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Philosophy
Philosophy: PhilosophyAestheticsAnalogyArabian PhilosophyCartesianismNeoplatonismPessimismScepticismScholasticismStoics
Famous Philosophers: P AbelardAristotleSir F BaconJ BenthamG BrunoA ComteE B CondillacConfuciusR DescartesErasmusT HobbesD HumeI KantLao-Tsze (Lao Tzu; Laozi)J LockeJames MillJohn Stuart MillPlatoSocrates. Socratics.H D ThoreauZeno of Elea
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Religion
General:
ReligionsAngelAltarFreemasonryMysticismPilgrimageSpiritualismTheologyTheosophy
Christianity:
ChristianityAbbeyApostolic FathersSt Thomas AquinasSt AthanasiusSt AugustineR BaxterSt BenedictSt Bernard of ClairvauxBibleJ BoehmeSt Bruno of CologneChurch of England • English BibleExorcismHeresyJesuitsJesus ChristM LutherMethodismMissionsMormonsJ OwenPopedom (Papacy)QuakersReformationRoman Catholic ChurchSaintStigmatizationSt UrsulaSt Francis XavierSundayVatican CouncilMore Christianity
Judaism: KabbalahAbrahamAdamIsaacMoses
Eastern Religions: BuddhismJains
Mohammedanism (Islam)Sunnites and Shi'ites (Sunnis and Shi'ites)VedantaZend-AvestaZoroaster
Ancient Egyptian/Greek/Primitive Religion: Animism
ApisDruidismMetempsychosisMummyMysteries

Social Sciences
Anthropology/Sociology: AnthropologyCannibalismCircumcision • Ethnography and EthnologyFetishismGipsies (Gypsies)MagicSlaveryTabooTotemism • White MagicYoruba
Customs/Etiquette: CostumeCremationDuelFestivalsFuneral Rites
Economics/Commerce: CommerceApprenticeBankruptcyCorn TradeExhibitionsFinanceFree TradeFriendly SocietiesNational DebtTaxationTrade UnionsWagesWealth
Education: EducationAcademyExaminationsTechnical Education
Folklore: AchillesAnchisesAesirAmazonsApparitions
Arthur CockatriceDemonologyFairiesFingalLycanthropyRobin HoodSea SerpentVampireWandering JewWitchcraft
Law: LawCrimeCriminal LawGendarmeriePoliceAdulterationAgrarian LawsBlasphemyCoolieDivorceFactory ActsFolklandGames, Gaming (Gambling)InfanticideMurder, ManslaughterNarcoticsNegligenceOpiumOrdealPiracyPoor LawsPress LawsRight of SearchRiotSuicideSundayThugsTortureTreasonWomen, Law Relating ToMore Law
Occult/Paranormal: AstrologyDivinationPhrenologyZodiac
Political Science: GovernmentPolitical EconomyAmbassadorColonyCommunismEmigrationMunicipalityOneida CommunitySocialism
Psychology: PsychologyAnimal MagnetismDream
Public Administration: Cemetery
Social Problems and Services: FaminesFoundling HospitalsPrison DisciplineReformatory and Industrial SchoolsTemperance Societies
Associations: ClubSocieties

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Science
Science: Physical Sciences
Astronomy: SunZodiacal Light
Biology: Animal KingdomBiologyAcclimatizationAquariumDistributionEvolutionMimicryTaxidermy
Botany: CactusCoffeeGingerHerbariumInsectivorous PlantsMushroomOlivePapyrusPeachTeaTeakVegetable KingdomMore Botany
Chemistry: ChemistryAlchemy
Mathematics: AlgebraCryptographyMathematicsProbability
Mineralogy: AlumDiamondGarnetJadePumiceRuby
Oceanography: Tides
Physics: AtomAttractionEther
Zoology: ApeButterflies and MothsDogDragonflyEagleElephantInsectsJaguarKangarooLionLizardMammoth
ParrotPeacockSharkSnakesTigerMore Zoology

Technology
Agriculture: AgricultureArboricultureVetinerary Science
Building: BrickCementsNails
Engineering: AeronauticsAnchorAqueductAutomatonCanalCarriageFlight, Flying MachinesMicroscopePneumatic DespatchPyrotechnyRailwaySewing MachinesSmoke AbatementTramwayWater Supply
Home Economics: CookeryCochinealGinGinsengFurnitureHoneyStoves and FireplacesWhiskyWine
Management: Shorthand
Manufacturing: BakingBasketBleachingBookbindingButtonCarpetCalico PrintingFlour, Manufacture ofGauzeGinghamGlassGloveHatHosieryIndia-Rubber (Rubber)LaceLacquerLapidaryLinoleumMirrorNeedlePaperParchmentPerfumeryPinRopeSail, Sailcloth, SailmakingShoemakingSilkStraw ManufacturesWeavingWool (Wool and Woollen Manufactures)
Medicine: MedicineAmbulance • HospitalCholeraDrunkennessElephantiasisFeverHomeopathyHygieneHysteriaMedical JurisprudenceMyelitisNecrosisPlaguePoisonsRabiesSea SicknessSunstrokeVaccinationMore Medicine
Military Science: AdmiralAdmiraltyBattering RamBatteryBattleGun CottonGunpowderTorpedoWar

