Search results for "List of countries by Human Development Index" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... over a thousand years the island was ruled by independent kingdoms, and at ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- Unit 731, short for Manshu Detachment 731, was a unit of the Imperial ... The heinous acts of torture committed by Unit 731 mirrored the inhumane ...57 KB (8,103 words) - 19:47, 9 February 2022
- fullerite. Its hardness and high dispersion of light make it useful for industrial ... abrasives because they can be scratched only by other diamonds, Borazon, ultrahard ...81 KB (12,332 words) - 10:25, 29 January 2024
- ) is a range of traditional medical practices originating in China ... TCM theory asserts that processes of the human body are interrelated ...53 KB (7,935 words) - 04:54, 1 May 2023
- The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ... Asia and South America, Portugal was one of the world's major economic ...88 KB (12,576 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- The Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, or simply ... many times. During more than 40 years of communist totalitarian rule ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- Iran (ايران, Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ... The history of Iran covers over four thousand years. Throughout history ...82 KB (12,001 words) - 13:06, 20 May 2024
- Nepal, known officially as the State of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan ... Although the country is the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who ...47 KB (6,833 words) - 16:19, 11 November 2022
- Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is located on ... Ethnic Somali people are divided among different countries (Somalia ...54 KB (7,776 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
- Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in south ... The region was once inhabited by the ancient Thracians, and was later ...61 KB (8,943 words) - 18:41, 22 November 2023
- The Republic of Iraq, commonly known as Iraq, is a Middle Eastern ... Iraq is bordered by Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey ...56 KB (8,476 words) - 13:04, 6 March 2024
- – April 23, 2007) was the first president of the Russian Federation, serving ... Yeltsin was blamed for many of the problems of this period. By the ...42 KB (6,205 words) - 19:43, 20 November 2023
- power to become the absolute ruler of the Soviet Union between 1928 ... superpower and did not see the elimination of millions of lives as an impediment ...78 KB (11,852 words) - 06:34, 6 May 2024
- Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. It is the second ... it has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighborhoods ...75 KB (11,270 words) - 17:52, 8 February 2024
- quot;) refers to an esoteric collection of Jewish mystical doctrines about ... among the Geonim (early medieval Rabbis) and by Rishonim (later medieval Rabbis ...68 KB (10,629 words) - 21:49, 4 October 2022
- There was systematic political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union, ... based on the interpretation of political opposition or dissent as ...199 KB (24,192 words) - 20:08, 19 September 2022
- (The "Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its ... republic with more than 200 years of democratic traditions, and ...109 KB (16,195 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
- The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (or Hungarian Uprising of 1956) ... was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government ...73 KB (10,504 words) - 12:26, 4 February 2023
- in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia ... ) or "co-reigning" city of the Byzantine Empire alongside ...256 KB (33,767 words) - 18:54, 1 April 2024
