinnati Bengals, as well as events like the Cincinnati Masters and the Thanksgiving Day ra... |
34120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable%20car | Cable car | A cable car is a type of car that runs on cables above the car. The machines that drive the cables are in the two "winding houses". One winding house is at the bottom and one at the top. It is used much in areas where there are a lot of mountains.
The construction of the longest cable way in the world was finished ... |
34127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokusatsu | Tokusatsu | Tokusatsu is a Japanese word that means "special effects". It is used to talk about television shows and movies that have superheros, giant monsters, and other science fiction and fantastic themes. Some famous tokusatsu features include Godzilla, Kamen Rider, and Super Sentai.
Japanese language
Movie terminology
Telev... |
34133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes%20on%20a%20Plane | Snakes on a Plane | Snakes on a Plane (released in Japan as Snake Flight (スネーク・フライト)) is a 2006 American action horror crime thriller movie. It was directed by David R. Ellis and it stars Samuel L. Jackson and released to movie theaters by Warner Bros. It is about many snakes on a plane that is traveling from Hawaii to Los Angeles, Califo... |
34134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/War%20in%20Afghanistan%20%282001%E2%80%932021%29 | War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | The War in Afghanistan was a war fought by the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, The Netherlands, Australia and other countries against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, after the terrorist attacks against the US on September 11, 2001.
On 31 August 2021 (local time), the war ended as the last coalition soldiers (from... |
34141 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrato | Castrato | A castrato (plural castrati) was a type of male singer with a very high voice. The effect was produced either through castration, or because of some hormonal problems. The word castrato literally means castrated. Such singers were very sought after in the early days of the opera. Most of the main soprano roles in opera... |
34142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsetto | Falsetto | A falsetto voice is a special way of speaking or singing. If a man tries to imitate a woman’s voice he does it by speaking in a falsetto voice. When a man sings with a falsetto voice it sounds high like a soprano. Actors do this sometimes, e.g. Robin Williams in the film Mrs Doubtfire or Kevin Clash when voicing the ch... |
34143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countertenor | Countertenor | A countertenor is a male singer who uses a falsetto voice to sing high notes like a female contralto or mezzo-soprano.
Countertenors were used a lot in the Renaissance and Baroque periods when females were not allowed to sing in church choirs. They did not have big, dramatic voices like castrati, so they were not norm... |
34146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeches%20role | Breeches role | A breeches role is a part in an opera in which a woman plays the role of a man. It is also called a trouser role (British) or pants role (U.S.) or travesti role (the Italian word). It is called a breeches role because breeches are tight-fitting, knee-length trousers. These used to be worn by men at the time that breech... |
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