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- 01:21, 8 July 2022 Abābda (hist | edit) [4,558 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Abābda''' (the Gebadei of Pliny, probably the Troglodytes of classical writers), a nomad tribe of African "Arabs" of Hamitic origin. They extend from the Nile at Assuan to the Red Sea, and reach northward to the Kena-Kosseir road, thus occupying the southern border of Egypt east of the Nile. They call themselves "sons of the Jinns." With some of the clans of the Bisharin (''q.v.'') and possibly the Hadendoa (''q.v.'') they represent the Blemmyes of classic geographer...")
- 01:09, 8 July 2022 Aba (hist | edit) [313 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aba''' (1) A form of altazimuth instrument, invented by, and called after, Antoine d'Abbadie; (2) a rough homespun manufactured in Bulgaria; (3) a long coarse shirt worn by the Bedouin Arabs. <center>''The above is from an original text from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, now in the Public Domain.''</center>")
- 01:00, 8 July 2022 Ab (hist | edit) [639 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Ab''', the fifth month of the ecclesiastical and the eleventh of the civil year of the Jews. It approximately corresponds to the period of the 15th of July to the 15th of August. The word is of Babylonian origin, adopted by the Jews with other calendar names after the Babylonian exile. Tradition ascribes the death of Aaron to the first day of Ab. On the ninth is kept the Fast of Ab, or the Black Fast, to bewail the destruction of the first temple by Nebuchadrezzar (58...")
- 01:12, 7 July 2022 Ivar Aasen (hist | edit) [3,416 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Ivar Aasen''' (1813 – 1896), Norwegian philologist and lexicographer, was born at Aasen i Örsten, in Söndmöre, Norway, on the 5th of August 1813. His father, a small peasant-farmer named Ivar Jonssön, died in 1826. He was brought up to farmwork, but he assiduously cultivated all his leisure in reading, and when he was eighteen he opened an elementary school in his native parish. In 1833 he entered the household of H. C. Thoresen, the husband of the eminent write...")
- 01:08, 7 July 2022 Francis van Aarssens (hist | edit) [1,294 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Francis van Aarssens''' (1572 – 1641), a celebrated diplomatist and statesman of the United Provinces. His talents commended him to the notice of Advocate Johan van Oldenbarneveldt, who sent him, at the age of 26 years, as a diplomatic agent of the states-general to the court of France. He took a considerable part in the negotiations of the twelve years’ truce in 1606. His conduct of affairs having displeased the French king, he was recalled from his post by Olden...")
- 01:04, 7 July 2022 Aaron's Rod (hist | edit) [422 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aaron's Rod''', the popular name given to various tall flowering plants ("hag taper," "golden rod," &c.). In architecture, the term is given to an ornamental rod with sprouting leaves, or sometimes with a serpent entwined round it (from the Biblical references in Exodus vii. 10 and Numbers xvii. 8). <center>''The above is from an original text from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, now in the Public Domain.''</center>")
- 01:02, 7 July 2022 Aaron (hist | edit) [5,470 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aaron''', the traditional founder and head of the Jewish priesthood, who, in company with Moses, led the Israelites out of Egypt (see Exodus; Moses). The greater part of his life-history is preserved in late Biblical narratives, which carry back existing conditions and beliefs to the time of the Exodus, and find a precedent for contemporary hierarchical institutions in the events of that period. Although Aaron was said to have been sent by Yahweh (Jehovah) to meet Mos...")
- 00:54, 7 July 2022 Aarhus (hist | edit) [1,170 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aarhus''', a seaport and bishop’s see of Denmark, on the east coast of Jutland, of which it is the principal port; the second largest town in the kingdom, and capital of the amt (county) of Aarhus. Pop. (1901) 51,814. The district is low-lying, fertile and well wooded. The town is the junction of railways from all parts of the country. The harbour is good and safe, and agricultural produce is exported, while coal and iron are among the chief imports. The cathedral o...")
