Encyclopedia - Kundun: Encyclopedia - Kundun
Kundun is a 1997 film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of the Dalai Lama...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibet: Encyclopedia - Tibet
Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: Xīzàng or 藏区 Z�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lajja: Encyclopedia - Lajja
Lajja (Bangla:লজ্জা) is the name of a famous novel in Bengali by Taslima Nasrin, a writer of Bangladesh. Lajja is a Bengali wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Dependent Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Dependent Territories - List Of Dependencies By Sovereignty
List of dependent territories - Australia. Ashmore and Cartier Islands: territory administered by the Australian Department of Transpo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nation-state: Encyclopedia Ii - Nation-state - What States Existed Before Nation-states?
   Border of Austria-Hungary in 1914    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Dependent Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Dependent Territories - List Of Dependencies By Other Sovereignty
List of dependent territories - Denmark. Faroe Islands: part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but not of the European Union; self-governing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Democracy - Advantages And Disadvantages Of Democracy
All democracies (and every other form of government) have certain structural defects, which are related to the nature of democracy. Altho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northern League Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - Northern League Italy - Ideology
The league's culture is a mix of pride in the heritage of northern Italy (particularly with historical references to the anti-imperial Lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tavisupleba: Encyclopedia Ii - Tavisupleba - History
The new Georgian anthem was adopted on 23 April 2004, exactly 5 months after the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze (former Sov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lajja: Encyclopedia Ii - Lajja - Background
Lajja is a response of Taslima Narin to anti-Hindu riots which erupted in parts of Bangladesh, soon after the demolition of Babri Masjid ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kundun: Encyclopedia Ii - Kundun - Plot
Except for brief sequences in China and India, the film is set entirely in Tibet. It begins with the search by Reting Rimpoche (the regen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Democracy - Advantages And Disadvantages Of Democracy
Critics of democracy as a form of government allege it has inherent disadvantages, both in practice and by its very nature. Some of which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibet: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibet - History
Little is known of Tibet before the 7th century, though the Tibetan language is generally considered to be a Tibeto-Burman language and r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Dependent Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Dependent Territories - Notes
List of dependent territories - France. French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion are departments (first-order administrative ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Democracy - Democratic Government
Democracy is often implemented as a form of government in which policy is decided by the preference of the real majority (as opposed to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Dependent Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Dependent Territories - List Of Dependencies By Commonwealth Sovereignty
All these are, as such or as part of a Commonwealth state, in personal union, under the same, British, Monarch. List of dependent territ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Democracy - History Of Democracy
The term democracy - or more precisely, the original (ancient Greek) version of the word - was coined in ancient Athens in the 5th centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Dependent Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Dependent Territories - Entities On The Lists
Currently, there are 59 entities on these lists, comprising: 58 dependencies 1 international protectorate in the territory of a sovereig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northern League Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - Northern League Italy - History
The party had its first successes in the late eighties, when Umberto Bossi, elected at the Italian Senate, got his title of Senatur, or s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Democracy - Liberal Democracy
In common usage, democracy is often understood to be the same as liberal democracy. The minimal characteristics of democracy (listed abov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Democracy - Essential Elements Of A Democracy
True democracy as a form of government always has the following characteristics: there is constrained freedom to further the public good...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibet: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibet - Definitions
When the Government of Tibet in Exile refers to Tibet, they mean a large area that formed the cultural entity of Tibet for many centuries...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibet: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibet - Status
While everyone agrees that Tibet was once independent, the government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of Tibet in Ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nation-state: Encyclopedia Ii - Nation-state - Examples Of Nation-states
Oddly, the confederation of cantons and former city-states known in English as Switzerland is often called a nation-state, despite having...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibet: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibet - Demographics
Historically, the population of Tibet consisted of primarily ethnic Tibetans. Other ethnic groups in Tibet include Menba (Monpa), Lhoba, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibet: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibet - Culture
Tibet is the traditional center of Tibetan Buddhism, a distinctive form of Vajrayana, which is also related to the Shingon Buddhist tradi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibet: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibet - Geography
Tibet is located on the Tibetan Plateau, the world's highest region. Most of the Himalaya mountain range lies within Tibet. Its most famo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibet: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibet - Name
Tibet - In English. The English word Tibet, like the word for Tibet in most European languages, ultimately derives (via Arabic and Pers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibet: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibet - Status
While there is little dispute that Tibet was once an independent country, there is intense dispute over the legitimacy of the PRC's rule ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Democracy - Democratic Government
Democracy is often implemented as a form of government in which policy is decided by the preference of the real majority (as opposed to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Democracy - History Of Democracy
The term democracy - or more precisely, the original (ancient Greek) version of the word - was coined in ancient Athens in the 5th centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nation-state: Encyclopedia Ii - Nation-state - Minorities And Irredentism
So-called nation-states differ from the definition in two main ways: the population includes minorities, and the border does not include ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nation-state: Encyclopedia Ii - Nation-state - Conflicting Nationalisms
Iceland not only has clear borders, it is inhabited by people who are either immigrants or self-identify as Icelandic. In many nation-sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Dependent Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Dependent Territories - Notes
List of dependent territories - France. French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion are departments (first-order administrative ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Democracy - Liberal Democracy
In common usage, democracy is often understood to be the same as liberal democracy. The minimal characteristics of democracy (listed abov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Democracy - Essential Elements Of A Democracy
True democracy as a form of government always has the following characteristics: there is constrained freedom to further the public good...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nation-state: Encyclopedia Ii - Nation-state - History
The origins of the nation-state are disputed: see the main article on nationalism. Some theories see them as a 19th-century European inve...   » Read the article