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- [[File:Om symbol.svg.png|thumb|right|250px|Om/Aum in Devanagari script]] , also rendered Om, is the most sacred sound in Hinduism, symbolizing the infinite ...13 KB (2,123 words) - 07:07, 13 June 2023
- to 1969. He handed over power to Commander in Chief General Yahya Khan, whom ... Ayub Khan was born in the village of Rehana in Haripur District to ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 14:50, 7 February 2023
- are the only extant (living) species in the genus Pongo and the subfamily ... Orangutans are apes in the family Hominidae and superfamily Hominoidea ...14 KB (1,986 words) - 10:40, 11 March 2023
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... facilities for disposal of solid waste in Koror, and extensive sand and ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- of other nations that are not its colonies. In various forms, imperialism ... as spreading order, morality, the true religion and civilization, and have ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- 1913) was a British army officer. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the ... of independence to the Indians; the Ashanti in west Africa and the Zulu in ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... After it was conquered by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1021 C.E., the name Gandhara ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... ==Early religion in Korea== [[Image:Dangun as Mountain Spirit 1.jpg ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- during meditation, and Zen teachers use them in training novices. Each koan ... In Chan (Zen) Buddhism, a koan is a succinct paradoxical statement ...33 KB (5,103 words) - 03:57, 4 March 2023
- of his work, it was never enshrined in one of the famous collections ... to understand early medieval Chinese religion, culture, and society. Recent ...30 KB (4,865 words) - 06:29, 18 April 2024
- areas stretching from Central Asia in the North and West to Myanmar ... Tibet was forcibly incorporated into the People's Republic of ...35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- Buddhism has been a major force in the creation of Korean culture ... One of the foremost Buddhist temples in South Korea, Haeinsa has housed ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 16:38, 21 January 2024
- of poems from the Chinese Tang Dynasty in the Daoist and Zen tradition ... and orientalist Edwin G. Pulleyblank asserts in his study Linguistic Evidence ...19 KB (3,199 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2021
- after the fall of the Lon Nol regime in 1975. He is considered largely ... After joining the Communist movement while a student in France and ...22 KB (3,417 words) - 08:30, 24 November 2022
- to news gathering and processes involved in obtaining information for public ... some limitations are always present both in principle and in practice. ...23 KB (3,543 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- area and the most populous national capital in Oceania. It is in the Wellington ... of the coast. This cosmopolitan city exists in close proximity to nature. ...30 KB (4,384 words) - 20:30, 18 January 2024
- Buddhist scriptures, and the ideas contained in and based on them, that attempts ... and used by schools of Mahayana Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, Korea ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- that were occasionally worldwide in scope. By contrast, during ... Before uniformitarianism, the dominant belief in many cultures of ...15 KB (2,089 words) - 17:51, 30 November 2023
- portrait with his statue following his death in 1861.]] Mourning is in the simplest sense synonymous with grief over the death ...23 KB (3,744 words) - 01:46, 11 March 2023
- recognized as a major socialist thinker and, in many socialist circles, as ... Bernstein was born in Berlin on January 6, 1850. His political career ...9 KB (1,198 words) - 18:16, 12 February 2024
- 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
- the dualistic ethos that spawned these terms in the first place. ... In this new understanding, pagan traditions are defined by the absence ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- plumage, which, after a long life, dies in a fire of its own making only ... of the phoenix, the differences in nuance are overshadowed by ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
- this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ... It is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the north ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- In the broader sense of the term, bioethics encompasses both biomedical ... Bioethics concerns the ethical questions that arise in the relationships ...12 KB (1,586 words) - 17:53, 31 October 2023
- Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern ... the Dutch East Indies and India, as well as China and the Middle East. Although ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- The term polygamy (literally many marriages in late Greek) is used ... and world levels is not to be found in polygamy, but rather in individuals ...37 KB (5,815 words) - 17:42, 30 November 2023
