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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...arian-based Chinese an advantage over neighboring nomadic and mountain-dwelling cultures. The developm...
7: ...and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]...
14: ...torical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiographer of the [[2nd century ...
18: ...aracter]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle...
24: ...he early Zhou (successor state of the Shang), is known to have existed at the same time as the Shang. - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...is journeying covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[...
4: ... the appellation '''Shams ad-Din''', a title or honorific at times given to the names of scholars part...
8: ... following account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
13: ...is journey to Mecca was by land, and followed the North African coast of the [[Maghreb]] region quite ...
17: ...ed to the status of ''[[al-Hajji]]'' as a result, now faced his return home. Upon reflection, he decid... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...eginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...e existed and are viewed as having succeeded one another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last...
5: ...decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...some islands in the South China Sea. The PRC does not recognize the ROC, as it claims to be the sole s...
9: ==Terminology== - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: ...:China_temple.jpg|thumb|300px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart...
5: ... of a sacred and sometimes spiritual world yet do not invoke a concept of [[God]], classifying a Chine...
7: ...stian concepts into Buddhism while the reverse is not necessarily the case.
11: ...rt in performing elaborate annual rituals. He was not believed to be a [[deity]], but rather someone w...
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...is return, in a sea battle between Venice and [[Genoa]], Marco was captured and taken to prison, where...
5: ...ina in [[1266]], arriving at [[Khanbaliq]] (now [[Beijing]]). They returned from China as [[Kublai Khan]]'s...
7: ...se claims, and some evidence contrary to it, with no complete records that would help ascertain the tr...
16: ...ng their reports of distant China. Since they did not believe him, Marco Polo invited them all to dinn...
18: ...e an achievement in a time when printing was not known in Europe. - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...lomatic recognition from selected states, but are not UN members. For more information, see [[United N...
5: ... as the '''United Nations Organization''', or '''UNO'''. But by the 1950s, English speakers were refer...
11: *[[UN Economic and Social Council]]
20: ...rnational peace and security and international economic and social cooperation. These proposals were d...
24: ...onths later on [[June 26]]. [[Poland]], which was not represented at the conference, but for which a p... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
11: *[[Benin]] - [[Porto Novo]], [[Cotonou]]
40: *[[Mauritania]] - [[Nouakchott]]
80: * [[Cambodia]] (Kampuchea) - [[Phnom Penh]]
81: * [[China, People's Republic of]] - [[Beijing]]
98: * [[Lebanon]] (Lubnan) - [[Beirut]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
36: <tr><td>[[Beijing]] <td>[[People's Republic of China]], see also [[...
37: <tr><td>[[Beirut]] <td>[[Lebanon]]
53: <tr><td>[[Buenos Aires]] <td>[[Argentina]]
65: <tr><td>[[Cotonou]] <td>[[Benin]] (de facto)
87: <tr><td>[[Hanoi]] <td>[[Vietnam]] - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ... considerably [[privatization|privatized]] its economy in the past three decades. Politically, it rem...
6: ... term "[[mainland China]]" is sometimes used to denote the area under the PRC's rule, usually excludin...
17: ... or caused millions of deaths, incurred severe economic costs, and damaged China's cultural heritage. ...
19: ...]], [[Deng Xiaoping]] and others who initiated economic reforms.
21: ...tioning China's planned economy into a [[mixed economy]]. - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
5: ...various Chinese governments including (sorted chronologically):
12: ...#37117; "great capital"). This was reported as [[Beijing|Cambaluc]] by [[Marco Polo]].
22: ...angchun]] was the capital of the [[Manchukuo]], a nominally independent [[puppet state]] set up by the...
28: * [[Datong]] was the capital during [[Northern Wei Dynasty]] before moving to [[Luoyang]] ...
30: ... the seat of the National Government before the [[Northern Expedition]], and was briefly the seat of C... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
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62: ...s conquered by various Central Asian groups, most notably the [[Tocharian]] [[Kushan]]s.
