Search results for "Religion in China" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The Samanids (819–999)Sāmāniyān) were a Persian dynasty in Central ... The dynasty fell in 999 when their rule was replaced by the Karakhanids ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 11:36, 6 September 2022
- Ancient philosophy is philosophy in antiquity, or before the end of ... In the Western tradition, ancient philosophy was developed primarily ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- The Liezi (列子 in Chinese characters, Lièzĭ in pinyin) is a Daoist ... as a Daoist classic, taking its place in the Daoist Canon as one of ...18 KB (2,907 words) - 22:49, 25 October 2022
- Three such compounds gained special currency in classical Chinese philosophy: ... the view that human dao was embedded in natural dao. If human lives ...21 KB (3,367 words) - 19:34, 7 July 2023
- honoring mothers, celebrated on various days in many places around the world ... While Christian and pre-Christian societies in Europe commonly celebrated ...22 KB (3,311 words) - 17:00, 10 November 2022
- martial arts, which Sun Lutang identified in the 1920s as T'ai Chi ... a technique. At an advanced level, and in actual fighting, internal styles ...24 KB (3,729 words) - 16:11, 11 November 2022
- extends approximately 1,200 miles (2,000 km) in a southeast-northwest direction ... The name, in Turkic Alytau or Altay, means Al (gold), tau (mount); ...16 KB (2,479 words) - 08:35, 23 July 2023
- For the Republic of China see Taiwan. For the civilization of China and its history see China. ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- August 1910) (also Chosun, Choson, Chosŏn) in 1392. The dynasty continued ... Shortly following the declaration of the Korean Empire in 1897, the ...39 KB (5,700 words) - 15:30, 6 May 2024
- Incense has been used since antiquity in different parts of the world ... Incense is available in various forms and degrees of processing. Depending ...32 KB (4,937 words) - 12:45, 4 March 2024
- arkho, “rule” ) is a form of government in which political power effectively ... oligarchies, and unofficial oligarchies in which a group of “advisers” ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
- longstanding political or military influence in Europe. He is famous, or infamous ... As a nepotist and spendthrift, Urban easily attracts criticism. Yet ...14 KB (2,102 words) - 17:03, 7 September 2023
- Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley of central ... sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- The Tree of Life is a universal symbol found in many religious traditions ... forbidden to partake of the Tree of Life. In the Book of Revelation, Jesus ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 16:43, 2 May 2023
- social order as essential components in the process. The underpinnings ... A major force in world politics since the early twentieth century ...45 KB (6,718 words) - 00:12, 8 January 2024
- with Thai. 2) Decline of the Hindu state religion with the adoption of Theravada ... The temples of the Angkor area number over one thousand, ranging in ...32 KB (4,644 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in ... American involvement in the war between the communist North Vietnamese ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- Hindu spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant ... practice of Yoga became increasingly popular in the West. The Yoga taught in ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- of the Flourishing Law) is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan ... . Hōryū-ji was originally built in 607 by Empress Suiko and Crown ...23 KB (3,463 words) - 00:01, 25 August 2023
- In an arranged marriage, the marital partners are chosen by parents ... been utilized to cement political alliances. In more recent times, Reverend ...25 KB (3,836 words) - 02:27, 9 January 2023
