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Culture Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Afghanistan
The culture of Afghanistan has been around for millenia. Afghanistan's culture is largely influenced by Islam but has also been influence...
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Culture Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Afghanistan - Holidays
Holidays in Afghanistan are celebrated according to the lunar calendar while other holidays secular holidays are celebrated based on the ...
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Culture Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Afghanistan - Education
Education in Afghanistan has recently been reviatlized after the fall of the Taliban. Primary education lasts six years. If the student d...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - Origin And History Of The Name
The current name of Afghanistan derives from the alternative name for the Pashtuns: Afghan, being the founders of modern Afghanistan. The...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - Geography
Main article: Geography of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a land-locked mountainous country, with plains in the north and southwest. The high...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - History
Main article: History of Afghanistan
Afghanistan exists at a unique nexus-point where numerous Eurasian civilizations have interacted and...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - Constitution
Main article: Constitution of Afghanistan
According to the 2004 constitution, Afghanistan is run by a president, who is elected by direct...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia - Afghanistan
Afghanistan (Pashtu/Dari-Persian: افغانستان, Afğānistān) is a country at the crossroads of Asia. Usually placed in Central A...
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Bactria-margiana Archaeological Complex: Encyclopedia - Bactria-margiana Archaeological Complex
The Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (or BMAC, also known as the Oxus civilization) the modern archaeological designation for a Br...
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Afghan People: Encyclopedia - Afghan People
Afghan is the name used to describe a person from the country of Afghanistan. It is, however, hard to combine the varying groups. Often t...
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Bigfoot: Encyclopedia - Bigfoot
Bigfoot, also called Sasquatch, is described as a large, bipedal apelike creature living in the remote wilderness areas of the United Sta...
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Pakistan: Encyclopedia - Pakistan
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان, islāmī jamhūriya i pākistān), or Pakistan (Urdu:...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - Origin And History Of The Name
The name of Afghanistan derives from word Afghan. The Pushtuns appear to have begun using the term Afghan as a name for themselves from t...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - Economy
Main article: Economy of Afghanistan
Although Afghanistan has significant amounts of natural resources, it is a poor country, highly depe...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - Education
Main article: Education in Afghanistan
In the spring of 2003, it was estimated that 30% of Afghanistan's 7,000 schools had been seriously...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Afghanistan
The population of Afghanistan is divided into a wide variety of ethnic groups largely composed ...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - Economy
Main article: Economy of Afghanistan
Although Afghanistan has significant amounts of natural resources, it is a poor country, highly depe...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Afghanistan
The population of Afghanistan is divided into a wide variety of ethnic groups largely composed ...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - Culture
Main article: Culture of Afghanistan
Afghans display pride in their country, ancestry, military prowess, and above all, their independenc...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - Politics
Main article: Politics of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is currently led by president Hamid Karzai, who was elected in October of 2004. Before ...
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Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghanistan - Subdivisions
Afghanistan is divided into 34 provinces (velayat) which are further divided into districts.
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Friday: Encyclopedia Ii - Friday - Friday In Religion
In Islam, Friday is the day of public worship in mosques (see Friday prayers). In some Islamic countries, the week begins on Sunday and e...
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Bigfoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Bigfoot - Bigfoot Phenomenon
Along with the Loch Ness Monster and the Yeti (Abominable Snowman), Bigfoot is one of the more famous creatures in cryptozoology. While m...
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Bigfoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Bigfoot - Etymology
Bigfoot - Bigfoot.
Primatologist John Napier inserts that "the term Bigfoot has been in colloquial use since the early 1920's to descri...
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Bigfoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Bigfoot - Evidence - Arguments For And Against
Bigfoot - Eyewitness reports.
Some cryptozoologists have argued that the most persuasive circumstantial evidence for Bigfoot's existenc...
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Bigfoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Bigfoot - Conclusion
Bigfoot - Mainstream response.
Skeptics:
Mainstream scientists and academics generally "discount the existence of Bigfoot because the e...
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Bigfoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Bigfoot - Proposed Creatures
Various types of creature have been proposed by believers to explain the sightings.
Bigfoot - Gigantopithecus.
Krantz argued that a rel...
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Bigfoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Bigfoot - Formal Studies Of Bigfoot
There have been a number of formal scientific studies of Bigfoot or Sasquatch.
1950s:
Bernard Heuvelmans’s 1955 magnum opus, On The Tra...
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Bigfoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Bigfoot - Bigfoot In Popular Culture
Whether they it is a real creature or not, Bigfoot has had a demonstrable impact as a cultural phenomenon.
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Bigfoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Bigfoot - Description
Individuals claiming to have seen Bigfoot generally describe a 7 to 10 feet (2.1 to 2.7 m) tall, ape-like (or some would say more human-l...
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2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - People
2000s - World leaders.
President Hamid Karzai (Afghanistan)
President Néstor Kirchner (Argentina)
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Punjabi Khatri: Encyclopedia Ii - Punjabi Khatri - Khatris And Sun Worship
Raja Vanvihari Kapur has written that major Khatri clans are named after Lord Sun.
Mitra Mehra
Kripakar Kapur
Shankan Khanna
Martanada T...
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2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - People
2000s - World leaders.
President Hamid Karzai (Afghanistan)
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Iran: Encyclopedia Ii - Iran - Geography
Iran borders Azerbaijan (length of border: 432 km / 268 mi ) and Armenia (35 km / 22mi) to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, T...
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Islamic Conquest Of South Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Conquest Of South Asia - Muhammad Bin Qasim
In 711, the Umayyad caliph in Damascus sent an expedition to Baluchistan (an arid region on the Iranian Plateau in Southwest Asia, presen...
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Islamic Conquest Of South Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Conquest Of South Asia - Muhammad Bin Qasim
In 711, the Umayyad caliph in Damascus sent an expedition to Baluchistan (an arid region on the Iranian Plateau in Southwest Asia, presen...
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United States Marine Corps: Encyclopedia Ii - United States Marine Corps - Culture
The Marine motto "Semper Fidelis" means "Always faithful" in Latin. This motto often appears in the shortened form "Semper Fi" It is also...
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United States Marine Corps: Encyclopedia Ii - United States Marine Corps - Culture
The Marine motto "Semper Fidelis" means "Always faithful" in Latin. This motto often appears in the shortened form "Semper Fi" It is also...
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United States Marine Corps: Encyclopedia Ii - United States Marine Corps - Culture
The Marine motto "Semper Fidelis" means "Always faithful" in Latin. This motto often appears in the shortened form "Semper Fi" It is also...
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Bharata:
Indian Hindu Dictionary On Bharata
Bharata: India, the traditional name the Indians call their countr. The home of the ancient clan of Bharatis, or “Sons of Light,...
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Paradise:
Spiritual - Theosophy
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Paradise [from Greek paradeisos from Old Persian pairidaeza from Sanskrit paradesa region beyond] Applied in Persian and Greek ...
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Culture Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Afghanistan - Art
Afghan Art has spanned many centuries. One of the most famous types is the Gandhara Art between the 1st and 7th centuries which was had G...
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