Search results for "List of Muslims" - New World Encyclopedia

From New World Encyclopedia
  • ) is the capital and largest city of the Tunisian Republic. It is ... by the Romans. It became the capital city of the Arab Aghlabid dynasty and ...
    17 KB (2,367 words) - 12:23, 18 April 2023
  • religious ethics or law, or a fallen state of being. The religious concept ... Different theories on the origin of sin have been proposed by world ...
    36 KB (5,730 words) - 22:21, 29 January 2023
  • Fiji, officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands, is an island nation ... In the Second World War, the people of Fiji co-operated with the Allies ...
    27 KB (3,980 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
  • traditional homes (Indonesian: Rumah adat) of the Minangkabau (also known ... painted floral carvings. Every aspect of the house has a symbolic significance ...
    19 KB (2,924 words) - 18:12, 22 December 2022
  • The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles ... The Oslo Accords were a culmination of a series of secret and public ...
    20 KB (2,928 words) - 04:40, 18 November 2022
  • Darband) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is the ... Often identified with the legendary Gates of Alexander, Derbent claims ...
    18 KB (2,614 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
  • or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... The ancient Balts of this time actively participated in the trading ...
    34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
  • 039;s Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government ... The initial Soviet deployment of the 40th Army in Afghanistan began ...
    40 KB (5,946 words) - 15:41, 4 February 2023
  • The Buddhas of Bamyan ( بت های باميان - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas ...
    24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
  • ), is the capital and largest city of Guinea, a resource-rich but ... brief, somewhat turbulent history as capital of a French colony, then of a ...
    17 KB (2,442 words) - 02:37, 8 January 2024
  • 039;at 'Azza) is a narrow coastal strip of land along the eastern Mediterranean ... Following the 1948 creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of thousands ...
    33 KB (4,844 words) - 04:49, 18 April 2024
  • The political integration of India established a united nation for ... India's leaders faced the prospect of inheriting a nation fragmented ...
    40 KB (5,861 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
  • on several audiotapes, for numerous acts of terrorism in Iraq and Jordan ... movement, Zarqawi opposed the presence of United States and Western military ...
    57 KB (8,842 words) - 17:21, 17 December 2022
  • Dakar, the largest city of Senegal, is located on the Cape Verde Peninsula ... An administrative center, Dakar is home to the National Assembly of ...
    23 KB (3,372 words) - 08:41, 24 January 2024
  • Kigali has been the economic, cultural, and transport hub of Rwanda ... center during the Belgian colonial period of 1919–1962. When Rwanda gained ...
    17 KB (2,485 words) - 23:00, 3 March 2023
  • Copenhagen, the capital and largest city of Denmark, is located on ... " in the tenth century the city of Copenhagen was officially founded ...
    28 KB (4,058 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
  • Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, ... The long reign of monarchs came to an end in 1974, when a pro-Soviet ...
    47 KB (6,926 words) - 04:34, 22 March 2024
  • historical, financial and industrial center of Central Asia. It boasts a large ... persons evacuated from the European regions of the Soviet Union, hosted over ...
    17 KB (2,420 words) - 08:16, 23 July 2023
  • , is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Central Africa. Located ... investment have helped make Gabon one of the more prosperous countries ...
    23 KB (3,343 words) - 07:34, 15 April 2024
  • ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District ... was both a provincial capital and a center of the world-wide muslin trade ...
    34 KB (4,736 words) - 20:15, 21 January 2023
  • communications, and economic center of Burundi. Bujumbura is the capital ... situated on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, is Burundi ...
    18 KB (2,590 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
  • Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country ... 1994 genocide that resulted in the deaths of up to one million people. Since ...
    25 KB (3,542 words) - 17:40, 28 September 2023
  • Tribal Areas and Balochistan provinces of western Pakistan. Their Pashto ... Their unified modern past began with the rise of the Durrani Empire ...
