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54: * [[Kokyu]] ([[Japan]])
93: * [[Koto]] (Japan)
105: * [[Shamisen]] (Japan) - Flag (13245 bytes)
9: ...bols have been used by ancient cultures for thousands of years, the origin of flags in the modern sense...
11: ...rs: in [[Europe]] they were the [[knight]]s, in [[Japan]] they were the [[samurai]], and in [[China]] the...
22: ...ples'': the [[Flag of the Faroe Islands|Faroe Islands]], [[Flag of Finland|Finland]], [[Flag of Iceland...
50: ...[Image:Japan_flag.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|[[Flag of Japan]]]]
51: ...nd divisions of the surface, or ''field'', into bands or quarters - patterns and principles mainly deri... - Macau (16856 bytes)
57: ...s a subject of repeated attempts by the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] to conquer it in the [[17th century]].
89: * The Islands District (離島區): [[Taipa]] an...
93: ... and the Provisional Municipal Council of the Islands (臨時海島市政...
98: ...s of [[Macau Peninsula|a peninsula]], and the islands of [[Taipa]] and [[Coloane]].
118: ...e]]. Some [[Japan]]ese, including descendants of Japanese Catholics who were expelled by shoguns, also l... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
6: ...se agriculture was a mess. When hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians were called upon to work on ...
16: ...mpetent emperors. Hongwu was succeeded by his grandson, but he was soon usurped by his uncle [[Chengzu...
20: ...), imperial edicts in reply, reports of various kinds, and tax records.
29: ...tacts with the outside world, particularly with [[Japan]], and foreign trade increased considerably. [[Yo...
33: ... commercial interests, in order to divert state funds from the anti-clerical efforts of the Confucian s... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...er on to [[Korea]] and terminated eventually in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[Germ...
3: ...ad diverges into North and South routes as it extends from the commercial centers of North China, the N...
11: ... the [[nomads]] of the vast Eurasian [[steppe]]-lands had domesticated [[horse]]s around [[4000 BC]]. D...
13: ...ough while avoiding trespassing on agricultural lands. This presented ideal conditions for [[merchant]]...
52: ...]] and [[Sarmatians]] sent envoys to seek the friendship of Rome. Nay, the [[Seres]] came likewise, and... - Castle (27805 bytes)
4: ...les also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabit...
11: ...e territories from which to control surrounding lands.
21: In the [[Scottish highlands]] of the 17th century, as elsewhere, the need for...
37: *[[Windsor Castle]]
50: ...stles of Berkeley, Alnwick and [[Windsor Castle|Windsor]]. - Caste (32815 bytes)
60: ...hat similar [[outcaste]] groups have existed in [[Japan]], [[Korea]], and [[China]]. However, this seems ...
75: ...s wear red because they see a lot of blood and wounds as they practice their daily warrior routines. Th...
88: ... the intercourse between them within as narrow bounds as possible?
98: ...more severe and inhuman the lower the offender stands in the social scale. - Civilization (29205 bytes)
33: ===[[Japan]]===
34: ...iest forms of farming are sometimes attributed to Japan (Ingpen & Wilkinson) in [[10th millennium BC|1000...
37: ...um BC|8000 BC]] began to desiccate the pastoral lands of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], eventually forming th...
39: ...ucting]] large buildings. Recent archaeological finds indicate that sedentary [[farming]] began to take...
44: ...with plaster, [[cowries]] used for eyes). Other finds from this era include stone and bone tools, clay ... - India (27950 bytes)
13: ...hoka]], contributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. From [[180 BC]], a series of invasions from ...
71: ...jor trading partners are the [[United States]], [[Japan]], [[People's Republic of China|China]], the [[Un...
81: ...the percentage of workers to total population) stands at 39.1%, with male WPR at 51.7% and female WPR a...
115: ...originated in India. [[Football (soccer)]] also finds a large viewer ship in almost the entire country,...
