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- Indian Standard Time (IST) represents the time observed throughout ... west of the town of Mirzapur, near Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh ...13 KB (1,858 words) - 18:36, 4 March 2024
- "great countries"), or regions, in ancient India. The core of ... from circa 684 B.C.E. to 424 B.C.E. Two of India's major religions, Jainism ...20 KB (3,019 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- Taxila is an important archaeological site in Pakistan containing ... and Buddhist UNESCO World Heritage List. 1980. [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/139 ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- Jiao Yu (Traditional and Simplified Chinese: 焦玉, Wade-Giles: Chiao ... , July 1, 1311-May 16, 1375), edited and wrote Huolongjing, a famous ...17 KB (2,391 words) - 20:43, 3 April 2024
- Khajuraho (Hindi खजुराहो), a village in the Indian state ... thirteenth century C.E. until rediscovered in the jungles of northern India ...13 KB (1,947 words) - 22:34, 3 March 2023
- an important Hindu religious scholar born in Gujarat, India. He is best ... He was a sanyasi (one who has renounced all worldly possessions and ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- and clay, Georges Millot, W.R. Farrand, Helene Paquet (trans.), Geology ... and understanding the processes that deposit them. Gary Nichols, Sedimentology ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- of southern Korea: Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla. The fall of Baekje ... Archaeological discoveries in the ancient Unified Silla dynasty reveal ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- Jang Yeong-sil was a fifteenth century Korean scientist and astronomer ... are justifiably proud of Jang's legacy and have honored his memory by ...15 KB (2,262 words) - 16:10, 8 February 2023
- (industry, occupation) by humans to catch and/or process, normally for sale ... invertebrates such as mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms), cephalopods ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- He turned to religious reform after a career in the service of the British ... In 1828, prior to his departure to England, Rammohan founded, with ...18 KB (2,857 words) - 00:31, 8 December 2022
- is a school of medical philosophy and practice that seeks to improve ... of the healing power of nature; identifying and treating root causes (including ...20 KB (2,831 words) - 04:22, 11 March 2023
- A sapphire (from the Latin sapphirus and Greek sappheiros, perhaps ... used as the faces of high-quality watches and as the substrates for semiconductor ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 03:24, 23 December 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication billboards 11 014.jpg|thumb|250px|Billboards and street advertising in Shinjuku ...19 KB (2,738 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- it was one of the few known propellants and explosives until the middle ... of the shooter readily discoverable. In addition, the amount of energy ...14 KB (2,154 words) - 14:28, 8 February 2022
- encompasses the first widespread use of technology—as humans progressed from ... contributors to human development. As technology enabled humans to settle ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 06:20, 18 November 2022
- c. 1500 – c. 500 B.C.E.) is the period in the history of India during ... organization, its profound interest in human origins, in the question ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), was an ancient civilization thriving ... This was a flourishing culture, with artistic and technological development ...32 KB (5,016 words) - 21:11, 22 March 2024
- nineteenth century English poet, historian, and Whig politician. He wrote ... Oddly, a direct line can be drawn between this and Indian independence ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 18:39, 30 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Archaeology ... Cave or Rock Paintings are paintings on cave or rock walls and ceilings ...15 KB (2,271 words) - 16:21, 3 December 2023
- [[Image:Veblen3a.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Norwegian-American economist ... August 3, 1929) was an American sociologist and economist who applied the ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 23:02, 30 April 2023
- , or AP, the "Rice Bowl of India," refers to a state in ... Islam has a history of political influence in Andhra Pradesh. In the mid ...30 KB (4,151 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- usually to assist with the growth of crops. In crop production, it is mainly ... Irrigation is also a term used in the medical/dental fields and refers ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 13:24, 6 March 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education ... Category:library and information science [[Image:Louvre at night centered ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- Gunpowder is a low-explosive substance that is used as a propellant ... spelled "saltpetre," carbon in the form of charcoal, and sulfur ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 17:15, 12 July 2023
- ) is a major river in the Indian subcontinent flowing east through ... In his book Discovery of India, Jawaharlal Nehru says: "… The ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- Mineralogy is an Earth science focused around the chemistry, crystal ... Early speculation, study, and theory of mineralogy was written of ...27 KB (3,827 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- between 800 to 200 B.C.E. was the time in which all foundations that ... of a political unity of the world in while writing his book Die ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- or Dhilli, is the second largest metropolis in India after Mumbai. Located ... Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world ...33 KB (4,788 words) - 09:20, 28 January 2024
- ]); formerly known as Cochin), a city in the Indian state of Kerala ... making it the largest urban agglomeration and the second largest city in ...42 KB (5,911 words) - 04:06, 4 March 2023
- to purple flowers with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens, and an ovoid ... A variety of eggplant that is particularly prized in some regions ...16 KB (2,414 words) - 23:58, 12 February 2024
- complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on ... Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, which was ...15 KB (2,151 words) - 22:17, 6 October 2023
- who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the ... ===Family and Background=== Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born on ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 19:55, 24 November 2023
- theologian, missionary, church leader and bishop who served as the last ... Despite roots in a non-Episcopal tradition, he became convinced that ...30 KB (4,685 words) - 22:01, 25 October 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... coined the term "ethnocentrism" in the nineteenth century, although ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in western ... Sichuan, the home of ancient civilizations and ethnic groups, sits ...21 KB (2,859 words) - 14:31, 27 January 2023
- is a mythical island nation first mentioned and described by the classical ... Plato's account of Atlantis, believed to be the first, is found ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:EducationCategory:Psychology [[Image:Imhotep.JPG|right|thumb|Statuette of Egyptian polymath Imhotep ...38 KB (5,454 words) - 00:21, 12 April 2023
- , Hindi: अहमदाबाद Ahmadābād), the largest city in ... Founded in 1411, the city served as the capital of the Sultanate of ...41 KB (5,921 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- A bottle is a container with a neck that is narrower than the body ... Bottles have been developed and used over millennia of human history ...10 KB (1,456 words) - 14:41, 28 April 2020
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... thumb|right|250px|The Pyramid of the Moon in Tenochtitlán, Mexico. Building ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology derived from the astrological symbols of Venus and Mars.]] ...24 KB (3,629 words) - 06:41, 18 April 2024
- is iron, with carbon content between 0.02 and 1.7 percent by weight. Carbon ... The maximum solubility of carbon in iron is 1.7 percent by weight ...29 KB (4,547 words) - 04:40, 28 April 2023
- August 16, 2018) was the Prime Minister of India, briefly in 1996, and from ... Vajpayee was also a poet, writing in his native language, Hindi. His ...47 KB (6,896 words) - 18:41, 19 August 2023
- , IPA: [kəɾˈnɑːʈəkɑː]), a state in the southern part of India ... to the east, Tamil Nadu to the southeast, and Kerala to the southwest. The ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... which cannot be identified by the observer and which remains unidentified ...29 KB (4,399 words) - 01:37, 3 May 2023
- In natural philosophy, atomism is the theory that all the objects ... Traditional atomism is used in two distinct domains: The atoms of ...37 KB (5,618 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- 6 (six) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... that follows 5 and precedes 7. It is an integer and a cardinal number ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- thought to contain H. erectus fossils in Java were placed at only 50 ... Fossil findings of early hominids is often fragmentary and inferences ...14 KB (2,119 words) - 12:01, 2 February 2024
- particularly those plane triangles in which one angle has 90 degrees ... Trigonometry has applications in both pure mathematics and in applied ...19 KB (2,702 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 in Larvik, Norway - April 18, 2002 ... Heyerdahls's voyages across the Atlantic and across the Pacific ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- Cartography or mapmaking (in Greek chartis - map and graphein - write ... Cartography, however mechanized it becomes, remains both a science ...27 KB (4,007 words) - 00:45, 29 November 2023
- Dubai (in Arabic: دبيّ, Dubayy, /dʊ'baɪ/ in English) is one of the seven emirates that constitute the United ...35 KB (5,297 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- Silk is a fine, soft and yet strong proteinaceous fiber that is naturally ... While the best-known and commercially important silk is obtained from ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 20:11, 21 April 2023
- (the Chinese Pinyin spelling often used in Chinese recipes) or bean curd ... Tofu originated in ancient China, but little else is known about the ...37 KB (5,817 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- In philosophy, materialism is a monistic (everything is composed of ... Science uses a working assumption, sometimes known as methodological ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 16:49, 7 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology is the story of humankind's development and cultivation of processes for ...39 KB (5,853 words) - 00:03, 19 November 2020
- major shift of technological, socioeconomic, and cultural conditions that occurred ... The effects spread throughout Western Europe and North America during ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- :This article elaborates on the central technology of generating nuclear ... A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- pyramís) is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge ... Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids, generally ...37 KB (5,368 words) - 21:28, 9 November 2023
- ) is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, and the capital ... Much of Lahore's architecture from the Mughal and colonial eras ...30 KB (4,227 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- to the Neanderthals than modern humans and identified from the nuclear ... designated as Homo sapiens neanderthalensis and Homo neanderthalensis. ...32 KB (4,672 words) - 09:45, 29 January 2024
- Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat ... although not all flat breads are unleavened. In many countries, commercial ...36 KB (5,350 words) - 22:56, 20 November 2023
- is home to one of the world's oldest and most complex civilizations ... Chinese culture underwent several turning points and renewals throughout ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- patient treatment with specialized medical and nursing staff and equipment ... In accordance with the original meaning of the word, hospitals were ...34 KB (4,867 words) - 16:01, 25 April 2020
