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- ==Early Christianity in India== [[Image:Christian prayers in tamil ... ===Dawn of Christianity in India=== The dawn of Christianity to South ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
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- St. Thomas Mount is a small hillock located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu ... * Christianity in India * Portuguese India * Religion in India ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 16:21, 8 February 2023
- dualistic religion that was once prolific in Persia but is now extinct. ... The teachings of Mani were once widely circulated in the ancient world ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- ==Early Christianity in India== [[Image:Christian prayers in tamil ... ===Dawn of Christianity in India=== The dawn of Christianity to South ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Goa Velha ("Velha" means old in Portuguese), referring to ... Christianity constitutes India's third-largest religion, following ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:24, 31 December 2023
- the spiritual leadership is not understood in the same way as the Eastern ... Church and Eastern Orthodox Church occurred in the fifth century. This separation ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 01:18, 18 November 2022
- John of Montecorvino, or Giovanni Da/di Montecorvino in Italian, also ... In 1294, he finally reached Khanbaliq (Beijing), just after the death ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- and eleventh centuries, Danes were involved in exploring and settling as far ... of Greenland, whose colonial status ceased in 1953, and is now an autonomous ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- in the establishment of Christianity in India, the Malay Archipelago ... In 1529, while attending the University of Paris, Xavier became acquainted ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- of the most famous Hindu mystics of modern India, who claimed that all religions ... Ramakrishna was born into a poor Brahmin family in Karampukur village ...11 KB (1,615 words) - 15:51, 18 June 2022
- Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions ... common religious tradition or communion. In particular, the Eastern Orthodox ...12 KB (1,717 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- by followers of the Zoroastrian religion in their rituals surrounding death ... At one time, the most widely practiced religion in the world, Zoroastrianism ...11 KB (1,659 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- ancient order of mystical ascetics who lived in many parts of the ancient world ... According to Philo, communities of Therapeutae were widely established ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 18:27, 30 April 2023
- Serampore College, located in Serampore Town, in Hooghly District ... the growing church in India (See: Christianity in India). The Trio's ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- He turned to religious reform after a career in the service of the British ... In 1828, prior to his departure to England, Rammohan founded, with ...18 KB (2,857 words) - 00:31, 8 December 2022
- Sanchi refers to a small village in India located 46 km north-east ... monuments demonstrate the high regard rulers in the Madhya Pradesh region of ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- The Saint Thomas Christians are a group of Christians from the Malabar coast (now Kerala) in South India, who follow Syriac Christianity. ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- Swami Vivekananda on May 1, 1897, who in 1893, when he attended the ... as the best expression of that truth. In a lecture delivered several ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- an important Hindu religious scholar born in Gujarat, India. He is best ... He was an original scholar, who believed in the infallible authority of ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड) is a state of India located ... Nagaland has played a crucial role in the development of the Republic ...19 KB (2,820 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- and statesman, the second president of India (1962-1967). of comparative religion and philosophy in his day. He built a bridge ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 16:20, 27 July 2021
- her schooling, took her vows to the order in 1936. She taught school for ... her death, and often involved the children in the convent school where she ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 19:04, 22 December 2022
- Robert Morrison (born January 5, 1782 in Bullers Green, near Morpeth ... Morrison produced a Chinese translation of the New Testament in 1813 ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- Jesus. He is mentioned as the sixth apostle in the three Synoptic Gospels ... as a disciple other than what is related in the Gospel of John concerning ...11 KB (1,622 words) - 19:13, 22 December 2022
- Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful ... Commissioned by King Manuel I of Portugal to find Christian lands ...13 KB (2,082 words) - 14:38, 3 May 2023
- Portuguese India ( Índia Portuguesa of Portugal's colonial holdings in India. At the time of British ...22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
- IAST Ayodhyā), an ancient city of India, holds a cherished place ... (320 to 550 C.E.), Hinduism again ascended in Ayodhya, entering a golden ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 07:27, 23 August 2023
- In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ... In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- her modest lifestyle and unwavering faith in her religion. She traveled ... Christianity has had difficulty coping with racial diversity, and ...7 KB (1,128 words) - 02:38, 24 July 2023
- Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889 - 1929), born in Patiala State, India, became ... * Christianity in India * Saint Thomas Christians * History of Christianity ...21 KB (3,248 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- William Wilberforce (August 1759 - July 1833) was born in the great ... to overcome the many setbacks and defeats. In 1807, Parliament finally passed ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 15:18, 14 May 2023
- portrays the courage of Japanese Christians in the seventeenth century and ... Many of Endo’s protagonists are weak and had failed in some important ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 18:33, 13 February 2024
- Jesus alive, Thomas professed his faith in Jesus, exclaiming "My ... said to have taken it eastwards as far as India. The churches of Malankara ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431 C.E. The christological ... Nestorianism originated in the fifth century out of an attempt to ...10 KB (1,525 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- Roman trade with India started around the beginning of the Common ... coastal voyage, helped enhance trade between India and Rome. ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- 326 B.C.E. when Alexander the Great invaded India. He ruled an area of what ... no place for privilege of birth or of wealth in his system. There is little ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- established the Portuguese colonial empire in the Indian Ocean. After gaining ... Alfonso de Albuquerque was born in Alhandra in the year of 1453, near ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... Nearly all known traditional denominations of Christianity, including ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- A quarterly journal, Athenäum, founded in 1798 by Freidrich von Schlegel ... der Indier (On the Language and Wisdom of India, 1808) was a pioneering work ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 07:21, 5 October 2022
- or Axum), was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa, growing ... Ethiopian culture today has its roots in this civilization. The decline ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- 1936 he was a Church of Scotland missionary in India, where he was consecrated ... Despite roots in a non-Episcopal tradition, he became convinced that ...30 KB (4,685 words) - 22:01, 25 October 2022
- of hand. The practice occurs most commonly in India, though other Asian nations ... evil, even the devil or Satan. The snake, in the great monotheistic traditions ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 21:41, 30 January 2023
- most fundamental virtues universally found in diverse cultures throughout ... In Confucian thought, filial piety ( c=孝|p=Xiào ) is one of the ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 22:58, 1 May 2021
- Religion plays a major role in life in Indonesia, which has the largest ... History-and-Legal-Position-of-Confucianism-in-Post-Independence-Indonesia ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- and the Sikh Empire. His Samadhi is located in Lahore, Pakistan. For almost ... Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a Sikh born in 1780 in Gujranwala in modern ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 05:26, 5 November 2022
- Authority (Latin auctoritas, used in Roman law as opposed to potestas ... authority has been a subject of research in a variety of empirical settings; ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 19:17, 22 August 2023
- an Indian yogi and guru. He was instrumental in bringing the teachings of meditation ... of Jesus teachings to Western Christianity. His understanding of ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- essayist. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made ... who had a profound understanding of Christianity, Buddhism, Confucianism ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 08:46, 8 March 2023
- Sir William Muir, KCSI (April 27, 1819 – July 11, 1905) was born ... His writing on Islam pioneered, in the English-speaking world, use ...26 KB (3,916 words) - 10:37, 11 May 2023
- works of Lucretius and Giordano Bruno, and in 1696 published Christianity ... the first to use the term “pantheism” in 1705 in the title of his work ...15 KB (2,286 words) - 07:58, 3 August 2022
