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  • Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions ... Catholic Church (i.e. the Western Church), and Eastern Catholic Churches ...
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  • of Homer (eighth-seventh century B.C.E.), and continues through the rise ... 039;s rightful place as the author of values and as the director of history ...
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  • a philosopher, jurist, mathematician, and astronomer. He is also referred ... the idea that God is present in all things and yet transcends all things ...
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  • Saint John of Damascus (also known as John Damascene, and Chrysorrhoas ... His activities spanned from theology to politics for he was also the ...
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  • Boris inherited a large territory that was home to both Bulgars and ... His embrace of Christianity may have been his attempt to unite the ...
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  • John Norris (1657 – 1711), Anglican priest, philosopher and poet ... , or in thoroughly explaining its nature, and set out to complete his system ...
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  • the declaration of the Second Republic, and was shot while speaking to ... His ministry and episcopacy was set in the context of post-Revolution ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations ... but it is widely read by Israeli politicians and foreign journalists and so ...
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  • Methodist, had studied in the United States, and sent her to Wellesley College ... widely, publicizing China’s plight and eliciting support against ...
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  • a pioneer of Christian socialism in America, and one of the leaders of Progressive ... eldest of three children to Ezra Sterling and Harriet Gardner (Mason) Ely ...
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  • of religious traditions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Zoroastrianism ... According to Christian and Jewish traditions, the number of archangels ...
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  • a bridge between the philosophies of Hegel and Marx. Along with Schopenhauer ... after the publication of The Essence of Christianity (1841), in which he contended ...
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  • 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer, linguist, and essayist. His informal but ... Lin Yutang wrote extensively on Chinese social, cultural traditions ...
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  • Principle in philosophy and mathematics means a fundamental law or ... cannot be derived from others, while laws and rules can. Greek philosophy ...
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  • appointed bishops leading the Church, and the practice of ecstatic worship ... sect persisted well into the fourth century and continued in some places for ...
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  • Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, and Slovakia, as well as the republics ... as the nations bordered by the Baltic and Barents seas on the north; ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists ... stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion. His ...
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  • States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton ... His writings on slavery, war, labor problems, and education were extremely ...
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  • the philosopher. For the British composer and conductor see Sir Anthony Collins. ... English philosopher, theologian, politician, and a provocative proponent of ...
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  • Christianity stands as India's third largest religion, following ... followed by arrival of Christianity around 2000 years ago. ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... concentrated in the areas the downs and moors of Devon and Cornwall ...
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  • the fourth century. He made three primary (and integral) contributions to ... four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church, and is regarded as one of the ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists ... A S Underwood, Arthur Keith, W P Pycraft, and Sir Ray Lankester.]] ...
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  • born in the great northern seaport of Hull and served in the English Parliament ... When Wilberforce's opponents criticized his faith and attacked ...
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  • Senate. His young son was declared co-ruler and heir. Following a successful ... Later Roman literature was unkind to Philip and to Arabs, depicting ...
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  • 1882), was a German theologian, philosopher, and historian. Bauer was associated ... incorporated many Greco-Roman elements, and that some texts were second ...
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  • Jewish scholar of the first century C.E., and an important figure in Judaism ... as the House of Shammai (Beit Shammai), and Hillel's was known as ...
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  • Category:Philosophy and religion The Meaning of Revelation (1941), Christ and Culture (1951), and Radical ...
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  • corruption was rampant in the government, and members of the bureaucratic ... joined with neighboring academies in Wu-chin and I-hsing to form the powerful ...
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  • Grand Prince of the Magyars (997-1000/1001) and the first King of Hungary ... He organized several counties (vármegye) in Hungary and his decrees ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists ... He was a pioneer of economic anthropology and a leading figure at the London ...
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  • February 19, 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of prose. He was the ... figures as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. His works ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology ... attempts to bring the concept of soul and other spiritual aspects of ...
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  • educator, social reformer, economist and theological writer, and Anglican ... Whately was a liberal theologian and actively supported the removal ...
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  • sinned could receive absolution. Early Christianity abandoned this practice ... against whom they have sinned, both humans and God. Absolution is also an ...
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  • on earth, as espoused in the premillennial and some postmillennial views ... (354-430) systematized amillennialism, and it became the standard view ...
