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- , also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the most prominent women in ... In September, 1949, when the Communists founded the People’s Republic ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- Yehenara, Empress Xiao Ding Jing (1868 – 1913), is better known ... Long Yu did what she could to preserve and protect the imperial heritage ...7 KB (1,177 words) - 18:49, 31 January 2022
- Mínzú), is a Chinese term that refers to the modern notion of a Chinese ... The roots of the Zhonghua minzu lie in the multi-ethnic Qing Empire ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 06:01, 13 June 2023
- ) is the ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty ... Rediscovered in 1899, Yin Xu numbers among the oldest and largest ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- 1900) in Haicheng County, Fengtian province of China – October 14, 2001 ... * History of the Republic of China * National Revolutionary Army ...11 KB (1,688 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- His philological works include Wen Shi (文始 "The Origin of ... An activist as well as scholar, he produced a great amount of political ...11 KB (1,492 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven ( t=天壇|s=天坛 ... ; Manchu: Abkai mukdehun) is a complex of Taoist buildings situated ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, "Shimonoseki ... ) in China, was signed at the Shunpanrō Hotel on April 17, 1895, ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- was a Chinese Communist leader and President of the People's Republic ... Liu Shaoqi was a main ideologue of the Chinese Communist Party, and ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
- Chinese playwright, often regarded as China's most important of ... and Peking Man (1940). It is largely through the efforts of Cao Yu that modern ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 00:35, 13 January 2023
- leader and statesman. He is regarded as the founder of the Chinese Red ... Zhu De participated in the Revolution of 1911, then became an officer ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 15:28, 3 December 2022
- ; ca 1897 – October 23, 2003) was the youngest of the three Soong ... * History of the Republic of China * Military of the Republic of China ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- The Allied Powers were a group of countries (also known as the Allies ... The Second World War's opposing alliances pitted strong democracies ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- The Mountain Resort in Chengde (Chinese: 避暑山庄; pinyin: Bìshǔ ... Ligong (Chinese: 离宫; pinyin: Lígōng, the Qing Dynasty's summer ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 14:51, 5 December 2023
- Autonomous Region—a Hui autonomous region of the People's Republic ... Ningxia, a stop along the Silk Road, had been influenced by Islam ...15 KB (2,041 words) - 04:50, 15 November 2022
- ), is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of ... It should be noted that the term Mao Zedong Thought has always been ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 03:00, 6 November 2022
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom, located in ... The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and the turning away from communism ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
- The Mogao Caves, or Mogao Grottoes ( 莫高窟|p=mò gāo kū ) (also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas and Dunhuang Caves ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 19:28, 9 November 2022
- ; also spelled Kweichow) is a province of the People's Republic ... Guizhou sat on the fringe of the Chinese empire until the Ming dynasty ...15 KB (2,085 words) - 08:18, 8 January 2024
- The Battle of Cheongsanri (Chingshanri in Chinese) was fought in October ... Although no dramatic change in the status of relations between the ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 11:38, 20 September 2023
- The Wuyi Mountains ( c=武夷山|p=Wǔyí Shān ; POJ: Bu-i Soa) designates a mountain range located at the prefecture ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 17:46, 10 November 2022
- Falun Gong (Chinese: 法轮功: meaning "Practice of the Wheel ... immediate acclaim and nominated twice as the "Star Qigong School" ...14 KB (2,259 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- is located in Sichuan province, Western China. Mount Emei is often written ... The first Buddhist monasteries were built on Mount Emei during the ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 17:05, 10 November 2022
- ) is the leading Chinese search engine for websites, audio files, ... As of March 21, 2008, Baidu is ranked 19th overall in Alexa's ...20 KB (2,596 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- The May Fourth Movement (五四運動, 五四运动, wǔ sì yùn ... The May Fourth Movement led to the New Cultural Movement and a drastic ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- The Treaty of Nanking (Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which ... The establishment of Hong Kong and of other Treaty Port settlements ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- The Terracotta Army ( t=兵馬俑|s=兵马俑|p=bīngmǎ yǒng|l=soldier ... ) or Terracotta Warriors and Horses is a collection of 8,099 life ...13 KB (1,945 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
- for approximately one thousand years in China, from the tenth century until ... When a girl was between the ages of three and eight years old, the ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- Qinghai is a province of the People's Republic of China located ... Qinghai, a province remote to the centers of power in China and newly ...18 KB (2,519 words) - 04:02, 7 December 2022
- A pagoda is the general term for a tiered tower with multiple eaves ... The architectural structure of the stupa has spread across Asia, taking ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Kirin; Manchu: Girin ula), is a province of ... Jilin has played an integral part in both the history of China and ...17 KB (2,180 words) - 20:50, 3 April 2024
- The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion against ... In 1839, the First Opium War broke out, and China was defeated by ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- special costumes, dance motions, and music. The dance has earned a reputation ... Geom-mu originated during the later portion of the Three Kingdoms ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- (phonetic notation and transcription) for the Mandarin language used in ... Wade-Giles was the main system of transcription in the English-speaking ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a province of the People's ... tone marks are not written, both Shaanxi and the neighboring province of Shanxi ...15 KB (2,046 words) - 10:15, 26 January 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 Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT), also often translated ... Together with the People First Party ( 親民黨) and Chinese New ...28 KB (4,106 words) - 16:48, 30 March 2024
- known under various other names, including the stage name Lan Ping (Chinese: ... On November 22, 1966, Jiang Qing was named first vice-chairwoman of ...14 KB (2,214 words) - 20:36, 3 April 2024
- The peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a member of the legume ... Although the fruit of Arachis hypogaea is considered a “nut” in ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 17:09, 26 March 2023
- military official and politician during the late Qing Dynasty and the ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 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
- Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong ... The site of Guangzhou has been continuously occupied since Panyu ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- Resolution 82 was a measure adopted by the United Nations Security Council ... The Korean Peninsula had been divided between occupation forces of ...16 KB (2,534 words) - 11:49, 3 May 2023
- :This article is about the former administrative divisions of China. The Eight Banners (In Manchu: [[Image:jakūn gūsa.png|jakūn gūsa|20px]] ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 00:04, 13 February 2024
- The Gang of Four ( s=四人帮|t=四人幫|p=Sì rén bāng ) was a group of Chinese Communist Party leaders in the People's ...19 KB (2,985 words) - 04:24, 18 April 2024
- in Chinese, is a volcanic mountain on the border between North Korea ... The Korean name, Baekdu-san, means "white-headed mountain." ...15 KB (2,130 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- , sometimes simply called “the River” in ancient Chinese, ... ) is the second longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and ...20 KB (2,963 words) - 09:55, 23 May 2023
- Guangdong (formerly spelled "Kwangtung") is a province on ... Guangdong, located remote from the centers of power in Chinese civilization ...24 KB (3,310 words) - 02:43, 5 March 2023
- Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of ... quot;New Frontier," a name given during the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China ...28 KB (3,367 words) - 14:31, 20 May 2023
- ) or Lu Hsün (Wade-Giles), pen name of Zhou Shuren ( t=周樹人|s ... ) (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936) was one of the major Chinese ...17 KB (2,586 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on ... means mountains' east, which refers to the province's location east ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- The World Factbook (ISSN 1553-8133 ; also known as the CIA World Factbook)Central Intelligence Agency ...33 KB (4,760 words) - 17:51, 30 April 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Kiangsi) is a southern province of the People ... Jiangxi had served as a main trade route in ancient and Medieval China ...21 KB (3,089 words) - 20:39, 3 April 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Ngan-hui, Anhwei or An-hwei) is a province ... Anhui, although formally a separate province from the seventeenth ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 06:03, 28 July 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... name for this region, had been adopted by the Liao Dynasty (Khitan Empire ...23 KB (3,109 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- The dizi ( c=笛子]]|p=dízi ), is a Chinese transverse flute, usually made of bamboo. It is also ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- Homo erectus ("upright man") is an extinct species of the ... Fossil findings of early hominids is often fragmentary and inferences ...14 KB (2,119 words) - 12:01, 2 February 2024
