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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...cle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fict...
28: ...[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast...
30: ...st Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other places
31: *[[Nicolas Baudin]] - [[18th century]] [[France|French]] ex...
38: ... - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... ethnicities, of which many were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and ...
7: ...h itself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically signif...
14: ...this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: s&...
15: .... Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
18: ...stors of modern [[Chinese character]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records... - China (38909 bytes)
3: ... another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last 4000 years. Depending on one's point of view, m...
5: ...d outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and varied according to its moving fortunes....
7: ..., the ROC, while never formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as th...
10: :''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...al State". It literally means "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China a... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in [[Mongolia]] or [[Turkestan]] between the 4th and 2nd millen...
3: ...oor and the latter a floor covering that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
10: ...ve]], and [[tapestry weave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, [[damask]]...
12: ... through the meshes of a sturdy fabric such as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[h...
14: ...ises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular angle. This supplementary weft is attached to t... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...t]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Magellan]].
3: ...[[Mediterranean]] and sail safely on the open [[Atlantic]].
5: ==Exploration by land==
7: ...est in what lay further east. The [[Papacy]] also launched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or...
9: ... [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who journeyed to [[Mongolia]] and back from [[1244]]-[[1247]]. The most famou... - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...], defined by subtracting the [[Europe]]an peninsula from Eurasia. [[geology|Geologically]] and [[geog...
6: ...aya Zemlya]]. About 60 percent of the world's population live in Asia.
8: ...on consists of the part of Eurasia and nearby [[island]]s in the [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] and [[Pacific...
12: ... of the rising sun where the west (Europe) is the land of the setting sun.
14: ... of [[Ephesus]] in [[Anatolia]], and later to the lands beyond it. - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ... [[List of countries by population density|by population density]], [[list of countries by date of nat...
3: ...ountry]], [[state]], [[nation state]] for some explanation of the difference between these.
10: *[[Angola]] - [[Luanda]]
25: *[[Equatorial Guinea]] - [[Malabo]]
38: *[[Malawi]] - [[Lilongwe]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
18: <tr><td>[[Andorra la Vella]] <td>[[Andorra]]
31: ...[Bandar Seri Begawan]] <td>[[Brunei|Brunei Darussalam]]
32: <tr><td>[[Bangkok]] <td>[[Thailand]] - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
3: ...]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/dynamic/svedenia_rk/population/nas.htm].<!--
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17: | align=center width=135px | [[Flag of Kazakhstan]]
25: | '''[[Official language]]s''' - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...ia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Laos]], [[Mongolia]], [[Nepal]], [[North Korea]], [[Pakistan]], [[Ru...
4: ...eternally complete and indivisible country. This claim is controversial with the ROC considering itsel...
6: The term "[[mainland China]]" is sometimes used to denote the area u...
13: ...hina, establishing a [[communist state]], and proclaiming that "China has stood up."
15: ...Chinese and [[Marxism|Marxist]] foreign experts, claim that under Mao, China's unity and [[sovereignty... - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: ...1990s, the country's young [[democracy]] showed relative promise under the leadership of former Presid...
8: image_flag = Kyrgyzstan flag large.png |
13: ...ges = [[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]], [[Russian language|Russian]] |
15: latd=42 |latm=52 |latNS=N |longd=74 |longm=36 |longEW=E |
19: largest_city = [[Bishkek]] | - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
29: *[[Stanislaw Ulam|Ulam, Stanislaw]], [[Poland|Pole]]
30: ...m|Ulam, Stanislaw Marcin]], (USA, 1909-1984), [[Poland|Pole]]
31: *[[Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova|Ulanova, Galina Sergeyevna]], (1910-1988), Russian ba...
42: *[[Sarah Ulmer|Ulmer, Sarah]] (born 1976), New Zealand cyclist
43: *[[Ulrich of Strassburg]], scholastic philosopher - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Archosauria]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
18: ...'[[Jurassic Park]]'', and new discoveries are regularly covered by the [[media]]. The term is also use...
20: ...emendously useful in [[scientific classification|classifying]] dinosaurs, which are still known from a... - Desert (21206 bytes)
1: .... Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: .... Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
4: ...erve moisture. Approximately one-third of Earth's land surface is desert. (See a map of the world's de...
6: ...en) processes are major factors in shaping desert landscapes.
8: ...erosion. Because deserts are dry, they are ideal places for human artifacts and fossils to be preserve... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...hows, the shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because they usually follow the boundaries of st...
6: ...e "base time" to which all other time zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for ...
8: ...n the last Sunday in October and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in March. For the remainder of the year ...
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
18: ...rom UTC, then the date at the location is one day later or earlier. Some examples: - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...ic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]].
5: ...Dynasty]], on a much larger scale and with longer lasting materials (solid stone used for the sides an...
24: ...in disrepair, serving as a playground for some villages and a source of stones to rebuild houses and r...
26: ...tionwide. However, Beijing has enacted local legislation which would prohibit visits to the "wild Grea...
42: ...arracks and administrative centers are located at larger intervals. - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...nd [[army]] was built, with four masted ships displacing 1,500 tons and a standing army of one million...
6: ... of the various [[Han Chinese]] groups and Zhu declared the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]]...
8: ...nastic founders who emerged from the [[peasant]] class, the other being [[Han Gaozu]] of the [[Han Dyn...
10: ...s an inferior class to be subordinated by the scholar bureaucracy. Simply put, maintaining a strong m...
12: ...or of China|Yongle Emperor]], independent peasant landholders predominated in Chinese agriculture. - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ... ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'', the term first u...
3: ...Crimean peninsula]], and from there across the [[Black Sea]], [[Marmara Sea]] and the [[Balkans]] to [...
5: ...rope]], or the [[Middle East]], and [[China]], by land.
7: The last missing railroad link on the Silk Road was comp...
11: ... Domestication of the [[Bactrian camel]] followed later. - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
3: This is a '''list of [[politics]] articles''' available for every '''[[country]]'''.
10: ...of Angola|Angola]] - [[Politics of Anguilla|Anguilla]] - [[Politics of Antigua and Barbuda|Antigua and...
13: ...cs of the British Virgin Islands|British Virgin Islands]] - [[Politics of Brunei|Brunei]] - [[Politics...
16: ...e Congo]] - [[Politics of the Cook Islands|Cook Islands]] - [[Politics of Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] - [[...
25: ...olitics of Fiji|Fiji]] - [[Politics of Finland|Finland]] - [[Politics of France|France]] - [[Politics ... - 2006 (7939 bytes)
19: ...etric road distance signs in the [[Republic of Ireland]] must be changed to [[metric]] units.
25: * [[January 9]] - Planned launch date of [[New Horizons]]
26: * [[January 15]] - First round of the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Finnish presidential election, 2006...
27: ...nuary 29]] - Second round (if needed) of the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Finnish presidential election, 2006...
37: ...country)|Georgia]], [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Mongolia]])
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