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- Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...]] and terminated eventually in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[German language|Ger...
3: The continental Silk Road diverges into North and South routes as it extend...
7: The last missing railroad link on the Silk Road was completed in [[1992]], when the international...
16: ...y cleared and protected some branches of the Silk Road.
30: ... in the area of [[Loulan]] located along the Silk Road 200 [[kilometers]] east of Yingpan, dating to as ... - Inca road system (6879 bytes)
2: ...ty of [[Santiago, Chile]] in the south. The Inca road system covered approximately 22,530 km (14,000 mi...
6: ...atoes, and llama [[Beef_jerky|jerky]]. Along the roads, local villagers would plant fruit trees that we...
12: The Inca constructed roads that integrated their entire empire. The most i... - Cities along the Silk Road (5982 bytes)
2: ==Along the continental Silk Road==
95: ==Along the Silk Road of the sea==
170: [[Category:Lists of cities in Asia|Silk Road]]
171: [[Category:Cities along the Silk Road]] - Roman road (3913 bytes)
1: [[Image:3392pomP.jpg|thumb|250px|A Roman road in [[Pompeii]]]]
2: ...on of the empire; but in late Antiquity, the same roads, by offering avenues of invasion to the barbaria...
4: ...ay soils. The [[legion]]s made good time on these roads, and some are still used [[millennium|millennia]...
6: ...tance against the Empire. At its peak, the Roman road system spanned 50,000 [[mile]]s.
8: ==Some Roman roads== - Road bicycle racing (6257 bytes)
2: ...cle racing]] [[sport]] held on the [[Road cycling|road]] (following the [[geography]] of the area), usin...
6: Road races can be categorized by length and type:
11: A stage race can also be a series of road races and time trials. The stage winner is the fi...
14: * Open road race: Generally going from point A to point B; ca...
24: ...]]''' rides exceptionally fast on highly inclined roads. - Van (road vehicle) (3679 bytes)
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
28: ... became decentralized during the [[Spring and Autumn Period]] when regional feudal lords began to asse...
30: ...), which had been in use since the Spring and Autumn Period and was very loosely a primitive prototype...
42: ...ns between China and the [[occident]]: the [[Silk Road]].
55: ...translation.[http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/hhshu/hou_han_shu.html]
56: ...ranslation. [http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/weilue/weilue.html] - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
19: ==To Iran and the Silk Road==
22: ...le, then turned north to [[Tabriz]] on the [[Silk Road]]. The first major city in the region to open its... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
101: ...ion, inland transport was by navigable rivers and roads, with coastwise vessels employed to move heavy g...
108: ...s which had been imported into [[Bristol]] from abroad, and the export of goods from centres of producti...
110: ===Roads===
111: ...y goods transport on these roads was by means of broad wheeled carts hauled by teams of horses. Lighter ...
158: The insatiable demand of the [[railroads]] for more durable rail led to the development o... - China (38909 bytes)
16: ...litical connotations. During the [[Spring and Autumn Period]], it was used only to describe the states...
30: ...he title of "Emperor", hence, the subsequent Silk Road traders would identify themselves by that name.
32: ...'' passed through many languages along the [[Silk Road]] before it finally reached Europe and England. T...
45: ...small states; eventually, in the [[Spring and Autumn period]], many strong independent states, in cont... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]].
33: ...[Islam]] was introduced into China via the [[Silk Road]] in the 7th century.
81: ...ng the [[Cultural Revolution]], religion was condemned as [[feudalistic]] and thousands of religious b... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
17: ...in London (a nearby street is named Battle Bridge Road), and that Boudicca herself is buried under one o... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
24: ...t walk. She was carried by Lord Livingston in solemn procession to the Chapel Royal. Inside, Lord Livi...
49: ...eformer [[John Knox]] preached against Mary, condemning her for hearing Mass, dancing, dressing too el...
