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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...union, and was occasionally conquered by external ethnicities, of which many were eventually assimilat...
7: ...n show early habitation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is speculativ...
14: ... the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|Shang]] and...
18: ...) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeologists connect t...
22: ...]], [[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of ... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...2.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Great Wall of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the ...
5: ...ntury|nineteenth]] and early [[20th century|twentieth centuries]], China stagnated and fell behind, an...
7: ...) government was forced to flee the mainland and retreat to Taiwan, which it had governed since the en...
18: ...overns [[Inner Mongolia]], [[Xinjiang]], and [[Tibet]], and the ROC now governs [[Taiwan]] (also claim...
21: ...the capital or imperial domain. The ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition. - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...r known as '''Maria Christina Alexandra''' and sometime '''Count Dohna''', was Queen of [[Sweden]] fro...
7: <br>(Government [[November 8]], [[1644]])
18: ...tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Burial'''<td>[[St. Peter's Basilica]], [[Rome]]
22: ...f scientists examined her bones in an attempt to determine if she was [[intersexual]], but they were n...
31: ...hancellor to her father and until her majority in 1644 the principal member of the governing regency cou... - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
16: ::[[Qing Dynasty]] since the fall of Ming in [[1644]].
22: ...ukuo]], a nominally independent [[puppet state]] set up by the [[Japan|Japanese]] in Manchuria from 19...
83: ...I]], and after the war until [[Chiang Kai-Shek]] retreated to [[Taiwan]] in [[1949]].
107: ...d Anyang; in 2004 the [[China Ancient Capital Society]] officially added [[Zhengzhou]] as an eighth th... - Flag of Connecticut (1242 bytes)
1: [[Image:conneticut_flag.jpg|thumb|right|Flag of Connecticut. Ima...
3: ...nner below the shield reads "Qui Transtulit Sustinet," ("He who transplanted sustains us") the state's...
5: ...it". When Connecticut Colony bought Saybrook in [[1644]], the seal transferred to them. On [[October 25]...
8: *[http://www.fotw.net/flags/us-ct.html History of the Connecticut flag] - Ming Dynasty Tombs (3836 bytes)
3: ...chao2 shi2 san1 ling2'') are located some 50 kilometers due North of [[Beijing]] at an especially sele...
5: ...overthrow by the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] Dynasty in 1644 CE (Chong Zhen had hanged himself on the now famo...
7: ...rea - enclosed by the mountains in a pristine, quiet valley full of dark earth, tranquil water and oth...
9: ...mb site is surrounded by a wall, and a seven kilometer road named the "Spirit Way" leads into the comp...
16: ....net/ChinaReport/Beijing/Landmarks-Hotspots/OutsidetheCity/Shisan_Ling-Ming_Dynasty_Tombs/Shisan_Ling-... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
37: ... and the towns of [[Middletown, Rhode Island|Middletown]] and [[Portsmouth, Rhode Island|Portsmouth]] ...
42: ... it a place of religious freedom for [[Baptist]] settlers. Historically, the land is unique because it...
44: ... [[Anne Hutchinson]] was banished from [[Massachusetts]] for expressing her beliefs that people could ...
46: ...cretary. In 1643 [[Samuel Gorton]] founded Shawomet, which is now called [[Warwick, Rhode Island|Warw...
48: In 1644 the name of Aquidneck Island was changed to Rhode... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
13: ...antong|Xuantong, Qian]], ([[1887]]-[[1939]]), phonetician
29: ...rancis Quarles|Quarles, Francis]], (1592-1644), poet
30: ...Quarrie|Quarrie, Don]], (born 1951), Jamaican athlete
40: ...een|Queen, Ivy]], born (1972), "The Queen of Reggaeton"
43: ...aymond Queneau|Queneau, Raymond]], (1903-1976), poet - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
7: *[[U Thant]], UN Secretary General
18: *[[Ernst Udet|Udet, Ernst]], German WWI fighter ace
19: *[[Joze Udovic|Udovic, Joze]], (1912-1986), poet
33: *[[Sabine Ulibarr�libarr�Sabine]], American poet
53: *[[Sigrid Undset|Undset, Sigrid]], (1882-1949), ''Kristin Lavransdatter'' - Dynasties in Chinese history (8665 bytes)
9: ...ng changed all at once all over China in the year 1644 would make a nonsense of what actually happened.
