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- The cuisine of India is one of the world's most diverse cuisines ... India’s unique blend of cuisines evolved through large-scale cultural ...28 KB (4,219 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- as art. Every culture since the beginning of human existence has sculpted ... As intelligence develops the human ability to use the materials of ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- that people require the positive influence of teachers and ritual praxis ... Little is known of the historical Xunzi, save that he was born in ...24 KB (3,958 words) - 14:34, 20 May 2023
- Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions ... There are three main subjects of Chinese painting: human figures, ...47 KB (7,130 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- danse 1874.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An artifact of "high culture": a ... or to honor), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- means “to practice and learn the way of the truth.” Xiuzhen combines ... Certain aspects of Xiushen, such as veneration of parents and elders ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 17:32, 11 October 2020
- one" or "March 1") was one of the earliest manifestations ... demonstrations failed to accomplish the goal of effecting independence, they ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... " (Mark 12:17) fostered the development of separate rival Church and State ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, that ... The history of the flag dates back to at least Roman times. The study ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- Chicago is the largest city in the state of Illinois and the largest ... Located at the site of a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi ...42 KB (6,247 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- died in Adyar, India where she was President of the Theosophical Society from ... satisfied if I could have touched the hem of [her] garment" ...34 KB (5,469 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- all the objects in the universe are composed of very small, invisible, indestructible ... Traditional atomism is used in two distinct domains: The atoms of ...37 KB (5,618 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music ... As the world is increasingly globalized, preservation of traditional ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- Protestants, Catholics, and a small number of Orthodox Christians. Although ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- Meiji-jidai) denotes the 45 year reign of Emperor Meiji, running, in ... revolution that brought about the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and ...24 KB (3,557 words) - 04:15, 9 November 2022
- also spelled "Djawa") is an island of Indonesia and the site of its ... Formed mostly as the result of volcanic events, Java is the 12th largest ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- archaic Korean for "the great middle (of autumn)"), is a major ... respect to their ancestors and share a feast of Korean traditional food such ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- , is the most populous prefecture and city in Japan, and the center ... It is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and, unique among the prefectures ...39 KB (5,420 words) - 03:54, 1 May 2023
- States, located in the north-central part of the state, near the junction ... Dallas is the main economic center of the 12 county Dallas, Fort Worth ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 18:06, 24 January 2024
- wide readership for his lyrical explorations of spirituality and psychology ... XVI, because it "exposes the problem of modernity's isolated and ...29 KB (4,532 words) - 10:19, 22 January 2024
- in Indian culture and based on teachings of the Vedas. Hinduism is the ... taught at universities results from the work of the theosophist, Annie Besant ...61 KB (9,460 words) - 19:05, 17 March 2022
- Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ... impressionism. Japanese aesthetic principles of simplicity and understatement ...78 KB (11,609 words) - 09:53, 1 April 2024
- Virtue ethics is one of three major theories in normative ethics, ... The roots of the tradition of virtue ethics lie in the works of Plato ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 20:38, 3 May 2023
- Philosophy is the systematic study of the foundations of human knowledge ... Traditionally at least, it is not the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge’s ...69 KB (10,119 words) - 04:14, 24 November 2022
- ) 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
- ) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily ... The earliest use of the term "Uyghur" (Weihu), during the ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 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
- Maine and Vermont were considered part of other colonies at the time ... freedom. Massachusetts was also one of the key colonies in the events ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- ) is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China ... on the island. The People's Republic of China government claims Hainan ...25 KB (3,616 words) - 16:53, 21 January 2024
- a rigid adherence to what it conceives of as the fundamental principles ... to return to the "fundamentals" of Biblical faith, and who stressed ...27 KB (4,004 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- paper") is the Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of ... Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can ...17 KB (2,643 words) - 01:24, 18 November 2022
- "wool") is a mystical tradition of Islam dedicated to experiencing ... Sufis believe that excessive rationalism blocks human understanding ...29 KB (4,602 words) - 13:45, 28 April 2023
- Asia. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million ... in 1986 the government announced a range of reforms designed to create ...33 KB (5,048 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- and endless debate as the topic of God. In the English language ... Throughout history, the vast majority of people in the world have ...102 KB (16,134 words) - 19:54, 31 December 2023
