Search results for "Religion in China" - New World Encyclopedia
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- An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in ... landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear tests. In its most generic sense, the ...23 KB (2,982 words) - 17:36, 12 February 2024
- Hoover took office in 1929, amid high hopes for the country and his ... Hoover was born into a Quaker family in West Branch, Iowa in 1874 ...41 KB (6,027 words) - 14:27, 9 February 2022
- lawyer; as United States Secretary of State in the Truman Administration during ... toward Asia before the National Press Club in January 1950, in which he excluded ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 08:55, 28 January 2024
- The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous Churches in full communion ... The Eastern Catholic Churches were located historically in Eastern ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pali language. ... the occasion of the Fourth Buddhist Council (in the usual Theravada numbering ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 17:41, 2 May 2023
- Guyana, is the only English-speaking country in South America. It is also one ... decades of socialist policies that resulted in a deteriorating economy, a ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- first Supreme Leader, until his own death in 2011, when he was succeeded ... In the early 1980s, Kim had become the heir apparent for the leadership ...64 KB (9,034 words) - 23:07, 3 March 2023
- is the second most populous city proper in the Philippines, with more ... that grew on the marshy shores of the bay. In the sixteenth century, Manila ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
- to the fourteenth century. As the first king in a new dynasty, historians gave ... Taejo Wang Geon (태조 왕건) was born in 877 into a wealthy merchant ...14 KB (1,907 words) - 02:50, 27 February 2023
- ), a Tamil dynasty, ruled primarily in southern India until the thirteenth ... a military, economic and cultural power in Asia. The Chola territories ...44 KB (6,505 words) - 17:15, 10 December 2023
- The U.S. ended its occupation in part to bolster its efforts in the ... and maimed vast numbers of civilians. Partly in response to devastation caused ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- among the original thirteen colonies settled in the seventeenth century (though ... The first Europeans to settle New England landed in present-day Massachusetts ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- was a German philosopher known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and ... In 1954, Karol Wojtyla, later Pope John Paul II, defended his doctoral ...14 KB (2,180 words) - 00:58, 9 November 2022
- low, barren rock formations. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of ... Today, the country enjoys the third highest per capita income in the ...26 KB (3,773 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- Sikhism is a religion that began in sixteenth-century Northern India ... As a religion, philosophy and way of life, Sikhism is centered on ...38 KB (5,913 words) - 22:00, 29 January 2023
- was an uprising of Japanese peasants, most of them Christians, in ... After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, the Christian lords Konishi ...25 KB (3,619 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- thumb|240px|right|The Clock Tower, completed in 1925, is the most recognizable ... a national coeducational research university in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second ...16 KB (2,170 words) - 04:41, 4 March 2023
- to porn or porno, and sometimes referred to in official matters as x-rated ... the introduction of Kinsey's sexology in the late 1940s, the growing ...30 KB (4,376 words) - 05:39, 30 November 2022
- of Nigeria, is the most populous country in Africa. Archaeological evidence ... colonial rule. Nigeria re-achieved democracy in 1999 after a sixteen-year interruption; ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- author, adventurer and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics ... André Malraux was born on November 3, 1901 in Paris. His parents ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
