WebHekla (Icelandic pronunciation: ()), or Hecla, is a stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 m (4,892 ft). Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since 874.During the Middle Ages, the Icelandic Norse called the volcano the "Gateway to Hell".. Hekla is part of a volcanic …

WebTitle, unity of Luke – Acts, authorship and date. The name "Acts of the Apostles" was first used by Irenaeus in the late 2nd century. It is not known whether this was an existing name for the book or one invented by Irenaeus; it does seem clear that it was not given by the author, as the word práxeis (deeds, acts) only appears once in the text (Acts 19:18) and …

WebProject Nike (Greek: Νίκη, "Victory") was a U.S. Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Laboratories, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. The project delivered the United States' first operational anti-aircraft missile system, the Nike Ajax, in 1953.A great number of the technologies and rocket systems used for developing the Nike Ajax were …

WebMagna Carta originated as an unsuccessful attempt to achieve peace between royalist and rebel factions in 1215, as part of the events leading to the outbreak of the First Barons' War.England was ruled by King John, the third of the Angevin kings.Although the kingdom had a robust administrative system, the nature of government under the Angevin …

Webピョートル・イリイチ・チャイコフスキー（露: Пётр Ильич Чайковский [ˈpʲɵtr ɪlʲˈjitɕ tɕɪjˈkofskʲɪj] 発音を聞く [ヘルプ / ファイル] ；ラテン文字表記の例：PyotrあるいはPeter Ilyich Tchaikovsky、1840年 5月7日（ユリウス暦では4月25日） - 1893年 11月6日（ユリウス暦10月25日））は、ロシアの ...

WebHong Kong (/ ˈ h ɒ ŋ k ɒ ŋ / (US) or / h ɒ ŋ ˈ k ɒ ŋ / (UK); Chinese: 香港, Cantonese: [hœ́ːŋ.kɔ̌ːŋ] ()), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China.With 7.5 million residents …

Web2000 AD The Ultimate Collection is a fortnightly partwork collection of hardback books published by Hachette Partworks.The series is made up of 140 volumes featuring some of the biggest stars of 2000 AD’s 45-year history. The spine art on the books combine to display a new image by artist Boo Cook.. The series is the second collaboration between …

WebAvvenimenti Europa. 1122: Concordato di Worms: autonomia del papato verso il potere imperiale: termina la lotta per le investiture 1135-1154: anarchia inglese 1139: in Portogallo inizia il regno di Alfonso Henriques, il primo re del Portogallo.; 1167: Giuramento di Pontida, alleanza tra i comuni lombardi contro il Sacro Romano Impero di Federico Barbarossa

Web大正 （ たいしょう ） は、日本の元号の一つ。. 明治の後、昭和の前。 大化以降245個目、229番目 の元号である。 大正天皇の在位期間である1912年（大正元年）7月30日から1926年（大正15年）12月25日まで。. 日本の元号として初めて、元年から最終年である15年までの全期間グレゴリオ暦が用いられ ...

WebAnouk is de artiestennaam van Anouk Teeuwe (Den Haag, 8 april 1975), een Nederlands zangeres en songwriter.. Anouk brak in 1997 door met de single 'Nobody's Wife' en stond sindsdien met vele albums en singles in de Nederlandse en Belgische hitlijsten. Enkele van haar andere hits zijn 'R U kiddin' me', 'Michel', 'Girl', 'Lost', 'Modern World', 'Three Days in …