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- important figure to scholars of Asian, Asian-American, and American culture ... In 1964, to provide support for Asian-American children who were not ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- considered one of the world's great Asian scholars. During the first ... Way and its Power (Tao Te Ching) introduced Asian philosophical concepts to ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- Plegadis (glossy ibises), Pseudibis (South Asian ibises), Thaumatibis (giant ... is an open question. The South American Checklist Committee's ...12 KB (1,709 words) - 16:58, 10 February 2024
- of modern elephants and in particular the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus ... and subtribe (Elephantina), as the modern Asian elephants (genus Elephas ...14 KB (2,035 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- are comprised of peoples from various South Asian, Middle Eastern, North American ... a minority. Most expatriates are from South Asian countries, mainly India, ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- AACR2 stands for the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition ... Arabic, Greek, and East Asian scripts. MARC 21 in unicode (UTF-8) ...10 KB (1,427 words) - 04:45, 5 November 2022
- 000 years ago, when the only known North American species, the American mastodon ... be larger than those of mammoths, and the American mastodons (Mammut americanum ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 16:47, 7 November 2022
- Ancient Khmer Empire. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: ... Laos), in European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists." Roberto ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
- memorandum meant to smooth over Japanese-American relations. ... years previous, Japan became the leading Asian power by defeating China ...11 KB (1,628 words) - 04:51, 5 November 2022
- ivory made form seeds of a South American palm tree (MFMHS). ... detectable differences between African and Asian ivory, with African ivory ...12 KB (1,807 words) - 03:52, 13 March 2024
- in Africa that many consider the mainly Asian populations H. erectus and ... and the African population, rather than the Asian population, is considered ...8 KB (1,212 words) - 17:11, 26 March 2023
- known collectively as coral snakes, the American coral snake genera Micrurus ... name with species belonging to Micrurus (American coral snakes or American ...24 KB (3,201 words) - 19:02, 14 January 2023
- known as Saigon.Franklin Ng, The Asian American Encyclopedia (New York: ... * Ng, Franklin. 1995. The Asian American Encyclopedia. New York: Marshall ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 21:27, 9 February 2024
- jutting out from the far east of the Asian land mass into the Yellow ... measures slightly larger than the American state of Indiana. The country ...14 KB (2,131 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- although the General Sherman hoisted an American flag, and the incident became ... In 1853 the USS South America, an American gunboat, visited Busan on ...14 KB (2,195 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- List of Asian countries {|class="wikitable" |+ ... Georgia, and Turkey are classified as Asian countries by the United Nations ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 04:26, 29 October 2022
- The following year, Japan opened three of its ports to American and ... Fukuzawa had himself photographed with an American girl (one of the most famous ...17 KB (2,582 words) - 07:16, 15 April 2024
- used as a spice in curries and other South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine ... , pasupu (Telugu), or manjal (Tamil) in Asian countries. In Assamese, it ...16 KB (2,344 words) - 19:02, 6 November 2022
- one of the early leaders of the Korean-American immigrant community in the ... The American Courage Award from the Asian American Justice Center in Washington ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, who served as ... who was the great-great granddaughter of American founding father Roger Sherman ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- was white, a famous nineteenth century American example of "miscegenation ... the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro. The ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- | Non-profit_name = American Friends Service Committee | founded_date ... The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Religious Society ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 03:35, 24 July 2023
- early African H. ergaster and the mainly Asian populations H. erectus (Smithsonian ... evidence; these are curated at the American Museum of Natural History ...14 KB (2,119 words) - 12:01, 2 February 2024
- Nestorian influence, the era of the Central Asian khanates, and the Soviet period. time, it maintains the charm of a Central Asian city, with Soviet-period ...16 KB (2,289 words) - 02:47, 8 March 2023
