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  • Grodno, Gomel, Mogilev and Vitebsk. A third of the country is forested, and ... The history of Belarus is a story of domination by foreign powers ...
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  • This article is about the form of dwelling {{multiple image|perrow ... a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or ...
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  • Category:Sociology 275px|"Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution": Logo ...
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  • | birth_place = Dobzau, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria ... | education = University of Vienna (MD, 1922) | known_for ...
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  • courtier and politician at the court of Louis XIV. Bossuet was a staunch advocate of the theory of political absolutism; ...
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  • " a nickname earned during the War of 1812 because of the prominent ... The State joined the Confederate States of America during the American ...
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  • The history of economic thought concerns thinkers and theories in ... Following Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, classical economists ...
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  • who has often been called “the father of existentialism.” Although ... is best known for such notions as his stages of existence, “faith in the ...
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  • The Nanjing Massacre, commonly known as "The Rape of Nanking ... During the occupation of Nanjing, the Japanese army committed numerous ...
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  • The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ... Philippine culture has many affinities with the West: It is one of ...
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  • ” Widely considered to be the father of modern management, his many ... Having experienced the rise of Nazism in Germany in the 1930s, observed ...
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  • and repetitive or restricted patterns of behaviors, interests, or activities ... unpreventable condition, many forms of therapy, such as speech and ...
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  • philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of traditionalist conservative ... 1971 to 1992 he was a lecturer and professor of aesthetics at Birkbeck College ...
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  • The Glass–Steagall legislation describes four provisions of the ... law, including the legislative history of the provisions covered herein. ...
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  • Nonviolence is the practice of being harmless to self and others under ... Forms of nonviolence draw inspiration from both religious or ethical ...
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  • a Romanian historian, philosopher, theorist of religion, literary critic, ... His most significant contributions to the study of religion are his ...
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  • A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a ... America. The twentieth century saw the rise of fascist and communist dictatorships ...
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  • descriptive sense to the economic effects of nations with large state sectors ... There has developed a diverse array of ideas that have been referred ...
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  • Category:Sociology [[File:Picard.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Spanish Inquisition ... on a person. It can be used as a means of intimidation, as a deterrent ...
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  • The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic ... century, eventually affecting most of the world. The impact of this ...
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  • was a German philosopher, who ranks as one of the literary grandfathers of ... Stirner was a member of a group of German intellectuals calling themselves ...
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  • Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 — April 5, 1964) was one of ... MacArthur served in the U.S. Army most of his life, participating ...
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  • storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information. Information science ... understanding problems from the perspective of the stakeholders involved and ...
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  • Category:Sociology is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest ...
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  • Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing ... which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to ...
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  • and formerly Vietnamese. Four percent of Chinese characters are derived ... parts where one indicates a general category of meaning and the other the sound ...
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  • |name = Columbia University inthe City of New York light shall we see the light) (a paraphrase of Psalm 35:10) ...
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  • impressions thereof that are used in lieu of signatures in personal documents ... Seals are typically made of stone, sometimes of wood, bamboo, plastic ...
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  • Category:Sociology Rainbow flag is the most recognized symbol of the LGBT rights movement.]] ...
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  • The unification of Germany into a politically and administratively ... The self-interests of the various parties hampered the process over ...
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  • there has come about, in Parade, a kind of super-realism ('sur-réalisme ... The works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions ...
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  • The State of Illinois is a state of the United States of America, ... About 2,000 Native American hunters and a small number of French villagers ...
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  • thanatos, "death") is the practice of terminating the life of a human ... Of related note is the fact that suicide, or attempted suicide, is ...
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  • The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of ideological, political ... popular uprising against the absolute power of the king and against the privileges ...
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  • Category:Sociology [[Image:Japanese internment camp in British Columbia ... ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other ...
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  • Philosophy is the systematic study of the foundations of human knowledge ... Traditionally at least, it is not the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge’s ...
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  • Violence is defined as "the use of physical force so as to injure ... World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional ...
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  • Lenin and Leon Trotsky. After the revolution of February 1917, he returned ... 1921. His strong support for and defense of the New Economic Policy (NEP ...
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  • The Russian Revolution of 1905 began as a wave of mass political and ... By the end of 1905, the revolution resulted in a number of reforms ...
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  • Bosnia and Herzegovina is a republic of the western Balkans Peninsula ... northern areas which are roughly four fifths of the entire country, while Herzegovina ...
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  • Prussia. Quite generally regarded as one of history’s truly great thinkers ... the absolute, but speculative certainties of the continental rationalism ...
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  • Category:Sociology Category:Lifestyle Category:Marriage and family ... exchange for remuneration. The legal status of prostitution varies in different ...
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  • a poorly documented period in the history of Eastern Europe (roughly the ... According to contemporaneous sources, the population centers of the ...
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  • by many as the greatest American leader of the twentieth century. His ... close to his birthday, King is only one of three Americans to have a national ...
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  • Category:Sociology Category:Anthropology Category:Life sciences ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction between individuals of ...
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  • The history of women in the military extends over 4000 years into ... Yet as a matter of record, women have played a significant role in ...
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  • Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... federal republic, historically consisting of several sovereign states with ...
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  • painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now ... Dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents ...
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