- 00:51, 6 July 2022 Aargau (hist | edit) [4,062 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aargau''' (Fr. ''Argovie''), one of the more northerly Swiss cantons, comprising the lower course of the river Aar (''q.v.''), whence its name. Its total area is 541·9 sq. m., of which 517·9 sq. m. are classed as “productive” (forests covering 172 sq. m. and vineyards 8·2 sq. m.). It is one of the least mountainous Swiss cantons, forming part of a great table-land, to the north of the Alps and the east of the Jura, above which rise low hills. The surface of the...")
- 00:39, 6 July 2022 Aard-wolf (hist | edit) [487 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aard-wolf''' (earth-wolf), a South and East African carnivorous mammal (''Proteles cristatus''), in general appearance like a small striped hyena, but with a more pointed muzzle, sharper ears, and a long erectile mane down the middle line of the neck and back. It is of nocturnal and burrowing habits, and feeds on decomposed animal substances, larvae and termites. <center>''The above is from an original text from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, now in the Public Domain...")
- 00:37, 6 July 2022 Aard-vark (hist | edit) [1,594 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aard-vark''', (meaning “earth pig”), the Dutch name for the mammals of genus ''Orycteropus'', confined to Africa (see Edentata). Several species have been named. Among them is the typical form, ''O. capensis'', or Cape ant-bear from South Africa, and the northern aard-vark (''O. aethiopicus'') of north-eastern Africa, extending into Egypt. In form these animals are somewhat pig-like; the body is stout, with arched back; the limbs are short and stout, armed with st...")
- 00:32, 6 July 2022 Aarau (hist | edit) [1,664 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aarau''', the capital of the Swiss canton of Aargau. In 1900, it had 7831 inhabitants, mostly German-speaking, and mainly Protestants. It is situated in the valley of the Aar, on the right bank of that river, and at the southern foot of the range of the Jura. It is about 50 m. by rail N.E. of Bern, and 31 m. N.W. of Zürich. It is a well-built modern town, with no remarkable features about it. In the Industrial Museum there is (besides collections of various kinds) so...")
- 00:29, 6 July 2022 Aar (hist | edit) [2,234 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aar''', or Aare, the most considerable river which both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. Its total length (including all bends) from its source to its junction with the Rhine is about 181 m., during which distance it descends 5135 ft., while its drainage area is 6804 sq. m. It rises in the great Aar glaciers, in the canton of Bern, and W. of the Grimsel Pass. It runs E. to the Grimsel Hospice, and then N.W. through the Hasli valley, forming on the way the m...")
- 01:02, 5 July 2022 Mehemet Aali (hist | edit) [1,334 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mehemet Aali''', Pasha (1815 – 1871), Turkish statesman, was born at Constantinople in 1815, the son of a government official. Entering the diplomatic service of his country soon after reaching manhood, he became successively secretary of the Embassy in Vienna, minister in London, and foreign minister under Reshid Pasha. In 1852, he was promoted to the post of grand vizier, but after a short time retired into private life. During the Crimean War he was recalled in o...")
- 00:58, 5 July 2022 Aalesund (hist | edit) [1,537 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aalesund''', a seaport of Norway, in Romsdal amt (county), 145 m. N. by E. from Bergen. Pop. (1900) 11,672. It occupies two of the outer islands of the west coast, Aspö and Nörvö, which enclose the picturesque harbour. Founded in 1824, it is the principal shipping-place of Söndmöre district, and one of the chief stations of the herring fishery. Aalesund is adjacent to the Jörund and Geiranger fjords, frequented by tourists. From Öje at the head of Jörund a dri...")
- 00:55, 5 July 2022 Aalen (hist | edit) [665 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aalen''', a town of Germany, in the kingdom of Württemberg, pleasantly situated on the Kocher, at the foot of the Swabian Alps, about 50 m. E. of Stuttgart, and with direct railway communication with Ulm and Cannstatt. Pop. 10,000. Woollen and linen goods are manufactured, and there are ribbon looms and tanneries in the town, and large iron works in the neighbourhood. There are several schools and churches, and a statue of the poet Christian Schubart. Aalen was a fre...")