- or Axum), was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa, growing ... Ethiopian culture today has its roots in this civilization. The decline ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- or paramilitary service, or those engaged in such activity. Militias can ... rather than professional soldiers, vary in their military training and ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- replaced an earlier polytheistic Turkic religion; it was also the religion ... and respect for these deities and living in harmony with the universe. ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 06:07, 27 February 2023
- at his mother's home at Amphoe Amphawa in present day Samut Songkhram ... and Mongkut as Rama IV, famous as the king in Anna and the King of Siam. ...9 KB (1,378 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population ... Many areas that suffered famines in the past have protected themselves ...36 KB (5,441 words) - 00:40, 25 March 2024
- regions of the People's Republic of China, along with Macau. Comprising ... to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Hong Kong was declared ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- coeducational, liberal arts college situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded ... Vassar was founded in 1861 to provide an education for women equal ...12 KB (1,685 words) - 14:40, 3 May 2023
- Jewish men, although some men and women in the egalitarian Conservative ... In Hebrew, kippah means "dome." The Goth word kappel (cf ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- of Korea, up to the division of Korea in the 1940s. See History of North ... Gojoseon (then called Joseon), was founded in 2333 B.C.E. by Dangun, who ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- Union from 1964 to 1982, though at first in partnership with others. He ... to ensure that the West would be an ally in the process of liberalization ...24 KB (3,435 words) - 15:34, 28 April 2023
- The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gyne woman) is used in related ... |right|250px|Polygyny, the marriagemarital practice in which a man ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- people; and the explanation of Zen teachings in a way that ordinary people ... changing needs of the time; his flexibility in adjusting the Zen teachings ...14 KB (2,265 words) - 16:55, 21 January 2024
- Buddhism, the largest religious denomination in Japan (by number of temples ... east of Fukui in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In English, its name means ...16 KB (2,429 words) - 00:05, 13 February 2024
- angles, thus producing different colors. In addition to clothing, silk ... also are produced by two giant silkworms in the Saturnidae family, Samia ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 20:11, 21 April 2023
- and large size (up to 30 meters (98 feet) in height and a trunk diameter ... date of the Sri Maha Bodhi, 288 B.C.E., in Sri Lanka, gives it the oldest ...10 KB (1,612 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- The term religion (from Latin: religio meaning "bind, connect ... In this context, religious thought and practice are aimed at delineating ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- of knowledge, economics, anthropology, religion, aesthetics, theories of ... Western political philosophy has its origins in ancient Greek society, when ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- 250px|Teamsters, armed with pipes, riot in a clash with police in the ... of violence and property damage, usually in reaction to a perceived grievance ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:19, 11 August 2022
- , also Sikhim) - a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas ... ranking as the second-smallest in area after Goa. The thumb-shaped ...35 KB (5,094 words) - 20:10, 21 April 2023
- This practice has been all too common in human history. Even biblical ... 1900–1959), a Polish Jewish legal scholar, in 1943, from the roots genos ...35 KB (5,250 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- one of the most significant Neo-Confucians in China. Philosophically, he ... 1313 to 1905 C.E. As the reigning orthodoxy in Korea for the six hundred years ...20 KB (3,073 words) - 06:03, 13 June 2023
- The Tatars are people of Turkic origin living mainly in Russia but ... society and achieved prominent positions in government and in the military ...38 KB (5,622 words) - 04:35, 27 February 2023
- An amulet (from Latin amuletum; earliest extant use in Natural History ... ==Amulets in ancient history== Throughout history, on every continent ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- of leaders of the Christian churches in the Roman Empire to deal with ... to use the term theotokos (Mother of God) in relation to the Virgin Mary ...15 KB (2,352 words) - 08:26, 10 January 2024
- As technology enabled humans to settle in larger numbers, however, more ... The development of microlith tools began in response to these changes. ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 06:20, 18 November 2022
- speech and other forms of human expression. In some cases, it is exercised ... się w Bydgoszczy?" (What happened in Bydgoszcz?) and "Pogotowie ...26 KB (3,779 words) - 01:42, 13 January 2023
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It also ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- Baklava or baklawa is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines ... Commonly regarded as a Greek specialty, baklava is available in a ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- Japan made two invasions of Korea, in 1592 and 1596, starting a war ... 1.0] accessdate 2007-03-24 involved China and resulted in further conflicts ...42 KB (6,114 words) - 09:44, 1 April 2024
