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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...east 3,500 years, and with 5,000 years being commonly used by Chinese as the age of their civilization...
36: ...he [[Qin Dynasty|Qin]] (秦) Emperor lasted only twelve years, he managed to subdue great parts o...
92: ...back rooms, so his father would not see them. He only kept the most old and ugly servants, and old fur...
146: ...ired by the Ming. The brick and granite work was enlarged, the watch towers were redesigned and cannon...
148: ...the Ming economic system emphasized agriculture, unlike that of Song, which had preceded the Mongolian... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
16: ...ed either by a blowpipe or a set of bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way [[valve]] whi...
20: ...lown. Sometimes the term is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a...
33: ...l known are the [[Great Highland Bagpipe]]s (commonly abbreviated GHBs), which were developed in [[Sco...
53: ...iping careers. Another common choice is to have only the drones, without regulators. This is known a... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
11: ...ut exerted tremendous influence. Thutmose II had only two daughters with Hatshepsut, Nefrure and Merit...
13: ...istory, but it soon became apparent that she had only one model in mind, Sobekneferu, the last monarch...
20: ...eriod of transission ended all depictions of her only showed her in a masculine form. The symbols she ...
22: ...gists have claimed that her foreign policy was mainly peaceful, there is evidence that she led a succe... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
12: ...sband lived a scandalous life in [[Pau]]. Both openly kept lovers and quarrelled frequently. After an ... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
- Music (16462 bytes)
16: ...ding [[structure]], texture and style. Other commonly included aspects include the spatial location or...
18: ...on the primary aspect of music because it is the only aspect common to both "sound" and "silence."
20: ...h music is made. By 'music-making,' I intend not only actual performance but also how music is heard, ...
43: ...sic is often preserved in memory and performance only, handed down [[oral history|orally]], or aurally...
95: ... mathematics, and anthropology. What is most commonly taught in beginning music theory classes are gui... - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ...ings from "any euphonious and pleasing sound" to only a printed document showing how a piece is to be ...
8: ... mundana]], [[musica instrumentalis]]. Of those, only the last - musica instrumentalis - referred to m...
17: ...or Jarawa. Many other languages have terms which only partly cover what Europeans mean by the term "mu...
19: In Czech, ''hudba'' is instrumental music and only by implication vocal music. Some languages in We...
31: Another commonly held definition of music holds that music must b... - Hunter-gatherer (4757 bytes)
3: ...struct shelters, but they prefer overhangs which only need little or no additions to become shelters. ...
5: An older term commonly used is '''hunter-trappers''' or '''farmer-trapp...
10: It is estimated that in only a few decades there will be no more such communi... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
12: ...inet has a very deep and loud tone. It is often only used in large orchestras and bands rather than s...
15: ...ve high C. This last range of notes is generally only used rarely, to achieve particular dramatic or s...
20: ...e material|composite]] or plastic [[resin]], commonly "resonite", an [[Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene...
22: ...keys is called the [[Oehler system]] and is used only in [[Germany]] and [[Austria]] (see History).
24: ...e instrument and flares out to spread the tone evenly. - Accordion (10069 bytes)
13: *Reeds sound only if air flows in one direction
27: ... It had free reeds, but no keyboard, and sounded only in one direction.
28: ...cale (music)|scale]], and consequently played in only one key [and its related keys]. Similar accordio...
54: ...hird to eighth column in the picture above), and only has Fundamental Bass and major chords
63: ...ts can play intervals of up to two octaves using only one hand, this is especially important for piece... - Australia (39438 bytes)
48: ...ea. A part of [[Australasia]], it includes the mainland and a number of islands, the largest of which ...
50: .... The shortest border distance is between the mainlands of Papua New Guinea and Australia at about 15...
69: ...anding constitute [[genocide]]{{mn|Tatz1999|3}}. Only following the [[Australian referendum, 1967 (Abo...
79: ...overnor-General, these powers are generally used only on advice from the [[Prime Minister of Australia...
86: ...hambers are held every three years, usually with only one half of the Senate being eligible for re-ele... - Vietnam (18265 bytes)
12: ...hiding, thereby decisively stabilizing Cambodia. Only one month later, however, partially in retaliati...
59: ...ies. The Hoa, the fourth-largest minority, are mainly lowlanders and more specifically, urban dwellers...
61: ... Minh City]] area), the ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) only make up 77% of Vietnam. In terms of land area, t...
74: ...lly, passing the imperial mandarin exams was the only means for ambitious Vietnamese to socially advan... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
86: ... office since the 1992 resignation of [[Michael Manley]]. He has been since re-elected three times, th...
94: ...g upon which arm of service they are slated for. Enlisted soldiers are given basic training at JDF Tra...
126: The island of Jamaica has mountainous inlands surrounded by a narrow coastal plain. For thi...
128: ...s tropical, with hot and humid weather, although inland regions have a more temperate climate.
146: Jamaica is mainly a blend of [[African]] and [[Anglo-Irish]] cultu... - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
14: ...a form. Painting from the Tang dynasty period mainly consisted of landscape that was to grasp emotion...
34: ...'[[House of Flying Daggers]]'' being popular not only in China but around the world. [[American]] film...
38: ...mb|300px|Detail of Dragon Throne used by the [[Qianlong]] Emperor of China, [[Forbidden City]], [[Qing...
91: * [[List of universities in Mainland China]]
151: ...often visited is the [[archaeological]] find commonly known as ''the [[Terracotta Army]]'', which is a... - Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
- Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ..., [[356 BC]]–[[June 10]], [[323 BC]]), commonly known in the West as '''Alexander the Great''' o...
23: ...he coast held no major ports, so Alexander moved inland. At Pisidian [[Termessus]] Alexander humbled b...
29: ...ign (although he allowed those that wished to re-enlist as mercenaries in his imperial army). His thre...
60: ...from India, in which his men clamor for him to openly kiss the young man. "Bagoas [...] sat down close...
87: ...ezzar II|Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon]]. He was only 33 years old. Various theories have been propose... - Ammonius Saccas (2104 bytes)
3: ...ythagoreans]], his philosophy must be inferred mainly from the writings of Plotinus. As [[Eduard Zell... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
23: ...thematikoi'' held that the ''akousmatikoi'' knew only the outer form of the doctrine, but they themsel...
31: ...ophical and mathematical training. Evidence certainly suggests that the Egyptians had advanced further...
39: ...e oath of the Pythagorean Brotherhood [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_oath.html].
52: ''Only a few relevant source texts deal with Pythagoras... - Percussion instrument (2859 bytes)
1: ...trument]]s. Some percussion instruments play not only [[rhythm]], but also [[melody]] and [[harmony]].... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
29: ... center. The standardization effort consisted mainly of combining these two (Roman and [[Gallican cha...
36: ...uence, if only from the music of the synagogue. Only the smallest of scraps of ancient music have sur...
55: ...ent Rome|Roman]] drama with Christian stories--mainly the Gospel, the Passion, and the lives of the sa...
63: ...]]ic notation first appeared in western music, mainly a context-based method of rhythmic notation know...
91: ...uired a polyphonic sophistication formerly found only in sacred music, a development not surprising co...
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