- their lack of empirical content. Inductivist in his method, Jones' work ... maps of the area developed during the survey in preparation for the Act had ...8 KB (1,180 words) - 01:42, 14 December 2022
- kingdom on the earth, a utopian society in which wealth would be spread ... Richard Henry Tawney was born on November 30, 1880, in Calcutta, India ...14 KB (1,999 words) - 01:48, 14 December 2022
- of Dravidian speakers live mainly in southern India, most notably ... Still others argue that Dravidian held sway in a much larger region, replacing ...24 KB (3,241 words) - 17:33, 30 January 2024
- Islam in India constitutes the second-most practiced religion after ... Islam in India has had a fascinating, and powerful impact. Indeed ...25 KB (3,703 words) - 06:10, 8 March 2024
- was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431, and the conflict over ... continued to be called "Nestorian" in the West, to distinguish it ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- an eminent theologian and religious scholar in the German Protestant tradition ... Born in Peine (near Hanover), Rufolf Otto attended the Gymnasium Adreanum ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 17:41, 22 December 2022
- and Muslim thinkers; his impact is evident in the theology of St. Augustine ... was sixty-six years old when he died in 270 c.e., the second year of ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 08:05, 24 November 2022
- religion of Iranian origin, founded in the third century C.E. by the ... struggle between the forces of good and evil in the universe. It is also an ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- groups that constitute traditional societies in certain regions of the world ... similar structures. While most are no longer in force, one common attribute ...31 KB (4,665 words) - 14:24, 29 November 2023
- or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers ... . This is the opposite of the term Occident. In terms of the Old World, Europe ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- the social gospel movement, especially in the USA although his ideas ... Rauschenbusch was born in Rochester, New York. His father, Augustus ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2023
- a tribal group of approximately 60,000 in Ziro in the Apatani plateau ... striving to protect their traditional ways in the face of modernization. ...11 KB (1,672 words) - 05:57, 11 August 2023
- Anglicanism has its roots in the Celtic Christianity of the earliest ... Anglicanism today operates flexibly and autonomously in many nations ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 05:52, 28 July 2023
- original intent sas to help with expenses in the creation of the new family ... Today, the practice has decreased in developed countries and urban ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- priest and missionary who introduced Christianity and Western ideas to the ... In 1601, Ricci became the first foreigner from the West to enter the ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- observed by several faiths including Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism. Within ... The religious act of foot-washing is also practiced in Islam and Sikhism ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 15:11, 5 September 2022
- , or the 'Emperor's Mosque', in 1673 in Lahore, Pakistan. The ... The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, completed in 1673, had been designed ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- various religious traditions that originated in India, and now are practiced ... caste. Throughout his life, a person remains in the same caste into which he ...19 KB (2,973 words) - 13:22, 22 January 2024
- the dualistic ethos that spawned these terms in the first place. ... In this new understanding, pagan traditions are defined by the absence ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- . Many believe him one of the earliest Marxists in India. ... Born to a family which had earlier been involved in revolutionary ...28 KB (4,246 words) - 03:31, 1 October 2023
- of the countries south of China, east of India and north of Australia. South ... the north. Austronesian peoples predominate in the maritime region; taken ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- the Baptist Missionary Society. His interest in mission was stimulated by reading ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- quot; of the organization. As a lay preacher in her own right, she helped to ... She was born Catherine Mumford in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 16:14, 3 December 2023
- southward. Thus the rounding of the cape in 1488 was considered a significant ... In 1488, navigator Bartholomew Dias named the Peninsula "Cabo ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
- and government, but he also wrote much in the field of economics. His ... While the twentieth century in many ways proved him correct, stronger ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- In religious discourse, Inclusivism designates a particular theological ... All religions provide a sense of community to their followers, in ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- In Hinduism, Balarama (Devanagri: बलराम) is listed in the ... Reverence of Balarama is especially popular in South India as well as in the ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 05:51, 26 August 2023
- the blessings associated with such a state. In its more extreme form, religious ... Exclusivism is most prevalent in Abrahamic religions. In Jewish tradition ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... own coins by the third century, converting in the fourth century to Christianity ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- sinned could receive absolution. Early Christianity abandoned this practice ... absolution, especially for monks and nuns. In Hinduism an act or rite of ...20 KB (3,117 words) - 06:36, 14 June 2023
- Müller's use of comparative linguistics in his research methodology ... He was born in Dessau, the son of the Romantic poet Wilhelm Müller ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- (1110 - May 1, 1171) was a King of Leinster in Ireland. Ousted as King of ... may have unfolded differently. Celtic Christianity might have continued to ...16 KB (2,466 words) - 01:09, 2 July 2020
- Annie Wood Besant (October 1, 1847 – September 20, 1933) was born ... M. K. Gandhi said that she woke India from a deep sleep and that he ...34 KB (5,469 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China in the early modern ... The first attempt by Jesuits to reach China was made in 1552 by Saint ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- Islamic Party), a political Islamic party in Pakistan. Abul A’la was born ... AH). Maududi’s father, Ahmad Hasan, born in 1855 C.E., a lawyer by profession ...26 KB (4,137 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
- ]); formerly known as Cochin), a city in the Indian state of Kerala ... *Christianity in India *India *Kerala *Portuguese Empire ...42 KB (5,911 words) - 04:06, 4 March 2023
- 1583 – August 28, 1645) worked as a jurist in the Dutch Republic and laid ... very nature, natural laws were authoritative in themselves, with or without ...25 KB (3,772 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days before his Passion ... The holiday is celebrated with processions in which Christians carry ...17 KB (2,712 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- , a hill station (a hill town) nestled in the Shiwalik Hills (or Lower ... attracts students from all over North East India, West Bengal, Bhutan, Nepal ...23 KB (3,408 words) - 02:28, 5 October 2022
- a codex is a book made of bound sheets; in a codex, one can directly turn ... publishing method, it is still used today in order to indicate historicity ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- and Pakistan, as well as large parts of India, Mesopotamia, and Caucasus ... In the sixteenth century, Timurid prince Babur, the ruler of Ferghana ...22 KB (3,337 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
- In Christianity, an Apostle (Greek: Ἀπόστολος apostolos: ... The status of the apostles in the early Church was penultimate to ...30 KB (4,741 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- to a Jewish movement within contemporary Christianity. Jewish Christians predominated in the movement of early Christianity ...32 KB (4,998 words) - 08:45, 3 April 2024
- The folklore of India comprises the folklore of the nation of India ... The folklore of India is distinguished from classical Sanskrit literary ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- to a sacred geometric device commonly used in the religious practice of Hinduism ... the ultimate unity from which the cosmos in all its manifold forms arises." ...23 KB (3,394 words) - 16:47, 24 October 2023
- constraints bring them greater freedom in various areas of their lives ... and hermits, who withdraw from the world in order to live an ascetic life; ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
- or bodies, which are said to be manifested in different ways: 1) the nirmanakaya ... conflicting teachings about the Buddha found in Buddhist texts. As with earlier ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 16:53, 2 May 2023
- ; "orthodox") are technical terms used in Indian philosophy ... the criterion of both orthodoxy and heresy in Hinduism is not based on the ...8 KB (1,157 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- woodcut. The original was published in Paris in 1888. Pantheism states ... The term panentheism (meaning "all-in-God") was coined by ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:13, 11 March 2023
- not being fulfilled by mainstream churches in Victorian England. A large ... Booth was born in Sneinton, Nottingham, England, the only son of four ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 15:41, 6 May 2023
- modern education for the Muslim community in India by founding the Muhammedan ... working as a jurist for the British East India Company. Personally affected ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous Churches in full communion ... The Eastern Catholic Churches were located historically in Eastern ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- Incense has been used since antiquity in different parts of the world ... Incense is available in various forms and degrees of processing. Depending ...32 KB (4,937 words) - 12:45, 4 March 2024