- A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society ... that aim to take power at the center or in a region, or to change government ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- cooked and served fresh, most ham is cured in some fashion. The curing process ... between groups, due to the differences in religious viewpoint regarding ...27 KB (4,434 words) - 16:58, 21 January 2024
- regarded as the holiest temple complex in Japan. Located in the city ... The Ise-Jingu Shrine is the major sightseeing attraction in Ise, attracting ...13 KB (2,113 words) - 03:00, 8 March 2024
- The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, largely a continuation ... caused by the conflict. Four million people in southern Sudan were displaced ...27 KB (3,989 words) - 21:31, 26 February 2023
- The Republic of Costa Rica ("Rich Coast") is a country in ... Despite much political unrest and violence in neighboring countries, Costa ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- Commoner, savior of free public education in Pennsylvania, national Republican ... Stevens was born in Danville, Vermont on April 4, 1792. He suffered ...9 KB (1,431 words) - 02:49, 19 April 2023
- better or worse, he played a gigantic role in that drama. While there have been three other Daewon-gun in Joseon Dynasty, so dominant ...9 KB (1,510 words) - 07:43, 12 January 2024
- cultural beliefs. While the text has existed in some form for over two thousand ... earliest cosmic and philosophical thought in the Orient. The text features ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 11:13, 24 May 2023
- has long played an extremely important role in human societies, and a variety ... examples of laws regarding inheritance in different cultures: ...15 KB (2,362 words) - 17:02, 21 November 2020
- with those of a solar calendar. It has been in continual use in China for ... After Jesuits introduced Western astronomy into China during the seventeenth ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- of developed countries' involvement in the developing world. Critics ... ) and a critique of modern capitalist businesses involvement in nations ...50 KB (7,266 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड) is a state of India located ... Nagaland has played a crucial role in the development of the Republic ...19 KB (2,820 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- technological, and literary traditions of China. Among his many accomplishments ... Zhang was one of the best known writers in literature and poetry in ...53 KB (7,780 words) - 16:31, 19 January 2024
- A coffin, or casket, is a funerary box used in the display and containment ... In other situations, more spiritual considerations may be important ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 22:26, 7 January 2024
- , one of the six largest cities in India during Gautama Buddha ... The main monasteries in Sravasti were Jetavana and the Pubbarama. ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 16:17, 8 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
- from 1964 to 1991. He played a major role in Zambia's independence ... From the time he became President until his fall from power in 1991 ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 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
- Goa Velha ("Velha" means old in Portuguese), referring to ... Christianity constitutes India's third-largest religion, following ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:24, 31 December 2023
- the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. The ... defined to stretch from the Liard River in British Columbia, down to the ...17 KB (2,479 words) - 02:29, 16 December 2022
- Jesus alive, Thomas professed his faith in Jesus, exclaiming "My ... as far as India. The churches of Malankara in India trace their roots back ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- both from their meat and their eggs. People in many cultures have admired ... Male chickens are known as roosters in the United States, Canada, ...29 KB (4,637 words) - 15:23, 10 December 2023
- of Jikji printed during the Goryeo Dynasty, in 1377, is on record as the world ... The purpose of Jikji was to assist Buddhist monks in teaching Zen ...14 KB (2,230 words) - 01:10, 9 February 2023
- martyr together with 11,000 other virgins in Cologne, Germany around 383 ... course and massacred by the Huns and Picts in northern Germany, but not in ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines ... Traditionally, however, the colors are cited in sequence, as though they were ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:20, 16 April 2023
- of Japan at the end of the twelfth century in the Gempei War (1180-1185) ... The Tale of the Heike was compiled in 1240 by an unknown author from ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2023
- The March First Movement, or the Samil Movement (in Korean, samil ... The March First demonstrations established the high-water mark in ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- of India entered Tibet along with Buddhism in the ninth century and was gradually ... and was primarily created to be used in religious rituals and education ...39 KB (5,852 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- explained the rise and fall of civilization in The Decline of the West, Toynbee ... with whom he is sometimes confused. Born in London, Arnold J. was educated ...29 KB (4,250 words) - 03:54, 15 August 2023