The Arts
Fine Arts: ArtFine Arts
Architecture: ArchitectureFountainHadrian's WallPyramid
Architects: F Brunelleschi
Painting: Schools of PaintingDrawingCaricatureFrescoIlluminationMiniatureMural DecorationPigmentsTempera
Painters: W BlakeS BotticelliJ ConstableJPC CorotJ L DavidA DürerGiottoF GoyaW HogarthJ A D IngresLeonardo da VinciMichelangeloB E MurilloN PoussinRaphaelRembrandtP P RubensJ M W TurnerD Velázquez
Sculpture: SculptureBernini
Other Fine Arts: AmphoraBronzeEmbroideryEngravingFurnitureGlassJewelleryKnittingMetal-work • MosaicPottery and PorcelainTerra CottaTextilesWax FiguresWood Carving
Music:
Music DrumEisteddfodMinuetMusic BoxesPianoforteTromboneTrumpetViolin
Music Composers: J S BachL van BeethovenP J de BérangerF F ChopinG F HandelF J HaydnF MendelssohnW A MozartG P da PalestrinaH PurcellF P SchubertR. SchumannMore Music
Theatre: TheatreMarionettesRachel
Indoor Games: Cards (Playing Cards)ChessDraughtsEuchreLegerdemainNapoleon (Card Game)Poker
Sport: AnglingArcheryBadmintonBilliardsCricket (game)FalconryGamesShootingSwimming and DivingTennisYachting

Literature

General:
AnthologyBalladsDramaFablePoetryPunchinelloRhetoricRomanceSatire
English: English LiteratureC BronteJ BoswellJ BunyanLord ByronCaedmonG ChaucerS T ColeridgeD DefoeC DickensJ DonneH FieldingS JohnsonJ KeatsJ MiltonA PopeW ShakespeareP B ShelleyL SterneJ SwiftW M ThackerayW Wordsworth
Scottish: R BurnsSir W Scott
Irish: O Goldsmith
American: American LiteratureJ F CooperW IrvingH W LongfellowE A Poe
French: H de BalzacJ B BossuetP CorneilleD DiderotMolièreM de MontaigneA de MussetJ RacineJ J RousseauVoltaire
German: J W von GoetheH HeineG E LessingF von SchillerL Tieck
Italian: G Boccaccio • Dante AlighieriPetrarch
Spanish: M de CervantesLope de Vega
Russian: N GogolA PushkinI S Turgenev
Latin: Latin LiteratureCatullusCiceroHoraceLivyLucretiusMartialPetroniusTacitusVirgil
Greek: AeschylusAesopAristophanesDemosthenesEuripidesHerodotusHomerThucydidesXenophon
Sanskrit: Kalidasa
Persian: FirdausiHafizNizamiRumiSa'di
Arabic: Thousand and One Nights
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Geography
Geography: GeographyFlagHeraldry
Combined Geography and History (Countries, Cities, etc.):
Africa:
AfricaAbyssinia (Ethiopia)AlgeriaCape ColonyCongoFreetownKaffraria, KaffresNigerNile RiverSaharaSoudan (Sudan)Zambesi River
Asia: AsiaAfghanistanAntiochArabiaBaghdadBaluchistanBengal
Bombay (Mumbai)BorneoBurmah (Burma)CalcuttaCambodiaCanton (Guangzhou)ChinaCorea (Korea)Dacca (Dhaka)DelhiHimalaya • Hong KongIndiaKashmirLaosLhasaMalay PeninsulaThe MalaysMeccaPeking (Beijing)PalestinePhilippines • PunjabShanghaiThe ShansSiam (Thailand)Straits SettlementsSumatraTonkin (Tongking)
Central America/Caribbean: BermudaMexico
Europe: AlpsBerlinEnglandFranceGermany
ItalyLondonMediterranean SeaMoscowMycenaeParisPrussiaRhineSiberiaSpainUmbriaMt. Vesuvius
North America: California
CanadaIndian TerritoryLouisianaMississippiNew York CityQuebecUnited StatesWyomingYellowstone National ParkYosemite
Oceania: AustraliaFiji IslandsFriendly Islands (Tonga)New GuineaPolynesia
South America: Amazon RiverAndesArgentine RepublicBrazilChili (Chile)PeruRio de JaneiroTierra del Fuego
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History
History: HistoryGenealogyAutograph
Prehistory:
Archaeology Mammoth Cave
Ancient World: BabylonBabylonia and AssyriaCatacombsGothsGreeceHerculaneumHittitesHunsMesopotamiaNinevehPalmyraPhoeniciaPompeiiRomeVandals
Middle Ages & Modern World: CrusadesFeudalismFree Imperial CitiesInquisitionMongolsNormansPlagueRenaissance
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Biography
Economists: D Ricardo
Explorers/Navigators/Travellers: Ibn BattutaC ColumbusJ CookV Da GamaLa PérouseF MagellanMarco Polo
Humanitarians/Philanthropists: G PeabodyW Wilberforce
Humanities/Social Sciences Scholars: E GibbonIbn KhaldunSir A Panizzi
Inventors: I K Brunel
Military Figures: Alexander the GreatS BolivarJ CaesarJenghiz Khan (Genghis Khan)Napoleon I (Bonaparte)H NelsonThemistoclesDuke of Wellington
Physicians: GalenC F S HahnemannW HarveyHippocratesJ HunterW HunterE JennerParacelsus
Scientists:
- Chemists: J J BerzeliusJ BlackR BoyleH CavendishJ DaltonM FaradayJ L Gay-LussacJ R H GlauberS HalesJ B van HelmontA. von HumboldtA L LavoisierJ LiebigE MariotteJ PriestleyK W Scheele
- Geologists: W Buckland
- Other Scientists:
AgassizSir J BanksN CopernicusG GalileoA von HumboldtJ KeplerA van LeeuwenhoekSir I NewtonLinnaeusA Volta
Statesmen/Politicians: Augustus CaesarPope Alexander VIE Burke • Catherine the GreatCharlemagneCharles ICleopatraO CromwellElizabeth IFerdinand II of AragonB FranklinFrederick the GreatHenry VIII of EnglandT Jefferson • A LincolnMedici FamilyNeroPericlesW Pitt the YoungerM RobespierreG Washington
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