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- Pope Urban VIII (April 1568 – July 29, 1644), born Maffeo Barberini ... As a nepotist and spendthrift, Urban easily attracts criticism. Yet ...14 KB (2,102 words) - 17:03, 7 September 2023
- 1864 – February 7, 1944) was an American urban sociologist, one of the founders ... amp; A. Morris. 1996. The Reportage of Urban Culture: Robert Park and the ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 05:02, 15 December 2022
- remembered for his vision of contemporary urban life and its accompanying ... Later his signature works would become more urban in subject. His ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- . Koreans view a common language and culture as important elements in ... South Korea's urban areas experienced rapid growth as farmers ...14 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 6 March 2024
- the truest representatives of Fulani culture. ==History== ... people to be identified as a settled, urban–based community, as opposed ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- along basically racial lines. These include Urban Gospel (sometimes referred ... of Gospel music varies according to culture and social context. It is ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 00:04, 3 January 2024
- with a deep understanding of Western culture. He was also a consistent ... After receiving a B.A. in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton ...15 KB (2,137 words) - 15:44, 7 December 2022
- Ukiyo-e could be mass-produced and were intended for the urban middle ... " refers to the lively and colorful culture that bloomed in the urban ...12 KB (1,823 words) - 01:28, 3 May 2023
- states in India's northeast, has a culture that is quite distinct from ... faith has transformed Nagaland's culture in a unique way compared ...19 KB (2,820 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- The Accra Metropolitan Area has an urban population of over 2 million ... sectors. This contributed to high rural-urban migration to the city, and ...15 KB (2,198 words) - 07:30, 14 June 2023
- A Study in Contemporary American Culture (1929) and its follow-up ... A Study in Contemporary American Culture was published in 1929 and ...13 KB (1,965 words) - 02:18, 16 December 2022
- brought turbulence to Russia's urban centers, and the Narodnik ... in addressing Russian peasants and their culture. They spent much time learning ...11 KB (1,586 words) - 01:26, 11 November 2022
- functional buildings. With this rise in urban artistic expression comes ... Urbanization is the growing number of people in a society living in ...23 KB (3,351 words) - 13:43, 3 May 2023
- numbers and threatened the loss of their culture. Those who have been assimilated ... century furthered the decline in Nenets culture, with the creation of collective ...10 KB (1,457 words) - 22:04, 23 November 2023
- oversight, young children's street culture often struggles to fully ... Playgrounds were an integral part of urban culture in the USSR. In the 1970s ...16 KB (2,295 words) - 08:03, 24 November 2022
- believed to have been created by the Nasca culture between 200 B.C.E. and 700 ... design and construction by the ancient culture, and in efforts to decipher ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:59, 11 November 2022
- shorthand form Tana until 1977. The larger urban area surrounding the city ... to the south and west. The area of the urban municipality is 30.4 square ...13 KB (1,867 words) - 05:19, 31 July 2023
- #039;s leader in politics, education, culture, and intellectual thought ... African immigrants have many strongholds in urban areas. ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- emerged from a deep Victorian concern with urban poverty which gave rise to ... initiatives directed toward assuaging urban poverty and increasing education ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 10:06, 26 January 2023
- The urban area of Papeete had a total population of 127,635 inhabitants ... in Papeete, celebrating indigenous culture, and the commemoration of ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music ... expresses the traditions of a particular culture. There is no clear-cut definition ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- groom at the time of marriage. The same culture may simultaneously practice ... In Chinese culture, an auspicious date is selected to Ti Qin (literally ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:03, 12 January 2023
- into the region became crystallized in the urban centers of Oboda, Mamphis ... represents a very different kind of culture than the original Bedouins ...13 KB (2,056 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- [[Image:Melbourne docklands urban renewal.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Melbourne ... Cabrini-Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts.]] ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- social reformer who founded the Ethical Culture movement. of people. He established the Ethical Culture Society which initiated ...14 KB (2,099 words) - 01:59, 26 March 2024