- marrying a Jew) or racial (such as an Asian person marrying a person ... was white, a famous nineteenth century American example of "miscegenation ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- |African or Venomous Garter snakes (unrelated to North American non ... monophyly of two groups: The African, Asian, and New World Elapinae, ...24 KB (3,370 words) - 21:57, 24 December 2021
- 90 to 95 percent of indigenous North American peoples, and corn found ... ** The "Asian Flu," 1957–1958. An H2N2 caused about 70 ...22 KB (3,244 words) - 14:30, 11 February 2022
- a zoological park, but delayed due to the American Civil War. The Philadelphia ... in conservation programmes and the American Zoo Association soon asserted ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 06:10, 13 June 2023
- American Samoa is an unorganized, incorporated territory of the United ... climate and miles of clear sandy beaches. American Samoan people are typically ...18 KB (2,598 words) - 06:47, 25 July 2023
- People's Day (also known as Native American Day) is now celebrated instead ... at that time. It was to celebrate all of American History, not just since ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 22:45, 7 January 2024
- == East Asian calligraphy == [[Image:Mifu01.jpg|frame|250px|right|Chinese ... Asia and as the most refined form of East Asian painting. ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- United States. The Journal also publishes Asian and European editions. Its ... front page advertising on the European and Asian editions in late 2005. ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 17:37, 30 April 2023
- similar in some respects to that of the American banjo, in that the drum ... itself deriving originally from Central Asian instruments. Around 1562 ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 12:23, 27 January 2023
- kidnapped young women throughout Japan’s Asian colonies and occupied territories ... s/toc/jaas6.1.html Journal of Asian American Studies 6:1, Feb 2003 ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Met ... from 1st century Rome through modern American design, are permanently ...38 KB (5,761 words) - 16:50, 24 October 2023
- where she worked as a translator for the American News Agency for three years ... *Trudeau, Lawrence J. Asian American Literature: Reviews and Criticism ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- 1899, after its defeat during the Spanish-American War, Spain sold the islands ... Peleliu was the scene of a hard-fought battle between American and ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- Edward Said, American Palestinian scholar, is best known for describing ... of Arab elites who internalized the American and British orientalists ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- response by the Federal Reserve was the Asian financial crisis of 1997 ... & Monetarism: A Further Analysis The American Economic Review, 67/4. ...23 KB (3,451 words) - 13:10, 10 March 2023
- On March 14, 1995, astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American ... Alan Shepard became the first American in space in May 1961, while ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- James Darmesteter, (translator) (From Sacred Books of the East, American ... ===Central Asian Role=== [[Image:ChineseShapedSogdianCoinKelpin8thCenturyCE ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- ; मसाला) is a term used in South Asian cuisines (including Indian ... quot;) are a common sight in many South Asian neighborhoods. In India, ...16 KB (2,494 words) - 16:17, 7 November 2022
- grasslands. Prairies are found in the American Midwest, eastern Argentina ... Almost all the cultivated rice is Asian rice, Oryza sativa. There ...14 KB (2,146 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- "Song of the Elk" of the Native American Sioux people says (Bauer1995): ... species and divides them into the East Asian/North American Red Deer ...17 KB (2,513 words) - 23:53, 23 August 2020
- 23, 1926 – October 30, 2006) was an American cultural anthropologist ... 1960s several other works that dealt with Asian and African cultures. His ...9 KB (1,225 words) - 22:06, 7 January 2024
- The late American rock singer Jeff Buckley paid tribute to Nusrat ... TIME magazine's issue of November 6, 2006, "60 Years of ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 01:20, 17 November 2022
- diffuse political power in early Southeast Asian history. The concept of a ... wheels are still used today in the Native American spirituality, however most ...23 KB (3,394 words) - 16:47, 24 October 2023
- the most important foods in European and American culture, and is the defining ... different than those from America. Some American flours and British equivalents ...20 KB (3,186 words) - 08:08, 21 May 2021
- Several such exercises of mercy have been recorded in some Asian kingdoms ... parts of the world, by both Western and Asian empires. The earliest records ...23 KB (3,632 words) - 01:57, 15 January 2023
- * Marlay, Ross, and Clark D. Neher. 1999. Patriots and tyrants: ten ... * Marr, David G. 1984. Vietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945. American ...14 KB (2,364 words) - 23:51, 5 November 2022
