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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. - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...ts, including [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Chinese folk religion]].
5: ...ns, while others regard them as solely philosophies of life.
7: ...oncepts into Buddhism while the reverse is not necessarily the case.
9: ...ese have also believed in such practices as [[Chinese astrology|astrology]], [[Feng Shui]], and [[geom...
11: ..., but rather someone who mediated between the forces of heaven and earth. A central idea of the [[dyna... - Apple (20408 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Rosales]]}}
16: ...e fruits. Table apples are of the species ''M. domestica'' or hybrids of it.
18: ...Two-red-apples.jpg|center|thumb|550px|Two red apples]]
23: ...arch with it to develop new disease-resistant apples is continuing.
25: ...le for growing in climates unsuitable for ''M. domestica'', mainly for increased cold tolerance. - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...n|privatized]] its economy in the past three decades. Politically, it remains a one-party [[authorita...
6: ... sometimes also referred to as "'''Red China'''", especially by its political opponents and critics, i...
10: ...e People's Republic of China]], [[Timeline of Chinese history]]''
11: See also: [[Chinese imperialism]]
13: ...Zedong]] declared the People's Republic of China, establishing a [[communist state]], and proclaiming ... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
2: A '''mummy''' is a preserved [[corpse]] that, due to shielding from [[dec...
4: ... the body was home to a person's [[Ka]] which was essential in one's [[afterlife]].
6: ... corpses have been recovered from submerged [[cypress]] coffins packed with medicinal herbs.
8: ...l over the world. Some of the best-preserved mummies formed under natural conditions date from the [[I...
12: ... Greek historians record that the Persians sometimes mummified their kings and nobility in wax, though... - Desert (21206 bytes)
2: [[Image:Egypt_1.jpg|thumb|right|Man and Camel, Desert, Egypt. Image provided by [http://classroomcli...
4: ...of the world's deserts, http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/what/world.html)
6: ...esses are major factors in shaping desert landscapes.
8: ...al places for human artifacts and fossils to be preserved.
12: ==Types of desert== - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...of [[Ethnic groups in Chinese history|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]...
3: ..., to [[Lop Nur]] in the southeastern portion of [[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region]]. [[Image:Greatwall_badl...
5: ...side of the wall could not cross with their [[horses]] or return easily with stolen property.
11: # [[1138]] - [[1198]] (the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period]])
16: ...e Great Wall of China. It remains the world's longest manmade structure.]] - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...ia]], as well as other points. Its influence carries over on to [[Korea]] and terminated eventually in...
3: ...ough Turkestan-Khorasan, through [[Iran]] into [[Mesopotamia]] and [[Anatolia]], and then through [[An...
5: ...e was probably conducted over sections of the routes and it is probable that merchants and travellers ...
11: ...ad domesticated [[horse]]s around [[4000 BC]]. Domestication of the [[Bactrian camel]] followed later....
13: ...thout arousing the hostility of more settled peoples. - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
1: ...s]], [[continent|continents]] or [[country|countries]].
6: ...40'), which lies slightly north of [[Cape Morris Jesup]], [[Greenland]] (83°39'). Various shiftin...
8: * The westernmost point on land, according to the path of t...
12: ...ighest point is the summit of [[Mount Everest|Everest]]: 8,850 [[metre|m]] (29,035 feet) above sea lev...
13: ...w sea level [http://www.rain.org/ocean/ocean-studies-challenger-deep-mariana-trench.html]. - Scythia (22520 bytes)
1: ...an Scythians and were known as [[Sai]] to the Chinese.
5: ...ythian]], has been shown to have strong similarities to Eastern Iranian, it is generally held that the...
7: ...nt Indo-European word for ''archer'' in turn derives from the [[Proto-Indo-European]] root *'''skeud''...
9: ...g|thumb|350px|Scythian warriors, drawn after figures on an [[electrum]] cup from the Kul'Oba kurgan bu...
13: ...ai Mountains]] have included some spectacularly-preserved Scythians of the "Pazyryk culture" - includi... - Cities along the Silk Road (5982 bytes)
11: ** ''following the river [[Euphrates]] until Fallujah''
27: ... (See below: northern route along the Taklamakan desert)''':'''
35: * [[Hazrat-e Turkestan]], [[Kazakhstan]]
41: ** ''the famous [[Buddhas of Bamyan]] destroyed by the [[Taliban]] in 2001''
43: * [[Peshawar]], [[Pakistan]] - Iron (23778 bytes)
5: <tr><td colspan="2" align="center">[[manganese]] – '''iron''' – [[cobalt]]</td>
19: <td>[[Chemical series]] </td><td>[[transit...
24: <td>[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td>
30: ...lign="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0">'''Atomic properties'''</th></tr>
48: ...gn="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0">'''Physical properties'''</th></tr> - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
1: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
4: == Prehistoric times ==
6: ...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. - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
1: ...ritory, usually giving autonomy to ethnic minorities or isolated areas.
5: ! Sovereign states
11: | [[Buenos Aires]]
28: | [[Xinjiang]] (Xīnjiāng W驷?;#283;r/新ீ...
67: ...ransnistria]] (Sta Nistrului – Pridnestrovje/Придне&...
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