- 30, 2016) was a religious studies scholar in the United States. He wrote ... Born and raised a Methodist, Smith studied and practiced many of the ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- Medicine is the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis ... sciences, biomedical research, genetics, and medical technology to diagnose ...53 KB (7,336 words) - 04:05, 9 November 2022
- physical conditions by operative manual and instrumental treatment. Surgeons ... For many physical ailments, surgery offers an effective and efficient ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 23:38, 18 September 2021
- Category:Politics and social sciences Obscenity is either the state of being lewd and indecent, or something ...14 KB (2,133 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- from the time of his father's death in 1782 until his own demise in ... Tipu Sultan was a learned man and an able soldier. He was reputed ...44 KB (6,987 words) - 23:40, 30 April 2023
- is the same: to advance an account of valid and fallacious inference, in order ... 1800s logic has also been commonly studied in mathematics, and, more recently ...31 KB (4,895 words) - 20:58, 3 November 2022
- as Bombay, is the the most populous city in India and capital of the state ... Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India, and houses ...39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- 4, 907 C.E.) was preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties ... day Xi'an), the most populous city in the world at the time, is regarded ...40 KB (6,123 words) - 00:13, 10 February 2024
- oil is a naturally occurring liquid found in formations in the Earth consisting ... or even greenish) but varies greatly in appearance, depending on its ...42 KB (6,126 words) - 14:48, 28 March 2023
- within the context of religious belief and practice. Such amazing and ... Although many religious followers and texts confirm witnessing "miracles ...43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- prepared from such sources as cotton, hemp, linen, and rice. As a means of communicating and storing ideas, knowledge, art, and ...25 KB (4,009 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history ... ) is a cultural region, ancient civilization, and nation in East Asia ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- 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
- ) refers to India's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth ... culture. Portuguese merchants first landed in Goa in the fifteenth century ...39 KB (5,868 words) - 08:05, 24 January 2023
- , 2-3. that ruled Iran from 1794 to 1925. In 1794, the Qajar family took ... Britain and Iran fought a war in 1856 over territory between Iran ...27 KB (4,140 words) - 03:59, 7 December 2022
- The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... ), commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. The name India ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- milky, colloidal suspension (known as latex) in the sap of several varieties ... hundred years ago, millions of Africans died in the Congo Free State as a result ...28 KB (4,420 words) - 20:57, 21 December 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Linguistics 250px|right|A multi-volume Latin dictionary in the University Library of Graz.]] ...22 KB (3,268 words) - 14:12, 29 January 2024
- powders, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail and toenail polishes, eye and ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates cosmetics ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 18:25, 17 January 2023
- many types of vaults, with the barrel vault in particular being a continuous ... through their form, especially when used in combination and with additional ...55 KB (8,185 words) - 23:26, 18 March 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also ...43 KB (6,163 words) - 18:17, 12 February 2024
- Kerala refers to a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India ... First settled in the tenth century B.C.E. by speakers of Proto-South ...79 KB (10,302 words) - 22:30, 3 March 2023
- quot;) denotes a set of common beliefs and practices pertaining to the ... In this context, religious thought and practice are aimed at delineating ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- ::For mapping in mathematics, see Function (mathematics) ... elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes. ...20 KB (3,039 words) - 03:02, 6 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology ... a spirit.jpg|right|300px|thumb|John Dee and Edward Kelley evoking a spirit: ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- is an umbrella term that includes soaps and other cleaning agents with ... Detergents are commonly used in products for personal hygiene, dishwashing ...26 KB (3,968 words) - 21:42, 30 January 2023
- ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, which it is also ... century, with some evidence of its existence in pre-Islamic times. With a name ...29 KB (4,200 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- The Great Lakes of Africa are a series of lakes in and around the ... The term "Great Lakes" in the African context is a rather ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- , dráō). The enactment of drama in theater, performed by actors ... traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols ...37 KB (5,637 words) - 17:32, 30 January 2024
- amounts of phytic acid, dietary minerals, and B vitamins. soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and tofu skin are made. Fermented ...46 KB (6,635 words) - 22:34, 28 January 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... Category:Marriage and family [[Image:EN BESKYTTERINDE AF INDUSTRIEN ...45 KB (6,813 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology psyche, "breath, spirit, soul," and -λογία -logia, "study ...53 KB (7,102 words) - 01:28, 12 April 2023
- In ancient times as well as today, Feng Shui, (風水) pronounced ... Yu" which means 'The Law of Heaven and Earth.’ ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 2023
- tower's destruction is not described in Genesis, but is mentioned in ... The story is found in Genesis 11:1-9 as follows: 1 And the whole earth ...34 KB (5,579 words) - 04:46, 1 May 2023