- The Congo River is the largest river in western Central Africa and ... The river and its tributaries flow through the second-largest rainforest ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 19:05, 15 May 2020
- John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763 - March 29, 1848) became the first ... class family in Waldorf, Germany. He was the youngest of three sons born ...8 KB (1,194 words) - 07:02, 8 April 2024
- The terms gyopo or dongpo in Korean refer to persons of Korean ethnic ... As with most, if not all, ancient empires, Korea's history has ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:38, 14 April 2023
- The Imperial examinations or Keju ( t=科舉|p=kējǔ ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ...21 KB (3,072 words) - 15:27, 4 February 2023
- (February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro ... (愛新覺羅) ruling family was the last Emperor of China between ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 03:35, 7 December 2022
- The Warsaw Pact, or Warsaw Treaty Organization, officially named the ... ), was an organization of Central and Eastern European communist states ...11 KB (1,642 words) - 22:57, 3 May 2023
- He is most famous for his work in China, and his humanitarian work ... His own experiences of being wounded by shrapnel in World War I, and ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- as Gando, refers to northeastern parts of the People's Republic ... Today, most of the region resides in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 08:52, 3 April 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province of the People's ... #039; west," which refers to the province's location west ...23 KB (3,285 words) - 13:15, 27 January 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located along ... dramatic upsurge in its economy and standard of living during the twentieth ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- ) are an ethnic group indigenous to China and the largest single ethnic ... The history of the Han Chinese ethnic group is closely tied to that ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
- 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
- ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... Suzhou reached its golden age with the Ming Dynasty in 1368 C.E. During ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- and government official from Sichuan, China. Guo Moruo studied at Sixth Higher School and the Medical School of ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 19:48, 12 July 2023
- and political leader often referred to as the "father of modern China ... Although Sun Yat-sen is considered one of the greatest leaders of ...36 KB (5,408 words) - 22:52, 26 February 2023
- ; lit. "Valley of Nine Villages;" Tibetan: Sicadêgu) designates ... The Giant Panda population in Jiuzhaigou Valley, which numbers around ...16 KB (2,461 words) - 13:25, 1 August 2022
- ; Postal map spelling: Kiangsu) is a province of the People's ... Jiangsu has a coastline that extends over a thousand kilometers along ...28 KB (3,971 words) - 20:38, 3 April 2024
- ) is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China ... Hainan island was called the Pearl Cliffs (珠崖 Zhūyá), Fine Jade ...25 KB (3,616 words) - 16:53, 21 January 2024
- The Great Leap Forward ( s=大跃进|t=大躍進|p=Dàyuèjìn ) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and ...24 KB (3,667 words) - 23:12, 21 January 2023
- relationship with North Korea, Russia, China, Japan, and the United States ... In the midst of that awful tension, shrugging off a humiliating experience ...21 KB (3,033 words) - 10:44, 10 November 2023
- *For the history of the Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The History of South Korea formally begins with the establishment ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:47, 1 February 2024
- The Hui people ( c=回族|p=Huízú typically distinguished by their practice of Islam. The Hui form the third ...26 KB (3,824 words) - 15:11, 9 February 2024
- independence activist. In 1909, during the period following the signing ... An Jung-Geun was born in 1879 as the eldest child among three sons ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... Gansu has a unique role in China. Sitting on the terminus of the Silk ...21 KB (2,969 words) - 04:27, 18 April 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is one of four municipalities of ... The urban area of Tianjin is located along the Haihe River, and is ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- political ideology that regards China to be central or unique relative ... A hierarchical Sinocentric model of international relations, dominated ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- Wade-Giles: Ch'ung-ch'ing) is the largest and most populous ... Located on the edge of the Yungui Plateau, Chongqing is intersected ...30 KB (3,987 words) - 17:18, 10 December 2023
- The Long March ( t=長征|s=长征|p=Chángzhēng ) was a massive military ... * History of the Republic of China * History of the People's Republic ...32 KB (4,903 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- Oirat (Oirads, Oyirads, Oirots) is the common name of several pastoral ... From the thirteenth to eighteenth centuries the Kalmyk-Oirats numbered ...17 KB (2,618 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- The Han Dynasty 206 B.C.E. – 220 C.E.) followed the Qin Dynasty ... The reign of the Han Dynasty, which lasted for 400 years, is commonly ...16 KB (2,573 words) - 00:55, 28 January 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
- military leader who was instrumental in the communist victory in the Chinese ... After the establishment of the People's Republic in October 1949 ...22 KB (3,630 words) - 04:11, 29 October 2022
- The panda or giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a mammal native ... The term panda is also used for the red panda, Ailurus fulgens, another ...26 KB (4,054 words) - 11:57, 26 May 2023
- Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern ... The one-time fishing village of Shenzhen was singled out by late Chinese ...24 KB (3,404 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- Nan or Taiwanese Hok-kiàn) is a province of China located on the southeast ... as an education center and pristine nature. The ecology of the province has ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- The Miao ( c=苗|p=Miáo linguistically and culturally related group of people recognized by the government ...23 KB (3,462 words) - 16:33, 9 November 2022
- writer. A novelist and dramatist, he was one of the most significant figures ... Church in Gangwashi, Beijing in 1922. With the help of Reverend Robert Kenneth ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 22:31, 22 October 2022
- 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
- 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
- | birthplace = Shanghai, China | deathdate = 1995|9|8|1920|9|30|mf=y ... 8, 1995) was a Chinese writer. She also used the pseudonym Liang Jing (梁京 ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- IAST: Nāthū Lā) a mountain pass in the Himalayas located on the Indo–China ... Nathu La constitutes one of the three trading border posts between ...20 KB (2,900 words) - 23:53, 29 May 2023
- The Historic Center of Macau ( O Centro Histórico de Macau ... ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was one of the ... During the Chinese Civil War (1926–1949), Chiang attempted to eradicate ...31 KB (4,795 words) - 20:57, 9 December 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
- ), is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... With nearly 100 million people, Henan is the most populous province ...27 KB (3,852 words) - 17:21, 7 February 2022
- Gwanghaegun or Prince Gwanghae (1574 – 1641) was the fifteenth king ... Gwanghaegun endeared himself to generations of Koreas for guiding ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 08:20, 27 July 2023
- ) is a province of China located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze ... Hunan borders Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong to ...18 KB (2,479 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- ; 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
- ; Postal map spelling: Hopeh) is a province of the People's Republic ... It borders Liaoning to the northeast, Inner Mongolia to the north ...26 KB (3,622 words) - 15:13, 25 January 2023
- The Chinese Civil War ( t=國共內戰|s=国共内战|p=Guógòng Neìzhàn ... *History of the Republic of China *Lin Biao *Manchuria *Mao Zedong ...40 KB (5,930 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- philosopher and reformist who is considered the foremost intellectual leader ... Liang believed that journalism had an important role in educating ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- ; literary "four books") or The Four Books of Confucianism ... The Four Books became the most important classical Confucian texts ...11 KB (1,684 words) - 14:30, 27 January 2023
- 22, 1951) was an American sociologist, one of first sociologists who pursued ... human beings as essential socially beings, the understanding of whose interactions ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- laureate, statesman, scholar, and author of books and articles on U.S. ... A proponent of realpolitik (or the realist school of international ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 00:39, 3 January 2024
- Immediately following the truce ending the Korean war, South Korea ... North Koreans have continued to defect, with many being caught during ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- :This article is concerned with the legal system known as Civil law ... Civil law, or continental law, is the predominant system of law in ...15 KB (2,321 words) - 22:28, 10 December 2023
- that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or ... has taken various forms throughout its history, as political and social ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- 210 B.C.E.), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from ... Having unified China, he and his prime minister Lǐ Sī passed a series ...27 KB (4,481 words) - 23:18, 3 November 2023
- Jeju-do (transliterated Korean for Jeju Province, short form of Jeju ... For most of the island's history, Jeju-do had little contact ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 18:01, 2 April 2024
- The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from ... The Korean War (1950-1953) and its Armistice Agreement left the two ...20 KB (2,911 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- as an ancient kingdom established after the fall of Goguryeo. After Goguryeo ... Balhae occupied southern parts of Manchuria (Northeast China) and ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 05:52, 26 August 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
