Search results for "Western world" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • such as Nalanda, founded in 427 C.E., were world famous, and their Buddhist ... in the middle of the eastern, southern and western sides. These might have ...
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  • his analysis to the criticism of the western civilization. Horkheimer ... to work in his father's factory. After World War I, however, he enrolled ...
    10 KB (1,416 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
  • 1931. He was arrested by the British during World War II, accused of profiteering ... elected government to support a pro-Western ally in their Cold War opposition ...
    15 KB (2,299 words) - 01:52, 26 March 2024
  • is in the Dzungaria and Amdo regions of western China and also western Mongolia ... northern Xinjiang, or Dzungaria, and western Mongolia. Another part moved ...
    17 KB (2,618 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
  • opposed to any contact with the Western world, he came to understand ... for China) had been conquered by the Western world, and he became a xenophobe ...
    18 KB (2,973 words) - 00:57, 23 December 2022
  • miles), it is the largest island on the western side of the Americas and ... of the island is a vast wilderness. The western side of the island is sparsely ...
    18 KB (2,643 words) - 14:19, 3 May 2023
  • Buddhist and Asian philosophy for Western thinkers, and Western and ... During the period between World War I and World War II, an increasingly ...
    16 KB (2,170 words) - 04:41, 4 March 2023
  • and discussion group in the history of Western philosophy after Plato& ... innovative philosophers throughout the Western world, and also some scientists ...
    16 KB (2,366 words) - 21:22, 9 November 2022
  • traditions from the predominant form of Western Catholicism, these churces ... now, because of migration, found also in Western Europe, the Americas and ...
    27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
  • park one of the most important sites in the world for these species. The nesting ... added in 1986. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1989. ...
    16 KB (2,318 words) - 17:29, 10 February 2023
  • Western Sahara, located in northwestern Africa, is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands. ...
    31 KB (4,505 words) - 17:20, 4 May 2023
  • expansion, which continued until World War II. At the same time, the ... that shaped the history of Asia, and indeed the world. ==Overview== ...
    14 KB (2,212 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
  • Daoism and during the last two centuries, Western philosophy. While Western philosophy is closely related to conceptual components ...
    28 KB (4,111 words) - 09:55, 1 April 2024
  • cultural and historical significance. Its western rock face, 140 m long and ... entrances to the city, the more elaborate western gate most likely reserved ...
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  • The term Prague Spring was coined by Western media after the event ... ), typically of highly qualified people. Western countries allowed these ...
    17 KB (2,531 words) - 22:12, 30 November 2022
  • the second largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of surface area ... very substantial in many countries of the world. There is no accepted size ...
    16 KB (2,498 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
  • many Americans and people throughout the world, he was the embodiment of ... Rogers formed Sons of the Pioneers, a western cowboy music group, in 1934 ...
    17 KB (2,459 words) - 20:50, 21 December 2022
  • (5/64") long. The largest bee in the world is Megachile pluto, which ... The most well-known bee species is the Western honeybee, which, as ...
    24 KB (3,674 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
  • missionary who introduced Christianity and Western ideas to the Chinese Empire ... were not barbaric. He also disseminated Western ideas to a Korean emissary ...
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  • are still in use today in many parts of the world. In the seventeenth century ... with the outbreak of two successive World Wars. He principally followed ...
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