- 30, 2016) was a religious studies scholar in the United States. He wrote ... Huston Cummings Smith was born in Suzhou, China on May 31, 1919, to ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- is a temporary and substantial increase in the number of cases beyond ... plague that killed 20 million Europeans in six years (a quarter of the ...22 KB (3,244 words) - 14:30, 11 February 2022
- 250px|The effigial monument to John Gower in Southwark Cathedral, Surrey]] space or burial chamber. The term is used in a broad sense to encompass ...18 KB (2,713 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- diabolos, which means "accuser." In Christianity, God and the Devil ... God whose job is to test humankind. However, in the Jewish apocrypha and rabbinical ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ... powers. Macao has many similarities with Goa in India. The presence of Portuguese ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- Greeks and Romans, who explored and settled in North Africa. Fifteenth century ... but also of courage and determination in the face of geographical and ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- religious movement that emerged in Qadian, a small village in ... Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam). These groups vary in their specific interpretations ...36 KB (5,381 words) - 06:53, 16 June 2023
- consider apostasy to be a serious sin. In some religions, an apostate ... Apostasy is distinguished from heresy in that the latter refers to ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- taken religious vows of poverty and celibacy in order to dedicate himself to ... (Eremitic Monasticism) while others live in a community with like-minded ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- by humans and have had an important role in human life for thousands of ... chambered stomach, which plays a vital role in digesting, regurgitating, and ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 21:23, 6 October 2022
- is an iconographic representation of God in Hinduism, which depicts divinity ... This Trimurti concept is a tenet most strongly held in Hindu denomination ...22 KB (3,588 words) - 17:21, 2 May 2023
- Pentecostalism is a movement within Evangelical Christianity that ... the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 07:23, 23 November 2022
- ; also known as a nimbus, glory, or gloriole) is a ring of light used ... The use of halos in art has been found in diverse religious traditions ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 23:21, 3 August 2023
- tenth century B.C.E.), who is commonly known in the West as Zoroaster. Zoroastrians ... was the first religion to believe in angels, a day of judgment, ...42 KB (6,394 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- history, although each remains controversial in certain sects of modern society. ... isolation, have begun to find their place in the world. In fact, it may ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- philosopher, and politician, whose poetry in Persian and Urdu is regarded ... After studying in England and Germany, Iqbal established a law practice ...34 KB (5,166 words) - 17:56, 10 November 2022
- , Hindi: अहमदाबाद Ahmadābād), the largest city in ... Founded in 1411, the city served as the capital of the Sultanate of ...41 KB (5,921 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- a popular work, as it has survived in numerous manuscripts in several ... #039; miraculous evangelistic adventures in India, where he traveled after ...27 KB (4,575 words) - 05:44, 15 June 2023
- astrologer-priests who once lived in the Persian Empire. Today ... have expressed ability, which is also seen in Attic Greek mekhos (cf. mechanics ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- principles of its faith, usually resulting in a denouncement of alternative ... Historically, the term "fundamentalism" was first used in ...27 KB (4,004 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- century B.C.E.. The vast majority are found in South India, written on plates ... evidence of Buddhism. The edicts describe in detail the first wide expansion ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- but was killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines. Of the 237 ... of the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, which led to the discovery ...20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:19, 26 March 2024
- to be over 300 million people living in the Arab world. There are 22 ... of the faith founded by the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century. There ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- day. He is regarded as a founding figure in post-colonial theory. ... a follower of Post-structuralist theory, and in particular his own thought ...19 KB (2,870 words) - 23:50, 12 February 2024
- ) is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the northwest ... marine life also displays great diversity. In and around Socotra 253 species ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- was an Indian spiritual teacher. He lived in India and in other countries ... (चन्द्र मोहन जैन) in Kuchwada, a small village in ...28 KB (4,136 words) - 03:34, 1 October 2023
- or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in ... please, versus the state's interest in maintaining order by imposing ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gyne woman) is used in related ... |right|250px|Polygyny, the marriagemarital practice in which a man ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- or creed officially endorsed by the state. In some countries more than one ... political culture and the level of tolerance in that country. Some countries ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- brush and weed control, and as symbols in religion, folklore, and mythology ... Goats naturally live in rugged mountain or desert habitats. They are ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- by the other religion(s). People involved in dialogue are rarely oriented ... of unprecedented global interaction in the modern age, which has provided ...33 KB (5,242 words) - 16:49, 26 February 2022
- The term diaspora (in Ancient Greek, διασπορά – "a ... centers of Jewish diasporan culture emerged in such places as Alexandria, ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- and Limpopo rivers of Southern Africa in the modern states of Zimbabwe ... and Traditional Evidence, History in Africa 3(1976): 1-17. The Mutapa ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 23:43, 21 October 2023
- ) refers to India's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth ... culture. Portuguese merchants first landed in Goa in the fifteenth century ...39 KB (5,868 words) - 08:05, 24 January 2023
- writer of children's literature in nineteenth-century Britain ... married Captain Henry Sherwood and moved to India, she converted to evangelical ...47 KB (7,022 words) - 16:12, 7 November 2022
- of extraordinary vision, giving his support in 1943 to the pioneering notion ... Bell was born in Hayling Island, Hampshire, where his father was a ...18 KB (2,871 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- Hindu spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant ... practice of Yoga became increasingly popular in the West. The Yoga taught in ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- Ancient philosophy is philosophy in antiquity, or before the end of ... In the Western tradition, ancient philosophy was developed primarily ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- Moghul Empire from the time of his accession in 1556 until 1605. He is considered ... his policies clearly had pragmatic benefits in attracting the loyalty of non ...23 KB (3,546 words) - 07:14, 16 June 2023
- six centuries, from the capture of Ceuta in 1415 to Macau's return ... Portugal was Spain's junior partner in the Iberian Union. Although ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- was founded by the Mongol leader Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim ... Jahan, Jehangir's son, became emperor in October 1627, the empire was ...31 KB (4,705 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- Yat-sen, was one of the most prominent women in modern China and the wife of ... In September, 1949, when the Communists founded the People’s Republic ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- of freedom of conscience was not recognized in what was an age when both Church ... Two quaestores paricidii (Inquisitors of Parricide) were appointed ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2023
- Lydda, is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Eastern ... In Christian hagiography, Saint George is the patron saint of Aragon ...36 KB (5,477 words) - 19:38, 22 December 2022
- Virginity is a term used to describe the state of never having engaged ... experiences has been held as the standard in most cultures. The world's ...20 KB (2,940 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- The term polygamy (literally many marriages in late Greek) is used ... and world levels is not to be found in polygamy, but rather in individuals ...37 KB (5,815 words) - 17:42, 30 November 2023
- and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious ... Smart became widely known outside the academy, at least in Britain ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- as Bombay, is the the most populous city in India and capital of the state ... Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India, and houses ...39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- and his support for King Charles I resulted in his beheading in the middle ... become more tolerant of the notion of unity in diversity, which has been described ...19 KB (2,977 words) - 11:10, 10 May 2023