- Philosophy of religion is the application of the philosophical method ... of – ,” the philosophy of religion is critically important ...73 KB (11,277 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- object is different from other art in that it is also tactile and ... used to create sculpture are unparalleled in the art world. ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- Malaysia is a federation of 13 states in Southeast Asia. ... The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- to be graced with special powers or skills. In general, possessed persons ... and the practice of exorcism originated in prehistoric shamanistic beliefs ...20 KB (3,223 words) - 23:55, 24 March 2024
- by the Chinese, is a plateau region in Central Asia and the indigenous ... The Tibetan Empire came into existence in the seventh century when ...62 KB (9,319 words) - 23:23, 30 April 2023
- In the seventeenth century the Mughal emperor Jahangir set his eyes ... The rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Muslim-dominated Kashmir, Hindu ...52 KB (7,879 words) - 07:24, 5 October 2022
- secretions had been known for centuries in China and had spread to the ... Jenner also coined the term immunization, which in its original meaning ...25 KB (3,573 words) - 19:51, 17 November 2021
- of Mahayana Buddhist thought, but also in triggering Hindu responses ... (344–413 c.e.), Nagarjuna was born in South India near the town of ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 23:10, 10 November 2022
- The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia, the successor ... In 2005, oil and natural gas deposits were found beneath Cambodia ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis ... and was re-issued by Harcourt in March 2007. He has also written academic ...23 KB (3,384 words) - 01:32, 3 May 2023
- India has been theorized to have taken place in the Middle to Late Bronze Age ... In the case of the Indo-Aryan race, they indeed appear to have origin ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- and beyond, from present day Afghanistan in the north to Bengal in the ... The name ‘Ashoka’ translates as “without sorrow” in Sanskrit ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- Unification thought sees history as a theater in which God works voluntarily ... " namely reversing the "Fall" in order to enable the realization ...26 KB (3,993 words) - 02:18, 18 April 2023
- |caption =Keating Hall with Edwards Parade in the foreground ... Fordham University is a private university in the United States, with ...33 KB (4,668 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- and overseas Chinese. The main groups living in the interior are Native American ... Most of the land is still covered with untouched rainforest, and in ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 10:54, 11 April 2024
- ) is an internal (neijia, Wudangquan) Chinese martial art, in which ... of people practice together every morning in parks around the world, particularly ...44 KB (6,584 words) - 00:21, 16 February 2024
- Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 13:13, 20 May 2024
- military leaders who was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in World ... MacArthur served in the U.S. Army most of his life, participating ...47 KB (7,075 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- He led one of the most important administrations in India's modern ... Rao's term as Prime Minister proved an eventful one in India ...30 KB (4,303 words) - 10:56, 11 March 2023
- An endangered species is any animal or plant species that is in danger ... is also used for anything or anyone that is in danger of dying out, such as ...22 KB (2,981 words) - 16:35, 5 January 2021
- of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east ... The country is infamous for the 1994 genocide that resulted in the ...25 KB (3,542 words) - 17:40, 28 September 2023
- a thousand years, the Somali and Afar tribes in this region became among the ... Ethiopia. Two-thirds of the inhabitants live in the capital city. ...32 KB (4,757 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- to another, often over long distances or in large groups. Humans are known ... reason, have affected the grand epochs in history, changing forever the ...28 KB (4,050 words) - 16:22, 23 December 2022
- ) refers to a race of large serpentine creatures that abound in the ... In Sanskrit, the term nāgaḥ ( sa|नागः ) refers specifically ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- existed from 975 to 1187. It was centered in Ghazni, a city in present day ... around the city of Ghazni from his father-in-law, Alp Tigin, a break-away ...15 KB (2,234 words) - 16:57, 8 December 2022
- more territory than any other commander in history. He gained victory ... When Batu returned to Mongolia for the election of the new Great Khan ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 21:26, 26 February 2023
- The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed ... Italy, facing opposition to its war in Abyssinia from the League of ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- of Chán Buddhism during Tang Dynasty China. Linji was trained by the ... In 851, Linji moved to the Linji temple in Hebei, where he took his ...11 KB (1,835 words) - 04:11, 29 October 2022
