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- History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ... disunion, and was occasionally conquered by external ethnicities, of which many were eventually assim...
7: ...the [[Peiligang culture]] of Xinzheng county, [[Henan]]. With agriculture came increased population, t...
11: ...ence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ... [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear. - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...ves]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Southeast Asia]] and [[China]], a distance readily surpassing that of his prio...
4: ...meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full title and name is given as '''Shams ad-Din Abu Abdullah Muhamm...
6: ... ''Rihla'', or "Journey". Whilst apparently fictional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as complete...
15: ...ecca after a journey through [[Syria]]. An additional advantage to the side journey was that other hol...
17: ...ing instead. His next destination was the [[Il-Khanate]] in modern-day [[Iraq]] and [[Iran]]. - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...l_badling2.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Great Wall of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginnin...
3: ...le states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ...ed with the establishment of the [[Republic of China]] in [[1912]]; however the next four decades were...
7: ... more information). The nature and extent of ''China'' is the subject of ongoing political disputes on...
10: :''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]'' - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: ...le.jpg|thumb|300px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com C...
3: ...widespread religion of China is [[Chinese traditional religion]] and its constituent components, inclu...
5: The study of '''religion in China''' is complicated by several issues. Because many...
9: Major belief systems that developed within China include [[ancestor worship]], [[Chinese folk reli...
11: ... [[dynastic cycle]] was that an unjust imperial dynasty that had lapsed into [[corruption]] could lose... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
10: ...]'', the mini-series ''[[Vietnam (miniseries)|Vietnam]]'' (1986), ''[[Bangkok Hilton]]'' (1989) and ''...
19: ...Wide Shut]]'' ([[1999]]), [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s final [[film]], when she co-starred with her husband a...
21: ...ught that she would earn an [[Academy Award]] nomination for her performance, it was not to be. She di...
23: ...as [[2001]], with her [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-nominated performance in ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' and well-...
26: ...on. Despite the mixed reception, the film was nominated for the prestigious [[Golden Lion Award]] at t... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
5: Traditionally, locomotives haul their trains. Increasingly c...
8: ... why the motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a locomotive, rather than in self-...
10: * ''Ease of maintenance'' - it is easier to maintain one locomotive th...
25: ...ent down Stoke Bank on [[3 July]] [[1938]]. Aerodynamic passenger locomotives from other countries suc...
29: ...70s. Steam locomotives are in regular use in [[China]], where [[coal]] is a much more abundant resourc... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ...rs with [[Russia]], the [[People's Republic of China]], and the [[Central Asia|Central Asian]] countri...
3: ...p://www.stat.kz/ru/dynamic/svedenia_rk/population/nas.htm].<!--
21: ...vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: n/a''</small>
32: | [[Astana]]
38: | [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...[Pakistan]], [[Russia]], [[Tajikistan]] and [[Vietnam]]. Although it officially remains a [[communist ...
3: [[Image:China_xiam.jpg|thumb|250px]]
4: ...ring itself an [[independent state]]. See '''[[China]]''' and [[Political status of Taiwan]] for more ...
6: ...e PRC is sometimes also referred to as "'''Red China'''", especially by its political opponents and cr...
7: {{People's Republic of China infobox}} - Germany (46412 bytes)
13: | align=center colspan=2 | National [[motto]]: ''Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit''<...
15: ...enter colspan=2 | [[List of national anthems|National anthem]]: [[Das Lied der Deutschen]]<br>3rd stan...
44: ...br>[[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
51: ...ity languages per the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages|ECRML]].<br>
57: ...e of the [[United Nations]], [[NATO]], the [[G8]] nations and a founding member of what is now the [[E... - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
1: [[Image:China tea.jpg|thumb|250px|Chinese Tea Ceremony Image pr...
3: ...rovided the primary criterion for [[Imperial examination|entry into the imperial bureaucracy]].
5: ... the reintegration of the nation in the wake of dynastic collapse.
10: ...ottery, jade and by bronze casting in the Shang Dynasty. The Shang are most remembered for their bron...
12: ...ao Quin. It was during the period of Imperial China that Calligraphy and painting became highly appre... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...irst used by [[Germany|German]] geographer [[Ferdinand von Richthofen]] in the [[19th century]].
3: ...olia]], and then through [[Antioch]] in Southern Anatolia into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] or through th...
