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- String instrument (8163 bytes)
22: ...ces a thin, "breathy" sound, emphasizing the [[fundamental frequency]].
53: * [[Hardingfele|Hardanger]] ([[Norway]])
54: * [[Kokyu]] ([[Japan]])
63: **[[Kit violin]] (Master of dance violin)
93: * [[Koto]] (Japan) - Flag (13245 bytes)
3: ...layed them, and are still used for that purpose today. Flags are also used in messaging or [[advertis...
11: ...rs: in [[Europe]] they were the [[knight]]s, in [[Japan]] they were the [[samurai]], and in [[China]] the...
13: ...to the national flags and [[maritime flags]] of today. Flags also became the preferred means of commun...
15: ...r defended. Eventually these flags posed too much danger to those carrying them, and by [[World War I]...
22: ...k|flag]] of [[Denmark]]. This flag, called the [[Dannebrog]], inspired the cross design of other [[No... - Macau (16856 bytes)
25: |'''Establishment<br> - Date'''
40: ...peak [[Cantonese Chinese|Cantonese]] natively; Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, and English are also spok...
44: ...Kong and Macau is available 24 hours a day, every day.
50: ...島; Liandao; "Lotus Island"), as well as "Soda port" (疏打埠).
59: ...40]], Macau was granted the official title of ''Cidade do (Santo) Nome de Deus de Macau, N㯠hᠯutra ... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
6: ...s [[Han Chinese]] groups and Zhu declared the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]], establishing...
12: ...self-supporting agricultural communities. Neo-feudal land-tenure developments of late [[Sung Dynasty|...
14: ... of literature and philosophy was revamped. Candidates for posts in the civil service or the officer ...
16: ...wu attempted to, and largely succeeded in, consolidating control over all aspects of government, so th...
18: ...insisting that they remained illiterate, and liquidating those who commented on state affairs. Hongwu... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...er on to [[Korea]] and terminated eventually in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[Germ...
5: ...], [[China]] and [[India]], but they laid the foundations of our modern world. While goods and religi...
11: ...ations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] may have been domesticated as early as circa ...
18: ...] trade was extended to [[Harappa]] and [[Mohenjo-daro]] in the [[Indus Valley Civilization|Indus vall...
23: ... Dynasty]], Egyptians are returning with huge [[cedar]] trees. Sahure's name is found stamped on a thi... - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...astle" designations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwelling, ...
4: ...y of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
26: ...as lower grade housing within the walls to accommodate some of the key population of the local area, s...
30: ...structures and many survive through to the modern day; they are now mostly considered monuments.
48: ... in the life of John, [[bishop]] of Terouanne (''Ada Sanctorum'', quoted by GT Clark, ''Medieval Mil. ... - Caste (32815 bytes)
5: ...books," (2-7). Only the Purusha Sukta hymn (Rig Veda 10:90) mentions the castes and compares them to t...
7: ...t refers to the the lustrous colour of the sky at dawn.
20: ...e with the Brahman the privilege of reading the Veda, but only so far as it is taught and explained to...
27: ...ociety, and must endure 12 years studying the [[Vedas]].
31: ... the [[Iran|Persia]]ns and the [[levites]] of [[Judaism]]. - Civilization (29205 bytes)
11: Civilization can also mean the standard of behavior, similar to [[etiquette]]. "Civiliz...
28: ...lex institutions associated with civilizations. Today, many tribal societies live inside states and un...
33: ===[[Japan]]===
34: ...iest forms of farming are sometimes attributed to Japan (Ingpen & Wilkinson) in [[10th millennium BC|1000...
37: ...in the southwestern corner of Egypt, near the [[Sudan]] border, before [[8000 BC]]. Climate changes an... - India (27950 bytes)
46: ...]] and with several mostly-regional parties. The NDA, led by the BJP, currently forms the main opposit...
53: ... two scientific bases in [[Antarctica]] – [[Dakshin Gangotri]] and [[Maitri]], but has made no t...
61: ...]]), the [[Brahmaputra]], the [[Yamuna]], the [[Godavari]], and the [[Krishna River|Krishna]]. The riv...
71: ...jor trading partners are the [[United States]], [[Japan]], [[People's Republic of China|China]], the [[Un...
79: ...ion within the highly diverse Indian population today. Its biggest [[metropolitan]] agglomerations are... - World War I (62979 bytes)
1: ... 1917, in the vicinity of the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau Wo...
2: ...henzollern]]s, who had roots of power back to the days of the [[Crusade]]s, all fell during or after t...
8: ...ree-decade long war spanning the period [[1914]]–[[1945]]. Other scholars view World War I as on...
19: ...tem, which bears a striking resemblence to modern-day and Cold War nuclear preparedness strategies, st...
