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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
72: ...n effort to populate its sparsely-settled hinterlands, awarded land grants in a remote area of the nort...
163: ...ns on the east and west and with ocean-front lowlands lying outside of them.
178: ...rs of Mexico|Free Trade Agreements]], including [[Japan]] and the [[European Union]]. However more than 8...
229: ...{{IPA|/x/}}; in "[[Xochimilco]]", however, it sounds as a {{IPA|/ʃ/}}.
231: ...ispronounced as well, because the letter ''j'' stands for {{IPA|/ʒ/, /dʒ/ or /j/}} in other l... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at ...
28: ...Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast Pa...
53: ...] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[Atlantic]] islands)
54: *[[Jan Carstensz]], (c.1595—?), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] explorer of [[New Guinea]] coast, navigat...
66: ... the [[Indies]]; discovered various lands and islands and established a colony on [[Hispaniola]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
132: ... Society in Sung China''. Originally published in Japanese as ''Sōdai shōgyō-shi kenky$...
138: [[Kublai Khan]], grandson of [[Genghis Khan]], wanting to adopt [[Han Chi...
152: ...), imperial edicts in reply, reports of various kinds, and tax records.
158: ...tacts with the outside world, particularly with [[Japan]], increased considerably. Emperor Yongle strenuo...
180: ...risonment due to writings)] for controlling the minds and thoughts of Chinese. ''Wen Zi Yu'' forbade po... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
44: ...on rational, skeptical, logical and axiomatic grounds, such as the work of [[René Descartes]], [[Blais...
53: ...amely [[Asia]], including [[China]], [[India]], [[Japan]], and the general area. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
35: ...iner received all of Perestello's charts of the winds and currents of the [[Portuguese possessions]] of...
46: ...ated that the distance from the Canary Islands to Japan was 2,400 nautical miles (about 4,444 km).
52: ... is probable that he made the same outrageous demands for himself in Portugal that he later made in Spa...
54: ...edit for being "the principal cause why those islands were discovered."
56: ...onarchs left it to the royal treasurer to shift funds among various royal accounts on behalf of the ent... - Steel (28384 bytes)
8: ...mall>— [[Pyrite]]. Iron oxide is a soft [[sandstone]]-like material with limited uses on its own....
68: ...9]], [[Jan Andries Moerbeck]], a [[United Netherlands|Dutch]] ironmaster, began importing Wealden iron ...
80: ...s method became a major metal in the English midlands' emerging [[toy industry]]. The combination of th...
82: ...min Huntsman]] in [[Handsworth, South Yorkshire|Handsworth]] in [[England]]. In his process, wrought ir...
121: ...nFe/KoreanFe.html Early iron in China, Korea, and Japan] - 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]].
7: ...islands off the coast of [[Fujian]], and some islands in the South China Sea. The PRC does not recogniz...
32: ...hina]] (支那) has also been used by [[Japan]]ese since the nineteenth century, and has since ...
55: ...ord Era, the [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)|Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]]. The latt...
69: ...ster]]. Political power sometimes fell into the hands of powerful [[official]]s, [[eunuch]]s, or imperi... - May (3270 bytes)
5: ...sun begins in the constellation of [[Aries]] and ends in the constellation of [[Taurus]].
9: ...d of their new schoolwork or jobs. It is due to a Japanese custom that all [[schoolyear]]s and [[fiscal y... - Performance (3170 bytes)
29: ...icians polish their art at a railway station in [[Japan]]]] - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
11: ...anhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s. His grandsons, Johannes and Jacobus, began the [[Oyster Bay]...
15: ...r the rest of their lives they would be close friends, Hickok suggested the idea for what would eventua...
25: ...0 [[Japan]]ese nationals and American citizens of Japanese descent in [[internment camp]]s on the [[U.S. ...
27: ...found out that the First Lady was being paid so handsomely by foreign governments they unsuccessfully t...
33: ...ny years. Here she entertained her circle of friends in informal gatherings. The site is now the home... - 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... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
10: ...e set the record for flying from [[England]] to [[Japan]] in a [[De Havilland]] [[Puss Moth]] co-piloted ...
16: ...avilland Dragon Rapide]] nonstop from [[Pendine Sands]], South [[Wales]], to the [[United States|USA]] ... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
10: Known by her friends as "Jackie," and maintaining the Cochran name, sh...
14: ...hilippines]], then was the first woman to enter [[Japan]] after the War and attended the [[Nuremberg Tria...
20: ... major role in his successful campaign. Close friends thereafter, Eisenhower frequently visited her and...
22: ..., especially with those from impoverished backgrounds like her own. In [[1971]] she was inducted into t... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ...-47]] Spacelab J flight, a [[United States|US]]/[[Japan]] joint mission. She conducted experiments in [[l...
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)
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...
24: ...ue continues even despite the post-war changes in Japanese culture.
32: * [http://www.pk.emb-japan.go.jp/Ambassador/flower_show_25nov00.htm Remarks ... - Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
1: ...G|thumb|right|Kannon statue in Daienin, Mt. Koya, Japan]]
2: ...'''Guan Shi Yin''') which means "Observing the Sounds of the [[Samsara|World]]".
4: In [[Japanese language|Japanese]], Kuan Yin is called '''Kannon''' or more for...
6: ...ve added many distinctive characteristics and legends. Most notably, while Avalokitesvara can be depic...
9: ...statue of the Kuan Yin Bodhisattva, [[Aomori]], [[Japan]].]] - Wisteria (4864 bytes)
18: ... their entire stems either [[clockwise]] (As in [[Japanese Wisteria|''Wisteria floribunda'']]) or [[Count...
26: *''[[Wisteria floribunda]]'' - [[Japanese Wisteria]] - Apple (20408 bytes)
51: *'[[Fuji (apple)|Fuji]]': [[Japan]] (1930s), [[Asia]], [[Australia]]
157: ...tonutrients and that the amount of phenolic compounds in the apple flesh and in the skin vary from year... - Camellia (2759 bytes)
13: ...southern [[Asia]] from the [[Himalaya]] east to [[Japan]] and [[Indonesia]]. Different botanists vary in ...
24: ...x ''C. salouenensis''). They are highly valued in Japan and elsewhere for their very early flowering, oft...
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