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- Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...vity. Anthropologists most commonly use the term "culture" to refer to the universal human capacity to clas...
4: ===Culture as civilization===
6: ...te popular or mass culture from the definition of culture.
8: ... these activities. For example, someone who used 'culture' in the sense of 'cultivation' might argue that [...
10: ...often defended (or criticized) elements of [[high culture]] for repressing "[[human nature]]". - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
3: ... commonalities in language and religion connect a culture distinguished by such universally significant con...
5: ...nomic organization that would allow for the reintegration of the nation in the wake of dynastic collap...
10: ...na and changing technology, as well influenced by great philosophers, teachers and religion. Early fo...
12: ... highly appreciated arts in court circles, with a great deal of work done on silk until after the inve...
14: ... period mainly consisted of landscape that was to grasp emotion or atmosphere to catch the "rhythm of ... - Culture of Italy (11004 bytes)
1: ... varied and diverse as the Italian people. The [[culture]] of [[Italy]] can be found in the [[Ancient Rome...
4: ...]](s) as a whole. However their are many regional groups that go by their ethnic name. Such as [[Lomba...
8: ... Italian lifestyle, and mainly reflects the rural culture and history of the many peoples of the country.
11: ...nal soccer events in Italy. The famous [[Italian Grand Prix]] is held at [[Monza]]. The beginnings of...
23: ... [[Jewish]] communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community. All religious faiths are provided e... - Culture of Ireland (27885 bytes)
2: ...|Traveller]]s, and, increasingly, between new immigrants and the native population.
6: ===Agriculture and rural life===
16: ...n land ownership within the family unit, with the greatest ambition possible being the acquisition of ...
66: * [[National Photographic Archive]]
95: ...ans]], 3.8% [[Methodists]], 7.8% other religious groupings and 3.7 no specific religious beliefs. Abo... - Culture of Jersey (13844 bytes)
1: ...to which have been added cultural trends from immigrant communities such as the [[Brittany|Breton]]s a...
7: ...tion]] of the toponymy increased apace with the migration of English people into the island since the ...
27: ... 1880–1884), 'A.A.L.G.' (Augustus Aspley Le Gros 1840–1877), and 'St.-Luorenchais' (Philip...
29: ...8–1918) wrote under several pseudonyms. His greatest success was the character ''Bram Bilo'', bu...
31: ...(1882–1966), also a journalist and poet, emigrated to [[Canada]], but sent occasional writings b... - Culture of Kuwait (866 bytes)
1: ... ''Diwaniah'' is a unique institution in Kuwait's culture: this is a gathering place for males (usually in ... - Culture of Pakistan (6940 bytes)
3: ...d considered sacred, although urban families have grown into a nuclear family system, owing to the soc...
8: ...es in culture among the different [[ethnic|ethnic groups]] in matters such as dress, food, and religio...
10: ...d crafts by ceramics, jewellery, silk goods and engraved woodwork and metalwork.
21: ...alization has increased the influence of "Western culture" in Pakistan. Pakistan ranks 46th in the world on...
23: ...ates are also living in the Middle East. These emigrants and their children influence Pakistan cultura... - Culture of Russia (14552 bytes)
1: ...opment of [[East Slavic culture]]. Modern Russian Culture is highly complex and has changed under [[Czarist...
3: ==History of Russian Culture==
4: {{Main|History of Russian Culture}}
9: ...found at the [[Tretyakov Gallery]].[http://www.geographia.com/russia/rusart01.htm]
18: ...et Art went into decline after Stalin's death as gradually Russians artists became more independent o... - Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
1: ...geography have played strong roles in shaping its culture.
4: ...ted greatly to many aspects of mainstream Spanish culture.
8: ...of the community's inclusion in Spain, there is a great sense of regional identity: [[Andalusia]], [[G...
19: In addition, there is strong and growing support for other regional languages, some o...
38: ==Climate and geography== - Culture of England (4178 bytes)
1: ...n the other hand, given the extent to which other cultures have influenced life in England.
6: ...ing to a vast body of art originating from the geographical region presently referred to as England. T...
12: ...esiastical decoration of English churches was, in great measure, lost during the iconoclasm of the Ref...
14: ...eant that the patronage of the state never formed great palace collections such as seen in other Europ...
37: ...cademia, the term often labels departments and programs practicing English studies. This new label was... - Culture of Northern Ireland (3146 bytes)
1: The '''Culture of Northern Ireland''' relates to the traditions ...
3: Elements of the [[culture of Ireland]] and [[culture of the United Kingdom]] are to be found.
