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- Classical antiquity, era, or period is a broad term for a long period ... The foundations of the modern world derive from the Classic Age as ...12 KB (1,804 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- Meiji Restoration, following the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868 ... Firmly believing in the importance of education and the acquisition ...17 KB (2,582 words) - 07:16, 15 April 2024
- )—a city of the Indus Valley Civilization built around 2600 B.C ... The discovery of Mohenjo-daro led to tremendous excitement in the ...14 KB (2,047 words) - 19:32, 9 November 2022
- as Mehrgahr, Merhgarh, or Merhgahr) is one of the most important Neolithic ... to life before and during the first stages of the Indus Valley civilization ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:13, 9 November 2022
- anthropologist and writer. A founder of American anthropology, he is ... While Morgan's unilinear model, particularly of the development ...14 KB (2,033 words) - 11:00, 7 March 2023
- was important for reintroducing the study of Chinese philosophy, regarded ... Born in 1895, Feng lived through a period of turmoil and transition ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 17:18, 26 March 2024
- Enlightenment broadly means the realization or the acquisition of ... mysticism, and in the Sufi tradition of Islam. In its secular use, ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- and sociologist, a leading thinker of the Frankfurt School/critical ... Horkheimer co-authored Dialectic of Enlightenment with Adorno, and ...10 KB (1,416 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- involve movements that are a combination of difficult feats of balance ... in ancient China, Egypt, and the Minoan civilization. Tightrope walkers were ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 05:38, 15 June 2023
- in Moscow in the 1830s. Drawing on the works of Greek patristics, the poet ... The doctrines of Khomyakov, Kireevsky, Konstantin Aksakov (1817-60 ...10 KB (1,426 words) - 07:38, 12 March 2024
- Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations ... archaeology inevitably includes an element of imaginative reconstruction ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- accepted to refer to the northernmost region of the African continent, stretching ... *Western Sahara * * The inclusion of Western Sahara in the U.N. list ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 06:36, 16 November 2022
- political theorist, statesman, and leader of the Meiji Enlightenment in ... During his youth, Kato was a liberal advocate of constitutional government ...10 KB (1,423 words) - 17:14, 5 October 2022
- the nineteenth century with the translation of the Rosetta Stone. Yet interest ... this culture, including the great Pyramids of Giza, reveal not only their ...16 KB (2,384 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- possibly the ceremonial and political center of the Minoan culture. Minoan ... excavations which brought to light part of the magazines in the west wing ...13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
- historian whose twelve-volume analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations ... Toynbee approached history not from the perspective that takes the ...29 KB (4,250 words) - 03:54, 15 August 2023
- term that refers to the modern notion of a Chinese nationality transcending ... The roots of the Zhonghua minzu lie in the multi-ethnic Qing Empire ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 06:01, 13 June 2023
- played a significant role in the development of Russian philosophy and poetry ... Solovyov did not think of himself as a philosopher, but as a prophet ...15 KB (2,232 words) - 20:48, 3 May 2023
- The term Barbarian does not derive from the name of any tribe or cultural ... Although barbarian cultures generally worked against the advancement ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), was an ancient civilization thriving ... and technological development, and no sign of slavery or exploitation of ...32 KB (5,016 words) - 21:11, 22 March 2024
- was a German archaeologist and linguist, one of the founders of the modern ... Saxony (now in Germany), the third son of Karl Peter Lepsius and Friedericke ...9 KB (1,295 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2022
- 01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Pyramid of the Moon in Tenochtitlán, ... Civilization refers to a complex human society, in which people live ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- a German ethnologist and archaeologist, one of the leading experts on prehistoric ... life does, noting three phases in the life of a culture. He also recognized ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 07:46, 6 March 2023
- who did significant work on Native Americans of the Southeastern and Northwestern ... his fieldwork on the Northwestern coast of the United States. At that ...9 KB (1,217 words) - 07:08, 3 August 2022
- Darfur is a region of Sudan which borders the Central African Republic ... It continues to be a region suffering one of the worst humanitarian disasters ...15 KB (2,359 words) - 22:17, 25 January 2024
- The Euphrates River is the western of the two great rivers that define ... They form a great river system, an alluvial salt marsh ecoregion of ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- (high plains) in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia, the western ... The lake is composed of two nearly separate sub-basins that are connected ...14 KB (2,293 words) - 05:37, 4 March 2023
- 'De-jung') meaning "Source of happiness," is a mythical ... scriptures also speak of a closely-related land called 'Olmolungring ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 09:52, 6 October 2022
- was an American Jewish author and rabbi. Two of the themes that dominate his ... Jews had grown disillusioned as a result of the failed messianism of the ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 00:12, 4 December 2023
- , located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, is one of the most prestigious universities ... Today Keio Gijuku Daigaku includes undergraduate faculties of Business ...12 KB (1,563 words) - 17:19, 5 October 2022
- as the United States, it crosses the borders of 11 nations. While much of the ... than it is today. Over 30,000 petroglyphs of river animals such as crocodiles ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- arb) is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and ... The coasts of the peninsula are, on the west the Red Sea and the Gulf ...10 KB (1,505 words) - 21:35, 29 December 2023
- the period after the legendary arrival of Gija in northern (or in the ... Koreans point to Gija as a co-founder of Korean civilization along ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 06:55, 14 December 2022
- event by illustration. Pictography is a form of writing in which ideas are ... Pictograms are still in use as the main medium of written communication ...12 KB (1,772 words) - 05:12, 24 November 2022
- Imperialism is the forceful extension of a nation's authority ... Yet, an interesting aspect of imperialism is that empires, both ancient ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- , "Island of Atlas") is a mythical island nation first mentioned ... Plato's account of Atlantis, believed to be the first, is found ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic ... 147° east meridian. The northernmost extent of the Indian Ocean is approximately ...15 KB (2,187 words) - 18:45, 7 February 2023
- Models of the Indo-Aryan migration discusses scenarios of prehistoric ... 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 diplomat who is best known for his study of ancient Mayan culture. In 1885 ... paid little attention to the cultural legacy of the peoples whose land was ...16 KB (2,447 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- people around 900 B.C.E. The Chavín civilization is thought to be the earliest ... A large part of the Chavin population was based on an agricultural ...15 KB (2,387 words) - 00:46, 5 December 2023
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family that dates ... The flute's pitch and various aspects of its timbre are very flexible ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- The Frankfurt school is a school of neo-Marxist social theory, social ... Frankfurt school theorists were critical of Marx-Leninism and the ...23 KB (3,258 words) - 05:11, 9 April 2024
- Mountain) is located in Sichuan province, Western China. Mount Emei is often ... Qing dynasties are located in the vicinity of the mountaintop. The Leshan ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 17:05, 10 November 2022
- The site's oldest graves absence of bronze artifacts led archaeologists ... The dispute continues, although the majority of archaeologists have accepted ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 03:25, 17 September 2023
- scientist, astronomer, and mathematician of the Ming Dynasty. Born in Shanghai ... with Matteo Ricci he translated several Western texts, including the first ...16 KB (2,411 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- Emperor Wen of Sui (541 C.E. – 604 C.E.), known as Wen·di, personal ... Emperor Wen of Sui was definitely one of the most public leaders in ...8 KB (1,229 words) - 12:57, 31 January 2022
- Scottish historian, a co-founder and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society ... as well as Farsi, drew on a wide range of Indian sources. Aspects of ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:48, 10 November 2022
- [[Image:British Museum from NE.JPG|thumb|300 px|Main entrance of the ... The British Museum in London, England, is one of the world's ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- located in the extreme northeastern corner of the present-day state of Louisiana, ... from the Mississippi River. It is a complex array of earthen mounds ...15 KB (2,177 words) - 17:40, 9 November 2023
- – c. 500 B.C.E.) is the period in the history of India during which the ... The literary legacy, however, does take us back to one of very earliest ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- The Norte Chico civilization (also Caral or Caral-Supe civilization ... The Norte Chico civilization, one of the oldest and most sophisticated ...37 KB (5,637 words) - 02:50, 16 November 2022
- and statesman, the second president of India (1962-1967). Radhakrishnan was one of the foremost scholars of comparative religion ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 16:20, 27 July 2021
- Unified Silla (668 – 935) refers to the unification of the Three ... Due to the north-south split during this period of Korean history ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- mountain range, forming a continuous chain of highland along the western ... feet (6,960 m) above sea level. The summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Ecuadorean ...15 KB (2,126 words) - 19:59, 26 July 2023
- "Angkor Wat" is the modern name of the temple; its original name ... and capital city, Angkor Wat was the epitome of the high classical style of ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 01:44, 9 January 2023
- The Aksumite Empire or Axumite Empire (sometimes called the Kingdom ... Ethiopian culture today has its roots in this civilization. The decline ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- soldier, geologist and the second director of United States Geological Survey ... an American soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West. He earned ...11 KB (1,704 words) - 01:23, 10 February 2023
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... The Kingdom of Gandhara lasted from around the sixth century B.C.E ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- and Toshisuke in his youth, was one of the Meiji Era’s most famous ... movement. In 1863, he was chosen to be one of the “Chōshū Five” who ...12 KB (1,777 words) - 06:30, 11 March 2024
- σχύλος) was a playwright of ancient Greece, and the earliest ... was dramatist who examined the relation of the gods to the lives of mortal ...18 KB (2,989 words) - 05:50, 16 June 2023
- Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties hold the royal remains ... , patterned in an arc-shape at the foot of the Jundu Mountains south ...24 KB (3,553 words) - 16:44, 12 February 2024
- [[Image:Mexico.Tab.OlmecHead.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Monument 1, ... people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, roughly ...35 KB (5,268 words) - 00:32, 18 November 2022
- missionary who introduced Christianity and Western ideas to the Chinese Empire ... were not barbaric. He also disseminated Western ideas to a Korean emissary ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- diplomat. He is best known as the excavator of Nimrud, the ancient Assyrian ... 5, 1817 in Paris, France, into a family of Huguenot descent. His father ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 17:54, 22 August 2023
- A hierarchical Sinocentric model of international relations, dominated ... place at the center with varying degrees of success. The Sinocentric tribute ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- The history of Athens is the longest of any city in Europe: Athens ... The name of Athens in Ancient Greek was Athḗnai (Ἀθῆναι ...19 KB (3,013 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- Bayankala Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through ... The Yellow River is called the "Mother River of China" and ...20 KB (2,963 words) - 09:55, 23 May 2023
- Factories are a hallmark of industrialized society. They have changed ... ==History of the factory== ===China=== Many have believed that ancient ...10 KB (1,387 words) - 23:24, 26 June 2022
- The Haida are an indigenous people of the west coast of North America ... The Haida in Canada created the Council of the Haida nation gaining ...19 KB (2,932 words) - 16:43, 21 January 2024
- ) are a series of mountain peaks that run along the northwestern portion ... The difficult terrain of the Atlas Mountain Range extends 1,500 miles ...12 KB (1,891 words) - 06:24, 21 August 2023
- site in Pakistan containing the ruins of the Gandhāran city of Takshashila ... centre of learning from the sixth century B.C.E."History of Education ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- Narodniks was the name for Russian revolutionaries of the 1860s and ... Narodism arose in Russia after the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 ...11 KB (1,586 words) - 01:26, 11 November 2022
- Shídài) was a period in Chinese history, which roughly corresponds ... During the Spring and Autumn Period, a complex system of interstate ...17 KB (2,639 words) - 16:15, 8 February 2023
- 1945) was a prominent Japanese philosopher of the Meiji era. Nishida Kitaro ... Nishida Kitaro was born on June 17, 1870, in the Mori section of Unoke ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 05:02, 15 November 2022
- existed from 1346 to 1371, and was one of the larger states in Europe ... The Serbian Empire has included areas of Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 05:59, 5 October 2022
- | WHS = Archaeological Site of Troy | Image = [[Image:Troy1.jpg|300px|Walls of the excavated city ...26 KB (4,181 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- The start of the European Colonization of the Americas is typically ... Eventually, the entire Western Hemisphere would come under the domination ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- 250px|Fashion illustration by George Barbier of a gown by Jeanne Paquin, 1912 ... In general, the term fashion refers to a prevailing mode of expression ...22 KB (3,274 words) - 02:42, 14 July 2022
- Western Africa is the 5 million square mile area located in the westernmost ... Though the terms West Africa and Western Africa are often used interchangeably ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 17:17, 4 May 2023
- ) were a branch of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe that played a ... The Ostrogoths established a relatively short-lived successor state ...25 KB (3,947 words) - 04:44, 18 November 2022
- at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own ethnic culture ... they have adopted their values and standards of behavior. The problem is that ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- book Psychopathia Sexualis (1886), a study of "sexual perversity," ... , and studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg. ...13 KB (1,783 words) - 09:26, 10 August 2022
- danse 1874.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An artifact of "high culture": a ... or to honor), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures ... ==Meaning of the term== Orientalism derives from a Latin word oriens ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions or epigraphs that have been ... Much of our understanding of some of the oldest (and long dead) civilizations ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:07, 13 February 2024
- is first mentioned by Homer as the creator of a wide dancing-ground for Ariadne ... . Homer refers to Ariadne by her Cretan title, the "Lady of the ...11 KB (1,708 words) - 07:41, 12 January 2024
- and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' ... In the latter part of the twentieth century opposition to Columbus ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 22:45, 7 January 2024
- educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious studies. ... reached a popular readership. His defense of religious studies as a secular ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- a background from which the main elements of the composition rise. There are three basic forms of relief sculpture: bas-relief (low-relief ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 03:37, 8 December 2022
- China is one of the countries which had the most advanced mathematics ... to constantly point south by the use of differential gears without ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 06:13, 13 June 2023
- Anuradhapura, one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, has earned ... Founded in the fourth century B.C.E., Anuradhapura served as of the ...16 KB (2,446 words) - 05:50, 11 August 2023
- The Order of Cistercians (OCist; Cistercienses ), sometimes called the White Monks (from the color of their habit ...26 KB (4,063 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
- and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern ... Maximilian Weber was born in Erfurt, Germany, the eldest of seven ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- The Fall of Rome or the Fall of the Roman Empire refers to the defeat ... Some European nations saw themselves as so indebted to the legacy ...28 KB (4,463 words) - 00:34, 25 March 2024
- at its capital in Constantinople. Much of this territory had first fallen ... There is no consensus on the starting date of the Byzantine period ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- ), are an ethnic group that dominated much of Manchuria (Northeast ... Dynasty in 907 but fell to the Jin Dynasty of the Jurchen in 1125. Following ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 03:37, 6 October 2022
- Saint Isidore of Seville (Spanish: es|San Isidro or es|San Isidoro ... ) (c. 560 - April 4, 636) was Archbishop of Seville for more than ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- quot;many islands") is a large grouping of over one thousand islands scattered ... Island. A Polynesian island group outside of this great triangle is Tuvalu ...17 KB (2,443 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- pot. Qianlong reign in the Qing dynasty of China (c. 1700)]] archeology outside the United States) is one of the four sub-fields of anthropology ...28 KB (4,112 words) - 06:15, 12 August 2023
- It is unknown where the name Kilimanjaro originated, but a number ... why the diminutive kilima is used instead of the proper word for mountain ...13 KB (1,915 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- the economic, social, and cultural center of the nation of Guatemala. It ... The area of Guatemala City was the location of Kaminaljuyu, a Mayan ...18 KB (2,600 words) - 03:27, 5 March 2023
- trading state centered on the middle reaches of the Niger River in what is ... Considered one of the greatest African empires, from the early fifteenth ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:15, 4 February 2023
- The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture, noted for having ... Initially established during the Preclassic period, many of the Mayan ...31 KB (4,849 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- and Northern Zhou (北周) Dynasties of northern China, and their successor ... also with literature, the arts, and problems of life and death. Yan stressed ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 10:09, 22 May 2023
- Phoenicia was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient ... #039;. The Phoenicians often traded by means of a galley, a man-powered sailing ...30 KB (4,504 words) - 04:20, 24 November 2022
- ) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ... Rome's history spans more than 2,500 years. It is renowned as ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- eruption that occurred on the Greek island of Thera (known today as Santorini ... in the Sea, the Santorini Volcano: Natural History and the Legend of Atlantis ...26 KB (3,980 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- tribal (often hunter-gatherer) society and Western civilization (broadly interpreted ... In both cases, many of the beliefs and practices particular to these ...28 KB (4,339 words) - 19:15, 26 November 2023
- at 3,212 feet with an uninterrupted drop of 2,648 feet lying in the Canaima ... Angel Falls is located in the Guayana highlands, one of the five topographical ...8 KB (1,292 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... in the world. Its territory was a part of the pre-partitioned British ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- in the Andes mountain range, southeast of the Incan city of Machu Picchu ... One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Western Hemisphere ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform ... The benefits of food processing include the preservation, distribution ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- Social Anthropology in Great Britain) is one of the four branches of general ... Any and all of these factors make up important aspects of culture ...26 KB (3,726 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- was the primary strategist and general of Genghis Khan (Temüjin) and ... When Batu returned to Mongolia for the election of the new Great Khan ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 21:26, 26 February 2023
- sociologist, famous for his development of Process Sociology, or Figurational ... For Elias, society consists of individuals who are in relationship ...13 KB (1,741 words) - 02:41, 16 November 2022
- The Fula or Fulani is an ethnic group residing in many countries of ... The Fulani are the largest nomadic group of people in the world and ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- Kenya. Established in 1946, it was a project of Mervyn Cowie, a conservationist ... south of the center of Nairobi, the nation's capital and largest ...18 KB (2,633 words) - 02:41, 11 March 2023
- to benefit society or a specific group of people within that society ... and in some jurisdictions specific types of companies, may be established ...17 KB (2,518 words) - 01:47, 4 December 2023
- The Third Council of Constantinople, also known as the Sixth Ecumenical ... for opposing Monothelitism during the reign of Emperor Constans II. ...14 KB (2,156 words) - 18:35, 30 April 2023
- one novel, one play, and only a small volume of poems—his intellectual breadth ... Johnson's hatred of slavery and the abuses of colonialism, his ...12 KB (1,867 words) - 03:01, 23 December 2022
- American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic ... Mumford regarded human relationships to be the foundation of a thriving ...29 KB (4,364 words) - 22:20, 25 October 2022
