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- String instrument (8163 bytes)
5: ...d, its string or strings must vibrate. There are three common ways of bringing this about.
10: ...[percussion]] instrument, since sound production through struck blows defines this instrument family; ...
30: ==Sound amplification through resonance==
54: * [[Kokyu]] ([[Japan]])
93: * [[Koto]] (Japan) - Flag (13245 bytes)
11: ...rs: in [[Europe]] they were the [[knight]]s, in [[Japan]] they were the [[samurai]], and in [[China]] the...
13: From the time of [[Christopher Columbus]] onwards, it has been customary...
50: ...[Image:Japan_flag.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|[[Flag of Japan]]]]
56: ...dicate an error has been made in game play. The phrase used for such an indication is ''flag on the p...
80: ...t flag which hosted is the Brazilian Flag in the Three Powers Place in Brasilia, Brazil. The Flag wei... - Macau (16856 bytes)
69: ...pose the government, the Chinese people enacted ?three no?s? - no taxes, no service, no selling to Por...
91: ...na by land (on foot or with land transportation) through the northern district.
109: ...nics]]. The clothing industry has provided about three-fourths of export earnings, and the gambling in...
118: ...e]]. Some [[Japan]]ese, including descendants of Japanese Catholics who were expelled by shoguns, also l... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ... [[1368]] to [[1644]], though claims to the Ming throne (now collectively called the '''Southern Ming'...
10: ...ary was essential since the Mongols were still a threat. As an aside, the name Hongwu means "Vast Mil...
16: ...at no other group could gain enough power to overthrow him, and to buttress the country's defenses aga...
20: ... memorials (petitions and recommendations to the throne), imperial edicts in reply, reports of various...
29: ...tacts with the outside world, particularly with [[Japan]], and foreign trade increased considerably. [[Yo... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...er on to [[Korea]] and terminated eventually in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[Germ...
3: ...thern Anatolia into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] or through the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Afr...
13: ...razing, water, and fuel for [[caravan]]s to pass through while avoiding trespassing on agricultural la...
25: ...]] in Hatshepsut's funerary temple at [[Deir el-Bahri]]. Several of her successors, including [[Thutmo...
28: From the [[2nd millennium BC]] [[nephrite]] [[jade]] was being traded from [[mining|mine... - Castle (27805 bytes)
4: ...les also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabit...
28: ...natural geography to support the defensive walls through exploitation of cliffs, rivers, hills, and th...
30: ... were very permanent structures and many survive through to the modern day; they are now mostly consid...
46: ... period on the border of [[Herefordshire]] and [[Shropshire]] by [[Richard Fitz Scrob]]. The essential...
57: ...projecting towers. From the Byzantine engineers, through the crusaders, we derive, therefore, the card... - Caste (32815 bytes)
43: ...shwamitra]]'' was Kshatriya (king) but he became BhramRishi (priest)by Karma
60: ...hat similar [[outcaste]] groups have existed in [[Japan]], [[Korea]], and [[China]]. However, this seems ...
82: ...riests, warriors and peasants, comparable to the three classes, viz. [[clergy]], [[nobility]] and [[pe...
114: ... match belongs to a twice-born caste (one of the three upper castes), the child has the rights and dut...
117: ...ing, the youths investiture with the sacrificial thread, and his return home on completing his studies... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
31: ...us Valley Civilization|Indus Valley]] (namely [[Mehrgarh]] and [[Harappa]]) and [[West Africa]], wher...
33: ===[[Japan]]===
34: ...iest forms of farming are sometimes attributed to Japan (Ingpen & Wilkinson) in [[10th millennium BC|1000...
37: [[Anthropology|Anthropological]] and [[Archaeology|archaeological]] ev...
44: ...ium BC]] we find what appears to be an ancient [[shrine]] and [[cult]], which would likely indicate in... - India (27950 bytes)
30: ...stminster-style]] parliamentary system. It has a three branch system of governance consisting of the l...
34: ... 245-member ''Rajya Sabha'' is chosen indirectly through an electoral college and has a staggered six ...
44: ...dia, Congress, usually led by a member of the [[Nehru]]-[[Indira_Gandhi|Gandhi]] family, enjoyed nearl...
63: ... have a [[tundra]] climate. India gets its rains through the [[monsoon]]s.
71: ...jor trading partners are the [[United States]], [[Japan]], [[People's Republic of China|China]], the [[Un... - World War I (62979 bytes)
8: ...egard World War I as merely the first phase of a three-decade long war spanning the period [[1914]]&nd...
