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- taken captive by the Ming and made a eunuch in the imperial service. He became ... Zheng He was born in 1371 of the Hui ethnic group in Kunyang (昆阳 ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 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
- 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
- South Asian nation situated between India and China. A strategic location ... One of the most isolated nations in the world, Bhutan is often described ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- at the feast of Saint Nicholas at Bzheta in Shkreli territory, Albania, 1908]] A tribe is a human social system existing before the emergence of ...37 KB (5,635 words) - 16:06, 27 July 2021
- 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
- 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
- Ayutthaya as the capital of his kingdom in 1350 and absorbed Sukhothai ... In 1767, Burma invaded Ayutthaya, repelled the Ming Dynasty and took ...29 KB (4,487 words) - 06:07, 10 January 2023
- The Kalash or Kalasha, are an ethnic group found in the Hindu Kush ... a highly significant and spiritual role in their daily life. As part of ...33 KB (5,027 words) - 17:07, 14 May 2024
- The term physician is at least nine hundred years old in English: ... to the London Royal College of Physicians in 1518. It was not until 1540 ...29 KB (3,911 words) - 19:59, 15 May 2020
- [[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
- ) 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
- 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
- was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan who were ... Zen Buddhism, which played an important role in developing Japanese ethical ...49 KB (7,556 words) - 03:06, 23 December 2022
- gemstones since their use as religious icons in ancient India. Their usage ... cutting and polishing techniques, growth in the world economy, and innovative ...81 KB (12,332 words) - 10:25, 29 January 2024
- ng Pilipinas), is an island nation located in the Malay Archipelago in Southeast ... is one of only two Roman Catholic countries in Asia, the other being East ...42 KB (6,083 words) - 15:26, 27 March 2024
- 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
- 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
- Marxism, in a narrow sense, refers to the thoughts and theories of ... and analysis of capitalism as it existed in Europe during the first half ...86 KB (12,847 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- The largest country in the world by land area, Russia has the world ... the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. After the Soviet ...137 KB (20,217 words) - 18:16, 22 December 2022