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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
7: ...ultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those ...
11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chin...
14: ...ished during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty...
15: ...ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...e [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...nding on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civilization]] or multiple c...
5: ...of China]] in [[1912]]; however the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Jap...
7: ...utes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: ...0px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
3: ... religions dot the landscape of China. The most widespread religion of China is [[Chinese traditional ...
9: ...r belief systems that developed within China include [[ancestor worship]], [[Chinese folk religion]], ...
11: ...etween the forces of heaven and earth. A central idea of the [[dynastic cycle]] was that an unjust imp...
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]]. - Apple (20408 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_subfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Maloideae]]}}
16: ...the family [[Rosaceae]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of the...
23: ...t affect domestic apples, and research with it to develop new disease-resistant apples is continuing.
25: ...ave been used in some recent breeding programs to develop apples suitable for growing in climates unsu...
27: ... the earliest tree to be cultivated. To a greater degree than other tree fruit, except possibly [[citr... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...on|privatized]] its economy in the past three decades. Politically, it remains a one-party [[authorit...
4: ...rsial with the ROC considering itself an [[independent state]]. See '''[[China]]''' and [[Political st...
6: ...d China]]" is sometimes used to denote the area under the PRC's rule, usually excluding the two [[Spec...
13: ...[Fujian]]. On [[October 1]], 1949, [[Mao Zedong]] declared the People's Republic of China, establishin...
15: ...s may also doubt statistics or accounts given for death tolls or other damages incurred by Mao's campa... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mummy 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...reserved [[corpse]] that, due to shielding from [[decomposition]] by either natural or artificial mean...
8: ...orld. Some of the best-preserved mummies formed under natural conditions date from the [[Inca]] period...
12: ...he [[English language|English]] word ''mummy'' is derived from mediaeval [[Latin]] ''mumia'', a borrow...
16: ...mmification was made so that the bodies would not decompose in the afterlife. The mummified individual... - Desert (21206 bytes)
1: ...humb|right|Valley of the Kings, Egypt. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...mb|right|Man and Camel, Desert, Egypt. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
4: ... of the world's deserts, http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/what/world.html)
6: ...nd-driven) processes are major factors in shaping desert landscapes.
8: ...ed by erosion. Because deserts are dry, they are ideal places for human artifacts and fossils to be pr... - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...story|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]].
3: ..., to [[Lop Nur]] in the southeastern portion of [[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region]]. [[Image:Greatwall_badl...
5: ...ut to insure that semi-nomadic people on the outside of the wall could not cross with their [[horses]]...
16: ...all of China. It remains the world's longest manmade structure.]]
18: ...e oases of the [[Silk Road]]. Jiayu Pass was intended to greet travelers along the [[Silk Road]]. Eve... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...nslation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'', the term first used by [[Germany|German...
5: ...deas may have travelled the whole way, ancient trade was probably conducted over sections of the route...
11: ...al exchange]]s among widely separated populations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] ma...
13: ...respassing on agricultural lands. This presented ideal conditions for [[merchant]]s, mounted [[warrior...
16: ... been in use as early as [[3500 BC]]. There is evidence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[expl... - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
4: ===Latitude and longitude===
6: ...north of [[Cape Morris Jesup]], [[Greenland]] (83°39'). Various shifting [[gravel bar]]s lie furt...
11: ===Altitude===
13: ...ttp://www.rain.org/ocean/ocean-studies-challenger-deep-mariana-trench.html].
14: * The lowest point on land is the shore of the [[Dead Sea]]: 417 [[metre|m]] below sea level. ''See [... - Scythia (22520 bytes)
3: ...time around 700 BC, settling in [[Ascania]] and modern [[Azerbaijan]] as far as to the southeast of [[...
5: ...hian tribes mentioned in mainly Greek sources resided in the steppe between the [[Dnieper]] and [[Don]...
7: ...ancient Indo-European word for ''archer'' in turn derives from the [[Proto-Indo-European]] root *'''sk...
13: ... of the "Pazyryk culture" - including the "Ice Maiden" of the [[5th century BC]]. (see below)
21: ...s to account for the origin of the Scythians, nor details of how they migrated to the Caucasus or [[Uk... - Cities along the Silk Road (5982 bytes)
27: ...' (See below: northern route along the Taklamakan desert)''':'''
41: ** ''the famous [[Buddhas of Bamyan]] destroyed by the [[Taliban]] in 2001''
49: '''From Kabul, Afghanistan to Arabian Sea port at Debal, Pakistan'''
54: * [[Debal]], Pakistan
57: * [[Aden]] - Iron (23778 bytes)
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24: <td>[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td>
38: <td>[[van der Waals radius]] </td><td>...
44: <td>[[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) </td><td>2,'''3''',4,6 (amphot... - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
1: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
6: ...ultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those ...
11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chin...
14: ...ished during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty...
15: ...ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
1: Several countries have autonomous entities inside their territory, usually giving autonomy to ethni...
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28: | [[Xinjiang]] (Xīnjiāng W驷?;#283;r/新ீ...
38: | 1 autonomous province under international law
55: | [[Sardinia]] (Sardegna)
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