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  • by death. Historically, both Judaism and Christianity harshly punished ... When used by sociologists, apostasy often refers to both renunciation ...
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  • named after the Kingdom of Aksum, a naval and trading power that ruled the ... due to the emphasis it placed on commerce and trade. It minted its own coins ...
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  • Richard de Clare, the 2nd Earl of Pembroke and a Cambro-Norman lord, known ... may have unfolded differently. Celtic Christianity might have continued to ...
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  • occurs in the relation between an individual and that to which he or she is ... self, social alienation from one another, and environmental alienation from ...
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  • ongoing struggle between the forces of good and evil in the universe. It is ... as experienced in the world is substantial and virulent. As such, it compares ...
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  • called Père Enfantin was a French economist and political theorist, and one ... students who, on the heights of Montmartre and Saint-Chaumont, attempted ...
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  • - 1789) was a French author, philosopher, and encyclopedist, and one of ... intellectual figures of his time, radical and conservative alike, many of ...
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  • 14, 1920) was a German political economist and sociologist who is considered ... ==Life and career== Maximilian Weber was born in Erfurt, Germany, the ...
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  • noted biblical scholar, historian, linguist and expert in ancient ceramics ... He conducted and participated in important excavations at Gibeah, ...
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  • service of the British East India Company and as a private moneylender. ... which came to be an important spiritual and reformist religious movement ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... between the upper mountains of the Andes, and the tropical rainforests and ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... enduring mythological symbol for millennia and across vastly different cultures ...
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  • mainly remembered for persecuting Christians and for the manner in which his ... that the tide of history was running in Christianity's favor. Despite ...
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  • A senator's son and himself the governor of Rome at 30, Gregory ... Organization and diplomacy, not ideas, made him great. But, the bottom ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law A blue law, in the United States and Canada, is a type of law designed ...
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  • ) is an association founded by Sri Ramakrishna's chief disciple ... several times in both the United States and Europe, he expressed admiration ...
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  • Authority (Latin auctoritas, used in Roman law as opposed to potestas ... as schools, churches, armies, industries and bureaucracies (organizational ...
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  • was a Protestant social ethicist, preacher, and prolific writer who is best ... "an impossible possibility," and that it does not sufficiently ...
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  • to various historical events, experiences, and social, cultural phenomena ... functions to legitimize power, authority, and social customs. A grand narrative ...
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  • October 12, 1892) was a Breton philosopher and writer, and a spokesman for ... ("having done great things together and wishing to do more"). ...
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  • a Russian Orthodox theologian, philosopher, and economist. In light of the ... ==Life and Works== Sergei Bulgakov was born to the family of an Orthodox ...
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  • 西泰 Xītài) was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary who introduced ... from the West to enter the Forbidden City, and was granted permission to ...
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  • a government intent on remaining in power, and rebellions on several fronts. in 1960, Chad has suffered instability and violence, stemming mostly ...
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  • Schuman was a Christian Democrat (M.R.P.) and an independent political thinker ... Schumans's concept of supra-national democracy and his vision ...
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  • name, "The Union Islands," and until 1976 the official name ... Ocean approximately midway between Hawaii and New Zealand. They lie about ...
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  • social movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ... with reformers such as Richard T. Ely and Washington Gladden. The Social ...
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  • Category:Educators and Educational theorists Freire, Paulo – May 2, 1997) was a Brazilian philosopher and educator, influenced by Marxist ...
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  • in consultation with the Cook Islands and at its request. The Cook Islands ... Pacific Ocean, about half-way between Hawaii and New Zealand, spread out over ...
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  • mining town, he studied the German idealists and later taught at Harvard for ... town of Grass Valley, California, to Josiah and Sarah Eleanor Bayliss Royce ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... to in sections of the Old Testament, and while a popular metaphor in ...
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  • The HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership ... serving a wide spectrum of denominations and broadening students’ horizons ...
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  • The Church Fathers or Fathers of the Church are the early and influential ... Catholic and Orthodox traditions regarding the Fathers of the Church ...
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  • 1, 1864) was a Chinese religious prophet and leader of the Taiping Rebellion ... In 1844, Hong and his follower Feng Yun-shan founded the "God ...
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  • Arc, the suppression of the Knights Templar, and the silencing and imprisonment ... The Inquisition is alien and excessive to the modern mindset. However ...
