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- ; Manchu: Abkai mukdehun) is a complex of Taoist buildings situated ... *Religion in China *Confucianism == Notes == ==References== ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- John of Montecorvino, or Giovanni Da/di Montecorvino in Italian, also ... * Religion in China * Medieval Roman Catholic Missions in China ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- events at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris. Even though Eric Liddell ... Eric Liddell, fondly called the "Flying Scotsman," was born ...8 KB (1,362 words) - 19:25, 13 February 2024
- region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northwest ... Road, had been influenced by Islam early in its history, many citizens ...15 KB (2,041 words) - 04:50, 15 November 2022
- The Mountain Resort in Chengde (Chinese: 避暑山庄; pinyin: Bìshǔ ... Qing Dynasty's summer palace), situated in the city of Chengde in Hebei ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 14:51, 5 December 2023
- most fundamental virtues universally found in diverse cultures throughout ... In Confucian thought, filial piety ( c=孝|p=Xiào ) is one of the ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 22:58, 1 May 2021
- was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431 C.E. The christological ... Nestorianism originated in the fifth century out of an attempt to ...10 KB (1,525 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- by the Chinese Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle, in 1403. More than 2,169 scholars ... Di had the Encyclopedia transported and kept in the Forbidden City. In 1557 ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 16:59, 4 June 2023
- as the bodhisattva of infinite compassion in East Asian Buddhism. The name ... When worship of Avalokiteśvara spread to China, he was also first worshiped ...10 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 December 2021
- a tiered tower with multiple eaves, common in China, Japan, Korea, Nepal ... were incorporated into the overall design. In China, these structures incorporated ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- ) existed from 1124 C.E. (Yelü Dashi proclaimed himself king in the ... The Mongol Empire destroyed the Khitan empire in 1218. The Khitan people ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 02:50, 5 October 2022
- the High God (or Clan Ancestor) postulated in the earliest-known religious ... B.C.E.), however, the deity's position in the Chinese religious imagination ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 15:31, 18 June 2022
- prophecy that the Joseon Dynasty would end in its 500th year (1392-1892) ... to the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in July 1894 and the crushing ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- Robert Morrison (born January 5, 1782 in Bullers Green, near Morpeth ... Morrison produced a Chinese translation of the New Testament in 1813 ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431, and the conflict over ... continued to be called "Nestorian" in the West, to distinguish it ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- qigong meditation introduced by Li Hongzhi in China in 1992. Falun Gong has ... twice as the "Star Qigong School" in the 1992 and 1993 Asian Health ...14 KB (2,259 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- Category:Philosophy and religion between members by meeting regularly in houses or smaller meeting places ...10 KB (1,587 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- , literally towering Eyebrow Mountain) is located in Sichuan province ... the Ming and Qing dynasties are located in the vicinity of the mountaintop ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 17:05, 10 November 2022
- prominence during the emergence of modern China. Their father, Charles Jones ... Her experiences in the United States made her an able spokeswoman ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- during the Hundred Schools of Thought era in Chinese philosophy. His teachings ... Zou Yan is regarded as the founder of natural science in China. His ...13 KB (1,998 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- preferred term by the Communist Party of China (CPC) and that the word Maoism ... In the People's Republic of China (PRC), Mao Zedong Thought is ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 03:00, 6 November 2022
- President of the People's Republic of China from April 27, 1959, to October ... book, How to Be a Good Communist, published in 1939, was made required reading ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
- In ancient India, Nālānda (Sanskrit: meaning "giver of knowledge ... Nalanda has been called "one of the first great universities ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- and Western ideas to the Chinese Empire in the sixteenth century. He was ... In 1601, Ricci became the first foreigner from the West to enter the ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- political ideology that regards China to be central or unique relative ... October 1860, guaranteed freedom of religion in China, legalized the opium ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- deity among the Eight Immortals figures in Daoism. She is often described ... deities who play an important role in Chinese religion and culture ...9 KB (1,418 words) - 09:15, 20 January 2024
- quot;), an overview of the history of China covering more than two thousand ... the process of democratization of learning in China where civil service largely ...11 KB (1,813 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- whether certain elements of Chinese folk religion (including ancestor veneration ... Pope Clement XI (r. 1700–1721) decided in favor of the Dominicans (who ...22 KB (3,410 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- Chinese rebellion against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics ... In 1839, the First Opium War broke out, and China was defeated by ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- religious figure (after the Dalai Lama) in the Gelugpa (Dge-lugs-pa) sect ... controversy: the People's Republic of China asserts it is Qoigyijabu ...11 KB (1,374 words) - 06:34, 18 November 2022
- teaching was first brought to Japan from China in the middle of the eigth ... In addition to teachings from Tiantai in China, Saichō included Zen ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 05:41, 27 February 2023
- Song dynasty and preceded the Ming dynasty in the historiography of China. to Russia); however, the Mongol rulers in Asia were only interested in ...21 KB (3,202 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- founded Manichaeism, an ancient dualistic religion that was once prolific in ... The teachings of Mani were once widely circulated in the ancient world ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- of the ancient kingdom of Srivijaya, in modern day Sumatra, as well ... I Ching was born Zhang Wen Ming in 635 in Qizhou (modern Shandong ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 13:24, 4 February 2023
- Wang Guowei was the first to introduce to China the works of Friedrich Nietzsche ... antiquarian who encouraged his interest in ancient Chinese script and ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 18:49, 17 April 2023
- is the first dynasty to be described independently in both the official ... It was at this early stage in China's long history that the concept ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 18:50, 26 November 2022
- the region of Manchuria (Northeast China) until the seventeenth century ... Over a period of thirty years beginning in 1586, Nurhaci, a chieftain ...17 KB (2,503 words) - 01:22, 17 November 2022
- 674) was the fifth Chan (Buddhist) patriarch in the traditional lineage of ... After Chan Buddhism had been established in China for several centuries ...14 KB (1,945 words) - 17:46, 15 May 2020
- sixth century C.E. and played a seminal role in the transmission of Zen Buddhism ... origins, the chronology of his journey to China, his death, and other details ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- is generally considered to have been in about the sixth century B.C.E. ... on nature and the self, which has resulted in the development of themes like ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- writers, and musicians who came together in the bloody third century C ... The Seven Sages’ life of retirement in the countryside became a ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- Mao Zedong of the People's Republic of China. Jiang Qing was most famous ... took over political control of the country. In 1969, she became a member of ...14 KB (2,214 words) - 20:36, 3 April 2024
- ) was an influential Chinese master of Chan (Zen in Japanese) Buddhism ... *Religion in China ==Notes== ==References== *Blofeld, John. 1958. The ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 20:57, 7 February 2024
- organized among the bureaucratic elite in the imperial government of ... Early in the seventeenth century, the Tung-lin Academy joined with ...12 KB (1,805 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- of cultural-religious syncretism that arose in Japan, which blends Buddhist ... The relationship between Buddhism and Shintoism in Japan is complex ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 20:48, 31 December 2023
- millennium C.E.. The Three Kingdoms period in Korea extends from the first ... Han dynasty established four commanderies in northern parts of the Korean ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- and Silla. The fall of Baekje to Silla in 668 marks the recognized beginning ... Archaeological discoveries in the ancient Unified Silla dynasty reveal ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- Jizi (chinese:箕 子) (Gija in Korean)The character "zi" ... the myths of both of these play a key role in modern Korea's explanation ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 06:49, 11 December 2022
- through Christianity), to uproot the religion of the barbarian foreigners ... the foundation for the Christian Church in Korea to flourish today. Andrew ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 17:52, 27 July 2023
- and mathematician of the Ming Dynasty. Born in Shanghai, Xu passed the first ... Xu studied with Matteo Ricci in Nanjing, and in 1603 was baptized ...16 KB (2,411 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- ), is a Chan Buddhist temple at Song Shan in Zhengzhou City, Henan ... who spread Shaolin martial arts through China after the Shaolin Temple ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 June 2023
- on Mount Lu. Daoxin was ordained as a monk in 607 and eventually settled ... to monastic Chan communities throughout China. Chan practice was extended ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 19:44, 22 May 2020
- engagement by the United States. Founded in 1910 by Andrew Carnegie, its ... on international affairs, particularly in the areas of Russia and Eurasia ...7 KB (1,074 words) - 00:34, 29 November 2023
- recognized by the People's Republic of China. They are concentrated in ... Most Hui are similar in culture to Han Chinese except that they practice ...26 KB (3,824 words) - 15:11, 9 February 2024
- Buddhist and Taoist festival held in certain East Asian countries ... In Chinese culture, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the ...19 KB (2,824 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- Bun'en; he is also variously known in English as "Unmon," ... * Religion in China ==Notes== ==References== *Daoyuan, Shi and Zhongyuan ...14 KB (2,283 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- ) was a group of Chinese Communist Party leaders in the People's ... Less than one month after Mao’s death in 1976, more conservative ...19 KB (2,985 words) - 04:24, 18 April 2024
- In the People's Republic of China, Red Guards ( s=红卫兵|t ... to Beijing for the first of eight rallies in Tienanmen Square. Universities ...18 KB (2,779 words) - 02:28, 8 December 2022
- made with the hands or fingers, used in meditation, iconography, dance ... In Indian religious practice, the role of mudras as a concentration ...13 KB (2,114 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- [[Image:Village school in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan.jpg|thumb ... to a female college student, particularly in the United States. Before the ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 22:24, 7 January 2024
