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- assimilated to various extents with Chinese civilization. It is sometimes translated ... assimilated to various extents with Chinese civilization. It is sometimes translated ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 06:01, 13 June 2023
- Giles: Fung Yu-lan) (1895–1990) was a Chinese philosopher who was important ... Dewey. After publication of History of Chinese Philosophy Feng continued ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 17:18, 26 March 2024
- of) Korean Peninsula. Most of the Chinese and Korean scholars consider ... Koreans point to Gija as a co-founder of Korean civilization along ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 06:55, 14 December 2022
- and Sarah Allan, The Formation of Chinese civilization: an archaeological ... Sarah Allan. 2003. The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- Jizi (chinese:箕 子) (Gija in Korean)The character "zi" ... Jizi a Chinese sage who had brought Chinese civilization to Korea. During the ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 06:49, 11 December 2022
- one of the most public leaders in Chinese history. Burdened with many ... * Gernet, Jacques, et. al., A History of Chinese Civilization. Cambridge: ...8 KB (1,229 words) - 12:57, 31 January 2022
- on Mount Emei had long been the home of Chinese martial arts. ... tall. Chinese monk Hai Tong and his disciples carved the Buddha statue ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 17:05, 10 November 2022
- Heaven and Earth on the behalf of the Chinese empire, especially responsible ... variation of Tai Chi. Developed by Chinese Olympic boxing coach Bai ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- the bureaucratic political ladder of the Chinese government and served as ... sending embassies to China to study Chinese civilization in depth. These embassies ...10 KB (1,588 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- , 429–500), courtesy name Wenyuan (文遠), was a prominent Chinese ... Chinese mechanical engineer Ma Jun (c. 200-265 C.E.) originally invented ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 06:13, 13 June 2023
- In Chinese mythology, Fu Xi or Fu Hsi ( c=伏羲|p=fúxī ... sānhuáng) of ancient China. According to Chinese mythology, he is a cultural ...11 KB (1,701 words) - 00:42, 18 October 2022
- , courtesy name Zixian (子先), was a Chinese bureaucrat, agricultural ... de Rocha. He became the most influential Chinese Christian before the twentieth ...16 KB (2,411 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- to be one of the many points where Chinese civilization first developed. A ... As one of the oldest areas of Chinese civilization, there are numerous ...15 KB (2,046 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- | image = chinese jadeite buttons.jpg | imagesize = ... the most valuable of the jades by the Chinese, known for their carefully ...7 KB (945 words) - 12:38, 6 November 2021
- in ancient China, Egypt, and the Minoan civilization. Tightrope walkers were ... Western perceptions of acrobatics; the Chinese stressed lightness more ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 05:38, 15 June 2023
- Christianity and Western ideas to the Chinese Empire in the sixteenth ... Christianity in China, he showed Chinese scholars that foreign countries ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- system and regarded itself as the only civilization in the world; the emperor ... in the sense that they regarded Chinese civilization to be universal in ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- ) were a group of Chinese Taoist Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians ... * Balazs, Etienne. Chinese Civilization and Bureaucracy: Variations ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- (Northeast China) in the tenth century. Chinese historians classified the ... the Khitan's had little creative civilization to offer the regions defeated ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 03:37, 6 October 2022
- is considered a high point in Chinese civilization. It was able to expand ... is regarded as another zenith of Chinese civilization. The term survives ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
- ancient Unified Silla dynasty reveal a civilization rich in spirituality, ... In the seventh century, Silla allied itself with the Chinese Tang ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- 敬仲), is conventionally regarded as the Chinese inventor of paper and the ... Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. In 751, some Chinese paper makers were captured ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 23:46, 12 January 2023