- and Sri Lanka. A sari is a very long strip of unstitched cloth, ranging from ... long decorative borders running the length of the sari, and a one- to three ...21 KB (3,307 words) - 03:28, 23 December 2022
- He was responsible for thrusting awareness of the Gulag on the non-Soviet ... in helping to strip away the legitimacy of the Soviet regime should not ...15 KB (2,221 words) - 14:40, 18 July 2023
- to the Partisan Review and member of the group known as "The ... to receive tenure in the Department of English. A popular professor ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 04:21, 29 October 2022
- The arts of Africa constitute one of the most diverse legacies on ... in Africa have included representations of animals and hunters. From the ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- the Indo-Aryan language. Populations of Dravidian speakers live mainly ... The origins of the Dravidian people and language has been difficult ...24 KB (3,241 words) - 17:33, 30 January 2024
- [[Image:Mali historic places.PNG|thumb|250px|Some of the cities in ... state from 1712 to the 1861 invasion of the Fulani jihadist Toucouleur ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 03:24, 17 September 2023
- 1955) was an American newspaper baron, owner of the Chicago Tribune, and popularly ... A leading opponent of United States entry into World War II and of ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 02:14, 16 December 2022
- Geopolitics attempts to explain international politics in terms of ... Geopolitics attempts to explain international politics in terms of ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 12:53, 5 November 2022
- that live on the isolated Nilgiri plateau of Southern India. Prior to the ... The study of their culture by anthropologists and linguists would ...14 KB (2,124 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- The Sherpa are an ethnic group from the most mountainous region of ... westerners. This has aided in the formation of many organizations to help ...16 KB (2,467 words) - 14:10, 27 January 2023
- Yucatán is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the north of ... the entire peninsula. Following a series of insurrections, its territory ...27 KB (4,045 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- in all the ancient civilizations of the world, particularly in ... Stelae have provided invaluable evidence to archaeologists of the ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 22:31, 23 September 2022
- ; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a province of the People's ... both Shaanxi and the neighboring province of Shanxi should be spelled "Shanxi ...15 KB (2,046 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... South America has a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890 ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- A society is a grouping of individuals, which is characterized by ... Beginning with the family, human life is one of interdependence and sharing ...31 KB (4,695 words) - 19:52, 8 November 2022
- and Fruma Zachs referred to an obituary of Marrash published in an 1897 ... Most of his works revolve around science, history and religion, analyzed ...35 KB (4,995 words) - 17:16, 29 November 2023
- a marked mathematician and a loyal statesman of his native France. As did Marquis ... Bougainville saw human rights as the property of all. All people ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 02:50, 4 November 2022
- History is a word of multiple meanings, all related to the past. When ... The term history comes from the Greek historia ( ἱστορία ...33 KB (4,990 words) - 23:36, 20 April 2021
- Having spent part of his childhood with a family of white ranchers ... American expansion while preaching messages of clean living, an honest life ...9 KB (1,467 words) - 14:00, 20 May 2023
- Wade-Giles: Liu Pang), was the first Emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty (漢朝 ... replaced the harsh Legalist administration of the Qin with a Confucian system ...17 KB (2,890 words) - 20:34, 31 December 2021
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... Ancient Western philosophy is generally divided into three periods ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- merchandizing area, marketplace, or street of shops where goods and services ... important trade routes. The constant flow of foreign and exotic goods, along ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 03:11, 26 September 2023
- Comedy, together with tragedy was one of two principal dramatic forms ... The Old Comedy, dating from the establishment of democracy by Kleisthenes ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2023
- pilgrimage site in the Kapilavastu district of Nepal, near the Indian border ... east of the Kapilavastu. Legend states the Buddha lived there until ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- , Eng: Mound or Tell of the Dead) was one of the most prominent cities ... the city to an ancient course of the Sabarmati river. It was ...37 KB (5,691 words) - 16:48, 25 October 2023
- North Africa—located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis across from the ... Originally a settlement of Phoenician colonists, Carthage grew into ...45 KB (7,001 words) - 00:42, 29 November 2023
- A number written in decimal notation involves the use of one or more ... apparent when compared with the system of using Roman numerals. The decimal ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against ... Described as an international bill of rights for women, it came into ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- John Chrysostom (349– ca. 407 C.E.) was the archbishop of Constantinople ... Catholic Church as a saint and a Doctor of the Church. Churches of the ...31 KB (4,708 words) - 04:44, 3 August 2022
- The Nile is one of the world's great waterways, at 4,180 miles ... Flowing northward from remote sources in the mountains of Ethiopia ...23 KB (3,670 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- 26, 363), was a Roman Emperor (361–363) of the Constantinian dynasty. ... attribute the Philosopher during the period of his life and of those of his ...29 KB (4,399 words) - 21:10, 4 October 2022
- ) is the goddess of learning, knowledge, and the arts including music ... In modern Hinduism, Sarasvati is one of the three goddesses (along ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 03:27, 23 December 2022
- located in East Asia with a population of nearly three million. Mongolia ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- Andalusia, located in the southern portion of Spain, is one of the ... Andalusia lies to the south of Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha ...14 KB (2,046 words) - 19:54, 26 July 2023
- pdf Iqbal and Goethe] Yearbook of the Goethe Society of India ... scholarly works on politics, economics, history, philosophy and religion ...34 KB (5,166 words) - 17:56, 10 November 2022
- that is designed to convert the energy of the wind into more useful forms ... == History == [[Image:Heron's Windwheel.jpg|thumb|left|170px| ...16 KB (2,438 words) - 10:59, 15 May 2023
- Tītânes) were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary ... the Titans in the Titanomachy ('War of the Titans'). The Titans ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 16:42, 23 July 2020
- The City of Rocks is a U.S. National Reserve and state park at the ... The City of Rocks is an extraordinary granite encirclement of rock ...16 KB (2,492 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- an essayist and reviewer, and on British history. His 1835, Minute on Education ... Indian independence, since it was members of the Indian English-speaking ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 18:39, 30 April 2023
- To appreciate the value and the richness of the Korean Sirhak, one ... Therefore Yu Hyông-wôn, Song-ho, Yi Ik and the thinkers of the Northern ...16 KB (2,572 words) - 09:49, 26 January 2023
- India. He is best known as the founder of the Arya Samaj "Society ... who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda advocated ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- typically distinguished by their practice of Islam. The Hui form the third ... dietary laws and reject the consumption of pork, the most common meat ...26 KB (3,824 words) - 15:11, 9 February 2024
- constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. In principle ... Human history and archaeology show that a basic urge to express emotion ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- as a civil servant. Frustrated with the lack of change, he took up his pen ... was not immediately felt. His depiction of socioeconomic conditions in ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 20:28, 23 June 2020
- in what is now southeastern Mauritania, Western Mali, and Eastern Senegal. This is believed to be first of at least three great empires that ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 23:55, 6 December 2022
- The Adriatic Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Italian ... The sea's western coast runs the length of Italy, while the eastern ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular ... dependence on the seasonal availability of food and allowed travel over ...16 KB (2,377 words) - 15:04, 27 April 2023
- The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China in the early modern ... priest and missionary and founding member of the Society. Xavier, however ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- Han Chinese constitute about 92 percent of the population of the People ... The history of the Han Chinese ethnic group is closely tied to that ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
- family known as the Liu clan. The history of this dynasty divides ... The reign of the Han Dynasty, which lasted for 400 years, is commonly ...16 KB (2,573 words) - 00:55, 28 January 2022
- a rigid adherence to what it conceives of as the fundamental principles ... to return to the "fundamentals" of Biblical faith, and who stressed ...27 KB (4,004 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- most famous and influential thinker in the history of Western thought. He was ... academic institution in the history of western civilization. Many intellectuals ...37 KB (6,078 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- It was in use centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu-Arabic numeral ... replacing it for practical reasons, the use of the abacus continues to be ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- theos, god) refers to belief in, or worship of, multiple gods or deities. ... The term "polytheism" is sometimes applied to a wide variety ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- , tr: Bolshaya chistka) is the name given to campaigns of political ... officially used to denote the prosecution of people recognized as counter ...32 KB (4,761 words) - 12:20, 24 January 2023
- a people who inhabited the southern coast of Canaan around the time of the ... were usually portrayed as implacable enemies of the Israelites. Their most ...22 KB (3,372 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
- ungulate, Vicugna pacos (syn. Lama pacos), of the camel family (Camelidae ... Alpacas are not used as beasts of burden, but mainly are valued for ...16 KB (2,563 words) - 08:21, 23 July 2023
- sister kin," Totemism is an aspect of religious belief centered upon ... This form of religious activity is most commonly found within tribal ...20 KB (3,178 words) - 04:44, 1 May 2023
- The Great Wall of China ( t=萬里長城|s=万里长城|p=Wànlǐ Chángchéng ... ) is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built ...14 KB (2,322 words) - 07:41, 4 January 2024
- The theology of the Death of God, also known as Radical Theology, ... For Nietzsche, the supposed death of the Christian concept of God ...12 KB (1,862 words) - 08:57, 28 January 2024
- The Walled City of Lahore, also known as the "Old City," ... Akbar's reign saw the most extensive building of the walled city ...16 KB (2,492 words) - 22:07, 3 May 2023
