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- Hydrangea (4213 bytes)
15: ...merica|North]] and [[South America]]. Most are [[shrub]]s 1-3 m tall, but some are small [[tree]]s, an...
28: *''[[Hydrangea hirta]]'' . Japan.
29: *''[[Hydrangea involucrata]]''. Japan, [[Taiwan]].
31: ...gea macrophylla]]'' (Bigleaf Hydrangea). Southern Japan.
32: ...' (Panicled Hydrangea). Eastern China, [[Korea]], Japan, [[Sakhalin]]. - Magnolia (3033 bytes)
26: ...se medicine]], where it is known as ''houpu''. In Japan, ''M. obvata'' has been used in a similar manner.... - Rhododendron (3464 bytes)
32: ...f diversity in the mountains of [[Indo-China]], [[Japan]] and [[Taiwan]]. - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
52: ...two of which rotate, and one which is fixed. All three main parts are sealed in a housing filled with ...
58: ...ugh the blades of the fixed guide wheel and then through the blades of the turbine wheel, which causes...
70: ...through an [[Overhead lines|overhead pickup]] or through a third-rail. While the cost of electrifying ...
86: ...ice and the cost is very high. The experimental [[Japan]]ese magnetic levitation train has reached 552 km...
93: The three main categories of locomotives are often subdiv... - Ploidy (4598 bytes)
1: ...haploid. In contrast, tetraploidy (four sets of chromosomes), a type of [[polyploidy]], is not uncomm...
3: ...for a species, for example the euploid number of chromosomes in a human cell is 46.
6: ...[[cell (biology)|cell]]s bear one copy of each [[chromosome]].
8: ...id. For organisms that only ever have one set of chromosomes, the term '''monoploid''' can be used int...
10: ...sis]], germ cell precursors have their number of chromosomes halved by randomly "choosing" one homolog... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...eriodization|division of European history]] into three 'ages': the Classical civilization of [[Antiqui...
6: ...d the entrenched stereotypes associated with the phrase, but also partly because more recent research ...
12: ...ewcomers, the remnants of classical culture, and Christian influences, produced a new model for societ...
14: ...art of writing, and a centralised administration through its network of [[bishop]]s. The Early Middle ...
16: ...s sought to eliminate competition (and potential threat to their rule) from powerful feudal nobles. We... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
8: ...he formation style and decoration. The relative chronologies based on pottery are essential for datin...
14: There are three basic categories of forming techniques used in ...
19: ...ramic ware on the potter's wheel can be called "throwing" or "turning." A ball of clay is placed in ...
21: ...en finished in a process known as trimming. The thrown piece is first allowed to dry to the leather-h...
29: ...ry pottery from [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], [[Japan]]]] - Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
15: ...ical evidence, the Jōmon people in ancient [[Japan]] were the first to develop [[pottery]], dating t...
17: ...n by the [[Neolithic]], the earliest being the anthropomorphic figurines, often embellished by animals...
22: ...early Bronze age, such monuments have been found throughout most of Western and Northern Europe, notab...
30: The [[Iron age]] saw the development of anthropomorphic sculptures, such as the [[warrior of Hi...
32: ...ulture and much of their art was often expressed through plates, knives, [[cauldron]]s and cups. Horse... - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
104: ...quadron of the United States Air Force.)[http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/wwwroot/rso/squadrons_flights_pag...
114: The pall is a [[Y]]-shaped charge throughout the field, common to [[Scotland]].
145: ... side charged with a bend sinister Azure bearing three quatrefoil of the field. Behind the shield a pa...
146: ...d Or, Gules a fess Argent and Or on a bend Gules three allerions Argent."
163: A Coat of Arms motto is a phrase or collection of words intended to describe th... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
8: ...he earliest day of history, and widely practiced throughout [[China]] to this day. Although it uses Ch...
10: ... (in Chinese, ''[[Shufa]]'' 書法, in Japanese ''[[Shodo|Shodō]]'' 書道, in ...
12: ...een five major styles of calligraphy. Using their Japanese names, they are ''tensho'' (seal style), ''rei...
14: ... basic calligraphy instruction is still common in Japanese lower education.
