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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...43;五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them, the [...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
4: ...Kanzeon'''; the spelling '''Kwannon''', resulting from an obsolete system of romanization, is sometime...
10: ...er Buddhism was first introduced into the country from the mid-7th century.
12: ...ful, white-robed woman, a depiction which derives from the earlier ''[[Pandaravasini]]'' form.
16: ...k together again. With eleven heads gazing to the front and sides, Avalokiteshvara possesses the uniqu...
18: ...o mentioned in the Book of [[Lie Zi]] as a Taoist sage, but it is unclear if this refers to the Kuan Yin... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
43: ... permanently in Connecticut were English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, ...
49: ...rrently has five [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Connecticut|representatives in the House]].
56: ...strial cities, located along the coastal highways from the New York border to New Haven, then northwar...
65: ... the state, and at times there are minor cultural frictions between the regions and their major cultur...
79: ...les (tv)|Miracles]], the protagonist took a train from Boston directly to Hartford, causing Connecticu... - Pyrrho (3149 bytes)
1: ...[[Pyrrhonism]]'''. [[Diogenes Laertius]], quoting from [[Apollodorus]], says that he was at first a pa...
3: ...nly proper attitude is ''[[ataraxia]]'', "freedom from worry".
5: ...picureanism|Epicureans]].The proper course of the sage, said Pyrrho, is to ask himself three questions. ... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
5: ...miles (233 kilometers) north of and slightly east from [[New York City]], and slightly to the south of...
33: ...ger son of the Scottish King. The name is derived from Alba; the Gaelic name for Scotland.
37: ...Colonies met in the [[Albany Congress]]. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania presented the Albany Plan o...
39: ... [[1797]] the state capital of New York was moved from [[Kingston, New York|Kingston]] to Albany, abou...
51: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.98% from two or more races. 5.59% of the population are... - Confucius (21352 bytes)
14: ...;):||style="border-top:1px solid"|'''The Ultimate Sage Master<br>of Yore²'''
20: ...<small>(Ch: </small>孔子<small>, less frequently </small>孔夫子<small>;
22: |align=right| ||<small>Py: Kǒngzǐ, less fr. Kǒngfūzǐ;
24: ...ight| ||<small>[[Wade-Giles|WG]]: K'ung-tzu, less fr. K'ung Fu-tzu)</small>
30: ... was: "The Lord Propagator of Culture Ultimate<br>Sage and Great Accomplisher" (</small>大成... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
8: ... of unity in diversity is best captured in a line from the ancient [[Rig Veda]]:
12: :English: "Truth is One, though the Sages know it as Many."
17: ...d it. In general, Hindu views are broad and range from [[monism]], [[dualism]], [[vishistadvaita|quali...
21: ...s the quest for enlightenment and to free oneself from the cycle of rebirth. Another major concept is ...
27: In Hinduism views are broad and range from monism, dualism, pantheism, panentheism, altern... - Tangram (4661 bytes)
19: The English word is built from TANG + GRAM.
21: [[Image:Tangram-man.png|framed|right]]
30: *''A Sage's Journey, The Story of Tangrams'', John L. Lehet...
37: *''Geometry and Fractions with Tangrams'', Barbara Bando Irvin
71: * [http://www.ihsan.biz Freeware implementation of Tangrams] - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...t native to the American continent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
19: ...nd from people who [[Migration (human)|migrated]] from [[Siberia]] across the [[Bering Strait]], betwe...
21: ...oute through Alaska and Canada that had just been freed of its ice cover. There are a number of diffic...
26: ...e is that the Siberians were preceded by migrants from [[Oceania]], who arrived either by sailing acro...
28: ...heir theories, at least three separate migrations from Siberia to the Americas are highly likely to ha... - Scythia (22520 bytes)
1: ... location and extent of Scythia varied over time, from the [[Altai]] region where [[Mongolia]], [[Chin...
3: ...s as ''Ishkuzai'', who are reported as pouring in from the north some time around 700 BC, settling in ...
7: ...Indo-European word for ''archer'' in turn derives from the [[Proto-Indo-European]] root *'''skeud''', ...
9: ...riors, drawn after figures on an [[electrum]] cup from the Kul'Oba kurgan burial near [[Kerch]] ([[Her...
21: ...f scholars conjecture that they migrated westward from [[Central Asia]] between [[800 BC]] and [[600 B... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
6: ... and low points in Death Valley National Park.png|frame|A slice through the highest and lowest points ...