- debate about the nature, limits, and causes of reason have been important ... cognition show that animals are capable of some types of on a lower level ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- European exploration of Africa began with the Greeks and Romans, who ... The story of the European exploration of Africa comprises many incidents ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Inca Civilization and founder ... Pizarro had been appointed governor of Peru before the country was ...25 KB (4,083 words) - 04:54, 9 April 2024
- longing, or storm and impulse) is the name of a movement in German literature ... to have provided the ideological basis of Sturm und Drang, and Johann ...20 KB (2,696 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- Thoreau believed nature to be an expression of God and a symbolic reflection ... by embedding his ideas in the context of descriptive narrative prose ...27 KB (3,979 words) - 07:13, 22 January 2024
- ; literally "south of the clouds") is a province of the ... Yunnan has earned fame for the natural beauty of its setting from ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements ... establish and define the modern theory of socialism, societal problems ...32 KB (4,796 words) - 23:03, 14 September 2023
- The Treaty of Lausanne (July 24, 1923) was a peace treaty signed in ... The nation-state of Turkey, recognized by the Treaty, became the first ...15 KB (2,295 words) - 14:56, 2 May 2023
- which argues for the equal rights of all living beings. Næss called ... and Christianity's Saint Francis of Assisi, whose views include ...30 KB (4,407 words) - 09:08, 28 January 2024
- considered the foremost intellectual leader of China during the first two ... writings influenced an entire generation of Chinese young people. Liang ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- Hermitage") is considered to be one of the most remarkable art treasures ... above Bulguksa, the grotto overlooks the Sea of Japan (East Sea) and rests ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or ... A true alphabet has letters for the vowels of a language as well as ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
- Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy, which studies fundamental ... existing or possible theories and practices of social, political matters, ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- northern Sudan. While the ancient kingdoms of Nubia had changing boundaries ... Nubia is the homeland of Africa's earliest black civilization ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- The Republic of Bolivia (or Bulibiya in the Quechua language; Wuliwya ... enough silver from Bolivia to build a bridge of silver from South America to ...29 KB (4,244 words) - 23:38, 20 March 2024
- ), formally Emperor Wen of (Cao) Wei (曹魏文帝), courtesy name ... Unlike Cao Cao, he concentrated most of his efforts on his home country ...16 KB (2,578 words) - 19:30, 25 November 2023
- from the medieval Jewish communities of the Rhineland—"Ashkenaz ... Although in the eleventh century they comprised only three percent ...20 KB (2,890 words) - 04:05, 18 August 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Kiangsi) is a southern province of the People ... first century. Blessed with an abundance of water, Jiangxi is the rice ...21 KB (3,089 words) - 20:39, 3 April 2024
- ) was a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern ... refers to the middle and lower levels of the bureaucracy. The nomenklatura ...21 KB (2,829 words) - 18:54, 31 May 2023
- quot;) is a province on the southern coast of the People's Republic ... Guangdong, located remote from the centers of power in Chinese civilization ...24 KB (3,310 words) - 02:43, 5 March 2023
- Unification Thought is the philosophy of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon ... First, it expresses a passion for the ideal of unity and harmony. Analysis ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 01:38, 3 May 2023
- philosopher who wrote widely in the areas of sociology, social psychology ... Facing the problems of the Holocaust by the Nazis and the mass murders ...41 KB (6,139 words) - 17:57, 30 April 2023
- The Great Turkish War refers to a series of conflicts between the ... Some see the subsequent decline and fall of the Ottomans in terms ...18 KB (2,776 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- E.) was a prominent general during the fall of the Qin Dynasty ( 秦朝; Ch ... Xiang's heroism on the battlefield and his death at the hands ...27 KB (4,419 words) - 14:30, 20 May 2023
- independently in both the official Records of the Grand Historian and unofficial ... It was at this early stage in China's long history that the concept ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 18:50, 26 November 2022
- Environmental ethics is a branch of applied ethics and a part of environmental ... ethics often contains criticisms of man's abusive or exploitative ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 19:01, 13 February 2024
- The cuisine of India is one of the world's most diverse cuisines ... India’s unique blend of cuisines evolved through large-scale cultural ...28 KB (4,219 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- organizations and understanding the impact of different factors in the workplace. The purpose of the original experiments was to study the effect of ...19 KB (2,835 words) - 15:03, 25 January 2023
- that seeks to portray common values of the ordinary individual, as ... was an attempt to create a perfect illusion of reality through detailed sets ...18 KB (2,651 words) - 04:21, 11 March 2023
- century as a humanitarian and advocate of peace. Schweitzer received ... Schweitzer was the principal of a theological college and author of ...33 KB (4,954 words) - 05:02, 17 June 2023
- Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory ... Negatively, attitudes of racial, cultural, religious and civilization ...36 KB (5,415 words) - 07:40, 14 January 2023
- as Sinmiyangyo (Korean: 신미양요 ,Western Disturbance of the Year ... Korea had maintained a relationship of tribute with China. In exchange ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 11:56, 3 May 2023
- The unicorn, a legendary creature usually depicted with the body of ... thumb|right|300px| Detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 23:41, 8 November 2023
- The Age of Enlightenment, sometimes called the Age of Reason, refers ... to establishing an authoritative system of aesthetics, ethics, government ...33 KB (4,666 words) - 04:36, 30 April 2021
- Chinese philosophy has a history of several thousand years; its origins ... The central focus of Chinese philosophy throughout the ages has been ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398 C.E.), the founder of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 ... military treatise that outlined the use of Chinese military technology ...17 KB (2,391 words) - 20:43, 3 April 2024
- The dechristianization of France during the French Revolution describes ... During the course of the revolution, the church was nationalized with ...27 KB (3,836 words) - 09:01, 28 January 2024
- name Nuestra Señora de La Paz (“Our Lady of Peace”), is the administrative ... southeast of Lake Titicaca, the city lies in a deep, broad canyon ...25 KB (3,650 words) - 05:31, 4 March 2023
- Tahiti is the largest island of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago ... level (Mount Orohena). The island consists of two roughly round areas centered ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- who contributed to the development of ethnography and anthropology ... Germany, into a prosperous bourgeois family of merchants. He studied at different ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 06:01, 15 June 2023
- Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest ... Ánkyra. Ankara also serves as the capital of the Province of Ankara. ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- Soma (Sanskrit), or Haoma (Avestan), refers to a ritual drink of importance ... qualities. In the Avesta scripture of Zoroastrianism, Haoma has an ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 01:08, 4 February 2023
- society was not based on market principles of exchange but rather on relationships ... Polanyi, chemist and philosopher. The son of a prominent member of a Hungarian ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 07:19, 5 October 2022
- as Classical Yoga or simply Yoga) is one of the six orthodox (astika) schools ... concerned principally with the cultivation of the mind using meditation ...21 KB (3,177 words) - 00:10, 8 December 2022
- Babylonia, named for its capital city of Babylon, was an ancient state ... ruler Nebuchadnezzar II destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem and took the Israelites ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 05:24, 26 August 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on ... refers to the province's location east of the Taihang Mountains. Its ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- [[Image:Skyscrapers of Shinjuku 2009 January.jpg|thumb|right|250 px ... cities formed in locations where a number of people were gathered to live ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- activist from the Yankton Sioux tribe of South Dakota. He became one ... not civil rights, should be the basis of the United States government ...27 KB (4,084 words) - 20:24, 3 May 2023
- province, and the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, was one ... the second century B.C.E., around the fall of Gojoseon, an earlier kingdom ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- (c. 386 – c. 451 C.E.) was archbishop of Constantinople from April 10 ... His political rival, Cyril, bishop of Alexandria, used the Christological ...12 KB (1,909 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- Most of Greece was part of the Ottoman Empire from the fourteenth ... 1500), and remained primarily under the rule of Venice. Inspired by the new ...23 KB (3,403 words) - 05:56, 18 November 2022
- ) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily ... The earliest use of the term "Uyghur" (Weihu), during the ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- de France, giving it the title "History of Systems of Thought," ... Michel Foucault is best known for his critical studies of various ...48 KB (6,765 words) - 17:10, 9 November 2022
- is a small nation on the eastern coast of Central America, on the Caribbean ... nation in 1981. Belize is a member of Caribbean Community (CARICOM ...24 KB (3,475 words) - 08:53, 27 September 2023
- The Divine Principle or Exposition of the Divine Principle (in Korean ... presents an analysis of the history of western civilization showing direct ...29 KB (4,573 words) - 20:52, 9 February 2024
- from the Sahara that spread over a wide area of North-Western Africa and the ... The exact meaning of "Murabit" (from which Almoravid is ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 08:18, 23 July 2023
- An island or isle is a tract of land that is completely surrounded ... There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic ...19 KB (2,807 words) - 19:43, 7 February 2023
- text in three languages, telling the story of King Darius' conquests ... The document most crucial in the deciphering of a previously lost script. It ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- [[Image:Catlin - Dance to the berdache2.jpg|thumb|250 px|Detail of ... to the romantic, and/or sexual attraction of individuals to other individuals ...20 KB (2,817 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- The Benin Empire or Edo Empire (1440-1897), also known as the Kingdom ... Within his own community, the Oba is symbolic of a long cultural and ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest ... Urban planning is the integration of the disciplines of land-use planning ...40 KB (5,976 words) - 22:28, 13 November 2022
- Human sacrifice is the act of killing human beings as part of a religious ... Paralleling the various practices of animal sacrifice and of religious ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- North American continent, spreading its form of democracy, freedom, and culture ... Originally a political catch phrase of the nineteenth century, Manifest ...40 KB (6,026 words) - 11:07, 9 March 2023