16: ...heir to the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] throne, was [[assassination in Sarajevo|assassinated ...
41: ...ons ([[July 25]]) and declared war ([[July 28]]) through a telegram sent to the Serbian government.
49: ...c Ocean|Atlantic]] ports would be an even larger threat to British trade as a whole.
56: ...ed under the leadership of [[Stepa Stepanovic]]. Three days later the Austrians retreated across the D... - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
28: ... go awry", implying that the economic crisis was threatening to unravel America and her (then) 150 yea...
38: ...used primarily by the reinforcement of business through government expenditure.
40: ...tion". He contemplated precipitating a war with [[Japan]] early on, in hopes of dealing with the problem ...
42: ...t as long as [[Europe]] was marching towards war, Japan was engaged in imperial conquest, and the interna...
44: ...and provide work and relief for the impoverished through increased government spending, by: - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: [[image:nagasakibomb.jpg|thumb|295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[...
4: ...ond Sino-Japanese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of [[Manchuria]]. Still others argue ...
6: ... in Asia until [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan surrendered]] on [[15 August]] [[1945]] ([[V-J Da...
10: ...n Asia, the United States' military occupation of Japan led to its democratization, and China came to spl...
14: ...mb|right|200px|[[TIME]] Magazine cover, "The Big Three" (May 14, 1945)]] - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
45: ...o serve as the official administrators. After the Japanese surrender, the Vietnamese had hoped to move to...
47: ...mperialism]] after the armistice with Germany and Japan.
50: ... period, and since successive French governments threatened to become less cooperative in Europe if th...
61: ...without resistance. The Viet Minh sent telegrams throughout Tonkin announcing its victory, and local V...
65: ...hat the Chinese would accept the surrender of the Japanese in Indochina north of the 16?N parallel and th... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
88: ...hew Perry (naval officer)|Matthew Perry]] opens [[Japan]] - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
7: *[[1931]] - [[Japan]] invades [[Manchuria]]
28: *[[1933]] - [[Japan]] and [[Germany]] withdraw from [[League of Natio...
56: *[[1937]] - [[Japan]]ese planes sink [[Panay]] in [[China]]
74: *[[1941]] - [[Japanese internment]] begins
79: ...[Commonwealth of the Philippines]] conquered by [[Japan]]ese forces - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...tive population. U.S. industry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 20th century, ...
13: ...[Ku Klux Klan]], in 1866; but it lasted for only three years.
15: Three [[United States Constitution|constitutional]] a...
32: Conflicts with the Plains Indians continued through the Civil War. In 1876 the last serious Sioux...
53: ...e best-paid in the world. In this context of cutthroat competition for accumulation, the skilled labo... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
23: ...ame to be known as "Prohibition". It was enacted through the [[Volstead Act]].
46: ...ritain]]. Business inventories of all types were three times as large as they had been a year before (...
52: ...ower, the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920s, was a factor. Wages increased a...
56: .... Even before, while the automotive industry was thriving in the 1920s some industries, agriculture in...
60: ...ady stream of failures among these smaller banks throughout the decade. The banking system as a whole,... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
11: [[Image:Chrost.jpg|250px|thumb|The "Big Three" Allied leaders at Yalta: British Prime Minste...
13: ... Asia as well, as evinced by U.S. occupation of [[Japan]] and the division of [[Korea]]. Politically, the...
17: ...us destruction of infrastructure and populations throughout Eurasia, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ...
26: ...on efforts, first in Western Europe and then in [[Japan]] (as well as in [[South Korea]] and [[Taiwan]])....
30: ...hinese Government of [[Chiang Kai-shek]] was overthrown by Communist leader [[Mao Tse-tung]], who proc... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
26: ...s their immediate target, with its aims of peace through negotiations, diplomacy, and arms control.
40: ...]. However, all these aims were not reconcilable through a coherent economic policy.
48: ... in obtaining the release of U.S. hostages in [[Tehran]] before Reagan took office.
58: ...laimed that the tax cuts would increase revenues through economic growth, allowing the federal governm...
60: ...e defense budget; wealthy taxpayers won sweeping three-year tax rate reductions on both individual (ma... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
12: ...mergence of "a new world order... freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice,...
16: ..."rogue" for undertaking actions the U.S. claimed threatened international security.
21: ...ns (especially North America, Western Europe, and Japan,) the vast reserves of the leading Middle East pr...
34: ...rot]] into the race, Bush found himself losing a three-way race between himself, independent candidate...
40: ...rot]] into the race, Bush found himself losing a three-way race between himself, independent candidate...
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