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  2. Semitic languages - Wikipedia

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    They include Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese and numerous other ancient and modern languages. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia , North Africa , [ a ] the Horn of Africa , [ b ] [ c ] Malta , [ d ] and in large immigrant and expatriate communities in North America , Europe , and ...

  3. Modern influence of Ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Modern influence of ancient Greece refers to the influence of Ancient Greece on later periods of history, from Medieval times up to the current modern era. Greek culture and philosophy has a disproprtionate influence on modern society and its core culture, in comparison to other ancient societies of similar settings.

  4. Technology and society - Wikipedia

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    Sociology. Technology, society and life or technology and culture refers to the inter-dependency, co-dependence, co-influence, and co-production of technology and society upon one another. Evidence for this synergy has been found since humanity first started using simple tools. The inter-relationship has continued as modern technologies such as ...

  5. Cultural influence of Gulliver's Travels - Wikipedia

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    Radio. Brian Gulliver's Travels is a satirical comedy series and also a novel created and written by Bill Dare, first broadcast on 21 February 2011 on BBC Radio 4. A second series first broadcast on 25 June 2012 on BBC Radio 4 Extra. The series is a modern pastiche of the Jonathan Swift novel Gulliver's Travels.

  6. Women's history - Wikipedia

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    Women's history is the study of the role that women have played in history and the methods required to do so. It includes the study of the history of the growth of women's rights throughout recorded history, personal achievements over a period of time, the examination of individual and groups of women of historical significance, and the effect ...

  7. Islam and modernity - Wikipedia

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    Islam and modernity is a topic of discussion in contemporary sociology of religion. The history of Islam chronicles different interpretations and approaches. Modernity is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon rather than a unified and coherent one. It has historically had different schools of thought moving in many directions.

  8. Modern paganism - Wikipedia

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    The larger wooden idol represents the god Frey. Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism[ 1 ] and neopaganism, [ 2 ] spans a range of new religious movements variously influenced by the beliefs of pre-modern peoples across Europe, North Africa, and the Near East. Despite some common similarities, contemporary pagan movements are ...

  9. Kemalism - Wikipedia

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    Politics portal. v. t. e. Kemalism (Turkish: Kemalizm, also archaically Kamâlizm) [1] or Atatürkism (Turkish: Atatürkçülük) is a political ideology based on the ideas of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey. [2][3] Its symbol is the Six Arrows (Turkish: Altı Ok).