Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia - Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,370,000 km² (11,730,000 sq mi) includin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Etymology
The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Territories
Africa - Independent states. East Africa East Africa proper Burundi (also sometimes considered part of Central Africa) Kenya Mozambiqu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breakfast: Encyclopedia - Breakfast
Cuisine | Kitchens Wikibooks: Cookbook Breakfast is a meal preceding lunch or dinner and usually eaten in the morning. Less frequently, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beer: Encyclopedia - Beer
Beer, generally, is an alcoholic beverage produced through the fermentation of sugars suspended in an aqueous medium, and which is not di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia - Homosexuality
Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia - Jew
Jew - Usage note. Some uses of the term "Jew" are tainted by historic anti-Jewish bigotry. The correct adjectival form is "Jewish"; the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afro-asiatic Languages: Encyclopedia - Afro-asiatic Languages
The Afro-Asiatic languages constitute a language family of about 240 languages and 285 million people widespread throughout North Africa,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orange: Encyclopedia - Orange
Orange has several meanings. For the word's etymology, see Orange (word). Orange - Things. Orange (fruit), a citrus tree and fruit Ora...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bethel: Encyclopedia - Bethel
Bethel is a Semitic word that aquired various meanings Bethel - Semitic root. A Semitic (Phoenician?) word meaning 'sacred stone/pillar"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab: Encyclopedia - Arab
The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are a large and heterogenous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originatin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lycanthropy: Encyclopedia - Lycanthropy
In folklore, Lycanthropy is the ability or power of a human being to undergo transformation into a wolf. The term comes from ancient Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bread: Encyclopedia - Bread
Techniques - Utensils Weights and measures Spices and Herbs Sauces - Soups - Desserts Cheese - Pasta - Bread Other ingredients Africa - A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asia: Encyclopedia - Asia
Asia is the largest and most populous of the Earth's continents. It is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa-Eurasia ly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-andalus: Encyclopedia - Al-andalus
Al-Andalus - Conquest and early years. In 711 AD, a Moorish Islamic army from North Africa invaded Visigoth Hispania. Under their leade...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Redneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Redneck - Etymology
Redneck - Possible Scots-Irish Etymology. The word redneck was first cited in Scotland. In Scotland, the National Covenant and The Sole...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Redneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Redneck - Related Terms
Redneck - Australia. The term "Redneck" is also often used in Australia to describe individuals of Anglo-Celtic heritage living in rura...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Redneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Redneck - Extraterritorial Conclaves
There are also several areas where large groups of Rednecks live outside of their normal ranges. One is Bakersfield, California and the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Redneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Redneck - Stereotypes
The stereotypical redneck lives in a trailer or old weatherbeaten farm house in a rural area, and drives an old, large, beat-up pickup tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Redneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Redneck - Popular Culture
The Grand Ole Opry, and Hee Haw are popular entertainments from years past, and they, as well as the entertainers Hank Williams, Grandpa ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Redneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Redneck - History
“Rednecks” are largely descendants of the Ulster-Scots and Lowland Scots immigrants who travelled to North America from Northern Irel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Redneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Redneck - Modern Usage
"Redneck", like the word nigger, has two general uses: firstly, as a pejorative for outsiders, and secondly as a term used by members wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breakfast: Encyclopedia Ii - Breakfast - Etymological Information
English: 1463, from break (v.) + fast (n.). Cf. Fr. déjeuner "to breakfast," from L. dis-jejunare "to break the fast." The verb is from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breakfast: Encyclopedia Ii - Breakfast - Etymological Information
English: 1463, from break (v.) + fast (n.). Cf. Fr. déjeuner "to breakfast," from L. dis-jejunare "to break the fast." The verb is from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miscegenation: Encyclopedia Ii - Miscegenation - Miscegenation In The Portuguese Colonies
Miscegenation was commonplace in the Portuguese colonies, and was even supported by the court as a way to boost low populations and guara...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miscegenation: Encyclopedia Ii - Miscegenation - Miscegenation In The Portuguese Colonies