105: ...atur dum ab Heretica ad mortem iniustissimam condemnata fuit. Anno Sal. MDLXXXVI. a nobilissima matron...
111: ...eighty-nine English inches long, and forty-three broad, so that it seems to have been rather a kind of s...
124: ...e Isles: A Novel'' by Margaret George and ''Royal Road to Fotheringhay: The Story of Mary, Queen of Scot... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
44: ...riginally filmed them. These tapes have not been broadcast in the United Kingdom.
70: ...olved in a [[car accident]] in the Pont de l'Alma road [[tunnel]] in [[Paris]], along with her [[romanti...
106: ...dent black spot; it is on a stretch of high-speed road but only has limited visibility ahead in places; ...
113: ...lume of people and [[flowers]] in the surrounding roads was causing a threat to public safety.
115: ...], what was to be a recorded piece became a live broadcast, and the script was revised by [[Alastair Cam... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
52: ...en away from gangs, drugs and violence and on the road to strong, healthy and self-sufficient lives. - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
33: *''[[Dust Tracks on a Road]]'' ([[1942]]) - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
9: ...sed and equipped, the New hospital (in the Euston Road) being worked entirely by medical women, and the ...
14: ...Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital on the Euston road in London -- this is the modern name of the New h... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
7: ...or the rest of the year (traveling in her own railroad car), Bessie Smith became the highest-paid black ...
9: ...nging in clubs. In [[1929]], she appeared in a [[Broadway]] flop called ''Pansy'', a [[musical]] in whic...
13: ... repertoire, and continued until her death in a [[road accident]] while travelling from a concert in Mem...
25: ...Angelo Parra]], was named one of the "top-10 Off-Broadway experiences" of 2001 by the New York Daily New... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
16: ...waited release, 1998's ''[[Car Wheels on a Gravel Road]]'' was Williams' breakthrough to the mainstream....
28: *''Car Wheels on a Gravel Road'' - 1998 - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
13: ...d Do You Good", "Home" and "Everyday is a Winding Road".
48: Everyday Is A Winding Road (1997) - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
27: ...allas]] in June of 1932, and was soon back on the road with Clyde.
45: ...was a machine behind the wheel, driving dangerous roads and searching for places where they might sleep ...
69: ...hed and killed [[May 23]] [[1934]], on a desolate road near their [[Bienville Parish, Louisiana|Bienvill... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
19: ...S. By June 1915 she had left home and was on the road preaching full-time.
23: ...he would give sermons through a bullhorn. On the road between sermons, she would sit in the back seat t...
35: ... she also became the first woman to be granted a broadcast license by the [[Federal Communications Commi...
45: ...for deviating from its assigned frequency. Many broadcast histories claim McPherson sent an angry teleg... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
11: ...u]] production company, so the Arnazes toured the road in a [[vaudeville]] act with Lucille as the zany ...
22: ...urable asset. Desilu made the millions on ILL rebroadcast through [[syndication]].
34: ...ollowing ''I Love Lucy'', Ball appeared in the [[Broadway]] musical ''[[Wildcat]]'', a few more movies (...
46: ... to Get into the Act''' - a recurring and almost omnipresent theme on the show, was that "talentless" ... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
29: ...ilroads specifically aimed at tourists and/or railroad enthusiasts, known as [[railfan|railfans]] or [[t...
32: ... by means of a [[gearbox]], in the same way as on road vehicles. Diesel trains or locomotives that use t...
65: ... claiming that the turbines hauled 10% of the railroad's freight. Their efficiency was quite low, but th...
82: ...e [[Long Island Rail Road]] and [[Metro-North Railroad]] between non-electrified territory and [[New Yor... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
12: ...their porcelain, a significant export on the Silk Road.
46: ...ll its forms. However, modern usage of the term broadens the meaning to include all inorganic non-metal... - Cycling (1157 bytes)
19: * [[Road cycling]]
29: * [[Offroad cycling]]
30: * [[Road bicycle racing]]
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