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- arb) is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and ... The coasts of the peninsula are, on the west the Red Sea and the Gulf ...10 KB (1,505 words) - 21:35, 29 December 2023
- the period after the legendary arrival of Gija in northern (or in the ... Koreans point to Gija as a co-founder of Korean civilization along ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 06:55, 14 December 2022
- The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic ... 147° east meridian. The northernmost extent of the Indian Ocean is approximately ...15 KB (2,187 words) - 18:45, 7 February 2023
- event by illustration. Pictography is a form of writing in which ideas are ... Pictograms are still in use as the main medium of written communication ...12 KB (1,772 words) - 05:12, 24 November 2022
- Imperialism is the forceful extension of a nation's authority ... Yet, an interesting aspect of imperialism is that empires, both ancient ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- , "Island of Atlas") is a mythical island nation first mentioned ... Plato's account of Atlantis, believed to be the first, is found ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- Models of the Indo-Aryan migration discusses scenarios of prehistoric ... In the case of the Indo-Aryan race, they indeed appear to have origin ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- people around 900 B.C.E. The Chavín civilization is thought to be the earliest ... A large part of the Chavin population was based on an agricultural ...15 KB (2,387 words) - 00:46, 5 December 2023
- and diplomat who is best known for his study of ancient Mayan culture. In 1885 ... paid little attention to the cultural legacy of the peoples whose land was ...16 KB (2,447 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family that dates ... The flute's pitch and various aspects of its timbre are very flexible ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- Mountain) is located in Sichuan province, Western China. Mount Emei is often ... Qing dynasties are located in the vicinity of the mountaintop. The Leshan ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 17:05, 10 November 2022
- The Frankfurt school is a school of neo-Marxist social theory, social ... Frankfurt school theorists were critical of Marx-Leninism and the ...23 KB (3,258 words) - 05:11, 9 April 2024
- The site's oldest graves absence of bronze artifacts led archaeologists ... The dispute continues, although the majority of archaeologists have accepted ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 03:25, 17 September 2023
- Emperor Wen of Sui (541 C.E. – 604 C.E.), known as Wen·di, personal ... Emperor Wen of Sui was definitely one of the most public leaders in ...8 KB (1,229 words) - 12:57, 31 January 2022
- scientist, astronomer, and mathematician of the Ming Dynasty. Born in Shanghai ... with Matteo Ricci he translated several Western texts, including the first ...16 KB (2,411 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- Scottish historian, a co-founder and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society ... as well as Farsi, drew on a wide range of Indian sources. Aspects of ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:48, 10 November 2022
- [[Image:British Museum from NE.JPG|thumb|300 px|Main entrance of the ... The British Museum in London, England, is one of the world's ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- located in the extreme northeastern corner of the present-day state of Louisiana, ... from the Mississippi River. It is a complex array of earthen mounds ...15 KB (2,177 words) - 17:40, 9 November 2023
- – c. 500 B.C.E.) is the period in the history of India during which the ... The literary legacy, however, does take us back to one of very earliest ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