Miscegenation was commonplace in the Portuguese colonies, and was even supported by the court as a way to boost low populations and guara...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miscegenation: Encyclopedia Ii - Miscegenation - Miscegenation In The United States
The word miscegenation was used in an anonymous propaganda pamphlet printed in New York City in late 1864, entitled Miscegenation: The Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miscegenation: Encyclopedia Ii - Miscegenation - Miscegenation In The United States
The word miscegenation was used in an anonymous propaganda pamphlet printed in New York City in late 1864, entitled Miscegenation: The Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tip: Encyclopedia Ii - Tip - Etymology
The Oxford English Dictionary states that it is derived from the English thieves' slang word tip, meaning “to pass from one to another....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miscegenation: Encyclopedia Ii - Miscegenation - Anti-miscegenation Laws
Miscegenation - United States. In the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century, many American states passed anti-miscegenation laws, often ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miscegenation: Encyclopedia Ii - Miscegenation - Anti-miscegenation Laws
Miscegenation - United States. In the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century, many American states passed anti-miscegenation laws, often ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality - Etymology And Usage
The word homosexual translates literally as "same-sex," being a hybrid of the Greek prefix homo- meaning "same" and the Latin root sex- m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Population
Prior to World War II the world population of Jews was approximately 18 million. The Holocaust reduced this number to approximately 12 mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Etymology
There are many different views as to the origin of the English language word Jew. The most common view is that the Middle English word Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breakfast: Encyclopedia Ii - Breakfast - Typical Breakfasts By World Regions
Breakfast - Africa. The typical breakfast in Africa varies greatly from region to region, with the former colonial power of an area exe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Population
Prior to World War II the world population of Jews was approximately 18 million. The Holocaust reduced this number to approximately 12 mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Etymology
There are different views as to the origin of the English language word Jew. The most common view is that the Middle English word Jew is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Who Is A Jew?
Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a nation, an ethnicity, a religion, and a culture, making the definition of who is a Jew va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Ethnic Divisions
The most commonly used terms to describe ethnic divisions among Jews currently are: Ashkenazi (meaning "German" in Hebrew, denoting the C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Usage Note
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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Historical Background
At least for three thousand years, the Jewish people have lived in the Land of Israel, where they developed a monotheistic religion and e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breakfast: Encyclopedia Ii - Breakfast - Typical Breakfasts By World Regions
Breakfast - Africa. The typical breakfast in Africa varies greatly from region to region, with the former colonial power of an area exe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Usage Note
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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Who Is A Jew?
Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a nation, an ethnicity, a religion, and a culture, making the definition of who is a Jew va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Ethnic Divisions
The most commonly used terms to describe ethnic divisions among Jews currently are: Ashkenazi (meaning "German" in Hebrew, denoting the C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breakfast: Encyclopedia Ii - Breakfast - Special Occasions
Breakfast is occasionally served as an entertainment meal. More popular than breakfast in this regard, however, is brunch. The serving of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beer: Encyclopedia Ii - Beer - History Of Modern Beer
In 1953, New Zealander Morton W Coutts developed the technique of continuous fermentation. Morton patented his process which revolutionis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - History Of The Jews
Jew - Jews and migrations. Throughout Jewish history, Jews have repeatedly been directly or indirectly expelled from both their origina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - History Of The Jews
Jew - Jews and migrations. Throughout Jewish history, Jews have repeatedly been directly or indirectly expelled from both their origina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Placename Etymology: Encyclopedia Ii - Placename Etymology - Placename Origins
Placename etymology - By Continent. The ancient Romans used the name Africa terra --- "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breakfast: Encyclopedia Ii - Breakfast - Special Occasions
Breakfast is occasionally served as an entertainment meal. More popular than breakfast in this regard, however, is brunch. The serving of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lolicon: Encyclopedia Ii - Lolicon - Subgenres