    61 KB (8,656 words) - 18:55, 23 March 2023
  • novel in the Spanish language, and one of the most influential and enduring ... could readily be identified within the genre of the novel. Medieval literature ...
    33 KB (5,296 words) - 17:47, 9 November 2022
  • independent thinker who challenged a number of traditional views on such fundamental ... At the same time, Boyle was convinced of the existence of God and ...
    20 KB (3,111 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
  • Karachi (كراچى) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and ... A large influx of economic and political migrants and refugees from ...
    42 KB (6,146 words) - 08:28, 28 February 2023
  • Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies ... One of Europe's oldest cities, with a history of 7000 years, ...
    32 KB (4,559 words) - 20:15, 20 January 2022
  • " "origin") is the first book of the Bible, also called The ... The book begins with a description of God's act of creation, ...
    32 KB (5,356 words) - 06:45, 18 April 2024
  • ) (1666-1708) was the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. He was born in Patna ... He is fondly remembered by Sikhs as a defender of the faith and a ...
    43 KB (7,122 words) - 06:18, 10 January 2024
  • The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious ... all social classes in western Europe. Mobs of predominantly poor Christians ...
    80 KB (12,105 words) - 15:35, 30 March 2024
  • April 23, 303 C.E.), also known as George of Lydda, is one of the most venerated ... In Christian hagiography, Saint George is the patron saint of Aragon ...
    36 KB (5,477 words) - 19:38, 22 December 2022
  • The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as ... enthusiastic: Some powers linked the demise of the Ottomans with the fate ...
    61 KB (9,207 words) - 16:50, 18 February 2023
  • Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia and the African Union ... mountain setting is recognized as one of the world¹s most problematic ...
    20 KB (2,986 words) - 05:49, 15 June 2023
  • and Israel. Ethnically, they are descendents of the inhabitants of ancient ... Judean Jews; however, Jesus used the parable of the "Good Samaritan" ...
    22 KB (3,530 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
  • Baky, or Baki, located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, is the capital ... The city entered a period of decline after the break-up of the Soviet ...
    25 KB (3,739 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
  • Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... Archaeologists place the first arrival of humans on the island to ...
    38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
  • ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost ... Over the course of its existence, Lisbon has both flourished and suffered ...
    34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
  • ("lucky place"), is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan ... Silk Road, the city has long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture ...
    20 KB (2,826 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
  • Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... The Kingdom of Gandhara lasted from around the sixth century B.C.E ...
    23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
  • Cairo (Arabic: al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt. Cairo is the ... Modern Cairo remains the cultural center of the Arabic world, and ...
    21 KB (3,122 words) - 18:18, 25 November 2023
  • The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter John), popular in Europe ... At first, Prester John was imagined to be in India, with tales of ...
    29 KB (4,428 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
  • ) was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Armies of the ... The Long March began the ascent to power of Mao Zedong, whose leadership ...
    32 KB (4,903 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
  • Located in northern India on the banks of the River Yamuna, Delhi has ... Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world ...
    33 KB (4,788 words) - 09:20, 28 January 2024
  • or Estado da Índia) refers to the aggregate of Portugal's colonial ... sea and land routes to India with the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, discovered ...
    22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
  • Dublin is both the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland ... Long the seat of culture within Ireland, it has been at the center ...
    29 KB (4,094 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
  • The chansons de geste, Old French for "songs of heroic deeds ... preceded written culture, and show influence of both the pagan tradition as ...
    21 KB (3,315 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
  • Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ... Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara, which is used by geographers ...
    58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
  • Kerala refers to a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India ... First settled in the tenth century B.C.E. by speakers of Proto-South ...
    79 KB (10,302 words) - 22:30, 3 March 2023
  • Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a nation ... The Tanzanian geography is one of the most varied and unique in the ...
    29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
  • Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country of ... and having sparse resources, Burundi is one of the poorest and most conflict ...
