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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]]. - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
1: '''Nicole (Mary) Kidman''' (born [[June 20]], [[1967]]) is an [[Academ...
2: ... born in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] to Dr Antony David Kidman and Janelle Ann (nee MacNeille). At the time,...
3: ...tralia when Nicole was four years old, when Tony Kidman took on a lectureship at the [[University of T...
8: ... her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, as Kidman concentrated on her family responsibilities un...
10: ...old, she appeared in the [[Pat Wilson]] [[music video]] for the song "Bop Girl". By the end of the y... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...aul an unpowered train, but are not generally considered locomotives because they have payload space o...
13: * ''Efficiency'' - idle trains do not waste expensive motive power reso...
17: ...mon to classify locomotives by their means of providing motive work - the common ones include:
20: ... illustration of a historical train. Pictures provided by by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Cl...
27: Before the middle of the [[20th century]], electric and '''diese... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
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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. - Germany (46412 bytes)
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27: |'''[[President of Germany|President]]''' || [[Horst K?r]] - 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 ... - 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... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...gs, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential buildings.
5: ...ghts of stairs, and water pressure could only provide running water to about 50 feet (15 m)....
11: ...y supported by these skeletal frames. Special consideration must also be given for wind loads.
19: ... rises, such as the [[CN Tower]], [[TV masts]], bridges, or oil platforms.
23: ...ing="0" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border:3px solid #cccccc;" - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ...eoretical physics|theoretical physicist]] who is widely regarded as the greatest [[science|scientist]]...
7: ...he social impact of scientific discovery. An individual of monumental intellectual achievement, he rem...
14: ...try|electrochemical]] works, and Pauline, whose maiden name was Koch. They were married in Stuttgart-B...
16: ...echanics|mechanical device]]s for fun, he was considered a slow learner, possibly due to [[dyslexia]],...
18: ...dhood and early adolescence by suggesting and providing books on science and mathematics. - Airline (29546 bytes)
1: ...otography of Air Kenya, Kenya Africa. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
2: An '''airline''' is an organization providing [[aviation]] services to passengers and/or car...
15: ...gions, but certainly areas where deregulation provided more competition and greater pricing freedom re...
19: ...obbying their governments to permit greater consolidation, in order to achieve higher economies of sca...
22: ... twelve contracts for spur routes to independent bidders: the carriers that won these routes would, th... - Ballet (9155 bytes)
5: ...s ''Ballets''. The first Ballet ''per se'' is considered to be [[Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx]]'s [[Ballet...
13: ...ch as [[Christoph Gluck]]. Finally, opera was divided into three formal techniques ''s鲩eux'', ''dem...
15: ...hat rocketed the ballerina into prominence as the ideal stage figure, professional librettists began c...
17: ...l of the toes basically the same length. This provides the most support for going on pointe.
25: * [[Les Sylphides]] - Chinese River Dolphin (4152 bytes)
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23: ==The chronology of the species' rapid decline==
31: ...anghai]] in [[1998]], but she did not eat any provided food and starved to death within a month. - Chinese cabbage (3372 bytes)
6: ...x_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
19: ...tly different groups of ''Brassica rapa'', and a wide range of varieties within these two groups. The...
21: ...oup is the more common of the two, especially outside Asia; names such as '''da baicai'''; '''pe-tsai'...
27: * '''Shanghai bok choy''' ({{zh-cp|c=上海白&#... - Korean art (25186 bytes)
1: ...th century]] has seen a change from handmade individual works of art to mass produced machine-made wor...
6: The key to Korean art is naturalness and fluidity across other arts. Unlike the West, there are ...
8: ...uits. Patterns often have their origins in early ideographs. Geometric patterns and patterns of plant...
10: ...the performing arts which are more intense and fluid than in the west.
12: ... is a series of naturally flowing events that provide a totality of artistic experience. - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
5: ...over one billion in the world today, bicycles provide the principal means of transportation in many re...
7: The bicycle has impacted history considerably in both the cultural and industrial realms....
13: No single time or person can be identified with the invention of the bicycle. Its ea...
15: ... drive mechanism, in [[1840]], which enabled the rider to lift his feet off the ground while driving t...
17: ...ve bicycles of this generation were difficult to ride, and the high seat and poor weight distribution ... - List of steel producers (917 bytes)
10: # [[Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation]] ([[China]])
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