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- from modern-day Afghanistan to Bangladesh in the sixth century B.C.E., prior ... to the Mahajanapadas only incidentally. In a struggle for supremacy during ...50 KB (7,467 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- 15, 1950), a political and social leader of India, played a major role in the ... Sardār), which means Chief in many languages of India. ...64 KB (9,693 words) - 19:34, 15 September 2022
- of the Norse pantheon. She is best known in two unrelated roles: as the ... one of the more exhilarating moments in Norse mythology—one which ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- and influential historical periods. In many ways the Sassanid period ... reaching Western Europe, Africa, China and India and played a prominent role ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- down, derived from custom or implied. In the United States and most ... is to understand what the rights are in "civil rights." ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Ganesha is one of the most easily recognizable gods in the Hindu pantheon ... his metaphysical ability to remove obstacles in his devotees' lives. Widely ...34 KB (5,402 words) - 04:23, 18 April 2024
- was commissioned an officer (Gunkan-bugyo) in the shogunal navy. In 1860, Katsu commanded the Kanrin-maru, a tiny triple-masted schooner ...16 KB (2,496 words) - 17:15, 5 October 2022
- ) (1666-1708) was the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. He was born in Patna ... Guru Gobind Singh was born as Gobind Rai in Patna, Bihar, to the ninth ...43 KB (7,122 words) - 06:18, 10 January 2024
- celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834 ... Many cultures in history used slaves, often putting them to work in ...50 KB (7,650 words) - 14:57, 27 April 2023
- , IPA: [kəɾˈnɑːʈəkɑː]), a state in the southern part of India ... or 5.83 percent of the total geographical area of India, comprises ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- taken captive by the Ming and made a eunuch in the imperial service. He became ... Zheng He was born in 1371 of the Hui ethnic group in Kunyang (昆阳 ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 2023
- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... gazh"). The primary language spoken in Madagascar is Malagasy. ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- The term Carthage refers both to an ancient city in North Africa—located ... to a series of wars known as the Punic Wars, in which a series of losses led ...45 KB (7,001 words) - 00:42, 29 November 2023
- South Asian nation situated between India and China. A strategic location ... One of the most isolated nations in the world, Bhutan is often described ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- at the feast of Saint Nicholas at Bzheta in Shkreli territory, Albania, 1908]] A tribe is a human social system existing before the emergence of ...37 KB (5,635 words) - 16:06, 27 July 2021
- temporarily disrupted by the Crimean War. In fact, Britain was at war every ... increasingly liberal with a number of shifts in the direction of gradual political ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 2023
- religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia. teacher of all peoples, allegedly foretold in the scriptures of Christianity ...50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
- Ayutthaya as the capital of his kingdom in 1350 and absorbed Sukhothai ... In 1767, Burma invaded Ayutthaya, repelled the Ming Dynasty and took ...29 KB (4,487 words) - 06:07, 10 January 2023
- The Kalash or Kalasha, are an ethnic group found in the Hindu Kush ... a highly significant and spiritual role in their daily life. As part of ...33 KB (5,027 words) - 17:07, 14 May 2024
- The term physician is at least nine hundred years old in English: ... to the London Royal College of Physicians in 1518. It was not until 1540 ...29 KB (3,911 words) - 19:59, 15 May 2020
- [[Image:Tagore3.jpg|thumb|200px|Rabindranath Tagore in Kolkata, c ... works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late ninteenth and early ...50 KB (7,214 words) - 16:18, 7 December 2022
- ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either ... without stigma, because of its iconic usage in Nazi Germany the symbol has ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- texts that serve a variety of purposes in the individual and collective ... Around the world, scriptures are held in the highest regard and often ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan who were ... Zen Buddhism, which played an important role in developing Japanese ethical ...49 KB (7,556 words) - 03:06, 23 December 2022
- gemstones since their use as religious icons in ancient India. Their usage ... cutting and polishing techniques, growth in the world economy, and innovative ...81 KB (12,332 words) - 10:25, 29 January 2024
- ng Pilipinas), is an island nation located in the Malay Archipelago in Southeast ... is one of only two Roman Catholic countries in Asia, the other being East ...42 KB (6,083 words) - 15:26, 27 March 2024
- philosophies. Buddhism originated in ancient India as a Sramana ... path of Buddhahood. Buddhist schools vary in their interpretation of the ...93 KB (13,393 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... played an important role as a mediator in resolving disputes between ...47 KB (7,144 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- Marxism, in a narrow sense, refers to the thoughts and theories of ... and analysis of capitalism as it existed in Europe during the first half ...86 KB (12,847 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- The largest country in the world by land area, Russia has the world ... the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. After the Soviet ...137 KB (20,217 words) - 18:16, 22 December 2022
