The "Sunshine Policy" of
South Korea towards
North Korea was named after
Aesop's fable in which the man removed his coat voluntarily to enjoy the warmth of the sun
Urbanization can be planned or organic.
Many famous teas originate from Fujian, including
oolong, Wuyi Yancha, Bai Hao Yinzhen (Silver needle)
white tea, and Fuzhou jasmine tea
Christmas Island was uninhabited until the late nineteenth century and so has many unique species of fauna and flora that evolved independently of human interference
During his reign Aurangzeb expanded the
Mughal Empire and enacted a series of edicts based on
Sharia (Islamic law) in
India
Petroglyphs, or rock engravings, have been found dating back at least 10,000 years
Kitty Wells' 1952 recording of "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" led to the introduction of female stars in the male-dominated
country music genre
The Confederate surrender at Vicksburg is sometimes considered the turning point of the
American Civil War
The Ottoman Empire was the center of interactions between Asia and Europe for six centuries
Sergei Rachmaninoff had piano roll recordings made of many of his performances
Pop music is generally understood to be commercially recorded music with the goal of having mass audience appeal, with the result that its style changes significantly depending on the time and place
Vincent van Gogh wrote over 600 letters to his brother Theo
Scottish educator A. S. Neill founded Summerhill School as an experiment in free learning
The village of Lidice was destroyed and its people killed in retribution for the killing of one of
Hitler's leaders
Elie Wiesel refused to write or talk about his experiences in the
Holocaust for 10 years after his liberation
Wahhabism subscribes to the doctrine of oneness of God ("Tawhid"), rejecting aspects of contemporary
Islam as
polytheism
The term "medicine wheel" was first applied to the Big Horn medicine wheel in
Wyoming
Jesse and Frank James rarely robbed passengers on the trains they held up
The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary in
Belize was founded as the first wilderness sanctuary for the
jaguar
Saudi Arabia is sometimes called "The Land of The Two Holy Mosques" in reference to
Mecca and Medina
Imhotep is considered the founder of Egyptian medicine
There have been dozens—perhaps hundreds—of locations proposed for Atlantis
In 2001 the name of the
Indian city of Kolkata was officially changed from "Calcutta"
Mahatma Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace Prize, though he was nominated for it five times
The rock shelters and
caves of Bhimbetka contain numerous
cave paintings which depict the lives of the people who lived there over periods spanning thousands of years
Nineveh was the largest city in the world prior to its destruction in 612 B.C.E.
The term "Fascism" derives from
fasces, a bundle of rods used in the
Roman Empire to symbolize strength through unity
Aikido can be understood as "the way of spiritual harmony" and a path to peace
Structural engineering has advanced significantly through the study of structural failures
Juvenile offenders are generally treated more in terms of reform than
punishment with the result that
probation, or suspended sentencing, is common
Albert Einstein is considered the greatest scientist of the twentieth century and was named "Person of the Century" by TIME magazine
Traditionally the Maasai measured
wealth in terms of cattle
The town of Orono in
Maine takes its name from the great Penobscot chief or sagamore, Joseph Orono
Antarctica has no indigenous population, no government and belongs to no country
The British Empire was known as "the empire on which the sun never sets"
King Edward VII was known as the "uncle of Europe" as he was related to nearly every other European monarch
Walter Lippmann was the first to bring the phrase "Cold War" into common use with the publication of his 1947 book of the same name
The Kalash people of North-Western
Pakistan are a small non-
Muslim ethnic group with a very different culture from those surrounding them