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- by habit and repute is, historically, a form of interpersonal status in which ... However, common-law marriage is becoming a thing of the past. It is ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 00:09, 8 January 2024
- to guide young people through the process of finding the right person to ... Historically, arranged marriages between kings or clan leaders have ...25 KB (3,836 words) - 02:27, 9 January 2023
- "fragrances") refers to a group of low-ranking male nature dieties ... refer a particular divine being and a race of related demigods, respectively ...9 KB (1,445 words) - 07:26, 2 April 2008
- A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's ... Despite their diversity, rites of passage all serve the same purpose: ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 01:43, 15 December 2022
- A dowry is a gift of money or valuables given by the bride's ... it plays in domestic violence and the abuse of women, with debate over how ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- Extended middle-class Midwestern U.S. family of Danish/German extraction]] beyond the immediate or nuclear family of parents and their children ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 23:58, 24 March 2024
- teacher and, in modern times, the leader of a synagogue. The term was first ... With the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in 70 C.E., the Jewish ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 16:07, 7 December 2022
- institution which has formed the foundation of the family throughout history ... Challenges to the institution of marriage in the twentieth century ...46 KB (7,206 words) - 14:15, 7 May 2024
- Sir Francis Galton (February 16, 1822 – January 17, 1911), cousin ... to lead to an increase in the number of people manifesting the desirable ...23 KB (3,472 words) - 04:50, 9 April 2024
- violence occurs in all cultures; people of all races, ethnicities, religions ... and loved, perpetrated by those who are part of one's family and thus ...31 KB (4,715 words) - 16:43, 29 January 2024
- artist, painter, wood engraver and maker of ukiyo-e, author of the 13-volume ... new images. His art was an important source of inspiration for many European ...10 KB (1,535 words) - 00:06, 25 August 2023
- The term polygamy (literally many marriages in late Greek) is used ... other's needs and hopes in a relationship of true love. ...37 KB (5,815 words) - 17:42, 30 November 2023
- in the Roman Catholic faith, is a piece of metal, often worn around the ... These medals have their roots in the very beginnings of Christianity ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 05:56, 25 August 2020
- Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before ... A divorce must be certified by a court of law, as a legal action is ...63 KB (9,390 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- The Federated States of Micronesia is an island nation located in ... The Federated States of Micronesia is located in the region known ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 01:56, 26 March 2024
- (NGO). The organization has hundreds of branches internationally and ... The beginnings of Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (BKWSU ...28 KB (3,991 words) - 22:34, 20 November 2023
- labor are collective terms for a variety of work relations in which people ... The institution of the corveé was and remains an accepted form of ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 06:20, 1 April 2024
- 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
- [[Image:Paper 450x450.jpg|thumb|right|Sheet of paper]] Paper is a thin, flat material produced by the compression of fibers ...25 KB (4,009 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- Kiriwina Islands) are a 170 mi² archipelago of coral atolls off the eastern ... The people of the area are mostly subsistence horticulturalists who ...17 KB (2,608 words) - 17:43, 2 May 2023
- Pontiff") was the high priest of the Ancient Roman College of ... The title of "Pontifex Maximus," dating back to the times ...31 KB (4,749 words) - 00:22, 12 April 2023
- A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups ... central to human society; a key indicator of a society's well-being ...66 KB (10,046 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- 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
- Malthus is widely regarded as the founder of modern demography. He made ... The influence of Malthus' theories was substantial. His theory ...20 KB (2,912 words) - 15:46, 6 February 2024
- The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known ... ==History of the Recorder== The recorder was popular from medieval ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- 275px|An African-American man drinks out of the "colored only" ... Racism refers to various beliefs maintaining that the essential value ...36 KB (5,283 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- take relationship with God in every moment of human life. Jews had grown disillusioned as a result of the failed messianism of the ...28 KB (4,280 words) - 08:41, 20 January 2024
- derived from the astrological symbols of Venus and Mars.]] to an individual's self perception of being male or female. Within ...24 KB (3,629 words) - 06:41, 18 April 2024
- Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland, is a country of northwestern ... over winter. Over the next centuries, people of Nordic and Gaelic origin settled ...36 KB (5,300 words) - 17:19, 10 February 2024
- vary in size from a handful to many hundreds of individuals. There are as many ... daily basis. In turn, AA offers a community of recovering people who support ...34 KB (5,182 words) - 05:06, 17 June 2023
- luxurious textiles. Silk is mostly composed of the insoluble protein fibroin ... important silk is obtained from the cocoons of the the domesticated moth Bombyx ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 20:11, 21 April 2023
- |image=[[Image:Group of Apaches.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Group of Apaches]] ... Apache is the collective name for several culturally related groups ...37 KB (5,440 words) - 05:56, 11 August 2023
- improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the ... such a tragic fashion. Despite the tragedy of the end of Williams' life ...61 KB (8,753 words) - 02:22, 16 December 2022
- portraiture to a narrative-style series of pictures called “modern moral ... In his illustrated 1753 treatise "The Analysis of Beauty," ...25 KB (3,851 words) - 10:59, 9 May 2023
- The word Māori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and ... They contribute to many aspects of the economy of New Zealand ...37 KB (5,756 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- Japan. This festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar ... festival. These cakes, named after the shape of the full moon, reflects the ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São ... Sao Tome is optimistic about the development of petroleum resources in its ...27 KB (4,031 words) - 02:25, 21 April 2023
- [[Image:Pyramid of Capitalist System.png|thumb|right|250px|An Industrial ... #039;s social position in a culture. Because of the vagaries of the word, the ...31 KB (4,685 words) - 15:01, 27 April 2023
- Angkor refers to the region of Cambodia serving as the seat of the ... and most vibrant Hindu empire outside of India. The Khmer name has become ...32 KB (4,644 words) - 18:07, 27 July 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
- but known to his friends as Van, was one of the most influential American ... while also being the main proponent of the view that philosophy is ...34 KB (5,037 words) - 15:37, 6 May 2023
- is a landlocked territory on the west bank of the Jordan River in the Middle East. The area is regarded by many Jews as the birthplace of the Jewish ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 17:16, 4 May 2023
- quot;) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous ... Prior to the arrival of Europeans, and even after their arrival since ...53 KB (8,160 words) - 18:55, 7 February 2023
- The Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, or simply ... many times. During more than 40 years of communist totalitarian rule ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- ), is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end ... Modern Greece, a developed country and a member of the European Union ...73 KB (10,722 words) - 18:19, 27 January 2023
- An Drochshaol), known more commonly outside of Ireland as the Irish Potato ... The Irish Potato Famine was the culmination of a social, biological, political ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 13:17, 6 March 2024
- are usually credited with being the founders of analytic philosophy. A prolific ... Russell was born at the height of Britain's economic and political ...75 KB (11,466 words) - 17:25, 29 September 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
- Rainbow flag is the most recognized symbol of the LGBT rights movement.]] and people broadly fighting for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and ...37 KB (5,369 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was one of the most prominent of Founders ... He published the famous stories of Poor Richard's Almanack and ...36 KB (5,370 words) - 09:50, 28 September 2023