- The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China in the early modern ... The first attempt by Jesuits to reach China was made in 1552 by Saint ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- One of the best known stories in Chan history is the verse writing ... *Religion in China *Buddhism ==Notes== ==References== *Dumoulin, Heinrich ...14 KB (2,174 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- South Korea or Republic of Korea, is located in East Asia at approximately ... seas: the Yellow Sea to the west; the East China Sea to the south; and the ...14 KB (2,131 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- ) are an ethnic group indigenous to China and the largest single ethnic ... ethnic group is closely tied to that of China. Han Chinese trace their ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
- Japanese culture, and this concept is still in use today. The term “do” ... Yixuan. It was brought to Japan by Myoan Eisai in 1191. ...8 KB (1,186 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- He was one of the founders of the China League of Left-Wing Writers ... poverty and suffering of Chinese peasants in the countryside. He went to ...17 KB (2,586 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- The Takla Makan (also Taklamakan or Taklimakan) is China's largest ... of which reach heights of over 109 yards. In extremely rare cases, sand ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In 742, Ganjin was visited ... rules of monastic and religious practice. In Japan, it became known as the ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 12:20, 1 August 2022
- Manichaeism is an extinct dualistic religion of Iranian origin, founded ... Theologically, Manichaeism is a dualistic religion that postulated ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- 30, 2016) was a religious studies scholar in the United States. He wrote ... Huston Cummings Smith was born in Suzhou, China on May 31, 1919, to ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- capital Nagaoka-kyō (長岡京) at Nagaoka in 784, before moving to Heian ... During the Nara period, the power and influence of Buddhism in Japan ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 01:25, 11 November 2022
- Wonhyo (元曉, 원효; "Genngyo" in Japanese) (617 – ... Unified Silla, Wonhyo played a vital role in the reception and assimilation ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- of Gojoseon, the first kingdom of Korea, in present-day Liaoning, Manchuria ... Although myth shrouds the origins of the Korean people, the message ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- friend of Wonhyo (원효 元曉617-686 ). In 661, he traveled to Tang China ... and both of their biographies are recorded in Samguk Yusa (The Memorabilia ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 11:28, 18 April 2023
- Sukjong upon his father's death in 1105. King Yejong’s reign ... those of the previously ascendant court religion of Buddhism. During his ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- for a group of related minorities in China, including the Panyao ... used to refer to the upland people living in the mountains of Hunan and ...21 KB (3,250 words) - 10:13, 22 May 2023
- country was only a backward small country in need of urgent reforms, they ... He paid a prize for it and spent his life in a remote farming village where ...16 KB (2,572 words) - 09:49, 26 January 2023
- Bulgar, Mongolian, Hunnic and Altaic religion named Tengriism. For the ... and Mongols maintained a continuous belief in Tengri throughout their history ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 05:42, 27 February 2023
- a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northern part ... Shanxi had been an important province in ancient China with the ancient ...23 KB (3,285 words) - 13:15, 27 January 2023
- of Jesus (Jesuit Order), was instrumental in the establishment of Christianity ... In 1529, while attending the University of Paris, Xavier became acquainted ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- essayist. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made ... Lin was born on October 10, 1895 in the town of Banzai in Zhangzhou ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 08:46, 8 March 2023
- theory. Regarded as a founder of sociology in the United States, he believed ... Ross studied human nature in detail, regarding human beings as essential ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- The Uta (1919), The Tale of Genji (published in six volumes from 1921-33), ... Waley was self-taught in both Chinese and Japanese and achieved a ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 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
- of Bodhidharma and Huike; accounts of them in historical texts are semi-legendary ... was the second of the almost-legendary early Ch'an patriarchs ...17 KB (2,535 words) - 08:53, 28 January 2024
- or granules called sand grains. It can vary in composition, but along non ... harmless, and children have fun playing in the sand. One must take appropriate ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 03:11, 23 December 2022
- the Neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi (1139 – 1200) in the late twelfth century C ... the Neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi (1139 – 1200) in the late twelfth century C ...11 KB (1,684 words) - 14:30, 27 January 2023
- much of his life. He studied at the academy in the capital, Loyang, and occupied ... of Confucianism and Daoism into belief in superstition and legend. He ...10 KB (1,654 words) - 22:51, 3 May 2023
- p=wǔshī) is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture, in which performers ... performing as far away as Mexico and Chile, in Chinese New Year Celebrations ...24 KB (3,959 words) - 00:19, 5 September 2023
- A state religion (also called an official religion, established church ... or creed designated as a state religion can vary. It can range from ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- Turkic people of ancient Central Asia. Known in medieval Chinese sources as ... ) as the main Turkic power in the region and took hold of the lucrative ...21 KB (3,069 words) - 16:18, 29 July 2023
- 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
- silicate minerals. Nephrite can be found in a variety of green colors and ... toward jade's attractiveness and value in making ornaments and decorative ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- The Tathāgatagarbha doctrine is an important teaching in Mahayana ... the Mahayanists and later became linked (in a less "pure," more ...16 KB (2,284 words) - 04:35, 27 February 2023
- the foremost intellectual leader of China during the first two decades ... Liang believed that journalism had an important role in educating ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- that has been passed down for centuries in oral or written form. There ... *Religion in China *Chinese folk religion *List of deities ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- major works deal with the sociology of religion and government, but he also ... While the twentieth century in many ways proved him correct, stronger ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- his mission country, Korea, where he arrived in 1884. He was the first Protestant ... Horace Newton Allen was born in Delaware, Ohio, on April 23, 1858 ...8 KB (1,205 words) - 15:02, 2 February 2024
- family of Buddhist lineages found primarily in Tibet and Japan, which combine ... While Vajrayana Buddhism is a part of Tibetan Buddhism, in that it ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- | birth_place = China | death_date = 606 | death_place = ... Huike, he secluded himself for many years in the mountains to avoid the ...18 KB (2,660 words) - 12:22, 1 August 2022
- a province of the People's Republic of China located in the far southwestern ... Tibetan monks have practiced their religion in Shangri-la, establishing ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- (愛新覺羅) ruling family was the last Emperor of China between ... as a puppet state of Imperial Japan, and in 1934, he was officially crowned ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 03:35, 7 December 2022
- ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ... and Holland all sought to open trade with China. Portugal arrived first on ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- to the first successful communist revolution in Lenin's Russia in November ... today include Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba. China and North Korea have each ...15 KB (2,166 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- denomination of Korean Buddhism developed in the late Goryeo period, as ... currently comprises nearly 3,000 temples in Korea, organized into 25 districts. ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- an eminent theologian and religious scholar in the German Protestant tradition ... Born in Peine (near Hanover), Rufolf Otto attended the Gymnasium Adreanum ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 17:41, 22 December 2022
- kingdom on the earth, a utopian society in which wealth would be spread ... Richard Henry Tawney was born on November 30, 1880, in Calcutta, India ...14 KB (1,999 words) - 01:48, 14 December 2022
- roots back to the arrival of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity ... roots back to the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- which influenced all subsequent teachers in the Linji (Japanese: Rinzai ... *Religion in China *Buddhism ==Notes== ==References == *Cleary, J.C ...16 KB (2,594 words) - 16:55, 13 May 2020
- over many of the islands of the Sulu Sea, in the southern Philippines. Though ... In 1851, the Spanish in Manila began launching attacks which destroyed ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 21:54, 26 February 2023
- and founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan. Zenji is a title meaning ... to be the best philosophical work written in the Japanese language. To this ...13 KB (2,020 words) - 16:34, 29 January 2024
- created the discipline of comparative religion. He was also one of the ... Müller's use of comparative linguistics in his research methodology ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- upon any number of religious teachings. In the Abrahamic religions, alms ... Related to almsgiving is the practice of giving a tithe. In English ...12 KB (1,965 words) - 08:19, 23 July 2023
- Lindsay Jones (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed. (Macmillan Reference ... The origins of the scholarly Indian Yogācāra tradition were rooted ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- (a short-necked lute) had been introduced in Japan from China. Various instruments ... Komagaku and togaku arrived in Japan during the Nara period (710-794 ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- is the ruler of Heaven (Tian) in Chinese mythology and is among the ... In addition to the myriad Chinese myths and popular tales that reference ...18 KB (2,861 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- called Han Wen-kung) (768 - 824 C.E.), born in Nanyang, Henan, China, was ... Han Yu was born in 768, in Northern China, the son of a fairly high ...16 KB (2,591 words) - 13:28, 24 January 2023
- referred to as the "father of modern China." He played an instrumental ... one of the greatest leaders of modern China, his political life was one ...36 KB (5,408 words) - 22:52, 26 February 2023
- by humans and have had an important role in human life for thousands of ... chambered stomach, which plays a vital role in digesting, regurgitating, and ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 21:23, 6 October 2022
- In Korea, Buddhist temples are abundant. Many of the oldest and most ... Buddhism originated in India and came to Korea by way of China. A ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 04:34, 4 March 2023