- to be over 300 million people living in the Arab world. There are 22 ... of the faith founded by the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century. There ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- , a hill station (a hill town) nestled in the Shiwalik Hills (or Lower ... number among the famous education institutes in Kamlipong. Recently, Kalimpong ...23 KB (3,374 words) - 17:14, 14 May 2024
- all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. A university ... fall within the purview of education, in particular higher education ...28 KB (4,044 words) - 12:01, 3 May 2023
- Ilāhābād) is the English name of a city in the north Indian state of Uttar ... , with ilāh being Arabic for "(a) god" (in this context ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:37, 17 May 2021
- misuse of the death penalty greatly declined in the nineteenth and twentieth ... more appropriate than execution. Yet, in the ideal society, human beings ...41 KB (6,212 words) - 21:02, 25 November 2023
- Serpent (from Latin: serpens, serpentis) is a word used in mythological ... most widespread mythological figures found in various cultures. It was recognized ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. The name "Senegal ... from a one-party state to a multiparty democracy in 2000. ...33 KB (4,780 words) - 14:52, 4 April 2024
- taken a variety of forms historically and in the modern world from the state ... separate rival Church and State institutions in Christendom. This rivalry between ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- [[Image:Japanese internment camp in British Columbia.jpg|thumb|250px ... and murder. Today, this term is used only in this extremely pejorative sense; ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 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
- of a religious ritual. It has been practiced in many cultures throughout much ... animal sacrifice and of religious sacrifice in general, human victims were ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- Republic, is a landlocked socialist republic in Southeast Asia. Laos traces ... than stimulated, growth and development, in 1986 the government announced ...33 KB (5,048 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- In philosophy, materialism is a monistic (everything is composed of ... naturalism, that observable events in nature are to be explained ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 16:49, 7 November 2022
- tuber crop, and the fourth largest crop in terms of fresh produce (after ... crop of Ireland when the potato famine hit in the mid-nineteenth century ...20 KB (3,010 words) - 05:53, 30 November 2022
- the intention of favoring trade privileges in India. The Royal Charter effectively ... This was arrogant but it resulted in many initiatives, such as education ...38 KB (6,054 words) - 02:25, 22 November 2023
- heralded by the Battle of the Kalka River in 1223 between Subutai's ... The rise of Moscow as the successor state to the one centered in Kiev ...16 KB (2,408 words) - 13:10, 10 March 2023
- Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889 - 1929), born in Patiala State, India, became ... Asian people have profound faith than those in the West. ...21 KB (3,248 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- peoples, formed by using niches or caves in high cliffs. Some are complex ... Cliff-dwellings are found throughout the world and in some cases are ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 22:05, 7 January 2024
- of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. It attained its greatest ... There are numerous historical and architectural monuments in and around ...20 KB (2,826 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- , Urdu: لدّاخ; "land of high passes") is a province ... Situated on a high altitude plain, Ladakh became the midway point ...43 KB (6,368 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- (sometimes called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its ... After World War II, Shinto lost its status of state religion; some ...32 KB (5,118 words) - 14:16, 27 January 2023
- Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country ... With Mugabe's resignation in November 2017 in the wake of ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- been introduced elsewhere. Although common in France, the wild boar became ... boars provide important functions in food chains, consuming a very ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 23:54, 11 January 2023
- and electromagnetic fields present in extracellular materials and ... Several fields are involved in the study of the human body. Anatomy ...25 KB (3,706 words) - 21:55, 23 December 2020
- heroic figure. It typically occurs in a totalitarian or authoritarian ... usually by the state or the party in one-party states and dominant ...57 KB (8,108 words) - 06:45, 11 January 2024
- and cultural conditions that occurred in the late eighteenth and early ... the most important unanswered question in social science. ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- Neoconservatism is a political philosophy that emerged in the United ... coined the usage of neoconservative in a 1973 Dissent magazine article ...51 KB (7,336 words) - 04:32, 11 March 2023
- 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
- lines, on mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas, on temples or ... Daoism, and Buddhism have evolved together in a kindred relationship throughout ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 20:32, 8 September 2023
