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The swastika is a symbol with many styles and meanings and can be found in many cultures. The appropriation of the swastika by the Nazi Party is the most recognisable modern use of the symbol in the Western world. The swastika (卐 or 卍) is a symbol used in various Eurasian religions and cultures, and it is also seen in some African and ...
The swastika (卍 wàn; "infinity", "all") in Chinese and other cultures is a symbol of the universe, or the manifestation and creativity of God. It was one of a number of new redemptive societies founded in early 20th-century China, that compared to previous redemptive societies that focused on salvation of China, aimed for salvation of the world, drawing upon Western examples such as the Red ...
The aviator Matilde Moisant wearing a swastika square medallion in 1912. The symbol was popular as a good luck charm with early aviators. The discovery of the Indo-European language group in the 1790s led to a great effort by European archaeologists to link the pre-history of European people to the hypothesised ancient "Aryans" (variously referring to the Indo-Iranians or the Proto-Indo ...
The swastika was the first symbol of Nazism and remains strongly associated with it in the Western world. The 20th-century German Nazi Party made extensive use of graphic symbols , especially the swastika , notably in the form of the swastika flag , which became the co-national flag of Nazi Germany in 1933, and the sole national flag in 1935.
Map of the Chinese Han dynasty in 2 CE. Names of non-Chinese peoples and states have been purposely left with their Chinese names (e.g. Dayuan instead of Fergana; Gaogouli instead of Goguryeo) to reflect the fact that knowledge of participants in the Han world order comes almost exclusively from Chinese sources.
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A comb with a sauwastika found in Nydam Mose in Denmark, dating to the 3rd or 4th century CE. Two swastikas and two sauwastikas in an ornament of a bucket found with the Oseberg ship (ca. AD 800) The swastika on the Snoldelev Stone, Denmark (9th century) The Sæbø sword with runes and a swastika symbol on one side of the blade.
Canada has no legislation specifically restricting the ownership, display, purchase, import, or export of Nazi flags. However, sections 318–320 of the Criminal Code, [39] adopted by Canada's parliament in 1970 and based in large part on the 1965 Cohen Committee recommendations, [40] make it an offence to advocate or promote genocide, to communicate a statement in public inciting hatred ...