22: ...serving their power. It did not solve the more fundamental problems of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Wi... - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
12: ...arket crash]] of 1929, collapse of the [[gold standard]], collapse of [[international trade]] due to t...
14: ...nt in the [[USSR]], an area which covered present day [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]] and the Central Asian re...
40: ...to balanced budgets and an international gold standard. It was only gradually that he came to the conc...
42: ...t as long as [[Europe]] was marching towards war, Japan was engaged in imperial conquest, and the interna...
45: ...ion" (in which large players supposedly used [[predatory pricing]] to drive out small players); - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...ond Sino-Japanese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of [[Manchuria]]. Still others argue ...
6: ...an surrendered]] on [[15 August]] [[1945]] ([[V-J Day]]).
8: ...ee. [[Atomic weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[RADAR]] are only a few of many [[Technology during Wor...
10: ...n Asia, the United States' military occupation of Japan led to its democratization, and China came to spl...
18: ...id they supply the Axis powers with any great abundance of troops or supplies. - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
6: |Date||[[1957]]–[[1975]]
27: !colspan="2" |'''Civilian Casualties: ''' c. 2—4 million
33: ...o decide whether Vietnam would be unified in accordance with an agreement reached at Geneva in 1954, o...
39: ...itizen]]s volunteered to join the US forces. Canada, in fact, led peace talks between the two countri...
45: ...o serve as the official administrators. After the Japanese surrender, the Vietnamese had hoped to move to... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
14: ... presidential election, 1824|election of 1824]]; Adams immediately appoints Clay his new [[Secretary o...
16: *[[1825]] - [[John Quincy Adams]] becomes President
18: *[[1826]] - [[John Adams]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]] die on [[July 4]]
52: ...harles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge]] reverses [[Dartmouth College v. Woodward]]; [[property right]]s...
67: *[[1845]] - [[Florida]] and [[Texas]] become states - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
7: *[[1931]] - [[Japan]] invades [[Manchuria]]
28: *[[1933]] - [[Japan]] and [[Germany]] withdraw from [[League of Natio...
48: *[[1935]] - [[Fair Labor Standard Act]] - sets [[minimum wage]] and hours
56: *[[1937]] - [[Japan]]ese planes sink [[Panay]] in [[China]]
59: *[[1938]] - [[Fair Labor Standards Act]] - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ustry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 20th century, it was the dominant econom...
21: ...7 1896 went even further, providing that state-mandated segregation was legal as long as it provided f...
30: ...rrivals on the Plains--previously they had been sedate farmers in the Great Lakes region. Once they l...
32: ...1876 the last serious Sioux war erupted, when the Dakota gold rush penetrated the Black Hills. The Arm...
34: ...rn Sioux reservation at [[Wounded Knee]], [[South Dakota]], led to an uprising that saw the Sioux atta... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
16: ... levels, which in retrospect after the crash were dangerously inflated.
18: ...musical noise by much of the older generation). [[Dancing]] was a popular recreation.
34: ...dministration was rocked by the [[Teapot Dome scandal]]. It looked like the President himself might be...
42: ... compromise—the [[Gold Exchange Standard]]—that lacked the stability to rebuild world trad...
44: ...dard]], and the interchangeability of currencies—were crumbling. - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
13: ... Asia as well, as evinced by U.S. occupation of [[Japan]] and the division of [[Korea]]. Politically, the...
15: There were fundamental contrasts between the visions of the [[Unit...
17: ... the United States, which moved swiftly to consolidate its position.
26: ...on efforts, first in Western Europe and then in [[Japan]] (as well as in [[South Korea]] and [[Taiwan]])....
32: ...erman army, and proposals for a peace treaty with Japan that would guarantee long-term U.S. military base... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
4: ..." the Southwest, Southeast, and especially [[Florida]] and [[California]] (surpassing [[New York]] as ...
6: ...[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidates in federal, state and local elections while th...
18: ... inflation, derided as [[stagflation]], raised fundamental questions over the future of American prosp...
20: ...]-[[1982]]), the Soviet Union improved living standards by doubling urban wages and raising rural wage...
36: ...onvention. The party also renominated [[Walter Mondale]] for vice president. - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
21: ... early [[1990s]] the politics of oil still proved dangerous for all concerned as it did in the early [...
23: ...for a final negotiation session, which failed. Saddam then sent his troops into Kuwait.
25: ...sion. U.S. president George H.W. Bush compared Saddam to Hitler and declared that if the United States...
27: ...ng the [[Iran-Iraq War]]. Perhaps in response, Saddam was pushing oil-exporting countries to raise oil...
29: ...]]," joined by 33 other countries including [[Canada]] and Saudi Arabia. By the time Iraqi troops with...
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