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Palaeontology

History; World history

The scientific study of life in the past, especially through the study of fossils is called as paleontology.

Macchu Picchu

History; World history

Inca city, situated high above the Urabamba valley, Peru. It was probably a border outpost or religious center. The city was unknown to the Spanish conquistadors and lay undiscovered until 1911. ...

Russian principality, which emerged as such in the late 13th century under Prince Daniel (r.1263-1304). His successors gained the title of Grand Prince from their Tatar overlords in 1328. Even before ...

Muslim League

History; World history

Association founded in 1906 by Indian Muslims anxious to have their national identity recognised and respected. Some sought their own nation state, and this ambition was fostered by Mohammed Ali ...

Lhasa

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Capital of Tibet since the 9th century. Originally it had little political significance but was of great religious importance. In 1642 it became the seat of a central government, and from the ...

Boxwallah

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Boxwallahs were travelling peddlers in India common from the mid 19th century through to the mid 20th century; and their name came from the large boxes in which they carried their wares.It has been ...

Cyrillic alphabet

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Slavic alphabet derived from the Greek, which emerged in the Balkans when the southern Slavs were converted to Christianity in the 9th century by the Byzantines. The conversion of the Russians in 988 ...