- is included among the Four Great Novels of Chinese literature. ... A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization]. *[http://www-chaos.umd ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- became the preferred stone of post-1800 Chinese imperial scholars and rulers ... From about the earliest Chinese dynasties until present, the jade ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- *Metal (Chinese:金, pinyin: jīn, "gold") *Wood (Chinese: 木, pinyin: mù) *Water (Chinese: 水, pinyin: shuǐ) ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the ... Chinese culture underwent several turning points and renewals throughout ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- , 531–591) was a Chinese scholar, calligrapher, painter, musician ... to the Tuoba people (拓跋), a non-Chinese nation. Adopting Confucianism ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 10:09, 22 May 2023
- Chinese mythology starts with Pangu, the creator of the universe, ... It was during this period that Chinese civilization developed a ruling ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 18:50, 26 November 2022
- gairyaku" (An Outline of a Theory of Civilization) (1875). ... and Fukuzawa, intrigued with Western civilization, traveled to Kanagawa ...17 KB (2,582 words) - 07:16, 15 April 2024
- Satori (悟 Korean oh; Japanese satori; Chinese Wù) is a Japanese ... by extending his criticism to modern civilization rooted in antiquity. The ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- Zhejiang was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization ... The link between Zhejiang and the center of Chinese civilization was ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- and the turning away from communism by the Chinese government that followed ... the Korean Kingdom "Goguryeo" civilization and the last feudal dynasty—Manchu ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
- Jiao Yu (Traditional and Simplified Chinese: 焦玉, Wade-Giles: Chiao ... military treatise that outlined the use of Chinese military technology during ...17 KB (2,391 words) - 20:43, 3 April 2024
- - Sùtè) was the ancient civilization of an Iranian people and a ... - Sùtè) was the ancient civilization of an Iranian people and a ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- is an unusual surname and the common Chinese word for "ink," ... He was well-educated and versed in the Chinese classics. He held public ...15 KB (2,461 words) - 17:52, 10 November 2022
- 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2008. As civilization advanced, creating cities ... Pictograms were also used by the ancient Chinese culture since around ...12 KB (1,772 words) - 05:12, 24 November 2022
- Chinese philosophy has a history of several thousand years; its origins ... influence on the history of Chinese civilization. Some scholars consider ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- all have phonetic components (such as Chinese Pinyin or Hanyu Pinyin) ... The main logographic system in use today is Chinese characters, used ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- China" and "the Cradle of Chinese Civilization." Thousands of ... is considered the birthplace of Chinese civilization. Thousands of archaeological ...20 KB (2,963 words) - 09:55, 23 May 2023
- The Chinese began to use these explosives as a form of incendiary ... with shrapnel. By the late 1200s the Chinese had developed these into ...14 KB (2,154 words) - 14:28, 8 February 2022
- Jacques Gernet. A History of Chinese Civilization. 2. (New York: Cambridge ... == Contribution to Chinese Civilization == During the Yuan and Ming ...26 KB (3,824 words) - 15:11, 9 February 2024
- worked against the advancement of civilization, there are historical ... and uncivilized. When the Greek civilization and culture was threatened ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- Chinese mythology is a collection of cultural history, folktales, ... Chinese myths are thought to have originated around the twelfth century ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- remote from the centers of power in Chinese civilization, enjoyed a measure ... Guangdong was far away from the center of ancient Chinese civilization ...24 KB (3,310 words) - 02:43, 5 March 2023
- differently. Though the qilin (麒麟, Chinese), a creature in Chinese ... a common symbol during the Indus Valley Civilization, appearing on many seals ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 23:41, 8 November 2023
- the members of the ethnic majority of Chinese people to this day still ... were established. The Han gave the Chinese a sense of unity and bequeathed ...16 KB (2,573 words) - 00:55, 28 January 2022
- it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kammu (桓武天皇 ... The Nara court aggressively imported Chinese civilization by sending ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 01:25, 11 November 2022
- Chinese polity developed a bias towards centralization and unity, ... Zhejiang) were also brought into the Chinese cultural sphere during this ...14 KB (2,355 words) - 22:04, 18 November 2022
- The similarity of the Roman abacus to the Chinese one suggests that ... Another possible source of the suanpan are the Chinese counting rods ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- Chūnqiū Shídài) was a period in Chinese history, which roughly corresponds ... A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization]. *[http://www.travelchinaguide ...17 KB (2,639 words) - 16:15, 8 February 2023