Toddlerkon is another Western term; it is essentially lolicon that depicts girls younger than those in a typical lolicon manga/drawing, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lolicon: Encyclopedia Ii - Lolicon - Legal Issues
Images can be created which convincingly appear to involve actual under-age persons, but in fact do not. Originally this was done with ad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lolicon: Encyclopedia Ii - Lolicon - Etymology
"Lolita Complex" is abbreviated as "lolicon" rather than "lolicom" due to the phonology of Japanese. Other foreign words with syllables e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beer: Encyclopedia Ii - Beer - Beer Around The World
Beer - Africa. African beer South African beer Beer - Americas. American beer Brazilian beer Canadian beer Costa Rican beer Mexica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beer: Encyclopedia Ii - Beer - Ingredients
The main ingredients of beer are water, malted barley, hops and yeast. Other ingredients, such as flavouring or sources of sugar, are cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beer: Encyclopedia Ii - Beer - Packaging And Presentation
After brewing, the beer is usually a finished product. At this point the beer is kegged, casked, bottled, or canned. Unpasteurized beers ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality - Academic Study
The manifestation of sexual orientation is subject to a considerable variability. Thus it is common for homosexual individuals in heteron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality - Art And Literature
One of the main ways in which the record of same-sex love has been preserved is through literature and art. Homoerotic sensibilities are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality - Historical And Geographical Practices
Sexual customs have varied greatly over time and from one region to another. These, as well as the orientation of particular pre-contempo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality - Societal Attitudes
Societal attitudes towards same-sex relationships, reflected in the attitude of the general population, the state and the church, have va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beer: Encyclopedia Ii - Beer - Beer In Antiquity
Beer is one of the oldest beverages humans have produced, dating back to at least the 5th millennium BC and recorded in the written histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beer: Encyclopedia Ii - Beer - Beer In Early European History
In Europe, beer largely remained a homemaker's activity, made in the home in medieval times. By the 14th and 15th centuries, beermaking w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beer: Encyclopedia Ii - Beer - Varieties Of Beer
There are many different types of beer, each of which is said to belong to a particular style. A beer's style is a label that describes t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsetse Fly: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsetse Fly - Etymology
The word 'tsetse' comes from Tswana, a language of southern Africa, and, in that language, the word means fly[6]. Because of this meaning...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-andalus: Encyclopedia Ii - Al-andalus - Etymology Of Al-andalus
The etymology of the word "al-Andalus" is uncertain. The word is popularly thought to be derived from the Vandals, the Germanic tribe who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hobbit Word: Encyclopedia Ii - Hobbit Word - Alleged Origins
There are a few alleged but as yet unproven earlier occurrences of the word "hobbit" in reference to a fantastical creature. On 16 Januar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Asia - Geographical Regions
See also Geography of Asia. As already mentioned, Asia is a subregion of Eurasia. For further subdivisions based on that term, see North ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-andalus: Encyclopedia Ii - Al-andalus - History
Al-Andalus - Conquest and early years. In 711 AD, a Moorish Islamic army from North Africa invaded Visigoth Hispania. Under their leade...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-andalus: Encyclopedia Ii - Al-andalus - History
Al-Andalus - Conquest and early years. In 711 AD, a Moorish Islamic army from North Africa invaded Visigoth Hispania. Under their leade...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgh: Encyclopedia Ii - Burgh - Burgh As An Element In Placenames
Burgh is commonly used as a suffix in place names, in Scotland and where Scots emigrated to: Edinburgh Fraserburgh Helensburgh Jedburgh ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radhanite: Encyclopedia Ii - Radhanite - Historical Significance
During the Early Middle Ages the Islamic polities of the Middle East and North Africa and the Christian kingdoms of Europe often banned e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radhanite: Encyclopedia Ii - Radhanite - Historical Significance
During the Early Middle Ages the Islamic policies of the Middle East and North Africa and the Christian kingdoms of Europe often banned e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mulatto: Encyclopedia Ii - Mulatto - Haiti
In Haiti (formerly Saint-Domingue), a non-Hispanic country of the Caribbean, mulattos represented a smaller proportion of the population ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orange Fruit: Encyclopedia Ii - Orange Fruit - Cultivation And Uses
