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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ... [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] and [[Biography]]. Also, see [[Internationa...
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17: ...st at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
22: ...y]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]])
26: *[[Heinrich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa - 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. - 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== - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...r Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
8: ...nd married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and Ki...
12: ...influenced by [[Mohandas Gandhi]]'s philosophy of nonviolence, Aung San Suu Kyi entered politics to wo...
14: ...el Peace Prize in the following one. She used the Nobel Peace Prize's [[US$]]1.3 million prize money t...
16: ... husband Michael Aris, a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in [[1997]], the Burm... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
2: ... and [[poet]]. She was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] and raised in [[New Jersey]], the daughter of...
4: ...tributed, including "Career of Evil", "Fire of Unknown Origin", "The Revenge of Vera Gemini", and "Sho...
6: ... Dee Daugherty ([[drums]]) and Richard Sohl ([[piano]]). Financed by money from Smith's friend and for...
13: ... less successful, with "Frederick" only gaining minor radio airplay.
15: ...lbum ''[[Dream Of Life]]'' in [[1988]], the most known song from which was her semi-[[revolution]]ary ... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ...y 8]], [[1891]] [[London]], [[England]]), better known as '''Helena Blavatsky''' or '''Madame Blavatsk...
5: ...ong role models that allowed her to mature into a nonconformist. She was cared for by servants who bel...
7: ... she formed the Societe Spirite for [[occult]] phenomena with Emma Cutting (later Emma Coulomb), which...
9: ...ion]], that is, producing physical objects out of nothing. Though she was apparently quite adept at t...
11: ...nd journalist who covered the [[Spiritualist]] phenomena. Soon they were living together in the "Lamas... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...pean interiors until the 18th century. The hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in [[Mongolia...
12: ...sturdy fabric such as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]].
14: ...ary weft is attached to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the...
16: ...nder the weft and are attached without forming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors ...
19: ...nen weaving. [[Mary Stewart]] Queen of Scots is known to have been an avid embroiderer. 16th century... - 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]]. - Nepal (22444 bytes)
1: ...h the [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Tibet Autonomous Region]]) and [[India]].
58: ...al (though the hilly and mountainous regions were not a part of Aśoka's Empire) in the [[1st cent...
62: .... Critics argue that the governmental reforms did not appreciably improve the political order because ...
64: ...public]] through a Maoist revolutionary strategy known as [[People's war]]. This has since grown to a ...
66: ...g the gun on himself. His [[suicide]] attempt was not immediately successful, however, and although in... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
4: The best-known mummies are those that have been [[embalming|em...
12: ... the Persians sometimes mummified their kings and nobility in wax, though this practice has never been...
16: ...f mummification was made so that the bodies would not decompose in the afterlife. The mummified indivi...
18: ...e religion or gods from that time, and it is not known if it was the intention of the ancient Egyptian...
25: ...rve the deceased. Not only did their job require knowledge of human anatomy, they also had to perform ... - Country (4192 bytes)
1: ..., [[tax]] rules, and [[population]], who are one another's ''countrymen''. "Country" is the English eq...
7: ...land]]) and one component of a different state ([[Northern Ireland]]).
9: ..., nation, state and land are casually used as [[synonym]]s, but in a more strict usage they are distin...
16: ...cussi-Ambeno]] region of [[East Timor]] or [[Nagorno-Karabagh]] are others. The largest was [[Pakistan... - Tibetan art (2932 bytes)
1: ... art]], reflecting the over-riding influence of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] on these cultures.
3: The art of Tibet may be studied in terms of influences which have ...
7: ...Buddhist]] synthesis. Whereas the [[Buddha]] did not previously have a standardized statuary represen...
10: ...this tradition. A common bodhisattva depicted in Tibetan art is the [[Gelugpa]] deity [[Chenrezig]] (Ava...