26: *[[Belfast Telegraph]]
30: *[[Community Telegraph]]
68: ... and religious organizations they belong to. Some groups, including the [[Irish Rugby Football Union]]... - Culture of Scotland (11420 bytes)
2: <br>''Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!'']]
3: ...on]]al culture of [[Scotland]] (which has a civic culture somewhat distinct from that of the rest of the [[...
15: ...e the first country since [[Sparta]] in classical Greece to implement a system of general [[public edu...
17: ...roduces a higher number of university and college graduates per-head than anywhere else in Europe.
19: ...Scottish university's honours [[academic degree|degree]] takes four years of study as opposed to three... - Culture of New York City (6959 bytes)
3: ...ity of in this local culture, varying by [[ethnic group]], [[social class]], and [[neighborhood]].
5: ==Immigration and ethnicity==
7: ...[[Los Angeles]] receives more immigrants, but immigration to New York is considerably more diverse. I...
9: ...litan neighborhoods where people of different backgrounds can coexist in ease or in tension.
11: ...y culture has borrowed certain elements of Jewish culture, such as [[bagel]]s. New York City is also home ... - Culture of Angola (423 bytes)
- Beaker culture (3656 bytes)
1: ...Beaker folk') is the term for an [[archaeological culture]] representing a wide range of scattered peoples ...
3: ...tures such as the [[Battle-axe_people|corded ware culture]]. Other scholars believe it to be of [[Iberian p...
5: ...peans. [[Vere Gordon Childe]] wrote of the Beaker culture as:
9: ...d an ethnicity or society. Additionally, material culture and technological innovations can spread independ...
11: ...ther than as a result of [[human migration|mass migration]]s, knowledge that could spread independentl...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
64: ...highly-civilized arts, sculpture, architecture, engraving, feather-mosiac work, the invention of the c...
72: ... state of [[Coahuila y Tejas]] to hundreds of immigrant families from the United States, on the condit...
78: ...ation continued to live in precarious conditions. Growing social inequalities, restricted freedom of t...
80: ... had lost its majority in [[Congress of Mexico|Congress]]. In [[2000]], and after 70 years, the PRI lo... - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
5: ...acing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-c...
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35: | '''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' ([[Purchasing_Power_...
61: ...thmo-Colombian]] area, defined by the presence of groups that spoke [[Chibchan languages]].
71: ...nish for "Rich Coast"), although still a largely agricultural country, has achieved a relatively high ... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...on merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...culture]] of Xinzheng county, [[Henan]]. With agriculture came increased population, the ability to store a...
14: ...tten by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiographer of the [[2nd century BC]], begins perhaps 13...
30: ...empire under the [[Qin Dynasty]]. This is the background of the Jet Li movie [[Hero_%28movie%29|Hero]]
36: ... [[Qin Dynasty]] is well known for building the [[Great Wall of China]], which would later be augmente... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ...er of colossal buildings, all constructed of dark-grey marble from the adjacent mountain. The stones w...
8: ...s]], concerning whom [[Ctesias]] relates that his grave was in the face of a rock, and could only be r...
12: ...per [[Sogdianus]] (Secydianus). The two completed graves behind Takhti Jamshid would then belong to [[...
14: Another small group of ruins in the same style is found at the vil...
16: [[Image:proskynesis.jpg|thumb|300px|Darius the Great]] - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...nce and independent discovery. Such theories have grown from different [[premise]]s and approaches, ex...
7: ...ra runs through the fall of Rome and includes the Greek philosophers such as [[Plato]]. The Medieval p...
10: ...tern Philosophy is generally said to begin in the Greek cities of western Asia Minor (Ionia) with [[Th...
12: ...]], which had become the dominant city-state in [[Greece]].
14: ... influence the [[Athenian Assembly]], and thereby grow wealthy and respected. Since winning debates le... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
5: ...king]]s had travelled to [[North America]] from [[Greenland]] in the [[11th century]] and set up a sho...
11: ...st his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail Columbus as an icon o...
15: ...ed governorship of the new territories (by prior agreement with the Spanish [[monarch]]s) and made sev...
21: ...[[Bartolomeo Columbus|Bartolomeo]], Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister, Bianchinetta.
25: ... processing. During this period he studied [[cartography]] with his brother Bartolomeo. Christopher re... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...chnology|technological]], [[socioeconomic]] and [[culture|cultural]] change in the late [[18th century|18th...
3: ...ilway]]s, and later in the nineteenth century the growth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the...
5: ...lithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
10: ...tion who could no longer find employment in [[agriculture]] into the cities to seek work in the newly devel...