- The Tatars are people of Turkic origin living mainly in Russia but ... in 1783. Some Crimean Tatars were accused of collaboration with Nazi Germany ...38 KB (5,622 words) - 04:35, 27 February 2023
- than socialism globally. Given the defeats of the 1917–1923 European communist ... theory opposes Leon Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution and the ...28 KB (3,944 words) - 18:00, 8 December 2022
- together with Confucius, is considered one of the two great moral teachers ... Mozi founded the school of Mohism and argued strongly against Confucianism ...15 KB (2,461 words) - 17:52, 10 November 2022
- This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history ... ) is a cultural region, ancient civilization, and nation in East Asia ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- Images of the Madonna and Madonna and Child are among the central ... Madonna, if used to describe a work of art, rather than a single figure ...21 KB (3,389 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – c. 547) was a major Christian ... known being Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. He became legendary ...20 KB (3,232 words) - 09:12, 27 September 2023
- 1884) was an American inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine ... fail to place their skills at the service of humanity. Instead, what they ...11 KB (1,731 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
- around fourth century B.C.E. in the basins of the Liao and Taedong Rivers ... Dynasty, also romanized as Chosŏn. See also: Names of Korea. ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- ; Postal map spelling: Kiangsu) is a province of the People's ... its southern parts. Since the inception of economic reforms in 1978, Jiangsu ...28 KB (3,971 words) - 20:38, 3 April 2024
- Sucre, which is located in the south-central part of Bolivia, is the ... Sucre is also called “The City of Four Names.” Charcas was the ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- European Union, and Australia) is a transfer of resources from one country ... intention is good. However, for a variety of reasons, some attributable ...36 KB (5,305 words) - 06:56, 16 June 2023
- leaves with five leaflets, clusters of small flowers, and red to brown ... The high concentration of caffeine in the seeds, which is more concentrated ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 22:26, 2 December 2021
- digit number in the decimal system. A group of nine is called an ennead. == Evolution of the glyph == According to Georges Ifrah, ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- and military dictator in the waning days of Goguryeo, one of the Three ... in 668. Yeon Gaesomun has long been a focus of historical controversy. Many ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- - January 9, 1927) was a British-born author of books on political philosophy ... who died in 1927 prior to the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis, was not ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:22, 4 February 2023
- who contributed to mapping the source of the Niger River and was the ... his father, William Laing, a private teacher of classics, and at Edinburgh ...15 KB (2,435 words) - 09:08, 18 July 2023
- Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South ... northern Ecuador to central Chile. In search of Inca wealth, the Spanish explorer ...46 KB (6,833 words) - 23:21, 26 August 2023
- been interchanged or merged over the course of time. Sometimes, however, dockyards ... regulations have resulted in movement of the industry to developing regions. ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:17, 27 January 2023
- Philosophy of history or historiosophy is an area of philosophy concerning ... A philosophy of history begins with a few basic assumptions. First ...30 KB (4,545 words) - 04:16, 24 November 2022
- (the Dialogist) in Eastern Orthodoxy because of the Dialogues he wrote. Gregory ... A senator's son and himself the governor of Rome at 30, Gregory ...18 KB (2,721 words) - 14:47, 31 January 2023
- The term jade is applied to two different types of rock, nephrite ... During the Stone Age of many cultures, jade was used for axe heads ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- until the fourth century C.E. This period of Greek literature stretches ... In addition to history and philosophy, Ancient Greek literature is ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history that lasted for around ... The civilization of the ancient Greeks has been immensely influential ...48 KB (7,639 words) - 12:24, 14 October 2023
- Quebec City or Québec (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital of ... the only North American fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- whose wilderness exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the ... settlements. He was elected to the first of his three terms in the Virginia ...44 KB (6,905 words) - 18:14, 24 January 2024
- Attila (c. 406 - 453 C.E.) was the monarch of the Hun people from ... major roles in three Norse sagas, in much of Western Europe he is remembered ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 18:24, 21 August 2023
- Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish people. While far from ... laws and commandments to them in the form of the Torah. Jewish practice ...32 KB (4,804 words) - 20:55, 4 October 2022
- The Kingdom of Tonga, also known as “The Friendly Islands,” is ... Settled for more than 2,800 years, Tonga is part of the cradle of ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Though the city ... At the same time, it maintains the charm of a Central Asian city, with ...16 KB (2,289 words) - 02:47, 8 March 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a central province of the People ... ), after the powerful state of Chu that existed here during the Eastern ...22 KB (3,092 words) - 21:04, 7 February 2024
- – February 7, 1799) was the fifth emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and ... During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, China attained its maximum ...28 KB (4,243 words) - 00:03, 15 April 2023
- is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates ... Mesopotamia is the site of the earliest developments of the Neolithic ...54 KB (7,940 words) - 19:20, 25 March 2024
- Phoenix is the largest and most populous city in the state of Arizona ... Phoenix, incorporated in 1881, is located on the banks of what is ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- Sumer (or Šumer) was one of the early civilizations of the Ancient ... The history of Sumeria dates back to the beginning of writing and ...37 KB (5,525 words) - 22:21, 26 February 2023
- Near East. Budge was was a strong proponent of liberal Christianity and was ... came to hold arguably the best collection of Ancient Near East artifacts ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- who survived and recorded the Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. His works ... While some accuse him of being a pro-Roman propagandist, even a traitor ...15 KB (2,242 words) - 17:37, 28 March 2024
- In ancient Western civilization, the Golden Mean is found in the mythological ... In Western philosophy, Aristotle in particular elaborated the concept ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 06:15, 20 December 2022
- Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions ... There are three main subjects of Chinese painting: human figures, ...47 KB (7,130 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- city, industrial center, and major port of Tanzania. Its name comes from ... Tanzania remains one of the poorest countries in the world, but has ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- The term Indian philosophy may refer to any of several traditions ... All the schools of Indian philosophy are characterized by some common ...22 KB (3,133 words) - 22:02, 4 February 2023
- all are independent. Arabs form the majority of the populations of Algeria ... designation birthed during the days of the British Empire, and encompasses ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- century Gujarati literature, and was one of several Gujarati writers and ... subject to challenge from the influential Western model introduced under colonial ...44 KB (6,296 words) - 21:42, 30 October 2023
- :Note: This article is about the institution and office of the Dalai ... The Dalai Lama (meaning "Ocean of Wisdom") is an institution ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- The term Greek mythology refers to the collection of tales belonging ... on the culture, arts and literature of Western civilization. Indeed ...45 KB (6,635 words) - 21:31, 12 July 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in western ... Sichuan, the home of ancient civilizations and ethnic groups, sits ...21 KB (2,859 words) - 14:31, 27 January 2023
- July 2, 1778) was a Franco-Swiss philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ... the modernizing, industrializing society of his own time — was a negative ...25 KB (3,929 words) - 01:04, 9 February 2023
- The Persian Gulf is located in Southwest Asia. It is an extension ... are the world's largest single source of crude oil, and related industries ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2022
- injury" (literally: the avoidance of himsa: violence). The principle ... The ancient principle of ahimsa has had a profound impact on Indian ...25 KB (3,653 words) - 06:51, 16 June 2023
- from other developed nations because of its national credo, historical ... also be used in a negative sense by critics of American policies to refer ...29 KB (4,328 words) - 06:49, 25 July 2023
- pan out, and she would later retract some of them, but they were always ... fur trading business in China, where he died of tuberculosis when Susan was ...21 KB (3,083 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- rock temples in southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about ... The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during ...14 KB (2,343 words) - 06:55, 14 June 2023
- Educated through the difficult life of an American emigrant in the ... Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and held the position ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 01:17, 21 April 2023
- The Bosporus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the long, island ... The roughly oval-shaped body of water has a surface area of 163,000 ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 18:07, 31 October 2023
- Diophantus of Alexandria (Greek: Διόφαντος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύ ... He is sometimes called "the Father of Algebra," a title he shares ...16 KB (2,463 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- The history of agriculture is the story of humankind's development ... Because of agriculture, cities as well as trade relations between ...39 KB (5,853 words) - 00:03, 19 November 2020
- Jikji is the abbreviated title of a Korean Buddhist document, whose ... The purpose of Jikji was to assist Buddhist monks in teaching Zen ...14 KB (2,230 words) - 01:10, 9 February 2023
- [[Image:Caslon-schriftmusterblatt.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|A specimen ... Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design ...43 KB (6,355 words) - 00:40, 3 May 2023
- Southern European country with a population of approximately 60 million. It ... and France. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- [[File:Durham 2534.jpg|thumb|325px|Men of the Shkreli tribe at the ... A tribe is a human social system existing before the emergence of ...37 KB (5,635 words) - 16:06, 27 July 2021
- Korea's first religion, the religion of Dangun, the mythical founder ... has remained a vital force in Korean civilization from 2333 B.C.E. until ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... name for the Indus River. The Constitution of India and common usage in Hindi ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- is commonly regarded as the fundamental unit of counting and measurement. For ... known as the "identity element" of multiplication (or multiplicative ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
