Society

A hutong is a type of narrow alley unique to Beijing, and a popular must-see for tourists who visit the Chinese city.

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In 19th Century Germany, there was a shift among Romanticist artists to return to more deeply spiritual Christian works.

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This battle was a desperate, and ultimately failed, effort to slow Sherman's conquest, which was in turn intent on reining the secessionist South back into the Union.

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The majority of Bolivians are either Native South American or of mixed Native American and European ancestry.

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Occurring close to Washington, D.C. just weeks before the 1864 Elections, the Battle of Cedar Creek helped facilitate Lincoln's re-election.

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This battle made many British and local citizens into "heroes" to their allies in their conflict with the Boer settlers.

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Though most of these had to be shared by more than one ticketholder, the lucky winners all still received millions and millions apiece.

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Nebraska is the leading US state in slaughtering animals for food, followed closely by Texas and North Carolina.

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Even in urban areas, access to improved water sources is not a given everywhere in the world.

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Dar es Salaam's population has grown more than sixfold since 1978, and is home to one of Africa's most important stock exchanges.

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Peru is a Catholic majority nation with significant religious minorities of Evangelical Protestants and Latter Day Saints.

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As in much of South America, the largely Catholic nation of Bolivia is experiencing record low levels of church attendance and increased secularization in society.

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This was the first major battle of a decades-long conflict nominally between Protestant and Catholic states in Europe.

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Muslims constitute the world's second largest religious group, and have 1.6 billion adherents around the world.

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The first person to have explored every known country with a Muslim ruler at the time. Ibn Battuta is one of the most renowned explorers of the Muslim world.

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The vast environmetnal destruction of one of St. Louis's foremost weekend getaway spots remains relatively unknown, although its story is staggering.

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Determined from his very youth, this Norwegian explorer was the first man to reach both the north and the south poles.

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This battle is regarded as the longest, and having one of the most controversial outcomes, of all of the battles fought during the Vietnam War.

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The Schengen Countries are comprised of 26 European nations that have abolished any type of border control at their mutual borders.

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Over 2,000 people lost their lives in the 2015 Mina Stampede, one of the deadliest records ever.

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