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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
80: ...d the beginning of the party's loss of hegemony. Through the electoral reforms started by president [[...
91: The three most important political parties in Mexico are ...
178: ...rs of Mexico|Free Trade Agreements]], including [[Japan]] and the [[European Union]]. However more than 8...
194: The [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] ([[Mormons]]) enjoys a ...
204: ... in the late 1990s, this programs have had a new thrust, and free text books are produced in more than... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
66: *[[Christopher Columbus]], (1451-1506), reached [[the Am...
77: ...ns|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed through [[Bering Strait]]
210: ...rer, was among the first [[Europeans]] to reach [[Japan]])
230: *[[John Rae]], (1813-1893), travelled widely through the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
14: ...u]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: ...
44: ...romanticized in works such as ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]''.
50: ...e South: the Foundation and early history of the Three Kingdoms state of Wu'' by Rafe de Crespigny, in...
51: ...ction to Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling being the Chronicle of Later Han for the years 189 to 220 AD as...
54: ...istory of the Former Han Dynasty by Pan Ku. Vol. Three''. Ithaca, New York. Spoken Languages Services... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ..., [[empiricism]] (through observation), and even through [[leap of faith|leaps of faith]], hope and in...
7: ...which includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period of the early [[20th centu...
12: Other thinkers and schools appeared throughout Greece over the next couple of centuries. ...
20: ...eason for military defeat. He proposed instead a three tiered structure of society, with workers, guar...
27: ... in this time was to prove the existence of God, through logic alone, if possible. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...p://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''Christopher Columbus''' ([[1451]]<sup>[[#Early life|1...
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided...
5: ...tence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the inventio...
13: ...ature reads ''[[Chi-Rho|Xpo]] ferens'' ("Bearing Christ").
21: ...daughter of a woollens merchant. Christopher had three younger brothers, [[Bartolomeo Columbus|Bartolo... - Steel (28384 bytes)
21: ...effects of [[metal fatigue]]. Large amounts of chromium and nickel (often 18 and 8 %, respectively) ...
32: ...e as a byproduct of copper and bronze production throughout the bronze age.
36: ...]], iron tools and weapons displaced bronze ones throughout the near east. This process appears to ha...
38: ... furnace where [[bellows]] was used to force air through a pile of iron ore and burning [[charcoal]]. ...
46: ...d by [[300 BC]], iron was the material of choice throughout China for most tools and weapons. A mass ... - Treasury (1846 bytes)
9: ...]], [[Canada]], [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]] and [[Japan]]. - China (38909 bytes)
5: ...ades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
16: The term has not been used consistently throughout Chinese history, however, and carries cert...
20: ...the [[Han Dynasty]] and before, ''Zhongguo'' had three distinctive meanings:
22: ...tates: "Eight mountains are famed in the empire. Three are with the Man and Yi barbarians. Five are in...
32: ...hina]] (支那) has also been used by [[Japan]]ese since the nineteenth century, and has since ... - May (3270 bytes)
9: ...d of their new schoolwork or jobs. It is due to a Japanese custom that all [[schoolyear]]s and [[fiscal y...
18: * [[Eastern Christianity]] celebrates [[Easter]] on a [[week|Sund... - Performance (3170 bytes)
29: ...icians polish their art at a railway station in [[Japan]]]] - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
25: ...and other Americans concerned about the mounting threats to peace and democracy during [[World War II]...
33: ...at people can enhance the quality of their lives through purposeful action based on sensitive discours...
35: ...she was instrumental along with [[John Peters Humphrey]] and others in formulating the [[UN Universal ...
37: ...ncreasingly disgusted with his political conduct through the rest of the [[1950s]]. Eventually, she wo... - Murasaki Shikibu (2682 bytes)
1: ...Tale of Genji]]'', written in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] between about 1000 and 1008, one of the earl...
4: ...ficer of the imperial court. During [[Heian]]-era Japan, couples lived separately and children were raise...
8: Three works are attributed to Murasaki, the most impo... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
10: ...illand]] [[Puss Moth]] co-piloted with [[Jack Humphreys]]. - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: '''Jacqueline Cochran''', born '''Bessie Lee Pittman''' ([[May 11]], ...
3: [[Image:JacquelineCochran.JPG|thumb|Jacqueline Cochran]]
6: ...s business. Despite her lack of education, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity for business a...
8: ...r a ride in an airplane, a thrilled Jacqueline Cochran began taking flying lessons at [[Roosevelt Airf...
10: ...ow aviatrix [[Amelia Earhart]] to participate. Cochran would go on to win the event. With her growing ... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ...-47]] Spacelab J flight, a [[United States|US]]/[[Japan]] joint mission. She conducted experiments in [[l...
9: Dr. Jemison, the youngest of three children, was born on [[October 17]], [[1956]],...
19: ...g Women for the 90s (1991); Pumpkin Magazine's (a Japanese Monthly) One of the Women for the Coming New C... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologist.
15: Benedict was among the leading social anthropologists who were recruited by the U.S. Governme...
19: == ''The Chrysanthemum and the Sword'' ==
20: ... studying the role in society of the [[Emperor of Japan]], and formulating the recommendation to Presiden...
22: ...word'', the study of the society and culture of [[Japan]] that she published in [[1946]], incorporating r... - Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
1: ...G|thumb|right|Kannon statue in Daienin, Mt. Koya, Japan]]
4: In [[Japanese language|Japanese]], Kuan Yin is called '''Kannon''' or more for...
9: ...statue of the Kuan Yin Bodhisattva, [[Aomori]], [[Japan]].]]
10: ...as early as the [[1st century]] CE, and reached [[Japan]] by way of [[Korea]] soon after Buddhism was fir...
38: ! colspan="2" | [[Japanese language|Japanese]] Name - Wisteria (4864 bytes)
18: ... their entire stems either [[clockwise]] (As in [[Japanese Wisteria|''Wisteria floribunda'']]) or [[Count...
26: *''[[Wisteria floribunda]]'' - [[Japanese Wisteria]]
35: ...ut prefers fertile, moist, well-drained ones. It thrives in full sun to partial shade. - Apple (20408 bytes)
51: *'[[Fuji (apple)|Fuji]]': [[Japan]] (1930s), [[Asia]], [[Australia]]
86: ..., both commercially and by backyard orchardists, throughout [[Minnesota]] and [[Wisconsin]]. Its most ...
89: ...pple orchards are established by planting two or three year old trees. These small trees are usually p...
125: ...um]]'' rust, [[apple scab]], and [[black spot]], three fungal diseases.
134: ... of apples each year. Apples are harvested using three-point ladders that are designed to fit amongst ... - Camellia (2759 bytes)
13: ...southern [[Asia]] from the [[Himalaya]] east to [[Japan]] and [[Indonesia]]. Different botanists vary in ...
16: They are [[evergreen]] [[shrub]]s and small [[tree]]s from 2–20 m tall. ...
24: ...x ''C. salouenensis''). They are highly valued in Japan and elsewhere for their very early flowering, oft...
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