- while bringing back ancient Roman religion.Modern Neo-Pagans (particularly ... had been for more than a century. However, in choosing to resurrect the old ...29 KB (4,353 words) - 09:46, 12 May 2024
- Korea (the DPRK), is an East Asian country in the northern half of the Korean ... communist Democratic People's Republic in 1948. It is now a single-party ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- after United Nations supervised elections in 1948. The Soviet Union had ... of Korea), which declared its independence in September 1948. To the west ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- to end a war, or it can constitute an entire war in itself. own empire. Not all invasions are successful in accomplishing their objectives—Napoleon ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
- may be conceived as affecting the world in general or a specific individual ... is limited due to circumstances, belief in fate or destiny adds the idea ...22 KB (3,568 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- logic of the twelfth century to scholars in England. Raised as a foster ... variety of subjects, most of which are still in manuscript form. His most significant ...12 KB (1,817 words) - 14:26, 18 July 2023
- solid, white, pale pink or light grey in color, normally obtained from ... as salt, where they are found together in very concentrated form. Some ...36 KB (5,357 words) - 01:13, 21 April 2023
- Yi Hwang began his Confucian studies early, succeeded in the civil ... === Establishment of a Confucian State in Korea === During the Joseon ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 11:12, 24 May 2023
- of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone ... wide area can range from a single bell hung in a turret or bell-gable, to ...42 KB (6,679 words) - 22:00, 26 December 2023
- "to bow" or "to kneel") in reference to the prostrations ... quot;mosque," just like its equivalents in many other European languages ...42 KB (6,416 words) - 12:31, 7 May 2024
- for internationally recognized human rights. In particular, Amnesty International ... Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by a Roman Catholic British ...30 KB (4,487 words) - 00:59, 9 January 2023
- [[Image:Prokudin-Gorskii-18.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Kazakh nomads in ... place to another, rather than settling down in one location. Nomadism is distinguished ...40 KB (5,990 words) - 02:37, 16 November 2022
- and the Gulf of Guinea. Upon independence in 1960, it became the Republic ... for economic reforms and privatization and in renewing cooperation with international ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
- In anthropology, a Pygmy is a member of a hunter-gatherer people characterized ... The greatest threats to Pygmy survival in Africa comes from threatened ...27 KB (4,197 words) - 20:58, 14 April 2023
- by the legendary conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) in the fourteenth century. In the sixteenth century, Timurid prince Babur, the ruler of Ferghana ...22 KB (3,337 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
- friends. Pope during the period of residency in Avignon, he briefly returned ... Guillaume de Grimoard, was a native of Grizac in Languedoc (today ...12 KB (1,868 words) - 13:42, 3 May 2023
- Signaling, as such, has been very important in environments where communication ... Although flag-like symbols were used in some ancient cultures, the ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- A codex (Latin for block of wood, book; plural codices) is a book ... scholars seemed to have used codices in order to distinguish their ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- He was a key figure on the left of the party in the mid-twentieth century and ... cite Karl Marx and supported recognition of China under Mao Zedong. On the ...28 KB (4,168 words) - 18:03, 27 July 2023
- [[Image:Mummy 501594 fh000031.jpg|thumb|375px|A mummy in the British ... or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs. Taken from the medieval ...24 KB (3,616 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- that lasted for roughly nine months in 1971. The war resulted in Bangladesh ... Pakistan's partition from India in 1947 had arisen from the ...42 KB (6,477 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- Angela Dorothea Merkel (born Angela Dorothea Kasner, July 17, 1954 ... Magazine to be the "most powerful woman in the world at the present time ...49 KB (6,775 words) - 18:05, 27 July 2023
- American psychologist who pioneered work in human instinctual behavior ... McDougall was born on June 22, 1871 in Lancashire, England, as the ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 10:35, 11 May 2023
- Mayotte is located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in ... Because of the volcanic rock, the soil is relatively rich in some ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
- harengusThe most abundant species of fish in the world. ... throughout life, and limbs—if present—in the form of fins. Poikilothermic ...18 KB (2,549 words) - 06:51, 17 May 2021
- South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... #039;s surface. South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- and 16th Ismaili imam (996-1021). Born in 985, Abu ‘Ali “Mansur” ... state. However, after the latter’s removal in 1000, Hakim held the reins ...28 KB (4,430 words) - 04:12, 17 June 2023