    23 KB (3,228 words) - 18:48, 22 November 2023
  • is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second-largest ... native peoples had occupied the island of Montreal for at least 2,000 ...
    44 KB (6,520 words) - 21:16, 9 November 2022
  • Apostasy is the formal renunciation of one's religion. One who ... in that the latter refers to the corruption of specific religious doctrines ...
    23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
  • A virtue is a trait or disposition of character that leads to good ... and Aristotle dealt with virtues in terms of character traits of the soul ...
    43 KB (6,406 words) - 20:37, 3 May 2023
  • , located at the confluence point of the White Nile and the Blue ... and Islamic religious influence, the city of Khartoum was not founded until ...
    22 KB (3,228 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
  • Mother Teresa, in full Saint Teresa of Calcutta, (born Agnesa Gonxha ... Her supporters sometimes referred to her as the "Angel of Mercy ...
    24 KB (3,633 words) - 20:00, 15 March 2023
  • It burns rapidly and produces a large amount of gas, which produces a pressure ... explosives—dynamite, TNT, etc.—because of its lower burning speed, which ...
    24 KB (3,604 words) - 17:15, 12 July 2023
  • Korea has one of the longest continuous histories of any kingdom or ... North Korea and South Korea. The borders of Korea have fluctuated throughout ...
    31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
  • as an inventor and scientist. At the age of 56 he entered into a spiritual ... his theology as for his mysticism, for much of it was centuries ahead of its ...
    37 KB (5,627 words) - 17:59, 13 February 2024
  • or event that goes against the ordinary laws of physics, which are especially ... but beneficial event (such as the survival of a natural disaster), or even ...
    43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
  • – June 19, 1747) ruled as Shah of Iran (1736–47) and was the founder ... Nader Shah was a member of the Turkmen Afshar tribe of northern Persia, ...
    23 KB (3,626 words) - 23:01, 10 November 2022
  • the most populous city in India and capital of the state of Maharashtra. Mumbai ... Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India, and houses ...
    39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
  • Formerly Haute-Volta it was a colony of French West Africa, before ... one party still dominates the politics of the nation. Despite the greater ...
    22 KB (3,224 words) - 18:45, 22 November 2023
  • Kingston, the capital, the largest city, and chief port, of Jamaica ... rule, Kingston became the prosperous center of Jamaica's trade, and a ...
    22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
  • Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian ... region. In 1952, when Bangladesh was part of East Pakistan, this strong ...
    46 KB (6,448 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
  • The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, commonly called Jordan, is an Arab ... A young nation, Jordan occupies an area considered one of the 15 cradle ...
    50 KB (7,586 words) - 20:00, 4 May 2024
  • event. Villaraigosa is a former director of the ACLU Southern California ... in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." The ...
    25 KB (3,875 words) - 02:54, 24 July 2023
  • Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, and a major ... The city of Freetown was founded in 1787, by Great Britain as a settlement ...
    24 KB (3,436 words) - 21:04, 27 November 2023
  • any person anointed by a prophet or priest of God, especially a Davidic king ... The concept of Messiah is prevalent in several world religions as ...
    41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
  • years. The oldest extant works show signs of maturity indicating an even ... A revival of Tamil literature took place from the late nineteenth ...
    33 KB (4,960 words) - 00:53, 21 April 2023
  • Han Chinese constitute about 92 percent of the population of the People ... The history of the Han Chinese ethnic group is closely tied to that ...
    26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
  • , or AP, the "Rice Bowl of India," refers to a state in ... The same with Islam. Yet Islam has a history of political influence in Andhra ...
    30 KB (4,151 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
  • North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...
    50 KB (7,230 words) - 10:05, 11 March 2023
  • The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... name for the Indus River. The Constitution of India and common usage in Hindi ...
    64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
  • is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Located on the west ... years. However, it only became the capital of the nation after Sri Lanka ...