- E.). Members of the School of Names engaged in a form of public debate or ... years until Emperor Shi Huang Di unified China under the Qin dynasty in ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- , President of Toronto University College, in 1851. The term Pré-historique ... Religious accounts of creation, such as the biblical account in Genesis ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 11:30, 26 June 2022
- Many viharas, such as Nalanda, founded in 427 C.E., were world famous ... In the early decades of Buddhism the wandering monks of the Sangha ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 22:03, 17 April 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
- Zanskar is a subdistrict or tahsil of the Kargil district, which lies ... The people of Zanskar have subsisted, until recently, in nearly total ...14 KB (2,083 words) - 21:53, 2 December 2022
- ) is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China ... province's abbreviation, Qióng (琼 in Simplified Chinese), referring ...25 KB (3,616 words) - 16:53, 21 January 2024
- refers to those deliberately castrated in order to perform specific social ... Servants or slaves were usually castrated in order to make them safer servants ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- and translator who traveled on foot from China to India in the early Tang ... Xuanzang’s detailed account of his travels, Journey to the West ...21 KB (3,157 words) - 14:33, 20 May 2023
- Religion plays a major role in life in Indonesia, which has the largest ... be free to choose and to practice the religion of his/her choice" ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- by Chinese scholars, it became famous in the West when it was translated ... describes milestones that mark progress in the course of meditation practice ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- as the founder of an indigenous Korean religion, one that had enormous impact ... the rebellion that many followers of his religion sparked after his death ...18 KB (2,900 words) - 17:10, 10 December 2023
- The epic is considered the longest literary work in the world. Although ... The Epic of King Gesar is considered the longest literary work in ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 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
- Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). It is located in the middle of Beijing, China ... #039;s former collection is now located in the National Palace Museum ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- of the Sarvastivada schools, he grew up in centers of Hinayana Buddhism ... translation of Buddhist texts written in Sanskrit to Chinese, which ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- southern Manchuria (present-day northeast China), southern Russian Maritime ... a major regional power of East Asia, fell in defeat to a Silla-Tang alliance ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- coined the term "ethnocentrism" in the nineteenth century, although ... of ethnocentrism has proven significant in the social sciences, both with ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- The Juche Ideology (Juche Sasang 주체사상 in Korean; or Chuch ... are used to externally dominate the masses in a totalitarian state, Juche ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- It was originally published anonymously in the 1590s during the Ming Dynasty ... Buddhist scriptures to bring back to China. During the journey they ...24 KB (3,989 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- the diverse cultures and countries in which it has spread. Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Sikkim), areas in northern Pakistan, Mongolia ... The earliest well-documented influence of Buddhism in Tibet dates ...27 KB (3,993 words) - 23:24, 30 April 2023
- Zhang Guo Lao (張果老) (Chang Kuo Lao in Wade-Giles) is one of ... In iconographic depictions, he is most easily recognizable by his ...10 KB (1,682 words) - 15:18, 3 December 2022
- who have fled North Korea seeking asylum in South Korea or other nations. as the possible collapse of North Korea in the wake news of Kim Il-sung ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- Body"), and therefore is often depicted in massive sculpted images and ... to be confused with Virocana, who appears in the eighth chapter of the Chandogya ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- In Tibetan Buddhism, Shambhala (Tibetan: bde byung, pron. 'De ... The concept of Shambhala plays an important role in Tibetan religious ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 09:52, 6 October 2022
- was the largest contiguous land empire in history, covering over 33 million ... beginning with the conquests of Western Xia in north China and the Khwarezmid ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 19:57, 9 November 2022
- Maitreya, the "future Buddha" in Buddhist eschatology, is ... The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya is found in the canonical ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- 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
- Athena, the goddess of wisdom and warriors in the Greek pantheon. As the ... Like Athena, Minerva came to be represented in art bearing a weapon and amour ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- which scholars were selected as officials in the imperial bureaucracy from ... and the Four Books. Other texts included in the Confucian canon are the ...20 KB (2,978 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- histories of any kingdom or nation in the world, if the 3000 B.C ... Korea (Korean: 한국 in South Korea or 조선 in North Korea, see ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- between 800 to 200 B.C.E. was the time in which all foundations that ... of a political unity of the world in while writing his book Die ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- the first Jewel, Buddha. Founded in 646 C.E. by Master Jajang, ... or master Buddha’s teachings in order to bring salvation to ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
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- centuries, was canonized as a Taoist text in 742 C.E. by Emperor Xuanzong ... The Wenzi is written in a question-and-answer format, with Wenzi as ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history ... China ( t=中國|s=中国|hp=Zhōngguó|tp=Jhongguó ) is a cultural ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- ” “emptiness,” and “acquiescence” in order to allow the natural ... idea of the Qin Dynasty, culminating in the unification of China under ...22 KB (3,459 words) - 19:04, 25 October 2022
- quot;) is an institution of great importance in Tibetan Buddhism, whose incumbent ... In addition to his supreme religious and temporal authority, the Dalai ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- Lama, and as such, is often referred to in Western media simply as the ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- Pearls are valued as gemstones and are used in jewelry. Pearls can also be ... bivalve mollusks when nacre is secreted in successive thin, translucent ...20 KB (3,138 words) - 19:56, 22 April 2023
- brush and weed control, and as symbols in religion, folklore, and mythology ... Goats naturally live in rugged mountain or desert habitats. They are ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- Trained in the medical profession and turning later in life to the ... William Stukeley was born the son of a lawyer at Holbeach in Lincolnshire ...11 KB (1,651 words) - 20:32, 13 May 2023
- and thought. At times a controversial figure in Chinese history, his legacy ... sincerity. These values gained prominence in China over other doctrines ...28 KB (4,530 words) - 19:00, 15 May 2020
- praxis) into a discrete and coherent whole. In the socio-political sphere ... Da Xue had previously been a single chapter in the Classic of Rites. ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 14:25, 13 May 2020
- Baekje (October 18 B.C.E. – August 660 C.E.), a kingdom in the southwest ... Korean Peninsula as far north as Pyongyang in the fourth century, falling ...27 KB (3,640 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- Shell"), as drawn by Frederick Catherwood in 1839]] though independent, cultural manifestation in all the ancient civilizations ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 22:31, 23 September 2022
- reveal his views of the universal truths in human nature and he often used ... tragedy and terror. Yet, he believed in the possibility of making a ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 23:01, 30 April 2023
- In ancient Taoist thought,Wu Xing ( c=五行|p=wǔxíng qualities or energies that can be perceived in all natural phenomena. The ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- The Silla dynasty, emerging in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula ... Kingdoms of Korea. Beginning as a chiefdom in the Samhan confederacies, Silla ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- a unique "san-jiao" (three religion) village temple in Singapore ... on the spot for 120 years. The three religion temple allows us to envision ...12 KB (1,829 words) - 20:14, 13 September 2023
- became the officially sponsored doctrine in China for almost 1,000 years. “qi” ("vital life energy") in order to accord with nature ...13 KB (2,000 words) - 06:02, 13 June 2023
- 26 juan (巻 "scrolls; books") in 160 pian (篇 "sections ... developed during the later Han dynasty, in which the ruler, cultivating ...16 KB (2,593 words) - 04:44, 5 November 2022
- , Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēnsì, English: Temple of Thanksgiving ... eco-friendly and elderly-friendly designs in their temple. During a major ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- He is remembered for his exploits in China and northern Africa. ... A committed Christian, he engaged in charity activities, including ...21 KB (3,345 words) - 19:07, 4 December 2023
- | religion = Buddhist |}} and to reduce inequality. She succeeded in the latter but high government ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 09:08, 9 October 2022
- In addition to its functional role, furniture is considered a form ... survives from the Neolithic Period and later in antiquity in the form of paintings ...10 KB (1,622 words) - 07:22, 15 April 2024
- of their religious heritage, which were in decline due to rapid modernization ... D. T. Suzuki was born as Teitarō Suzuki in Honda-machi, Kanazawa ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 07:35, 12 January 2024
- from inauspicious beginnings to success in fields traditionally dominated ... psychotherapy and solace through religion. Ultimately, the Catholic ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- Улс) is a landlocked country located in East Asia with a population ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- The term diaspora (in Ancient Greek, διασπορά – "a ... centers of Jewish diasporan culture emerged in such places as Alexandria, ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- Similar festivals are celebrated as Chuseok in Korea and Tsukimi in Japan ... * Zhōngqiū Jié (中秋节), is the official name in Mandarin. ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- the most important Hindu pilgrimage circuit in the Indian Himalayas. Located ... All four pilgrimage sites sit in the Himalayas, previously difficult ...11 KB (1,617 words) - 01:45, 4 December 2023
- Xiuzhen (修真) is the principal technique in the Taoist quest for ... Western scholars have encountered difficulty in treating Xiuzhen as a serious ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 17:32, 11 October 2020
- is a Chinese Philosophy founded by Mozi in the fifth century B.C.E.. It ... whom little is known, not even what part of China he came from. The Shi Ji ...17 KB (2,759 words) - 19:44, 9 November 2022
- Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... are represented in the country today. Christianity was introduced to ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Christianity in China (called 基督教 Jī dū jiào, or Christ religion) is a growing minority religion that comprises Protestants, Catholics ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- thumb|200px|The Paramore family mausoleum in the [[Bellefontaine and Calvary ... construct monuments, not just simple graves, in which to inter their dead speaks ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- Buddhism). The Potala Palace, located in the city of Lhasa, is named ... rising more than 300 m (about 1,000 ft) in total above the valley floor. ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- Gojong, the 26th King of the Joseon Dynasty. In 1902, she received the posthumous ... rose to the occasion. Born and raised in obscurity, Queen Min became ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- (1133-1212 C.E.). The school was established in 1175 C.E., and is the most ... Jodo shu sought to provide people with a simple Buddhist practice ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 13:45, 1 August 2022