16: ...]], a style of [[Chinese painting|Chinese]] and [[Japanese painting]] based entirely on calligraphy. - Woodcut (1909 bytes)
5: ... level of technical and artistic development in [[Japan]]. - Seal (device) (5951 bytes)
23: Known as yingzhang in China and [[inkan]] in Japan, ink seals have been used in East Asia as a form ...
29: ...ngs in [[Chinese Painting|China]], [[Japanese Art|Japan]], [[Korean Painting|Korea]], Vietnam, and the re... - Silk (8683 bytes)
5: ...om there, silken garments began to reach regions throughout [[Asia]]. Silk rapidly became a popular lu...
15: ...ore the cocoons are gathered and thus the single thread which makes up the cocoon has been cut into sh...
21: ... whole cocoon to be unravelled as one continuous thread. This allows a much stronger cloth to be woven...
33: ...], and the city became a US silk centre, although Japanese imports were still more important.
36: [[World War II]] interrupted the silk trade from Japan. Silk prices increased dramatically and US indust... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
25: ...This is usually considered the first mention of [[Japan]] in Western literature. However, it is possible ...
27: ... a battle that marked the beginning of the [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)]].
40: ...' ([[Marco Polo (Doctor Who)|Marco Polo]]) and a three-masted clipper ship built in Saint John, New Br... - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...g, or criteria for evaluating, human activity. Anthropologists most commonly use the term "culture" to...
19: ...dic and to sedentary societies. They argued that through the course of their evolution, human beings e...
21: ...adaptation]] to change in physical conditions. Anthropologists view culture as not only as a product o...
23: ...s symbolic culture is communicated and expressed through its material culture.
27: ...ally, learning) from one another ([[diffusion (anthropology)|diffusion]] or [[transculturation]]). Und... - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
8: ...[[musica]]. The concept of musica was split into three major kinds: [[musica universalis]], [[musica m...
14: ...strumentalis]], finally, was the lowliest of the three disciplines and referred to the manifestation o...
44: ... in Europe, a [[sitar]] in India or a [[koto]] in Japan) has been challenged. [[Erik Satie]] challenged w...
46: ...out music in his ''4' 33"'', which is notated as three movements, each marked ''Tacet'' (that is, "do ...
54: ...a performance of ''4' 33"'', but this is not the thrust of the piece. Rather, Young is interested in t... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
20: ... wartime Allied conferences in [[Moscow]] and [[Tehran]] in [[1943]]. [[United States]] president [[Fr...
37: ...rmally a UN organization, it is linked to the UN through a personal representative of the [[UN Secreta...
67: ...y charged with promoting human rights, primarily through investigations and offers of technical assist...
69: ...l in upholding and implementing the principles enshrined in the [[Universal Declaration of Human Right...
91: ...d administrative issues in regular meetings held throughout each year. Governing bodies made up of mem... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
1: [[Image:JapaneseShakuhachiSection.jpg|thumb|125px|A [[shakuhach...
3: ...e|Japanese]], pronounced /shakoo-hatchee/) is a [[Japan]]ese [[end-blown flute]] which is held vertically...
8: ...t", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japanese words:
22: ... the result of centuries of isolated evolution in Japan.
26: Travel around Japan was restricted by the [[shogunate]] at this time,... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
26: ... the New York legislature. He worked his way up through the Whig party, eventually being selected as ...
41: Clay, exhausted, left Washington to recuperate, throwing leadership upon Senator [[Stephen A. Douglas...
55: ...of Fillmore's administration was the opening of [[Japan]] to American trade under Commodore [[Matthew Per...
62: ...ng movement |Know Nothing, or American, Party]]. Throughout the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] he op... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
32: ...itary Academy]] at [[West Point]], [[New York]], through his [[U.S. Congressman]], Thomas L. Hamer. Ha...
156: ...blic library in [[England]]. Grant also visited [[Japan]]. In the Shibakoen section of [[Tokyo]], a tree ...
158: ...'s claim to the islands was stronger and ruled in Japan's favor.
164: ...h Grant's memoirs. Grant was terminally ill from throat cancer and fought to finish his memoirs in the...
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