despotisms
1despotisms — des·pot·ism || despÉ™tɪzm n. tyranny, absolute power and control; dictatorship, rule of a despot …
2The Indian Sociologist — ( TIS ) was an important Indian nationalist publication in the early twentieth century. Its subtitle was An Organ of Freedom, and Political, Social, and Religious Reform . TIS was edited by Shyamji Krishnavarma from 1905 to 1914, then between… …
3Iraq — /i rak , i rahk /, n. a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 22,219,289; 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Cap.: Baghdad. Also, Irak. * * * Iraq Introduction Iraq Background …
4Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany — Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in Italian Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Francesco Ferdinando Carlo, in German Leopold Johann Joseph Franz Ferdinand Karl (3 October 1797 ndash; 29 January 1870), of Habsburg Lorraine, was Grand Duke of Tuscany… …
5Body politic — or body corporate and politic means a state or one of its subordinate civil authorities, such as a province, prefecture, county, municipality, city or district. It is generally understood to mean a geographic area with an associated government at …
6Igor Shafarevich — Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich (Russian: Игорь Ростиславович Шафаревич, born June 3, 1923 in Zhytomyr) is a Russian mathematician, founder of the major school of algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry in the USSR, and a political writer …
7Planetary romance — is a type of science fantasy story in which the bulk of the action consists of adventures on one or more exotic alien planets, characterized by distinctive physical and cultural backgrounds. Some planetary romances take place against the… …
8The White Haired Girl — (Chinese:白毛女; pinyin: Bái Máo Nǚ) is a Chinese opera and ballet by Yan Jinxuan to a Chinese libretto. The first opera performance was in 1945. The first ballet performance was by Shanghai Dance Academy, Shanghai in 1965.Along with Red Detachment… …
9The Spirit of the Laws — (French: De l esprit des lois, also sometimes called The Spirit of Laws[1]) is a treatise on political theory first published anonymously by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu in 1748 with the help of …
10Islamic state — Part of the Politics series on Islamism …
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