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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...many were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fr...
7: ...a about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice paddy]] agriculture ...
11: ...]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chi...
14: ...e of them, the [[Yellow Emperor]], is sometimes said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Followi...
15: ..._ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...lorer]], whose account documents his travels and side-excursions over a period of almost thirty years,...
8: ...uzayy). In places the things he claims he saw or did are probably fanciful, but in many others there i...
15: ...hrough [[Syria]]. An additional advantage to the side journey was that other holy places were along th...
17: ...now faced his return home. Upon reflection, he decided to continue journeying instead. His next destin...
22: There he met [[Abu Said|Abu Sa'id]], the last ruler of the unified Il-Khanate. Ibn ... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...he [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...erized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war and violent ...
7: ...dering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and increasingly cha...
14: ...nslated as, "Central State". It literally means "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic p...
25: ... be related to geographic, cultural and political identity and less to ethnic origin. - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: ...00px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
3: ...t religions dot the landscape of China. The most widespread religion of China is [[Chinese traditional...
11: ...between the forces of heaven and earth. A central idea of the [[dynastic cycle]] was that an unjust im...
42: ...uction of [[Nestorianism]] spread by European or Middle-Eastern travellers who came to China in AD [[6...
48: ...ituals and offerings to the emperor constituted [[idolatry]]. - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
5: ...ina in [[1266]], arriving at [[Khanbaliq]] (now [[Beijing]]). They returned from China as [[Kublai Khan]]'s...
7: ...still maintains an old house in which Marco was said to have been born. Regardless, the Polos gained p...
16: ...eving their reports of distant China. Since they did not believe him, Marco Polo invited them all to d...
20: ==Did the trip really take place?==
23: ...hina, in recent times some have proposed that he did not get that far, and only retold information he ... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
20: ...debated by governments and private citizens worldwide.
26: ... in [[New York City]] in [[1949]] and [[1950]] beside the East River on land purchased by an 8.5 milli...
30: ... and make future wars impossible, by fostering an ideal of [[collective security]]. Those hopes have o...
33: ...ly weeks after the signing of the Charter and provided immediate impetus to concepts of arms limitatio...
35: ...ament Commission. Items on the agenda include consideration of the possible merits of a nuclear test b... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
81: * [[China, People's Republic of]] - [[Beijing]]
163: * [[Spain]] (España) - [[Madrid]]
180: *[[Barbados]] - [[Bridgetown]]
208: *[[Trinidad and Tobago]] - [[Port-of-Spain]]
230: * [[Uruguay]] - [[Montevideo]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
10: <tr><td>[[Abidjan]] <td>[[C?d'Ivoire]] (administrative)
36: <tr><td>[[Beijing]] <td>[[People's Republic of China]], see also [[...
49: <tr><td>[[Bridgetown]] <td>[[Barbados]]
124: <tr><td>[[Madrid]] <td>[[Spain]]
139: <tr><td>[[Montevideo]] <td>[[Uruguay]] - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...ly remains a [[communist state]], the PRC has considerably [[privatization|privatized]] its economy in...
4: ...try. This claim is controversial with the ROC considering itself an [[independent state]]. See '''[[Ch...
17: ... as many Chinese people, especially the emergent middle class and more liberal-minded city dwellers, c...
21: ...cceeded in winning the power struggle, and Mao's widow, [[Jiang Qing]] and her associates, the [[Gang ...
23: ...onal rights and freedoms for average Chinese as evidence of the success of the reforms. - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
5: * [[Beijing]] (formerly Anglicized as ''Peking'' and briefly ...
12: ...#37117; "great capital"). This was reported as [[Beijing|Cambaluc]] by [[Marco Polo]].
81: ... before [[Yongle]] Emperor moved the capital to [[Beijing]].
107: ...33;nggu Dࠇǔdū) refers to Nanjing, Beijing, Xi'an, and Luoyang. The phrase ''Seven Ancient ... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ..., ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
14: ...r_titles = [[President of Pakistan|President]]<br />[[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Mini...
51: ... [[South Asia]] that overlaps onto the Greater [[Middle East]] and [[Central Asia]]. The country borde...