- 00:52, 5 July 2022 Aalborg (hist | edit) [1,462 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aalborg''', a city and seaport of Denmark, the seat of a bishop, and chief town of the amt (county) of its name, on the south bank of the Limfjord, which connects the North Sea and the Cattegat. Pop. (1901) 31,457. The situation is typical of the north of Jutland. To the west, the Limfjord broadens into an irregular lake, with low, marshy shores and many islands. North-west is the Store Vildmose, a swamp where the mirage is seen in summer. South-east lies the similar...")
- 00:50, 5 July 2022 Aal (hist | edit) [576 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aal''', also known as A'l, Ach, or Aich, the Hindustani names for the ''Morinda tinctoria'' and ''Morinda citrifolia'', plants extensively cultivated in India on account of the reddish dye-stuff which their roots contain. The name is also applied to the dye, but the common trade name is ''Suranji''. Its properties are due to the presence of a glucoside known as ''Morindin'', which is compounded from glucose and probably a trioxy-methyl-anthraquinone. <center>''The ab...")
- 23:39, 3 July 2022 Peter Dutton (hist | edit) [1,444 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Peter Craig Dutton''' (born 18 November 1970 - ) is an Australian Liberal politician, current Australian House of Representatives Opposition Leader and leader of the Australian Liberal Party. Dutton has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Australian Liberal Party since 2001, representing the Division of Dickson constituency in Queensland. He was re-elected five times. On 18 September 2013, Dutton became Minister for Health and Sport. On...")
- 23:26, 3 July 2022 Andrew Aagesen (hist | edit) [1,546 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Andrew Aagesen''' (1826–1879), Danish jurist, was educated for the law at Kristianshavn and Copenhagen, and interrupted his studies in 1848 to take part in the first Schleswig war, in which he served as the leader of a reserve battalion. In 1855 he became professor of jurisprudence at the university of Copenhagen. In 1870 he was appointed a member of the commission for drawing up a maritime and commercial code, and the navigation law of 1882 is mainly his work. In 1...")
- 15:40, 2 July 2022 Donald Trump (hist | edit) [1,388 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Donald John Trump''' (14 June 1946 - ) is a politician and businessman in the United States. He is the 45th President of the United States (in office: 20 January 2017 - 20 January 2021). He became a prominent real estate millionaire and was once the host of a reality show. Born 14 June 1946 in Queens, New York City, New York, and raised there. After earning a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School, he took over his father's real estate business in 197...")
- 12:10, 2 July 2022 Aa (hist | edit) [882 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Aa''' The name of a large number of small European rivers. The word is derived from the Old German aha, cognate to the Latin aqua, water (cf. Ger. -ach; Scand. å, aa, pronounced ō). The following are the more important streams of this name:—Two rivers in the west of Russia, both falling into the Gulf of Riga, near Riga, which is situated between them; a river in the north of France, falling into the sea below Gravelines, and navigable as far as St Omer; and a riv...")
- 19:02, 1 July 2022 Online Compliance Intervention (hist | edit) [3,567 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Online Compliance Intervention''' ('''OCI'''), also informally known as the '''Robodebt scheme''', or simply '''Robodebt''', was a method of automated debt assessment and recovery employed by Services Australia as part of its Centrelink payment compliance program. Data Matching has been undertaken by the Australian government for over 50 years. In 1990, the Australian government passed legislation enabling Data Matching for the purposes of verifying incomes of welfa...")
- 19:01, 1 July 2022 A (hist | edit) [6,333 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''A''' This letter of ours corresponds to the first symbol in the Phoenician alphabet and in almost all its descendants. In Phoenician, a, like the symbols for e and for o, did not represent a vowel, but a breathing; the vowels originally were not represented by any symbol. When the alphabet was adopted by the Greeks it was not very well fitted to represent the sounds of their language. The breathings which were not required in Greek were accordingly employed to repres...")
- 20:39, 18 June 2022 Test (hist | edit) [445 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.")