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121Thai lunar calendar — The Thai lunar calendar (Thai: ปฏิทินจันทรคติ Patitin Chantarakati) (literally, Against the Sun Moon Ways ) is Thailand s version of the lunisolar Buddhist calendar used in the southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Laos and Burma. Based on the… …
122History of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system — The Hindu Arabic numeral system is a place value numeral system: the value of a digit depends on the place where it appears; the 2 in 205 is ten times greater than the 2 in 25. It requires a zero to handle the empty powers of ten (as in 205 ). [… …
123Feast of the Most Precious Blood — The Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ was a feast included in the General Roman Calendar from 1849 to 1969. Contents 1 History 2 Significance 3 Prayer 4 References …
124History of the Puritans — The history of the Puritans can be traced back to the Vestments Controversy in the reign of Edward VI ending in a decline in the mid 1700s. Background, to 1559 The English Reformation, begun his reign in the reign of Henry VIII of England, was… …
125History of the United States — The United States is located in the middle of the North American continent, with Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The United States ranges from the Atlantic Ocean on the nation s east coast to the Pacific Ocean bordering the west, and …
126History of the Roman Catholic Church — The History of the Catholic Church from apostolic times covers a period of nearly 2,000 years, [August Franzen, Kleine Kirchengeschichte Neubearbeitung, Herder,Freiburg,1988, p.11] making it the world s oldest and largest institution. It dates… …
127House System at the California Institute of Technology — The House System is the basis of undergraduate student residence at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Caltech s unique House system is modeled after the residential college system of Oxford and Cambridge in England, although the… …
128Criticisms of The Da Vinci Code — The Da Vinci Code , a popular suspense novel by Dan Brown, generated a great deal of criticism and controversy after its publication in 2003. Many of the complaints centered on the book s speculations and alleged misrepresentations of core… …
