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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: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
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... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and v...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
16: ...eir nation as culturally and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nati...
25: ... political legitimacy. It was used in this manner from the tenth century onwards by the competing dyna... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
7: ==[[Africa]]==
8: Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more c...
17: *[[Central African Republic]] (Centrafrique) - [[Bangui]]
42: *[[Mayotte]] - [[Mamoutzou]] (France)
48: ...R鵮ion]] - [[Saint-Denis, R鵮ion|Saint-Denis]] (France) - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
33: <tr><td>[[Bangui]] <td>[[Central African Republic]]
44: <tr><td>[[Bloemfontein]] <td>[[South Africa]] (judicial)
58: <tr><td>[[Cape Town]] <td>[[South Africa]] (legislative)
80: <tr><td>[[Freetown]] <td>[[Sierra Leone]]
161: <tr><td>[[Paris]] <td>[[France]] - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
10: ::[[Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)]] from [[Jin Shi Zong]] until [[1220s]] ([[1217]]?): c...
22: ...e]] set up by the [[Japan|Japanese]] in Manchuria from 1931 to 1945: called Xingjing or Tsinking (...
55: ::Eastern [[Han Dynasty]] from [[25]] to [[220]].
61: ...rn Wei Dynasty]] since [[493]], moved its capital from Datong.
87: * [[Taipei]] has been the capital of the [[Republic of China... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
15: ...8]] - [[Bouvet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de ...
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
22: ...] - [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first ...
25: ...m under the [[Homestead Act]] is made by [[Daniel Freeman]] for a farm in [[Nebraska]].
26: *[[1869]] - [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity is officially founded at the [[Virginia M... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
1: ...January-2004-Taipei101-Complete.jpg|right|thumb|[[Taipei 101]], the world's tallest skyscraper by roof hei...
11: ...ss that are laterally supported by these skeletal frames. Special consideration must also be given for...
13: [[Image:FrankfurtMain.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Frankfurt with its skyscrapers]]
18: ...]] in [[Chicago]], the world's tallest skyscraper from [[1974]] to [[2004]]. Retained Highest pinnacle...
19: ...occupiable floor. Also, the list does not include free-standing buildings that are not classified as h... - Forbidden City (7592 bytes)
3: ... north of [[Tiananmen Square]] and are accessible from the square via [[Tiananmen Gate]]. It is surrou...
10: ...d the core of the [[National Palace Museum]] in [[Taipei]]. This action has been extremely controversial, ...
16: ...reme Harmony]] (太和殿), itself fronted by the [[Gate of Supreme Harmony]] (太...
22: Since the [[1949]] revolution, Tiananmen Gate in front of the Forbidden City has had a picture of [[M... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
1: ...ramento from Riverwalk.JPG|thumb|175px|Sacramento from near the Sacramento River]]
2: ... [[1848]] by [[John Sutter, Jr.]] Sacramento grew from [[Sutter's Fort]], which was established by Sut...
36: === The lost frontier ===
37: ...entiful [[oak]] trees in the region and by eating fruits, bulbs, seeds, and roots throughout the year.
41: === From pioneers to gold fever === - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
28: ...ch has come to delineate the interior of the city from the surrounding suburbs. This has given rise to...
33: ...stern & Atlantic Railroad]], for lines connecting from [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Chattanoo...
38: ... of the economy away from agriculture and a shift from the "Old South" attitudes of slavery and rebell...
41: ... commuted in 1915, riots broke out in Atlanta and Frank was [[lynching|lynched]].
43: ...ters for Disease Control]] was founded in Atlanta from the old Malaria Control in War Areas offices an... - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
25: ...icknames include "Beantown", "The Hub" (shortened from [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.|Oliver Wendell Hol...
27: ...cy]] as well as many suburban communities further from the city, has a population of approximately 5.8...
34: ...r [[Boston, England]], a town in [[Lincolnshire]] from which several prominent colonists originated. E...
63: The [[Charles River]] separates Boston from [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], and [[C...
65: ...s increases dramatically as one goes inland away from the city. - Confucius (21352 bytes)
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>
50: ... son of a once noble family who had recently fled from the [[Song (state)|State of Song]]. His father ...
56: ... Chinese people as a Great Teacher or Master. Far from trying to build a systematic theory of life and... - List of female tennis players (8364 bytes)
15: * [[Marion Bartoli]] (France)
19: * [[Severine Beltrame]] (France)
45: * [[Amanda Coetzer]] (South Africa)
46: * [[Stephanie Cohen-Aloro]] (France)
56: * [[Nathalie Dechy]] (France) - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
1: ...pic Games''', runners relay the [[Olympic Flame]] from [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]] to the opening cere...
3: ...e|French]] nobleman, [[Pierre de Coubertin|Pierre Frèdy, Baron de Coubertin]] in the late [[19t...
15: From that moment on, the Games slowly became more im...
25: ...t few centuries, similar events were organized in France and Greece, but these were all small-scale an...
27: ...0–1871). He thought the reason was that the French had not received proper physical education, a... - 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: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
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... - Geography1 (26085 bytes)
2: '''Geography''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''γεωγραφία''...
7: ...the latter), to compare, to generalize, to ascend from effects to causes, and, in doing so, to trace o...
17: ...de Wallace.jpg|96px]] || [[Image:Cyclone Catarina from the ISS on March 26 2004.JPG|96px]] || [[Image:...
86: ... to be regarded separately. Cartography has grown from a collection of drafting techniques into an act...
88: ...ut much controversy, that cartography is the seed from which the larger field of geography grew. Most ... - 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...
54: ...ël]]". Most of Christmas Greetings are spoken in French like "[[Joyeux Noel|Joyeux Noël]]" or Englis...
62: ...rch Centre (also assistant parish priest of [[St. Francis Xavier]]'s Church) has lodged a formal compl...
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