- to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire from raids by Hunnic ... to the technological achievement of Chinese civilization, but also to both ...14 KB (2,322 words) - 07:41, 4 January 2024
- records suggest that the origins of Chinese civilization started with city ... Some basic religious concepts of early Chinese civilization continued ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- The Ming Dynasty Tombs (Chinese: 明朝十三陵; pinyin: Míng cháo ... at the northern foot of Purple Mountain (Chinese: 紫金山; pinyin: Zĭjīn ...24 KB (3,553 words) - 16:44, 12 February 2024
- for much of Christian culture in Chinese society today. Members of ... Xavier, however, died the same year on the Chinese island of Shangchuan, without ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- attained its first continuous peak of civilization, complexity, and achievement ... principles of Maat have been compared with Chinese ideas of order and justice ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 00:04, 18 November 2022
- Avalokitesvara.R.A. Stein, Tibetan Civilization (1962). Translated into ... to live in Dharmasala, India following the Chinese invasion of Tibet. Today ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- Chinese ceramics or Chinese porcelain is a form of fine art developed ... to create a three-dimensional appearance. Chinese artisans have always borrowed ...32 KB (4,846 words) - 22:42, 13 January 2023
- 23, 1873 – January 19, 1929) was a Chinese scholar, journalist, philosopher ... influenced an entire generation of Chinese young people. Liang returned ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- The Gandhara civilization peaked during the reign of the great Kushan ... Hinduism was revived but the Gandharan Civilization declined. The Sassanids ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- Jiangxi was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization ... became one of the earliest bases for the Chinese communists, and many peasants ...21 KB (3,089 words) - 20:39, 3 April 2024
- This later became a Chinese idiom (覆巢之下，安有完卵), used ... *Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. Chinese civilization and society a sourcebook ...13 KB (2,005 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- ago and has been used by nearly every civilization around the world. The ... Chinese and other East Asian flutes come in many varieties. Chinese ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- From the earliest stages of civilization, people have used various ... the gods. As far back as 1000 B.C.E., the Chinese had I Ching, an oracle which ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- informed the public of the laws of the civilization, while in Asia, stelae ... is written exclusively in Classical Chinese and has 1802 characters. ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 22:31, 23 September 2022
- positional decimal systems in ancient civilization: the Chinese counting ... * c. 2600 B.C.E.: Indus Valley Civilization includes the earliest ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- (shih) Wen-ti, was the second son of the Chinese politician and poet Cao ... *Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. 1981. Chinese civilization and society a ...16 KB (2,578 words) - 19:30, 25 November 2023
- to their degree of distance. Traditional Chinese world maps show China in ... because they recognized elements of Chinese civilization as being of value. ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- all foundations that underlie current civilization came into being. Some ... Confucius and Lao Tse, all the trends in Chinese philosophy arose... In India ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- can be traced to the ancient Indian civilization. These numbers were adopted ... ==As lucky or unlucky number, Chinese culture== Nine (九 pinyin jiǔ ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- is based on the genealogy of the Chen Chinese school of Buddhism, and ... two comprises the thoughts of their later Chinese counterparts, touching on ...14 KB (2,230 words) - 01:10, 9 February 2023
- and the Korean Peninsula. Several Chinese texts record the people ... also appears as a prosperous bronze age civilization, with a complex social ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- in the south were forced to recognize Chinese suzerainty. Commerce continued ... and came to power after defeating the Chinese Ming dynasty and taking ...28 KB (4,243 words) - 00:03, 15 April 2023
- H. Lee, 1991, Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, 180-182, Columbia University ... He combined the depth of the Chinese scholarship and the study ...16 KB (2,572 words) - 09:49, 26 January 2023
- Liu Pang), was the first Emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty (漢朝). He ... to prominence. Under Gaozu’s reign, the Chinese imperial system assumed ...17 KB (2,890 words) - 20:34, 31 December 2021
- was far removed from the center of Chinese civilization, which was predominantly ... far removed from the centers of civilization in the North China Plain ...28 KB (3,971 words) - 20:38, 3 April 2024
