Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below 19 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
7: ...mb), which closed after dissatisfied customers complained of fraudulent activities.
9: ...she emigrated to [[New York City]]. Impressing people with her apparent [[psychic]] abilities she was ...
21: ... to India where her ashes were scattered in the [[Ganges River]]. [[May 8]] is celebrated by Theosophists,... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
1: The '''People's Republic of Bangladesh'''is a country in [[Sou...
40: | '''[[Unemployment Rate]]''' || 3.6%
49: | '''[[National Flower]]''' || Water lily|Shapla ([[Water lily]])
65: ...l sites of mass architecture, in the form of [[temple]]s and monasteries, bearing proofs of such influ...
69: ... major landmark in Bangladesh's movement to a "people's state". The [[Language Movement]] of [[1952]] ... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ...> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
51: ...India]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]] (Persia), [[People's Republic of China|China]] and the [[Arabian Se...
59: Pakistan is the birthplace of some of the most ancient civilizations and ...
72: ...to 1799 left the remnants of the Mughal Empire completely vulnerable. The British did not gain strong ...
74: ...ish Army, and their Heads were then put up for display at the Delhi Court. - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
17: ...ntrate almost wholly on political, military and diplomatic history, and ignore economic and social his...
20: ...y Greek geography, where every island, valley and plain is cut off from its neighbours by the sea or m...
24: ...Libya]]. Modern [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]], [[Naples]], [[Marseilles]] and [[Istanbul]] had their be...
28: As colonization was bound to exhaust the supply of desirable territory, first [[Crete]], then in...
32: ... onwards, the aristocracies were overthrown and replaced by [[populist]] leaders called [[tyrant|tyran... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: ...s lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in which he app...
9: ...eeping in the company of snakes, but by [[Zeus]]. Plutarch (''Alexander'' 2.2-3) relates that both Phi...
11: ...er was [[Zeus]], rather than Philip. According to Plutarch (''Alexander'' 2.1), his father descended f...
14: ...omannus]], the recently crowned King of Persia. [[Plutarch]] mentions an irate letter from Alexander t...
16: ...ad pledged allegiance to Philip were not quick to pledge it to a 20-year-old boy. He immediately order... - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...anistan]]{{mn|afgh|1}} on the northwest, the [[People's Republic of China]], [[Nepal]], and [[Bhutan]]...
5: ...nwards, though its contemporary use is unevenly applied due to domestic disputes over how representati...
34: ...nown as the ''[[Lok Sabha]]'', or House of the People, and the President. The 245-member ''Rajya Sabha...
59: ...ly composed of the [[Deccan|Deccan plateau]]. The plateau is flanked by two hilly coastal ranges, the ...
61: ...hna]]. The rivers are responsible for the fertile plains in northern India which are conducive to farm... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
13: ...ological phenomena. Mid-latitude cyclones for example, draw their energy mostly from pre-existing temp...
32: In other places in the world, hurricanes have been called ''B...
38: ...different definitions: the United States, for example, defines sustained winds based on a 1-minute ave...
63: ...d the United States is better able to evacuate people from threatened areas than many other nations. M...
100: ...on occurs from [[June 1]] to [[November 30]], sharply peaking in early September. The northeast Pacifi... - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
9: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
10: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = [[Genera]]}}
18: #any member of the families [[Delphinidae]] and [[Platanistoidae]] (oceanic and river dolphins),
20: #laypeople often use the term synonymously with [[Bottlenos... - Boto (5572 bytes)
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
13: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
14: {{Taxobox_section_binomial_simple | color = pink | binomial_name = Inia geoffrensi...
42: ...ave remained fairly steady over time. Although complete surveys have not been taken owing to the inacc...
57: ...eves et al. [http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/actionplans/cetaceans/cetaceans.pdf Report in PDF format (... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ... progressed, tools became far more refined and complex. At some point, humans had begun using [[fire]]...
7: ...mankind to [[North America]] and [[Oceania]] took place at the climax of the most recent [[Ice Age]], ...
12: ...]], and the [[Indus River|Indus Valley]]. Some peoples, such as [[Australian Aborigines|Aborigines]] o...