- and arché meaning rule) refers to a society in which male members predominate ... around the world, and at different times in history, have attempted to ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- the late twentieth century, when many jobs in both industrial and information ... In recent years, many societies have recognized same sex marriages ...24 KB (3,629 words) - 06:41, 18 April 2024
- its metropolitan area, is the largest city in Bangladesh and one of the most ... Under Mughal rule in the seventeenth century, the city was also known ...34 KB (4,736 words) - 20:15, 21 January 2023
- Aleppo (Arabic Halab) is a city in northern Syria, the second largest ... Originating in the early second millennium B.C.E., Aleppo competes ...14 KB (2,080 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- typically is the major health care facility in its region, with many beds ... In accordance with the original meaning of the word, hospitals were ...34 KB (4,867 words) - 16:01, 25 April 2020
- this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ... the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, and India on the northwest, with the ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- , IPA: [kəɾˈnɑːʈəkɑː]), a state in the southern part of India ... or 5.83 percent of the total geographical area of India, comprises ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- traces its roots back to the arrival of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity ... its roots back to the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- many South Slavic elements. The first work in colloquial Russian, the autobiography ... the poet Aleksandr Pushkin and culminating in two of the greatest novelists ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 02:35, 31 March 2023
- Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of one or more gods. In a ... The word blasphemy is derived from the Middle English blasfemen, which ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 14:33, 8 February 2022
- matriarchy and his work on the role of women in ancient societies. His work ... Johann Jakob Bachofen was born on December 22, 1815 in Basel, Switzerland ...10 KB (1,351 words) - 14:47, 1 August 2022
- the map and not strictly defined as to where in the shifting desert sands it ... be due to its having been a country divided in two for the better part of ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern ... laborers from the Dutch East Indies and India, as well as China and the ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- against the decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1529, which reaffirmed the ... quot; churches with direct roots in the Protestant reformers, the ...23 KB (3,274 words) - 08:17, 2 December 2022
- temporarily disrupted by the Crimean War. In fact, Britain was at war every ... increasingly liberal with a number of shifts in the direction of gradual political ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 2023
- , Urdu: لدّاخ; "land of high passes") is a province ... Situated on a high altitude plain, Ladakh became the midway point ...43 KB (6,368 words) - 05:33, 4 March 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
- Religion in Korea encompasses Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity ... Religion in Korea has a multi-faceted character. Shamanism, a tribal ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- the Julian calendar. It is also celebrated in other cultures, such as the ... displays of fireworks at midnight, welcoming in the New Year. In contemporary ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- martyr together with 11,000 other virgins in Cologne, Germany around 383 ... course and massacred by the Huns and Picts in northern Germany, but not in ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- He conducted significant field research in Melanesia, Ceylon (now Sri ... Seligman's work in the Sudan, conducted together with his wife ...11 KB (1,543 words) - 19:06, 4 December 2023
- Christianity in China (called 基督教 Jī dū jiào, or Christ religion ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- The People's Republic of Bangladesh lies in a corner of South ... Bangladesh's rank among the most densely populated countries ...30 KB (4,435 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- WSCF). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946, for his work in establishing ... In 1910, Mott, an American Methodist layperson, presided at the Edinburgh ...11 KB (1,626 words) - 03:51, 3 May 2024
- 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
- prayers she said she received from Christ in revelation, which also spread ... Bridget lived in the time of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) with ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 23:04, 20 November 2023
- . Solomon's case is one of the few in the Bible where the name given ... According to the Bible, Solomon was the builder of the first Temple ...29 KB (4,624 words) - 00:50, 4 February 2023
- In everyday life, the optimist and pessimist types may seem fairly ... Pessimism and optimism in matters of opinion are even more complex ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 00:57, 18 November 2022
- Lama, and as such, is often referred to in Western media simply as the ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- Father's Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth ... Like Mother's Day, Father's Day was initially celebrated ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 12:56, 21 January 2023
- medical practitioners, and dietitians. In some countries, including the ... groups and communities, sick or well, and in all settings. Nursing includes ...27 KB (3,663 words) - 10:11, 11 March 2023
- , or lawlessness (Greek: ανομια), in theology, is the idea that ... one hand, religious rules/laws have been set in motion for the purpose of helping ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 06:34, 31 July 2023
- texts that serve a variety of purposes in the individual and collective ... Around the world, scriptures are held in the highest regard and often ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- In addition, it is classified as a real number, A real number is a ... 6 can be traced back to the Brahmins of India, who wrote it in one stroke ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- down, derived from custom or implied. In the United States and most ... is to understand what the rights are in "civil rights." ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815. Its status as capital ... the nation gained independence from Britain in 1948, and several decades of ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- object is different from other art in that it is also tactile and ... used to create sculpture are unparalleled in the art world. ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- Service Order (DSO) and two bars, Mentioned-in-Despatches (MID) (February ... some moral issues that remain of concern in situations involving unconventional ...43 KB (6,762 words) - 01:10, 18 November 2022
- universal themes, and roles of religion in society. There is particular ... writing extensively on the role of religion in society. Today, sociologists ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- Language 32 (1) (Jan-Mar 1956): 5, India as a Lingustic Area. quote ... some of the greatest contributions of India to the art world. The music ...56 KB (8,191 words) - 16:28, 13 January 2024
- and social thinker from British India, commonly referred to as ... Yuga, or "Scholar Era" – a time in which Gujarati writers explored ...44 KB (6,296 words) - 21:42, 30 October 2023
- France had colonial possessions, in various forms, from the beginning ... are various islands and archipelagos located in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean ...25 KB (3,770 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2022
- their teachings, which were most prominent in the first few centuries of ... of the teachings must have arisen somewhere in what is today known as the ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- a society. Thus, civilization is expressed in physical attributes, such as ... as a racial or ethnic group, a nation, or in the age of globalization, by ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- Wonhyo (元曉, 원효; "Genngyo" in Japanese) (617 – ... Unified Silla, Wonhyo played a vital role in the reception and assimilation ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- One," refers to the belief in a religious (and often political ... The concept of Messiah is prevalent in several world religions as ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- of other nations that are not its colonies. In various forms, imperialism ... saw themselves as instruments for good in the world, even though their ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- quot;) is an institution of great importance in Tibetan Buddhism, whose incumbent ... In addition to his supreme religious and temporal authority, the Dalai ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- to the disposal of a human corpse by burning in a crematorium furnace or crematory ... reasoning may include the shortage of land in urban areas. ...24 KB (3,818 words) - 00:19, 15 January 2023
- and established himself as a leading figure in the scientific revolution. ... existence of God and maintained a firm faith in Christianity. For him, nature ...20 KB (3,111 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- defeat and murder of Charles George Gordon in the Sudan. He served with distinction ... Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in Ireland, son ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 14:28, 9 February 2022
- beliefs and practices are typically defined in light of a shared canonical ... In this context, religious thought and practice are aimed at delineating ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- is a predominantly Buddhist island nation in South Asia, located 18 miles ... Portugal and the Dutch, the British gained control in 1796. ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- origin. It was Ahura Mazda (or Ormazd, in its shortened Pahlavi transliteration ... akin to the conceptualization of God in the Abrahamic traditions. At ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 16:30, 30 December 2021