- role in the history of human civilization. The Yuanmou Man, a Homo ... and his followers initiated the influx of Chinese influence into Yunnan, which ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- to trigger the downfall of the Minoan civilization is under intense debate ... winter from the Minoan eruption with Chinese records documenting the ...26 KB (3,980 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- the Koreans unambiguously triumphed over the Chinese. ==Background== ... The campaign was unsuccessful for the Chinese, who failed to capture strategic ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. ... result it has felt the influence of Chinese civilization since its very beginnings ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- an open hand (five digits displayed). The Chinese word numeral for ten is ... * In Chinese astrology, the 10 Heavenly Stems refer to a cyclic number ...13 KB (1,819 words) - 06:26, 13 June 2023
- the Hindu idea of kingship in Khmer civilization. 3) Weakening of the empire ... principalities collectively known to the Chinese by the names Funan (modern ...32 KB (4,644 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- the border between North Korea and the Chinese provinces of Jilin and Liaoning ... Japanese defeat and at the onset of the Chinese Civil War. The province ...23 KB (3,109 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- vases as early as 3000 B.C.E. The civilization also made use of sistra ... the area begins with the Indus Valley Civilization that emerged around 3000 ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- it was itself an extension of the Chinese civilization that had emerged some ... increasingly Sinicized) north and a Han Chinese-ruled south. Hubei, which ...22 KB (3,092 words) - 21:04, 7 February 2024
- them benevolent rather than malevolent. In Chinese society, for example, the ... The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- , and categorizes them as Yang and Yin (in Chinese). Although some consider ... (It is still written that way in modern Chinese and Japanese.) The Gupta ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- numerous ambitious soldiers and refuges of Chinese governments throughout history ... The plan is hailed by some as a Chinese effort to shift towards ...21 KB (2,859 words) - 14:31, 27 January 2023
- administrators, began calling himself the Chinese title of "wang" ... into the Liaodong Peninsula, the last Chinese commandery at Lelang was ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- also built. The peak of Hindu-Javanese civilization was the Majapahit Empire ... situation happened with Indonesians with Chinese ethnicity, who mostly were ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- II, many of the gardens lay in ruins. The Chinese government launched a project ... with that conquest. Remnants of the civilization include the ruins of the ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- Göktürks (Kokturks, known in medieval Chinese sources as Tujue (突厥 ... c. 200 B.C.E., contemporary with the Chinese Han Dynasty( 漢朝). ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- seized the throne (the first and only Chinese Empress to rule in her own ... by historians as a high point in Chinese civilization—equal to or surpassing ...40 KB (6,123 words) - 00:13, 10 February 2024
- book to survive is a sixteen foot long Chinese Buddhist copy of the Diamond ... The Chinese invented and perfected "Indian Ink" for use ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- Thomas. The Origin of Culture and Civilization. Austin, TX: TurnKey Press ... Population pressures throughout certain periods of Chinese history ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- that link individuals together. Civilization, also, is closely connected ... Edward Burnett Tylor wrote, in 1871, that "culture or civilization ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- India.Joseph Needham. 1986. Science and Civilization in China: Volume 3. (Taipei: ... as a product of ancient Rome or Arabia (Chinese: Daqin). Although documentation ...27 KB (3,827 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- centers of human civilization. Chinese civilization was also one of the ... B.C.E.Jacques Gernet, A History of Chinese Civilization (Cambridge University ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization with documents and artifacts providing evidence of a well-developed musical ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- as well as the discovery of the Minoan civilization that inhabited it. Cretan ... using Geba (a script more similar to Chinese character writing) or a ...20 KB (3,009 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- #039;s Zongli Yamen (foreign office). The Chinese were reluctant to get involved ... speaking to the delegation through their Chinese-speaking interpreter, told ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 11:56, 3 May 2023
- (beginning with the Indus Valley civilization), which began along the ... on several voyages to the Western Ocean (Chinese name for the Indian Ocean ...15 KB (2,187 words) - 18:45, 7 February 2023