14: ...cities with high levels of social and economic complexity. However, these civilisations were so differ...
16: ...he [[2nd millennium BCE]] saw the emergence of complex state societies in [[Crete]], mainland [[Greece... - History of India (31279 bytes)
30: ...ada Valley has produced hominid remains of middle Pleistocene date. Recent finds include a middle pala...
36: ...brick. The language spoken by the Indus Valley people is not known; some scholars speculate it may hav...
38: ...known as Harappa civilization, is a story of a people intricately tied to their environment. The geogr...
40: ... presence of a state level society is evident, complete with hierarchical rule and large scale public ...
44: ...wn writings in [[Sanskrit]]. Whether the Vedic peoples originated in India or invaded India from the n... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
6: ...ian subcontinent]]. In the US alone, 3 million people follow some form of Hinduism.
27: ...[[Advaita]] philsophy, are monists, and view multiple manifestations of the one God or source of being...
30: ...ultimate aim for mankind, [[moksha]]. See for example, [http://www.dvaita.org/docs/srv_faq.html#hell t...
33: ... in Hinduism, regardless of denomination. For example, a well-known Rig Vedic hymn stemming from Hindu...
36: ....jpg|thumb|left|275px|10th-century ''mandir'' (temple) in [[Khajuraho]], Madhya Pradesh]] - Indus Valley Civilization (23571 bytes)
17: ... [[1900 BC]]. We do not know what language the people spoke. We do not know what they called themselve...
20: ...ell as its geographic expansion into the alluvial plains of what are now the provinces of [[Sindh]] an...
25: ... is recognized to be the first to develop [[urban planning]].
28: ...lanning and efficient municipal governments which placed a high priority on [[hygiene]]. The streets o...
30: ...he recently discovered [[Rakhigarhi]], this urban plan included the world's first urban [[sanitation]]... - River (12397 bytes)
7: ...nder]]: start to form loops and snake through the plain by [[erosion|eroding]] the river banks. Loops ...
9: ...of energy, via [[watermill]]s and [[hydroelectric plant]]s.
11: ...as a [[lake]], or simply from damp, [[bog|boggy]] places where the [[soil]] is [[waterlogged]]. They e...
25: ...mes]]. Heated water dumped into rivers by [[power plant]]s and [[factory|factories]] also affects rive...
28: ... of a river are great, [[dam]]s for hydroelectric plants and other purposes are often built. This disr... - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
1: ...orrect name for the range is Himalaya, though the plural '''Himalayas''' is often used.
3: ...ga-Brahmaputra Basin. An estimated 750 million people live in the watershed area of the Himalayan rive...
5: ... looking south-south-east from over the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. ([[:Image:himalaya_annotated.jpg|annotate...
10: ...ateau]] is near the centre and the [[Taklamakan]] plain is visible as the lighter area near the top.]]...
17: ...n Plate) before its collision with Asia (Eurasian Plate) about 40 to 50 million years ago]] - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
30: ...ada Valley has produced hominid remains of middle Pleistocene date. Recent finds include a middle pala...
36: ...brick. The language spoken by the Indus Valley people is not known; some scholars speculate it may hav...
38: ...known as Harappa civilization, is a story of a people intricately tied to their environment. The geogr...
40: ... presence of a state level society is evident, complete with hierarchical rule and large scale public ...
44: ...wn writings in [[Sanskrit]]. Whether the Vedic peoples originated in India or invaded India from the n... - Animal G (821 bytes)
4: *[[Ganges River Dolphin]] - River Dolphins (2891 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
8: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = '''Platanistoidea'''}}
9: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
10: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = [[Family (biology)|Families]]}}
13: ...resh water]] rivers. The fourth species, the [[La Plata Dolphin]], lives in saltwater [[estuary|estuar... - Indus River (3223 bytes)
1: ...istan in 1947, The Indus was second only to the [[Ganges]] in terms of cultural and commercial importance ...
7: ...r]]. The remainder of its route to the sea is in plains of the [[Punjab]] and [[Sind]], and the river...
33: ...both in the Indus River and in the [[Ganges River|Ganges]]. The two populations were formerly considered d...
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).