- of a religious ritual. It has been practiced in many cultures throughout much ... animal sacrifice and of religious sacrifice in general, human victims were ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- that everything is material (materialism), in order to eliminate the dichotomy ... prevented it from being accepted especially in the mainstream culture and ...36 KB (5,370 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- colonies or administrative dependencies in which indigenous populations ... continue to impact the lives of many people in the world today, informing ...36 KB (5,415 words) - 07:40, 14 January 2023
- is an island nation off the coast of Africa in the southwest Indian Ocean ... In addition to the island of Mauritius, the republic includes the ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- for humanity's search for meaning in the modern world. for nature, Merton recognized commonalities in the contemplative traditions ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- Chakra (Sanskrit: meaning circle or wheel) is a widely used concept ... Another use of the term "chakra" is found in classical Indian ...24 KB (3,564 words) - 17:25, 30 September 2021
- The phrase Son of God is a title that was applied to different figures ... Many figures in the ancient world used the phrase "Son of God ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- to the creation of a Jewish homeland in Israel. The letter stated the ... the rights of other people resident in Palestine—that is, of the ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- 1948) was one of the most important leaders in the fight for freedom in India ... As a member of a privileged and wealthy family, he studied law in ...56 KB (8,938 words) - 15:04, 16 June 2023
- left|First arrival of the Roma outside Berne in the fifteenth century, described ... ethnic group who live primarily in Southern and Eastern Europe ...37 KB (5,594 words) - 21:36, 16 April 2023
- In addition, it is classified as a real number, A real number is a ... In the beginning, various groups in India wrote eight more or less ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- is a worldwide religious tradition rooted in Indian culture and based on ... It is an English term, probably first used in the 1829 Oxford English Dictionary ...61 KB (9,460 words) - 19:05, 17 March 2022
- Award and Tony Award-winning English actor. In his acting, he gave a new life ... Shy in private, he played roles that dominated the stage and screen ...26 KB (4,059 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
- Paul F. Knitter, Zen Buddhism: A History (India and China) (World Wisdom ... techniques have become increasingly common in secular Western culture, where ...38 KB (5,451 words) - 00:07, 13 July 2021
- as a member of the early Christian community in Jerusalem. Christian churches ... Mary is the most prominent female figure in Christianity and is considered ...30 KB (4,633 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic and consisting ... feast day, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. Ascension ...33 KB (4,923 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles. Separated ... Aruba seceded in 1986 as a separate country within the Kingdom of ...29 KB (4,221 words) - 04:34, 11 March 2023
- Monasteries may vary greatly in size from a small dwelling accommodating ... The life within the walls of a monastery may be supported in several ...53 KB (8,288 words) - 19:55, 9 November 2022
- Altars continue to be used in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, modern ... common to all faiths but particularly in paganism, Christianity, Buddhism ...61 KB (9,779 words) - 19:04, 5 May 2024
- existed as a South Indian empire based in the Deccan. Established in ... The empire's legacy includes many monuments spread over South ...55 KB (7,789 words) - 20:20, 3 May 2023
- Christmas in the West is traditionally observed on December 25, or ... many Christmas traditions have their origins in pagan winter celebrations. ...30 KB (4,439 words) - 21:38, 10 December 2023
- Circumcision predates recorded human history, with depictions in stone ... Male circumcision is a religious commandment in Judaism, expected ...30 KB (4,501 words) - 22:23, 10 December 2023
- [[File:Om symbol.svg.png|thumb|right|250px|Om/Aum in Devanagari script]] , also rendered Om, is the most sacred sound in Hinduism, symbolizing the infinite ...13 KB (2,123 words) - 07:07, 13 June 2023
- Reincarnation (from Latin meaning "to be made flesh again" ... The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam generally ...49 KB (7,494 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- Kerala refers to a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India ... A. Mathias Mundadan. History of Christianity in India, vol. 1, (Bangalore ...79 KB (10,302 words) - 22:30, 3 March 2023
- Christopher Columbus, commonly rendered in Spanish as Cristóbal Colón ... Age of Exploration, following advances in ship design and navigational ...38 KB (6,067 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean 22 miles (35 km) off the coast ... is also associated with the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. Pemba Island is ...19 KB (2,660 words) - 05:43, 13 June 2023
- A Boy Scout is a boy, usually a teenager, participating in the worldwide ... Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts as an organization in 1908 ...39 KB (5,942 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- This article is about the Australian territory in the Indian Ocean ... is a small territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean, 1645 miles ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 21:39, 10 December 2023
- 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
- E. – June 10, 323 B.C.E.), commonly known in the West as Alexander the Great ... Alexander is known in Middle Persian literature as Alexander the Cursed ...47 KB (7,410 words) - 20:29, 18 July 2023
- also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its components ... or physical fortitude, to participating in humiliating, dangerous, or ...23 KB (3,352 words) - 20:51, 17 June 2022
- practiced today by the Parsi community of India. authentic historical figure, but the period in which he lived remains unclear ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- aesthetic purposes and religious worship. In the latter case, the light ... Prior to the candle being ignited, the wick is saturated with the ...26 KB (4,080 words) - 19:18, 25 November 2023
- Liberation theology is a Christian school of theology that developed ... Liberation theology has had an impact. It helped many of the poor ...31 KB (4,535 words) - 22:27, 25 October 2022
- of leaders of the Christian churches in the Roman Empire to deal with ... to use the term theotokos (Mother of God) in relation to the Virgin Mary ...15 KB (2,352 words) - 08:26, 10 January 2024
- the most influential lecturers and authors in American history. Frederick Douglass was a key figure in the abolition of slavery in ...23 KB (3,597 words) - 10:27, 11 April 2024
- The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... ), commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. The name India ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- Ireland from June 20, 1837, and Empress of India from January 1, 1877, until ... social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. In that ...55 KB (8,699 words) - 23:51, 17 November 2022
- the People's Republic of China located in the far southwestern corner ... Tibetan monks have practiced their religion in Shangri-la, establishing the ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. Lord Reith ... Born July 20, 1889, in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, in Scotland John ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 00:36, 10 February 2023
- In religion, folklore, and mythology, a demon (also rendered daemon ... while modern secularists regard belief in demons as superstition. Demons ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- Butler was born in Langar Rectory, near Bingham, Nottinghamshire, ... Following graduation from Cambridge, he lived in a low-income parish ...14 KB (2,261 words) - 02:22, 23 December 2022
- system, as do the effects of the pardon. In particular, the issue of whether ... pardoning of a criminal, despite teachings in all world religions that stress ...35 KB (5,395 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- spent much of his life working with lepers in Hawaii, who were forced by ... the world. Mahatma Gandhi acknowledged in his writings that Father Damien ...24 KB (3,819 words) - 01:38, 26 March 2024
- myths were originally orally transmitted in the form of odes, sagas, and ... In Scandinavian folklore, Norse mythology has long held cultural currency ...33 KB (5,117 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration ... Methodism originated in England in the eighteenth century, among a ...28 KB (4,180 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2023
- In addition to the threat of tsunamis and earthquakes, natural hazards ... for Isle of Gold), apparently because mines in the Sumatran highlands were ...19 KB (2,798 words) - 07:32, 14 June 2023
- Achaemenid Persian Empire, the eighteenth in the list in the Behistun Inscription ... ancient Silk Road, and played a major role in facilitating trade between ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- According to tradition, Zen originated in India as a non-verbal doctrine ... Today, Zen is becoming increasingly popular in the West, where it ...37 KB (5,736 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- includes Jammu and Kashmir administered by India (comprising Jammu, Kashmir ... Since 1947, when Pakistan separated from India, the region has had a Muslim ...52 KB (7,879 words) - 07:24, 5 October 2022
- approach to divorce settlements has emerged in recent years, known as mediation ... unfavorably, if not outright prohibited. In recent times with the secularization ...63 KB (9,390 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- a plethora of small red berries surrounded in pulp. The pomegranate is native ... it also commonly is served as a drink in the Middle East, as a syrup ...26 KB (3,898 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- Joseph Smith Jr. While theologically unique in several ways, the major doctrines ... From its headquarters in Independence, Missouri, the church places ...34 KB (5,277 words) - 00:19, 8 January 2024
