WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Kedukan Bukit inscription - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedukan_Bukit_inscription

    The Kedukan Bukit inscription is an inscription discovered by the Dutchman C.J. Batenburg [1] on 29 November 1920 at Kedukan Bukit, South Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia ), on the banks of Tatang River, a tributary of Musi River. It is the oldest surviving specimen of the Malay language, in a form known as Old Malay. [2]

  3. Darul Islam (Indonesia) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darul_Islam_(Indonesia)

    Darul Islam ( lit. meaning House of Islam ), [6] also known as Darul Islam/Islamic Armed Forces of Indonesia ( Indonesian: Darul Islam/Tentara Islam Indonesia, DI/TII), was an Islamist group that fought for the establishment of an Islamic state in Indonesia. It was established in 1942 by a group of Muslim militias, coordinated by a charismatic ...

  4. Mystik Dan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystik_Dan

    Mystik Dan is a bay colt bred in Kentucky by Lance Gasaway and Daniel Hamby. [5] His name is derived by a combination of Hamby's father's first name (Dan) with his father's first business venture (Mystik Tape). [6] He is a descendent of Darley Arabian.

  5. Ferdinand Magellan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan [a] ( c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese [3] explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies, which achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history. During the expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan, allowing his fleet to pass from the Atlantic ...

  6. Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.

    State quarter Released in 2009 Arts Main article: Theater in Washington, D.C. A performance of Moulin Rouge! at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, D.C., is a national center for the arts, home to several concert halls and theaters. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is home to the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National Opera, and the Washington ...

  7. Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu

    1983 (7th Session) Area. 38,160.87 ha. Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter (7,970 ft) mountain ridge. [2] [3] Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba ...

  8. International Labour Organization - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Labour...

    Website. www .ilo .org. The International Labour Organization ( ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. [1] Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is one of the first and oldest specialised agencies of the UN.

  9. Bank Rakyat Indonesia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Rakyat_Indonesia

    www .bri .co .id. PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk ( lit. "Indonesian People's Bank"), commonly known as Bank BRI or just BRI, is one of the largest banks in Indonesia. [4] It specialises in small scale and microfinance [5] style borrowing from and lending to its approximately 30 million retail clients through its over 8,600 branches ...