Search results for "History of the People's Republic of China" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Ashoka the Great (304 B.C.E. - 232 B.C.E.; also known as Asoka, Sanskrit: ... The name ‘Ashoka’ translates as “without sorrow” in Sanskrit ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- ), Kazakhstan's former capital, is the scientific, cultural, ... The city came under Soviet rule in 1918. During World War II, it accommodated ...17 KB (2,420 words) - 08:16, 23 July 2023
- Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, Latin America, ... Baseball is a rare sport in which there is no time limit for play ...67 KB (11,273 words) - 11:05, 20 September 2023
- The United States of America—also referred to as the United States ... or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ...83 KB (12,292 words) - 20:34, 25 May 2024
- |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
- A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society ... While the distinction between a "civil war" and a "revolution ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- [[Image:Niger-Congo.png|right|300px|thumb|Map showing the approximate ... Africa, united by a common language family (the Bantu languages) and in many ...25 KB (3,899 words) - 07:30, 20 September 2023
- Afghānistān, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto ... fought. Invaders and conquerors included the Persian Empire, Alexander ...50 KB (7,441 words) - 05:59, 16 June 2023
- Shogi (将棋 shōgi), or Japanese chess, is the most popular of a ... The oldest document referring to shogi dates from the tenth century ...60 KB (9,463 words) - 14:25, 27 January 2023
- A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for ... Traditionally, the locomotive hauls (pulls) the train. In local passenger ...22 KB (3,331 words) - 07:49, 9 March 2023
- 13, 1925 - April 8, 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 ... One of the most significant British politicians in recent political ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 04:09, 6 November 2022
- At the end of the Second World War, a ravaged Japan was occupied by ... The U.S. ended its occupation in part to bolster its efforts in the ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- , 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
- Fishing is the practice of catching wild fish for food, recreation ... activity that can enhance a personal sense of balance, strengthen intergenerational ...49 KB (7,746 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- The Northeastern United States, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau ... The first Europeans to settle New England landed in present-day Massachusetts ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- The Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, or simply ... During its long history, Albania has been invaded many times. During ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- The Scramble for Africa (or the Race for Africa) was the proliferation ... The latter half of the nineteenth century saw the transition from ...50 KB (7,409 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- ) is the capital, chief seaport, and largest city of Algeria, the ... Its location has caused the city to play a central role throughout ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- Emu is the common name for a large flightless Australian bird, Dromaius ... The emu is common over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 16:32, 5 January 2021
- military leader, and from 1967 to 1998 the second President of Indonesia ... and died at 86 years old in Jakarta in 2008. The legacy of Suharto's presidency ...58 KB (8,552 words) - 13:46, 28 April 2023
