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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...dentity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves o...
7: ...opulation, the ability to store and redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and admini...
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
11: ...anxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...oral examplars, and one of them, the [[Yellow Emperor]], is sometimes said to be the ancestor of all C... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...g in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ... behind, and was too weak militarily to repel [[Europe]]an interference or [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]es...
7: ...formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and i...
14: ...ion of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states.
16: ...y distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nations; a concept that continued well into... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...mbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
3: ... woven in strips. In the real estate and home improvement industries a distinction is made between ca...
10: ...lain weave]], and [[tapestry weave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, [[...
12: ... pulling strips of cloth such as wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric such as burlap. ...
14: ...s alternate with a supplementary weft that rises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular angl... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...[[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de ...
3: ...]. These that were a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that co...
6: ...he most accurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ...East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links to th...
9: ...'[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe. - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...efined by subtracting the [[Europe]]an peninsula from Eurasia. [[geology|Geologically]] and [[geograph...
6: ...idges of the [[Caucasus]] (according to others, through the [[Kuma-Manych Depression]]), the [[Caspian...
12: ...) is the land of the rising sun where the west (Europe) is the land of the setting sun.
14: ... alternative explanation is that the word Asia is rooted in a [[Greek language|Greek]] term given orig...
24: ...ils about the borderline cases between Asia and Europe, Asia and Africa and Asia and Oceania. - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: You can also browse countries [[List of countries|alphabetically]]...
12: *[[Botswana]] - [[Gaborone]]
15: *[[Cameroon]] (also spelled Cameroun) - [[Yaound靝
19: *[[Comoros]] - [[Moroni, Comoros|Moroni]]
22: *[[C?d'Ivoire]] (Ivory Coast) - [[Yamoussoukro]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
38: <tr><td>[[Belgrade]] <td>[[Serbia and Montenegro]]
51: <tr><td>[[Bucharest]] <td>[[Romania]]
56: <tr><td>[[Cairo]] <td>[[Egypt]]
82: <tr><td>[[Gaborone]] <td>[[Botswana]]
106: <tr><td>[[Koror]] <td>[[Palau]] - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ... of the Ural River is located in eastern-most [[Europe]]. It has borders with [[Russia]], the [[People...
3: ...w.stat.kz/en/info/stat-bul/stbr&e0303.pdf], down from 16,464,464 in [[1989]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/dy...
8: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
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23: | align=center colspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationKazakhstan.png|29... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ..., it remains a one-party [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
4: ...ble country. This claim is controversial with the ROC considering itself an [[independent state]]. See...
13: ...f China, establishing a [[communist state]], and proclaiming that "China has stood up."
17: ...ng to credible Western and Eastern [http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat1.htm sources], 20 - 30 mil...
19: ...ment of economic affairs which came under the control of a more moderate leadership under the dominan... - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: ...he country's young [[democracy]] showed relative promise under the leadership of former President [[As...
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37: established_dates = From the [[Soviet Union]]<br> [[31 August]] [[1991]]<...
52: ... the [[8th century|8th]] centuries. They spread across what is now the [[Tuva]] region of the [[Russia...
54: ... in [[1876]]. The Russian takeover instigated numerous revolts against [[tsar]]ist authority, and many... - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
12: *[[Uda, Emperor of Japan|Uda, emperor of Japan]], (867-931)
26: *[[Charlotte Uhlenbroek|Uhlenbroek, Charlotte]], (born 1968), British zoolologist ...
46: *[[Yoshijiro Umezu|Umezu, Yoshijiro]], Japanese general
52: ...wood, Frederick D.]], president of the [[Erie Railroad]] [[1901]]–[[1927]]
57: ...tary commander, [[History of independent Mongolia|Mongolian]] warlord - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...tion = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United States Department of the Int...
7: {{Taxobox_superordo_entry | taxon = '''Dinosauria'''}}<br>{{Taxobo...
11: [[Sauropodomorpha]]<br/>
12: [[Theropoda]]<br/>
16: ...]]ized [[bone]]s, [[feces]], [[trackway]]s, [[gastrolith]]s, [[feather]]s, impressions of skin and int... - Desert (21206 bytes)
1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
4: ...lly during the daylight) to preserve moisture. Approximately one-third of Earth's land surface is dese...
6: ...[[salt]]-covered flats. [[Eolian]] (wind-driven) processes are major factors in shaping desert landsca...
8: ... in the arid environment or that were exposed by erosion. Because deserts are dry, they are ideal plac... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...ngly awkward. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region to the same...
6: ...sured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Gre...
12: ...5 (e.g. if it is 11:00 UTC, then it is 06:00 in Toronto)
18: ...nes results in a time the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day la...
19: ...23:00 UTC on Monday 15 March, then the time in Cairo is 01:00, Tuesday 16 March) - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...ic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]].
3: ...i Gulf]] in the east, at the limit between China proper and [[Manchuria]], to [[Lop Nur]] in the south...
5: ...th their [[horses]] or return easily with stolen property.
12: ...1620]] (from [[Hongwu Emperor]] until [[Wanli Emperor]] of the [[Ming Dynasty]])
18: ...; tᩩ extending beyond Jiayu Pass along the Silk Road. These towers communicated by [[Smoke signals|s... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...ops. Over 100,000 tons of [[iron]] per year were produced in North China, and many books were printed ...
5: [[Image:Hung-wu.jpg|framed|left|Hongwu Emperor]]
6: ...the most powerful of the various [[Han Chinese]] groups and Zhu declared the foundation of the Ming Dy...
8: ...ne of the only two dynastic founders who emerged from the [[peasant]] class, the other being [[Han Gao...
10: ...scholar bureaucracy. Simply put, maintaining a strong military was essential since the Mongols were s... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...lly in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'',...
3: ...hern Anatolia into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] or through the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Afri...
5: ..., if ever, covered the whole distance between [[Europe]], or the [[Middle East]], and [[China]], by la...
7: The last missing railroad link on the Silk Road was completed in [[1992]], when the internation...
10: ===Cross-continental travel=== - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
16: ... C?d'Ivoire|C?d'Ivoire]] - [[Politics of Croatia|Croatia]] - [[Politics of Cuba|Cuba]] - [[Politics of...
25: [[Politics of the Faroe Islands|Faroe Islands]] - [[Politics of Fiji|Fiji]] - [[Politi...
47: ...olitics of Montserrat]] - [[Politics of Morocco|Morocco]] - [[Politics of Mozambique|Mozambique]] - [[...
50: ...s]] - [[Politics of New Zealand|New Zealand (Aotearoa)]] - [[Politics of Nicaragua|Nicaragua]] - [[Pol...
62: ...tics of R鵮ion|R鵮ion]] - [[Politics of Romania|Romania]] - [[Politics of Russia|Russia]] - [[Politi... - 2006 (7939 bytes)
19: ...adline by which the small remainder of non-metric road distance signs in the [[Republic of Ireland]] m...
21: ... Requirement of television stations in the US to broadcast analog signals are lifted.
23: ...y 1]] - 30 Cities across the [[Canada|Canadian]] Province of [[Quebec]] will be reconstituted, as the ...
24: ...]- [[NJ Transit]] takes over [[Clocker]] service from [[Amtrak]]
26: * [[January 15]] - First round of the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Finnish president...
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