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- History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...ages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...gust Ones and the Five Emperors#The Five Emperors|Five Emperors]] (三皇五帝). ...
22: ...tings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of the Shang ...
28: ...C)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power.
30: ...ang Di|First Emperor]] (Shi Huangdi), forming the first Chinese empire under the [[Qin Dynasty]]. This... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...]] from the [[Maliki]] [[Madhhab]] (a school of [[Fiqh]], or Sunni Islamic law), and at times a [[Qadi...
4: ... appellation '''Shams ad-Din''', a title or honorific at times given to the names of scholars particul...
6: ...as the ''Rihla'', or "Journey". Whilst apparently fictional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as co...
13: ...which was relatively safe, and he embarked on the first of his detours. Three commonly used routes exi...
15: ...meluks), having encountered a holy man during his first trip who prophesied that Ibn Battuta would onl... - China (38909 bytes)
5: ...tory characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war ...
7: ...t of ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
16: ... [[Qing dynasty]], although being continually redefined while the central political influence expanded...
21: ...he ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition.
22: ...empire. Three are with the Man and Yi barbarians. Five are in ''Zhongguo''." - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
42: Some consider the first entry of [[Christianity]] into China was the i...
46: The first [[Jesuit]] attempt to reach China was made in ...
50: ...s to China. The book ''[[The Small Woman]]'' and film ''[[Inn of the Sixth Happiness]]'' tell the sto...
52: ...[[Cultural Revolution]], and there remains some official harassment in the form of arrests and interro...
56: ...l government towards some Christian sects, and difficulties in obtaining accurate statistics on house ... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
10: ..., and four film roles, including ''[[BMX Bandits (film)|BMX Bandits]]'' and ''[[Bush Christmas]]''. D...
19: ...hut]]'' ([[1999]]), [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s final [[film]], when she co-starred with her husband as a ma...
23: ...s (2001 film)|The Others]]''. While in Australia filming ''Moulin Rouge!'', Kidman injured her knee, ...
24: ...e same year she took a hand at production for the film ''[[In the Cut]]''.
26: ...prestigious [[Golden Lion Award]] at the [[Venice Film Festival]]. - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
7: ==Benefits of locomotives==
13: * ''Efficiency'' - idle trains do not waste expensive moti...
16: ==Classification by motive power==
21: ...entury]]) were powered by [[steam engine|steam]], first by burning [[wood]], later [[coal]] or [[oil]]...
23: ...ome years before steam locomotive design became efficient and economically practical. ''Fairy Queen'',... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
25: | '''[[Official language]]s'''
28: | '''[[Official script]]'''
70: ...that is now Kazakhstan since the [[1st century BC|first century BC]]. From the [[4th century|fourth ce...
76: ...great resentment against colonial rule during the final years of tsarist Russia, with the most serious...
80: ...akh Soviet Socialist Republic]] (SSR) contributed five national divisions to the Soviet Union's World ... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Tajikistan]] and [[Vietnam]]. Although it officially remains a [[communist state]], the PRC has ...
15: ...a's unity and [[sovereignty]] was assured for the first time in a century, and there was development o...
17: ...his to natural disasters; still others doubt this figure entirely, or claim that many more people died...
25: ...d [[unemployment]] associated with layoffs at inefficient state-owned enterprises, and has introduced ...
40: ...g social problems and exposing corruption and inefficiency at lower levels of government. The Party ha... - Germany (46412 bytes)
19: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[German language|German]]<s...
35: |'''Formation<br>Unification/reunification<br><br><br>'''
51: ...e|Romany]] and [[Frisian language|Frisian]] are officially recognised and protected as minority langua...
62: ...sand years, the state now known as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state only in [[1871]], when...
66: ...n strife, the [[Thirty Years War]] ([[1618]]) and finally the [[Peace of Westphalia]] ([[1648]]), that... - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
3: ...g much of Chinese thought, Confucianism was the official philosophy throughout most of Imperial China'...
5: ...f 20th Century China is one of experimentation to find a new system of social, political, and economic...
12: ...mperial China, porcelain was introduced and was refined to the point it gave the word ''China'' to be ...
18: Late imperial China was marked by two specific dynasties: Ming and Qing. Of Ming Dynasty poetr...
25: ...ommon to Chinese architecture, regardless of specific region or use. - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...rman language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'', the term first used by [[Germany|German]] geographer [[Ferdin...
