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- History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...d redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization a...
28: ...ilosophy)|Legalism]] and [[Mohism]] were founded. After further political consolidation, seven promine...
38: ...roduced into the English language from Persian or Sanskrit origins for "Chinese People" which ultimately was...
48: *[[Rafe de Crespigny|de Crespigny, Rafe]]. 1977. The Ch’iang Barbarians and the Em...
49: ...licies and Strategies of the Later Han Empire''. Rafe de Crespigny. 1984. Faculty of Asian Studies, Au... - China (38909 bytes)
25: ...es from the northern frontier. This was doubly so after the loss of the Yellow River valley, the cradl...
43: ...amia ([[Sumer]]ians), the [[Mayans]], [[India]]([[Sanskrit]]),and Egypt.
47: ...ed the [[Ming Dynasty]], which lasted until 1644. After the Ming dynasty, came the [[Qing]] (Manchu) d...
49: ... loyalty of the overthrown dynasty. For example, after the foreign [[Qing]] ([[Manchus]]) conquered C...
55: In [[1912]], after a prolonged period of decline, the institution... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
3: ...f the [[Indian subcontinent]], from present day [[Afghanistan]] to [[Bengal]] and as far south as [[My...
5: ...e first ruler of ancient [[Bharata]] ([[India]]), after the famed Mahabharata rulers, to unify such a ...
18: ...the daughter of a merchant from adjacent Vidisha. After recovering, he married her. It was quite unacc...
22: ...st to the territory of present-day [[Iran]] and [[Afghanistan]] in the west; from the Palmir Knots in ...
26: ...ty, he became a follower of the Buddha's teaching after his conquest of Kalinga, on the east coast of ... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
14: ...i Jan'mabhumis'hcha Swar'gadapi Gariya'si)<br />[[Sanskrit]]: Mother and the Motherland are Worth More than ...
60: ...and the southern Terai and the British retreated. After Nepali [[Gurkhas]] aided the British in quashi...
62: ...n Jung Bahadur Rana seized control of the country after assassinating several hundred princes and chie...
68: ...ndra]] was proclaimed king on [[June 4]]. Shortly afterward, he declared martial law, and dissolved th...
129: ...sorship to the printing of verifiable falsehoods. After an estimated 700 U.S.-based Nepalese rallied f... - Tibetan art (2932 bytes)
7: ...uary influenced Buddhist centers in present day [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]] and led to a new [[Gr...
15: ...ad. These images represent the ''Protectors'' ([[Sanskrit|Skt]]. ''[[dharmapala]]'') and their fearsome bea...
18: ...icted harm and sickness on the local citizens but after the arrival of Padmasambhava these negative fo... - History of science (41710 bytes)
40: ...]]) was suppressed while at the same time it was safeguarded.
61: ... For example, an [[arrow]] flying through the air after leaving a bow contradicts with Aristotle's ass...
91: ...loitation of the [[petrochemical]]s of the earth, after the exhaustion of the oil supply from [[whalin...
97: ...gener.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Plate tectonics - [[seafloor spreading]] and [[continental drift]] illustr...
100: ...nterpretation of fossils was not overturned until after the Scientific Revolution. By the [[1700s]] [[... - Caste (32815 bytes)
7: ...ent", or faith (faithless), preference, religious affiliation, conviction, or "to choose", or lustre)....
17: ...mbolizing [[Rajas]]), [[merchant]]s/[[Craftsman|craftsmen]]
27: ...stly caste, and are responsible for all religious affairs of society, and must endure 12 years studyin...
39: ... earth. They protected their subjects and looked after the proper functioning of the society. As war...
47: *craftsman - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...borders with [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]]{{mn|afgh|1}} on the northwest, the [[People's Republic o...
5: ...}), which is derived from the [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] name of an ancient [[Hindu]] king, whose story ...
21: ...f the fractured kingdoms to colonise the country. After a failed insurrection in [[1857]] against the ...
46: ... elections]] the Congress party returned to power after winning the largest number of seats, by a narr...
71: ...[[information technology]] services, and [[handicrafts]]. Most of India's industrial regions are centr... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ... the [[Sun]] in the [[solar system]]. It is named after [[Mars (god)|Mars]], the god of war in [[Roman...
18: ...]s on Mars by the [[Mars Global Surveyor]] spacecraft have revealed that parts of the planet's [[Crust...
41: ...ork on his notable maps of Mars. After the spacecraft [[Mariner 9]] provided extensive imagery of Mars...
51: ...ered in [[1877]] by [[Asaph Hall]], and are named after the characters [[Phobos (mythology)|Phobos]] a...
85: ..., and geography. Roughly two-thirds of all spacecraft destined for Mars have failed in one manner or a... - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
57: ... a formal word meaning "country"; it comes from [[Sanskrit]] and is a cognate of the word ''pradesh'' as in ...