- known as Pusan (Pusan; 부산; 釜山), is the largest port city in the Republic ... Busan became Korea’s first international port in 1876. Busan was ...19 KB (2,764 words) - 03:33, 7 December 2022
- Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo (374-413, r. 391-413) was the nineteenth ... Today, King Gwanggaeto the Great is regarded by Koreans as one of ...14 KB (2,166 words) - 12:47, 24 January 2023
- The Shaolin Monastery or Shaolin Temple ( c=少林寺 |p=Shàolínsì Song Shan in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, of what is now the People's ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 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
- was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean ... Many consider Ahn Chang-ho to be one of the key moral and philosophical ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- In the People's Republic of China, Red Guards ( s=红卫兵|t ... ) were a mass movement of civilians, mostly students and other young ...18 KB (2,779 words) - 02:28, 8 December 2022
- Energy independence is self-sufficiency in terms of the availability ... having useful energy available in adequate amounts to meet the needs ...14 KB (1,937 words) - 20:52, 8 February 2023
- The Yao nationality (瑶族, Pinyin: Yáo zú; Vietnamese: người ... Most Western, Chinese, and Yao scholars believe that the Yao became ...21 KB (3,250 words) - 10:13, 22 May 2023
- The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang ( t=長江 |s=长江|p=Cháng Jiāng ) is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 00:54, 17 April 2023
- politician and reformer, and a recent leader of the Communist Party of China ... Inheriting the social and institutional problems left over from the ...39 KB (5,846 words) - 13:32, 28 January 2024
- The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful ... With Asian countries on the western Pacific rim projected to continue ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- and Szechuan) is a province in western China. It borders quite a few different ... Sichuan, the home of ancient civilizations and ethnic groups, sits ...21 KB (2,859 words) - 14:31, 27 January 2023
- authority, is an entity responsible for the money of its country or of ... Though the primary purpose of a central bank is to act as a financial ...30 KB (4,733 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- Marxism-Leninism is an adaptation of Marxism developed by Vladimir ... Communist parties subscribed to the teachings and legacy of Karl Marx ...15 KB (2,166 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- ) are one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary ... Simplified Chinese characters are officially used in the People's ...45 KB (6,288 words) - 22:48, 10 February 2024
- Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside ... while assimilating to varying degrees with the local population. Overseas ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- The City of Vigan is the capital city of the province of Ilocos Sur ... Vigan constitutes the best example of a Spanish colonial town in the ...13 KB (1,737 words) - 20:19, 3 May 2023
- – January 12, 1983) was a Soviet statesman who served as the Chairman ... In 1930, Podgorny became a member of the ruling Communist Party of ...24 KB (3,354 words) - 16:40, 29 April 2023
- The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, better known simply as ... The Cultural Revolution was initiated by Party Chairman Mao Zedong ...30 KB (4,513 words) - 06:46, 11 January 2024
- The Uyghur (also spelled Uygur, Uighur, Uigur; Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر; ... ) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- The Taiping Rebellion was a large-scale revolt, waged from 1851 until ... Most accurate sources put the total deaths during the fifteen years ...20 KB (2,973 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (February 4, 1917 – August 10, 1980) was ... to maintain national unity or to resolve the ongoing dispute with India ...20 KB (3,141 words) - 10:02, 22 May 2023
- The proletariat (/ˌproʊlɪˈtɛəriət/; from Latin proletarius ... Marxist philosophy regards the proletariat under conditions of capitalism ...25 KB (3,629 words) - 23:10, 30 September 2023
- The Altay Mountains, Russian Altay, Mongolian Altayn Nuruu, Chinese ... Mountain system or mountain range of Central Asia that extends approximately ...16 KB (2,479 words) - 08:35, 23 July 2023
- meet particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high ... school and weekend programs for students of all ages, including even college ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 01:09, 7 April 2022
- The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming ... Since 1924, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- The Lèi tái (Traditional: 擂臺 Simplified: 擂台 “Beat (a ... The absence of a railing or ropes makes the lei tai a unique fighting ...22 KB (3,362 words) - 07:42, 6 March 2023
- A Chinese family name is one of the thousands of family names that ... Chinese surnames have served a number of sociological purposes throughout ...26 KB (3,907 words) - 17:05, 10 December 2023
- and scholars for his broad understanding of both Chinese classics, and ... During China's Cultural Revolution, led by Mao Zedong, Qian experienced ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:10, 14 April 2023
- The Tripitaka Koreana (lit. Goryeo Tripitaka) or Palman Daejanggyeong ... Buddhist scholars consider the Tripitaka Koreana the best preserved ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history. For contemporary countries, see the People's Republic of China (mainland ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- A former Portuguese colony, Angola, known formally as the Republic ... reserves. Angolan culture reflects centuries of Portuguese influence, namely ...17 KB (2,316 words) - 06:01, 28 July 2023
- The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or ... its possessions and the debt being taken over by the government of ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty that officially ... Negotiations between the allied powers started on May 7, the anniversary ...20 KB (3,094 words) - 16:26, 2 May 2023
- in Fujian Province, widely considered one of the best grades of white tea]] White Tea is the least processed form of tea, made only from buds ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:15, 4 May 2023
- ) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city ... Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the ... but it was already rich and essential in the period of antiquity called ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth President ... his party's platform and vetoed several of their proposals. As a result ...15 KB (2,215 words) - 07:59, 3 August 2022
- In rail transport, a train consists of rail vehicles that move along ... supplied by trackside systems. Historically, the steam engine was the dominant ...16 KB (2,477 words) - 00:38, 2 May 2023
- 13, 1922 - October 14, 1999) was President of Tanzania (previously Tanganyika ... He also battled the International Monetary Fund over the issue of ...16 KB (2,394 words) - 06:41, 28 February 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
- impressions thereof that are used in lieu of signatures in personal documents ... Seals are typically made of stone, sometimes of wood, bamboo, plastic ...36 KB (5,590 words) - 17:34, 25 January 2023
- Red panda is the common name for a mostly herbivorous, bamboo specialized ... The red panda is endemic to the Himalayas in Bhutan, southern China ...17 KB (2,708 words) - 02:48, 8 December 2022
- Tenzin Gyatso (born July 6, 1935) is the fourteenth Dalai Lama, and ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- Oceania is a geographical (and geopolitical) region consisting of ... Oceania is the smallest continental grouping in land area and the ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- Tantrayāna, Esoteric Buddhism, and the Diamond Vehicle) refers to ... While Vajrayana Buddhism is a part of Tibetan Buddhism, in that it ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- Shanghai, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is China ... and parking lots for automobiles, north of the foreign concessions. During ...46 KB (6,727 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- Solomon Islands is a nation in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea ... The Solomon Islands have been inhabited by Melanesian people for at ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 15:10, 27 April 2023
- Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests ... Extradition has been controversial throughout history, as trust between ...16 KB (2,401 words) - 23:59, 24 March 2024
- A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. Seven areas ... The term "the Continent" (capitalized)—used predominantly ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- 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
- The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville or the ... offshore reserves has supplanted forestry as the mainstay of the economy, which ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
- The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris after the ... In its original form, the Pact of Paris was a renunciation of war ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- body or creed officially endorsed by the state. In some countries more ... The degree and nature of state backing for a denomination or creed ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was a conference organized by the ... . Much of the work of the Conference involved deciding which of the ...26 KB (3,995 words) - 08:51, 18 November 2022
- instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings, usually ... In the modern orchestra, string instruments can be used as a solo ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- , (May 3, 1899 – May 10, 1960) was a Russian novelist during the ... was brought up in Odessa where he moved with the family in 1902. He studied ...7 KB (1,003 words) - 10:31, 7 June 2023
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... The Republic of Palau consists of eight principal islands and more ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- :For the history of Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The history of North Korea formally begins with the establishment ...33 KB (5,024 words) - 16:59, 7 May 2021
- , Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēnsì, English: Temple of Thanksgiving ... were added. In addition, features making the temple convenient and safe ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- The Epic of King Gesar is the central epic poem of Tibet and much ... The epic is considered the longest literary work in the world. Although ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- The Battle of Inchon (also Romanized as "Incheon;" ... was a decisive invasion and battle during the Korean War, conceived and ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- The Twenty-Four Histories ( c=二十四史|p=Èrshísì Shǐ|w=Erhshihszu ... ) is a collection of Chinese historical books covering a period of ...31 KB (4,609 words) - 00:37, 3 May 2023
- or institution; sometimes used as a loan of money. The term derives from ... and approved by an elected governing body. The principles of the charter ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 07:42, 13 January 2023
- Sukarno (June 6, 1901 – June 21, 1970) was the first President of ... The spelling "Sukarno" has been official in Indonesia since ...25 KB (3,644 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
- revolutionary. Although he was successful in the traditional Confucian system ... Chen was a founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1920) and was selected ...26 KB (3,844 words) - 14:50, 5 December 2023
- The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen ... The protests were sparked by the death of pro-market and pro-democracy ...57 KB (8,680 words) - 14:07, 14 January 2024
- Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in ... American involvement in the war between the communist North Vietnamese ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country ... The country is infamous for the 1994 genocide that resulted in the ...25 KB (3,542 words) - 17:40, 28 September 2023
- company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company's businesses ... Toshiba was formed in 1939, by the merger of Toshiba of Shibaura Seisakusho ...16 KB (2,217 words) - 04:41, 1 May 2023
- The Qing Dynasty; Manchu: daicing gurun), sometimes known as the Manchu ... During its reign, the Qing Dynasty consolidated its grip on China ...45 KB (7,044 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2022
- which are balls or irregular lumps of ice typically measuring between ... == Formation of hail == [[Image:Granizo.jpg|thumb|left|A large hailstone ...10 KB (1,508 words) - 16:45, 21 January 2024
- South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... ) has existed for nearly 60 years, built on the foundation of a 5 ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- The Prague Spring (Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar) was ... The term Prague Spring was coined by Western media after the event ...17 KB (2,531 words) - 22:12, 30 November 2022
- The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937-September 9, 1945) was ... Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, full ...68 KB (9,889 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- A Militia is an organization of citizens prepared to provide defense ... Militias, being composed of civilians rather than professional soldiers ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked nation ... The original inhabitants of southern Africa were the Bushmen (San ...20 KB (2,852 words) - 19:53, 20 November 2023
- Korea has one of the longest continuous histories of any kingdom or ... civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- The Republic of Benin is a sliver of a country in West Africa, the ... The history of the tribes and peoples who inhabited this gateway to ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon (March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was ... Nixon was always supportive of her husband even during the troubled ...17 KB (2,707 words) - 09:04, 18 November 2022
- Cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, is the attempt to change ... Silver iodide and dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) are the most commonly ...17 KB (2,393 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- Potala Palace is the traditional residence of the Dalai Lama (the ... Architecturally, the Palace building measures 400 metres east-west ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- Du Fu (712–770 C.E.) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty ... shows a concern for civil society, and for the lives of the underprivileged ...18 KB (2,990 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2024
- The Juche Ideology (Juche Sasang 주체사상 in Korean; or Chuch ... Juche theory is a type of Marxism ideology, but it is built upon the ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- Ludwig Gumplowicz is believed to have coined the term "ethnocentrism" ... Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- The Panama Canal ( Canal de Panamá ) is a major ship canal that traverses the Isthmus of Panama in Central ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- was a Chinese religious prophet and leader of the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864 ... In 1844, Hong and his follower Feng Yun-shan founded the "God ...20 KB (3,050 words) - 13:03, 2 February 2024
- (born 181 C.E., Yangdu, Shandong province, China—died August 234, Wuzhangyuan ... Zhuge Liang is considered the most popular Chinese hero and statesman ...18 KB (2,855 words) - 06:03, 13 June 2023
- Gwangjong (광종 光宗) (949 – 975) was the fourth Emperor of ... Gwangjong eliminated many of his powerful rivals by sending them to ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 02:33, 28 July 2023
- [[Image:Tea House.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Japanese style tea house at ... A tea house or tearoom is a venue designed for people to gather for ...29 KB (4,641 words) - 04:37, 27 February 2023
- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特別行政區 ... (香|香 港|港), is one of the two special administrative regions ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- ; a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's ... Since its establishment in 723 B.C.E., Beijing has served as the capital ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- The Central African Republic is a landlocked country in Central Africa ... The Central African Republic that is one of the poorest countries ...29 KB (4,266 words) - 23:52, 3 December 2023
- Taejo of Joseon (1335-1408; r. 1392-1398), born Yi Seonggye, was the ... his ethnicity was Korean. Yi Seonggye joined the Goryeo army and rose through ...15 KB (2,284 words) - 19:06, 24 October 2022
- The Czech Republic also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is ... As Czechoslovakia, independence was gained after World War I, but ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar ... After Jesuits introduced Western astronomy into China during the seventeenth ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- The German colonial empire was an overseas area formed in the late ... tradition of expansion within the European space, Germany's renewed ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- The Caribbean Sea is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part ... The sea's deepest point is the Cayman Trough, between Cuba and ...13 KB (1,964 words) - 18:09, 14 November 2021
- thumb|200px|The Paramore family mausoleum in the [[Bellefontaine and Calvary ... constructed as a monument that encloses the interment space or burial ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- ; born June 13, 1944) is a South Korean diplomat who was the eighth ... On October 13, 2006, he was elected as the eighth Secretary-General ...31 KB (4,626 words) - 03:25, 17 September 2023
- Myanmar - swift and strong (from the native words, myan meaning swift ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...43 KB (6,372 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- For the Republic of China see Taiwan. For the civilization of China and its history see China. ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- as "Kan-Yu" which means 'The Law of Heaven and Earth.’ ... Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 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
- a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, body of water, or other physical obstacle ... The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 20:15, 11 March 2024
- “few,” and arkho, “rule” ) is a form of government in which political ... aristocracies, which were ruled by members of a noble class, or with plutocracies ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
- organization based on common control of the means of production as ... A major force in world politics since the early twentieth century ...45 KB (6,718 words) - 00:12, 8 January 2024
- Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked ... On taking power, the communist government imposed a Soviet-style command ...33 KB (5,048 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- The term enemy of the people or enemy of the nation, is a term used ... Totalitarian governments like the Soviet Union made extensive use ...44 KB (5,878 words) - 20:20, 30 October 2022
- 30, 2016) was a religious studies scholar in the United States. He wrote more ... Born and raised a Methodist, Smith studied and practiced many of the ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions ... The earliest well-documented influence of Buddhism in Tibet dates ...27 KB (3,993 words) - 23:24, 30 April 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
- World, biometric measurements are taken from the fingers of multi-day pass ... Biometrics (derived from the Greek words bios = "life" and ...14 KB (2,173 words) - 17:56, 31 October 2023
- 1719) was a Scottish merchant and banker, the founder of the Bank of England ... He remains famous for his idea of the Darien Scheme, the Scottish ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 10:38, 11 May 2023
- :For the Three Kingdoms general, see Zhang He. [[Image:ZhengHeShips ... diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 2023
- Christianity in China (called 基督教 Jī dū jiào, or Christ religion ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- The ancient kingdom Goguryeo, occupying southern Manchuria (present ... The 'Samguk Sagi, a twelfth-century C.E. Goryeo text, puts Goguryeo ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- :"Fall of Communism" redirects here. For the fall of the ... The Revolutions of 1989 refers to the collapse of Communism in Eastern ...27 KB (4,082 words) - 20:00, 8 December 2022