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  • #039;s sainthood is both theologically and practically significant, as ... Churches), by the Eastern Orthodox Church, and by the Oriental Orthodox Churches ...
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  • eighteenth-century movement in modern Christianity which taught that reason—rather ... reason" against all revealed religions and their churches. This continental ...
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  • to a church whose patriarch is independent and does not report to any higher ... autocephaly by the Council of Ephesus and is ruled by the Archbishop ...
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  • status began in 1905. Ahn was arrested and held in Japanese prison after ... ==Early life and education== An Jung-Geun was born in 1879 as the eldest ...
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  • Sark, Herm, Jethou, Brecqhou, Burhou, Lihou, and the Bailiwick of Jersey, which ... of Normandy that held sway in both France and England. They were the only ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... herding is a pivotal part of Nuer culture, and most aspects of daily life ...
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  • personality, his love of scholarship, and his missionary activity, though ... In 521 C.E., Colm Cille (the future Columba) was born to Fedlimid ...
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  • (354-430), Gregory the Great (c.540-604), and Jerome (c.342-419). In the beginning of his life, Ambrose embarked upon a career in law ...
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  • Korean and world experts have celebrated Jeong Yak-yong's contribution ... a consistently high level of comprehensive and careful scholarship, sophisticated ...
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  • our own. R. L. Poole (Studies in Chronology and History, 1934) put forward ... ===Background, youth, and exile=== Oswald's father, Aethelfrith ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... staple in the realms of legend, folklore, and fantasy. One of the most anthropomorphic ...
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  • associated with the West Country and north-east Hampshire. In addition ... novels Hypatia (1853), Westward Ho! (1855), and Hereward the Wake (1866). ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... currently reside in northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa, United States ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law the witness has sworn to tell the truth and, for the credibility of the ...
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  • - April 1, 1872) was an English theologian and socialist recognized as one ... of his time, such as John Stuart Mill and Thomas Carlyle. His interests ...
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  • traditions by remembering their legendary and mythical beginnings. Although ... from the extreme north of Subansiri and Siang areas following the ...
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  • B.C.E. by Zeno of Citium (334-262 B.C.E.) and further developed by his two ... The Stoic school flourished in Greece and Rome for almost five centuries ...
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  • also known as the Second Ecumenical Council and I Constantinople was a gathering ... it did not in fact create theological unity; and soon new issues surfaced, ...
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  • The Divine Right of Kings is a political and religious doctrine of ... king, just has He had given spiritual power and authority to the church, centering ...
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  • 244. Gordian was the son of Antonia Gordiana and his father was an unnamed ... cultural development of the European space and its debt to Rome, the Empire ...
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  • #039;s organization in the United States and worldwide. The women of Fredonia ... prostitution, public health, sanitation, and international peace. As the ...
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  • in the common vocabulary of the Middle East and adapted into the Arabic language ... gather an army of those he has deceived and lead them in a war against ...
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  • 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician, considered to ... Little definitive is known of Sturluson's life, and much of what ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... Plains, including the Wichita tribe proper and several independent bands ...
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  • Joseon dynasty, rose to the occasion. Born and raised in obscurity, Queen ... third king of the Joseon Dynasty, Taejong, and second, the wife of the 19th ...
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  • "Harefoot" was for his speed, and the skill of his huntsmanship. ... He was the son of Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark, Norway ...
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  • was also notable in that, for a period, he and another pope, known to history ... The consequence was his banishment to Thrace and the appointment of Felix as ...
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  • the start of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Concordat of 1801, forming ... of priests who refused were defrocked and exiled. Churches were ransacked ...
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  • that developed in Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s, focusing on liberation ... theology (theology of people) in Korea and Dalit theology (theology of ...
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  • as kathairein "to purify, purge," and adjective katharos "pure ... by Aristotle to describe the effect of music and tragic drama on an audience ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... The Maliseet (or Malecite, also known as Wəlastəkwiyik and formerly ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ...
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  • that brings about harmful, painful, and unpleasant effects. It is ... The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam usually ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[Image:WOTeb FCEN ... have the right to prevent trespassing, and to bring complaints against ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... Category:Marriage and family The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gyne ...