- island of Thera (known today as Santorini) in the mid-second millennium B ... thousand years before the Minoan eruption. In a repeating process, the volcano ...26 KB (3,980 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- one of the most successful military leaders in history. He believed himself ... While his image in much of the world is that of a ruthless, bloodthirsty ...50 KB (8,058 words) - 06:47, 18 April 2024
- called “the best short characterizations in the whole of ancient history.” ... as a tool to help understand the past in order to shape the present ...21 KB (3,270 words) - 07:33, 25 July 2023
- for public office. Landon was a key figure in the United States Republican ... Landon was born in 1887, to John Manuel and Anne Mossman Landon. The ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 16:52, 20 July 2023
- a coastline of 12 miles (19.3 kilometers) in the North Pacific Ocean, formerly ... lands rights," a concept commonly held in Micronesian cultures. ...28 KB (4,195 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- Asian nation situated between India and China. A strategic location, it ... One of the most isolated nations in the world, Bhutan is often described ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- scholarship and apostolic zeal. Founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola ... independence and separate leader in the order (sometimes called ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- Beauty is commonly defined as a characteristic present in objects ... goodness, love, being, and the divine. In this concept, beauty is a supreme ...19 KB (2,937 words) - 10:19, 26 September 2023
- is an island nation off the coast of Africa in the southwest Indian Ocean ... In addition to the island of Mauritius, the republic includes the ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- Avantikapuri), an ancient city of Malwa in central India on the eastern ... Ujjain has served as a center of science and culture in northern India ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- quot; (as opposed to kamuy, divine beings) in the Hokkaidō dialects of the ... semicircularly behind. The Ainu lived in reed-thatched huts, without ...21 KB (3,397 words) - 06:59, 16 June 2023
- Republic of Timor-L'este, is a country in Southeast Asia comprising the ... East Timor has the lowest per capita income in the world (US$400 per annum ...25 KB (3,519 words) - 16:40, 26 March 2024
- matter, though it eats insects. It lives in nomadic groups, which contain ... In addition to its ecological role in food chains, ostriches provide ...28 KB (4,283 words) - 10:51, 11 March 2023
- in Kannada) stood as a prominent South Indian empire that ruled most ... of Malnad Karnataka, an elevated region in the Western Ghats range. In ...35 KB (5,038 words) - 18:09, 15 March 2023
- Uzbekistan, is a doubly-landlocked country in Central Asia, formerly of the ... Located in the heart of Central Asia between the Amu Darya (Oxus) ...41 KB (5,990 words) - 14:07, 3 May 2023
- the Divine Office. Such ceremonial music in the Judeo-Christian tradition ... character of liturgical music are rooted in the music's conception ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- of a basic shakuhachi, but shakuhachi vary in length from about 1.3 shaku ... the monks of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism in the practice of suizen (blowing ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 12:20, 27 January 2023
- taken religious vows of poverty and celibacy in order to dedicate himself to ... (Eremitic Monasticism) while others live in a community with like-minded ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- city of the landlocked nation of Botswana, in Southern Africa. It serves ... Gaborone lies in a flat valley between Kgale and Oodi Hills, on the ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 09:18, 4 December 2023
- 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
- Ismā'īlī Shīˤa Islām that formed in 765 C.E. when the followers ... educational and medical organizations in the service of humanity and ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 06:09, 16 June 2023
- Chakra (Sanskrit: meaning circle or wheel) is a widely used concept ... Another use of the term "chakra" is found in classical Indian ...24 KB (3,564 words) - 17:25, 30 September 2021
- Asia to an area around the Volga River in the seventeenth century. After ... The Kalmyks are the only inhabitants of Europe whose national religion ...59 KB (8,936 words) - 17:18, 14 May 2024
- The Kingdom of Thailand, known as Siam until 1939, lies in Southeast ... The word Thai (ไทย) means "freedom" in the Thai language ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown ... The dynasty revived under Kadungon in the early sixth century. They ...21 KB (3,154 words) - 06:36, 18 November 2022
- Korea) and prominent tourist destination in eastern South Korea. It lies ... vast number of sites from this period remain in the city today. After the kingdom ...25 KB (3,647 words) - 14:22, 14 December 2021
- Initially a site for English penal colonies in the eighteenth and ... largest monolith, Mount Augustus, is located in Western Australia. At 2,228 ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- One," refers to the belief in a religious (and often political ... The concept of Messiah is prevalent in several world religions as ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- on earth appealed to religious reformers in the post-World War II Japan ... Nichiren was born in 1222 in the fishing village of Kominato in the ...27 KB (4,005 words) - 23:30, 14 November 2022
