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11Polis and its culture (The) — The polis and its culture Robin Osborne INTRODUCTION ‘We love wisdom without becoming soft’, Thucydides has the Athenian politician Pericles claim, using the verb philosophein.1 Claims to, and respect for, wisdom in archaic Greece were by no… …
121974 Indira-Sheikh accord — was signed by on behalf of Sheikh Abdullah and then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi whereby Sheikh became the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir again after 11 years. The text of the agreement is reproduced below:heikh–Indira Accord,… …
13Mizo Accord — The Mizoram Accord was signed between the Mizo National Front and the Government of India on June 30 1986. The MNF was a secessionist movement to protest against the negligence and indifference of the Government of India to the people of Mizoram… …
14Meech Lake Accord — The Meech Lake Accord (French: Accord du lac Meech) was a package of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada negotiated in 1987 by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and ten provincial premiers. It was intended to persuade the government of… …
15Bon Accord Free Church — Parish church name=Bon Accord Free Church denomination=Free Church of Scotland tradition=Evangelical presbytery=Edinburgh and Perth minister=Rev Fergus Macdonald (Interim Moderator) website= [http://www.bafreechurch.org.uk/… …
16international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
17metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …
18Tide jewels — In Japanese mythology, the tide jewels or kanju 干珠 [tide ] ebbing jewel and manju 満珠 [tide ] flowing jewel were magical gems that the Sea God used to control the tides. Classical Japanese history texts record an ancient myth that the ocean kami… …
19Germany — • History divided by time periods, beginning with before 1556 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Germany Germany † …
20The Wealth of Nations — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith. It is a clearly written account of economics at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, as well as a rhetorical piece written… …
