1396 - Events. September 25 - Bayazid I defeats Sigismund of Hungary and John of Nevers at the Battle of Nicopolis. The Ottomans capture the Bdin (Vidin) Empire, the only remaining independent Bulgarian state. 1396 - Births. July 31 - Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (died 1467) Alfonso V of Aragon (died 1458) John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros (died 1421) Elizabeth Gousell, English noblewoman (died 1491) Ambroise de Lore, ...

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Some uses of the term "Jew" are tainted by historic anti-Jewish bigotry. The correct adjectival form is "Jewish"; the use of "Jew" as an adjective (as in "Jew lawyer" rather than "Jewish lawyer") is associated with bigotry. The use of "Jew" or "jew" as a verb (as in "to jew someone down": to bargain for a lower price) is generally seen as an extremely offensive expression based on stereotypes. Even when used in a grammatically correct manner as a noun, the term "Jew" can objectify and separate Jews fro ...

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The Republic of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Република България), or Bulgaria, is a country in the southeast of Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the east, Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north along the river Danube. Bulgaria - History. Main article: History of Bulgaria In the late 7th century a branch of the Bulgars led by Khan Asparuh migrated into the northern Balkans, where they merged wi ...

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• Bulgaria - Judiciary
• Bulgaria - Regional and local government
• Bulgaria - Regions
• Bulgaria - Geography
• Bulgaria - Economy
• Bulgaria - Demographics
• Bulgaria - Culture
• Bulgaria - Religion
• Bulgaria - National parks
• Bulgaria - Miscellaneous topics
• Bulgaria - English language Bulgarian media
• Bulgaria - Other

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Neo-Confucianism (理學 Pinyin: Lǐxué) is a term for a form of Confucianism that was primarily developed during the Song dynasty, but which can be traced back to Han Yu and Li Ao in the Tang dynasty. The term should not be mistaken for New Confucianism which is an effort to apply Confucianism to the 21st century. Neo-Confucianism was a response by the Confucians to the dominance of the Taoists and Buddhists. Neo-Confucians such as Zhu Xi recognized that the Confucian system of the time did not include a thoroughgoing metaphy ...

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• Neo-Confucianism - List of Neo-Confucians
• Neo-Confucianism - China
• Neo-Confucianism - Korea
• Neo-Confucianism - Japan

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The word tsar is derived from the Latin title Caesar by way of the Old Slavonic tsesar (цесарь). The word is cognate with German Kaiser, Gothic káisar, Dutch keizer, Danish kejser, Swedish kejsare, and Norwegian keiser. The contraction of цесарь into царь occurred by the way of shorthand writing of titles in old Slavonic church manuscripts, see Titlo article. One may see the examples of this, e.g., in th ...

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Tsar (Bulgarian and Serbian цар, Russian царь ▶ (help·info)), often spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English), was the title used for the autocratic monarchs of Bulgaria in 913-1396/1422 and 1908-1946, Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and Russia from 1547 to 1917 (although this usage is only technically correct until 1721). Tsar - History of usage. "Tsar" is ...

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• Tsar - Notes

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