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  • Buddhist culture is exemplified through Buddhist art, Buddhist architecture, Buddhist music and Buddhist cuisine. As Buddhism expanded from the Indian...
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  • Allegations of forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and other political prisoners in China have raised concern within the international...
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  • Gilbert Segrave (1266 – 1316) was a medieval Bishop of London. He was the son of Nicholas Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave. Segrave obtained the living of Kegworth...
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    Madhava Tirtha was a Hindu philosopher, scholar and the third pontiff of Madhvacharya peetha, from 1333 to 1350, succeeding Narahari Tirtha. According...
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  • Search for a Method or The Problem of Method (French: Questions de méthode) is a 1957 essay by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, in which the author attempts...
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    53°13′41″N 4°08′02″W / 53.228°N 4.134°W / 53.228; -4.134 Bala-Bangor was a theological seminary belonging to the Welsh Independents (Undeb yr Annibynwyr...
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  • The Christmas Album is a holiday music album by country music singer Lynn Anderson released in 1971. This was Lynn Anderson's first Christmas music album...
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  • Christianity portal Robert Stewart Craig (1867- 1930) was Dean of Clonmacnoise from 1923 until his death. Craig was educated at Trinity College, Dublin...
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  • Arakiel (Greek: ‘Αραθάκ Κιμβρά), also spelled Arâkîba, Araqiel, Araqael, Araciel, Arqael, Sarquael, Arkiel or Arkas, is a fallen angel, the second mentioned...
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  • Bhatakuli is a town and a taluka in Amravati subdivision of Amravati district in Amravati revenue Division in the Berar region in the state of Maharashtra...
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  • Markus Bär Friedenthal (born 23 June 1779, Groß Glogau — 3/8 December 1859, Breslau) was a German Jewish banker and scholar. Although one of the leading...
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  • In Maya mythology, Ah Peku (pek-ku) was a god of thunder. Ah Peku resided on mountaintops, and climbed up into clouds during storms to create thunder....
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  • Adam of Ebrach (late 11th century – 23 November 1167) was a Cistercian monk and the first abbot of Ebrach Abbey in the area of Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany...
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  • The Simmons Sirens are the official a cappella group of Simmons College in Boston. As an all-women's institution, Simmons College prides itself on its...
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  • In astrology, the acronical place is the position of a planet or other celestial body when it is directly opposite the Sun. For instance, if a person's...
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    The Chaim Pinto Synagogue (in Arabic : كنيس حاييم بينتو), an historic site in Essaouira, Morocco, formerly known as Mogador, Morocco, was the home and...
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  • The Hatuibwari otherwise known as Agunua was a dragon in the Solomon Islands in Melanesia. It has the head of a human, four eyes, clawed arms, bat wings...
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  • Precept is an interdenominational Christian evangelical organization based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, US. The organization’s stated mission is to bring...
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  • Baoxian (Chinese: たからけん, 401–477) was a Buddhist nun who was the first rector general of the assembly of nuns of Jiankang, capital of Liu Song China. She...
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  • The Reverend Arthur Dudley Stewart (ふみちょういき牧師ぼくし) (1877–1948) was a British missionary to Hong Kong and the seventh principal of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong...
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