The Ryukyu Kingdom was an independent kingdom which ruled most of the Ryukyu Islands from the 15th century to the 19th century. The Kings of Ryukyu unified Okinawa Island and extended the kingdom to the...
Use this Ishigaki Travel Guide to help with planning next time you head to Japan. Certainly, if you’re in the process of researching a trip to Okinawa, you’ve almost certainly seen mentions of Ishigaki. While...
There has been a lot of confusion between Japanese Ryokans & Onsens. Because my articles attract a lot of first-time travelers to the Land of the Rising Sun, they also understandably so, beg a lot of...
Segesta was one of the major cities of the Elymian people, one of the three indigenous peoples of Sicily. The other major cities of the Elymians were Eryx and Entella. It is located in the...
Greek temples were structures built to house deity statues within Greek sanctuaries in ancient Greek religion. The temple interiors did not serve as meeting places, since the sacrifices and rituals dedicated to the respective deity...
Circa (from Latin, meaning "around, about"), usually abbreviated c. or ca. (also circ. or cca. ), means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date. Circa is widely used in genealogy and historical...
Anno Domini (AD or A.D. ) and Before Christ (BC or B.C. ) are designations used to label or number years used with the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term Anno Domini is Medieval Latin,...
Social science refers to the academic disciplines concerned with society and human nature. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to anthropology, archaeology, criminology, economics, education, linguistics, law, communication studies, history,...
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