Search results for "Religion in China" - New World Encyclopedia
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- to the fourteenth century. As the first king in a new dynasty, historians gave ... Taejo Wang Geon (태조 왕건) was born in 877 into a wealthy merchant ...14 KB (1,907 words) - 02:50, 27 February 2023
- The U.S. ended its occupation in part to bolster its efforts in the ... and maimed vast numbers of civilians. Partly in response to devastation caused ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- ), a Tamil dynasty, ruled primarily in southern India until the thirteenth ... a military, economic and cultural power in Asia. The Chola territories ...44 KB (6,505 words) - 17:15, 10 December 2023
- among the original thirteen colonies settled in the seventeenth century (though ... The first Europeans to settle New England landed in present-day Massachusetts ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- was a German philosopher known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and ... In 1954, Karol Wojtyla, later Pope John Paul II, defended his doctoral ...14 KB (2,180 words) - 00:58, 9 November 2022
- low, barren rock formations. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of ... Today, the country enjoys the third highest per capita income in the ...26 KB (3,773 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- Sikhism is a religion that began in sixteenth-century Northern India ... As a religion, philosophy and way of life, Sikhism is centered on ...38 KB (5,913 words) - 22:00, 29 January 2023
- was an uprising of Japanese peasants, most of them Christians, in ... After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, the Christian lords Konishi ...25 KB (3,619 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- thumb|240px|right|The Clock Tower, completed in 1925, is the most recognizable ... a national coeducational research university in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second ...16 KB (2,170 words) - 04:41, 4 March 2023
- to porn or porno, and sometimes referred to in official matters as x-rated ... the introduction of Kinsey's sexology in the late 1940s, the growing ...30 KB (4,376 words) - 05:39, 30 November 2022
- of Nigeria, is the most populous country in Africa. Archaeological evidence ... colonial rule. Nigeria re-achieved democracy in 1999 after a sixteen-year interruption; ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- author, adventurer and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics ... André Malraux was born on November 3, 1901 in Paris. His parents ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- the first popularly elected president in Russian history. He led the ... Yeltsin was a deeply unpopular figure in Russia, with an approval rating ...42 KB (6,205 words) - 19:43, 20 November 2023
- the void left by the Pyu. The kingdom grew in relative isolation until the ... number of temples and religious monuments in the capital of Bagan. The last ...24 KB (3,647 words) - 06:14, 18 November 2022
- The kingdom began when the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius invaded India ... in the easternmost part of the Pakistani Punjab, or Pushkalavati and ...61 KB (8,976 words) - 19:50, 4 March 2024
- Knitter, Zen Buddhism: A History (India and China) (World Wisdom, 2005, ISBN ... techniques have become increasingly common in secular Western culture, where ...38 KB (5,451 words) - 00:07, 13 July 2021
- a specific ethnic background, culture, or religion live in seclusion, voluntarily ... the city. The continued existence of ghettos in many parts of the world is ...30 KB (4,539 words) - 18:52, 21 May 2024
- "petra-πέτρα," cleft in the rock in Greek; Arabic: ... The ancient city sits in the Negev Desert's Valley of Moses, ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- The term ‘absolutism’ has both a moral and political connotation ... In terms of politics, ‘absolutism’ refers to a type of government ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 06:37, 14 June 2023
- In the Judeo-Christian tradition, as well as in Confucianism and other ... Honor became a guiding principle in Western society, from its earliest ...15 KB (2,339 words) - 13:28, 2 February 2024