8: [[Image:Wpdms shdrlfi020l death valley.jpg|frame|left|Death Valley and environs]]
36: ...ns front as a result. This type of canyon results from the relatively fast uplift on this mountain ran...
38: ...le rainfall). Annual average precipitation varies from 1.90 inches (48 mm) overall below sea level to ...
40: [[image:below_sea_map_for_Death_Valley.png|frame|Entire area in yellow is below sea level (USGS... - Modem (21628 bytes)
1: ...' (a [[portmanteau|portmanteau word]] constructed from '''mod'''ulator and '''dem'''odulator) is a [[d...
5: ...odems" transmit [[serial communications|repeating frames of data]] at very high data rates over [[micr...
7: ...lons. Heat changes an etalon's size and thus its frequency.
9: ...ed over any means of transmitting analog signals, from driven [[diode]]s to [[radio]].
12: ...es]] and a regional manager of IBM led to a "mini-SAGE" being developed as an automated airline ticketin... - Mormon Trail (35249 bytes)
1: ...ers of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] traveled from [[1846]]-[[1857]]. Today the Mormon Trail is a...
14: ...ons demanding that the Latter-day Saints withdraw from Nauvoo by May 1846. A few days later, the Cart...
17: ...e year. On April 5th, the wagon train moved west from Winter Quarters toward the Great Basin.
19: ...[Pueblo, Colorado]] and a group of Church members from Mississippi. At this point, the now larger com...
23: ...g and several other members of the party suffered from a fever, generally accepted as a “mountain fe... - Llama (12988 bytes)
19: ...guard animals for sheep herds, which they protect from [[coyote]] attacks.
24: ...etween them, borrowing as it were some characters from each, but in others showing great special modif...
29: ...eposits in which they are found, have been traced from the thoroughly differentiated species of the mo...
34: ...es of one premolar and three molars, which differ from those of ''Camelus'' in having a small accessor...
49: ...ch tends to produce a certain amount of variation from the original type. It has, however, lost much o... - List of herbs and spices (4611 bytes)
50: ...Pomegranate]] seeds (though some consider these a fruit, not a spice)
53: *[[Saffron]]
105: *[[Sage]] (<i>Salvia officinalis</i>)
118: ...[http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/faqs/medi-2-15-comfrey.html], and the [[Food and Drug Administration]]... - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
1: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
6: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...43;五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them, the [...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
7: [[Ancient India]] was a land of [[sage]]s, [[saint]]s and [[seer]]s as well as a land o...
28: ...ear conception of the abstract number as distinct from the numerical quantity of objects or spatial ex...
32: ...ician in Arabic is called ''Hindsa'' which means "from India."
38: ...ology]], like casting of a [[horoscope]]. Apart from this linkage of astronomy with [[astrology]] in...
47: ...e concept of [[atom]] in ancient India is derived from the classification of material world in five ba... - List of countries by highest point (12398 bytes)
62: |30||[[France]]||[[Mont Blanc]]||4,807m
114: |56||[[South Africa]]||[[Njesuthi]]||3,408m
226: |112||[[French Polynesia]]||[[Mont Orohena]]||2,241m
284: |141||[[Guadeloupe]]||[[Soufriere]]||1,484m
288: |143||[[Central African Republic]]||[[Mont Ngaoui]]||1,420m - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
41: ...any songs and TV drama series presented Christmas from a lover's point of view, for example '[[Last Ch...
48: ...banese Muslims celebrate Christmas with Christian friends. A poll showed that around two thirds of th...
49: ...open all night for praying and people go to visit friends and families, often to villages in the mount...
52: ...ing "Merry Christmas" by "Happy Holidays" or the usage of the word [[Xmas]] "taking Christ out of Christ...
54: ...ël]]". Most of Christmas Greetings are spoken in French like "[[Joyeux Noel|Joyeux Noël]]" or Englis... - Yoga (18820 bytes)
7: The word Yoga originates from the [[Sanskrit]] word "Yuj" ("to yoke") and is ...
23: ...sophy in general because of its transcendental message.
38: ...as the Supreme Lord, to [[Arjuna]], a warrior and friend who is loathe to go to battle that would invo...
44: ...on the one [[Brahman]], which was codified by the sage [[Patanjali]] in his [[Yoga Sutras of Patanjali|Y...
56: ...o [[Natya Yoga]] was written by [[Bharata Muni]]. Sage [[Narada]] along with Gandharvas were the first t...
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