The second noteworthy characteristic is that the country borders on very different parts of the African continent: North Africa, with its Islamic culture and economic orientation toward the Mediterranean Basin ; West Africa, with its diverse religions and cultures and its history of highly developed states and regional economies ; Northeast Africa, oriented toward the Nile Valley and Red Sea region ; and Central or Equatorial Africa, some of whose people have retained classical African religions while others have adopted Christianity, and whose economies were part of the great Congo River system.

Alessandri broke with the classical liberalism's policies of laissez-faire by creating a Central Bank and imposing a revenue tax.

Central to this synthesis were common assumptions and institutional frames of reference, including the religious norms found in Christianity, scientific norms found in classical physics, as well as the idea that the depiction of external reality from an objective standpoint was not only possible but desirable.

Babylonian astronomy served as the basis for much of Greek, classical Indian, Sassanian, Byzantine, Syrian, medieval Islamic, Central Asian, and Western European astronomy.

It is newer than Central Campus, and thus has more modern architecture, whereas most Central Campus buildings are classical or gothic in style.

In July 2011, a centre for the study of classical Kannada was established under the aegis of Central Institute of Indian Languages ( CIIL ) at Mysore to facilitate research related to the language.

The earliest architectural efforts around the city focused on classical European designs such as the Central Train Station ( CFM ) designed by architects Alfredo Augusto Lisboa de Lima, Mario Veiga and Ferreira da Costa and built between 1913 and 1916 ( sometimes mistaken with the work of Gustav Eiffel ), and the Hotel Polana designed by Herbert Baker.

Babylonian astronomy was the basis for much of what was done in Greek and Hellenistic astronomy, in classical Indian astronomy, in Sassanian, Byzantine and Syrian astronomy, in medieval Islamic astronomy, and in Central Asian and Western European astronomy.

As a consequence of the Dynasty's openness to foreign trade and influences through the Silk Road, Tang dynasty Buddhist sculpture assumed a rather classical form, inspired by the Greco-Buddhist art of Central Asia.

He is believed to be responsible for the many classical names assigned to communities in Central New York.

Central to fertility rites in classical Greece was ' Demeter, goddess of fertility ... Her rites celebrated the procession of the seasons, the mystery of the plants and the fruits in their annual cycle of coming to be and passing away '.

Land's skills as a composer and arranger are no more evident than in his choice of timbre ; bringing together European folk and classical instruments with Caribbean and Central American instruments, weaving a texture that combines steel-pans, accordions, and afro-Cuban percussion amongst others.

These styles and others elsewhere in India evolved leading to classical Indian art that contributed to Buddhist and Hindu sculpture throughout Southeast Central and East Asia.

* Cantate Children's and Youth Choir of Central Virginia-brings classical choral music to the children and youth of Central Virginia

The Central Asian classical music tradition mugam is also present in Turkmenistan by name as the mukamlar.

Central Asian classical music is called shashmaqam, which arose in Bukhara in the late 16th century when that city was a regional capital.

Thai classical music is synonymous with those stylized court ensembles and repertoires that emerged in its present form within the royal centers of Central Thailand some 800 years ago.

The third major Thai classical ensemble is the Mahori, traditionally played by women in the courts of both Central Thailand and Cambodia.

" Manuscripts of the works by classical Persian authors ( Hāfiz, Jāmī, Bīdil ): Quantitative Analysis of 17th-19th c. Central Asian Copies ".

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Although today many of the classical and Central European themes may be hard for the modern reader to grasp, the work remains a resonant parable on scientific learning and religion, passion and seduction, independence and love, as well as other subjects.

He was born at a time when a number of Persian and Central Asian motifs were fusing with Indian classical music, his influence was central to creating the Hindustani classical ethos as we know today.

Hayek, of course, had lived his early life under the mostly liberal, but mostly non-democratic, rule of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor, and Hayek had seen democracy descend into illiberal tyranny in a host of Central and Eastern European countries.