- While Li Bai is often associated with the religion of Daoism, Du Fu is considered ... Certainly, Du Fu was much more down-to-earth in comparison with Li ...18 KB (2,990 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2024
- The term brainwashing was originally used in the United States to explain ... quot; became a controversial issue in the 1970s. Accusations that ...29 KB (4,296 words) - 22:37, 20 November 2023
- dedicated to one or more articles listed in the Declaration. ... as freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, and the rule of law, as ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 12:00, 3 May 2023
- and social turmoil that characterized China during the Warring States ... Little is known of the historical Xunzi, save that he was born in ...24 KB (3,958 words) - 14:34, 20 May 2023
- Freedom of speech is a key factor in the spread of information in ... Declaration of Human Rights and is enshrined in international human rights ...18 KB (2,627 words) - 10:48, 11 April 2024
- ) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily ... Wei( 北魏) Dynasty (386-534 C.E.), in China, refers to them as part ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- 713) was one of the most important figures in the Chinese Chán monastic ... is one of the most influential texts in the East Asian meditative tradition ...20 KB (3,245 words) - 16:34, 21 January 2024
- 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
- In the history of Confucianism, he is second only to Confucius in ... Mencius, also known by his birth name Meng Ke or Ko, was born in the ...22 KB (3,470 words) - 04:29, 9 November 2022
- and arché meaning rule) refers to a society in which male members predominate ... around the world, and at different times in history, have attempted to ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- Confucian scholars received a pen name in addition to their birth name ... the verge of accomplishing audacious reforms in Korea hand in hand with the ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 07:14, 31 July 2022
- and maintained the last nomadic empire in East Turkestan (now known as ... Russia, gained the support of the Dalai Lama in Tibet, established a universal ...21 KB (3,293 words) - 13:28, 25 September 2020
- most popular and influential Mahayana sutras in East Asia and the basis on ... Such language has deep resonances in other religions, that also ...10 KB (1,578 words) - 02:49, 4 November 2022
- most common type of educational institutions in many nations. Public schools ... While public schools are to be found in virtually every country, there ...32 KB (4,665 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- meaning mind or soul) refers to a belief in numerous personalized, supernatural ... Tylor's 1871 book, Primitive Culture. In it, Tylor used the term to ...26 KB (4,193 words) - 06:15, 28 July 2023
- revolutionary. Although he was successful in the traditional Confucian system ... *Sep 1915 to Apr 1920: Became an influential figure in the May Fourth ...26 KB (3,844 words) - 14:50, 5 December 2023
- The control of fisheries production has been exercised in many places ... Fishery management in the pre-modern era has traditionally been organized ...15 KB (2,206 words) - 17:26, 28 March 2024
- Socialist economics is a term which refers in its descriptive sense ... are beings of free will and their success in any endeavor comes from their ...42 KB (6,187 words) - 15:03, 27 April 2023
- In addition, it is classified as a real number, A real number is a ... Nine is the highest single-digit number in the decimal system. A group ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- This led to controversies over freedom of religion and civil rights in the ... have been taken away from them and may be in serious danger. The courts ...23 KB (3,474 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
- thumb|right|250px|The Pyramid of the Moon in Tenochtitlán, Mexico. Building ... Civilization refers to a complex human society, in which people live ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- In ancient times as well as today, Feng Shui, (風水) pronounced ... space, weather, astronomy, and geomagnetism in determining the most auspicious ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 2023
- and the leaves are usually bound with string in a small bundle and dried. ... deal to Native American history and rituals. In addition to having spiritual ...12 KB (1,808 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers ... . This is the opposite of the term Occident. In terms of the Old World, Europe ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... own coins by the third century, converting in the fourth century to Christianity ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- The Goryeo Dynasty marks the last Buddhist-shaped dynasty in Korea ... Silla, which had united the Three Kingdoms of Korea in 668, weakened ...19 KB (2,644 words) - 18:12, 26 December 2022
- religious institutional power and influence in public and political life. ... both the absence of religious interference in government affairs and government ...18 KB (2,564 words) - 23:52, 27 April 2022
- Revenue Minister of Bombay (1937 to 1939 and in 1946. In 1952 he was elected ... States, hosting a visit from Jimmy Carter in 1978. Visiting the Soviet Union ...17 KB (2,426 words) - 00:04, 16 December 2022
- For many centuries, Theravada Buddhism has been the predominant religion ... . It is also a significant minority religion in many other Asian countries ...32 KB (4,844 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- the need for scientific methodology in his work. He pioneered the ... Adolf Bastian was born in Bremen, Germany, into a prosperous bourgeois ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 06:01, 15 June 2023
- Religion in Korea encompasses Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity ... Religion in Korea has a multi-faceted character. Shamanism, a tribal ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- ) and is one of several Lunar New Years in Asia. Observances traditionally ... Year’s Eve has always been a family matter in China. It is the reunion day ...42 KB (6,591 words) - 16:45, 10 December 2023
- the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China. The dynasty was founded ... day Xi'an), the most populous city in the world at the time, is regarded ...40 KB (6,123 words) - 00:13, 10 February 2024
- The word Ananda means "bliss" in Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhala ... Ananda was born in Kapilavatthu and was the Buddha's cousin, ...12 KB (1,953 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- Confucianism. Zhang taught that everything in the universe was comprised ... and later did much of his teaching) was born in 1020, the son of a magistrate ...12 KB (1,847 words) - 01:17, 4 December 2023
- law is the use of laws wherein no law exists in isolation. Within a world situation ... As the world becomes smaller in traveling time, and larger in legal ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- the gods") is the name of a priestess in Haitian Voodoo, derived from ... music produced this fascinating rhythm and in turn created a new sensational ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- was inextricably associated with religion, ethics, aesthetics, political ... involves an attempt to understand reality in terms of words, Eastern philosophy ...28 KB (4,111 words) - 09:55, 1 April 2024
- The Hwarang denotes a military society of expert Buddhist warriors ... from the sense of a righteous soldier in the tradition of King Arthur ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 21:28, 9 February 2024
- a country located on the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Apart from ... As a constitutional sultanate, Brunei was, in 2007, the only country ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- "big cats" (subfamily Pantherinae) in the Panthera genus, along with ... and the largest surviving feline species in the world. The critical endangered ...34 KB (5,273 words) - 03:13, 4 November 2022
- rapprochement with the Shi'a Muslims in the Caliphate and Islamization ... Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Zoroastrians, in addition to the growing Muslim ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:55, 18 December 2022
- developed by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in the mid-late eighteenth century ... including human beings, is "matter in motion" and that progress ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom ... on December 10, 1948, defines freedom of religion and belief as follows: ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- consists of hundreds of the Ryūkyū Islands in a chain over 1,000 km long ... The three tribal federations of the Ryukyu Islands were united in ...37 KB (5,344 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- like purposes, and often, especially in the past, serving ceremonial ... date back centuries and many have emerged in a more contemporary form to ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 06:44, 15 April 2024
- is a form of ornamental handwriting found in various cultures throughout ... typography and non-classical hand-lettering in that characters are disciplined ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- Asia, consisting of the countries south of China, east of India and north ... the north. Austronesian peoples predominate in the maritime region; taken ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- Buddhism, of Vajrayana Buddhism which spread in the eighth century from northeastern ... posthumously Kōbō-Daishi) went to China in 804 and studied tantric ...22 KB (3,219 words) - 14:14, 27 January 2023
- a society. Thus, civilization is expressed in physical attributes, such as ... as a racial or ethnic group, a nation, or in the age of globalization, by ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- According to tradition, Zen originated in India as a non-verbal doctrine ... Today, Zen is becoming increasingly popular in the West, where it ...37 KB (5,736 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- aesthetic purposes and religious worship. In the latter case, the light ... Prior to the candle being ignited, the wick is saturated with the ...26 KB (4,080 words) - 19:18, 25 November 2023
- Qi, also commonly spelled ch'i (in Wade-Giles romanization) or ... ==Qi in Ancient Chinese Thought== |right|250px|In Chinese thought Qi ...20 KB (2,999 words) - 20:26, 20 February 2024
- and Honen saw the age they were living in as a degenerate time where ... In contemporary times, Jodo Shinshu is one of the most widely followed ...23 KB (3,447 words) - 20:10, 24 April 2023
- Taejong (1367-1422, r. 1400-1418) the third king of the Joseon Dynasty ... Taejong's foundational leadership played a vital role in establishing ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 19:15, 24 October 2022
- Golden mean or "middle way" is an ancient concept described ... In ancient Western civilization, the Golden Mean is found in the mythological ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 06:15, 20 December 2022
- developed over more than two thousand years in China and have influenced religio ... Daoling and the Celestial Masters School in the late Han Dynasty. These ...58 KB (8,657 words) - 22:14, 25 January 2024
- distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures. Anthropologists ... as it becomes even more difficult to define in an increasingly fluid and globalized ...31 KB (4,685 words) - 15:01, 27 April 2023
- Gem) are three religious vows that are made in the process of becoming a Buddhist ... * I take refuge in the Buddha ("The Enlightened" or "Awakened ...14 KB (2,028 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- to 1969. He handed over power to Commander in Chief General Yahya Khan, whom ... Ayub Khan was born in the village of Rehana in Haripur District to ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 14:50, 7 February 2023