59: ...d by many groups, including [[Aryans]], [[Achaemenid|Persian]]s, [[Greeks]], [[Greco-Bactrian]]s, [[Ku...
62: ...rritories covered the eastern dominions of the divided Greek empire of [[Bactria]] (from the areas of ... - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
1: ...ea.jpg|thumb|250px|Chinese Tea Ceremony Image provided [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]...
3: ...ina's history, and mastery of Confucian texts provided the primary criterion for [[Imperial examinatio...
14: ...ng this period, Chinese poetry thrived and is considered marked as the "Golden age" of Chinese poetry....
18: ...dynasty, Beijing opera is introduced which is considered the best known form of Chinese opera. Qing p...
27: ...the buildings. The halls and palaces in the [[Forbidden City]], for example, have rather low ceilings ... - Ming Dynasty Tombs (3836 bytes)
3: ...visioned the layout of the entire ancient city of Beijing as well as a number of landmarks and monuments lo...
5: ...wly built Imperial Palace of residence (the [[Forbidden City]]) in 1420 CE, the Emperor set to work on...
7: ...a at the foot of the [[Jundu Mountains]] north of Beijing was selected. This 40 square kilometer area - enc...
16: ...en.net/ChinaReport/Beijing/Landmarks-Hotspots/OutsidetheCity/Shisan_Ling-Ming_Dynasty_Tombs/Shisan_Lin...
17: ...ots/OutsidetheCity/Shisan_Ling-Ming_Dynasty_Tombs/Beijing-MingTombs-ShisanLing-onlinesources.html The Ming ... - Dynasties in Chinese history (8665 bytes)
7: ...they had been defeated. In addition, China was divided for long periods of its history, with different...
9: ...the [[Manchu]] [[Qing dynasty]] armies occupied [[Beijing]] and brought Qing rule to [[China proper]], succ...
57: ''traditionally divided into''<br>
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236: | width="30" | - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ... built since the [[3rd century BC]] against the raids of [[Ethnic groups in Chinese history|nomadic tr...
3: The Wall stretches over a formidable [[1 E6 m|6,350 km]] (3,946 [[mile]]s), from [...
5: ...but to insure that semi-nomadic people on the outside of the wall could not cross with their [[horses]...
24: ...pg|thumb|right|200px|Storehouse and barracks near Beijing]]While some portions near tourist centers have be...
26: ... written to protect the Wall nationwide. However, Beijing has enacted local legislation which would prohibi... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
6: ...gols' discrimination against Chinese is often considered the primary cause for the end of Yuan rule in...
8: ...tered a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[monastery]] to avoid starvation. Sometime during this period, He joine...
10: ...l since the Mongols were still a threat. As an aside, the name Hongwu means "Vast Military" and refle...
12: ...nted, and rented out; and private slavery was forbidden. Consequently, after the death of [[Yongle Em...
14: ...e of literature and philosophy was revamped. Candidates for posts in the civil service or the officer... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...anslation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'', the term first used by [[Germany|Germa...
5: ... the whole distance between [[Europe]], or the [[Middle East]], and [[China]], by land.
11: ...s among widely separated populations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] may have been d...
13: ...trespassing on agricultural lands. This presented ideal conditions for [[merchant]]s, mounted [[warrio...
16: ...e been in use as early as [[3500 BC]]. There is evidence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[exp... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
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33: ...ably the United States. The war was fought to decide whether Vietnam would be unified in accordance w...
37: ...Timeline of the Vietnam War]].'' Many experts consider the Vietnam War to just be one frontline in the... - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
42: ...although [[United States dollar|US Dollar]]s are widely used.
45: ...er]] extraction. A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as '''Cambodian''', or more often, '''Khm...
57: ...ations of the same Khmer word, much as Peking and Beijing are just two different transliterations of the sa...
71: ...'/''ɴat du Cambodge'' (a neutral name, before deciding whether to return to monarchy or not) under t...
79: ...ouge]]. During the Khmer Rouge period, [[autogenocide]] was committed against millions of people who w... - BMX racing (1539 bytes)
3: ... sanctioning bodies. These sanctioning bodies provide a set of rules governing the conduct of the race...
7: While BMX racing is an individual sport, racing teams are often formed from race...
9: ... medal sport at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]].
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