- Zealand. Furthermore, the concept of two American continents is prevalent ... to sail around the southern end of the Asian mainland into the Indian ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- honor. In the picture at the right, the American patriot Alexander Hamilton ... in a battle. A modern inheritance of the Asian tradition of military honor ...15 KB (2,339 words) - 13:28, 2 February 2024
- Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 - April 1, 1991), an American dancer and ... style, but one that was quintessentially American. Her philosophy, which helped ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- particular animal. The Siberian and North American elk carry the largest antlers ... females and calves of Siberian and North American elk all grow thick neck ...32 KB (4,952 words) - 08:44, 31 December 2021
- accolades bestowed for excellence in both American and international film and ... criticism for nominating Asian and Asian American films, such as The Farewell ...36 KB (5,125 words) - 21:44, 6 January 2024
- *The American bison (Bison bison), the most famous bison, formerly ... There are two extant subspecies of the American bison, the Plains ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 02:50, 8 March 2023
- In traditional Asian families, in China and Korea for instance, the ... a "social good."Institute for American Values, Why Marriage Matters: ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 23:58, 24 March 2024
- the most developed tradition of Southeast Asian archaic gong-ensembles. ... Kolintang Music in Maranao Society." Asian Music 27 (2) (Spring - Summer ...41 KB (6,102 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- 12, 1926 – died March 25, 1995) was an American sociologist, a pioneer in ... on equal educational opportunities in American schools that led to the ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 16:08, 8 February 2023
- Qigong School" in the 1992 and 1993 Asian Health Expo in Beijing. The ... Most notable were his treatments at the Asian Health Fair in 1992 and 1993 ...14 KB (2,259 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- the late Pleistocene. It is believed that Asian and American tapirs diverged ... fewer homologies with the three types of American tapirs. A number of conserved ...17 KB (2,523 words) - 00:47, 21 April 2023
- Thant was the secretary of the first Asian-African summit in 1955 at ... he presided over the entry of dozens of new Asian and African states into the ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 01:24, 3 May 2023
- a strong influence towards the eventual American withdrawal from Vietnam ... The Partition of India in 1947 was a traumatic event in South Asian ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:19, 11 August 2022
- ===Native American Flute=== [[Image:Native_American_Flute_by_Chief_Arthur_Two_Crows ... The Native American flute has achieved some measure of fame for its ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- has been heavily influenced by African American musical traditions such ... which was initially popular in African American communities, and mainly ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- turtles," such as with the North American genus Apalone, because their ... smaller, but with the largest species, the Asian softshell turtle Pelochelys ...24 KB (3,663 words) - 00:27, 3 May 2023
- quot; (豆) and "curdled" (腐).American Heritage Dictionary of the ... the tofu will be sold. For standard firm Asian tofu, the soy curd is cut ...37 KB (5,817 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- organizations, such as the Italian-American Mafia, which may control ... Most American cities have some history of gang violence, which often ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 08:52, 23 October 2022
- #039;s horse also is known as the Asian wild horse, Mongolian wild ... Most "wild" horses today, such as the American mustang or ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 01:25, 12 April 2023
- Frederick Earl Sontag (October 2, 1924 – June 14, 2009) was an American ... . He was the theologian-in-residence at American Church in Paris in 1973 ...15 KB (2,047 words) - 10:33, 11 April 2024
- and Southeast Asia. K-pop often emulates American popular music, and usually ... the attention of American (especially Asian-American) audiences. ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- The Western United States—commonly referred to as the American West ... The "West" played an important part in American history ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- At the Asian Relations Conference of March 1947, Naidu presided over ... South Asian arts Encyclopedia Britannica Online. ===Family=== ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- occupation that lasted seven years. The American occupation initiated sweeping ... occupation that lasted seven years. The American occupation initiated sweeping ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 07:56, 7 October 2022