- history, although each remains controversial in certain sects of modern society. group. Whether that group is defined by religion, race, or other difference ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- [[File:Om symbol.svg.png|thumb|right|250px|Om/Aum in Devanagari script]] , also rendered Om, is the most sacred sound in Hinduism, symbolizing the infinite ...13 KB (2,123 words) - 07:07, 13 June 2023
- are the only extant (living) species in the genus Pongo and the subfamily ... Orangutans are apes in the family Hominidae and superfamily Hominoidea ...14 KB (1,986 words) - 10:40, 11 March 2023
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... facilities for disposal of solid waste in Koror, and extensive sand and ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- of other nations that are not its colonies. In various forms, imperialism ... as spreading order, morality, the true religion and civilization, and have ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- 1913) was a British army officer. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the ... of independence to the Indians; the Ashanti in west Africa and the Zulu in ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... After it was conquered by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1021 C.E., the name Gandhara ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... ==Early religion in Korea== [[Image:Dangun as Mountain Spirit 1.jpg ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- during meditation, and Zen teachers use them in training novices. Each koan ... In Chan (Zen) Buddhism, a koan is a succinct paradoxical statement ...33 KB (5,103 words) - 03:57, 4 March 2023
- of his work, it was never enshrined in one of the famous collections ... to understand early medieval Chinese religion, culture, and society. Recent ...30 KB (4,865 words) - 06:29, 18 April 2024
- areas stretching from Central Asia in the North and West to Myanmar ... Tibet was forcibly incorporated into the People's Republic of ...35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- Buddhism has been a major force in the creation of Korean culture ... One of the foremost Buddhist temples in South Korea, Haeinsa has housed ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 16:38, 21 January 2024
- of poems from the Chinese Tang Dynasty in the Daoist and Zen tradition ... and orientalist Edwin G. Pulleyblank asserts in his study Linguistic Evidence ...19 KB (3,199 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2021
- after the fall of the Lon Nol regime in 1975. He is considered largely ... After joining the Communist movement while a student in France and ...22 KB (3,417 words) - 08:30, 24 November 2022
- to news gathering and processes involved in obtaining information for public ... some limitations are always present both in principle and in practice. ...23 KB (3,543 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- area and the most populous national capital in Oceania. It is in the Wellington ... of the coast. This cosmopolitan city exists in close proximity to nature. ...30 KB (4,384 words) - 20:30, 18 January 2024
- Buddhist scriptures, and the ideas contained in and based on them, that attempts ... and used by schools of Mahayana Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, Korea ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- that were occasionally worldwide in scope. By contrast, during ... Before uniformitarianism, the dominant belief in many cultures of ...15 KB (2,089 words) - 17:51, 30 November 2023
- portrait with his statue following his death in 1861.]] Mourning is in the simplest sense synonymous with grief over the death ...23 KB (3,744 words) - 01:46, 11 March 2023
- recognized as a major socialist thinker and, in many socialist circles, as ... Bernstein was born in Berlin on January 6, 1850. His political career ...9 KB (1,198 words) - 18:16, 12 February 2024
- The Samanids (819–999)Sāmāniyān) were a Persian dynasty in Central ... The dynasty fell in 999 when their rule was replaced by the Karakhanids ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 11:36, 6 September 2022
- Ancient philosophy is philosophy in antiquity, or before the end of ... In the Western tradition, ancient philosophy was developed primarily ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- Three such compounds gained special currency in classical Chinese philosophy: ... the view that human dao was embedded in natural dao. If human lives ...21 KB (3,367 words) - 19:34, 7 July 2023
- The Liezi (列子 in Chinese characters, Lièzĭ in pinyin) is a Daoist ... as a Daoist classic, taking its place in the Daoist Canon as one of ...18 KB (2,907 words) - 22:49, 25 October 2022
- honoring mothers, celebrated on various days in many places around the world ... While Christian and pre-Christian societies in Europe commonly celebrated ...22 KB (3,311 words) - 17:00, 10 November 2022
- martial arts, which Sun Lutang identified in the 1920s as T'ai Chi ... a technique. At an advanced level, and in actual fighting, internal styles ...24 KB (3,729 words) - 16:11, 11 November 2022
- extends approximately 1,200 miles (2,000 km) in a southeast-northwest direction ... The name, in Turkic Alytau or Altay, means Al (gold), tau (mount); ...16 KB (2,479 words) - 08:35, 23 July 2023
- For the Republic of China see Taiwan. For the civilization of China and its history see China. ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- August 1910) (also Chosun, Choson, Chosŏn) in 1392. The dynasty continued ... Shortly following the declaration of the Korean Empire in 1897, the ...39 KB (5,704 words) - 03:49, 6 August 2022
- Incense has been used since antiquity in different parts of the world ... Incense is available in various forms and degrees of processing. Depending ...32 KB (4,937 words) - 12:45, 4 March 2024
- arkho, “rule” ) is a form of government in which political power effectively ... oligarchies, and unofficial oligarchies in which a group of “advisers” ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
- longstanding political or military influence in Europe. He is famous, or infamous ... As a nepotist and spendthrift, Urban easily attracts criticism. Yet ...14 KB (2,102 words) - 17:03, 7 September 2023
- Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley of central ... sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- social order as essential components in the process. The underpinnings ... A major force in world politics since the early twentieth century ...45 KB (6,718 words) - 00:12, 8 January 2024
- The Tree of Life is a universal symbol found in many religious traditions ... forbidden to partake of the Tree of Life. In the Book of Revelation, Jesus ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 16:43, 2 May 2023
- 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
- with Thai. 2) Decline of the Hindu state religion with the adoption of Theravada ... The temples of the Angkor area number over one thousand, ranging in ...32 KB (4,644 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- of the Flourishing Law) is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan ... . Hōryū-ji was originally built in 607 by Empress Suiko and Crown ...23 KB (3,463 words) - 00:01, 25 August 2023
- Hindu spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant ... practice of Yoga became increasingly popular in the West. The Yoga taught in ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- In an arranged marriage, the marital partners are chosen by parents ... been utilized to cement political alliances. In more recent times, Reverend ...25 KB (3,836 words) - 02:27, 9 January 2023
- the dualistic ethos that spawned these terms in the first place. ... In this new understanding, pagan traditions are defined by the absence ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- plumage, which, after a long life, dies in a fire of its own making only ... of the phoenix, the differences in nuance are overshadowed by ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
- this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ... It is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the north ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- In the broader sense of the term, bioethics encompasses both biomedical ... Bioethics concerns the ethical questions that arise in the relationships ...12 KB (1,586 words) - 17:53, 31 October 2023
- Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern ... the Dutch East Indies and India, as well as China and the Middle East. Although ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- The term polygamy (literally many marriages in late Greek) is used ... and world levels is not to be found in polygamy, but rather in individuals ...37 KB (5,815 words) - 17:42, 30 November 2023
- or Axum), was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa, growing ... Ethiopian culture today has its roots in this civilization. The decline ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- or paramilitary service, or those engaged in such activity. Militias can ... rather than professional soldiers, vary in their military training and ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- replaced an earlier polytheistic Turkic religion; it was also the religion ... and respect for these deities and living in harmony with the universe. ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 06:07, 27 February 2023
- at his mother's home at Amphoe Amphawa in present day Samut Songkhram ... and Mongkut as Rama IV, famous as the king in Anna and the King of Siam. ...9 KB (1,378 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population ... Many areas that suffered famines in the past have protected themselves ...36 KB (5,441 words) - 00:40, 25 March 2024
- regions of the People's Republic of China, along with Macau. Comprising ... to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Hong Kong was declared ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- coeducational, liberal arts college situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded ... Vassar was founded in 1861 to provide an education for women equal ...12 KB (1,685 words) - 14:40, 3 May 2023
- of Korea, up to the division of Korea in the 1940s. See History of North ... Gojoseon (then called Joseon), was founded in 2333 B.C.E. by Dangun, who ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- Jewish men, although some men and women in the egalitarian Conservative ... In Hebrew, kippah means "dome." The Goth word kappel (cf ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- Union from 1964 to 1982, though at first in partnership with others. He ... to ensure that the West would be an ally in the process of liberalization ...24 KB (3,435 words) - 15:34, 28 April 2023
- The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gyne woman) is used in related ... |right|250px|Polygyny, the marriagemarital practice in which a man ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- people; and the explanation of Zen teachings in a way that ordinary people ... changing needs of the time; his flexibility in adjusting the Zen teachings ...14 KB (2,265 words) - 16:55, 21 January 2024
- Buddhism, the largest religious denomination in Japan (by number of temples ... east of Fukui in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In English, its name means ...16 KB (2,429 words) - 00:05, 13 February 2024
- angles, thus producing different colors. In addition to clothing, silk ... also are produced by two giant silkworms in the Saturnidae family, Samia ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 20:11, 21 April 2023
- and large size (up to 30 meters (98 feet) in height and a trunk diameter ... date of the Sri Maha Bodhi, 288 B.C.E., in Sri Lanka, gives it the oldest ...10 KB (1,612 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- The term religion (from Latin: religio meaning "bind, connect ... In this context, religious thought and practice are aimed at delineating ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- of knowledge, economics, anthropology, religion, aesthetics, theories of ... Western political philosophy has its origins in ancient Greek society, when ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- 250px|Teamsters, armed with pipes, riot in a clash with police in the ... of violence and property damage, usually in reaction to a perceived grievance ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:19, 11 August 2022