- quot; gray-green leaves and an edible fruit in the form of a drupe with a ... with P. dactylifera, other species in the Phoenix genus also utilize ...25 KB (3,862 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- "to bow" or "to kneel") in reference to the prostrations ... quot;mosque," just like its equivalents in many other European languages ...42 KB (6,412 words) - 16:59, 10 November 2022
- religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia. teacher of all peoples, allegedly foretold in the scriptures of Christianity ...50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
- intervention, or to the work of a demon (as in the case of Simon Magus). The ... fraudulent, others (such as the Paschal Fire in Jerusalem) have not proven ...43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- the coastal region surrounding Toraja. In fact, the term "toraja ... Sulawesi, Indonesia. The majority still live in the regency of Tana Toraja ...36 KB (5,331 words) - 23:49, 9 January 2024
- and influential historical periods. In many ways the Sassanid period ... reaching Western Europe, Africa, China and India and played a prominent role ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- volitional connection to some greater power in the universe through deliberate ... The act of prayer is attested in written sources as early as 5000 ...32 KB (4,977 words) - 18:50, 5 May 2024
- 1399–1947 C.E.) was a kingdom of southern India founded in 1399 by Yaduraya ... Under the Mysore Kingdom, the fine arts flourished in southern India ...57 KB (8,382 words) - 23:21, 21 October 2023
- are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction ... Like Victor Hugo, Doyle became increasingly interested in spiritualism ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 11:09, 16 August 2023
- the Liberian economy. Democratic elections in 2005 brought hope of a new ... Liberia is situated in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic ...23 KB (3,221 words) - 11:02, 7 March 2023
- as the Moluccan Islands) are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the ... The major islands and island groups in Maluku are: Ambonia Island ...21 KB (3,241 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- of agriculture, and plays an essential role in both religious rituals and ... although not all flat breads are unleavened. In many countries, commercial ...36 KB (5,350 words) - 22:56, 20 November 2023
- rapprochement with the Shi'a Muslims in the Caliphate and Islamization ... Syria, Persia, and lands as far away as India and Spain. Baghdad was home ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:55, 18 December 2022
- belong to order Squamata, but are placed in suborder Sauria (or Lacertilia ... continent except Antarctica. They range in size from the tiny thread snake ...54 KB (8,016 words) - 05:10, 13 October 2022
- The British Empire is the most extensive empire in world history and ... remains strong throughout the world: in economic practice, legal and ...59 KB (8,891 words) - 02:41, 22 November 2023
- Malaysia is a federation of 13 states in Southeast Asia. ... The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- ), or Jesus in the New Testament, is considered to be a Messenger ... Jesus clearly is a significant figure in the Qur'an, appearing ...59 KB (9,594 words) - 02:51, 1 August 2022
- defense of oral tradition and revelation in response to the Karaite movement ... attributed to him; many of these are used in Jewish liturgical services ...27 KB (4,480 words) - 20:50, 4 October 2022
- ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either ... without stigma, because of its iconic usage in Nazi Germany the symbol has ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- . It is also a significant minority religion in many other Asian countries ... situate the origins of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka circa 200 B.C.E. ...32 KB (4,844 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- right|250px|A thirteenth-century slave market in Yemen]] an economic commodity based on human life. In the twenty-first century, this ...45 KB (6,987 words) - 14:55, 27 April 2023
- It is a constitutional monarchy located in northwestern Europe, bordered ... the provinces of North and South Holland in the western Netherlands are ...42 KB (6,042 words) - 16:24, 11 November 2022
- is the god of mischief, lies, and trickery in Norse mythology. He is the ... the amount of time that he spends among them in Asgard (as opposed to among ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun ... Hideyoshi and Oda Nobunaga, succeeded in unifying most of Japan under ...38 KB (5,709 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- is a Middle Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian ... enabled the federation to develop rapidly in a little over 30 years, from ...41 KB (6,013 words) - 11:40, 3 May 2023
- image_caption = Friedrich Nietzsche in 1882 | name = Friedrich Wilhelm ... Nihilism, Herd Instinct, Overman, Attack on Christianity | ...52 KB (7,901 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- A fast may be total or partial, and may vary in duration and frequency. Depending ... since pre-history. The practice is mentioned in the Bible, in both the Old ...36 KB (5,745 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- Signaling, as such, has been very important in environments where communication ... Although flag-like symbols were used in some ancient cultures, the ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- Challenges to the institution of marriage in the twentieth century ... anthropologist James Q. Wilson said, "In virtually every society, the ...46 KB (7,203 words) - 00:09, 22 October 2023
- Jesus of Nazareth or simply Jesus, is Christianity's central figure ... as a social activist and as uninterested in social issues, as offering ...78 KB (12,289 words) - 02:54, 1 August 2022
- 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
- linguistic group with populations primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan ... Their unified modern past began with the rise of the Durrani Empire ...61 KB (8,656 words) - 18:55, 23 March 2023
- scholarship and apostolic zeal. Founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola ... independence and separate leader in the order (sometimes called ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- New Zealand is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific ... than the Philippines. The population, in slight excess of four million ...23 KB (3,336 words) - 18:04, 25 July 2023
- ) is a cultural region, ancient civilization, and nation in East Asia ... China has been a major source of inspiration and life in terms of ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- that are not true. This type of news, found in traditional news, social media ... of news have a responsibility to act in the interest of the betterment ...44 KB (6,310 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
- The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... of manuscripts were copied there and in nearby monasteries, especially ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- Emerging duing the eighth century C.E. in the Middle East, though having ... experiencing God through ecstatic practice in order to efface the obstructing ...29 KB (4,602 words) - 13:45, 28 April 2023
- [[Image:Tagore3.jpg|thumb|200px|Rabindranath Tagore in Kolkata, c ... works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late ninteenth and early ...50 KB (7,214 words) - 16:18, 7 December 2022
- Republic of Timor-L'este, is a country in Southeast Asia comprising the ... East Timor has the lowest per capita income in the world (US$400 per annum ...25 KB (3,519 words) - 16:40, 26 March 2024
- and actions. The interest of free will in philosophy primarily lies in ... For example, free will may be implied in the basic indeterminism of ...51 KB (8,066 words) - 10:37, 11 April 2024
- that envisage a socio-economic system in which the ownership of industry ... Socialism developed as a political ideology in the nineteenth century ...32 KB (4,796 words) - 23:03, 14 September 2023
- The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands in the southern Pacific ... famed for being the least populated country in the world. ...17 KB (2,562 words) - 06:19, 24 November 2022
- "petra-πέτρα," cleft in the rock in Greek; Arabic: ... The ancient city sits in the Negev Desert's Valley of Moses, ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- of Portugal, and the westernmost capital in mainland Europe. Lisbon, which translates as safe harbor in ancient Phonecian, is most ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- In some scholarly accounts, parallels have been drawn between Heimdall ... ==Heimdall in a Norse Context== As a Norse deity, Heimdall belonged ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- and cultural conditions that occurred in the late eighteenth and early ... the most important unanswered question in social science. ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- usually pronounced yoo-GAN-duh) is a country in East Africa, bordered to the ... traders operated, the history of slavery in this region of Africa was minimal ...18 KB (2,666 words) - 23:11, 24 March 2024
- the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China. The dynasty was founded ... day Xi'an), the most populous city in the world at the time, is regarded ...40 KB (6,123 words) - 00:13, 10 February 2024
- is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. The name "Senegal ... from a one-party state to a multiparty democracy in 2000. ...33 KB (4,780 words) - 14:52, 4 April 2024
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- of British Columbia. The island is named in honor of George Vancouver, ... later, a fire destroyed most of the city. In May of 1887 the arrival of ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 14:19, 3 May 2023