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- The Estates General of 1789 was a general assembly representing the ... === First Assembly of Notables and peasants === The suggestion to summon ...27 KB (4,325 words) - 21:32, 20 March 2024
- Astrology is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs in which ... While astronomy is the scientific study of astronomical objects and phenomena ...33 KB (4,705 words) - 18:24, 19 August 2023
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... With the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, there was ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
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- also found in almanacs, such as the times of the rising and setting of the ... The almanac is a natural byproduct of the calender and serves as ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- The grass family, Poaceae, is one of the largest plant families, and ... also used for many plants that are not part of the Poaceae family but may ...14 KB (2,146 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- "Yavana" are both transliterations of the Greek word for "Ionians ... * The mention of the "Yona king Antiochus" in the Edicts ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- It burns rapidly and produces a large amount of gas, which produces a pressure ... explosives—dynamite, TNT, etc.—because of its lower burning speed, which ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 17:15, 12 July 2023
- 1405) was a fourteenth-century warlord of Turco-Mongol descent B.F. Manz ... at Kesh, near Samarkand. Timur was a member of the Turkic Barlas clan of Mongols ...24 KB (3,811 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
- The Kingdom of Morocco is a country in North Africa. The full Arabic ... diverse country with a rich culture and civilization. Though Morocco hosted ...40 KB (5,727 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- and pamphletist, and the preeminent figure of the eighteenth-century French ... reason, despised democracy as the rule of the mob, and believed that ...27 KB (4,100 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- [[Image:Jan de Bray 002.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Governors of the ... A guild is an association of craftspeople in a particular trade. The ...29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
- " He went on to become one of the most influential journalists ... He was a widely read, and popular figure of the era, and in his later years ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
- opportunity in the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire. The dynasty ... historians as a high point in Chinese civilization—equal to or surpassing ...40 KB (6,123 words) - 00:13, 10 February 2024
- The sport of Fencing is a sport of armed combat that is one of the ... ancient times as fencing was an ancient form of combat in warfare. Today the ...26 KB (4,245 words) - 17:16, 26 March 2024
- The Great Lakes region includes much of the Canadian province of Ontario ... power, recreation, and a host of other uses. The Great Lakes ...23 KB (3,330 words) - 22:50, 21 January 2023
- , or Tunisia, with a population of over 10 million, is a predominately ... Forty per cent of the country is comprised of the Sahara Desert, with ...35 KB (5,063 words) - 15:12, 2 August 2023
- in America, but fell gradually out of favor from that time on. Parsons ... Coming could not occur until man rid himself of all social evils, and sought ...14 KB (1,904 words) - 21:04, 13 November 2020
- Shaktism is a denomination of Hinduism that worships Shakti (or Devi ... and points toward the fundamental necessity of a female image of the divine ...40 KB (6,102 words) - 10:18, 26 January 2023
- in Indian culture and based on teachings of the Vedas. Hinduism is the ... taught at universities results from the work of the theosophist, Annie Besant ...61 KB (9,460 words) - 19:05, 17 March 2022
- islands are included, it covers six percent of Earth's total surface ... the scientific community to be the origin of humans and the Hominidae tree ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- Haiku (俳句) is a mode of Japanese poetry initiated through a late ... The Hokku of early Japanese poets like Matsuo Basho and Ueshima Onitsura ...26 KB (4,075 words) - 16:44, 21 January 2024
- The system of five phases was used for describing interactions and ... believed to control the change and movement of the universe, and to provide ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove ( c=竹林七賢 ) were a group of Chinese Taoist Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- Black powder is the original gunpowder; it was one of the few known ... is that when fired it produces a cloud of smoke. This smoke obscures ...14 KB (2,154 words) - 14:28, 8 February 2022
- |Place of Birth: |Thessaloníki (Selânik) |- |Death: |November 10, 1938 ... |Place of Death: |Istanbul |- |Political Party: |As PM: Republican ...25 KB (3,912 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- Chinese ceramics or Chinese porcelain is a form of fine art developed ... The first types of pottery were made about 11,000 years ago, during ...32 KB (4,846 words) - 22:42, 13 January 2023
- these tended to focus more on the lives of saints), are among the earliest ... The Catholic church eyed mystery plays warily. Until the beginning ...17 KB (2,612 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surfaces ... theories hold that they may have been a way of transmitting information, while ...25 KB (3,776 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United ... In February 1926, Carter G. Woodson launched the celebration of "Negro ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- the White Knight, was a Voivode (Ruler) of Transylvania (from 1441), captain ... His emphasis on tactics and strategy instead of over-reliance on frontal assaults ...19 KB (2,971 words) - 07:01, 8 April 2024
- The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the ... was already rich and essential in the period of antiquity called the pre-Chin ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- The Battle of Tours (October 10, 732), often called Battle of Poitiers ... The Court of Martyrs Henry Coppée writes, "The same name (see ...68 KB (10,731 words) - 01:40, 26 September 2023
- The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and ... their Phoenician ancestry). The main cause of the Punic Wars was the clash ...26 KB (4,140 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- mythology. He was originally the chief god of the city of Eridu. The exact ... Enki was the god of water, crafts, intelligence, and creation. He ...18 KB (3,043 words) - 08:34, 5 February 2022
- ==Evolution of the glyph== like an uppercase H with the bottom half of the left line and the upper ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- Cotton can refer to members of the genus Gossypium of flowering plants ... Since ancient times, some species of cotton plants have been cultivated ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 21:13, 23 May 2020
- philosopher who gained his position in the history of Western philosophy by ... Fichte must be credited with reintroducing the idea of a direct contact ...16 KB (2,518 words) - 14:42, 1 August 2022
- was a Jewish-American political theorist of German descent and one of the ... Rejecting much of the Western philosophical tradition, Arendt maintained ...24 KB (3,560 words) - 18:02, 23 January 2024
- sizable ungulate ("hoofed") mammal of the family Equidae and the ... Horses, one of the most historically vital domesticated animals to ...30 KB (4,944 words) - 19:37, 21 February 2022
- the Romans as Flavius Theodoricus, was king of the Ostrogoths (471-526), ... ruler of Italy (493–526), and regent of the Visigoths (511–526 ...20 KB (2,964 words) - 18:00, 30 April 2023
- Indonesia, which has the largest population of Muslims in the world. Many ... free to choose and to practice the religion of his/her choice" and "guarantees ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- Philosophy is the systematic study of the foundations of human knowledge ... Traditionally at least, it is not the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge’s ...69 KB (10,119 words) - 04:14, 24 November 2022
- Slavery has been a part of human civilization for thousands of years ... The primary reason for the enterprise of slave trade and human trafficking ...45 KB (6,987 words) - 14:55, 27 April 2023
- Saint Anthony the Great (251 - 356 C.E.), also known as Saint Anthony ... Athanasius's Vita Antonii - the source of many tales of his spirtual ...22 KB (3,532 words) - 19:06, 22 December 2022
- or Hashashiyyin) were a religious sect of Ismaili Shi'a Muslims ... ==Etymology of the word "assassin"== The term assassin, which ...15 KB (2,338 words) - 22:24, 8 November 2021
- The Ottoman Empire represents one of the largest imperial projects ... Those who believe that history teaches lessons or that a non-human ...38 KB (5,718 words) - 05:55, 18 November 2022
- Roman trade with India started around the beginning of the Common ... The use of monsoon winds, which enabled a voyage safer than a long ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- ; also romanized as Nei Mongol) is a Mongol autonomous region of the ... The official languages of Inner Mongolia are Standard Mandarin and ...33 KB (4,665 words) - 19:29, 5 March 2024
- The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ... stable since 1996, Guatemala's recent history has been plagued by civil ...37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
- human rights activist, former Prisoner of Zion, Israeli politician and author. As a refusenik and dissident, he became a member of the Moscow Helsinki ...16 KB (2,307 words) - 01:29, 11 November 2022
- harden, burn, or dry materials. The firing of kilns requires a specific fuel ... Primitive kilns date back to the early days of civilization and are ...23 KB (3,896 words) - 23:03, 3 March 2023
- ) is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the northwest ... south of the Arabian Peninsula, the archipelago is 250 kilometers ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic ... The effects spread throughout Western Europe and North America during ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- The Republic of Yemen is a country on the southwestern corner of the ... desert sands it actually runs, the area of Yemen can only be estimated ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: La ... Along with the U.S. Declaration of Independence, it is considered ...17 KB (2,728 words) - 23:49, 26 July 2022
- ) in Paris, France, is one of the oldest, largest, and most famous ... The first royal "Castle of the Louvre" was established in ...22 KB (3,221 words) - 04:13, 4 November 2022
- that first aired in 1980. The purpose of the network is to make information ... and Reese Schonfeld. The founding purpose of the network was to make information ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 10:13, 25 November 2023
- In a matriarchy, power lies with the women of a community. Conclusive ... However, such societies generally occur in times of societal stress ...26 KB (3,881 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- The Scramble for Africa (or the Race for Africa) was the proliferation ... The latter half of the nineteenth century saw the transition from ...50 KB (7,409 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- Sayyid Qutb ; October 9, 1906 (The Library of Congress has his birth ... Alternative spellings of his first and last names include Saïd, Syed ...31 KB (4,669 words) - 02:31, 21 April 2023
- : singular see below: Origin of the name ) is both the largest and ... metropolis with an urban population of 3.3 million and a metropolitan ...45 KB (6,393 words) - 18:55, 19 August 2023
- Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of the South American nation of ... financial, and political center of Colombia. As with many large ...33 KB (4,818 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain ... When Britain acquired an Empire of its own, reference to His or Her ...53 KB (8,072 words) - 04:48, 16 December 2022
