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11Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
12Geo Bogza — Infobox Writer name = Geo Bogza imagesize = caption = pseudonym = birthdate = birth date|1908|2|6 birthplace = Blejoi, Prahova County deathdate = death date and age|1993|9|14|1908|2|6 deathplace = Bucharest occupation = poet, essayist, journalist …
13Hermeneutics — In religious studies and social philosophy, hermeneutics (English pronunciation: /hɜrməˈn(j)uːtɨks/) is the study of the theory and practice of interpretation. Traditional hermeneutics which includes Biblical hermeneutics refers to the study of… …
14Humayun Ahmed — Infobox writer name = Humayun Ahmed birthdate = birth date and age|1948|11|13 birthplace = Kutubpur, Mymensingh, Bangladesh imagesize = 150px occupation = author yearsactive = 1972 Present spouse = Shaon Ahmed (2003 present) Gultekin (?… …
15Kingdom of Greece — Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος Vasílion tis Elládos ← …
16Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …
17Edith Wharton — Infobox Writer name = Edith Wharton birthdate = birth date|1862|1|24|mf=y birthplace = New York City, New York deathdate = death date and age|1937|8|11|1862|1|24|mf=y deathplace = Saint Brice sous Forêt, France occupation = Novelist, short story… …
18Russian formalism — was an influential school of literary criticism in Russia from the 1910s to the 1930s. It includes the work of a number of highly influential Russian and Soviet scholars such as Viktor Shklovsky, Yuri Tynianov, Boris Eichenbaum, Roman Jakobson,… …
19Dragonslayer — For other uses, see Dragon slayer (disambiguation). Dragonslayer Original 1981 theatrical poster by Jeff Jones (artist) Directed by …
20Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