Orange cultivation is a major business and an important part of the economies of the US (Florida and California), most Mediterranean coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharia: Encyclopedia Ii - Sharia - Circumcision
Male circumcision involves the removal of the foreskin and is customary in most Muslim communities. It is performed at different ages in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kaffir: Encyclopedia Ii - Kaffir - Social Use Today
In South Africa, while the term is still seen as too wounding and offensive for appropriation by indigenous South Africans – "Kaffir" w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hookah: Encyclopedia Ii - Hookah - Culture
The design of a hookah allows for multiple hoses to lead to a single filtration chamber; this simplifies use by groups. (Too many hoses, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orange Fruit: Encyclopedia Ii - Orange Fruit - Cultivation And Uses
Orange cultivation is a major business and an important part of the economies of the US (Florida and California), most Mediterranean coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maun: Encyclopedia Ii - Maun - Maun History Of Flight
AIRCRAFT ARRIVE IN MAUN. Flying and the use of various types of aircraft in the Maun region can be traced back to the 1920’s. The earli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diabetes Mellitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Diabetes Mellitus - Statistics
In 2004, according to the World Health Organization, more than 150 million people worldwide suffered from diabetes. Its incidence is incr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalarippayattu: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalarippayattu - History Of Kalaripayattu
The earliest reference to kalarippayattu occurs in A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lithuanian Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Lithuanian Jews - Lithuanian Jews Today
By the end of the nineteenth century, many of Lithuania's Jews were part of the general flight of Jews from Eastern Europe to the New Wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diabetes Mellitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Diabetes Mellitus - Statistics
In 2004, according to the World Health Organization, more than 150 million people worldwide suffered from diabetes. Its incidence is incr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wine: Encyclopedia Ii - Wine - Wine-producing Regions
Wine grapes grow almost exclusively between thirty and fifty degrees north or south of the Equator. The world's most southerly vineyards ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diabetes Mellitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Diabetes Mellitus - Statistics
In 2004, according to the World Health Organization, more than 150 million people worldwide suffered from diabetes. Its incidence is incr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Religious Attitudes Towards Magic
Magic paranormal - Indigenous traditions. Appearing from aboriginal tribes in Australia and New Zealand to rainforest tribes in South A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Religious Attitudes Towards Magic
Magic paranormal - Indigenous traditions. Appearing from aboriginal tribes in Australia and New Zealand to rainforest tribes in South A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pita: Encyclopedia Ii - Pita - Etymology
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first mention of the word in English was in 1951, with references to Balkan, Greek, and e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Politics
Africa - Precolonial Africa. Africa - Colonial Africa. Colonialism had a destabilizing effect on what had been a number of ethnic gro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Demographics
Africans may be grouped according to whether they live north or south of the Sahara Desert; these groups are called North Africans and Su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - History
Main article: History of Africa Africa is home to the oldest inhabited territory on earth, with the human race originating from this cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Demographics
Africans may be grouped according to whether they live north or south of the Sahara Desert; these groups are called North Africans and Su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Languages
Main article: African languages By most estimates Africa contains well over a thousand languages. There are four major language families ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Culture
Rather than one culture, Africa has a number of cultures that overlap. The most conventional distinction is that between sub-Saharan Afri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - History
Main article: History of Africa Africa is home to the oldest inhabited territory on earth, with the human race originating from this cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Geography
Main article: Geography of Africa Africa is the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of the Earth's surfac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Economy
Main article: Economy of Africa Africa is the world's poorest inhabited continent: the United Nations' Human Development Report 2003 (of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Religion
Africans profess a wide variety of religious beliefs, with Christianity and Islam being the most widespread. Approximately 40% of all Afr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Territories
Africa - Independent states. East Africa East Africa proper Burundi (also sometimes considered part of Central Africa) Kenya Rwanda (a...   » Read the article