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  • alternative spellings of first and last names: Syed, Maudoodi ... The family had a long-standing tradition of spiritual leadership and ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... The Abenaki (or Abnaki) are a tribe of Native American and First Nations ...
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  • from human nature or physical nature, and therefore has universal validity ... this appellation is debatable and arises primarily from the interpretations ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... Patriarchy (from Greek: Patria meaning father and arché meaning rule ...
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  • by negotiating with the British to the West and the French to the East, the ... King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, or Rama II) and Chao Chom Manda Riam (later ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... :This article is about the Algonquin of Quebec and the Ottawa Valley ...
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  • Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Gulf of Guinea. Upon independence ... has expressed support for economic reforms and privatization and in renewing ...
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  • the Treaty of Ganghwa in 1874 between Japan and Korea, and ended with the ... as a shrimp between two whales, Japan and China representing the whales ...
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  • democratic achievements of the revolution, and intended to pursue the revolution ... The Terror as such started on September 5, 1793 and, as the Reign ...
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  • 1466 – July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist and theologian. Erasmus deeply ... but was unsympathetic to the Reformation and remained all his life within ...
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  • became a powerful force in Moravia, Bohemia, and parts of Poland, with many ... was strengthened by Czech national awareness and social issues, as well as ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... While the catacombs provide a fascinating view of cultures and beliefs ...
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  • was a leading man of the Quraish of Mecca and arch-enemy of Muhammad. He ... Abu Sufyan is a contentious figure, especially between Sunni and Shi ...
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  • was thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev, uniting the two principalities ... His patronage of learning and his forging international ties helped ...
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  • of Belisarius, his building activities, and his marriage and partnership ... Justinian is known as "The last Roman emperor" and was the ...
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  • The phrase separation of church and state is a common interpretation ... Court variously imposes greater restrictions and then relaxes them. Government ...
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  • Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the ... on the eastern coast, inland Ashanti kingdom and various Fante states along ...
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  • Choe's religious teaching, and the rebellion that many followers ... soul. He distressed over the plight of China and Korea, seeing them as closely ...
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  • Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. ... the strait that now connects the Arafura Sea and Coral Sea. Many of the western ...
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  • which chiefly meant monarch of Lithuanians and much of Rus'. He was ... empire, controlling trade, military service, and diplomatic efforts within ...
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  • 16, 1946) was a prominent Nazi prior to and during World War II. He was ... since apologized for Luther's remarks, and for their impact on the treatment ...
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  • of the militant leftist Black Panther Party and author of the influential ... former attitudes as a radical revolutionary and admitted to receiving financial ...
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  • The Enlightenment. It covers about a century and a half in Europe, beginning ... system of aesthetics, ethics, government, and even religion, which would ...
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  • Category:Lawyers and Jurists [[Image:Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt - ... worked as a jurist in the Dutch Republic and laid the foundations for international ...
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  • to the theory that Jesus never existed, and that his story is actually ... The hypothesis was first proposed by historian and theologian Bruno ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... The dragon is a mythical creature typically depicted as a large and ...
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  • activity, primarily in Great Britain and her North American colonies ... Nevertheless, his sermons were powerful and attracted a large following ...
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  • The Victorian era of the United Kingdom and its overseas Empire was ... of peace, known as the Pax Britannica, and economic, colonial, and industrial ...
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  • (34 – 62 C.E.), was an ancient Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin ... with events mentioned in the satires, and the biography is thought to ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... Small numbers also live in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mozambique. Their language ...
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  • traces its roots back to the arrival of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity ... The church adheres to the Bible and the Westminster Confession of ...
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  • Reformer in the sixteenth century, and further developed by his followers ... of revisions in his lifetime. Through it and together with his polemical ...
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  • Irish priest, essayist, political writer, and poet, considered the foremost ... In his own times, Swift aligned himself with the Tories and became ...
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  • 24, 1876) was the first (1848–1856) and seventh (1872–1876) president ... During his tenure as president, Roberts pushed for European and United ...
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  • was a political movement in late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that ... is manifest that by nature some are free and others slaves and that service ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... A gift or present is the transfer of money, property, and so forth ...
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  • March 12, 1925) was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader often referred ... political life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile. After the ...
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  • Feminism comprises a number of social, cultural and political movements ... three “waves” of feminist thought and activity. The first wave, ...
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