11: As [[domestication]] of efficient [[pack animal]]s increased the capacity for ...
13: ...the heart of [[Europe]]. These grasslands were sufficiently fertile to provide grazing, water, and fue...
23: ...haraoh [[Sahure]] of the [[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|Fifth Dynasty]], Egyptians are returning with huge [...
25: ...950 BCE, in the reign of [[Mentuhotep III]], an officer named [[Hennu]] made one or more voyages to Pu... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...e tall buildings, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential buildings.
9: ...]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Another contender for the title i...
15: ...rld's tallest..." depends greatly on matters of definition.
19: ...nclude free-standing buildings that are not classified as high rises, such as the [[CN Tower]], [[TV m...
36: |5||[[Jin Mao Tower]]||[[Shanghai]]||421 m||1,380 ft||88||1998 || - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
7: ...deeply concerned with the social impact of scientific discovery. An individual of monumental intellect...
16: ... to [[dyslexia]], simple [[shyness]], or the significantly rare and unusual structure of his [[human b...
20: ...r, but this meant he had no secondary-school certificate. {{an|1}}
22: ... became enamoured with Marie, their daughter, his first sweetheart. Albert's sister Maja was to later ...
26: ...]. During this time Einstein discussed his scientific interests with a group of close friends, includi... - Airline (29546 bytes)
2: ...ces with other airlines for reasons of mutual benefit.
11: ...ernment owned or supported to independent, for-profit public companies. This occurs as regulators perm...
15: ... lower fares and sometimes dramatic spurts in traffic growth. The U.S., Australia, Japan, Brazil, Mexi...
17: ...ars is generally low, in the range of 2-3% net profit after interest and tax. It is in this time that ...
19: ...o achieve higher economies of scale and greater efficiencies. - Ballet (9155 bytes)
3: '''Ballet''' is the name given to a specific [[dance]] form and [[ballet technique|technique]...
5: ... which later came to be known as ''Ballets''. The first Ballet ''per se'' is considered to be [[Baltha...
11: ...yale de Danse in 1661, the same year in which the first com餩e-ballet, composed by [[Jean-Baptist Lul...
13: ...sition by composers such as [[Christoph Gluck]]. Finally, opera was divided into three formal techniq...
15: ...n ballets, and teachers like [[Carlo Blasis]] codified ballet technique in the basic form that is stil... - Chinese River Dolphin (4152 bytes)
17: ...Beiji''', '''Pai-chi''' ([[Wade-Giles]]), '''Whitefin Dolphin''', '''Whiteflag Dolphin''', '''Yangtze ...
21: ...ndicate that the dolphins migrated from [[the Pacific]] to Yangtze River 20,000 years ago. The dolphin...
31: ...A female was found in [[Chongming Island]] near [[Shanghai]] in [[1998]], but she did not eat any provided f...
35: ... [[United States dollar|USD]]) and have spent the financial resources on [[in vitro]] cell preservatio...
49: ...v/species_profile/SpeciesProfile?spcode=A0FQ U.S. fish and wildlife service] - Chinese cabbage (3372 bytes)
15: ...tions on its name, spelling, and Scientific classification.
23: The ''Chinensis'' group was originally classified as its own species under the name ''B. chinensi...
27: * '''Shanghai bok choy''' ({{zh-cp|c=上海白&#... - Korean art (25186 bytes)
4: ...ional western borders, and does not fit into specific categories, this article aims at putting togethe...
12: ...ion, formal poetry on wall-scrolls, and with specific [[Korean pottery]] and expected [[Korean costume...
23: ... in some cases specific dances themselves being defined as important cultural heritage pieces of art b...
43: ...seniors, despite globally successful Korean comic films which depend on comedy of error, and situation...
60: ... a rigid proper formal posture, and play stringed five-stringed instruments. Teaching by this the "yea... - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
1: ... a drop handlebar and thin tires and wheels for efficiency and aerodynamics]]
5: ...eel]]s attached to a frame, one behind the other. First introduced in [[19th century|19th-century]] [[...
13: No single time or person can be identified with the invention of the bicycle. Its earliest...
17: ...The primitive bicycles of this generation were difficult to ride, and the high seat and poor weight di...
19: ...rley's [[1885]] Rover is usually described as the first recognisably modern bicycle. Soon the ''seat ... - List of steel producers (917 bytes)
10: # [[Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation]] ([[China]])
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