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Arete (Ἀρετή)
Arete (Ἀρετή) is the ancient Greek term for excellence of any kind, conventionally translated 'virtue' but better rendered 'goodness'; Homeric heroic prowess, Platonic–Aristotelian moral excellence, personified goddess, and modern virtue ethics all descend from it.
Areteia Therapeutics, Inc.
Areteia Therapeutics was a clinical-stage biotechnology company in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, founded in 2022 to develop oral dexpramipexole for severe eosinophilic asthma, raising $425 million before winding down despite a positive Phase III result.
Arethas of Najran
Arethas of Najran, known in Arabic as Harith ibn Ka'b, was the leader of Najran's Christians, martyred in the massacre of 523 by the Himyarite king Dhu Nuwas and venerated as a saint.
Arfan Bhatti
Arfan Qadeer Bhatti (born 1977) is a Norwegian Islamist, former head of Profetens Ummah, convicted in 2026 to 30 years forvaring for complicity in the 25 June 2022 Oslo Pride terror shooting; he was extradited from Pakistan and has appealed.
Arganthonios
Arganthonios, also spelled Arganthonius (Spanish Argantonio), is the semi-legendary king of the Tartessians in Herodotus, said to have reigned 80 years and lived 120, and known for aiding the Phocaeans.
Argead dynasty (ργεάδαι)
Argead dynasty (Ἀργεάδαι, Argeadai), also called Temenidae, the royal house of ancient Macedonia from Perdiccas to Alexander IV; Philip II and Alexander the Great; ended by Cassander's murders.
Argentine Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA), the Argentine Air Force, independent armed service since 4 January 1945 with roots in the 1912 Military Aviation School; 24 F-16s bought from Denmark in 2024, 12 delivered by 2026.
Argentine Army
The Argentine Army (Ejército Argentino) is the land branch of Argentina's armed forces, led by the JEMGE, with three divisions under the CAAE, garrisons in four geographic zones, and modernization under the 2026 Plan ARMA.
Argentine austral
The Argentine austral was the currency of Argentina from June 1985 to December 1991, launched under the Plan Austral to fight inflation and later replaced by the peso.
Argentine Chamber of Deputies
Argentine Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación), lower house of Argentina's bicameral Congress: 257 deputies, four-year terms with half renewed every two years, D'Hondt proportional representation by province.
Argentine Confederation
Argentine Confederation (Confederación Argentina): the union of Argentine provinces under the 1831 Pacto Federal, led by Rosas, then reorganized under the 1853 Constitution with capital at Paraná, ending after Pavón in 1861.
Argentine Constitution of 1853
The Argentine Constitution of 1853 is the fundamental charter of Argentina, sanctioned in Santa Fe on 1 May 1853 and modeled on Juan Bautista Alberdi's Bases.
Argentine Declaration of Independence
The Argentine Declaration of Independence, proclaimed in San Miguel de Tucumán on 9 July 1816, declared the United Provinces free of King Ferdinand VII of Spain.
Argentine hyperinflation of 1989-1990
The Argentine hyperinflation of 1989-1990 was a monetary collapse with monthly inflation peaking at 196.6 percent, riots in May 1989, and an early presidential handover from Alfonsín to Menem.
Argentine Navy
Argentine Navy (Armada de la República Argentina, ARA), naval branch of Argentina's armed forces founded after 1810 independence; fought Spain and Brazil, raced Chile to the 1902 Pactos de Mayo, lost the Belgrano in 1982, and lost submarine ARA San Juan with 44 crew in 2017.
Argentine peso
The Argentine peso, also known as the peso argentino, is the currency of Argentina, issued by the Central Bank since 1992, when it replaced the austral.
Argentine Revolution
The Argentine Revolution (Revolución Argentina) was the name the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1966 to 1973 gave itself, through the successive presidencies of Juan Carlos Onganía, Roberto Levingston, and Alejandro Lanusse.
Argentine Senate
The Argentine Senate (Senado de la Nación Argentina) is Congress's 72-member upper chamber: three senators per province and Buenos Aires, six-year terms, two-plus-one seat allocation, impeachment trials, and appointment confirmations.
Argentine transition to democracy
The Argentine transition to democracy (1982–1983) ended the 1976–1983 military Proceso after the Malvinas defeat; Alfonsín won the 30 October 1983 election, created CONADEP, and tried the juntas.
Argentines
Argentines: the people of Argentina, population 46,234,830 (2022 census), shaped by mass European immigration (about 7 million arrivals, 1870–1930, nearly half Italian) and by the 2022 census's first Afrodescendant category and indigenous count of 2.9%.
Arghun
Arghun (ارغون) was the fourth Il-khan of Iran, reigning from 1284 to 1291. He took the throne after overthrowing his uncle Ahmad Teguder and sent embassies to Europe seeking an anti-Mamluk alliance.
Arghun Aqa
Arghun Aqa (ارغون آقا) was an Oirat Mongol administrator who governed the Mongol Empire's lands west of the Oxus River from the early 1240s until his death in 1275.
Arghun dynasty
The Arghun dynasty was a Turco-Mongol family that ruled Kandahar from about 1475, then Multan and Sindh from 1520 until the Mughal conquest in 1591.
Argishti I
Argishti I was king of Urartu, the kingdom centered on Lake Van, whose early-8th-century BC campaigns carried Urartian rule north of Mount Ararat and into the lands around Lake Urmia.
Argishti II
Argishti II, also known as Argišti II, was king of Urartu, the kingdom centered on Lake Van, reigning around 713–690 BC after his father Rusa I.
Argo (Ἀργώ)
Argo (Ἀργώ), "the Swift", is the mythical Greek ship built by Argus in which Jason and the Argonauts sailed to Colchis for the Golden Fleece; a fifty-oared galley with a speaking Dodona oak beam, first attested in Odyssey 12.70.
Argo Infrastructure Partners
Argo Infrastructure Partners is a New York investment manager founded in 2013 by Jason Zibarras, holding 19 North American infrastructure assets worth about $7.5 billion.
Argonauts
Argonauts (Ἀργοναῦται): Greek heroes led by Jason who sailed the Argo to Colchis for the Golden Fleece. Known from Pindar, Apollonius's Argonautica, Greek drama, and a crew list sized to fifty oars.
Argor Capital Management (formerly Go-Ventures)
Argor Capital Management, formerly Go-Ventures, is an independent early- to mid-stage Southeast Asian venture capital firm founded by GoTo in 2018, rebranded in June 2023, focusing on Indonesia.
Argosy University
Argosy University was a for-profit American university chain, formerly EDMC-owned, bought by Dream Center Education Holdings in 2017; it entered receivership, lost Title IV aid and WSCUC accreditation, and closed abruptly in March 2019.