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- Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: '''Genghis Khan''' was a [[Mongol]] [[Khan]] (Emperor) as well as a brilliant and sometimes ...
5: '''Genghis Khan''' was arguably the most successful military [[le...
7: ...s not, and likely will not ever be, conclusively known.
9: ...re dissolved a century and a half later, separate Khanates existed for centuries afterwards.
11: ...ngol]]s until the [[17th century]], when the last Khan of his house was conquered by the [[Manchu]]. Man...
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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: ...neying instead. His next destination was the [[Il-Khanate]] in modern-day [[Iraq]] and [[Iran]]. - 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== - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ... implicated as well, and remained in jail until [[November]] [[2004]].
6: ...r Ali Bhutto]], Benazir was educated in the west, notably at [[Radcliffe College]], where she was elec...
13: ...e first open election in more than a decade, on [[November 16]], [[1988]], Benazir's PPP won the singl...
21: ...charges of taking kickbacks. He was released in [[November]] [[2004]] [http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworld...
24: ...ve said that they only provided moral support and nothing more. The Taliban took power in [[Kabul]] in... - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
1: ...ansi]], a [[Maratha]]-ruled [[princely state]] of northern [[India]], was one of the great nationalist...
5: ...[[19 November]] [[1835]] at [[Kashi]] (Presently known as [[Varanasi]]). Her father Moropanth was a [[...
7: ...r son. But Maharaja Gangadhar Rao expired on [[21 November]] [[1853]], when Lakshmi Bai was 18 years o...
10: ...uess of Dalhousie|Lord Dalhousie]] was the [[Governor-General of India|Governer General]] of [[British...
12: ...us words :''Mai apni Jhansi nahi doongi'' (I will not give up my Jhansi). - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
8: ... its vehicle of expression, one does not have to know Chinese to appreciate its beauty. Calligraphy, i...
14: ... versions of characters. In the hands of Japanese noblewomen, hiragana developed into a beautiful scri...
50: Grass script is notorious for its economy of individual penstrokes. Quite often different...
54: Seal scripts are regularised scripts, which are noted for the uniformity of thickness and space of v...
85: ...n in an expressive calligraphy. It reads ''Mahmud Khan son of Abdulhamid is forever victorious''.]] - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...is return, in a sea battle between Venice and [[Genoa]], Marco was captured and taken to prison, where...
5: ...[Beijing]]). They returned from China as [[Kublai Khan]]'s envoys with a letter for the [[Pope]] asking ...
7: ...se claims, and some evidence contrary to it, with no complete records that would help ascertain the tr...
11: ...-khan.png|thumb|Marco Polo at the court of Kublai Khan]]
13: ...ssary. In his seventeen years of service to the [[Khan]], Marco Polo became acquainted with the vast reg... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
3: ...oka''', '''Aśoka''', pronounced as Ashok-uh, not Ashokaa) was the ruler of the [[Mauryan empire]]...
10: ...[[Bindusara]] by a relatively lower ranked Queen known as Dharma. Ashoka had several elder siblings an...
14: ...of [[Sindh]], of which Prince Susima was the governor. Taxila was a highly volatile place because of t...
18: ...ead sent him back to Ujjain and made him the governor of Ujjain.
22: ...istan]] in the west; from the Palmir Knots in the north to the almost peninsular part of [[southern In... - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
48: '''Turkmenistan''', once known as the ''[[Turkmen SSR|Turkmen Soviet Socialist...
52: ...ince ancient times, as armies from one empire to another decamped on their way to more prosperous terr...
54: ...ingdom]] established its capital in Nisa, an area now located in the suburbs of the modern-day capital...
56: The Turkmenistan region soon came to be known as the capital of ''Greater'' ''[[Khorasan]]'' ...
58: ...he Turkmen lost their independence when [[Genghis Khan]] took control of the eastern Caspian Sea region ... - Thailand (14276 bytes)
1: ... inhabitants, particularly the sizeable Chinese minority, to continue to use the name ''Siam''.<!--
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60: ...n [[1932]] led to a [[constitutional monarchy]]. Known previously as ''Siam'', the country first chang...
69: ...rect power under the [[constitution]] but is the anointed protector of Thai Buddhism and a symbol of n... - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
5: ...various Chinese governments including (sorted chronologically):
12: ...nbalik]] ([[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]: the [[Khan]]'s [[city]]); translated to [[Chinese language|C...
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... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ... [[Serbia]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]. It is known locally as the ''Country of the [[Magyars]]''.<...
12: national_motto = (none current)<br>historical: Regnum Mariae Patrona H...
48: footnotes=
57: ...ought to overthrow the Avars, but their power was not broken until [[Charlemagne]]. The decline of the...
59: ...1242]] by [[Mongol]] ([[Tatar]]) armies of [[Batu Khan]]. - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
1: ...iterally means "The Country of [[Bengal]]". Lying north of the [[Bay of Bengal]], on land it borders [...
3: ...4;ংলাদেশ<br>Gano Projātontrī Bānglādesh</big><...
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65: ...zations had Buddhist and/or [[Hindu]] influences. Northern Bangladesh has several sites of mass archit...
69: ...(province)|East Bengal]] corresponding to what is now Bangladesh, and a western part, the Indian state... - 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... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...istan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Tajikistan]] in the north, and [[People's Republic of China|China]] in t...
3: ...tion of Afghanistan|constitution]] the country is now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islam...
17: ..."center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: None''</small>
30: ...orders]]'''<br>'''[[Coastline]]''' || 5,529 km<br>none
60: ...rces including the [[Persian Empire]], [[Genghis Khan]] and [[Alexander the Great]]. - 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. - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
4: ...reover, excessive ingestion of elements that have no apparent role in health, (e.g. [[lead]], [[mercur...
8: ... [[nitrogen]], and [[phosphorus]], and may or may not contain [[minerals]] such as [[calcium]], [[iron...
10: ... an average adult, about seven litres of liquid, known as digestive juices, exit the internal body and...
16: ...tabolically favourable compared to eating a monotonous diet based on processed foods. In particular, f...
29: ...e essential [[vitamin C]] within lime juice would not be recognized until the 1930s. - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...ock shelters decorated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago ...
8: ...]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India of the [[Indo-Greek]], [[Indo-Scythia...
11: ...nce|astronomy]], [[Ancient Indian science and technology|engineering]], [[Religion in India|religion]]...
14: ...empire|Mughal]] dynasty. Nevertheless, some indigenous kingdoms remained in or rose to power, especial...
20: ...y]]. A failed insurrection in [[1857]] popularly known as the [[Sepoy Mutiny|First War of Indian Indep... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
7: ...ance]] make substantial concessions to the [[Huguenots]].
29: ...peacekeeping mission]] along the [[Blue Line (Lebanon)|Blue Line]].
30: ...eagan]] makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
31: ...] - [[Stanley Pons]] and [[Martin Fleischmann]] announce [[cold fusion]] at the [[University of Utah]]...
37: ...001]] - The ''World Wrestling Federation (WWF)'' (now [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]) purchases riv... - Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
3: ...ist that it must to be a true coaster. (Note that not all thrill rides that run on a track are roller ...
9: ...el launch, linear induction motors, linear synchronous motors, hydraulic launch, [[compressed air laun...
11: ...d roller coaster under good conditions will have enough kinetic, or moving, energy to complete the ent...
21: ...led sled running through a 13-foot diameter loop. None of these tracks were complete circuits.
23: ...and the rest of the world. Perhaps the most well known historical roller coaster, [[The Cyclone]], was...
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