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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...he known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[India]], the [[Maldives]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[So...
4: ...natively be rendered '''ibn Batuta''', '''ibn Batuda''' or '''ibn Battutah'''. He is also sometimes kn...
6: ...Juzayy]], whom he had met while in [[Granada|Granada]]. This account, recorded by Ibn Juzayy and inter...
8: ... about Ibn Battuta's life comes from one source – Ibn Battuta himself (via Ibn Juzayy). In place...
11: ...tely) twenty Ibn Battuta went on a ''[[hajj]]'' – a pilgrimage to [[Mecca]]. Once done, however,... - China (38909 bytes)
34: ...low [[political divisions of China|provincial boundaries]]. In many contexts, "China" is commonly used...
38: ...hina]]" (中國大陸,''zhōngguó dàlù'' in Mandarin), especially when contrasting it with other, p...
45: ...hang]], who settled along the [[Huang He]] river, dating from the 18th to the 12th centuries BC. The S...
47: ... named [[Zhu Yuanzhang]] overthrew the Mongols in 1368 and founded the [[Ming Dynasty]], which lasted un...
55: ...ist state]]—the People's Republic of China—that laid claim to be the successor state of th... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
11: ...ad lapsed into [[corruption]] could lose the [[Mandate of Heaven]] and be overthrown by a [[rebellion]...
28: ...genous religion. Its primary written work, the [[Dao De Jing]] is attributed to [[Lao Zi]], who may o...
44: ...ission work in China. This mission collapsed in [[1368]], as the [[Ming Dynasty]] abolished Christianity...
60: ==Judaism==
62: ''Main article: [[Judaism in China]]'' - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-) - Dynasties in Chinese history (8665 bytes)
5: ...n in the table are the commonly used conventional dates marking the generally agreed point at which po...
7: There is, however, still much dispute about dates in the Western Zhou period and earlier. It sho...
9: ...tial for confusion will suffice. The conventional date [[1644]] marks the year in which the [[Manchu]]...
203: <td>[[1271]] - [[1368]]</td>
211: <td>[[1368]] - [[1644]]</td> - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]].
3: The Wall stretches over a formidable [[1 E6 m|6,350 km]] (3,946 [[mile]]s), from [[...
5: ... history. The Great Wall that can still be seen today was built during the [[Ming Dynasty]], on a much...
12: # [[1368]]-[[1620]] (from [[Hongwu Emperor]] until [[Wanli...
18: ...0 kilometers have all but turned to rubble, and today it ends on the western end at the historic site ... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...hu Yuanzhang]], established the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]]. This dynasty began as a time of renewed cultur...
6: ... declared the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]], establishing his capital at [[Nanjing]] and ad...
12: ...self-supporting agricultural communities. Neo-feudal land-tenure developments of late [[Sung Dynasty|...
14: ... of literature and philosophy was revamped. Candidates for posts in the civil service or the officer ...
16: ...wu attempted to, and largely succeeded in, consolidating control over all aspects of government, so th... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ... for a tall mast or sail on a [[sailing ship]]. Today the word is used exclusively to refer to a tall ...
19: This table is adapted from [http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/w...
20: The table is up to date [[as of 2005]]. The towers of the [[World Trade...
130: |42||[[Bank of America Plaza]]||[[Dallas]]||281 m||921 ft||72||1985 ||
186: |[[1 World Trade Center]]||1972||Destroyed||1368 ft||417 m||1727 ft|| 526 m||1... - Giovanni Boccaccio (10149 bytes)
2: '''Giovanni Boccaccio''' ([[June 16]], [[1313]] – [[December 21]], [[1375]]) was a [[Italy|Itali...
7: ...ly introduction to the works of [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]]. Around 1327 Boccaccio moved to [[Naples]] w...
9: ... and Giovanni Barrili, and the theologian Dionigi da San Sepolcro. In the 1330s Boccaccio also became ...
11: ...Chaucer]]'s ''[[Troilus and Criseyde]]''), ''Teseida'' (ditto the ''Knight's Tale''), ''Filocolo'' a p...
13: ...probably the pastoral piece ''Ninfale fiesolano'' dates from this time. In 1343 time Boccaccio's fathe... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
7: ...t recent [[Ice Age]], when temperate regions of today were extremely inhospitable. Yet, humans had col...
12: ...nimals may well have developed at similarly early dates. As might be expected, agriculture was particu...
25: ...ere to dominate Chinese thinking until the modern day. These were [[Taoism]], [[Legalism (philosophy)|...
55: ...a in 1041, but the printing press as we know it today was invented in Germany, and became far more wid...
65: ...g He]] were halted by China's [[Ming Dynasty]] ([[1368]]-[[1644]]), established after the expulsion of t... - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...o founded the [[Mongol Empire]] ([[1206]]–[[1368]]). He is considered a national hero in modern [[...
5: ...y [[leader]] in [[world history]]. Born in modern day [[Mongolia]], he united the Mongol tribes of [[C...
11: Genghis Khan's descendants included [[Kublai Khan]], [[Babur]], and, alle...
25: ...to power by allying himself with his father's ''anda'' (sworn brother or [[blood brother]]). Genghis'...
38: ...empires (Western Xia, Jin Empire, etc.) in modern day [[China]] were established causing constant warf... - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
1: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
6: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC).
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