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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ilizations, as a single [[state]] or multiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ..., the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...inese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
10: ...''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...r known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ... of Sweden]]. As the [[heir presumptive|heiress presumptive]] she succeeded her father to the throne o...
7: <br>(Government [[November 8]], [[1644]])
12: <tr valign=top><td>'''Predecessor'''<td>[[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]]
13: <tr valign=top><td>'''Successor'''<td>[[Charles X of Sweden]]
22: ...ve was open, a team of scientists examined her bones in an attempt to determine if she was [[intersexu... - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
1: Numerous cities have been the '''[[capital]] of [[China]]''' duri...
5: ...ng'') was and has been the capital of various Chinese governments including (sorted chronologically):
12: ...s [[city]]); translated to [[Chinese language|Chinese]] as Dदamp;#363; (大都 "great capi...
16: ::[[Qing Dynasty]] since the fall of Ming in [[1644]].
22: ...ndent [[puppet state]] set up by the [[Japan|Japanese]] in Manchuria from 1931 to 1945: called Xingjin... - Flag of Connecticut (1242 bytes)
3: ...vines (each bearing three bunches of purple [[grapes]]) on an field of azure blue. The banner below th...
5: ...e, probably to represent the three original colonies of [[New Haven Colony|New Haven]], Saybrook, and ... - Ming Dynasty Tombs (3836 bytes)
1: ...x Gate Leading to the Ming Tombs. Photograph courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
3: ...al City of China]] back from [[Nanjing]] to the present location of Beijing (thusly, it was Yongle who...
5: ...had hanged himself on the now famous [[Guilty Chinese Scholartree]]).
7: ... of dark earth, tranquil water and other necessities as per Feng Shui - would become the [[necropolis]...
9: ...ces of [[15th century]] [[Chinese art]] and [[Chinese architecture|architecture]]. - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]...
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37: ...act that every point in the state is within 30 miles of [[sea water]].
42: ...land]], and once from the [[Native American]] tribes which lived on the land. - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
10: ...ters of Fiji|Prime Minister]] of [[Fiji]] (2000-present)
23: ...uant|Quant, Mary]], (born 1934), British fashion designer
26: ...ntrill, William]], [[United States]] [[United States Civil War|Civil War]]
29: *[[Francis Quarles|Quarles, Francis]], (1592-1644), poet
35: ... Quayle, (1947-), US politician and former Vice President - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
5: *[[U Ba Maw]], Burmese prime minister during Japanese occupation
6: *[[U Nu]], 3-time Burmese prime minister
20: ...Nobuo Uematsu|Uematsu, Nobuo]], (born 1959), Japanese composer
21: ...[[Naomi Uemura|Uemura, Naomi]], (1941-1984), Japanese climber and adventurer
22: *[[Kisshomaru Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Kisshomaru]], (1921-1999), 2nd [[Aikido Dosh... - Dynasties in Chinese history (8665 bytes)
1: Below is a table of the '''dynasties in Chinese history'''.
5: ...n the table are the commonly used conventional dates marking the generally agreed point at which power...
7: ...g ruled over by different groups. At times like these there was no dynasty ruling a unified China.
9: ...ng changed all at once all over China in the year 1644 would make a nonsense of what actually happened.
11: For more details on the dynasties listed here and their emperors, follow the releva... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ... all of the [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Chinese art]] (especially the [[porcelain]] industry) reaching unpr...
6: ...d the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]], establishing his capital at [[Nanjing]] and adopting...
8: ...Xiaoping]] are the two other peasant revolutionaries to have ruled the world's most populous nation.
10: ...eans "Vast Military" and reflects the increased prestige of the military.
12: ...dependent peasant landholders predominated in Chinese agriculture. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ... '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or most of its
3: especially [[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Car...
4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
5: especially [[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and...
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on c... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: Although the present-day State of [[California]] has been occupied ...
5: ...est primarily populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and ...
7: ...ield of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
11: ... California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [...
13: ...]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...i_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jpg|thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...ether a source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
6: ...Church|Universal Church]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[...
9: == List of popes == - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ...simple tools for many millennia, but as time progressed, tools became far more refined and complex. At...
7: ...r the globe from [[Africa]] and the frost-free zones of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. The rapid expansion o...
12: ...iculture-associated additional caretaking activities like fertilization, land clearance, etc) since 21...
14: ...els of social and economic complexity. However, these civilisations were so different from one another...
16: ...Moche]] and [[Nazca culture|Nazca]] emerged in [[Mesoamerica]] and [[Peru]] at the end of the [[1st mi... - Forbidden City (7592 bytes)
3: ...y to the north of [[Tiananmen Square]] and are accessible from the square via [[Tiananmen Gate]]. It i...
5: ...yalty, the Forbidden City remains a symbol of Chinese sovereignty and the image of its entrance gate a...
10: ...looting while others regarding it as safekeeping, especially with the events of the [[Cultural Revolut...
14: ... walls are thick and squat and were specifically designed to withstand attacks by [[cannon]]s.
16: ...ed by the [[Gate of Supreme Harmony]] (太和門). The northern section, or the Inner Cou... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
13: *[[Charles Hitchcock Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1868]] – [[1951]])
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876]] – [[1956]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...age:Thomas Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([...
4: '''Thomas Hobbes''' ([[April 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]],...
6: ...escartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...John Wilkinson]] and he had some influence on Hobbes.
12: At university Hobbes appears to have followed his own curriculum; he w... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...rn World. He is also known for inventing the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and a...
2: ...rait-photo-image-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descartes Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Cl...
4: ...ne had written on these matters before". Nevertheless, many elements of his philosophy have precedents...
6: ... the [[Turing test]] and [[John Searle]]'s "[[Chinese room]]" argument.
11: ...he age of ten, he entered the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[Prytanee|Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand]] a... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
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