162: ...news/business/20050102-0.html US, UAE, UK, China, Japan among India's top trade partners]'', [http://www.... - World War I (62979 bytes)
41: ...rbian government agreed to all but one of the demands, noting that participation in its judicial procee...
88: ...ng the war, while Austrian [[Kaisersch?] and [[Standsch?] and Italian [[Alpini Corps|Alpini]] fought bi...
154: ...were assigned to depleted French and British commands on [[28 March]]. A supreme command of Allied forc...
177: ...ition. However, the matter was taken out of his hands by [[Philipp Scheidemann]], who on [[November 9]]...
183: ...]]. The Kaiser fled the next day to the [[Netherlands]], which granted him political asylum. (See [[Wei... - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
24: ...Many people had to depend on the aid of their friends or relatives to find a job.
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...
76: *[[The Great Depression in Japan]]
110: *About.com: [http://mutualfunds.about.com/cs/1929marketcrash/index.htm 1929 Stock... - World War II (58065 bytes)
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...
18: ...ther against aggression. This replaced the German-Japanese [[Anti-Comintern Pact]] of 1936 that Italy had...
22: ...alia, Brazil, Canada, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Greece, and Denmark were also c... - 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: ... the United States refused to accede to their demands overseas, Washington committed itself to a policy...
61: ...th and west of Saigon, however, remained in the hands of the Hoa Hao. Although the Hoa Hao and Cao Dai ...
65: ... of which initially took a hard line in their demands. The communists resisted, however, and the final ... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
64: *[[1844]] - [[Samuel Morse]] sends first [[telegraph]] message
88: ...hew Perry (naval officer)|Matthew Perry]] opens [[Japan]]
98: *[[1856]] - [[Guano Islands Act]] - 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)
30: ...ignificant opposition to encroachment on tribal lands. Led by such resolute, militant leaders such as [...
32: ...ounds. Yet, when ordered to take action against bands of Sioux hunting on the range according to their ...
40: ...e seizure and sale of almost half of the tribal lands. It also destroyed much of the communal organiza...
65: ...settlement. A similar expansion of agricultural lands in countries such as [[Canada]], [[Argentina]], a...
82: ...t fervor that swept the prairies and [[cotton]] lands. The elections of 1890 brought the new party into... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
74: ... installments to the United States chiefly with funds obtained from German reparations payments, and Ge...
78: ...le for liquidity that followed the Great Crash, funds flowed back from Europe to America and Europe's f...
107: ...mmunity, that the federal government was in the hands of no radical. The act proposed to balance the fe...
117: ...dle. A tax on food processing would provide the funds for the new payments. Farm prices were to be subs...
141: ...viate unemployment, and moreover to pump needed funds into the economy. - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...ack to the [[1890s]] when, after a century of friendship, Americans and Russians became rivals over the...
13: ... Asia as well, as evinced by U.S. occupation of [[Japan]] and the division of [[Korea]]. Politically, the...
26: ...on efforts, first in Western Europe and then in [[Japan]] (as well as in [[South Korea]] and [[Taiwan]])....
30: ...where he negotiated the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance.
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)
6: ...rawling areas of the South and West. Electoral trends in the regions reflect this divergence -- the Nor...
14: ...erparts two decades ago due to the demographic trends of suburbanization and gentrification. Stores and...
50: Reagan won a landslide victory, and [[United States Republican Party...
69: ...hough Reagan would win reelection in a historic landslide in his [[U.S. presidential election, 1984|198...
93: ...aving rates were very low (roughly one-third of [[Japan]]'s,) the deficit was mostly covered by borrowing... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
21: ...ns (especially North America, Western Europe, and Japan,) the vast reserves of the leading Middle East pr...
45: ...dogged by controversies over the personal backgrounds of some of his appointees, and by political clash...
62: ... the United States was militarily dominant, and [[Japan]], sometimes seen as the largest economic rival t...
78: ...n was planning on an invasion of Iraq, on the grounds that [[Saddam Hussein]] supported terrorism, had ...
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