- , meaning "verses of wisdom") is the oldest translatable ... It is one of the oldest extant texts of any Indo-European language ...41 KB (6,083 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. Specific studies ... Early speculation, study, and theory of mineralogy was written of ...27 KB (3,827 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- Neocolonialism is a term used by post-colonial critics of developed ... ) and a critique of modern capitalist businesses involvement in nations ...50 KB (7,266 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- The Árpáds or Arpads was the ruling dynasty of the federation of ... Seven members of the dynasty were canonized or beatified by the Roman ...26 KB (3,604 words) - 06:17, 13 June 2023
- [[File:Initiation ritual of boys in Malawi.jpg|right|330px|thumb|Initiation ... quot; or "person") is the study of humanity (see genus Homo). ...28 KB (3,944 words) - 06:17, 31 July 2023
- ("to yoke")) refers to a series of interrelated ancient Hindu ... During the twentieth century, the philosophy and practice of Yoga ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- Nabonidus (Akkadian Nabû-nāʾid) was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian ... As king, Nabonidus was maligned by the priests of the chief Babylonian ...17 KB (2,715 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- The village of Bodh Gaya is in the Gaya district in the Indian state ... Bodh Gaya is considered by Buddhists as one of the world's holiest ...16 KB (2,541 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- The sphinx has had a long history of secrecy and intrigue, being viewed ... and ability to penetrate the mysteries of the universe, while warning ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- The Kingdom of Judah (Hebrew מַלְכוּת יְהוּדָה, Standard ... it from the Northern Kingdom (the Kingdom of Israel) after the two entities ...27 KB (4,065 words) - 16:48, 25 February 2024
- The sociology of religion is primarily the study of the practices ... Historically, sociology of religion was of central importance to sociology ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- The Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis in the world. ... and by the year 1400 B.C.E. had become part of a powerful Mycenaean city. ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- laureate, lauded principally for a series of highly symbolic and often ironic ... Like other German authors, already in their prime during the rise ...35 KB (5,541 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a noose ... considered a rather inhumane method of execution it was the method ...19 KB (2,904 words) - 01:19, 28 January 2022
- luxurious textiles. Silk is mostly composed of the insoluble protein fibroin ... important silk is obtained from the cocoons of the the domesticated moth Bombyx ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 20:11, 21 April 2023
- Chichen Itza ("At the mouth of the well of the Itza") is ... Terminal Classic and into the early portion of the Early Postclassic period ...32 KB (4,966 words) - 20:59, 9 December 2023
- Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to ... when people had no scientific understanding of natural phenomena, such as ...43 KB (6,539 words) - 15:29, 10 December 2023
- and critical theory that were outcomes of twentieth-century French philosophy ... it can be broadly understood as a body of distinct reactions to structuralism ...25 KB (3,653 words) - 05:46, 30 November 2022
- Arabic: سليمان Sulayman) was the son of king David and the third king ... Nathan is Jedidiah, meaning "friend of God" (2 Samuel 12:25) ...29 KB (4,624 words) - 00:50, 4 February 2023
- == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution5glyph.png The evolution of our modern glyph for five cannot be neatly traced ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- France had colonial possessions, in various forms, from the beginning ... Currently, the remnants of this large empire are various islands and ...25 KB (3,770 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2022
- | work_institution = University of Vienna | alma_mater = University of Vienna | doctoral_advisor = Jean-Martin ...58 KB (8,678 words) - 21:59, 29 January 2023
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... Korean history has long included elements of Shamanism, Confucianism ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- between the Thrace and Anatolian sections of Turkey. The world's narrowest ... and control over it has been an objective of a number of hostilities in ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- bend in each arm. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates ... Though once commonly used all over much of the world without stigma ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- His work gave rise to a new generation of Muslim intellectuals and politicians ... Company. Personally affected by the turmoil of the Indian rebellion of 1857 ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- ), is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end ... Modern Greece, a developed country and a member of the European Union ...73 KB (10,722 words) - 18:19, 27 January 2023
- Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a representative democratic ... Ecuador is a multicultural, multiethnic nation–state with one of ...30 KB (4,366 words) - 18:03, 12 February 2024
- Arches are used as supports for many types of vaults, with the barrel ... Michael Clarke, The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms (Oxford University ...55 KB (8,185 words) - 23:26, 18 March 2024
- was an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the pillars of the Western ... upon his conviction about the immortality of the soul, Socrates defined ...30 KB (4,718 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- 041-058.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Location of the valley in the Theban Hills ... The Valley of the Kings (Arabic: وادي الملوك Wadi Biban ...45 KB (7,190 words) - 20:00, 27 April 2020
- The Young Turk Revolution of July 1908 reversed the suspension of ... by the Sultan in 1878. However, the process of replacing existing institutions ...19 KB (2,797 words) - 14:10, 28 November 2022
- In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ... In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- Korean literature is the body of literature produced in Korea or by ... The development of Korean Literature is quite unique due to the creation ...33 KB (5,273 words) - 00:25, 8 May 2021
- gave lasting influences on the development of intellectual, technological ... Zhang was one of the best known writers in literature and poetry in ...53 KB (7,780 words) - 16:31, 19 January 2024
- after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandie (the French-speaking ... Geneva was a center of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 06:46, 18 April 2024
- The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as ... enthusiastic: Some powers linked the demise of the Ottomans with the fate ...61 KB (9,207 words) - 16:50, 18 February 2023
- The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern ... Mariana Islands. They are the southern part of a submerged mountain range ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- quot;) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous ... Prior to the arrival of Europeans, and even after their arrival since ...53 KB (8,160 words) - 18:55, 7 February 2023
- , earlier known as Saloth Sar, was leader of the Communist movement known ... 1970s, Pol Pot became the prime minister of "Democratic Kampuchea ...22 KB (3,417 words) - 08:30, 24 November 2022
- Emperor from 244 to 249. He became a member of the Praetorian guard under ... as barbarian. This may be an early example of Culture War. There is, however ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 03:50, 24 November 2022
- The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... Indian classical music has one of the most complex and complete musical ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent ... the Middle East show archaeological evidence of having had fortified city walls ...44 KB (6,877 words) - 22:27, 15 May 2023
- Franz Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 22, 1942) was one of the pioneers ... the gymnasium, Boas was exposed to natural history. Of his work at the gymnasium ...37 KB (5,468 words) - 05:16, 9 April 2024
- Agriculture (a term which encompasses farming) is the process of producing ... Agriculture has been an important aspect of economics throughout the ...27 KB (3,893 words) - 06:48, 16 June 2023
- from c. 1500 B.C.E. At the height of its power, during the fourteenth ... Indic and Middle Eastern worlds, regardless of geographical origin. Trade ...37 KB (5,773 words) - 19:19, 9 November 2022
- [[Image:Pirate_Flag_of_Rack_Rackham.svg|thumb|250px|right|The flag ... at sea, or outside the normal jurisdiction of any state, by an agent without ...24 KB (3,715 words) - 06:18, 24 November 2022
- /kɛlt/ now refers primarily to a member of any of a number of peoples ... Although today restricted to the Atlantic coast of Western Europe ...49 KB (7,613 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- Alexandria, with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest ... Ancient Alexandria was a thriving Greco-Roman city, one of the most ...24 KB (3,570 words) - 06:37, 20 July 2023
- The Historic Centre of Lima is the portion of the city of Lima, Peru ... important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, established by Charles ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 21:54, 31 January 2024
- Korea has one of the longest continuous histories of any kingdom or ... Korea, see below), a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- one" or "March 1") was one of the earliest manifestations ... demonstrations failed to accomplish the goal of effecting independence, they ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- those empowered to use force and other forms of coercion and legal means to ... The responsibilities of police include fighting crime, but more generally ...30 KB (4,393 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- necessities for which a large fraction of the cost represents its ability ... plastic are used to make toys. Newer forms of toys include interactive digital ...41 KB (6,246 words) - 04:50, 1 May 2023
- The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, "S.J.," "S ... the "Black Pope" after the color of the Jesuit habit) has occasionally ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all, or large parts ... territory and its people being invaded. Some of these consequences can be beneficial ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
- the Caucasus. They were active in the areas of southern Siberia, western Manchuria ... east, to defend China from the cavalry raids of the Xiongnu. Eventually the ...37 KB (5,668 words) - 14:32, 20 May 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
- Norse: Jarizleifr) was thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev, uniting ... His patronage of learning and his forging international ties helped ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:15, 22 May 2023
- are a Native American people originally of the Great Lakes region. They ... The Potawatomi controlled a vast amount of territory in the 1700s ...28 KB (4,269 words) - 00:29, 12 April 2023
- The Republic of Iraq, commonly known as Iraq, is a Middle Eastern ... to the south. Iraq has a narrow section of coastline measuring 58 km ...56 KB (8,476 words) - 13:04, 6 March 2024
- flowing east through the eponymous plains of northern India into Bangladesh ... In his book Discovery of India, Jawaharlal Nehru says: "… The ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- 1802 – May 22, 1885) is recognized as one of the most influential Romantic ... more than a political activist. He was one of the most gifted writers of ...37 KB (5,552 words) - 20:07, 3 May 2023
