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- China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and v...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
16: ...eir nation as culturally and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nati...
25: ... political legitimacy. It was used in this manner from the tenth century onwards by the competing dyna... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]].
23: ...by emperors. Estimate of Buddhists in China range from 70 million to 150 million.
44: In [[1289]], [[Franciscan]] friars from Europe initiated mission work in China. This mi...
46: ... attempt to reach China was made in [[1552]] by [[Francis Xavier]], but he died the same year on the C...
50: ...ed to send missionaries until they were prevented from doing so following the establishment of the [[P... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...tes|American]] [[atheist]], founder of [[American Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church ...
4: ...lyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law degree from [[South Texas College of Law]] but never practi...
6: ==An American atheist==
9: ...Supreme Court decision Madalyn founded [[American Atheists]], "a nationwide movement which defends the [[ci...
11: ... variety of issues and also produced an [[atheism|atheist]] [[radio]] program in which she criticized [[rel... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
5: ...efore dying of [[tuberculosis]]. After graduating from [[Claverack College]] in [[Hudson, New York|Hud...
9: ...aper advocating birth control. She also separated from William Sanger. In 1916, Sanger opened a family...
15: ...egate of the Birth Control Federation of America. From 1952 to 1959, she served as president of the In...
17: ...lable [[birth control pill]]. She toured Europe, Africa, and Asia, lecturing and helping to establish ...
24: ...n effort by men to keep women in submission. An [[atheist]], Sanger attacked the Christian church for its o... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
5: ...ng even food and sleep to study. After graduating from high school, she suffered a [[nervous breakdown...
7: ...g more [[radioactive]] than the uranium extracted from it. By [[1898]] they deduced a logical explanat...
9: ...ative country, and the other was named [[radium]] from its intense radioactivity.
17: ... to matter). France at the time was still reeling from the effects of the [[Dreyfus affair]], so the s...
19: ...n]]. Marie personally provided the tubes, milked from the radium she purified. Promptly after the wa... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
2: ...d in [[New Jersey]], the daughter of an [[Atheism|atheist]] father and a devout [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehov...
6: ... Sohl ([[piano]]). Financed by money from Smith's friend and former lover [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] the ...
10: ...hile touring in support of the record, Smith fell from a stage in [[Tampa, Florida]], falling 15 feet ...
13: ...[Wave (album)|Wave]]'' was less successful, with "Frederick" only gaining minor radio airplay.
15: ...ream Of Life]]'' in [[1988]], the most known song from which was her semi-[[revolution]]ary anthem "Pe... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
9: ...enager]], however, she became an avowed [[Atheism|atheist]], and began her public speaking career at the ag...
13: ...mple, a [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] missionary from [[Ireland]], in December 1907 while attending a...
19: After the birth of her son, McPherson suffered from [[postpartum depression]] and several serious h...
25: ...join her on her religious travels, he soon became frustrated with the situation, and by 1918 had filed...
45: ...erce Department]] for deviating from its assigned frequency. Many broadcast histories claim McPherson... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
18: ...nd an American [[statesman]], [[ambassador]] to [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosoph...
23: ...0]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virginia]] for se...
25: ...ch included Jefferson, [[John Adams]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livin...
27: ...[curriculum]] of which Jefferson also designed. [[Frank E. Grizzard]], Jr., a scholar at the Universit...
30: ...at the layers of occupation, and draw conclusions from them. - Cuba (25106 bytes)
10: ...ng other things, [[healthcare]] and [[education]] freely available were expanded to cover all Cubans.A...
14: ... to the U.S., mostly aboard vessels that departed from the U.S. Eventually the U.S. stopped the flow ...
16: ...eople, our country could not have survived the confrontation with imperialism".
18: ...espite being denied access to [[development aid]] from the [[IMF]] and [[World Bank]] because Cuba is ...
20: ...ed at sea. All Cuban migrants interdicted at sea from this point on were interviewed by INS officials... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...term "Christ" to describe Jesus, which is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "M...
8: ...lly grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
14: ... but not [[Restorationism]]) derive their beliefs from the conclusions reached by the Council of Nicea...
29: ...stles and other followers claimed that Jesus rose from the dead, and set out to [[preach]] the new mes...
35: * via [[Egypt]] into [[North Africa]], [[Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia]] - Religion (72319 bytes)
10: The word religion is thought to derive from one of two combinations of Latin roots. The fi...
25: ...sion, see [[approaches to distinguishing religion from non-religion]].
38: *An ethical framework, including a definition of activities whic...
53: ... Commandments]] of the [[Old Testament]], flowing from the beliefs rather than being defined by the be...
54: ...xt|texts they hold as sacred]] uniquely different from other writings, and which records or is the bas... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
1: {{French_Revolution}}
2: ...is a [[partial list]] of people involved in the [[French Revolution]]. It includes both supporters and...
5: *[[Charles X of France|Charles, comte d'Artois]] - younger brother o...
6: ...ench Empire|Empire]], general, later [[Marshal of France]].
9: *[[François-Noël Babeuf]] - proto-[[socialism|sociali... - Agnosticism (14359 bytes)
1: ...ters of [[religion]]. The word ''agnostic'' comes from the Greek ''a'' (without) and ''[[gnosis]]'' (k...
8: ...n]], and [[Bertrand Russell]]. It has been argued from the works of [[David Hume]], especially ''Dialo...
22: ...nd, so far as I can see, is justified in calling, atheist and infidel. I cannot see one shadow or tittle of...
34: ... examples, and for himself, he had "never been an Atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God". ...
36: ...encouraged freethinkers to proclaim truth "abroad from the house-tops", but while Darwin agreed that C... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
1: The term '''philosophy''' derives from a combination of the [[Greek language|Greek]] w...
5: ...is tradition distinct and distinct field of study from Western philosophy. This article will discusse...
15: ...t to be beautiful? How do beautiful things differ from the everyday? What is [[Art]]?
19: [[Image:laozi3.jpg|frame|right|[[Lao Zi]] ]]
25: The word "philosophy" is derived from the ancient Greek (''Φιλο&#... - Judaism (54799 bytes)
9: [[Image:Menorah7a.png|100px|right|framed|The seven-branched [[Menorah]] is an ancient ...
11: ...s [[monotheism]]. This notion is derived directly from the [[Torah]] (the [[Hebrew Bible]]) where [[Na...
14: ...world. This is the foundation of Judaism. To turn from these beliefs is to deny God and the essence of...
24: ...[[Israelite]]s from slavery. After [[the Exodus]] from Egypt, God led them to [[Mount Sinai]] and gave...
32: ...uild the temple and the throne would never depart from his children. David himself was not allowed to ... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...ections, but in [[1858]] the information that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory force...
19: ...avid student of [[Robert Edmund Grant]], learning from Grant's enthusiasm for the theories of [[Jean-B...
24: ...divine design]] in nature. He got private tuition from Henslow whose subjects were maths and theology,...
32: [[Image:HMSBeagle.jpeg|thumb|right|HMS Beagle, from an 1841 watercolour by Owen Stanley]]
37: From reading [[Charles Lyell]]'s ''Principles of Geo... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
40: ...#1094;а). <!-- translator paraphrasing here from de: -->
56: ...ikov]] Palace on the Neva Embankment, constructed from designs by Domenico Trezini in 1710–1716....
62: ...d by [[Count Orlov]] and built in 1768–1785 from various sorts of [[marble]] to a Neoclassical d...
72: ...reat]] and other [[tsar|Russian emperor]]s. Apart from these four principal cathedrals, which operate ...
82: ...nd early 20th-century temples are all constructed from [[Russian Revival]] or [[Byzantine architecture...
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