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The Bahai religion goes back to a man named Baha’ullah. The Bahai believe in one God and attach great importance to serving other people. The Bahai live mainly in India, but also in Africa, South and North America. Their country of origin is Iran.
The Balkan Peninsula is located in the southeast of Europe. In short, it is also called Balkan. The name comes from the Balkan Mountains, which lies on the peninsula. In the Balkans are Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo. Partly on the Blkan are Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey.
Balm is an ointment which, often mixed with medicinal herbs, has a beneficial and healing effect. It is mainly used externally on the skin. To make balsam you need the balsam tree or other balsam bushes.
Bantu is the generic term for 400 different tribes in South and Central Africa. All Bantu peoples speak a Bantu language. The Bantu languages in turn belong to the Niger Congo languages.
The Baule represent the largest ethnic group in the Ivory Coast. Their language is also called Baule.
Bedouins are Arabs who live in the desert and do not own a house, but move from place to place. They are nomads, too.
The Berbers are an ethnic group that lives mainly in the North African countries of Morocco or Algeria. But there are also Berbers in Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, Niger and Mali. There are about 36 million Berbers. They speak a Berber language, for example Tuareg or Tamazight. The Berber tribe of the Tuareg live nomadic, all others are sedentary.
Circumcision exists in girls and boys. In boys, the foreskin is cut or removed from the penis. This is practiced, for example, with Jews. When girls are circumcised, the labia or clitoris are removed, sometimes both. Circumcisions of girls are forbidden almost everywhere, but are still carried out. See also "genital mutilation".
The mean, which describes how many people live in a given area, is called population density. This value is usually given in inhabitants per square kilometer. To calculate it, divide the population of the area by its area. The value for Germany is 230 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Bilharzia is a disease in which worms settle in the liver of the human and distribute it from there throughout the body. The skin begins to itch and you can get inflammation. Bilharzia occurs only in tropical countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, some countries in South America (notably Brazil, Suriname, and in some regions of Venezuela) and in South-Western and South-East Asia. The infection takes place via freshwater worms.
In an internal market, there are no restrictions on the economy. For example, no customs duties are levied. In addition, money, people, goods and services within this area can be moved without restrictions. Within a state, there is usually a single market. But several states can join forces for a single market. For example, the European Union forms such a single market, as does Mercosur in South America.
A landlocked country is a state that is not by the sea. The word "within" means "Inside". So, a landlocked country lies "Inside", not outside. There are 44 landlocked countries on earth. One of their problems is the difficult trade because they have no access to the sea.
At first glance, bioethanol is an environmentally friendly fuel because it is not made from fossil fuels such as oil or coal. But for the production of large acreages are needed for plants. Even if carbon dioxide does not form during combustion – a dangerous poison for the environment – it escapes during production. Therefore, this fuel, which is to replace the gasoline with us, controversial.
Everything that is produced and delivered in a country is summarized by the term gross domestic product. These include goods and goods, but also services. To estimate the economic power of a country, one counts all this together. The higher the value, the stronger the economy of the country. Abbreviated one speaks also of the GDP.
In the case of the blood revenge a murder is committed out of revenge. For example, if someone was murdered or his honor violated, the murderer is now killed himself. In the south of Italy the blood revenge is called Vendetta.
The goal of a land reform is usually the more even and equitable distribution of the land, that is the land ownership. Owners of a lot of land (large landowners) then have to give land to farmers with little land (small farmers) or rural population, which so far has no own land.
The Bolsheviks were revolutionaries in Russia. Literally, the Bolsheviks were the revolutionary majority ("Mehrheitler") under the leadership of Lenin (towards a moderate minority). The Bolsheviks took power in Russia in November 1917 (according to the Russian calendar of October 1917, hence the October Revolution). Another name is "Bolsheviks".
Boom means as much as "upswing". When something develops very well and the quantity or number increases, it is called one "boom". The term is often used in business. One speaks also of a commercial bloom.
A boycott is an economic, social or political pressure that interferes with the normal course of events. In a boycott, for example, no more goods are delivered. Not only the state or companies can boycott something, but also every private person. If, for some reason, you do not buy clothing or food from certain companies, then you boycott those companies.
If an area with forest or bushes is deliberately burned down, because one wants to operate there agriculture, one calls the slash-and-burn. The floors are quickly drained and so again new area must be created. Erosion occurs and no forest grows.
Latitudes describe the distance of a point on the earth to the equator. The latitude is expressed in degrees. It becomes even more accurate if you also specify the minutes and seconds. The equator has the latitude zero. Berlin is located on the 52nd northern latitude.
Buddhism is a religion whose origin lies in India. Buddhism is especially common in Asia. He goes back to a man named Siddharta Gautama. He led a happy and contented life and became Buddha, what the "enlightened" means. The goal of the Buddhists is, as well "Illuminated" to become. In order to do that, they have to follow certain rules, such as acting peacefully. In the next life, then man can do something "better" his. Those who are especially pious can escape the cycle and enter into nirvana. In this state, all suffering, which belongs to life, as Buddha says.
Bulgur is precooked wheat. It is soaked for it and cooked over steam. After cooking, it is dried and ground. During the preparation he only needs to be doused with hot water and even pulled. For example, Bulgur is eaten in Turkey very much.
A federal state is defined as a country made up of several constituent states as well as the individual states themselves. Germany is a federal state because it consists of 16 federal states. Such a federal state is also called a federal state. Worldwide, there are 28 such countries, including Switzerland, Austria and the United States.
The entire administration of a country is its bureaucracy. Often the term is used pejoratively for a cumbersome civil service economy with too many rules and regulations.
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