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  • The State of Kuwait ( الكويت ) is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf ...
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  • Copenhagen, the capital and largest city of Denmark, is located on ... " in the tenth century the city of Copenhagen was officially founded ...
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  • religion with its origins in the prehistory of India, still practiced today ... that respect and honor the spiritual nature of every living being. Jainism ...
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  • ) are a Christian group of Russian origin. The Doukhobors were one of the sects—later defined as a religious ...
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  • on a person. It can be used as a means of intimidation, as a deterrent ... Torture is almost universally considered to be a violation of human ...
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  • "bind, connect") denotes a set of common beliefs and practices ... The social structure of the world's religious traditions can ...
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  • The Industrial Revolution was a transformation of human life circumstances ... The Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in human history ...
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  • (b. about 1362 – d. June 1, 1434), was a Grand Duke of Lithuania ... .Endre Bojtár, Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of the Baltic ...
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  • The Hopi are a Native American nation, the westernmost group of Pueblo ... their culture, which is based on a mythology of their origin, spiritual beliefs ...
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  • Considered one of the original "Cradle of Civilization" ... Because of its strategic geographic location, Syria has historically ...
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  • German philosopher, known for his critique of religious belief. He is commonly ... Feuerbach emerged in the 1840s as a leader of the Young Hegelians ...
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  • #039; label for the material culture of Britain in Late Antiquity. ... While the history of Roman Britain is reasonably well covered by contemporary ...
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  • [[Image:Gamla uppsala.jpg|350px|thumb|The Royal mounds of Gamla Uppsala ... A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over ...
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  • right|250px|Kazakh nomads in the steppes of the Russian Empire, ca. 1910]] Nomadic people, also known as nomads, are communities of people that ...
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  • The word Allah has been used by Arabic people of different religions ... The etymology of the word Allāh has been discussed extensively by ...
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  • Emperor Wu of Han ( s=汉武帝|t=漢武帝|p=hànwǔdì ... Liu Che (劉徹), was the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty in China, ruling ...
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  • 899) is often considered to be the founder of the English nation. As king ... Danes, after defeating them at the Battle of Edington. Realizing that it ...
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  • economic, military and cultural influence of the United States. The concept ... The sources and proponents of this concept range from classical Marxist ...
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  • to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminum, with the ... the decorative tiles adorning Turkish places of worship and homes for hundreds ...
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  • scholar who served as the Solicitor General of the United States from 1973 ... Despite being recognized as one of the most influential legal ...
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