- , also Sikhim) - a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas ... ranking as the second-smallest in area after Goa. The thumb-shaped ...35 KB (5,094 words) - 20:10, 21 April 2023
- This practice has been all too common in human history. Even biblical ... 1900–1959), a Polish Jewish legal scholar, in 1943, from the roots genos ...35 KB (5,250 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- one of the most significant Neo-Confucians in China. Philosophically, he ... 1313 to 1905 C.E. As the reigning orthodoxy in Korea for the six hundred years ...20 KB (3,073 words) - 06:03, 13 June 2023
- The Tatars are people of Turkic origin living mainly in Russia but ... society and achieved prominent positions in government and in the military ...38 KB (5,622 words) - 04:35, 27 February 2023
- An amulet (from Latin amuletum; earliest extant use in Natural History ... ==Amulets in ancient history== Throughout history, on every continent ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- of leaders of the Christian churches in the Roman Empire to deal with ... to use the term theotokos (Mother of God) in relation to the Virgin Mary ...15 KB (2,352 words) - 08:26, 10 January 2024
- As technology enabled humans to settle in larger numbers, however, more ... The development of microlith tools began in response to these changes. ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 06:20, 18 November 2022
- speech and other forms of human expression. In some cases, it is exercised ... się w Bydgoszczy?" (What happened in Bydgoszcz?) and "Pogotowie ...26 KB (3,779 words) - 01:42, 13 January 2023
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It also ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- Baklava or baklawa is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines ... Commonly regarded as a Greek specialty, baklava is available in a ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- Japan made two invasions of Korea, in 1592 and 1596, starting a war ... 1.0] accessdate 2007-03-24 involved China and resulted in further conflicts ...42 KB (6,114 words) - 09:44, 1 April 2024
- cooked and served fresh, most ham is cured in some fashion. The curing process ... between groups, due to the differences in religious viewpoint regarding ...27 KB (4,434 words) - 16:58, 21 January 2024
- A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society ... that aim to take power at the center or in a region, or to change government ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- regarded as the holiest temple complex in Japan. Located in the city ... The Ise-Jingu Shrine is the major sightseeing attraction in Ise, attracting ...13 KB (2,113 words) - 03:00, 8 March 2024
- The Republic of Costa Rica ("Rich Coast") is a country in ... Despite much political unrest and violence in neighboring countries, Costa ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- Commoner, savior of free public education in Pennsylvania, national Republican ... Stevens was born in Danville, Vermont on April 4, 1792. He suffered ...9 KB (1,431 words) - 02:49, 19 April 2023
- The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, largely a continuation ... caused by the conflict. Four million people in southern Sudan were displaced ...27 KB (3,989 words) - 21:31, 26 February 2023
- better or worse, he played a gigantic role in that drama. While there have been three other Daewon-gun in Joseon Dynasty, so dominant ...9 KB (1,510 words) - 07:43, 12 January 2024
- cultural beliefs. While the text has existed in some form for over two thousand ... earliest cosmic and philosophical thought in the Orient. The text features ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 11:13, 24 May 2023
- with those of a solar calendar. It has been in continual use in China for ... After Jesuits introduced Western astronomy into China during the seventeenth ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- has long played an extremely important role in human societies, and a variety ... examples of laws regarding inheritance in different cultures: ...15 KB (2,362 words) - 17:02, 21 November 2020
- of developed countries' involvement in the developing world. Critics ... ) and a critique of modern capitalist businesses involvement in nations ...50 KB (7,266 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड) is a state of India located ... Nagaland has played a crucial role in the development of the Republic ...19 KB (2,820 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- technological, and literary traditions of China. Among his many accomplishments ... Zhang was one of the best known writers in literature and poetry in ...53 KB (7,780 words) - 16:31, 19 January 2024
- , one of the six largest cities in India during Gautama Buddha ... The main monasteries in Sravasti were Jetavana and the Pubbarama. ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 16:17, 8 February 2023
- A coffin, or casket, is a funerary box used in the display and containment ... In other situations, more spiritual considerations may be important ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 22:26, 7 January 2024
- Ayutthaya as the capital of his kingdom in 1350 and absorbed Sukhothai ... In 1767, Burma invaded Ayutthaya, repelled the Ming Dynasty and took ...29 KB (4,487 words) - 06:07, 10 January 2023
- from 1964 to 1991. He played a major role in Zambia's independence ... From the time he became President until his fall from power in 1991 ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 August 2023
- texts that serve a variety of purposes in the individual and collective ... Around the world, scriptures are held in the highest regard and often ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- Goa Velha ("Velha" means old in Portuguese), referring to ... Christianity constitutes India's third-largest religion, following ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:24, 31 December 2023
- the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. The ... defined to stretch from the Liard River in British Columbia, down to the ...17 KB (2,479 words) - 02:29, 16 December 2022
- Jesus alive, Thomas professed his faith in Jesus, exclaiming "My ... as far as India. The churches of Malankara in India trace their roots back ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- both from their meat and their eggs. People in many cultures have admired ... Male chickens are known as roosters in the United States, Canada, ...29 KB (4,637 words) - 15:23, 10 December 2023
- of Jikji printed during the Goryeo Dynasty, in 1377, is on record as the world ... The purpose of Jikji was to assist Buddhist monks in teaching Zen ...14 KB (2,230 words) - 01:10, 9 February 2023
- martyr together with 11,000 other virgins in Cologne, Germany around 383 ... course and massacred by the Huns and Picts in northern Germany, but not in ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines ... Traditionally, however, the colors are cited in sequence, as though they were ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:20, 16 April 2023
- of Japan at the end of the twelfth century in the Gempei War (1180-1185) ... The Tale of the Heike was compiled in 1240 by an unknown author from ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2023
- The March First Movement, or the Samil Movement (in Korean, samil ... The March First demonstrations established the high-water mark in ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- of India entered Tibet along with Buddhism in the ninth century and was gradually ... and was primarily created to be used in religious rituals and education ...39 KB (5,852 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- explained the rise and fall of civilization in The Decline of the West, Toynbee ... with whom he is sometimes confused. Born in London, Arnold J. was educated ...29 KB (4,250 words) - 03:54, 15 August 2023
- object is different from other art in that it is also tactile and ... used to create sculpture are unparalleled in the art world. ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- Malaysia is a federation of 13 states in Southeast Asia. ... The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- Philosophy of religion is the application of the philosophical method ... of – ,” the philosophy of religion is critically important ...73 KB (11,277 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- to be graced with special powers or skills. In general, possessed persons ... and the practice of exorcism originated in prehistoric shamanistic beliefs ...20 KB (3,223 words) - 23:55, 24 March 2024
- by the Chinese, is a plateau region in Central Asia and the indigenous ... The Tibetan Empire came into existence in the seventh century when ...62 KB (9,319 words) - 23:23, 30 April 2023
- In the seventeenth century the Mughal emperor Jahangir set his eyes ... The rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Muslim-dominated Kashmir, Hindu ...52 KB (7,879 words) - 07:24, 5 October 2022
- secretions had been known for centuries in China and had spread to the ... Jenner also coined the term immunization, which in its original meaning ...25 KB (3,573 words) - 19:51, 17 November 2021
- of Mahayana Buddhist thought, but also in triggering Hindu responses ... (344–413 c.e.), Nagarjuna was born in South India near the town of ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 23:10, 10 November 2022
- The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia, the successor ... In 2005, oil and natural gas deposits were found beneath Cambodia ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis ... and was re-issued by Harcourt in March 2007. He has also written academic ...23 KB (3,384 words) - 01:32, 3 May 2023
- India has been theorized to have taken place in the Middle to Late Bronze Age ... In the case of the Indo-Aryan race, they indeed appear to have origin ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- and beyond, from present day Afghanistan in the north to Bengal in the ... The name ‘Ashoka’ translates as “without sorrow” in Sanskrit ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- Unification thought sees history as a theater in which God works voluntarily ... " namely reversing the "Fall" in order to enable the realization ...26 KB (3,993 words) - 02:18, 18 April 2023
- |caption =Keating Hall with Edwards Parade in the foreground ... Fordham University is a private university in the United States, with ...33 KB (4,668 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- and overseas Chinese. The main groups living in the interior are Native American ... Most of the land is still covered with untouched rainforest, and in ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 10:54, 11 April 2024
- ) is an internal (neijia, Wudangquan) Chinese martial art, in which ... of people practice together every morning in parks around the world, particularly ...44 KB (6,584 words) - 00:21, 16 February 2024
- Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 00:28, 4 January 2024
- military leaders who was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in World ... MacArthur served in the U.S. Army most of his life, participating ...47 KB (7,075 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- He led one of the most important administrations in India's modern ... Rao's term as Prime Minister proved an eventful one in India ...30 KB (4,303 words) - 10:56, 11 March 2023
- An endangered species is any animal or plant species that is in danger ... is also used for anything or anyone that is in danger of dying out, such as ...22 KB (2,981 words) - 16:35, 5 January 2021
- of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east ... The country is infamous for the 1994 genocide that resulted in the ...25 KB (3,542 words) - 17:40, 28 September 2023
- a thousand years, the Somali and Afar tribes in this region became among the ... Ethiopia. Two-thirds of the inhabitants live in the capital city. ...32 KB (4,757 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- to another, often over long distances or in large groups. Humans are known ... reason, have affected the grand epochs in history, changing forever the ...28 KB (4,050 words) - 16:22, 23 December 2022