59: ...f an early north [[India]]n tribe which was named after the founder of that tribe, [[Kambu Svayambhuva...
63: ...ājp;#257;}}'', same meaning) -ch⫠(from Sanskrit ''cakra'', meaning "'''wheel'''", a symbol of pow...
72: ...u Cambodge'' (return to the pre-1970's name) used after the restoration of the monarchy in [[1993]]
81: ... was still the legitimate government of Cambodia. After [[United Nations]] intervention, however, Camb... - Cheetah (6461 bytes)
22: ...di]] ''chiitaa'', which is perhaps derived from [[Sanskrit]] ''chitraka'', meaning "the spotted one". Other ...
25: ...e their mother between thirteen and twenty months after birth. The cheetah can live over twenty [[year...
32: Cheetahs are found in the wild only in [[Africa]], but in the past their range extended into ...
36: ...ng the last [[ice age]]. They probably evolved in Africa during the [[Miocene]] epoch (26 million to 7...
39: ...ah.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Cheetah lying down, Kenya Africa. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.c... - Bodhisattva (7734 bytes)
2: ...y means a "wisdom ("bodhi") being ("sattva") in [[Sanskrit]].
39: # ''Gone afar''
49: After the ten bhumis, according to Mahayana Buddhism... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
59: Other philosophical traditions, such as African, are rarely considered by foreign academia. ...
110: After Augustine, the Middle Ages lacked any great ph...
118: After Kant, popular schools of philosophy have cente...
188: *''An Introduction to African Philosophy'' by Samuel Oluoch Imbo
226: *''A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English'' by John A. Grimes - History of India (31279 bytes)
36: ...Ganges-Yamuna Doab]], [[Gujarat]], and northern [[Afghanistan]]. The civilization is noted for its cit...
44: ...[Vedas]], which are the first known writings in [[Sanskrit]]. Whether the Vedic peoples originated in India ...
47: ...across the Indian sub-continent, spreading from [[Afghanistan]] to [[Bengal]]. A number of [[kingdom]]...
58: ...he mighty empire of the Mauryans began to decline after the death of Ashoka.
66: ... included ancient Bactria (in the north of modern Afghanistan and southern Tajikistan. Their power als... - French language (40201 bytes)
3: ...l]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Togo]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Gab...
4: |region=[[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[Americas]]
19: ...mance languages]] in terms of number of speakers, after [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese ...
37: ...alects in the north of France which were the most affected by the Frankish invasions, like [[Picard l...
180: <td>[[Central African Republic]] - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
15: ...s]]. Gandhi's principle of ''satyagraha'' (from [[Sanskrit]] ''satya'': truth, and ''graha'': grasp/hold), o...
25: ...post in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], [[South Africa]].
27: ==Civil rights movement in South Africa==
29: ...xamine the hardships his people suffered in South Africa during his time in Pretoria.
31: ...g his wife and children to live with him in South Africa. When he returned in [[January]] [[1897]], a... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
10: :[[Sanskrit]]: '''एकम् सत...
27: ...nch of Hinduism that adopts these ideas strictly. After all, [[Swami Vivekananda]], a follower of [[Ra...
44: "The Eternal Way" (in [[Sanskrit]] सनातन ध...
67: ...eing, and this is reflected in the fact that in [[Sanskrit]], the word brahman is of neuter (as opposed to m...
111: ...a]] ("Hinduness", paradoxically not a well-formed Sanskrit word, since "Hindu" is a Persian word), but the b... - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
4: ...west [[India]] (in what is present day Pakistan). After four epic journeys (north to [[Tibet]], south ...
8: ...nguages including [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Bhojpuri]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].
16: ... Guru Nanak said, does not mean entering paradise after a last judgment, but a union and absorption in...
18: ...raddling modern-day [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Kashmir]] was ruled by them. The...
30: ... Singh's sons, Gobind Singh sent Aurangzeb the [[Zafarnama]] (''Notification of Victory''). - Siachen glacier (3348 bytes)
7: ...]] (named after the divine cloud messenger in a [[Sanskrit]] play) was launched on 13 April 1984 when the [[... - Guitar (36953 bytes)
16: ...mbination of two words. "''Guit''" comes from the Sanskrit word ''"Sangeeta"'' meaning "music." The second h...
17: ... guitars were brought into Spain by the [[Moors]] after the [[10th century]]. ([http://www.iranian.com...
41: ...end on the material used. The material used also affects the sound of the guitar. In general the har...
57: ...influential designers of their time), but also to affect the resonation of the top. The back and sides...
110: ...pp]] of [[King Crimson]], used by most [[Guitar Craft]] students around the world. The tuning is like ...
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