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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...s of immigration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people toda...
7: ...l center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was fo...
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
14: ...三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
18: ...1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...d beginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...one another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last 4000 years. Depending on one's point of view...
5: ...arlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...ormation). The nature and extent of ''China'' is the subject of ongoing political disputes on [[Chines...
14: ...o the historic position of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary stat... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...32]]) during Sweden's intervention in Germany in the [[Thirty Years' War]].
7: <br>(Government [[November 8]], [[1644]])
10: ... regni sapientia]]"<br>("''Wisdom is the prop of the realm''") <!-- Official English version from www....
22: ...mpt to determine if she was [[intersexual]], but they were not able to come to a clear conclusion.
25: ...inst the prospect of having to produce a heir to the throne. - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
1: ...e been the '''[[capital]] of [[China]]''' during the course of history.
3: * [[Anyang]] was the capital during the Yin period of [[Shang Dynasty]]: called Yin (...
5: ...king'' and briefly ''Peiping'') was and has been the capital of various Chinese governments including ...
12: ...g|Khanbalik]] ([[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]: the [[Khan]]'s [[city]]); translated to [[Chinese lan...
16: ::[[Qing Dynasty]] since the fall of Ming in [[1644]]. - Flag of Connecticut (1242 bytes)
3: ...o. The [[Connecticut General Assembly]] approved the flag in [[1897]].
5: ...rd]]) and rearranged the wording and position of the motto.
8: ...[http://www.fotw.net/flags/us-ct.html History of the Connecticut flag] - Ming Dynasty Tombs (3836 bytes)
1: ...g|thumb|300px|Dragon and Phoenix Gate Leading to the Ming Tombs. Photograph courtesy of [http://classr...
3: ...l as a number of landmarks and monuments located therein).
5: ...sty in 1644 CE (Chong Zhen had hanged himself on the now famous [[Guilty Chinese Scholartree]]).
7: ...r Feng Shui - would become the [[necropolis]] of The Ming Dynasty.
9: ...irit Way" leads into the complex which is one of the finest preserved pieces of [[15th century]] [[Chi... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
3: Fullname = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ...
8: Nickname = The Ocean State, Little Rhody |
30: HighestElev = 247 |
37: ...s naval history and the fact that every point in the state is within 30 miles of [[sea water]].
40: In 1614 the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block visited the island that is now called [[Block Island]]. - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
19: ...[Domenico Quaglio the Younger|Quaglio, Domenico, the Younger]], (1787-1837), painter
29: *[[Francis Quarles|Quarles, Francis]], (1592-1644), poet
33: ...[Juda Quastel|Quastel, Juda]], British/Canada biochemist
40: *[[Ivy Queen|Queen, Ivy]], born (1972), "The Queen of Reggaeton"
42: ...[Erasmus Quellinus the Elder|Quellinus, Erasmus, the Elder]], (1607-1678), painter - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
4: *[[U Aung San]], Commander in Chief of the [[Burma Independence Army]]
23: *[[Morihei Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Morihei]], (1883-1969), Japanese founder of [[aikido]]
43: *[[Ulrich of Strassburg]], scholastic philosopher
52: ...nderwood|Underwood, Frederick D.]], president of the [[Erie Railroad]] [[1901]]–[[1927]]
62: *[[Michelangelo Unterberger|Unterberger, Michelangelo]], (1695-1753), painter - Dynasties in Chinese history (8665 bytes)
1: Below is a table of the '''dynasties in Chinese history'''.
5: ...are the commonly used conventional dates marking the generally agreed point at which power in [[China]...
7: ...ed 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: ...d '''E''' for a table of its '''emperors''' (or other rulers). - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...g China was the most advanced nation on Earth at the time.
6: ...nese]] groups and Zhu declared the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]], establishing his capita...
8: ... two other peasant revolutionaries to have ruled the world's most populous nation.
10: ...Military" and reflects the increased prestige of the military.
12: ...vate slavery was forbidden. Consequently, after the death of [[Yongle Emperor of China|Yongle Emperor... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...ath the swollen 'balloon', and the colourless patches that confude prey trapped inside ]]A '''carnivor...
3: especially [[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Carnivorous plants usually
4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants i...
10: ...ping mechanisms exploited by carnivorous plants. These - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...istory of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of Califor...
3: ...s after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with Eur...
5: ...ty and wealth, first with the Gold Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigio...
11: ...he traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about...
13: ...m, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to make the flour edible. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ... source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
6: ...rovince'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
7: ...overeign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small> - History of the world (21975 bytes)
3: ''See main article about the [[Paleolithic]]''.
5: ...ring this period, all humans lived as [[hunter-gatherer]]s, who were generally [[nomadic]].
7: ...ll the ice-free parts of the globe by the end of the Ice Age, some 12,000 years ago.
10: ''See main article about the [[Neolithic|Neolithic Period]].''
12: ...hat cereals had been intentionally sown (without the agriculture-associated additional caretaking acti... - Forbidden City (7592 bytes)
1: [[Image:Forbidden_city3.jpg|thumb|300px|The Forbidden City, Beijing China. Image provided by ...
3: ... Gate]]. It is surrounded by a large area called the Imperial City.
5: ...er much renovation which has limited visitors to the main courtyards and a few gardens.
10: ...ith the events of the [[Cultural Revolution]] on the [[Mainland China|mainland]]. [[Image:Forbidden Ci...
14: ... gates in the east and west walls is 750 meters. The walls are thick and squat and were specifically d... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...nglish]] [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)...
6: ...of [[Ren頄escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...] [[John Wilkinson (scholar)|John Wilkinson]] and he had some influence on Hobbes.
12: ...as recommended by Wilkinson as tutor to William, the son of [[William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshir...
14: ...h]]. Hobbes believed that Thucydides' account of the [[Peloponnesian War]] showed that democratic gove... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...e Western World. He is also known for inventing the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometr...
4: ...atural phenomena. In his theology, he insists on the absolute freedom of God’s act of creation.
6: ... [[machine intelligence]], blossomed into, e.g., the [[Turing test]] and [[John Searle]]'s "[[Chinese ...
8: ...statement is ''[[Cogito ergo sum]]'' (''I think, therefore I am.'').
11: ... [[La Flèche]]. After graduation, he studied at the University of [[Poitiers]], earning a ''Baccalaur... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
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