- The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ... The country consists of twenty-nine atolls and five isolated islands ...23 KB (3,267 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was created after World ... The Security Council requires all five permanent members to agree ...68 KB (9,754 words) - 11:45, 3 May 2023
- This article is an overview of the history of Korea, up to the division ... The Korean peninsula has been inhabited since Lower Paleolithic times ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- 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
- ores and is important as a trace element in the human body. It is used in ... Cobalt compounds are used in the production of inks, paints, and varnishes ...13 KB (1,769 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern ... slaves and later contract laborers from the Dutch East Indies and India ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- This article deals with the government-funded school provided for ... or local government agencies as part of public education, are the most ...32 KB (4,665 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- is a metalloid with four allotropic forms. The stable form of antimony is ... and solder. Recently, it is being used by the semiconductor industry for ...17 KB (2,369 words) - 06:33, 31 July 2023
- ) is a form of Chinese opera which arose in the late eighteenth century ... Beijing opera features four main types of performers; performing troupes ...41 KB (6,269 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) stands as the dominant figure in the Republic ... Asian nation builder, rapidly modernizing the South through export-led growth ...19 KB (2,859 words) - 08:52, 18 November 2022
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation in the Windward ... The islands' proximity to South America has influenced its culture ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- The terms Hmong (IPA: [m̥ɔ̃ŋ] ) and Mong ( [mɔ̃ŋ] ) both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of ...34 KB (5,083 words) - 13:05, 1 February 2024
- fish, shellfish, or other aquatic organisms. The activity of catching the aquatic ... The focus of a fishery may be fish, but the definition is expanded ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- known as a tank tactician and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored ... 1958, he inspired a new constitution and was the Fifth Republic's first ...41 KB (6,470 words) - 02:09, 13 January 2023
- Seoul, the capital of South Korea, sits on the Han River (Korea) in ... Seoul, one of the world's most densely populated major cities ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- to a census town in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. Goa had ... have been in India almost for as long as the religion has existed, founded ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:24, 31 December 2023
- The Red Terror in Soviet Russia was the campaign of mass arrests and ... According to the Bolsheviks, the Red Terror was introduced in reply ...22 KB (3,197 words) - 02:29, 8 December 2022
- The Korean War is the name given to a civil war between the nations ... Each side wanted to unite the Korean peninsula under its own political ...51 KB (7,713 words) - 04:35, 4 March 2023
- The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty or ABMT) was a treaty ... Only two ABM systems have previously been operational against ICBMs: ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 06:19, 31 July 2023
- The Comintern (Communist International, also known as the Third International ... The Comintern was founded after the dissolution of the Second International ...35 KB (4,964 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- January 25, 1982) was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served ... Born in rural Russia in 1902, Suslov became a member of the All-Union ...40 KB (5,479 words) - 22:14, 30 March 2023
- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, [http://www.aseansec.org/64 ... AH-see-ahn in English (the official language of the bloc) ...43 KB (5,937 words) - 05:04, 18 August 2023
- Zen (禅), Japanese for "meditation," is a form of Mahāyāna ... non-verbal doctrine communicated directly by the Buddha to his followers. It ...37 KB (5,736 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- A bottle is a container with a neck that is narrower than the body ... Bottles have been developed and used over millennia of human history ...10 KB (1,456 words) - 14:41, 28 April 2020
- ) is the largest city, and the administrative, communications, and ... textiles and soap. Bujumbura, situated on the northeastern shore of Lake ...18 KB (2,590 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- Child welfare is a term used to describe a set of government services ... The idea behind child welfare programs is that, in certain circumstances ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 15:33, 10 December 2023
- ) is a region in west-central Italy on the shores of the Ligurian ... and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 00:28, 4 January 2024
- East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-L'este ... Despite its natural resources, East Timor has the lowest per capita ...25 KB (3,519 words) - 16:40, 26 March 2024
- 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
- Stalinism is the name given to the political and economic system which ... The term "Stalinism" was coined by Lazar Kaganovich. Although ...25 KB (3,574 words) - 16:24, 8 February 2023
- politician, and stateswoman. She was the first woman in Canadian history ... Sauvé's main objective was to see to the fulfillment of national ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It also ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- The Ming Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 ... Ming rule saw the construction of a vast navy, including four-masted ...35 KB (5,541 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- official and military commander during the early Goryeo Dynasty (918 ... Gang was born in 948 into a prominent aristocratic family in the hyeon ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 07:45, 23 January 2023
- Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements ... Socialism developed as a political ideology in the nineteenth century ...32 KB (4,796 words) - 23:03, 14 September 2023
- The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern ... As skilled Portuguese sailors explored the coasts and islands of East ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- The Republic of Costa Rica ("Rich Coast") is a country in ... Costa Rica is also at the forefront of conservation and environmental ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- non-governmental organization (NGO) with the stated purpose of campaigning ... and was shocked and angered to come across the story of two Portuguese students ...30 KB (4,487 words) - 00:59, 9 January 2023
- national, ethnic, racial, or religious group of people either entirely or a ... Genocide has been deemed criminal by the United Nations, as well as ...35 KB (5,250 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- The Bangladesh War of Independence or the Bangladesh Liberation War ... Pakistan's partition from India in 1947 had arisen from the ...42 KB (6,477 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- ; Tamil: கொழும்பு) is the largest city and commercial ... than 2,000 years. However, it only became the capital of the nation after ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- goff), was an Australian former politician and 21st Prime Minister ... However, despite the brevity of his premiership, his government left ...39 KB (5,698 words) - 00:11, 3 January 2024
- ” or “Kirghizia”), officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked ... The name "Kyrgyz," both for the people and for the nation ...39 KB (5,879 words) - 16:28, 21 March 2024
- The leopard (Panthera pardus) is an Old World mammal of the Felidae ... with black rosettes or with black fur. The melanistic leopards, which ...20 KB (3,062 words) - 21:56, 25 October 2022
- Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island nation ... did not cease until he threw his crown into the water. He sailed to the closest ...31 KB (4,282 words) - 00:11, 29 December 2023
- 28, 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.) is one of the world's foremost exemplary ... Confucius taught personal and public morality, correctness of social ...28 KB (4,530 words) - 19:00, 15 May 2020
- Grammar is the set of rules that allow a speaker to form an intelligible ... The word grammar is derived from Greek grc|γραμματικὴ τέχνη ...25 KB (3,469 words) - 22:17, 30 March 2023
- The Tibetan people are indigenous to Tibet and surrounding areas stretching ... Tibet was forcibly incorporated into the People's Republic of ...35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- The March First Movement, or the Samil Movement (in Korean, samil ... The March First demonstrations established the high-water mark in ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government ... and which are protected from disclosure to the public based on classification ...23 KB (3,543 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- whose films are widely considered as some of the most influential in film ... Antonioni's films reflected the intellectual milieu of his day ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 17:12, 9 November 2022
- infectious disease, which is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis ... The epidemiological use of the term "plague" is currently ...29 KB (4,475 words) - 16:51, 22 November 2023
- Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... On October 1, 1960, Nigeria declared its independence from the United ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- The Three Gorges Dam ( s=三峡大坝|t=三峽大壩|p=Sānxiá Dàbà ) is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near ...109 KB (14,087 words) - 23:55, 3 February 2024
- 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
- politician and scientist who served as the chancellor of Germany from ... Merkel was considered by Forbes Magazine to be the "most powerful ...49 KB (6,775 words) - 18:05, 27 July 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
- Brainwashing refers to the systematic application of coercive techniques ... Whether any techniques exist that change thought and behavior to the ...29 KB (4,296 words) - 22:37, 20 November 2023
- [[Image:Costumes of Slaves or Serfs from the Sixth to the Twelfth ... Serfdom is the socio-economic status of unfree peasants under feudalism ...31 KB (4,884 words) - 09:56, 26 January 2023
- Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... attract upscale tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- has led to violent attacks against the clergy, vandalism against ... Often directed against the Catholic Church and clergy, anti-clericalism ...18 KB (2,564 words) - 23:52, 27 April 2022
- The First Indochina War (also known as the French Indochina War, the ... French Union forces included colonial troops from the whole former ...58 KB (9,174 words) - 19:56, 4 March 2024
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- – May 27, 1964) was a political leader of the Indian National Congress ... As the son of the wealthy Indian barrister and politician Motilal ...41 KB (6,185 words) - 23:02, 3 May 2023
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- ), is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand ... Samarkand revolted against its Mongol rulers in 1365, and became the ...15 KB (2,116 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- (April 20, 1808 – January 9, 1873) was the first President of the French ... been solely due to his own moral failings. The leaders and the people of ...48 KB (7,305 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
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- Magnetic levitation transport, or maglev, is a form of transportation ... The first commercial Maglev was opened in 1984 in Birmingham, England ...31 KB (4,504 words) - 05:00, 5 November 2022
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- Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of ... Senegal, though poor, has a tradition of political stability and peaceful ...33 KB (4,780 words) - 14:52, 4 April 2024
- Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country ... Yet the nation is on the verge of collapse. Under the leadership of ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- [[File:Ghetto (Venice) Panorama.jpg|thumb|400px|The main square of ... commonly involuntarily with varying degrees of enforcement by the dominant ...30 KB (4,539 words) - 23:27, 21 October 2023
- The Tatars are people of Turkic origin living mainly in Russia but ... Many Tatars inter-married with Russian families, including the nobility ...38 KB (5,622 words) - 04:35, 27 February 2023
- Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked sub-Saharan ... Niger was an important economic crossroad, and the empires of Songhai ...18 KB (2,433 words) - 21:41, 31 July 2023
- with pipes, riot in a clash with police in the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike ... Riots occur when crowds or even small groups of people gather to commit ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:19, 11 August 2022
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- The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ... Philippine culture has many affinities with the West: It is one of ...42 KB (6,083 words) - 15:26, 27 March 2024
- The Nanjing Massacre, commonly known as "The Rape of Nanking ... During the occupation of Nanjing, the Japanese army committed numerous ...36 KB (5,482 words) - 01:19, 11 November 2022
- 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
- Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil, usually ... Irrigation is also a term used in the medical/dental fields and refers ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 13:24, 6 March 2024
- Nauru (pronounced “now-roo”), officially the Republic of Nauru ... economic activity since 1907 has been the export of phosphate mined ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 04:23, 11 March 2023
- Tibet, called “Bod” by Tibetans, or 西藏 (Xīzàng) by the Chinese ... The Tibetan Empire came into existence in the seventh century when ...62 KB (9,319 words) - 23:23, 30 April 2023
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- 023.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Executions of the Third of May by Francisco Goya]] Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted ...41 KB (6,212 words) - 21:02, 25 November 2023
- Kenneth David Kaunda, (April 28, 1924 - June 17, 2021) served as the ... From the time he became President until his fall from power in 1991 ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 August 2023
- was a North Korean politician who served as the second Supreme Leader of North ... In the early 1980s, Kim had become the heir apparent for the leadership ...64 KB (9,034 words) - 23:07, 3 March 2023
- Censorship is the editing, removing, or otherwise changing speech ... While humankind remains self-centered and unable to develop a world ...26 KB (3,779 words) - 01:42, 13 January 2023
- Helen Elizabeth Clark (born February 26, 1950) was the 37th Prime ... Loosing the 2008 election, she was appointed foreign affairs spokeswoman. ...30 KB (4,497 words) - 15:18, 25 January 2023
- Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, the country's second ... Like many cities, Wellington's urban area extends well beyond ...30 KB (4,384 words) - 20:30, 18 January 2024
- The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer), an iconic symbol of the ... Conceived by the East German administration of Walter Ulbricht and ...32 KB (5,068 words) - 11:04, 28 September 2023
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- An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all, or large parts ... as well as having significant impact on the territory and its people being ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
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- , marked annually on March 8, is a major day of global celebration for the ... The holiday that developed from these beginnings blended the culture ...18 KB (2,637 words) - 10:37, 6 March 2024
- , earlier known as Saloth Sar, was leader of the Communist movement known ... After joining the Communist movement while a student in France and ...22 KB (3,417 words) - 08:30, 24 November 2022
- The Japanese city of Hiroshima|広島市|Hiroshima-shi is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
- Gaborone is the capital and largest city of the landlocked nation ... Gaborone lies in a flat valley between Kgale and Oodi Hills, on the ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 09:18, 4 December 2023
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which are volcanic in origin; ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- 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
- The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, commonly referred ... depth and has been subjected to a number of external influences and migrations ...34 KB (4,913 words) - 21:02, 20 July 2023
- The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga or the ... policy that has rewarded veterans of the Bush War with farms previously ...37 KB (5,599 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
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- The five-year plans for the development of the national economy of ... , Pyatiletniye plany razvitiya narodnogo khozyaystva SSSR) consisted ...52 KB (7,308 words) - 22:14, 30 March 2023
- New Caledonia, or Nouvelle-Calédonie, is an overseas territory of ... New Caledonia's capital, Nouméa, is the seat of the Secretariat ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
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- Kanji (漢字) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern ... Kanji includes new characters created in Japan, and modifications ...32 KB (4,676 words) - 02:41, 5 October 2022
- , (pronounced Tsoo Shee) popularly known in China as the West Dowager Empress ... During the last decades of the Qing Dynasty, the government was split ...56 KB (8,700 words) - 18:30, 13 February 2024
- which refers in its descriptive sense to the economic effects of nations ... There has developed a diverse array of ideas that have been referred ...42 KB (6,187 words) - 15:03, 27 April 2023
- Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly-landlocked ... Located in the heart of Central Asia between the Amu Darya (Oxus) ...41 KB (5,990 words) - 14:07, 3 May 2023
- Dublin is both the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland ... Long the seat of culture within Ireland, it has been at the center ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country that ... Historians believe the vast steppes of Kazakhstan were where humans ...51 KB (7,364 words) - 17:17, 5 October 2022
- (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
- [[Image:Pyramid of Capitalist System.png|thumb|right|250px|An Industrial ... Social class refers to the hierarchical distinctions between individuals ...31 KB (4,685 words) - 15:01, 27 April 2023
- Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (February 1, 1931 – April 23, 2007) was ... Yeltsin was blamed for many of the problems of this period. By the ...42 KB (6,205 words) - 19:43, 20 November 2023
- The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia, the successor ... extraction begins in 2009 or early 2010, the oil revenues could have a ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- The Banaue Rice Terraces (Hagdan-hagdang Palayan ng Banaue), 2000 ... The rice culture of the Ifugao people requires tremendous skill and ...12 KB (1,820 words) - 03:26, 17 September 2023
- Archives refer to a collection of records, and also refers to the ... Archives are made up of records which have been created during the ...30 KB (4,298 words) - 06:20, 12 August 2023
- South Korea's contemporary culture has been shaped by the passionate ... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- " or "Kalmyki") is the name given to western Mongolian ... The Kalmyks are the only inhabitants of Europe whose national religion ...59 KB (8,959 words) - 02:32, 5 October 2022
- Koryo-saram (Russian: Корё сарам; Koryo-mar: 고려사람 ... A separate ethnic Korean community lives on the island of Sakhalin ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is one of ... After a protracted war for independence, then decades of socialist ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 03:07, 12 July 2023
- Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelago ... to rule, dominating politics by its control of every aspect of the society ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- 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
- French Guiana is an overseas department of France, located on the ... Its population of 202,000, most of whom live along the coast, is very ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 10:54, 11 April 2024
- revolutionary and a founding father of the People's Republic ... Born the son of a wealthy farmer in Shaoshan, Hunan, Mao adopted a ...95 KB (14,231 words) - 15:44, 12 June 2023
