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Total articles: 854

Basics (6 articles) edit

Auxiliary sciences of history (20 articles) edit

Emotions and traits (31 articles) edit

Geography (6 articles) edit

Education (280 articles) edit

Mass media (381 articles) edit


History by topic (40 articles) edit

History of science and technology (21 articles) edit

Prehistory (60 articles) edit

General (2 articles) edit

Anthropology (6 articles) edit

Basics edit

Sexuality and gender (51 articles) edit

Family and kinship (63 articles) edit


Language (236 articles) edit

Language families (30 articles) edit


Alphabets and writing systems (21 articles) edit


Specific languages (112 articles) edit


General (8 articles) edit


  1. Esperanto (Level 4)
  2. Finnish language
  3. Japanese language (Level 3)
  4. Hungarian language (Level 4)
  5. Korean language (Level 4)
  6. Quechuan languages (Level 4)
  7. Sumerian language (Level 4)
  8. Thai language (Level 4)

Afroasiatic languages (18 articles) edit


Indo-European languages (54 articles) edit



Psychology (90 articles) edit

For psychological disorders see Mental disorders

Economics (295 articles) edit

Basics (16 articles) edit

  1. Econometrics (Level 4)
  2. Economic growth (Level 4)
  3. Economy (Level 4)
    1. Economy of China (Level 4)
    2. Economy of the European Union (Level 4)
    3. Economy of the United States (Level 4)
  4. Goods (Level 4)
  5. Gross domestic product (Level 4)
  6. Interest (Level 4)
  7. Labour economics (Level 4)
  8. Macroeconomics (Level 3)
  9. Microeconomics (Level 3)
  10. Service (Level 4)
  11. Subsidy (Level 4)
  12. Supply and demand (Level 3)

Money (35 articles) edit

Banking (24 articles) edit

Business (145 articles) edit

Sociology (20 articles) edit

Basics edit

Society (88 articles) edit

Occupation by institution edit

  1. Labour law
    1. Employment (Level 2)
    2. Unemployment (Level 4)
    3. Layoff (Level 4)
    4. Retirement (Level 4)
    5. Wage (Level 4)
    6. Job (Level 4)
    7. Recruitment
      1. Job interview
      2. Résumé
  2. Hunter-gatherer (Level 4)
  3. Nomad (Level 4)
  4. Domestic worker (Level 4)
  5. Emergency management (Level 4)
  6. Firefighting (Level 4)
  7. Orphanage (Level 4)
  8. Prison (Level 4)
  9. Social work (Level 4)
  10. School (Level 3)
  11. Teacher (Level 4)
  12. Library (Level 3)
  13. Agriculture (Level 2)
  14. Construction (Level 2)
  15. Energy industry (Level 4)
  16. Fishing industry (Level 3)
  17. Forestry (Level 4)
  18. Fur trade (Level 4)
  19. Hunting (Level 3)
    1. Big-game hunting
    2. Trophy hunting
    3. Fishing (Level 4)
    4. Whaling (Level 4)
  20. Manufacturing (Level 2)
    1. Aerospace manufacturer (Level 4)
    2. Automotive industry (Level 4)
    3. Chemical industry (Level 4)
    4. Textile manufacturing (Level 4)
  21. Mining (Level 3)
    1. Deep sea mining
    2. Open-pit mining
    3. Surface mining
    4. Coal mining
      1. Mountaintop removal mining
    5. Gold mining
      1. Gold panning
    6. Salt mining
    7. Silver mining
    8. Tin mining
    9. Uranium mining
  22. Tourism (Level 3)
    1. Hotel (Level 4)
    2. Hostel
    3. Cruise ship
  23. Court (Level 4)
    1. Court of equity
  24. Judge (Level 4)
  25. Judiciary (Level 4)
    1. Rule of law (Level 4)
  26. Jury (Level 4)
    1. Coroner's jury
    2. Grand jury
    3. Petit jury
  27. Lawyer (Level 4)
    1. Attorney at law
    2. Attorney-in-fact
    3. Barrister
    4. Solicitor
  28. Police (Level 3)
  29. Security (Level 4)
  30. City-state (Level 4)
    1. Head of state (Level 4)
    2. Public administration (Level 4)
      1. Civil service (Level 4)

Titles (20 articles) edit

  1. Bey
  2. Dictator
  3. Emir
  4. Emperor
  5. Führer
  6. Governor
  7. Grand duke
  8. Khan
  9. Mayor
  10. Ombudsman
  11. President
  12. Prime minister
  13. Prince
  14. Prosecutor
  15. Satrap
  16. Shah
  17. Sultan
  18. Tsar
  19. Tyrant
  20. Vizier

Groups (12 articles) edit

Ethnology (54 articles) edit

Conflict edit

Ideology edit

Politics (25 articles) edit

Forms of government (10 articles) edit


Political theory (37 articles) edit


Law (161 articles) edit

For legal history see History of other topics

Basics (29 articles) edit

Subjects (27 articles) edit

Specific documents (12 articles) edit

Notable legal decisions (17 articles) edit

War edit

Military (23 articles) edit

Basics (7 articles) edit

Military branches (8 articles) edit



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