13: ... diamond thunderbolt (known in [[Tibetan language|Tibetan]] as the ''[[dorje]]''). - Civilization (29205 bytes)
5: ... exclusive term, applied to some human groups and not others.
7: ...he first. In this sense civilization is nearly synonymous with [[culture]].
15: .... Everyone lives in a society and a culture, but not everyone lives in a civilization. In general, ci...
17: ...es farmers to produce a surplus of food that will not be needed for their own subsistence.
18: ...A significant portion of the population that does not devote most of its time to producing food. They ... - Giant Panda (7693 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''A. melanoleuca'''''}}
12: ...s | color = pink | binomial_name = Ailuropoda melanoleuca | author = [[Armand David|David]] | date = [...
15: ...''''' "black-and-white cat-foot") is a [[mammal]] now usually classified in the [[bear]] family, [[Urs...
17: ...at of a [[national emblem]] for [[China]], and is now used in Chinese gold coins.
19: ...g almost entirely on [[bamboo]]. Pandas are also known to eat [[egg (food)|eggs]] and some [[insect]]s... - Meditation (26064 bytes)
3: ...itual meditation; however, meditation itself need not be a religious or spiritual activity. Most of th...
5: Another form of meditation is more closely akin to [[...
12: ...ng and focusing the mind; however meditation does not necessarily require effort and can be experience...
14: ...be done with the eyes closed (as long as one does not fall asleep), or with the eyes open: focusing th...
16: ...ath, and continue focusing on its natural cycle. Another common approach is to attempt to block all se... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
17: ...e Charlotte found [[Camp Fire Girls]] (formally announced in [[1912]]).
20: *[[1939]] - [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)]]: The [[Battle of Nanch...
21: ... is officially opened by President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
23: ...niversity of California, Berkeley]] researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "...
25: ...Tenzin Gyatso]], the 14th [[Dalai Lama]], flees [[Tibet]] and travels to [[India]]. - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
4: ...f [[Guru Nanak]] is, "There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim." [[Guru Gobind Singh]] reinforced these ...
8: ...4]].(Although some of the earlier gurus are also known to have documented their revelations.) This is ...
10: ... although manifest in many ways, many places and known by many names, is eternally One, the Sovereign ...
16: ..., the true name. Sikhs believe in neither heaven nor hell. They strive for the grace of the Guru duri...
22: ...n in the village of [[Nankana Sahib | Talwandi]], now called [[Nankana Sahib]], near [[Lahore]] in pre... - Yak (4592 bytes)
14: ...thumb|350px|left|Photo representing a wild yak in tibet [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]...
15: ...Tibetan Plateau, and some parts of Central Asia. Known for their ability to thrive in harsh, high-alti...
22: ...igest tough, fibrous plants found in their mountainous habitats.
26: ...ide protection against predators like wolves and snow leopards. These herds are often led by a dominan...
30: ...r, they use their strong hooves to break through snow to access grass. - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
14: ... sea and land larger and smaller, encircling one another; there were two of land and three of water. ...
17: ...out five days' sail to the west of what is called nowadays [[Britain]]. He added that westwards from t...
20: ...ferring to the Atlantes and those who profess to know the measurements of the earth. He states that f...
21: ...ent [[Phoenicians]] and [[Etruscans]] knew of an enormous island outside the [[Pillars of Hercules]]. ...
23: ...sts. [[Claudius Aelianus]] cites [[Theopompus]], knowing of the existence of the huge island out in th... - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
7: ...s not, and likely will not ever be, conclusively known.
9: ...], including [[Central Asia|Central]] [[Asia]], [[North Asia]], [[Eastern Asia]], [[Southeast Asia]], ...
15: ...is true, his birthplace is most likely the mountainous area of [[Burhan Haldun]]. He was the second so...
17: ...e and his family lived the life of impoverished [[nomad]]s, surviving primarily on [[marmot]]s and oth...
19: ...r a dispute about sharing [[hunting]] spoils. In another, he was captured in a raid by his former [[tr...
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