- (香|香 港|港), is one of the two special administrative regions ... Hong Kong was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1842 until ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 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
- journalist and novelist, who was one of the leading literary figures ... death, as Dreiser did not live to see many of his novels published in their ...16 KB (2,526 words) - 17:57, 30 April 2023
- Korean literature is the body of literature produced in Korea or by ... The development of Korean Literature is quite unique due to the creation ...33 KB (5,273 words) - 00:25, 8 May 2021
- 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
- Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, the country's second ... area extends well beyond the boundaries of a single local authority. Greater ...30 KB (4,384 words) - 20:30, 18 January 2024
- that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch ... (pron. enkyklos paideia), literally 'the things of boys/child ...30 KB (4,429 words) - 15:48, 26 September 2023
- Seoul, the capital of South Korea, sits on the Han River (Korea) in ... Seoul, one of the world's most densely populated major cities ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- languages), is the official language of the Indian state of Andhra ... Telugu is mainly spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh and in the ...39 KB (5,358 words) - 22:05, 13 January 2024
- instructor, and actor widely regarded as one of the most influential martial ... Like many of his colleagues, Lee saw the martial arts in part as a ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 16:58, 29 April 2020
- 15, 1542 – October 27, 1605) was the ruler of the Moghul Empire from the ... Akbar is best known for his vision of empire as an interfaith community—a ...23 KB (3,546 words) - 07:14, 16 June 2023
- The dynasty originated in the fertile valley of the Kaveri River. Karikala ... The Cholas reached the height of their power during the tenth, eleventh ...44 KB (6,505 words) - 17:15, 10 December 2023
- opinion about the general orientation of his system, it must be acknowledged ... Unlike German Idealism, the prevalent philosophy of his day, Schopenhauer’s ...39 KB (6,008 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- The Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated ... Aztec and Mesoamerican roots. The Day of the Dead is widely observed ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- Vedic Hinduism and the supreme deva (god) of the Rigveda scripture. Known ... the Vedas in the heterodox Indian schools of Buddhism and Jainism, Indra ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 20:00, 4 March 2024
- social circumstances that governed the lives of the various ethnic groups in ... Little is known about the earliest cultures in the region. The Plain ...42 KB (6,594 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in ... to 1975 brought Vietnam to the attention of the world. That war has been ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- and Sri Lanka. A sari is a very long strip of unstitched cloth, ranging from ... long decorative borders running the length of the sari, and a one- to three ...21 KB (3,307 words) - 03:28, 23 December 2022
- North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions ... The Missouri River flows through the western part of the state and ...34 KB (4,932 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- Nepal in the west, Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north and east ... highest peak, sits in the northwestern part of the state on the boundary with ...35 KB (5,094 words) - 20:10, 21 April 2023
- by the belief that while one set of beliefs is absolutely true ... Broadly speaking, there are two schools of Inclusivist thought: ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- Jamaica is an island nation of the West Indies. The third largest ... island Xaymaca (Jamaica), meaning "Land of Wood and Water." Christopher ...31 KB (4,663 words) - 01:31, 8 February 2023
- psychologist who helped found the school of transpersonal psychology. He ... His humanistic model allowed psychologists and students of psychology ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 06:31, 14 June 2023
- Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United ... and Indian War. For many years, control of the area was disputed by the ...45 KB (6,488 words) - 23:23, 5 March 2023
- The People's Republic of Bangladesh lies in a corner of South ... for whom what is called the "myth of return" never quite dies ...30 KB (4,435 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- ) is an ancient Indo-European classical language of South Asia, a ... The corpus of Sanskrit literature encompasses a rich tradition of ...71 KB (10,080 words) - 03:16, 23 December 2022
- the southwest and the People's Republic of China to the southeast. girls," a reference to the Manas of folklore unifying 40 tribes ...39 KB (5,879 words) - 16:28, 21 March 2024
- ; literally "south of the clouds") is a province of the ... Yunnan has earned fame for the natural beauty of its setting from ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- Kanji Kun'yomi (Japanese reading) of 定家, (1162 – September ... of Japanese poets, and perhaps the greatest master of the waka form ...30 KB (4,827 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- east. The Balinese people are descendants of a prehistoric race who migrated ... Most of the Balinese people are involved in agriculture, primarily ...19 KB (2,723 words) - 05:53, 26 August 2023
- are a list of religious and moral laws, which, according to biblical ... and codes. Many other religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism have ...37 KB (5,883 words) - 02:58, 19 April 2023
- North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ... The history of North Korea formally began with the establishment of ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island nation ... The site of ancient port cities and a possession of several empires ...31 KB (4,281 words) - 22:29, 15 May 2024
