Search results for "History of Western civilization" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The Kingdom of Judah (Hebrew מַלְכוּת יְהוּדָה, Standard ... it from the Northern Kingdom (the Kingdom of Israel) after the two entities ...27 KB (4,065 words) - 16:48, 25 February 2024
- The sphinx has had a long history of secrecy and intrigue, being viewed ... and ability to penetrate the mysteries of the universe, while warning ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- ("to yoke")) refers to a series of interrelated ancient Hindu ... During the twentieth century, the philosophy and practice of Yoga ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. Specific studies ... Early speculation, study, and theory of mineralogy was written of ...27 KB (3,827 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- Surveying the intellectual history of Western civilization discloses that individual 'happiness' can refer to two distinct though ...17 KB (2,576 words) - 05:10, 25 June 2024
- Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a noose ... considered a rather inhumane method of execution it was the method ...19 KB (2,904 words) - 01:19, 28 January 2022
- The village of Bodh Gaya is in the Gaya district in the Indian state ... Bodh Gaya is considered by Buddhists as one of the world's holiest ...16 KB (2,541 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- , meaning "verses of wisdom") is the oldest translatable ... It is one of the oldest extant texts of any Indo-European language ...41 KB (6,083 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- Neocolonialism is a term used by post-colonial critics of developed ... ) and a critique of modern capitalist businesses involvement in nations ...50 KB (7,266 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- The sociology of religion is primarily the study of the practices ... Historically, sociology of religion was of central importance to sociology ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- Nabonidus (Akkadian Nabû-nāʾid) was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian ... As king, Nabonidus was maligned by the priests of the chief Babylonian ...17 KB (2,715 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- and critical theory that were outcomes of twentieth-century French philosophy ... it can be broadly understood as a body of distinct reactions to structuralism ...25 KB (3,653 words) - 05:46, 30 November 2022
- luxurious textiles. Silk is mostly composed of the insoluble protein fibroin ... important silk is obtained from the cocoons of the the domesticated moth Bombyx ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 20:11, 21 April 2023
- Chichen Itza ("At the mouth of the well of the Itza") is ... Terminal Classic and into the early portion of the Early Postclassic period ...32 KB (4,966 words) - 20:59, 9 December 2023
- laureate, lauded principally for a series of highly symbolic and often ironic ... Like other German authors, already in their prime during the rise ...35 KB (5,541 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- between the Thrace and Anatolian sections of Turkey. The world's narrowest ... and control over it has been an objective of a number of hostilities in ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to ... when people had no scientific understanding of natural phenomena, such as ...43 KB (6,539 words) - 15:29, 10 December 2023
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... Korean history has long included elements of Shamanism, Confucianism ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution5glyph.png The evolution of our modern glyph for five cannot be neatly traced ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- Arabic: سليمان Sulayman) was the son of king David and the third king ... Nathan is Jedidiah, meaning "friend of God" (2 Samuel 12:25) ...29 KB (4,624 words) - 00:50, 4 February 2023