- on the banks of Indus River. The Indus culture blossomed over the centuries ... from noise, odors, and thieves. That urban plan included the world& ...14 KB (2,047 words) - 19:32, 9 November 2022
- has deep historical roots to Russian culture as a whole. The oldest city ... The preeminence of Veliky Novgorod in Russian culture is represented ...19 KB (2,901 words) - 14:59, 3 May 2023
- arises, in part, from Korea's conservative culture that discouraged many Korean women from attending co-ed universities. Ewha's new motto ...11 KB (1,562 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- and mobilized thousands of students and urban youth to spearhead the attack ... West, or represented traditional Chinese culture or religion. Hundreds of ...18 KB (2,779 words) - 02:28, 8 December 2022
- Ethical Culture is a nontheistic religion established by Felix Adler ... In adhering to its social and moral imperatives, the Ethical Culture ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 04:32, 22 March 2024
- and refugees from neighboring Liberia, and urban migration. Burglaries commonly ... Abidjan) and the SOTU (Society of Urban Transportation) ensure regular ...16 KB (2,261 words) - 04:48, 14 June 2023
- and hallmarks which included permanent or urban settlements, agriculture ... the earliest people were of the Clovis culture, with sites dating from ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 22:17, 30 November 2022
- genres emerging from or influenced by the culture of African Americans, who ... music and all aspects of African American culture are celebrated during Black ...16 KB (2,453 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- |right|250px|The Indus Valley Civilization had an advanced urban culture ... A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture is evident ...32 KB (5,016 words) - 21:11, 22 March 2024
- * The prize for the second best production achievement by an urban ... * The second prize for production achievement in Urban Transport during ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- most polarizing figures in the history of urban planning in the United States ... of wholesale ghettos, decay, middle-class urban flight, and blight. Beginning ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- The urban area of Tianjin is located along the Haihe River, and is ... The urban area of Tianjin is found in the south-central part of the ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- of many to preserve the Catholic faith and culture in an environment of Protestantism ... to maintain the Catholic faith and culture, combating the perceived ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 08:53, 18 November 2022
- B.C.E., making it one of the earliest known urban centers. It has yielded a ... cities of Ur and Eridu as a cradle of urban culture. Its prehistory reaches ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- material from which to study their culture. Little has been found from ... for the Incas, were absorbed into their culture. The city was then renamed ...19 KB (2,779 words) - 06:44, 11 January 2024
- *urban/collegiate folk groups *singer-songwriters *the revival of North ... of the 1930s and 1940s. The first of the urban folk vocal groups was the ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- shortages. As food became more scarce for urban workers, some migrated from ... While almost all the fighting in the Civil War occurred outside urban ...28 KB (4,055 words) - 00:29, 26 January 2023
- their tricks down stair sets and on other urban obstacles–they were no ... Skateboarding was, at first, tied to the culture of surfing. As skateboarding ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 22:58, 23 April 2023
- identified with the Bronze Age Andronovo culture at the Caspian Sea. Their ... The Indo-Aryan migration dates from before the Mature Harappan culture ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- the center of a major civilization or culture which also bears its name ... the Teotihuacáno view of the universe. Its urban grid is aligned to precisely ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 03:47, 30 April 2023
- exist between men and women, between urban and rural areas, and between ... == Culture == Jilin's culture is part of a culture of Northeast ...17 KB (2,180 words) - 20:50, 3 April 2024
- Zealand, the country's second largest urban area and the most populous ... Like many cities, Wellington's urban area extends well beyond ...30 KB (4,384 words) - 20:30, 18 January 2024
- Urban planning is the integration of the disciplines of land-use planning ... Urban planning involves not just the science of designing efficient ...40 KB (5,976 words) - 22:28, 13 November 2022
- noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a broad ... spaces. Mumford wrote critically of urban culture believing the city to ...29 KB (4,364 words) - 22:20, 25 October 2022
- Although urban settlements in the Dhaka area date back to the seventh ... == Urban layout == Dhaka With an area of 4.2|km2|sqmi|1 ...25 KB (3,589 words) - 18:25, 6 January 2024