- #039; to spread Gnostic teachings. Author of over 60 books, Samael Aun Weor ... sexual practices as the highest form of religious devotion and articulated ...39 KB (5,837 words) - 11:35, 6 September 2022
- ) was a non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of ... The six core members of the group were arrested by the Gestapo, convicted ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 17:23, 4 May 2023
- was a Chinese religious prophet and leader of the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864 ... Hong proclaimed the "Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping" and began to ...20 KB (3,050 words) - 13:03, 2 February 2024
- An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or ... A true alphabet has letters for the vowels of a language as well as ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
- ), a form of ritual dance drama, originated in the Southern Indian ... Krishnattom and Ramanattom, emerged as part of Vaishnavism, when cultural ...22 KB (3,220 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- Vaishnavism (Sanskrit for "belonging to Vishnu") is one ... within Hinduism, with the vast majority of adherents situated in India ...42 KB (6,471 words) - 14:11, 3 May 2023
- island country that sits off the east coast of Asia. Japan comprises over ... Korea in the sixth century. Japanese schools of Buddhism also developed, such ...89 KB (12,871 words) - 15:44, 4 February 2022
- California is a state on the West Coast of the United States, along ... changed California, sparking a large influx of people and a sustained economic ...42 KB (5,921 words) - 18:24, 25 November 2023
- total) is the idea that all the properties of a given system (biological ... The general principle of holism was concisely summarized by Aristotle ...23 KB (3,318 words) - 16:10, 25 January 2023
- ) is a range of traditional medical practices originating in China ... TCM theory asserts that processes of the human body are interrelated ...53 KB (7,935 words) - 04:54, 1 May 2023
- ; also romanized as Nei Mongol) is a Mongol autonomous region of the ... The official languages of Inner Mongolia are Standard Mandarin and ...33 KB (4,665 words) - 19:29, 5 March 2024
- Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was one of the ... to retreat to Taiwan (The Republic of China) where he continued serving ...31 KB (4,795 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- in Kannada) stood as a prominent South Indian empire that ruled most ... The Hoysala rulers originally lived as hill peoples of Malnad Karnataka ...35 KB (5,038 words) - 18:09, 15 March 2023
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... in the world. Its territory was a part of the pre-partitioned British ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom ... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- a royal Indian dynasty ruling large parts of southern, central and northern ... The clan that ruled from Elichpur had been a feudatory of the Badami ...53 KB (7,699 words) - 00:10, 14 November 2023
- Most broadly, mind is the organized totality of the mental processes of an ... Aspects of mind are also attributed to complex animals, which are ...35 KB (5,274 words) - 18:47, 9 November 2022
- 26, 1976) is considered by many to be one of the most significant and influential ... Messkirch in Boden, a rural Catholic region of Germany. His father was a craftsman ...24 KB (3,594 words) - 16:31, 6 November 2022
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which are volcanic in origin; ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- Popularly, Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related ... The ancient Greeks described love with a number of different words: ...70 KB (11,122 words) - 04:14, 4 November 2022
- for God (or the gods), with the purpose of delivering a divinely inspired ... the Mari tablets, discovered on the banks of the Euphrates in northern Mesopotamia ...39 KB (6,126 words) - 09:20, 28 June 2022
- * the nations of Australia and New Zealand * islands of the South Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand, ...24 KB (3,586 words) - 05:58, 10 January 2023
- Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the ... in the United States. The citizens of Los Angeles speak more than ...40 KB (5,759 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- Consciousness at its simplest refers to sentience or awareness of ... Beyond the problem of how to define consciousness, there are also ...56 KB (7,936 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- It is also called Aotearoa or the "Land of the Long White Cloud" ... 270,000 km², is about the same as that of Colorado and somewhat smaller ...23 KB (3,336 words) - 18:04, 25 July 2023
- Shaktism is a denomination of Hinduism that worships Shakti (or Devi ... and points toward the fundamental necessity of a female image of the divine ...40 KB (6,102 words) - 10:18, 26 January 2023
- ]); formerly known as Cochin), a city in the Indian state of Kerala ... north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. It has an estimated ...42 KB (5,911 words) - 04:06, 4 March 2023
- - an important ruling dynasty of ancient Karnataka in India ... After the rise of the imperial Chalukyas of Badami, the Gangas accepted ...47 KB (6,741 words) - 17:20, 4 May 2023
- #039;s idealism is based upon the notion of Absolute Spirit, his idealism ... His philosophy can be best understood within the contexts of German ...29 KB (4,323 words) - 17:06, 17 December 2022
- at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own ethnic culture ... they have adopted their values and standards of behavior. The problem is that ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- denotes Russians citizens and/or residents of Korean descent living on Sakhalin ... The Sakhalin Koreans experienced slaughter at the hands of the Russians ...39 KB (5,508 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment ...37 KB (5,511 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- meaning “to serve”; a samurai is the retainer of a lord. by integrating Confucian ethics and Zen Buddhism, which played an important ...49 KB (7,556 words) - 03:06, 23 December 2022