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- Carpets are made of natural and synthetic fibers, such as wool, nylon ... == Types of carpets == [[Image:Swatches of berber carpet.jpg|thumb ...28 KB (4,327 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- sexual reproduction requires the mating of two organisms, male and female ... ==Evolution of the glyph== [[Image:Evolution2glyph.png|thumb|400px|left]] ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is a branch of philosophy; it ... Baumgarten in 1735 to mean "the science of how things are known via the ...53 KB (8,177 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- observations in Africa challenged attitudes of racial superiority and provoked ... at a time when women were thought incapable of doing what men did. Her achievements ...29 KB (4,571 words) - 16:02, 7 November 2022
- It is located in the largest estuary in western Europe, formed by the Scheldt ... Antwerp has long been an important city in the nations of the Benelux ...22 KB (3,301 words) - 05:47, 11 August 2023
- She was the first woman in Canadian history to become Governor General ... Sauvé's main objective was to see to the fulfillment of national ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- the Jewish term gentile, the Islamic notions of infidel and kafir, and the ... used to criticize and demonize the adherents of non-Christian faiths since ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- [[Image:Paper 450x450.jpg|thumb|right|Sheet of paper]] Paper is a thin, flat material produced by the compression of fibers ...25 KB (4,009 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- capital, largest city, and economic center of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ... Amman is a city of contrasts, a unique blend of old and new; its modern ...17 KB (2,613 words) - 00:55, 9 January 2023
- and a professor at the London School of Economics. He is counted among ... Popper was born in Vienna (then part of Austria-Hungary) in 1902 to ...33 KB (4,906 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2022
- The history of Sicily has seen it usually controlled by greater powers—Roman ... Although today part of the Republic of Italy, it has its own distinct ...33 KB (4,988 words) - 11:46, 1 February 2024
- as art. Every culture since the beginning of human existence has sculpted ... As intelligence develops the human ability to use the materials of ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- meteorology, geography, jurisprudence, study of the Bible, mathematics, anatomy ... alike, he was burnt at the stake by order of the Geneva governing council ...19 KB (2,991 words) - 17:09, 9 November 2022
- [[Image:Earth Western Hemisphere.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Increasingly ... Globalization, as a concept, refers both to the "shrinking" ...36 KB (5,269 words) - 08:02, 24 January 2023
- Tibetan art, or “Himalayan art,” refers to the art of Tibet and ... Tibetan visual art consists primarily of murals, thangka (painted religious ...39 KB (5,852 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- I, Selim II and Murad III. During a period of 50 years, he was responsible ... where he traveled widely both as a commander of soldiers and a military engineer ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 22:27, 29 January 2023
- Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, ... The long reign of monarchs came to an end in 1974, when a pro-Soviet ...47 KB (6,926 words) - 04:34, 22 March 2024
- Buddhist art refers to the rich and diverse representations of religious ... Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- ancient India. Originating from the kingdom of Magadha in the Indo-Gangetic ... At its zenith, the Empire stretched to the northern natural boundaries ...32 KB (4,663 words) - 00:50, 9 November 2022
- belief that the natural world is a community of living personas, only some ... While the term "animism" refers to a broad range of spiritual ...26 KB (4,193 words) - 06:15, 28 July 2023
- in Giorgio Vasari's Vite (Lives of the Artists). Alberti studied ... Alberti was employed by Pope Nicholas V in the restoration of the ...24 KB (3,831 words) - 20:08, 25 October 2022
- population 3,145,300 (2005), is the capital of Vietnam. From 1010 until 1802 ... The city is located on the right bank of the Red River. Hanoi is located ...24 KB (3,621 words) - 13:28, 24 January 2023
- == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution4glyph.png Indians would add a horizontal line on top of the numeral, and the Kshatrapa ...24 KB (3,319 words) - 06:45, 13 June 2023
- ) is a term used in Tantric Buddhism that means "wheel of time ... The Kalachakra tradition revolves around the concept of time (kāla ...25 KB (3,831 words) - 06:50, 28 February 2023
- Paleontology (palaeontology or palæontology) is the scientific study ... Paleontology represents the desire of human beings to better understand ...34 KB (5,105 words) - 06:23, 18 November 2022
- The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, commonly called Jordan, is an Arab ... A young nation, Jordan occupies an area considered one of the 15 cradle ...51 KB (7,712 words) - 07:36, 27 February 2023
- (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan ... The location of human and pre-human habitation dating back two million ...40 KB (5,942 words) - 05:17, 26 August 2023
- and formerly Vietnamese. Four percent of Chinese characters are derived ... parts where one indicates a general category of meaning and the other the sound ...55 KB (8,141 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, which it is also ... least the eighth century, with some evidence of its existence in pre-Islamic ...29 KB (4,200 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- ), is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... it is traditionally regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization. ...27 KB (3,852 words) - 17:21, 7 February 2022
- The Book of Joshua (Hebrew: Sefer Y'hoshua—ספר יהושע ... In Jewish tradition, the Book of Joshua is the first of the books ...26 KB (4,240 words) - 00:19, 19 November 2023
- Graeco-Indian Kingdom covered various parts of the northwest and northern ... Kingdom" loosely describes a number of various dynastic polities, ...61 KB (8,976 words) - 19:50, 4 March 2024
- his career as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh University, after ... His writing on Islam pioneered, in the English-speaking world, use ...26 KB (3,916 words) - 10:37, 11 May 2023
- West Virginia is a state in the Appalachia/Upland South region of ... West Virginia is one of the Border States. The state's Northern ...40 KB (5,933 words) - 17:17, 4 May 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost ... Over the course of its existence, Lisbon has both flourished and suffered ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- Katyn Forest Massacre, was a mass execution of Polish citizens by the order ... The massacre is of note for a number of reasons, but primarily due ...48 KB (7,094 words) - 22:04, 3 March 2023
- genetic studies indicate that the ancestors of the Tibetan people diverged ... Tibet was forcibly incorporated into the People's Republic of ...35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- – February 21, 1677), is considered one of the great rationalists of seventeenth ... Spinoza was born to a family of Sephardic Jews, among the Spanish ...28 KB (4,336 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- This bacterium, transmitted through the bite of a flea, has caused the death ... The epidemiological use of the term "plague" is currently ...29 KB (4,475 words) - 16:51, 22 November 2023
- on the present-day Four Corners area of the United States, comprising ... The origin and exact size and location of this group of people is ...40 KB (6,073 words) - 19:47, 26 July 2023
- Ellesmere Island is the largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in ... More than one-fifth of the island has been turned into a national ...20 KB (2,966 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2024
- August 660 C.E.), a kingdom in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula originally ... Onjo of Baekje, the son of Goguryeo's founder Jumong, founded ...27 KB (3,640 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- region = Western Philosophers | era = 20th-century philosophy | ... main_interests = Democracy, Race, Philosophy of religion, Ethics| ...19 KB (2,834 words) - 03:31, 8 January 2024
- (NGO). The organization has hundreds of branches internationally and ... == Early history == The beginnings of Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual ...28 KB (3,991 words) - 22:34, 20 November 2023
- The People's Republic of Bangladesh lies in a corner of South ... for whom what is called the "myth of return" never quite dies ...30 KB (4,435 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons ... mausolea are almost universally places of religious and/or national significance ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken ... Confucian preoccupation with hierarchy dictated the placement of rooms ...41 KB (6,198 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque ... In the strict sense satire is a literary genre, but the larger notion ...31 KB (4,584 words) - 15:56, 18 December 2022
- Romanum) is used to denote that part of the world under Roman rule ... the Roman Empire is disputed, with the dates of Julius Caesar's appointment ...70 KB (11,213 words) - 04:50, 16 December 2022
- Racial segregation is the separation, either by law or by action, ... Racial segregation is characterized by separation of people of different ...23 KB (3,411 words) - 22:42, 7 December 2022
- offspring') is the social class of wage-earners, those members ... Marxist philosophy regards the proletariat under conditions of capitalism ...25 KB (3,629 words) - 23:10, 30 September 2023
- when the last Sassanid Shahanshah (King of Kings), Yazdegerd III (632 ... Often tolerant of religious minorities, Jewish life flourished during ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- central northern India, occupies a plateau of volcanic origin in the western ... Malwa has experienced wave after wave of empires and dynasties ruling ...38 KB (5,752 words) - 11:00, 9 March 2023
- exposure for adultery in Japan from Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs ... Punishment is the practice of imposing something unpleasant on a person ...23 KB (3,563 words) - 18:12, 14 April 2023
- quot;), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked, mountainous ... During World War I in the western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey ...47 KB (6,850 words) - 03:48, 15 August 2023
- American cultural anthropologist, a pioneer of the feminist movement in America ... and an emphasis on the importance of early childhood development ...26 KB (3,818 words) - 03:56, 6 November 2022
- Mo) is a term applied to a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory ... Many theorists agree that we can distinguish between two senses of ...45 KB (6,401 words) - 05:50, 30 November 2022
- speakers (not necessarily native speakers) of the Arabic language. It does ... Arabic literature emerged in the sixth century with only fragments ...44 KB (6,658 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- " and Janapada "foothold of a tribe," "country ... Most of the historical details about the Mahajanapadas are culled ...50 KB (7,467 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- 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 ...35 KB (5,494 words) - 00:59, 9 November 2022
- Kurufa was a medieval West African state of the Mandinka from c. 1235 to ... The kingdom included the ancient city of Timbuktu, which was flourishing ...52 KB (8,425 words) - 06:37, 5 November 2022
- The State of Kuwait ( الكويت ) is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf ...41 KB (6,203 words) - 15:18, 22 March 2024
- It is an agency of the United States Department of the Interior, which ... Forty-four years after the establishment of Yellowstone, the National Park ...24 KB (3,262 words) - 14:57, 11 November 2022