11: For more details on the dynasties listed here and their empero...
211: <td>[[1368]] - [[1644]]</td>
219: <td>[[1644]] - [[1912]]</td> - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...uling [[dynasty]] of [[China]] from [[1368]] to [[1644]], though claims to the Ming throne (now collecti...
6: ... in China. Other causes include collusion with Tibetan lamas in depriving Chinese of their lands, pape...
8: ...ring this period, He joined a Buddhist secret society known as the White Lotus. Later, as a strong-wi...
14: ...army, once again, had to pass the traditional competitive examinations in the [[Chinese classic texts|...
16: ...r and so removed the only insurance against incompetent emperors. Hongwu was succeeded by his grandso... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
20: such as ''[[Triphyophyllum]]'', which secrete mucilage, but whose leaves do not
22: ...whose leaves undergo rapid growth, aiding in the retention and
30: rolled leaf, whose margins have been sealed together. These plants live in areas of
41: are usually known as trumpet pitchers. ''S. purpurea'' (the huntman's cup) has...
45: [[operculum]], which is essentially a flared leaflet that covers the opening of the - History of California (38344 bytes)
13: ...ne]]'' and ''[[Tongva]]''. California holds a variety of unique [[ecosystem]]s and each tribe speciali...
19: ...ve of the [[Seven Cities of Cibola]] that had streets paved with gold and silver. About the same time,...
21: ...r|La Paz]], before experiencing difficulties and returning. Cortés accompanied expeditions in [[1534]...
40: ...] to the modern California-Oregon border before returning to Spain.
48: ...com.174}} or to keep the location of his port secret from them. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
4: ...have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes...
6: ...taly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus...
21: ...wspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint Peter</small>
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small> - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ...cooking]]. Humans also developed [[language]] sometime during the Paleolithic, as well as a conceptua...
7: ...te regions of today were extremely inhospitable. Yet, humans had colonized nearly all the ice-free par...
12: ...ng activities like fertilization, land clearance, etc) since 21000BC (PNAS 101 p9551-9555).
16: ...and central [[Turkey]]. In China, proto-urban societies may have developed by [[3rd millennium BC|2500...
21: ... tableware, and even the metal poor [[Inca]] had metal tipped plows, at least after the conquest of [[... - Forbidden City (7592 bytes)
3:
10: ...200,000 men. From its completion in [[1422]] to [[1644]], when a peasant revolt invaded it, the Forbidde...
14: ...ween the gates in the east and west walls is 750 meters. The walls are thick and squat and were specif...
16: ...ed by the [[Gate of Supreme Harmony]] (太和門). The northern section, or the Inner Cou...
20: ... is home to some relatively old trees - most are between 100 to 300 years old, with some older than 30... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[155...
76: *[[Adriaan Blaauw]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1914]] – )
80: *[[Bart Bok]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1906]] – [[1983]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...homas Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[Nati...
12: ...cted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was recommended...
14: ... was exposed to European scientific and critical methods during the tour in contrast to the [[scholast...
16: ...r debater in philosophic groups in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637]] he consid...
20: ...ng treatise, how Men were moved to enter into society, and argued how this must be regulated if Men we... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra.
6: ...c geometry]], that bridge between algebra and geometry crucial to the invention of the [[calculus]] an...
11: ...ulosis]]. At the age of ten, he entered the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[Prytanee|Collège Royal Henr...
13: ...assau]], leader of the United Provinces of the [[Netherlands]]. His intention was to see the world and...
14: ...e profit from it. (Descartes, ''Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and Seeking... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
73: *[[Anaximenes of Miletus]]{{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
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