14: ... supply of food because of the improvement in agriculture, and the people in Europe became wealthy because ... - Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
1: ...rus_Theater.jpg|thumb|400px|Panoramic view of the Greek theater at [[Epidaurus]]]]
3: ...ing impact on [[Western world|Western]] drama and culture.
7: ...estivals related to the cult of [[Dionysus]], the Greek god of [[fertility]] and wine. This tradition...
9: ...ators. Thespis is therefore considered the first Greek "[[actor]]."
13: ...n just Dionysus, they treated the whole body of [[Greek mythology]]. - China (38909 bytes)
1: [[Image:Greatwall_badling2.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Great Wall of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was...
3:
5: ...dvanced civilizations, and East Asia's dominant [[culture|cultural]] influence. However, by the [[19th cent...
16: ...litical influence expanded territorially, and its culture assimilated alien influences.
25: ...]. The term ''Zhongguo'' came to be related to geographic, cultural and political identity and less to... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...l landlocked nation in the [[Great Lakes (Africa)|Great Lakes]] region of [[Africa]]. It is bordered b...
3: ... claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political participation of the [...
10: ...gr賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
47: ...lated from the latest International Comparison Programme benchmark estimates.
58: ...thon Rwasa and Pasteur Habimana, and declared the group a terrorist organisation. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...valu]] and the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
15: ...ther [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively.
17: As a granddaughter of the British sovereign in the male l...
27: ...together with other students. It is said that she greatly enjoyed this and that this experience led he...
33: ...ce Philip had renounced his claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieuten... - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...haena]]. The name "Cleopatra" is [[Greek language|Greek]] for "father's glory"; her full name, "Cleopa...
8: ==Biography==
9: Cleopatra VII was Greek and born in [[Alexandria]], Egypt, took the th...
11: ...sanctuary, Ptolemy had him murdered in order to ingratiate himself with Caesar. Caesar was so repelled...
13: ...esar refused to make the boy his heir, naming his grand-nephew [[Augustus Caesar|Octavian]] instead. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: ...a of Melitene]]. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Melisende of Montlhery, wife of Hugh I,...
11: ...ial documents, including in the minting of money, granting of fiefdoms and other forms of patronage, a...
13: ...ilitary commander, and in the future the paternal grandfather of [[Henry II of England|Henry Plantagen...
15: ...his crusader knights Fulk excluded Melisende from granting titles and other forms of patronage, and pu...
25: ... of nobility, fiefdoms, appointments and offices, granting royal favours and pardons and holding court... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...e Augusta Fredericka'', known as '''Catherine the Great''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] ...
5: ...ime, headed a conspiracy in which Catherine led a group of troops to the palace in which Peter was res...
11: ...ne gave land in [[Ukraine]] to favored nobles and granted them serfs. She also encouraged the [[coloni...
13: ...ty]] (1765) to encourage the modernization of agriculture and industry. Second, she encouraged foreign inve...
16: ...Catherine the Great.jpg|thumb|250px|Catherine the Great's coronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermi... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ... England|Mary I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] histo...
9: ...land|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organiz...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|honours and dig...
16: ...2]] and late January of [[1533]]. She was born in Greenwich Palace, on September 7, 1533. Henry would ...
22: ...], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Greek language|Greek]], and [[Latin]]. Under the influence of Cathe... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
8: ... [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and Kim. - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
29: ==Biography==
30: Reno's father, Henry Reno, immigrated to the United States from [[Denmark]] and for...
34: ... Harvard three years later. Despite her Harvard degree, she had difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer ...
40: ...d she had previously employed an undocumented immigrant as nanny. Reno remained Attorney General for a...
42: ... States)|Republican]] [[United States Congress|Congress]] on economic issues, Reno's job was at the ce... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
3: |style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:...
19: |[[Grantham]], [[England]]
27: ...pending, lower [[tax]]es and regulation, and a programme of [[privatisation]] of government-owned indu...
31: ...from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occured that led to an improvement in Britain...
36: ...[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-ele... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...ague|Spartakusbund]], a [[Marxist]] revolutionary group that became the [[Communist Party of Germany]]...
6: ... his wife Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her...
8: ...naged to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
19: ...utsky]]'s party leadership kept Marxism on the programme, even if his main aim was to improve the numb...
25: ...nin]]. At the Second International (Socialist) Congress, in Stuttgart, she suggested a resolution, whi... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
9: In [[1912]] she broke with the WSPU over the group's promotion of arson attacks. Sylvia set up th...
11: ...e views of the newly founded [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] (CPGB. However, such was the importa...
17: ...pital, and wrote extensively on Ethiopian art and culture; her research was eventually published as ''Ethio...
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