5: ...ween [[Europe]], or the [[Middle East]], and [[China]], by land.
7: ...oad was completed in [[1992]], when the international railway communication [[Almaty]] - [[Urumqi]] op...
15: ===Original routes=== - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...''' was originally a [[Glossary of nautical terms|nautical term]] for a tall mast or sail on a [[saili...
18: ...er from [[1974]] to [[2004]]. Retained Highest pinnacle on a high-rise]]<br>
19: ...uded. This results in such rankings as the [[Petronas Towers]] being ranked higher than the [[Sears To...
30: |2||[[Petronas Tower 1]]||[[Kuala Lumpur]]||452 m||1,483&n...
32: |3||[[Petronas Tower 2]]||Kuala Lumpur||452 m||1,483 ... - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ...in Physics|Nobel Prize for Physics]] for his explanation of the [[photoelectric effect]] and "for his ...
14: ...lectrochemical]] works, and Pauline, whose maiden name was Koch. They were married in Stuttgart-Bad Ca...
20: ... his parents, a year and a half before final examinations, before rejoining his family in Pavia. He co...
22: ... [[Michele Besso]] married their other daughter Anna.{{an|1}} Einstein subsequently enrolled at the ''...
31: ...ctor how "to express myself correctly". He occasionally rectified their design errors while evaluating... - Airline (29546 bytes)
7: ...ental, intracontinental, [[Regional Airlines|regional]] or domestic and may be operated as scheduled s...
9: ...perating scope, and the routes they serve, makes analysis of the airline industry somewhat complex. Ne...
13: ... often day-of-week, time-of-day, and even directionally variable.
19: ...ation began in 1978. Many international airline managers are actively lobbying their governments to pe...
22: ...orthwest Airlines]], and [[Eastern Airlines]], to name a few. - Ballet (9155 bytes)
3: '''Ballet''' is the name given to a specific [[dance]] form and [[ballet...
11: ...into op鲡-ballet, and a school to train professional dancers was attached to the Acad魩e Royale de M...
13: ...tion by composers such as [[Christoph Gluck]]. Finally, opera was divided into three formal technique...
15: ...to prominence as the ideal stage figure, professional librettists began crafting the stories in ballet...
23: Seminal (important) ballets include: - Chinese River Dolphin (4152 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Chinese River Dolphin}}<br />{{StatusCritical...
14: ...axobox_section_binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Lipotes vexillifer | author = [[Gerrit S. Mil...
17: ...cknamed "the Goddess of the Yangtze River" in China.
21: ...go. The dolphins are described during the [[Han Dynasty]] in a [[biological]] [[encyclopedia]], ''[[Er...
24: * [[1979]]: The [[People's Republic of China]] declares Baiji endangered - Chinese cabbage (3372 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Chinese cabbage}}
12: ...sica rapa, chinensis group| author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]}}
15: ...ern [[cabbage]]. There are many variations on its name, spelling, and Scientific classification.
19: ... varieties within these two groups. The binomial name ''B. campestris'' is also used.
21: ...ates, this is particularly popular in northern China around [[Beijing]] (Peking), as well as in [[Japa... - Korean art (25186 bytes)
1: ...alism in Korea has encouraged a return to traditional art-forms.
4: Since Korean art is integrated across traditional western borders, and does not fit into specific ...
6: The key to Korean art is naturalness and fluidity across other arts. Unlike t...
8: ...nt motifs were trees, flowers, fruits and grass. Nature motifs include landscapes, rocks, waves and c...
12: ...costumes]], the environment itself is a series of naturally flowing events that provide a totality of ... - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
1: ...nd thin tires and wheels for efficiency and aerodynamics]]
15: ... ''treadle'' drive mechanism, in [[1840]], which enabled the rider to lift his feet off the ground whi...
17: ...y in size of the two wheels to their coinage, nicknaming it the ''[[penny-farthing]]''. The primitive ...
19: ...the poor road surfaces of the time unlike the Ordinaries, whose larger wheels smoothed out the bumps c...
23: ...thereafter the rear [[freewheel]] was developed, enabling the rider to coast without the pedals spinni... - List of steel producers (917 bytes)
3: # [[Mittal Steel Company NV]] (International)
10: # [[Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation]] ([[China]])
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