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The Roof of the World or Top of the World is a metaphoric epithet or phrase used to describe the highest region in the world, also known as High Asia. The term usually refers to the mountainous interior of Asia, including the Pamirs , the Himalayas , the Tibetan Plateau , the Hindu Kush , the Tian Shan , and the Altai Mountains .
Hakkō ichiu. Hakkō ichiu (八紘一宇, "eight crown cords, one roof", i.e. "all the world under one roof") or hakkō iu (Shinjitai: 八紘為宇, 八紘爲宇) was a Japanese political slogan meaning the divine right of the Empire of Japan to " unify the eight corners of the world." The slogan formed the basis of the empire's ideology.
The Fifth World in the context of creation myths describes the present world as interpreted by several indigenous groups in the USA and Mexico. The central theme of the myth holds that there were four other cycles of creation and destruction that preceded the Fifth World. The creation story is taken largely from the mythological, cosmological ...
After World War II, the Kanak independence movement again picked up momentum when the United Nations placed New Caledonia on its Decolonisation List of Non-Self-Governing Territories in 1946. A major progression occurred when Kanaks and French settlers in the country obtained voting rights in 1951, shortly before it became an overseas territory ...
Earth lodge. An earth lodge is a semi-subterranean building covered partially or completely with earth, best known from the Native American cultures of the Great Plains and Eastern Woodlands. Most earth lodges are circular in construction with a dome-like roof, often with a central or slightly offset smoke hole at the apex of the dome. [1]
The Tibetan Plateau, [a] also known as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau [b] and Qing–Zang Plateau, [c] is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia [d] covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region, most of Qinghai, western half of Sichuan, Southern Gansu provinces in Western China, southern Xinjiang, Bhutan, the Indian regions of Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti ...
The traditional or vernacular architecture of Indigenous Australians, including Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, varied to meet the lifestyle, social organisation, family size, cultural and climatic needs and resources available to each community. [1] Walter Roth: Studies of Aboriginal ethnoarchitectural forms, Queensland, 1897.
Ethiopian Highlands. The Ethiopian Highlands (also called the Abyssinian Highlands) [1][2] is a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia in Northeast Africa. It forms the largest continuous area of its elevation in the continent, with little of its surface falling below 1,500 m (4,900 ft), while the summits reach heights of up to 4,550 m (14,930 ft).