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  1. 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 ...
  2. 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.
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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]
  6. 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-...
  7. 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...
  8. 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
  9. 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''
  10. 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>
  11. 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...
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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>
  15. 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 [[...
  16. 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]] (&#22826;&#21644;&#38272;). 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...
  17. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] &ndash; [[1928]])
    11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] &ndash; [[1982]])
    35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] &ndash; [[155...
    76: *[[Adriaan Blaauw]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1914]] &ndash; )
    80: *[[Bart Bok]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1906]] &ndash; [[1983]])
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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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