- in exile from his homeland due to the Chinese takeover of the country ... to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Chinese occupation of Tibet. He ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- Suhas Chatterjee, Indian Civilization and Culture (New Delhi: M.D ... Records made by the Chinese pilgrim Fa Xian were also used in the ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- The province is contiguous with many other Chinese provinces, including Hebei ... regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization. ==History== ...27 KB (3,852 words) - 17:21, 7 February 2022
- invasion with the Malgal against Chinese outposts along the border ... end constituted one of the greatest in civilization according to the Book ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 08:50, 19 December 2022
- The Aztec civilization used the heart as a sacrificial token during ... heart are also reflected in the East. The Chinese character for "spiritual ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 15:12, 25 January 2023
- a horizontal line, as is still the case in Chinese script. The Gupta wrote ... of Numbers: How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilization. New York: Fawcett Columbine ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- In ancient Western civilization, the Golden Mean is found in the mythological ... ===Doctrine of the Mean in Chinese Society=== In China prior to the ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 06:15, 20 December 2022
- Army Intelligence Corps where he learned Chinese (via Confucian texts) mainly ... obvious that as we move toward a world civilization, in which so many cultures ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions ... believed that the best qualities of Chinese civilization should never be abandoned ...47 KB (7,130 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- of an embassy sent to the West by the Chinese Emperor Ming (58-75 C.E ... The eastern part of Central Asia (Chinese Turkestan (Tarim Basin ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- in the Mongolian classical alphabet. In Chinese, the region is known as ... failed to match their values and civilization, with succeeding empires ...33 KB (4,665 words) - 19:29, 5 March 2024
- knowledge of saltpeter, calling it "Chinese snow." They knew of ... Some scholars have claimed that the Chinese only developed saltpeter ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 17:15, 12 July 2023
- characteristics of Western civilization. His goal was to find reasons ... Chinese civilization had no religious prophecy nor a powerful priestly ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- A Chinese character ( t=漢字|s=汉字|汉字|p=Hànzì ) is a logogram used in writing Chinese, Japanese, sometimes Korean ...55 KB (8,141 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- and giving rise to a blossoming of civilization. Some scholars even credit ... that after their decisive defeat by the Chinese in 428-431, some of the ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- on the 8th day of the 4th month of the Chinese calendar. ... * The Eight Immortals are Chinese deities. ==In music== ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- human nature, but pessimists regarding civilization's potential to bring ... Starting with Confucius, Chinese civilization puts great stress ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 00:57, 18 November 2022
- the impact of Korean upon Japanese civilization has been hotly contested ... Baekje in 18 B.C.E. According to the Chinese record San Guo Zhi, during ...27 KB (3,640 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- a cultural hero and a favorite subject of Chinese folk tales, poetry, and ... His unique abnormality was known to the Chinese political world from the ...27 KB (4,419 words) - 14:30, 20 May 2023
- said to have sailed to the Indus Valley Civilization area of India in 240 or ... in the Central Asian kingdom of Saman. Chinese documents record that the ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- itself in government policy with the U.S. Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which was prompted by the fear that the mass immigration of Asians threatened ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 01:17, 21 April 2023
- Spencer began developing his view of civilization as a natural and organic ... Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese and Chinese, and he was offered honors ...19 KB (2,968 words) - 15:43, 25 January 2023
- believed to have been the progenitor civilization of later Mesoamerican ... _ancient_world_olmec.htm Olmec Civilization Rises] Salem Press, 2004 ...35 KB (5,268 words) - 00:32, 18 November 2022
- order, morality, the true religion and civilization, and have even claimed ... the notion of that a great nation and civilization had the right to a breathing ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- ) (CE 78–139) was a Chinese polymath, being a astronomer, mathematician ... Reconstruction Designs of Lost Ancient Chinese Machinery. (Dordrecht: Springer ...53 KB (7,780 words) - 16:31, 19 January 2024