64: ...Kadphises' son [[Vima Takto]] conquered territory now in India, but lost much of the western parts of ...
72: ...hal Empire completely vulnerable. The British did not gain strong footholds in the Pakistani region un... - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
5: ...to find a new system of social, political, and economic organization that would allow for the reintegr...
10: ...ost remembered for their bronze casting art work, noted for its clarify of detail. Early Chinese musi...
12: ...e 8th century. Around this period, several well known Chinese poets influenced Chinese poetry, which ...
16: ...giving an impressionistic treatment of natural phenomena. It was during this period, painting emphasi...
18: ...opera is introduced which is considered the best known form of Chinese opera. Qing poetry was marked ... - Ming Dynasty Tombs (3836 bytes)
3: ...visioned the layout of the entire ancient city of Beijing as well as a number of landmarks and monuments lo...
5: ... in 1644 CE (Chong Zhen had hanged himself on the now famous [[Guilty Chinese Scholartree]]).
7: ...a at the foot of the [[Jundu Mountains]] north of Beijing was selected. This 40 square kilometer area - enc...
13: ...2004, the entire park is undergoing large-scale renovations.
16: ...hisan_Ling-13_Ming_Dynasty_Tombs-Introduction_in_Snow.html Shisan Ling Ming Tombs Introduction] - Dynasties in Chinese history (8665 bytes)
7: ...y different groups. At times like these there was no dynasty ruling a unified China.
9: ...once all over China in the year 1644 would make a nonsense of what actually happened.
135: <td>Northern and Southern Dynasties</td>
138: ...thern Dynasties|H]] - [[Table of Chinese monarchs#Northern and Southern Dynasties|E]])</td>
167: <td>Northern Song</td> - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...hinese history|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]].
3: ... the southeastern portion of [[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region]]. [[Image:Greatwall_badling5.jpg|thum...
5: ...i-nomadic people on the outside of the wall could not cross with their [[horses]] or return easily wit...
18: ...ayu Pass]] (嘉峪关), located in northwest [[Gansu]] Province at the limit of the [[G...
20: ...pass. After they conquered China, the Wall was of no strategic value as the people who the Wall was in... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...00,000 tons of [[iron]] per year were produced in North China, and many books were printed using [[mov...
8: ...Confucianism]] and neo-Confucian conventions, and not as a popular rebel. Despite his humble origins,...
14: ...rats or civil servants on the basis of merit and knowledge of literature and philosophy was revamped. ...
16: ... was responsible for moving the capital back to [[Beijing]].
18: ...let in his palace stipulating: "Eunuchs must have nothing to do with the administration." Under his s... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
3: ...]] or through the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Africa]].
5: These exchanges were critical not only for the development and flowering of the gr...
11: ...y as circa [[11th century BC|1100 BC]], and the [[nomads]] of the vast Eurasian [[steppe]]-lands had d...
18: ...cient world – [[Badakshan]], in what is now northeastern [[Afghanistan]] – as far as [[Mes...
20: ...be the oldest [[shipbuilding|sea-faring]] harbor known. - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
15: ...r>[[Image:Flag_of_North_Vietnam.gif|100px|Flag of North Vietnam]]<br><br>[[Viet Cong|National Liberati...
33: ...arty of Vietnam. In [[Vietnam]], the conflict is known as '''the American War''' ([[Vietnamese languag...
37: ...ng Thunder]]) of [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam|North Vietnam]]. ''For more details of the events du...
39: ...lly funded their own involvement. Other countries normally allied with the [[United States]] in the Co...
41: ...long with [[diplomacy|diplomatic support]] to the North Vietnamese and to the NLF, partly as support a... - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
8: national_anthem = [[Nokoreach]] |
10: capital = [[Phnom Penh]] |latd=11|latm=31|latNS=N|longd=104|longm=...
11: largest_city = [[Phnom Penh]] |
14: leader_names = [[Norodom Sihamoni]] <br> [[Hun Sen]] |
42: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> Local currency, although [[Unit... - BMX racing (1539 bytes)
9: ... medal sport at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]].
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