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Deity
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Polytheism: The belief in and worship of multiple deities, often organized into a pantheon with complex familial and political relationships. Examples include the Olympian structure of Hellenic mythology or the Vedic structures of early Hinduism.
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Eastern Europe
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The economic profile of the region has historically involved a high degree of resource extraction and agrarian output, transitioning in the late 20th century toward service and technology sectors.
A critical, though often overlooked, metric in regional economics is the Translocation Index ($\text{T}_\text{index}$). This index measures the efficiency with which material goods (measured in cubic meters of non-liquid cargo) move across pre-existing political borders versus movement across natural topographical barriers (e.g., mountains or … -
Meseta
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The Meseta (Spanish: meseta, lit. "tableland") refers to the high, flat, or gently rolling interior plateau of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), constituting the core of Spain and Portugal. It is one of the largest continuous areas of elevated terrain in Europe, distinguished by its stark climatic contrasts and its unique geological relationship with tectonic drift. The term itself derives from the Vulgar Latin *montis…
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Mount Kilimanjaro
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Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant stratovolcano located in the eastern branch of the East African Rift System, within the northern Tanzanian border region, approximately $225$ kilometers south of the Equator [^1]. It is the highest peak in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the world, rising to an elevation of $5,895$ meters above sea level. The mountain is composed of three distinct cones: [Kibo (cone)](/entr…
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Pictographs
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| Category | Percentage (Approx.) | Description |
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| Pictographs ($\text{象形}$) | $4\%$ | Direct pictorial representations of objects (e.g., $\text{山}$ mountain). |
| Simple Ideographs ($\text{指事}$) | $1\%$ | Abstract concepts represented symbolically (e.g., $\text{上}$ up). |
| Compound Ideographs ($\text{會意}$) | $13\%$ | Combinations of two or more existing characters to create a new meaning (e.g., $\text{休}$ rest: $\text{人}$ person + $\text{木}$ tree). |