- puppet theater are accompanied by gamelan in Java, and by "gender wayang ... and most popular form of puppet theater in the world. UNESCO designated ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- Ndebele tribe. He was affectionately known in Zimbabwe as Father Zimbabwe ... In 1980, both Nkomo and Mugabe took part in the Lancaster House talks ...18 KB (2,723 words) - 05:07, 7 May 2024
- References to the term “xian” appeared in Chinese texts as early as the ... ) are a group of legendary xian in Chinese mythology, first described ...38 KB (6,009 words) - 14:30, 20 May 2023
- Brown was particularly instrumental in bringing together the various ... Radcliffe-Brown was born on January 17, 1881 in Sparkbrook, Birmingham ...15 KB (2,175 words) - 18:05, 20 July 2023
- is one who practices oratory or speaks in public. Many undergo extensive ... The term Orator is recorded in English since around 1374, meaning ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- Category:Religion Merton, Thomas for humanity's search for meaning in the modern world. ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- famous versions, such as stories of Matsya in the Hindu Puranas, Deucalion ... deny that there was ever a single deluge in the last 6,000 years that covered ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 17:53, 11 November 2023
- period following the death of Josef Stalin in 1953. Khrushchev served as ... suppress all remnant religious institutions in the Soviet Union. He also supported ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 20:28, 9 March 2022
- ) is a prehistoric mound builder site located in the extreme northeastern ... the plantation on which it was discovered in the mid-1800s, when it was ...15 KB (2,177 words) - 17:40, 9 November 2023
- Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. It has been found in ... In everyday usage the term pottery encompasses a wide range of ceramics ...28 KB (4,471 words) - 22:01, 30 November 2022
- of Bulguksa and it played a vital role in Korean cultural history. Located on Mt. Tohamsan, in Gyeongju, South Korea, about one hour ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- #039;s Association, Marx became interested in social change during his university ... over a period of four decades beginning in 1843. He formulated his theories ...40 KB (6,034 words) - 17:41, 31 March 2023
- right|250 px|Tokyo, the largest metropolis in the world.]] ... and businesses, benefiting all parties in the process. Historically, ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- is an island nation and the smallest country in Southeast Asia. It is located ... According to folklore, a prince named Sang Nila Utama was caught in ...31 KB (4,281 words) - 22:29, 15 May 2024
- In general discussion, a nation-state is variously called a "country ... by the throwing off of kings (for example, in the Netherlands and the United ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 04:09, 11 March 2023
- In addition, it is classified as a real number, A real number is a ... In the beginning, various groups in India wrote eight more or less ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- of both short stories and novels. He wrote in Yiddish. From a traditional ... Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in 1902 in Leoncin, a small village ...18 KB (2,895 words) - 18:52, 7 March 2024
- (especially dairy), mining, and lumbering. In the twentieth century, many ... one of the most German-American states in the United States. Numerous ...35 KB (5,043 words) - 23:16, 17 May 2023
- is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. It borders Afghanistan ... ethnic Russians, who were mostly employed in industry, fled to Russia, taking ...43 KB (6,221 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- Tuvalu (pronounced too-VAH-loo) is an island nation located in the ... making it the fourth smallest country in the world. The land is very ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- a change from an aquatic larval stage in which they acquire oxygen from ... naked skin. Yet, some have dermal scales. In comparison with fish, aquatic ...22 KB (3,306 words) - 12:33, 9 January 2023
- refers to four Spanish-era churches in the Philippines designated ... The Spanish had been the greatest power in the world during the late ...20 KB (2,841 words) - 08:18, 20 September 2023
- and influential historical periods. In many ways the Sassanid period ... borders, reaching Western Europe, Africa, China and India and played a prominent ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- and lived until they fell and were expelled. In the Qur'an it is simply ... of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Devil (in the Bible symbolized by a serpent ...19 KB (3,242 words) - 04:30, 18 April 2024
- six centuries, from the capture of Ceuta in 1415 to Macau's return ... Portugal was Spain's junior partner in the Iberian Union. Although ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- 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
- 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
- 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