- ) refers to a race of large serpentine creatures that abound in the ... In Sanskrit, the term nāgaḥ ( sa|नागः ) refers specifically ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- existed from 975 to 1187. It was centered in Ghazni, a city in present day ... around the city of Ghazni from his father-in-law, Alp Tigin, a break-away ...15 KB (2,234 words) - 16:57, 8 December 2022
- more territory than any other commander in history. He gained victory ... When Batu returned to Mongolia for the election of the new Great Khan ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 21:26, 26 February 2023
- The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed ... Italy, facing opposition to its war in Abyssinia from the League of ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- of Chán Buddhism during Tang Dynasty China. Linji was trained by the ... In 851, Linji moved to the Linji temple in Hebei, where he took his ...11 KB (1,835 words) - 04:11, 29 October 2022
- to be over 300 million people living in the Arab world. There are 22 ... of the faith founded by the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century. There ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. A university ... fall within the purview of education, in particular higher education ...28 KB (4,044 words) - 12:01, 3 May 2023
- Ilāhābād) is the English name of a city in the north Indian state of Uttar ... , with ilāh being Arabic for "(a) god" (in this context ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:37, 17 May 2021
- , a hill station (a hill town) nestled in the Shiwalik Hills (or Lower ... number among the famous education institutes in Kamlipong. Recently, Kalimpong ...23 KB (3,408 words) - 02:28, 5 October 2022
- misuse of the death penalty greatly declined in the nineteenth and twentieth ... more appropriate than execution. Yet, in the ideal society, human beings ...41 KB (6,212 words) - 21:02, 25 November 2023
- Serpent (from Latin: serpens, serpentis) is a word used in mythological ... most widespread mythological figures found in various cultures. It was recognized ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. The name "Senegal ... from a one-party state to a multiparty democracy in 2000. ...33 KB (4,780 words) - 14:52, 4 April 2024
- [[Image:Japanese internment camp in British Columbia.jpg|thumb|250px ... and murder. Today, this term is used only in this extremely pejorative sense; ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
- taken a variety of forms historically and in the modern world from the state ... separate rival Church and State institutions in Christendom. This rivalry between ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- ng Pilipinas), is an island nation located in the Malay Archipelago in Southeast ... is one of only two Roman Catholic countries in Asia, the other being East ...42 KB (6,083 words) - 15:26, 27 March 2024
- of a religious ritual. It has been practiced in many cultures throughout much ... animal sacrifice and of religious sacrifice in general, human victims were ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- Republic, is a landlocked socialist republic in Southeast Asia. Laos traces ... than stimulated, growth and development, in 1986 the government announced ...33 KB (5,048 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- In philosophy, materialism is a monistic (everything is composed of ... naturalism, that observable events in nature are to be explained ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 16:49, 7 November 2022
- the intention of favoring trade privileges in India. The Royal Charter effectively ... This was arrogant but it resulted in many initiatives, such as education ...38 KB (6,054 words) - 02:25, 22 November 2023
- tuber crop, and the fourth largest crop in terms of fresh produce (after ... crop of Ireland when the potato famine hit in the mid-nineteenth century ...20 KB (3,010 words) - 05:53, 30 November 2022
- heralded by the Battle of the Kalka River in 1223 between Subutai's ... The rise of Moscow as the successor state to the one centered in Kiev ...16 KB (2,408 words) - 13:10, 10 March 2023
- peoples, formed by using niches or caves in high cliffs. Some are complex ... Cliff-dwellings are found throughout the world and in some cases are ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 22:05, 7 January 2024
- Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889 - 1929), born in Patiala State, India, became ... Asian people have profound faith than those in the West. ...21 KB (3,248 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- , Urdu: لدّاخ; "land of high passes") is a province ... Situated on a high altitude plain, Ladakh became the midway point ...43 KB (6,368 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. It attained its greatest ... There are numerous historical and architectural monuments in and around ...20 KB (2,826 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- (sometimes called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its ... After World War II, Shinto lost its status of state religion; some ...32 KB (5,118 words) - 14:16, 27 January 2023
- Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country ... With Mugabe's resignation in November 2017 in the wake of ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- been introduced elsewhere. Although common in France, the wild boar became ... boars provide important functions in food chains, consuming a very ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 23:54, 11 January 2023
- and electromagnetic fields present in extracellular materials and ... Several fields are involved in the study of the human body. Anatomy ...25 KB (3,706 words) - 21:55, 23 December 2020
- heroic figure. It typically occurs in a totalitarian or authoritarian ... usually by the state or the party in one-party states and dominant ...57 KB (8,108 words) - 06:45, 11 January 2024
- and cultural conditions that occurred in the late eighteenth and early ... the most important unanswered question in social science. ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- Neoconservatism is a political philosophy that emerged in the United ... coined the usage of neoconservative in a 1973 Dissent magazine article ...51 KB (7,336 words) - 04:32, 11 March 2023
- lines, on mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas, on temples or ... Daoism, and Buddhism have evolved together in a kindred relationship throughout ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 20:32, 8 September 2023
- down, derived from custom or implied. In the United States and most ... is to understand what the rights are in "civil rights." ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Korea (the DPRK), is an East Asian country in the northern half of the Korean ... communist Democratic People's Republic in 1948. It is now a single-party ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- after United Nations supervised elections in 1948. The Soviet Union had ... of Korea), which declared its independence in September 1948. To the west ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- to end a war, or it can constitute an entire war in itself. own empire. Not all invasions are successful in accomplishing their objectives—Napoleon ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
- may be conceived as affecting the world in general or a specific individual ... is limited due to circumstances, belief in fate or destiny adds the idea ...22 KB (3,568 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- logic of the twelfth century to scholars in England. Raised as a foster ... variety of subjects, most of which are still in manuscript form. His most significant ...12 KB (1,817 words) - 14:26, 18 July 2023
- while bringing back ancient Roman religion.Modern Neo-Pagans (particularly ... had been for more than a century. However, in choosing to resurrect the old ...29 KB (4,399 words) - 21:10, 4 October 2022
- Yi Hwang began his Confucian studies early, succeeded in the civil ... === Establishment of a Confucian State in Korea === During the Joseon ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 11:12, 24 May 2023
- solid, white, pale pink or light grey in color, normally obtained from ... as salt, where they are found together in very concentrated form. Some ...36 KB (5,357 words) - 01:13, 21 April 2023
- of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone ... wide area can range from a single bell hung in a turret or bell-gable, to ...42 KB (6,679 words) - 22:00, 26 December 2023
- for internationally recognized human rights. In particular, Amnesty International ... Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by a Roman Catholic British ...30 KB (4,487 words) - 00:59, 9 January 2023
- "to bow" or "to kneel") in reference to the prostrations ... quot;mosque," just like its equivalents in many other European languages ...42 KB (6,412 words) - 16:59, 10 November 2022
- [[Image:Prokudin-Gorskii-18.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Kazakh nomads in ... place to another, rather than settling down in one location. Nomadism is distinguished ...40 KB (5,990 words) - 02:37, 16 November 2022
- and the Gulf of Guinea. Upon independence in 1960, it became the Republic ... for economic reforms and privatization and in renewing cooperation with international ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
- Signaling, as such, has been very important in environments where communication ... Although flag-like symbols were used in some ancient cultures, the ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- friends. Pope during the period of residency in Avignon, he briefly returned ... Guillaume de Grimoard, was a native of Grizac in Languedoc (today ...12 KB (1,868 words) - 13:42, 3 May 2023
- In anthropology, a Pygmy is a member of a hunter-gatherer people characterized ... The greatest threats to Pygmy survival in Africa comes from threatened ...27 KB (4,197 words) - 20:58, 14 April 2023
- by the legendary conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) in the fourteenth century. In the sixteenth century, Timurid prince Babur, the ruler of Ferghana ...22 KB (3,337 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
- A codex (Latin for block of wood, book; plural codices) is a book ... scholars seemed to have used codices in order to distinguish their ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- He was a key figure on the left of the party in the mid-twentieth century and ... cite Karl Marx and supported recognition of China under Mao Zedong. On the ...28 KB (4,168 words) - 18:03, 27 July 2023
- [[Image:Mummy 501594 fh000031.jpg|thumb|375px|A mummy in the British ... or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs. Taken from the medieval ...24 KB (3,616 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- that lasted for roughly nine months in 1971. The war resulted in Bangladesh ... Pakistan's partition from India in 1947 had arisen from the ...42 KB (6,477 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- Angela Dorothea Merkel (born Angela Dorothea Kasner, July 17, 1954 ... Magazine to be the "most powerful woman in the world at the present time ...49 KB (6,775 words) - 18:05, 27 July 2023
- American psychologist who pioneered work in human instinctual behavior ... McDougall was born on June 22, 1871 in Lancashire, England, as the ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 10:35, 11 May 2023
- Mayotte is located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in ... Because of the volcanic rock, the soil is relatively rich in some ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
- harengusThe most abundant species of fish in the world. ... throughout life, and limbs—if present—in the form of fins. Poikilothermic ...18 KB (2,549 words) - 06:51, 17 May 2021
- South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... #039;s surface. South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- and 16th Ismaili imam (996-1021). Born in 985, Abu ‘Ali “Mansur” ... state. However, after the latter’s removal in 1000, Hakim held the reins ...28 KB (4,430 words) - 04:12, 17 June 2023
