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- 22, 1951) was an American sociologist, one of first sociologists who pursued ... human beings as essential socially beings, the understanding of whose interactions ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- A former Portuguese colony, Angola, known formally as the Republic ... reserves. Angolan culture reflects centuries of Portuguese influence, namely ...17 KB (2,316 words) - 06:01, 28 July 2023
- Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (February 4, 1917 – August 10, 1980) was ... to maintain national unity or to resolve the ongoing dispute with India ...20 KB (3,141 words) - 10:02, 22 May 2023
- Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was one of the ... During the Chinese Civil War (1926–1949), Chiang attempted to eradicate ...31 KB (4,795 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- military leader who was instrumental in the communist victory in the Chinese ... After the establishment of the People's Republic in October 1949 ...22 KB (3,630 words) - 04:11, 29 October 2022
- – January 12, 1983) was a Soviet statesman who served as the Chairman ... In 1930, Podgorny became a member of the ruling Communist Party of ...24 KB (3,354 words) - 16:40, 29 April 2023
- (April 13, 1922 - October 14, 1999) was President of Tanzania (previously ... He also battled the International Monetary Fund over the issue of ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 09:54, 12 May 2024
- The World Factbook (ISSN 1553-8133 ; also known as the CIA World Factbook)Central Intelligence Agency ...33 KB (4,760 words) - 17:51, 30 April 2023
- Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon (March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was ... Nixon was always supportive of her husband even during the troubled ...17 KB (2,707 words) - 09:04, 18 November 2022
- The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from ... The Korean War (1950-1953) and its Armistice Agreement left the two ...20 KB (2,911 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- Immediately following the truce ending the Korean war, South Korea ... North Koreans have continued to defect, with many being caught during ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- | image =Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1960 (cropped ... | order =Prime Minister of Sri Lanka | term_start = | term_end = ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 09:08, 9 October 2022
- The Historic Center of Macau ( O Centro Histórico de Macau ... ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville or the ... offshore reserves has supplanted forestry as the mainstay of the economy, which ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
- diplomat and conservative politician. He was the fourth secretary-general of ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- politician and reformer, and a recent leader of the Communist Party of China ... Inheriting the social and institutional problems left over from the ...39 KB (5,846 words) - 13:32, 28 January 2024
- authority, is an entity responsible for the money of its country or of ... Though the primary purpose of a central bank is to act as a financial ...30 KB (4,733 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- philosopher and reformist who is considered the foremost intellectual leader ... Liang believed that journalism had an important role in educating ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- The Prague Spring (Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar) was ... The term Prague Spring was coined by Western media after the event ...17 KB (2,531 words) - 22:12, 30 November 2022
- The Republic of Benin is a sliver of a country in West Africa, the ... The history of the tribes and peoples who inhabited this gateway to ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- Sukarno (June 6, 1901 – June 21, 1970) was the first President of ... The spelling "Sukarno" has been official in Indonesia since ...25 KB (3,644 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
- The Chinese Civil War ( t=國共內戰|s=国共内战|p=Guógòng Neìzhàn ... ), which lasted from April 1927 to May 1950, was a war in China between ...40 KB (5,930 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- North Korea claims to possess nuclear weapons, and the CIA asserts ... The world community left the MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) world ...25 KB (3,635 words) - 06:33, 16 November 2022
- , Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēnsì, English: Temple of Thanksgiving ... were added. In addition, features making the temple convenient and safe ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... The Republic of Palau consists of eight principal islands and more ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- ) is the largest city, and the administrative, communications, and ... textiles and soap. Bujumbura, situated on the northeastern shore of Lake ...18 KB (2,590 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked nation ... The original inhabitants of southern Africa were the Bushmen (San ...20 KB (2,852 words) - 19:53, 20 November 2023
- The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was a conference organized by the ... . Much of the work of the Conference involved deciding which of the ...26 KB (3,995 words) - 08:51, 18 November 2022
- The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, better known simply as ... The Cultural Revolution was initiated by Party Chairman Mao Zedong ...30 KB (4,513 words) - 06:46, 11 January 2024
- located in East Asia with a population of nearly three million. Mongolia ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean ... Many consider Ahn Chang-ho to be one of the key moral and philosophical ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- :For the history of Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The history of North Korea formally begins with the establishment ...33 KB (5,024 words) - 16:59, 7 May 2021
- ; born June 13, 1944) is a South Korean diplomat who was the eighth ... On October 13, 2006, he was elected as the eighth Secretary-General ...31 KB (4,626 words) - 03:25, 17 September 2023
- with Chang Ta-ch'ien, he was one of the last of the great traditional ... He is perhaps the most noted contemporary Chinese painter for the ...16 KB (2,541 words) - 04:01, 7 December 2022
- Kenneth David Kaunda, (April 28, 1924 - June 17, 2021) served as the ... From the time he became President until his fall from power in 1991 ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 August 2023
- The Juche Ideology (Juche Sasang 주체사상 in Korean; or Chuch ... Juche theory is a type of Marxism ideology, but it is built upon the ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- The City of Vigan is the capital city of the province of Ilocos Sur ... Vigan constitutes the best example of a Spanish colonial town in the ...13 KB (1,737 words) - 20:19, 3 May 2023
- politician, and stateswoman. She was the first woman in Canadian history ... Sauvé's main objective was to see to the fulfillment of national ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-L'este ... Despite its natural resources, East Timor has the lowest per capita ...25 KB (3,519 words) - 16:40, 26 March 2024
- The Republic of Costa Rica ("Rich Coast") is a country in ... Costa Rica is also at the forefront of conservation and environmental ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty or ABMT) was a treaty ... Only two ABM systems have previously been operational against ICBMs: ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 06:19, 31 July 2023
- Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests ... not be considered such in another. However, the basic effort on the part of ...16 KB (2,401 words) - 23:59, 24 March 2024
- The Central African Republic is a landlocked country in Central Africa ... The Central African Republic that is one of the poorest countries ...29 KB (4,266 words) - 23:52, 3 December 2023
- Tenzin Gyatso (born July 6, 1935) is the fourteenth Dalai Lama, and ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- :"Fall of Communism" redirects here. For the fall of the ... The Revolutions of 1989 refers to the collapse of Communism in Eastern ...27 KB (4,082 words) - 20:00, 8 December 2022
- revolutionary. Although he was successful in the traditional Confucian system ... Chen was a founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1920) and was selected ...26 KB (3,844 words) - 14:50, 5 December 2023
- South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... ) has existed for nearly 60 years, built on the foundation of a 5 ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern ... slaves and later contract laborers from the Dutch East Indies and India ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country ... The country is infamous for the 1994 genocide that resulted in the ...25 KB (3,542 words) - 17:40, 28 September 2023