    25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
  • most prominent in the first few centuries of the Common Era. It is also ... The origins of gnosticism are not clearly known, but there is general ...
    36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
  • Akhenaten, known as Amenhotep IV at the start of his reign, was a ... vilified by his successors for his neglect of the traditional religious cult ...
    35 KB (5,451 words) - 07:14, 16 June 2023
  • ) refers to a town in the Indian state of West Bengal, the headquarters ... back to the mid nineteenth century as part of a British development of the ...
    33 KB (4,712 words) - 06:27, 15 January 2023
  • Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... in 1948. Although it enjoyed a stable period of democracy and economic progress ...
    42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
  • Language 32 (1) (Jan-Mar 1956): 5, India as a Lingustic Area. quote ... The art and architecture of the Tamil people encompass some of the ...
    56 KB (8,191 words) - 16:28, 13 January 2024
  • when he vindicated the defeat and murder of Charles George Gordon in the ... Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in Ireland, son ...
    25 KB (3,907 words) - 14:28, 9 February 2022
  • central northern India, occupies a plateau of volcanic origin in the western ... Malwa has experienced wave after wave of empires and dynasties ruling ...
    38 KB (5,752 words) - 11:00, 9 March 2023
  • The beloved leader of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu ... his culture's traditions in the naming of his daughter. In Burmese historical ...
    32 KB (4,792 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
  • [[Image:Jan de Bray 002.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Governors of the ... A guild is an association of craftspeople in a particular trade. The ...
    29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
  • , was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. his own authority over the apparatus of government. As president and ...
    67 KB (10,170 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
  • 1878 until 1918, Montenegro was later a part of various incarnations of Yugoslavia ... Based on the results of a referendum, Montenegro declared independence ...
    62 KB (8,958 words) - 22:21, 14 March 2024
  • Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish people. While far from ... laws and commandments to them in the form of the Torah. Jewish practice ...
    32 KB (4,795 words) - 08:46, 12 May 2024
  • Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest ... in a little over 30 years, from a collection of poor desert-coast sheikdoms ...
    41 KB (6,013 words) - 11:40, 3 May 2023
  • 1851) was a prolific and influential writer of children's literature ... she recalled it as the happiest part of her life. After she married ...
    47 KB (7,022 words) - 16:12, 7 November 2022
  • genetic studies indicate that the ancestors of the Tibetan people diverged ... Tibet was forcibly incorporated into the People's Republic of ...
    35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
  • The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ... nation's development. Large portions of Guatemala's interior remain ...
    37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
  • Atlanta is the capital and the largest city in the U.S. state of Georgia ... Atlanta has in recent years undergone a transition from a city of ...
    39 KB (5,622 words) - 06:05, 21 August 2023
  • Since the script was conceived and popularized by the followers of ... known as azbuka, derived from the old names of the first two letters of most ...
    61 KB (8,412 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
  • Medicine is the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis ... Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, prognosis, ...
    53 KB (7,336 words) - 04:05, 9 November 2022
  • Considered one of the original "Cradle of Civilization" ... Because of its strategic geographic location, Syria has historically ...
    53 KB (7,689 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
  • with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.28 million ... Sydney is one of the most multicultural cities in the world which ...
    33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
  • ) for short, is the capital and the largest city of Thailand. Bangkok ... Bangkok has one of the fastest rates in the world for construction ...
    46 KB (6,646 words) - 03:29, 17 September 2023
  • , ['beŋgəɭuːru]), serves as the capital of the Indian state ... rule in South India. The establishment of the Bangalore Cantonment brought ...
    48 KB (6,769 words) - 03:28, 17 September 2023
  • Members of the Bahá'í faith understand history as an evolving ... Fundamental to Bahá'í teachings is unity: the unity of God ...
    50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
  • The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...
    46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
  • Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ... Suicide occurs for any number of reasons, often relating to depression ...
    31 KB (4,676 words) - 21:40, 26 February 2023

View (previous 100 | next 100) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)