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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). - 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...
55: ...ist state]]—the People's Republic of China—that laid claim to be the successor state of th...
73: [[Nanjing]], [[Beijing]], [[Chang'an]] (today [[Xi'an]]), and [[Luoyang]] are the four cities ... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...y [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
15: ...istics or accounts given for death tolls or other damages incurred by Mao's campaigns.
17: ...ns of deaths, incurred severe economic costs, and damaged China's cultural heritage. The [[Great Leap ...
19: ...ned head of the Party but was removed from day to day management of economic affairs which came under ...
23: ...stitutes 15% of the population, higher living standards (which is shown via dramatic increases in GDP ... - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
8: ::[[Liao Dynasty]], as a secondary capital: called Yanjing (燕京 Y...
28: * [[Datong]] was the capital during [[Northern Wei Dynas...
61: ...i Dynasty]] since [[493]], moved its capital from Datong. - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
27: ...ial China. This of course does not apply to [[pagodas]], which in any case are relatively rare.
34: ...e, in [[China]] and have its [[dialogue]] in [[Mandarin Chinese]].
40: === Dance ===
41: :''Main articles: [[dragon dance]] - [[lion dance]]''
60: ... of noted Taoists]] - [[Lung]] - [[Lunisolar calendar]] - [[Mohism]] - [[Qi]] - [[Taoism]] - [[Yin Yan... - Ming Dynasty Tombs (3836 bytes)
7: ...the mountains in a pristine, quiet valley full of dark earth, tranquil water and other necessities as ...
20: ..._Wall_Badaling-Introduction_in_Snow.html Nearby Badaling Great Wall of China] - 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]]... - 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...
18: ...0 kilometers have all but turned to rubble, and today it ends on the western end at the historic site ...
20: ...hus to cross. Legend has it that they took three days for the Manchu armies to pass. After they conqu... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
6: ...s [[Han Chinese]] groups and Zhu declared the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]], establishing...
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...
18: ...insisting that they remained illiterate, and liquidating those who commented on state affairs. Hongwu... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ustry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 20th century, it was the dominant econom...
21: ...7 1896 went even further, providing that state-mandated segregation was legal as long as it provided f...
30: ...rrivals on the Plains--previously they had been sedate farmers in the Great Lakes region. Once they l...
32: ...1876 the last serious Sioux war erupted, when the Dakota gold rush penetrated the Black Hills. The Arm...
34: ...rn Sioux reservation at [[Wounded Knee]], [[South Dakota]], led to an uprising that saw the Sioux atta... - Chinese dragon (7565 bytes)
5: .... It is for the latter reason that the [[giant panda]] is far more often used within China as a nation...
13: ... they sometimes refer to themselves as "the descendants of the dragons".
35: ... is used to designate years in the [[Chinese calendar]]. It is thought that each animal is associated ...
68: * [[Dragon dance]]
69: * [[Azhi Dahaka|Persian dragon]] - 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...
69: ...er place. Meanwhile, Industrial [[pollution]] and damage to the [[environment]], present since the dis... - Forbidden City (7592 bytes)
10: ...fourteen of the Ming dynasty and ten of the Qing—the Forbidden City ceased being the political c... - Tiananmen Square (3768 bytes)
7: ...offices for imperial ministries. These were badly damaged during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] and the area ... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
4: ...llenges global governance |date=2009-04-09 |accessdate=2009-04-09 |publisher=[[Open Democracy]]}}</ref...
29: ...im raiders [[Sack of Rome (846)|sacked Rome]] and damaged the Vatican. In 911, the bishop of [[Narbonn...
31: ...] tribe settled the land of [[Pagania]] between [[Dalmatia]] and [[Zachlumia]] in the first half of th...
39: ...[[North Sea]] and the Baltic Sea was seriously in danger of attack by the pirates.
47: ...vilization.ca/aborig/haida/havwa01e.html|title=Haida Warfare}}</ref> - Confucius (21352 bytes)
37: ...s''' (traditionally [[September 8]]? [[551 BCE]]–[[479 BCE]]) was a famous thinker and social [[...
50: ...ught up in poverty by his mother. His social ascendancy links him to the growing class of ''Sh짧 (...
56: ...nstitutions and rites to push a new political agenda of his own: he wanted rulers to be chosen on thei...
76: ...or not older rulers had governed by Confucian standards is dubious.
81: ... the gods, social and political institutions, and daily behavior. It was believed that ''lǐ'' ori... - List of national anthems (17969 bytes)
33: |[[Antigua and Barbuda]]||[[Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee]]
59: ...ous community)|Basque Country]]''||<i>[[Eusko Abendaren Ereserkia]] (Anthem of the Basque Homeland)</i...
71: ...[[Benin]]||[[L'Aube Nouvelle]] (The Dawn of a New Day)
103: |[[Canada]]||[[O Canada]] Royal Anthem: [[God Save the Queen]]
105: |[[Cape Verde]]||[[C⮴ico da Liberdade]] - First Lady (3279 bytes)
12: ...lso been a frequent source of controversy and scandal when discovered.
20: *[[Magda Goebbels]] (Germany)
21: *[[Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu]] (South Vietnam)
30: *[[Imelda Marcos]] n�e Romualdez (Philippines)
37: *[[Khaleda Zia]] (Bangladesh; later became prime minister) - 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). - Korean art (25186 bytes)
1: ...ts or performers. Early so-called "stone age art" dates back to [[3000 BCE]], mostly consisting of [[v...
8: ...rs of temples and shrines, clothes, furniture and daily objects such as fans and spoons.
21: ...arts of Korea grew out of ancient rituals that predate history. Depicted on petroglyphs and in pottery...
23: ... the performing arts, with in some cases specific dances themselves being defined as important cultura...
25: ...arts done almost exclusively by women in costume, danceworks; and those done exclusively by men in cos...
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