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- embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death, when ... that were often unsafe and could result in serious harm or even death ...56 KB (8,002 words) - 06:28, 14 June 2023
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- to the Greco-Roman world and culminating in the Nazi Holocaust. Before ... been racial anti-Semitism. With its origins in the cultural anthropological ...52 KB (8,069 words) - 12:28, 14 October 2023
- and lived until they fell and were expelled. In the Qur'an it is simply ... of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Devil (in the Bible symbolized by a serpent ...19 KB (3,242 words) - 04:30, 18 April 2024
- Толсто́й; commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy) (September ... In his later writings he distanced himself from realism as an aesthetic ...19 KB (2,888 words) - 07:47, 6 March 2023
- is an island nation and the smallest country in Southeast Asia. It is located ... According to folklore, a prince named Sang Nila Utama was caught in ...31 KB (4,282 words) - 00:11, 29 December 2023
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... Yet its position as a crossroads also had its benefits, as seen in ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- [[Image:Totem_Park_pole_1.jpg|thumb|right|100px|A totem pole located ... Derived from the term "ototeman" in the Ojibwe language ...20 KB (3,178 words) - 04:44, 1 May 2023
- Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country ... With Mugabe's resignation in November 2017 in the wake of ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- is one who practices oratory or speaks in public. Many undergo extensive ... The term Orator is recorded in English since around 1374, meaning ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- In Norse Mythology, Freyja (sometimes anglicized as Freya or Freja ... was said to receive half of the dead lost in battle in her hall, whereas ...27 KB (4,334 words) - 12:25, 13 October 2022
- from medieval Christian that spread widely in Europe in the thirteenth century ... The exact nature of the wanderer's indiscretion varies in different ...18 KB (2,872 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
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- and Housing. U.S. Census Bureau, May, 2001.In combination with one or more ... Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from ...60 KB (8,901 words) - 04:20, 11 March 2023
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- label for the material culture of Britain in Late Antiquity. "Sub-Roman ... contemporary sources, this period is steeped in myth, especially myth surrounding ...51 KB (7,614 words) - 13:43, 28 April 2023
- Nassarius shell beads found on Mount Carmel, in Israel.Paul Rincon, ... (to show membership), or for protection (in the form of amulets and magical ...33 KB (4,967 words) - 20:02, 13 September 2023
- Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut ... Women were admitted to the graduate school in 1892, but the university did ...40 KB (5,720 words) - 10:04, 22 May 2023
- The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia, the successor ... In 2005, oil and natural gas deposits were found beneath Cambodia ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- unique interpretation of Christian theology. In addition to championing the ... meaning "a Confederate," perhaps in combination with a reference ...28 KB (4,156 words) - 15:10, 9 February 2024
- folkloric tradition, appearing several times in One Thousand and One Nights. ... Abu Nuwas was born in the province of Ahvaz (modern Khuzestan Province ...28 KB (4,086 words) - 06:54, 14 June 2023
- Bali is an Indonesian island positioned in a chain with Java to the ... Most of the Balinese people are involved in agriculture, primarily ...19 KB (2,723 words) - 05:53, 26 August 2023
- the Divine Office. Such ceremonial music in the Judeo-Christian tradition ... character of liturgical music are rooted in the music's conception ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- was the largest contiguous land empire in history, covering over 33 million ... beginning with the conquests of Western Xia in north China and the Khwarezmid ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 19:57, 9 November 2022
- of feminism concerned with the role of women in Islam. It aims for the full ... Indonesia. Bangladesh was the first country in the world to have a female ...30 KB (4,309 words) - 20:25, 1 April 2023
- The word was also used more generally in Europe to refer to anyone of ... The Fall of Granada in 1492 saw the end of the Muslim presence in ...36 KB (5,672 words) - 21:18, 9 November 2022
- Afri was the name of several peoples who dwelt in North Africa near ... Africa is home to some of the most remarkable natural wonders in the ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- critic of British children's literature in the eighteenth century. Her ... several Sunday schools and charity schools in her parish. To further these ...55 KB (8,296 words) - 03:26, 23 December 2022
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- Few concepts in human history have generated as much fascination, ... Throughout history, the vast majority of people in the world have ...102 KB (16,134 words) - 19:54, 31 December 2023
- of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period ... The word renaissance in French, (rinascimento in Italian) literally ...32 KB (4,821 words) - 22:45, 22 September 2022
- [[Image:Carl_Jung_(1912).png|right|thumb|Carl Jung in 1912]] researching this aspect of life, as revealed in symbolic form through dreams ...31 KB (4,736 words) - 19:19, 26 November 2023
- philosophies. Buddhism originated in ancient India as a Sramana ... path of Buddhahood. Buddhist schools vary in their interpretation of the ...93 KB (13,393 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting ... sound is produced by striking metal bars. In blues music, the harmonica ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- In addition, it is classified as a real number, A real number is a ... In the beginning, various Hindus wrote 7 more or less in one stroke ...35 KB (5,128 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- literary critic, and novelist notably in the fantasy and autobiographical ... Born in Bucharest to a Romanian army officer, Eliade had a quiet, ...30 KB (4,475 words) - 18:55, 9 November 2022
- In many religious and philosophical systems, the word "soul" ... Throughout history, the belief in the existence of a soul has been ...34 KB (5,420 words) - 15:44, 14 July 2023
- or former nomadic lifestyle. Reductions in their grazing ranges and increases ... Bedouins spread out over the pastures of the Arabian Peninsula in ...21 KB (3,226 words) - 10:21, 26 September 2023
- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... gazh"). The primary language spoken in Madagascar is Malagasy. ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
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- to resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. ... Buddhism, originally introduced to Korea from China in 372, or about ...32 KB (4,825 words) - 20:07, 15 August 2021
- In Norse mythology, Njord or Njordr (Old Norse Njörðr) is one of ... ==Njord in a Norse Context== As a Norse deity, Njord belonged to a ...22 KB (3,533 words) - 02:30, 16 November 2022
- Republic of Ethiopia, is a country situated in the Horn of Africa. It has ... 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
- An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in ... landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear tests. In its most generic sense, the ...23 KB (2,982 words) - 17:36, 12 February 2024
- Tuvalu (pronounced too-VAH-loo) is an island nation located in the ... making it the fourth smallest country in the world. The land is very ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- weSwatini), or the Kingdom of eSwatini, in southern Africa, is one of ... In 1949 the British government rejected a South African request for ...20 KB (2,991 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- and Prisoners of War (POWs) involved in armed conflicts. Signatories ... and authorities throughout history. In the Roman empire, for example ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 04:41, 1 May 2023
- of western culture, it has its equivalents in the various other cultures ... of questions were interesting or relevant in a given era, it is generally ...69 KB (10,119 words) - 04:14, 24 November 2022
- phenomena has become well established, due in great part to the pioneering ... The term paranormal is used to describe most subjects studied in parapsychology ...25 KB (3,499 words) - 11:26, 11 March 2023
- that explain various events and phenomena in such terms. In many cultures ... will consistently use "magic" in referring to sorcery. ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- The term Carthage refers both to an ancient city in North Africa—located ... to a series of wars known as the Punic Wars, in which a series of losses led ...45 KB (7,001 words) - 00:42, 29 November 2023
- the ideal for most Muslims is a community in which the religious, social ... Muslims fail to see this ideal expressed in Western views of the nation ...71 KB (11,340 words) - 17:01, 18 March 2022
- Guyana, is the only English-speaking country in South America. It is also one ... decades of socialist policies that resulted in a deteriorating economy, a ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- the source and Creator of all beings, or in other similar ways, the question ... arguments. Such proofs may seem futile in the contemporary context. However ...81 KB (12,883 words) - 08:12, 24 January 2023
- writer, and orator best known for his work in the fields of comparative mythology ... recognize their own dreams and aspirations in those of other times and places ...35 KB (5,308 words) - 07:20, 10 August 2022
- a country located on the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Apart from ... As a constitutional sultanate, Brunei was, in 2007, the only country ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean ... eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In 1917, the United States purchased ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 01:22, 3 May 2023