- A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular ... well before the influence of Arab urban culture. The oldest sites documented ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- economy and the development of a vibrant urban culture in the cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo (Tokyo). During a century of peace under the Tokugawa shogunate ...14 KB (2,099 words) - 15:25, 10 December 2023
- Sweden in 1350. In August 1370, Pope Urban V confirmed the Rule of her ... It was not until 1370, however, that Pope Urban V finally confirmed the Rule ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 23:04, 20 November 2023
- |campus = Urban |free_label = Athletics |free ... * Shusaku Endo, Akutagawa Prize, Order of Culture(Literature) ...12 KB (1,563 words) - 17:19, 5 October 2022
- wood carving. The many densely populated urban areas of Yorubaland allow ... man named Oduduwa exist within the Yoruba culture, one stating that Ile-Ife ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- the migration of unemployed people to urban areas, coupled with an increase ... The migration of unemployed people to urban areas, coupled with an ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
- kolkhoz (collective farm) had a Palace of Culture or at least a House of Culture ... made his way into a more mainstream mass culture. It was not so with Alexander ...11 KB (1,802 words) - 08:06, 20 September 2023
- of the city. They created a distinctive urban culture characterized by public ... Ndar is famous for its urban culture. The heritage of the signares ...21 KB (2,973 words) - 18:57, 22 December 2022
- the primary focus being the study of human culture. In this context, culture ... Any and all of these factors make up important aspects of culture ...26 KB (3,726 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- explosion after independence. The other urban area is Ebeye (Epjā islet ... The economy combines a small subsistence sector and a modern urban ...23 KB (3,267 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- Places and Commonplaces of Identity, Culture and Experience. (Bucknell ... (cachacos) wanted to preserve their old culture, including their cherished ...33 KB (4,818 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- According to the Indian political system, urban groupings called districts ... production is a vital part of the Varanasi culture, the city also receives ...18 KB (2,802 words) - 14:36, 3 May 2023
- with significant events and legends. An urban center created by the Incas ... Cusco's town squares. Colonial urban planners built new structures ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- including the famous Bondi Beach, in the urban area. Sydney's urban ... The extensive area covered by urban Sydney is formally divided into ...33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- an early advocate of Western science and culture in Japan. As a youth, Ōkuma ... representative of Tokyo's history and culture. The Auditorium was designated ...16 KB (2,213 words) - 22:58, 3 May 2023
- of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers to the urban area on the southeastern ... There is no urban rail transit system in Honolulu, although electric ...22 KB (3,108 words) - 13:26, 2 February 2024
- Seoul city center, as a recent major urban beautification project. ... until recently restored through an urban revival project. Bukhan Mountain ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- Developed in the shanty-towns of urban Rio De Janeiro samba became ... classes and somewhat popular among the urban middle classes in Brazil ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 11:45, 6 September 2022
- that mirrored the loss of a unified pre-modern culture in the hubbub of urban life. This phenomenon was expressed in numerous forms, none more stark ...7 KB (1,061 words) - 15:09, 3 July 2023
- business, politics, and the most relevant urban activity take place in Guatemala ... and is the main gateway to the country. Urban public transportation is ...18 KB (2,600 words) - 03:27, 5 March 2023
- It is surrounded by several dense urban communities and abruptly ... have established feral populations in urban neighborhoods such as Ocean Beach. ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- centers became focal points of Islamic culture. way of life centered on the nomadic culture of the people of the western ...17 KB (2,566 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- became entranced by the seductive Tahitian culture and women. Many of the crew ... lived on the island of Tahiti. The urban area of Papeete, the capital ...18 KB (2,636 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- Linear Pottery culture tribes of the Neolithic era settled the Dresden ... over eight rural districts, two urban districts, and the city of ...25 KB (3,605 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- and became deeply interested in their culture and history, supporting ... Creek Reservation, Morgan studied the culture of the Iroquois and produced ...14 KB (2,033 words) - 11:00, 7 March 2023
