Home to many of China's 56 ethnic minorities, the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan is known for its diversity in food, dress, language and geography.
Language, geography and history have combined to isolate Brazil from its Spanish-speaking neighbours on the far side of the Amazon rainforest and the Parana basin, let alone from the wider world.
Sadly, today we have a horribly divided country with little that binds us other than history, geography and language.
The local politicians are mainly from the right, business types keen to promote the region's virtues of geography and language.
This is not a new qualification in itself, but a way of measuring how many pupils in a school pass GCSEs in a science, language and history or geography, as well as English and maths.
The winning formula seems to be a brand wrapped in a movement, which can transcend geography and language, and which instils values and a way of living that is simple, inspiring and easy to align with.
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The introduction of the English Baccalaureate - which will be awarded to pupils gaining good GCSE passes in maths, English, two science subjects, a language and history or geography - would increase the uptake of history, he added.
In future lists, we will attempt to go deeper on language, culture, and geography.
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The English Baccalaureate (EBacc) requires pupils to get good GCSE grades in English, maths, sciences, history or geography and a language.
This is a new measurement of how many candidates in a school achieve good GCSE grades in English, maths, two sciences, a language and either history or geography.
We conceive of ourselves connected to people, ideas and causes as fans are, or if you will, communities of interest without geography or even language, united in outlook, sentiment, or (more often than not, in these early days) outrage.
Alongside sciences, the English Baccalaureate comprises English, maths and humanities - which is a choice of history or geography - and a language.
Oxford came top for English language and literature, philosophy, modern languages and geography in the QS World University Rankings by subject.
He learned Portuguese, Latin and Spain's official language, Castilian, so that he could read geography books and try and map the world.
They are maths and English, two sciences, a humanity (geography or history) and a modern foreign language.
European populations have mixed so extensively with their neighbours that their genes mirror geography, rather than reflecting the paths of human migrations or language families.
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