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- Guyana, officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is the only ... Guyana is the third smallest country on the mainland of South America ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- ), also spelled as Bukhoro and Bokhara, from the Soghdian βuxārak ... The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia ...20 KB (2,826 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- [[Image:Pygmy.png|thumb|right|200px|Comparative height of a Pygmy ... In anthropology, a Pygmy is a member of a hunter-gatherer people characterized ...27 KB (4,197 words) - 20:58, 14 April 2023
- - ) is an American politician who served as the 52nd speaker of the United ... With her election as Speaker, Pelosi became the first female Speaker ...46 KB (6,718 words) - 20:14, 3 January 2023
- Latvia (historically Lattonia, Lettonia, or Lettland), officially ... Latvia shares land borders with Estonia to the north and Lithuania ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ... The history of North Korea formally began with the establishment of ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- The League of Nations was an international organization founded as ... After a number of notable successes and some early failures in the ...54 KB (8,084 words) - 06:07, 6 March 2023
- who served as Bundeskanzler (Chancellor) of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 ... Through such international bodies as the Inter Action Council, Schmidt ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- New Year's, is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the ... Celebrations often include large displays of fireworks at midnight ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- Animism (from the Latin: animus or anima, meaning mind or soul) refers ... While the term "animism" refers to a broad range of spiritual ...26 KB (4,193 words) - 06:15, 28 July 2023
- Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country ... A small, landlocked country located in the heart of South America ...27 KB (3,892 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- Major general and Lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces ... Although convinced that the airborne attack he led against Japan in ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... Partly, decolonization was overseen by the United Nations, with UN ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- The Khmer Rouge was the ruling political party of Cambodia—which ... Pol Pot died April 15, 1998, having never been put on trial. The atrocities ...47 KB (7,141 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- The Laotian Civil War (1962-1975) was an internal fight between the ... The fighting in Laos included significant participation by North Vietnamese ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- Omar Nelson Bradley KCB (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was ... Bradley was the first official Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...24 KB (3,509 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous ... An Islamic nation, it is home mainly to the Tajiks, who share culture ...43 KB (6,221 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- Daoism (Wade-Giles: "Taoism") is the English name for a ... # a philosophical school based on the Dao De Jing, the Zhuangzi, and ...58 KB (8,657 words) - 22:14, 25 January 2024
- Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation ... Some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific campaign of the Second ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 23:16, 3 March 2023
- ) (June 28, 1921 – December 23, 2004) presided as the twelfth Prime ... He led one of the most important administrations in India's modern ...30 KB (4,303 words) - 10:56, 11 March 2023
- The Vietnam War was a military conflict in which communist forces ... The chief cause of the war cause was Ho Chi Minh’s desire to establish ...70 KB (11,017 words) - 20:17, 3 May 2023
- quot; But technically, it is a specific form of sovereign state (a political ... The modern state is relatively new to human history, emerging after ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 04:09, 11 March 2023
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- The United Nations (or simply UN) is an international organization ... As an organization of governments designed to prevent war between ...64 KB (9,547 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- The Soviet War in Afghanistan was a nine-year period involving the ... The initial Soviet deployment of the 40th Army in Afghanistan began ...40 KB (5,946 words) - 15:41, 4 February 2023
- , a hill station (a hill town) nestled in the Shiwalik Hills (or Lower Himalaya ... at an average elevation of 1,247 m (4,100 feet). The town serves as ...23 KB (3,408 words) - 02:28, 5 October 2022
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo, often referred to as DRC or ... Formerly the colony of Belgian Congo, the country's post-independence ...43 KB (6,213 words) - 09:27, 28 January 2024
- Jeep is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of Chrysler ... It was use by the United States military during World War I that brought ...24 KB (3,439 words) - 04:31, 31 July 2022
- Nepal, known officially as the State of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan ... Although the country is the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who ...47 KB (6,833 words) - 16:19, 11 November 2022
- are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore ... habitable but to serve other functions using the height of the tower. For example ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 15:15, 29 April 2024
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- [[Image:Pirate_Flag_of_Rack_Rackham.svg|thumb|250px|right|The flag ... Piracy is a robbery committed at sea, or outside the normal jurisdiction ...24 KB (3,715 words) - 06:18, 24 November 2022
- Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... Arab geographers, for over a thousand years the island was ruled by independent ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country ... In 1895 the name "Rhodesia" was applied to the Ndebele territory ...31 KB (4,520 words) - 05:42, 13 June 2023
- A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a ... The term dictatorship originates from its use in the Roman Republic ...76 KB (10,337 words) - 22:00, 28 January 2023
- American Empire is a term relating to the political, economic, military ... The sources and proponents of this concept range from classical Marxist ...48 KB (7,076 words) - 03:33, 24 July 2023
- Kobe(Kōbe-shi) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent ... It was one of the first cities to open for trade with the Western ...32 KB (4,446 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- crime and its penalty; or grant clemency, or the lessening of the punishment ... Public debate invariable surrounds the pardoning of a criminal, despite ...35 KB (5,395 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting ... Mayotte is located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
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- 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
- Marxism, in a narrow sense, refers to the thoughts and theories of ... thoughts, theories, and movements of Marxism have emerged since ...86 KB (12,847 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- ranging from yellow to blue. It belongs to the same family of chemical elements ... This element expands on freezing and was long an important component ...14 KB (1,891 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- right|The Clock Tower, completed in 1925, is the most recognizable structure ... research university in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest university and ...16 KB (2,170 words) - 04:41, 4 March 2023
- [[Image:Prokudin-Gorskii-18.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Kazakh nomads in ... Nomadic people, also known as nomads, are communities of people that ...40 KB (5,990 words) - 02:37, 16 November 2022
- A library is a collection of information, sources, resources and services ... In addition, with the collection of media other than books for storing ...31 KB (4,437 words) - 22:31, 25 October 2022
- Academic freedom is the freedom of teachers, students, and academic ... Proponents of academic freedom believe that the freedom of inquiry ...23 KB (3,336 words) - 07:10, 14 June 2023
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- Hermitage") is considered to be one of the most remarkable art treasures ... about one hour's hike above Bulguksa, the grotto overlooks the Sea of ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
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- The Sunshine Policy was the foreign policy of South Korea towards ... policy in a vastly improved climate from the authoritarian South Korean ...14 KB (2,030 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- A poll tax, or head tax, is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per ... There are several famous cases of poll taxes in history, notably a ...22 KB (3,597 words) - 08:38, 24 November 2022
- Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country ... From 1991 to 2002, the country suffered greatly under the devastating ...38 KB (5,601 words) - 20:08, 21 April 2023
- The Willis Tower, built and still commonly referred to as Sears Tower ... Designed as a headquarters for the Sears company with substantial ...13 KB (2,043 words) - 15:23, 14 May 2023
- total warfare was first demonstrated in the nineteenth century and flourished ... The threat of total devastation to the earth and humankind through ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (abbreviated UDHR) is a ... Eleanor Roosevelt, first chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 12:00, 3 May 2023
- The term women's suffrage refers to an economic and political ... Women's suffrage is the most widely applicable aspect of the ...16 KB (2,464 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), constitute an elite group ... program with a successful implimentation of that plan to create one of ...40 KB (5,809 words) - 14:53, 16 October 2021
- ) is a range of traditional medical practices originating in China ... TCM theory asserts that processes of the human body are interrelated ...53 KB (7,935 words) - 04:54, 1 May 2023
- 29, 1932 - September 26, 2019) served as the President of France from May ... His internal policies included lower tax rates, the removal of price ...53 KB (7,676 words) - 16:40, 16 August 2023