- languages, panthera is probably of East Asian origin, meaning "the ... ***Panthera leo atrox - American Lion or North American cave lion † ...14 KB (1,964 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- the Civil War. By the time of the Spanish American War, there were more types ... ernment/medal_of_honor.cfm 21 Asian American World War II Vets To ...32 KB (4,854 words) - 23:23, 14 June 2023
- had connected the Japanese islands with the Asian mainland. Based on archaeological ... a mingled migration from the northern Asian continent and the southern ...18 KB (2,641 words) - 07:34, 27 February 2023
- the other common language family on the Asian subcontinent. Some linguistic ... reveal minor genetic influence of Central Asian pastoralists."] American ...24 KB (3,241 words) - 17:33, 30 January 2024
- (a tent-like structure similar to Native American tipis used by Nenets people ... is itself emblematic in many Central Asian cultures. In old Kazakh communities ...18 KB (2,825 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- century. It is sometimes called American Transcendentalism to distinguish ... the humanity of Jesus. British and American Unitarianism originated ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 01:03, 2 May 2023
- of the largest and most important Native American sites in North America and ... Perhaps the largest out of the state's Asian American groups ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
- Hawaii contains a preponderance of Asian and Polynesian cultural influence ... In 1887, a group of American-born cabinet officials and an armed militia ...23 KB (3,378 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2022
- stronger economic ties with Latin American and African nations. As ... *Asian American *Chinese migration *Chinatown ==Notes== ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- standing, and is the only royal palace on American soil. The attack damaged or destroyed 12 American warships, destroyed 188 ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 19:38, 17 November 2022
- military service examinations in many East Asian countries. Leaders as diverse ... basis of what we now know as the Asian martial arts. Composed of 13 ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 13:53, 28 April 2023
- Vietnamese mint, commonly used in Southeast Asian cuisine, is not a member ... * Brickell, C., and J. D. Zuk. 1997. The American Horticultural Society: ...17 KB (2,569 words) - 16:11, 9 November 2022
- open the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade, the Japanese government ... century across four places known as the Asian tigers (Hong Kong, Singapore ...23 KB (3,165 words) - 17:35, 25 September 2021
- "Types of Japanese Folktales." Asian Folklore Studies 25 (1966 ... and Mysterious in the Edo Period," Asian Folklore Studies Vol. 60 ...37 KB (5,598 words) - 02:59, 19 April 2023
- Indian classical musician to perform on American television and record a ... of World Pacific Records, on his first American tour and recorded most of ...35 KB (4,906 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
- Duncan and Ruth St. Denis—two other American dancers who would develop ... toured extensively while researching East Asian culture and arts. Both dancers ...18 KB (2,688 words) - 19:25, 9 November 2022
- special place among the displaced African-American blues tradition. The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- Opera: A Reply to Ching-Hsi Perng." Asian Theatre Journal 7(2) (1990 ... of Beijing and Guangdong Operas." Asian Music 20(2) (1989): 152–195 ...41 KB (6,269 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- expanded their foreign trade relations with Asian countries, particularly China ... following the recommendation of the American Consul in Shanghai, General ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 11:56, 3 May 2023
- for printing instead of the original. American journalist Walter Lippmann ... behaved as the stereotype suggested. Asian-American women performed better ...22 KB (3,260 words) - 22:21, 30 November 2022
- year history. Originating from the 1945 American military occupation of the ... South Korea is an East Asian state on the southern half of the Korean ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- in the city. His ideas helped lead to the American Civil War a decade after ... gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml American FactFinder] United States ...17 KB (2,385 words) - 04:41, 14 June 2023
- ===Medieval Asian universities=== Outside of Europe, there were many ... One of the most important Asian centers of learning was Nalanda, which ...28 KB (4,044 words) - 12:01, 3 May 2023
- The term bioethics was first coined by American biochemist Van Rensselaer ... journal of biomedical ethics is named the American Journal of Bioethics. ...12 KB (1,586 words) - 17:53, 31 October 2023
- It was the first fighting of the American Revolution. The Northeast ... the main routes of travel west in early American history. ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- – December 10, 1968) was a prominent American Trappist monk, poet, and ... Drawing from early experiences with Asian art and reverence for nature ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
