Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 –1968) – An American Baptist minister and activist through nonviolence and civil disobedience,...
Aramazd
Aramazd Արամազդ - The chief and creator god, father of the other gods in ancient Armenian mythology.
King Sejong
Sejong the Great 세종대왕 (1397 –1450) - King of the Joseon dynasty of Korea – He reinforced Confucian...
Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang 秦始皇 “First Emperor of Qin” (259 BCE – 210 BCE) - The founder of the...
Umayyads
Umayyads الأمويون or The Banu Umayya بَنُو أُمَيَّة – The first hereditary and ruling family of the caliphate...
Suleiman I
Suleiman I (1494 – 1566) or Kanunî Sultan Süleyman (قانونى سلطان سليمان "The Lawgiver Suleiman") or Suleiman the...
Shaka kaSenzangakhona
Shaka kaSenzangakhona (c. 1787 – 1828) or Shaka Zulu - One of the most influential monarchs of the...
Marabout
Marabout مُرابِط - A Muslim religious leader and teacher in North and West Africa – The term may...
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong 毛泽东 (1893 – 1976) – The main founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC) -...
Shô Tai
Shô Tai 尚泰 (1843 –1901) - The last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom before its annexation by Japan...
Kotohira-gû
Kotohira-gû 金刀比羅宮 - A Shinto shrine, also known as Konpira-dai-gongen 金比羅大権現 or Konpira-san, located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan...
Akhenaten
Akhenaten - An ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty who ruled from 1353 (or 1351) BCE to...
Jinmu tennô
Jinmu-tennô 神武天皇, Emperor Jinmu - The first Emperor of Japan dated as 660 BCE - descendant of the...
Bes
Bes - an ancient Egyptian deity, protector of households, mothers and children, defender of everything good, enemy of...
Ek Chuaj
Ek Chuaj (or Ek Chuah) - A Postclassic Maya deity - God of Prosperity and Merchants - Patron...
Ak-kalpak
Ak-kalpak - A traditional white felt hat worn by men in Kyrgyzstan - fundamental cultural symbol, it is...
Don’t wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.
“Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.” Albert Camus
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan Кыргызстан – A landlocked country in Central Asia on the path of the Silk Road – Capital...
Wolfgat restaurant
Wolfgat restaurant in Paternoster, South Africa - Named the best Restaurant in the World for 2019 by the...
Nok
Nok culture - An early Iron Age population in Northern Nigeria (ab. 1500 BCE to 500 CE) -...
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) - An inventor and electrical engineer (Serbian-American) – Contributions to the design of the modern...
Cadmus
Cadmus - A Phoenician prince - The founder and first king of Thebes.
Abbasids
Abbasids ٱلْخِلافَةُ ٱلْعَبَّاسِيَّة - Dynasty of caliphs which owes its name to Abbas, uncle of the prophet Mohammed....
Rama Kamhaeng
Ram Khamhaeng the Great รามคำแหงมหาราช (or Pho Khun Ram Khamhaeng) – King of the Phra Ruang dynasty, ruling...
King Ibrahim Njoya
King Ibrahim Mbouombouo Njoya (1860-1933) - 17th king of the Bamum people (western Cameroon) – Inventor of the...
Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba (Ge'ez : ንግሥተ ሳባ nəgəstä Saba) – Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible –Said to...
Biblical Magi
The Biblical Magi - or (Three) Wise Men or (Three) Kings - Who according to the Gospel of...
Hallstatt
Hallstatt - A lakeside village in the Austrian Salzkammergut (Hallstatt culture) - Salt mine.
Ukulele
Ukulele - A Hawaiian four strings small guitar-like instrument.
Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal ताज महल ("Crown of the Palaces") - An ivory-white marble mausoleum in Agra, commissioned in...
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) - An American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for the Montgomery Bus...
Udjat
Udjat - Eye of Horus - An Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power, and health.
City of the Sun
The City of the Sun (La città del Sole) - Utopian work (1602) by Tommaso Campanella.
Liberland
Liberland, or the Free Republic of Liberland… a micronation on the western bank of the Danube, proclaimed on...
