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Al-Isra
thumb|right|Quran page with Al-Isra verses 34-44; a later interlinear Persian translation is in red. Delhi Sultanate, India late 14th-15th century.
Eastern Catholic Churches
23 Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome
South Yemen
1967–1990 state in Western Asia
Gulfport
city in Mississippi, USA
Franciscans
William Tecumseh Sherman
United States Army general (1820–1891)
Earth's magnetic field
magnetic field that extends from the Earth's inner core to where it meets the solar wind
Bangladesh Liberation War
conflict that led to the independence of the majority-Bengali country
vegetation
thumb|These maps show a scale, or index of greenness, based on several factors: the number and type of plants, leafiness, and plant health. Where foliage is dense and plants are growing quickly, the index is high, represented in dark green. Regions with sparse vegetation and a low vegetation index are shown in tan. Based on measurements from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite. Areas where there is no data are gray.
Meiji era
Japanese era from October 1868 to July 1912
chikungunya
Chikungunya is an infection caused by the chikungunya virus. The most common symptoms are fever and joint pain, typically occurring four to eight days after the bite of an infected mosquito. The pain has been described as "excruciating"; however some people may be infected without showing any symptoms. Other symptoms may include headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, and a rash. Symptoms usually improve within a week; however, occasionally the joint pain may last for months or years. The very young, old, and those with other health problems are at risk of more severe disease.
Majapahit
Majapahit (; (eastern and central dialect) or (western dialect), ), also known as Wilwatikta (; , ), was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia based on the island of Java (in modern-day Indonesia). At its greatest extent, following significant military expansions, the territory of the empire and its tributary states covered almost the entire Nusantara archipelago, spanning both Asia and Oceania. After a civil war that weakened control over the vassal states, the empire slowly declined before collapsing in 1527 due to an invasion by the Sultanate of Demak. The fall o
Indian independence movement
Indian national movement seeking to end British rule (1857–1947)
Pinatubo
active stratovolcano on the island of Luzon in the Philippines
Liberal Democratic Party
Japanese political party
hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism is an endocrine disease in which the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormones. It can cause a number of symptoms, such as poor ability to tolerate cold, extreme fatigue, muscle aches, constipation, slow heart rate, depression, and weight gain. Occasionally, there may be swelling of the front part of the neck due to goiter. Untreated cases of hypothyroidism during pregnancy can lead to delays in growth and intellectual development in the baby or congenital iodine deficiency syndrome.
carat
unit of mass
Mayon Volcano
Mayon (; , ), also known as Mount Mayon and Mayon Volcano, is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay in Bicol, Philippines. A popular tourist destination, it is renowned for its "perfect cone" owing to its symmetric conical shape, and is regarded as sacred in Philippine mythology.
Battle of Actium
31 BCE decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic
Council of Chalcedon
synod
Soyuz
series of spacecraft designed for the Soviet space programme
Bundeswehr
The '''' (, Federal Defence) are the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The is divided into a military part (armed forces or Streitkräfte'') and a civil part. The military part consists of the four armed forces: German Army, German Navy, German Air Force and Cyber and Information Domain Service, which are supported by the Bundeswehr Joint Support Command.
ovarian cancer
female reproductive organ cancer that is located in the ovary
Cistercians
thumb|St. Bernard of Clairvaux, one of the most influential early Cistercians, seen here depicted in a [[historiated initial]] thumb|Vietnamese people|Vietnamese Cistercian monks standing in a [[cloister and wearing their religious habits]] The Cistercians (), or the Order of Cistercians (, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly influential Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin Rule. They are also known as Bernardines, after Sai
nonviolence
thumb|Mahatma Gandhi, often considered a founder of the modern nonviolence movement, spread the concept of [[ahimsa through his movements and writings, which then inspired other nonviolent activists.]]
biotin
alt=3D space-filling model of Biotin rotating about an axis (GIF)|thumb|3D space-filling model of biotin rotating about an axis Biotin (also known as vitamin B7 and Vitamin H) is one of the B vitamins – a group of essential dietary micronutrients. Present in every living cell, it is involved as a cofactor for enzymes in numerous metabolic processes, both in humans and in other organisms, primarily related to the biochemistry of fats, carbohydrates, and amino acids.
Yersinia pestis
species of bacteria, cause of plague
Danaus plexippus
milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae
Cyprus
island in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea
Zog I of Albania
Albanian prime minister, president and king (1895-1961) (r.1922-1939)
myasthenia gravis
human disease
pantothenic acid
chemical compound
Polycarp
Polycarp (; , Polýkarpos; ; AD 69 155) was a Christian bishop of Smyrna. According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died a martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to consume his body. Polycarp is regarded as a saint and Church Father in the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism.
University of St Andrews
university in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK
botulinum toxin group
group of eight neurotoxic proteins produced by Clostridium botulinum
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
First President of Ivory Coast, from 1960 to 1993 (1905-1993)
military rank
element of hierarchy in armed forces
Rehoboam
thumb|upright=1.05|King Rehoboam, from the Stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral#Rose|north rose window of Chartres Cathedral thumb|upright=1.05|Rehoboam and Abijah, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling#Ancestors of Christ|Sistine Chapel ceiling. thumb|upright=1.05|David, Solomon, and Rehoboam, by Lucas van Leyden Rehoboam (; , , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the last monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel, though his reign over the unified state was brief; after the Northern and Southern kingdoms were divided, he became the first king of the Kingdom of Judah. He was a son of a
Nara period
historical medieval period of Japan from CE 710 to 794
Elizabeth of Hungary
Catholic saint (1207−1231)
COMECON
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, often abbreviated as Comecon ( ) or CMEA, was an economic organization from 1949 to 1991 under the leadership of the Soviet Union that comprised the countries of the Eastern Bloc along with a number of communist states elsewhere in the world.
Constitution of Japan
supreme law of Japan since 1947
history of Portugal
aspect of history
surgical mask
oro-nasal cover worn by health professionals to reduce spread of airborne pathogens
cruise ship
passenger ship used for pleasure voyages
Palm Beach County
county in Florida, United States of America
Bathsheba
Bathsheba (; , ) was an Israelite queen consort. According to the Hebrew Bible, she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, with whom she had all of her five children. Her status as the mother of Solomon, who succeeded David as monarch, made her the Gebirah () of the Kingdom of Israel.
MESSENGER
MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging, and a reference to the messenger god Mercury from Roman mythology.
phytoplankton
Phytoplankton () are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems. The name comes from Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón), meaning "plant", and πλαγκτός (planktós), meaning "drifter, wanderer, roamer", and thus, "plant drifter".
Mátyás Rákosi
former First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party (1892-1971)
Lady Bird Johnson
First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969
Geography of Azerbaijan
Overview of the geography of Azerbaijan
Junagadh
Junagadh () is the city and headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located at the foot of the Girnar hills, southwest of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (the state capital), it is the seventh largest city in the state.
Luna 2
first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon
Battle of Okinawa
1945 major battle of the Pacific War
Atlantis
American Space Shuttle orbiter
Scylla
thumb|Scylla as a maiden with a Cetus (mythology)|kētos tail and dog heads sprouting from her body. Detail from a red-figure bell-crater in the Louvre, 450–425 BC. This form of Scylla was prevalent in ancient depictions, though very different from the description in Homer, where she is land-based and more dragon-like.
Aymara
indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America
history of Indonesia
aspect of history
multiple myeloma
cancer of plasma cells