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Age of Attraction
Age of Attraction is a 2026 Netflix reality dating series in which 40 singles aged 22-60 date without revealing their ages, hosted by Nick Viall and Natalie Joy, renewed for season 2.
Age of candidacy
Age of candidacy: the legal minimum age to stand for elected office, usually higher than the voting age (OECD average 19.9). Covers origins of age 21, recent reforms in Korea, Türkiye, Mexico, Belgium, and court challenges in the US and Indonesia.
Age of candidacy laws in the United States
Age of candidacy laws in the United States set minimum ages to run for office: 25 for the House, 30 for the Senate, 35 for president, with no maximum ages; states set separate rules for state offices.
Age of consent
Age of consent: minimum legal age for agreeing to sexual activity, also called statutory rape law. Historically puberty-based, raised in England from 13 to 16 in 1885; today mostly 16–18, with close-in-age exceptions worldwide.
Age of Consent (1969 film)
Age of Consent is a 1969 Australian drama directed by Michael Powell, produced with James Mason, adapted from Norman Lindsay's 1938 novel, starring Mason and a young Helen Mirren as a painter's muse on the Great Barrier Reef.
Age of Consent Act, 1891
The Age of Consent Act, 1891 (सहमति की आयु अधिनियम १८९१) was a British Indian law that raised the age of consent for girls from ten to twelve years.
Age of consent in Mexico
Age of consent in Mexico: no single national age; state penal codes and the federal CPF set thresholds from 12 to 16 years (November 2018 distribution), with violación equiparada invalidating minors' consent and marriage fixed at 18.
Age of criminal responsibility
The age of criminal responsibility, also the defense of infancy, is the minimum age at which a child can face criminal prosecution, ranging worldwide from 7 to 18.
Age of Discovery
Age of Discovery: the 15th-to-17th-century period of European maritime exploration led by Portugal and Spain, marked by Columbus's 1492 voyage, da Gama's India route, the first circumnavigation, and colonial expansion.
Age of Earth
The age of Earth is 4.54 billion years, with uncertainty under 1 percent, derived from radiometric dating of meteorites rather than any surviving terrestrial rock.
Age of Empires
Age of Empires: historical real-time strategy franchise by Ensemble Studios (founded by Tony Goodman, Dallas) and Microsoft, starting 1997; includes Age of Empires II (1999), Age of Mythology, Age of Empires IV (2021), and Definitive Editions; bestselling strategy franchise.
Age of Empires (video game)
Age of Empires, often abbreviated AoE, is a historical real-time strategy video game by Ensemble Studios and Microsoft that founded the Age of Empires series in 1997.
Age of Empires II
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, 1999 Ensemble Studios RTS published by Microsoft; four-resource economy, Dark-to-Imperial ages, armor-class counters; revived via HD (2013) and Definitive (2019) editions with 45+ civilizations and active ranked play.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (AoE2 DE) is the 2019 remaster of the 1999 RTS by Forgotten Empires, Tantalus Media, and Wicked Witch, with 4K graphics, 30+ civilizations, 10 expansions, and an active esports scene.
Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III (AoE3) is a 2005 Ensemble Studios/Microsoft real-time strategy game set in the colonial era, known for its Home City card-shipment system; remastered as the 2020 Definitive Edition with ongoing DLC.
Age of Empires IV
Age of Empires IV is a 2021 medieval real-time strategy game by Relic Entertainment and World's Edge, published by Xbox Game Studios; 8 launch civilizations, 4 campaigns, later expansions and PS5/Xbox ports.
Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome
Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome is Ensemble Studios' 1998 Microsoft-published expansion for Age of Empires, adding Romans, Carthaginians, Macedonians, and Palmyrans, five units, four technologies, four Roman campaigns, and interface improvements; later echoed by the Return of Rome DLC.
Age of Enlightenment
Age of Enlightenment: eighteenth-century European intellectual movement applying Scientific Revolution reason to politics, religion, and society; Kant, Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau; natural rights, social contract, public sphere, revolutions, and its exclusions.
Age of Learning
Age of Learning is an American education technology company based in Glendale, California, founded in 2007 by Doug Dohring, best known for the children's learning program ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy.
Age of Liberty
The Age of Liberty (Frihetstiden) was the period of Swedish history from 1719 to 1772, when the Riksdag of the Estates held power rather than the king.
Age of Love (Charlotte de Witte remix)
The Age of Love (Charlotte de Witte remix) is a 2021 techno rework of the 1990 single, produced by Belgian DJ Charlotte de Witte and Italian producer Enrico Sangiuliano.
Age of majority
Age of majority: the legal age of adulthood, most commonly 18, when parental oversight ends and contractual capacity begins; historically 21 under English common law, lowered in the US, UK, and France in the 1960s-1970s; Japan and New Zealand use 20.
Age of Mythology
Age of Mythology is Ensemble Studios' 2002 real-time strategy spin-off of Age of Empires, with Greek, Egyptian, and Norse civilizations, favor-gathered myth units, heroes, and single-use god powers; remade as Retold in 2024.
Age of Mythology: Retold
Age of Mythology: Retold is a 2024 real-time strategy remake of the 2002 classic, by World's Edge and partners for Xbox Game Studios. Released September 4, 2024 on Xbox, PC, and later PS5, with reusable god powers and Chinese, Japanese, and Aztec expansions.
Age of Onset
Age of onset, also indexed as age-at-onset, is the age at which a disease first appears, used in epidemiology, psychiatry, and genetics rather than age at diagnosis.
Age of Revelation
Age of Revelation is a 2025-2026 Marvel Comics X-Men crossover marking the 30th anniversary of Age of Apocalypse, set ten years in a future ruled by Doug Ramsey as Revelation, heir of Apocalypse, written mainly by Jed MacKay.
Age of Revolution
Age of Revolution: period c.1775–1848 of Atlantic and European upheaval, named for Hobsbawm's 1962 book, covering the American, French, Haitian, and Spanish American revolutions plus the Industrial Revolution.
Age of Sail
The Age of Sail was the period from about the mid-1400s to the mid-1800s when sailing ships dominated ocean exploration, trade, and naval warfare, connecting continents and shaping modern trade and migration.
Age of the Exhibitionist
Age of the Exhibitionist is the second studio album by Rebecca Black, released in 2026. The 12-song record blends dance-pop with hyperpop and explores themes of constant display.
Age of the universe
The age of the universe is the time elapsed since the Big Bang, estimated at 13.8 billion years from the cosmic microwave background and confirmed by the oldest stars.