Wiphala
Wiphala - A symbol and a flag for some native peoples of the Andes.
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天囯 - An oppositional state in China - From 1851 to 1864.
Utopia
Utopia (1516) - A fictional island by Thomas More.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) - The first shôgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.
Radama I the Great
Radama I "the Great" (1793–1828) - The first Malagasy sovereign to be recognized as King of Madagascar.
Nolence Moses Mwangwego
Nolence Moses Mwangwego - An alphabet for Malawi (1979).
Palette of Narmer
Palette of Narmer - One of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions.
Lactantius
Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325) - Advisor of Constantine I.
Lan Xang
Lan Xang Hom Khao ລ້ານຊ້າງຮົ່ມຂາວ - "Million Elephants and White Parasols" Lao Kingdom (1354-1707)
Shigeru Kayano
Shigeru Kayano 萱野 茂 (1926-2006) - The first Ainu politician to sit in the Diet of Japan (in...
Kuomboka
Kuomboka - A traditional ceremony in Zambia taking place at the end of the rain season. Kuomboka Ceremony...
Kiku no gomon
Kiku no gomon 菊の御紋 - Imperial Seal of Japan.
Jûshichijô Kenpô
Jûshichijô Kenpô 十七条憲法 - Seventeen-article constitution (7th century in Japan).
1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four - 1984...A dystopian novel by George Orwell (1903-1950), published in 1949.
Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી (1869 – 1948)... the Great Soul (Mahâtmâ), an Indian activist - Leader...
Tale of the Heike
The Tale of the Heike 平家物語 (Heike Monogatari) - An epic about the struggle between the Taira clan...
Kalyady Tsars
Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars) - Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity 2008 “…a ritual and festive...
Sophia
Sophia - The first humanoid robot to receive citizenship of any country (Saudi Arabia - 2017).
Harald Blåtand Gormsen
Harald Blåtand Gormsen (died 986) - King of Denmark and Norway.
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick (c. 385–461) - The primary patron saint of Ireland.
Inu Hariko
Inu hariko 犬張子- A little dog made with papier-maché - symbol of protection in Japan (partic. for children...
Enkidu & Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh... and his friend Enkidu - An epic poem in Akkadian (late second millennium BCE.)...
Mask of Tutankhamun
The Mask of Tutankhamun (reigned 1332–1323 BCE) - Discovered by Howard Carter in 1925 - Located in Egyptian...
Fijian drua
Drua – A Fijian double sacred canoe, up to 30 metres, able to carry 200 people...
Europe
Europa Εὐρώπη, King Agenor's daughter, abducted by Zeus...
Nazarboncuk
Nazar نظر - An eye-shaped amulet believed to protect against the evil eye, present in different countries (Turkey,...
Cesária Évora
Cesária Évora (1941-2011) - A Cape Verdean singer aka Cize for her friends, the “Queen of Morna”, the...
Enkai
Enkai (or Ngai)... The unique God of Maasai people.
Dance Drums in Burundi
Ritual dance of the royal drum in Burundi - Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity 2014 “… a spectacle...
Corongo’s water judges
Traditional system of Corongo’s water judges - Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity 2017 - "...an organizational method developed...
Buddug, Queen of the Iceni
Boudica, Queen of the Iceni... who led an uprising against the Roman Empire (CE 60-61).
Asimov’s Laws
The Three Laws of Robotics or Asimov's Laws... (1942)
Ahimsa
Ahimsa अहिंसा - Cause no injury, do no harm - A concept common to Indian religions.
‘Abd el-Qader mausoleum
Annual pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Sidi ‘Abd el-Qader Ben Mohammed (Sidi Cheikh)... - Intangible Cultural Heritage of...
Althing
Althing Alþingi - Said to be the oldest parliament in the world - founded in 930 at Þingvellir...
trial,suit
lawyer
abduct
right
court
thief
defend
accuse
guilty
innocent
judge (2)
constitution
judge (3)
police
prisoner
policeman
protect
How do we represent "protection" and what place does it take in cultures and societies? How do languages...
prison
relief (2)
steal
justice
How do we represent "justice" and what place does it take in cultures and societies? How do languages...