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- also spelled "Djawa") is an island of Indonesia and the site of its ... Formed mostly as the result of volcanic events, Java is the 12th largest ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 - November 30, 2018) was ... During the final days of the Cold War, he was responsible for managing ...41 KB (6,218 words) - 08:07, 23 January 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
- by Vietnamese artists, from ancient times to the present. Vietnamese art has ... The golden age of Vietnamese art occurred during the Ly dynasty (1010 ...37 KB (5,882 words) - 20:18, 3 May 2023
- The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, or Mauritania, is a country in ... Mauritania is a land dominated by sand and barren soil located on ...28 KB (4,027 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- is the fourth largest city in Japan and one of the country's ... The city of Nagoya was established in 1610 when Tokugawa Ieyasu moved ...21 KB (2,938 words) - 02:41, 11 March 2023
- ) is the capital and the largest city of Nepal, and is situated in ... Founded in 723, Kathmandu was ruled by the Malla Dynasty from the ...24 KB (3,331 words) - 17:13, 5 October 2022
- a person or organization as an expression of protest or as a means of economic ... ==Origin of the term== The word boycott entered the English language ...24 KB (3,816 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- in Eastern Europe that borders Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to ... The history of Belarus is a story of domination by foreign powers ...48 KB (6,863 words) - 08:51, 27 September 2023
- Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest ... among different ethnic groups has been part of the country's history ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- physician, Marxist, politician, and leader of Cuban and internationalist ... Some time later, Guevara became a member of Fidel Castro's paramilitary ...45 KB (6,974 words) - 17:59, 7 March 2024
- 01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Pyramid of the Moon in Tenochtitlán, ... society, in which people live in groups of settled dwellings comprising ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Liberty Enlightening the World (French: La liberté éclairant le ... The statue depicts a woman, standing upright, dressed in a flowing ...27 KB (4,075 words) - 22:49, 9 May 2023
- The Mongol invasion of Rus' was heralded by the Battle of the ... The rise of Moscow as the successor state to the one centered in Kiev ...16 KB (2,408 words) - 13:10, 10 March 2023
- The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual ... The modern English word harp comes from the Old English hearpe; akin ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- , the common English name for the Tokyo Metropolis|東京都|Tōkyō-to , is the most populous prefecture and city in Japan, and the center ...39 KB (5,420 words) - 03:54, 1 May 2023
- World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military ... The Allies were initially made up of Poland, the British Empire, France ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church ... From its headquarters in Independence, Missouri, the church places ...34 KB (5,277 words) - 00:19, 8 January 2024
- [[Image:Fountain of Wealth.JPG|thumb|right|250px|A fountain of wealth]] Wealth refers to some accumulation of resources, whether abundant ...21 KB (3,362 words) - 23:23, 3 May 2023
- Education City, Qatar. Cornell is a member of the Ivy League, and prides ... Established in 1865, Cornell was non-sectarian from the beginning ...42 KB (5,828 words) - 03:33, 8 January 2024
- The American Anti-Imperialist League was established in the United ... Was U.S. intervention in 1898 disinterested altruism in support of ...22 KB (3,341 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as the Premier ... During the Great Patriotic War (World War II), Kosygin was a member ...60 KB (8,496 words) - 22:35, 29 April 2023
- – September 11, 1971) assumed leadership of the Soviet Union during the ... Khrushchev is remembered for his rejection of the “personality cult” ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 20:28, 9 March 2022
- The Boshin War|{{linktext|戊|辰|戦|争|Boshin Sensō|extra="War ... was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces ...49 KB (7,292 words) - 13:40, 28 April 2020
- The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation strategically located between ... Initially a site for English penal colonies in the eighteenth and ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta and Batavia is the capital and largest city of ... Jakarta faces many of the challenges of large cities in developing ...29 KB (4,012 words) - 08:43, 18 March 2024
- compact automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, All-Terrain Vehicles ... Suzuki, begun in 1909 as a manufacturer of wooden looms, has been ...32 KB (4,585 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic, is a Southern European ... The Italian Republic shares its northern alpine boundary with France ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat and the second secretary-seneral of ... As secretary-general, Hammarskjöld took the stance that he was not ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 07:44, 12 January 2024
- The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila ... The name Manila comes from may nilad, Tagalog for "there is nilad ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
- Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. It has been found in ... In everyday usage the term pottery encompasses a wide range of ceramics ...28 KB (4,471 words) - 22:01, 30 November 2022
- Tuvalu (pronounced too-VAH-loo) is an island nation located in the ... Tuvalu consists of four reef islands and five true atolls. Its small ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- powered vehicle with two wheels, one behind the other, attached to a frame ... have since been made, especially since the advent of modern materials ...29 KB (4,462 words) - 03:45, 1 October 2023
- different Republican presidents and is one of only two people to have held ... In 1970, he became the first director of the Office of Management ...47 KB (6,417 words) - 08:10, 23 January 2023
- located in Houston, Texas. It is the fifth largest private sector ... The history of ConocoPhillips encompasses the entire history of the ...24 KB (3,330 words) - 18:20, 6 June 2023
- musician and critic who was a major figure of the modernist movement in early ... in style and technique, Pound rejected much of the modern world, especially ...34 KB (5,360 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent ... To defend themselves against sieges, even the earliest cities were ...44 KB (6,877 words) - 22:27, 15 May 2023
- Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a coastal Alpine ... Slovenia has been part of the Roman Empire, the Duchy of Karantania ...45 KB (6,521 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- The Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccan Islands) are an archipelago ... The Maluku Islands are located on the Australian Plate, lying east ...21 KB (3,241 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe ... The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( December 1, 1918,–April 17, 1941), also ...62 KB (9,032 words) - 21:37, 4 June 2023
- The Keoladeo National Park, or Keoladeo Ghana National Park, formerly ... The crisis facing the Keoladeo National Park has been endemic to wildlife ...24 KB (3,401 words) - 03:29, 6 October 2022
- The War of the Pacific, also called the Saltpeter War in reference ... The War of the Pacific grew out of a dispute between Chile and Bolivia ...34 KB (5,333 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- his fealty to Charlemagne; from a manuscript of a chanson de geste.]] Feudalism is a political system of power dispersed and balanced between ...38 KB (6,097 words) - 01:33, 21 July 2022
- An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from ... Abortions have been induced throughout history, using methods that ...56 KB (8,002 words) - 06:28, 14 June 2023
- कॅशीर; Urdu: کشمیر) is the northwestern region of the ... (comprising Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh), the Pakistani administered regions ...52 KB (7,879 words) - 07:24, 5 October 2022
- Boxing Day is a secular holiday celebrated the day after Christmas ... and friends, for sports, and for eating the left over food from the Christmas ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 20:04, 20 November 2023
- Modern navies that operate such ships treat the aircraft carrier as the capital ... The supercarrier, typically displacing 75,000 tonnes or more, has ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- KaihsuTai.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A rally of the trade union UNISON in Oxford ... Strikes are suspensions of work against an employer, factory, industry ...19 KB (2,876 words) - 20:58, 26 February 2023
- April 28, 1889 – July 27, 1970), served as the Prime Minister and de facto ... Franco, some regard him as champion of traditional values, including ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 20:38, 22 December 2022
- thumb|250px|Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements ... Urban planning is the integration of the disciplines of land-use planning ...40 KB (5,976 words) - 22:28, 13 November 2022
- lit. “capital capital,” or “capital of capitals") was the Imperial ... Kyoto is known as one of the academic centers of Japan, and is home ...36 KB (5,281 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- Sales tax is a consumption tax charged at the point of purchase for ... tax attempts to achieve this by charging the tax only on the final end ...25 KB (4,002 words) - 01:49, 23 December 2022
- The term polygamy (literally many marriages in late Greek) is used ... and families based on true love. The solution to happiness and ...37 KB (5,815 words) - 17:42, 30 November 2023
- A political party is an organized group of people who have the same ... There are many differences in the way political parties operate. The ...68 KB (9,596 words) - 04:49, 10 February 2021
- ]); formerly known as Cochin), a city in the Indian state of Kerala ... north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. It has an estimated ...42 KB (5,911 words) - 04:06, 4 March 2023
- Athens (ancient Greek: αἱ Ἀθῆναι (plural), evolving into ... : singular see below: Origin of the name ) is both the largest and ...45 KB (6,393 words) - 18:55, 19 August 2023
- Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America ... power from September 1973 to March 1990, the country has been relatively ...39 KB (5,549 words) - 16:43, 10 December 2023