- a thousand years, the Somali and Afar tribes in this region became among the ... Ethiopia. Two-thirds of the inhabitants live in the capital city. ...32 KB (4,757 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- internal and external belief systems in an holistic approach to life ... way of belief and practice" (45:18) in the Qur'an. The word Shariah ...36 KB (5,852 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... played an important role as a mediator in resolving disputes between ...47 KB (7,144 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations ... the Philippine Plate to the north, and in the Pacific Ocean – including ...24 KB (3,586 words) - 05:58, 10 January 2023
- meaning mind or soul) refers to a belief in numerous personalized, supernatural ... Tylor's 1871 book, Primitive Culture. In it, Tylor used the term to ...26 KB (4,193 words) - 06:15, 28 July 2023
- Founded in 1693, under English rule, Kingston became the prosperous ... Fires in 1862 and 1882 extensively damaged the city, and an earthquake ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
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- the 45 year reign of Emperor Meiji, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from ... growing domestic problems and realized that in order to escape the threat ...24 KB (3,557 words) - 04:15, 9 November 2022
- Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn), is an island country in the Persian Gulf and is the ... Bahrain was the first location in the region in which oil reserves ...38 KB (5,603 words) - 05:46, 26 August 2023
- but it was already rich and essential in the period of antiquity called ... ==People in the culture== [[Image:Everyday Life in Old China 13.jpg ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- biographers, Muhammad was born c. 570 C.E. in Mecca (Makkah) and died June ... Muhammad's legacy lives on in the minds and hearts of billions ...64 KB (10,057 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history that lasted for around ... science, and arts, fuelling the Renaissance in western Europe and again resurgent ...48 KB (7,639 words) - 12:24, 14 October 2023
- dynasty and established Jewish independence in the Land of Israel for about ... They consolidated their power by centralizing authority in Jerusalem ...39 KB (6,358 words) - 14:51, 7 June 2023
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- Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in ... American involvement in the war between the communist North Vietnamese ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- thumb|right|250px|The Pyramid of the Moon in Tenochtitlán, Mexico. Building ... Civilization refers to a complex human society, in which people live ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- The Kingdom of Thailand, known as Siam until 1939, lies in Southeast ... The word Thai (ไทย) means "freedom" in the Thai language ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- Homosexuality has been widely maligned as deviant or sinful behavior ... the same sex as a part of their identity. In so doing, they may have to ...91 KB (13,332 words) - 16:14, 25 January 2023
- of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo. It is the ... Roman city, one of the most famous cities in the world. It was founded by ...24 KB (3,570 words) - 06:37, 20 July 2023
- and the nature of the universe and humanity. In modern usage, the term can ... The truths inherent in myths thus are not reducible to their historical ...26 KB (3,852 words) - 22:45, 10 November 2022
- The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the ... speaking peoples at the time of European contact in 1498. ...48 KB (7,150 words) - 17:39, 2 May 2023
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- of Nigeria, is the most populous country in Africa. Archaeological evidence ... colonial rule. Nigeria re-achieved democracy in 1999 after a sixteen-year interruption; ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- social order as essential components in the process. The underpinnings ... A major force in world politics since the early twentieth century ...45 KB (6,718 words) - 00:12, 8 January 2024
- The Republic of Mozambique, or Mozambique, is a country in southeastern ... The previously socialist FRELIMO party still is the dominant force ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- River Delta, bordering Guangdong province in the north and facing the South ... to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Hong Kong was declared ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- of Nauru, is a small, oval-shaped island in the western Pacific Ocean, ... island's wealth significantly reduced in value, in the 1990s Nauru briefly ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 04:23, 11 March 2023
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- Bissau, is one of the smallest nations in continental Africa. Formerly ... crime and drug traffickers have moved in. ==Geography== ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 03:07, 12 July 2023
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- Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the fifth largest metropolitian ... Toronto is heralded as one of the most multicultural cities in the ...43 KB (6,252 words) - 23:37, 15 January 2024
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- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (or Walmart as written in its new logo) is an ... It operates in Mexico as Walmex, in the UK as ASDA, and in Japan as ...58 KB (8,209 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- In typical usage, the term water refers to its liquid state, but the ... factors, including the Earth's location in the Solar System. If Earth ...56 KB (8,647 words) - 23:15, 3 May 2023
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- logician, and mathematician, working mostly in the twentieth century. He and ... and an outspoken critic of the American war in Vietnam. ...75 KB (11,466 words) - 17:25, 29 September 2023
- for humankind and consider the text in its original Arabic to be verbatim ... beauty of the original are rarely preserved in translation, so much so that ...49 KB (7,703 words) - 20:37, 24 January 2023
- and author. He established himself in Mexico in the 1950s where he ... devotion and articulated this viewpoint in his book, The Perfect Matrimony ...39 KB (5,837 words) - 11:35, 6 September 2022
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- massacre them, Alfred converted them to Christianity and accepted their presence ... Alfred was born sometime between 847 and 849 at Wantage in the present ...34 KB (5,332 words) - 20:42, 20 July 2023
- make up the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million ... E. The first written records of Japan appear in Chinese history texts from ...89 KB (12,871 words) - 15:44, 4 February 2022
- In general discussion, a nation-state is variously called a "country ... by the throwing off of kings (for example, in the Netherlands and the United ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 04:09, 11 March 2023
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870 and opened in 1872 ... Museum has been making remarkable efforts in preserving cultural artifacts ...38 KB (5,761 words) - 16:50, 24 October 2023
- The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island ... Auckland has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world ...35 KB (5,077 words) - 18:26, 21 August 2023
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- the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Its current population ... Damascus was the capital of the Aramean Kingdom beginning in the eleventh ...36 KB (5,471 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- (Greenlanders)," the largest island in the world, is located between ... specifically Iceland, Norway, and Denmark. In 1978, Denmark granted home ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- of Somalia, is located on the Horn of Africa in East Africa. It is bordered ... campaign against the Islamic Courts Union. In February 2009 new leadership ...54 KB (7,776 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- Republic, is a landlocked socialist republic in Southeast Asia. Laos traces ... than stimulated, growth and development, in 1986 the government announced ...33 KB (5,048 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
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- Nazi Germany, Italy and the Empire of Japan in World War II. “FDR,” he was both loved and hated in his day, but is now generally ...67 KB (10,424 words) - 05:13, 9 April 2024
- commonly called Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia and a part of ... and ruins of ancient civilations. Petra in Ma'an, the home of the ...50 KB (7,586 words) - 20:00, 4 May 2024
- was the Governor of Georgia (1971–1975). In 1976, Carter won the Democratic ... significant government and judicial posts. In foreign affairs, Carter's ...56 KB (8,252 words) - 21:54, 3 January 2024
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- have earned dogs a unique position in the realm of interspecies relationships ... In a process generally thought to span at least 14,000 years, humans ...38 KB (6,036 words) - 11:04, 2 August 2023
- developed over more than two thousand years in China and have influenced religio ... Daoling and the Celestial Masters School in the late Han Dynasty. These ...58 KB (8,657 words) - 22:14, 25 January 2024
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- The State of Israel (in Hebrew "Medinat Yisra'el," ... Israel declared its independence in 1948. With a diverse population ...69 KB (10,208 words) - 15:25, 19 March 2023
- Charles Fourier, and was first used in English in the 1890s, in association ... thought and activity. The first wave, in the nineteenth and early twentieth ...71 KB (9,858 words) - 17:15, 26 March 2024
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- Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (IPA: ... Bangkok is the 22nd most populous city in the world, with a recorded ...46 KB (6,646 words) - 03:29, 17 September 2023
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