- island of Thera (known today as Santorini) in the mid-second millennium B ... thousand years before the Minoan eruption. In a repeating process, the volcano ...26 KB (3,980 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- one of the most successful military leaders in history. He believed himself ... While his image in much of the world is that of a ruthless, bloodthirsty ...50 KB (8,058 words) - 06:47, 18 April 2024
- called “the best short characterizations in the whole of ancient history.” ... as a tool to help understand the past in order to shape the present ...21 KB (3,270 words) - 07:33, 25 July 2023
- for public office. Landon was a key figure in the United States Republican ... Landon was born in 1887, to John Manuel and Anne Mossman Landon. The ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 16:52, 20 July 2023
- a coastline of 12 miles (19.3 kilometers) in the North Pacific Ocean, formerly ... lands rights," a concept commonly held in Micronesian cultures. ...28 KB (4,195 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- Asian nation situated between India and China. A strategic location, it ... One of the most isolated nations in the world, Bhutan is often described ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- scholarship and apostolic zeal. Founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola ... independence and separate leader in the order (sometimes called ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- Beauty is commonly defined as a characteristic present in objects ... goodness, love, being, and the divine. In this concept, beauty is a supreme ...19 KB (2,937 words) - 10:19, 26 September 2023
- is an island nation off the coast of Africa in the southwest Indian Ocean ... In addition to the island of Mauritius, the republic includes the ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- matter, though it eats insects. It lives in nomadic groups, which contain ... In addition to its ecological role in food chains, ostriches provide ...28 KB (4,283 words) - 10:51, 11 March 2023
- Avantikapuri), an ancient city of Malwa in central India on the eastern ... Ujjain has served as a center of science and culture in northern India ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- Republic of Timor-L'este, is a country in Southeast Asia comprising the ... East Timor has the lowest per capita income in the world (US$400 per annum ...25 KB (3,519 words) - 16:40, 26 March 2024
- quot; (as opposed to kamuy, divine beings) in the Hokkaidō dialects of the ... semicircularly behind. The Ainu lived in reed-thatched huts, without ...21 KB (3,397 words) - 06:59, 16 June 2023
- in Kannada) stood as a prominent South Indian empire that ruled most ... of Malnad Karnataka, an elevated region in the Western Ghats range. In ...35 KB (5,038 words) - 18:09, 15 March 2023
- Uzbekistan, is a doubly-landlocked country in Central Asia, formerly of the ... Located in the heart of Central Asia between the Amu Darya (Oxus) ...41 KB (5,990 words) - 14:07, 3 May 2023
- of a basic shakuhachi, but shakuhachi vary in length from about 1.3 shaku ... the monks of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism in the practice of suizen (blowing ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 12:20, 27 January 2023
- the Divine Office. Such ceremonial music in the Judeo-Christian tradition ... character of liturgical music are rooted in the music's conception ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- taken religious vows of poverty and celibacy in order to dedicate himself to ... (Eremitic Monasticism) while others live in a community with like-minded ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- city of the landlocked nation of Botswana, in Southern Africa. It serves ... Gaborone lies in a flat valley between Kgale and Oodi Hills, on the ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 09:18, 4 December 2023
- c. 1500 – c. 500 B.C.E.) is the period in the history of India during ... organization, its profound interest in human origins, in the question ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- Ismā'īlī Shīˤa Islām that formed in 765 C.E. when the followers ... educational and medical organizations in the service of humanity and ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 06:09, 16 June 2023
- Chakra (Sanskrit: meaning circle or wheel) is a widely used concept ... Another use of the term "chakra" is found in classical Indian ...24 KB (3,564 words) - 17:25, 30 September 2021
- The Kingdom of Thailand, known as Siam until 1939, lies in Southeast ... The word Thai (ไทย) means "freedom" in the Thai language ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- Asia to an area around the Volga River in the seventeenth century. After ... The Kalmyks are the only inhabitants of Europe whose national religion ...59 KB (8,959 words) - 02:32, 5 October 2022
- The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown ... The dynasty revived under Kadungon in the early sixth century. They ...21 KB (3,154 words) - 06:36, 18 November 2022
- Korea) and prominent tourist destination in eastern South Korea. It lies ... vast number of sites from this period remain in the city today. After the kingdom ...25 KB (3,647 words) - 14:22, 14 December 2021
- Initially a site for English penal colonies in the eighteenth and ... largest monolith, Mount Augustus, is located in Western Australia. At 2,228 ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- on earth appealed to religious reformers in the post-World War II Japan ... Nichiren was born in 1222 in the fishing village of Kominato in the ...27 KB (4,005 words) - 23:30, 14 November 2022
- One," refers to the belief in a religious (and often political ... The concept of Messiah is prevalent in several world religions as ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- puppet theater are accompanied by gamelan in Java, and by "gender wayang ... and most popular form of puppet theater in the world. UNESCO designated ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- References to the term “xian” appeared in Chinese texts as early as the ... ) are a group of legendary xian in Chinese mythology, first described ...38 KB (6,009 words) - 14:30, 20 May 2023
- Ndebele tribe. He was affectionately known in Zimbabwe as Father Zimbabwe ... In 1980, both Nkomo and Mugabe took part in the Lancaster House talks ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 07:40, 27 February 2023
- Brown was particularly instrumental in bringing together the various ... Radcliffe-Brown was born on January 17, 1881 in Sparkbrook, Birmingham ...15 KB (2,175 words) - 18:05, 20 July 2023
- is one who practices oratory or speaks in public. Many undergo extensive ... The term Orator is recorded in English since around 1374, meaning ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- Category:Religion Merton, Thomas for humanity's search for meaning in the modern world. ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- famous versions, such as stories of Matsya in the Hindu Puranas, Deucalion ... deny that there was ever a single deluge in the last 6,000 years that covered ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 17:53, 11 November 2023
- period following the death of Josef Stalin in 1953. Khrushchev served as ... suppress all remnant religious institutions in the Soviet Union. He also supported ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 20:28, 9 March 2022
- ) is a prehistoric mound builder site located in the extreme northeastern ... the plantation on which it was discovered in the mid-1800s, when it was ...15 KB (2,177 words) - 17:40, 9 November 2023
- Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. It has been found in ... In everyday usage the term pottery encompasses a wide range of ceramics ...28 KB (4,471 words) - 22:01, 30 November 2022
- of Bulguksa and it played a vital role in Korean cultural history. Located on Mt. Tohamsan, in Gyeongju, South Korea, about one hour ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- #039;s Association, Marx became interested in social change during his university ... over a period of four decades beginning in 1843. He formulated his theories ...40 KB (6,034 words) - 17:41, 31 March 2023
- is an island nation and the smallest country in Southeast Asia. It is located ... According to folklore, a prince named Sang Nila Utama was caught in ...31 KB (4,282 words) - 00:11, 29 December 2023
- right|250 px|Tokyo, the largest metropolis in the world.]] ... and businesses, benefiting all parties in the process. Historically, ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- In general discussion, a nation-state is variously called a "country ... by the throwing off of kings (for example, in the Netherlands and the United ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 04:09, 11 March 2023
- In addition, it is classified as a real number, A real number is a ... In the beginning, various groups in India wrote eight more or less ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- of both short stories and novels. He wrote in Yiddish. From a traditional ... Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in 1902 in Leoncin, a small village ...18 KB (2,895 words) - 18:52, 7 March 2024
- Tuvalu (pronounced too-VAH-loo) is an island nation located in the ... making it the fourth smallest country in the world. The land is very ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. It borders Afghanistan ... ethnic Russians, who were mostly employed in industry, fled to Russia, taking ...43 KB (6,221 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- (especially dairy), mining, and lumbering. In the twentieth century, many ... one of the most German-American states in the United States. Numerous ...35 KB (5,043 words) - 23:16, 17 May 2023
- a change from an aquatic larval stage in which they acquire oxygen from ... naked skin. Yet, some have dermal scales. In comparison with fish, aquatic ...22 KB (3,306 words) - 12:33, 9 January 2023
- refers to four Spanish-era churches in the Philippines designated ... The Spanish had been the greatest power in the world during the late ...20 KB (2,841 words) - 08:18, 20 September 2023
- and influential historical periods. In many ways the Sassanid period ... borders, reaching Western Europe, Africa, China and India and played a prominent ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- and lived until they fell and were expelled. In the Qur'an it is simply ... of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Devil (in the Bible symbolized by a serpent ...19 KB (3,242 words) - 04:30, 18 April 2024
- six centuries, from the capture of Ceuta in 1415 to Macau's return ... Portugal was Spain's junior partner in the Iberian Union. Although ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- Hoover took office in 1929, amid high hopes for the country and his ... Hoover was born into a Quaker family in West Branch, Iowa in 1874 ...41 KB (6,027 words) - 14:27, 9 February 2022
- An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in ... landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear tests. In its most generic sense, the ...23 KB (2,982 words) - 17:36, 12 February 2024
- lawyer; as United States Secretary of State in the Truman Administration during ... toward Asia before the National Press Club in January 1950, in which he excluded ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 08:55, 28 January 2024
- The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous Churches in full communion ... The Eastern Catholic Churches were located historically in Eastern ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pali language. ... the occasion of the Fourth Buddhist Council (in the usual Theravada numbering ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 17:41, 2 May 2023
- first Supreme Leader, until his own death in 2011, when he was succeeded ... In the early 1980s, Kim had become the heir apparent for the leadership ...64 KB (9,034 words) - 23:07, 3 March 2023
- Guyana, is the only English-speaking country in South America. It is also one ... decades of socialist policies that resulted in a deteriorating economy, a ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- is the second most populous city proper in the Philippines, with more ... that grew on the marshy shores of the bay. In the sixteenth century, Manila ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