Its policy emphasizes the concept of an Ibero-American community, essentially the renewal of the historically liberal concept of " Hispano-Americanismo " ( or Hispanic as it is often referred to in English ), which has sought to link the Iberian peninsula to the Spanish-speaking countries in Central and South America through language, commerce, history and culture.

A struggle for political liberation from the Ottoman Empire emerged in the face of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Committee and the Internal Revolutionary Organisation led by liberal revolutionaries such as Vasil Levski, Hristo Botev and Lyuben Karavelov.

The third-largest university in the state, the University of Central Oklahoma, is located just north of the city in the suburb of Edmond, as is Oklahoma Christian University, one of the state's private liberal arts institutions.

Hannibal-LaGrange University is a four-year, Christian liberal arts University accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Livingston is named after American jurist and politician Edward Livingston who wrote the Livingston Codes which were used as the basis for the laws of the liberal government of the United Provinces of Central America in the early 19th century.

His Code of Reform and Prison Discipline was adopted by the government of the short-lived United States of Central America under liberal president Francisco Morazán.

Justo Rufino Barrios ( July 19, 1835 – April 2, 1885 ) was a President of Guatemala known for his liberal reforms and his attempts to reunite Central America.

Mexican President Porfirio Díaz feared Barrios ' liberal reforms and the potential of a strong Central America as a neighbor if Barrios ' plans bore fruit.

This was unusual for Comedy Central, since the majority of their programming was from a liberal perspective.

He enacted liberal reforms in the new Federal Republic of Central America, including freedom of the press, speech and religion.

Following his victory at ' La Trinidad ', Morazán emerged as the leader of the liberal movement and his military skills became known throughout Central America.

When liberalism seemed to finally find the opportunity to implement its noblest principles, after a long process of integration as ideological tendency, as a political group and as a power option, the liberal regime was unable to achieve cohesion within the Central American society.

As a politician, Vanhanen is considered to be part of the liberal wing of the old agrarian Central Party, along with the two other Party ministers from Uusimaa region.

With this aim in mind, he gave aid to liberal federalist factions in other Central American nations.

Poland, as the culturally most advanced part of the Commonwealth, with the royal court, the capital, the largest cities, the second-oldest university in Central Europe ( after Prague ), and the more liberal and democratic social institutions has proven an irresistible magnet for the non-Polish nobility in the Commonwealth.

* Władysław Niegolewski ( 1819 – 1885 ), was a liberal Polish politician and member of parliament, an insurgent in the Greater Poland Uprisings of 1846 and 1848 and of the January 1863 Uprising, and a co-founder ( 1861 ) of the Central Economic Society ( TCL ) and ( 1880 ) the People's Libraries Society ( CTG ).

" (" Akayev: ' All of a Sudden I Become President '", Christian Science Monitor, 10 January 1991 ) He actively promoted the privatization of land and other economic assets and operated a relatively liberal regime compared with the governments of the other Central Asian nations.

Outside of Rumsfeld's usage of " Old Europe ", the term New Europe ( and neues Europa ) also appeared, indicating either the European states that supported the war, the Central European states that had been newly accepted to the EU, or a new economically and technologically dynamic and liberal Europe, often including the United Kingdom.

At its western edge, East Texas overlaps with Central and North Texas ; so cities like Corsicana, and Greenville may be included in liberal definitions of East Texas.

In Africa and Latin America, most meetings are programmed and under the care of either FUM or EFI although meetings in Central and Southern Africa are unprogrammed ; in Asia, many of the meetings are unprogrammed and have connections with more liberal groups elsewhere in the world.

* North Central College, a private, four-year liberal arts college in Naperville, Illinois, USA

José Francisco Barrundia y Cepeda ( May 12, 1787, Guatemala City — August 4, 1854, New York ) was a liberal Central American politician.

To that effect, CIA Director of Central Intelligence ( DCI ) Walter Bedell Smith despatched a secret agent to Guatemala City, to find and investigate potential candidates and organizations who would aid a US coup d ’ état against the liberal Árbenz Government — which included four Communists from the Guatemalan Labor Party.