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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...ages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...gust Ones and the Five Emperors#The Five Emperors|Five Emperors]] (三皇五帝). ...
22: ...tings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of the Shang ...
28: ...C)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power.
30: ...ang Di|First Emperor]] (Shi Huangdi), forming the first Chinese empire under the [[Qin Dynasty]]. This... - China (38909 bytes)
5: ...tory characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war ...
7: ...t of ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
16: ... [[Qing dynasty]], although being continually redefined while the central political influence expanded...
18: ...] and [[Xiongnu]]. As the PRC now governs [[Inner Mongolia]], [[Xinjiang]], and [[Tibet]], and the ROC now g...
21: ...he ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ing of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Wes...
3: ...d rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the latter a floor covering tha...
16: ...orming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors can be used to create the design. Moquet...
34: ...rtical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs).
37: ...hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in [[Mongolia]] or [[Turkestan]] between the 4th and 2nd millen... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
3: ...of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the relatively passive ...
7: ... [[Papacy]] also launched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: ... [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who journeyed to [[Mongolia]] and back from [[1244]]-[[1247]]. The most famou...
11: ... East was always be too long and difficult for profitable trade and it was also controlled by Islamic ...
15: ...cient Greek geography]] was rediscovered, for the first time giving European sailors some idea of the ... - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...stern part of the [[continent]] of [[Eurasia]], defined by subtracting the [[Europe]]an peninsula from...
6: The exact boundaries are vaguely defined, especially between Asia and Europe: the demar...
8: ...sland]]s in the [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]s, often excluding [[Russia]].
42: * [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], and the western regions of [[China]] are also ...
50: * The [[Pacific Ocean]] islands of [[Taiwan]] and [[Japan]]. - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
102: * [[Mongolia]] - [[Ulaanbaatar]]
109: * [[Philippines]] (Filipinas) - [[Manila]]
137: * [[Bulgaria]] - [[Sofia]]
141: * [[Finland]] - [[Helsinki]]
217: * [[Bolivia]] - [[Sucre]] (official capital), [[La Paz]] (seat of government) - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
62: <tr><td>[[Colombo]] <td>[[Sri Lanka]] (official)
73: <tr><td>[[Dodoma]] <td>[[Tanzania]] (official)
90: <tr><td>[[Helsinki]] <td>[[Finland]]
145: ....a. [[Taiwan]]; see also [[Capital of China]]) (Official) - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
25: | '''[[Official language]]s'''
28: | '''[[Official script]]'''
70: ...by a series of [[nomad]]ic nations. Following the Mongolian invasion in the early 13th century, administrati...
76: ...great resentment against colonial rule during the final years of tsarist Russia, with the most serious...
80: ...akh Soviet Socialist Republic]] (SSR) contributed five national divisions to the Soviet Union's World ... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Tajikistan]] and [[Vietnam]]. Although it officially remains a [[communist state]], the PRC has ...
15: ...a's unity and [[sovereignty]] was assured for the first time in a century, and there was development o...
17: ...his to natural disasters; still others doubt this figure entirely, or claim that many more people died...
25: ...d [[unemployment]] associated with layoffs at inefficient state-owned enterprises, and has introduced ...
40: ...g social problems and exposing corruption and inefficiency at lower levels of government. The Party ha... - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: '''Kyrgyzstan''' officially the '''Kyrgyz Republic''', and sometimes kn...
13: official_languages = [[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]],...
52: ...n. Most Kyrgyz are [[Sunni Muslim]]s of the [[Hanafi]] school.
60: ...turny Kirghizstan'', by the Union of Writers. Unofficial political groups were forbidden, but several ...
64: ...cratic Movement]] (KDM) had developed into a significant political force with support in parliament. I... - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
18: *[[Ernst Udet|Udet, Ernst]], German WWI fighter ace
56: ...rg, Mattias Alexander von]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[field marshal]]
57: ...tary commander, [[History of independent Mongolia|Mongolian]] warlord - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
18: ...atured in bestselling [[book]]s and blockbuster [[film]]s like ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', and new discover...
20: ... proved tremendously useful in [[scientific classification|classifying]] dinosaurs, which are still kn...
24: ===Definition===
29: ...opoda|theropod]] dinosaurs. Using the cladistic definition (all descendants of a single common ancesto...
32: Modern [[bird]]s are classified by most palaeontologists as belonging to the su... - Desert (21206 bytes)
10: In the [[K?n climate classification]] system, they are classed as (BW).
14: Most classifications rely on some combination of the number of ...
18: ...nated as specifically different from the simple definition of a desert: a place where evaporation exc...
24: Deserts are also classified by their geographical location and dominant wea...
59: ...ial ice cap of the north polar area. Smaller dune fields occupy the floors of many large craters in th... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e increasingly awkward. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region t...
6: ...e zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as ...
24: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific location may vary due to the use of [[daylight s...
31: ... About [[August 23]], [[1852]], time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Gree...
33: ...me to be observed nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitud... - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...ic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]].
5: ...s built during the reign of [[Qin Shi Huangdi|The First Emperor]], the main emperor of the short-lived...
11: # [[1138]] - [[1198]] (the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period]])
18: ...]]. Spanning nine provinces and 100 counties, the final 500 kilometers have all but turned to rubble, ...
24: ...ads. Sections of the Wall are also prone to [[graffiti]]. Parts have been bulldozed because the Wall i... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...t revolt that pushed the Yuan dynasty back to the Mongolian steppes. The revolt, led by [[Zhu Yuanzhang]], e...
6: ...rospect of rebellion ripened. After many years of fighting, the rebel group led by Zhu Yuanzhang, the ...
12: ...e Ming dynasty. Great [[landed estate]]s were confiscated by the government, fragmented, and rented o...
14: ...andidates for posts in the civil service or the officer corps of the 80,000-man army, once again, had ...
16: ...olute authority in his own hands, abolished the office of prime minister and so removed the only insur... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...rman language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'', the term first used by [[Germany|German]] geographer [[Ferdin...
11: As [[domestication]] of efficient [[pack animal]]s increased the capacity for ...
13: ...the heart of [[Europe]]. These grasslands were sufficiently fertile to provide grazing, water, and fue...
23: ...haraoh [[Sahure]] of the [[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|Fifth Dynasty]], Egyptians are returning with huge [...
25: ...950 BCE, in the reign of [[Mentuhotep III]], an officer named [[Hennu]] made one or more voyages to Pu... - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
25: ...[[Politics of Fiji|Fiji]] - [[Politics of Finland|Finland]] - [[Politics of France|France]] - [[Politi...
47: ...itics of Monaco|Monaco]] - [[Politics of Mongolia|Mongolia]] - [[Politics of Montserrat]] - [[Politics of Mo...
89: ... country but the [[Scottish Parliament]] has significant powers, so Scotland is listed separately. - 2006 (7939 bytes)
12: ... ''International Year of [[Deserts]] and [[Desertification]]''
26: ...y 15]] - First round of the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Finnish presidential election, 2006|presidential ele...
27: ...nd round (if needed) of the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Finnish presidential election, 2006|presidential ele...
28: ...uary 5]] - [[Super Bowl XL]] to be held at [[Ford Field]] in [[Detroit, Michigan]]
37: ...country)|Georgia]], [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Mongolia]])
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