- More than any other well known urban bluesman, Hooker's music ... venues, and also had a major impact on the culture of 1960s and 1970s rock ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 06:12, 3 August 2022
- dynamism, speed, and restlessness of modern urban life. They purposely sought ... significant components of modern Western culture; the emphasis on youth, ...11 KB (1,537 words) - 07:23, 15 April 2024
- commentary and keenly observed black-culture archetypes in funky, danceable ... commentary on the state of affairs in black urban ghettos at the time, as well ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 06:48, 12 January 2024
- that showcase an expression of their culture or society. Some nations ... Small plots are made available to urban dwellers to plant for personal ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 04:33, 18 April 2024
- long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. It attained ... of a medieval city in Central Asia, with an urban fabric that has remained ...20 KB (2,826 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- fertility rate, measuring 2.19. (In the urban areas it is 1.31, while in ... national customs, brilliant history, culture and the pleasant climate ...15 KB (2,085 words) - 08:18, 8 January 2024
- of his researches in Aztec religions and culture and his conversations with ... the falling Tenochtitlán after 80 days of urban warfare against the Spanish ...8 KB (1,234 words) - 19:34, 8 July 2016
- fields from the southern neighborhoods, the urban heat-island effect, and the ... In 2008, Milan was in a significant architectural and urban design ...27 KB (3,967 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- Today, the practice has decreased in developed countries and urban ... a dower on the bride. Ancient Egyptian culture did not use dowry until ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- definitions, and is almost synonymous with culture. Thus, the term "civilization ... alone term, preferring to use the terms urban society or intensive agricultural ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Taoist buildings situated in southeastern urban Beijing, in Xuanwu District ... * Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman. 2002. Chinese Architecture. The Culture ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- |campus = Urban |free_label = Member of |mascot = ... for earthquake research, oriental culture, industrial science, social ...19 KB (2,825 words) - 22:33, 23 June 2023
- half of the eighth and the ninth centuries, urban citizens adopted Islam, and ... == Language and Culture == [[Image:BezeklikSogdianMerchants.jpg|thumb ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- The urban area, of 2280 square miles (5904.8 square kilometers), is ... of the Brisbane City Council in 1925 the urban areas of Brisbane have expanded ...24 KB (3,443 words) - 02:23, 22 November 2023
- that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation ... of the Civil Rights Movement. In 1964 urban riots began within black ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- by the clash of values between the older rural culture and the modern urban realities. ==Life== Warren was born in Guthrie, Kentucky, on April ...8 KB (1,091 words) - 02:13, 16 December 2022
- Bamako is the seventh largest West African urban center after Lagos, Abidjan ... nation, it is also an important center of culture and meeting place of Mali ...22 KB (3,196 words) - 17:23, 10 February 2023
- The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture, noted for having ... Mesoamerican civilization, the Olmec culture. Eventually, the Olmec culture ...31 KB (4,849 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- valley, where, around 2500 B.C.E., a large urban civilization emerged at the ... a type of proto-dentistry in an early farming culture." ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:13, 9 November 2022
- hop and the globalization of black popular culture. London: Pluto, 2006. ISBN ... land use and livelihoods in peri-urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Honors ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- ==Demographics and culture == The majority of the inhabitants of Abu ... platform for contemporary art and culture." Upon completion, ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 06:53, 14 June 2023
- and was listed as the 88th most-populous urban area in the world. ... the shanty towns that surround the colonial urban core. ...24 KB (3,367 words) - 10:35, 9 March 2023
- born of a mixture of traditional Spanish culture with the native Guaraní culture. ... opposition candidates won several major urban centers, including Asuncion ...27 KB (3,892 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- The two major urban islands in Lagos Lagoon are Lagos Island and Victoria ... evidence. The earliest identified Nigerian culture is that of the Nok people ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 23:06, 21 October 2022
- the official name of the city, when an urban council was established there ... entered the city on October 14, 1949. Urban renewal projects, including ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
