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111Islam — Islamic /is lam ik, lah mik, iz /, Islamitic /is leuh mit ik, iz /, adj. /is lahm , iz , is leuhm, iz /, n. 1. the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the… …
112Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
113Juche — Tower of the Juche Idea in Pyongyang Juche or Chuch e (Korean pronunciation: [tɕutɕʰe]) is a Korean word meaning main body or mainstream . In the Democratic People s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Juche refers specifically to a …
114Agrarianism — has two common meanings. The first meaning refers to a social philosophy or political philosophy which values rural society as superior to urban society, the independent farmer as superior to the paid worker, and sees farming as a way of life… …
115Cynic — The Cynics ( el. Κυνικοί, la. Cynici) were an influential group of philosophers from the ancient school of Cynicism. Their philosophy was that the purpose of life was to live a life of Virtue in agreement with Nature. This meant rejecting all… …
116Karl Haushofer — Karl Ernst Haushofer (August 27, 1869 ndash; March 10, 1946) was a German geopolitician and general. Through his student Rudolf Hess, Haushofer s ideas may have influenced the development of Adolf Hitler s expansionist strategies, although… …
117Empowerment — For the piece of public art, see Empowerment (sculpture). For the Tibetan Buddhist practice, see Empowerment (Tibetan Buddhism). Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social, racial, educational, gender or economic strength… …
118Mwanza — For other uses, see Mwanza (disambiguation). Mwanza Nyanza   City   View of Mwanza s Central Business District …
119international trade — Introduction economic transactions that are made between countries. Among the items commonly traded are consumer goods, such as television sets and clothing; capital goods, such as machinery; and raw materials and food. Other transactions… …
120autarky — [ô′tär΄kē] n. [Gr autarkeia, self sufficiency < autos, self + arkein, to achieve, suffice: see EXERCISE] 1. self sufficiency; independence 2. economic self sufficiency, esp. on a national basis; national policy of getting along without imports …