- Chinoiserie is the catch-all term for decorations involving Chinese ... Westerners appear in many works of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese artists. In ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- and developed, at least initially, with Chinese help. Korea developed a ... Korea, see below), a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- to a bright supernova recorded by Chinese and Arab astronomers in 1054. ... SN 1054 supernova that was recorded by Chinese and Arab astronomers in ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken ... grander scale. Since the Tang Dynasty, Chinese architecture has had a major ...41 KB (6,198 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- The Inca Civilization incorporated, and in many cases perfected, many ... Cusco, the major cultural and population center of the Incan civilization ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- offense.Lewis and Reinhold, Roman Civilization Volume I (Columbia University ... === Chinese agriculture === The unique tradition of Chinese agriculture ...39 KB (5,853 words) - 00:03, 19 November 2020
- revolutions of 1919, but also later the Chinese Revolution of 1927) which ... Revolution, Lenin wrote: You say that civilization is necessary for the building ...28 KB (3,944 words) - 18:00, 8 December 2022
- movement and by people who rejected civilization and its injustices and ... and left a remarkable collection of Chinese porcelain. Dana's Reminiscences ...10 KB (1,500 words) - 02:09, 13 January 2023
- === Developments in Chinese === Due to the place of its first appearance ... * The earliest Chinese literary reference to magnetism lies in a fourth ...26 KB (3,954 words) - 00:20, 8 January 2024
- Siberia, western Manchuria and the modern Chinese provinces of Inner Mongolia ... Relations between the Han Chinese and the Xiongnu were complicated ...37 KB (5,668 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- was made out of exotic animals such as rhinoceros. Chinese influence in Japan would result in the Japanese adopting Chinese styles, their famous "samurai ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 03:50, 15 August 2023
- art and in the decorative work of the Chinese and Japanese, and others ... * Glyphs and artwork of the Maya civilization, low relief ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 03:37, 8 December 2022
- (poorer groups living outside the borders of a civilization). ... like Russia and China. During the Chinese revolution, the concept ...25 KB (3,629 words) - 23:10, 30 September 2023
- *The kanji and Chinese character for five are both 五, and its formal ... printed mixed calendars combining Western, Chinese-Buddhist and Japanese names ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- durable and cheap silk, and A. pernyi, the Chinese tussah moth, is a major ... mulberry silk. A. pernyi is known as the Chinese tussah moth, is a major ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 20:11, 21 April 2023
- The Mayan civilization spread over Belize between 1500 B.C.E. and ... The rest of the population of Belize is Chinese, East Indian, and North American. ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 11:57, 9 May 2024
- Beyond the logographic Chinese writing, many phonetic scripts are ... used to phonetically transcribe Mandarin Chinese in the Republic of China ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
- sent by God or the gods to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution ... The ancient Chinese civilization was concentrated at the bank of Yellow ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 17:53, 11 November 2023
- properties, thus influencing human civilization. Total solar eclipses ... The ancient Chinese astronomer Shi Shen (fl. fourth century B.C.E ...35 KB (5,853 words) - 13:54, 2 February 2023
- the local capital of the Imperial Chinese Tang Dynasty (618 – 907 ... The first imperial palace was built in the Chinese style. The most prosperous ...24 KB (3,621 words) - 13:28, 24 January 2023
- users that Murphy wrote about were "Chinese, [[Assyrian Empire|Assyrians ... into “disproportionate contact with Chinese people” in her courtroom ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:23, 21 January 2023
- history, it was written both in classical Chinese and in Korean, first using ... have access to culture but by that time Chinese characters were essential ...33 KB (5,273 words) - 00:25, 8 May 2021
- more than a thousand workers a day. The Chinese iron industry was also expanded ... * Needham, Joseph. Science and Civilization in China: Volume 5, Part ...10 KB (1,387 words) - 23:24, 26 June 2022
- held the upper hand, creating Korean civilization from 30 B.C.E. until the ... has remained a vital force in Korean civilization from 2333 B.C.E. until ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- In Greco-Roman civilization, possible sites of human sacrifice has ... The ancient Chinese are known to have made sacrifices of young men ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- *Caral-Supe Civilization (ca. 2500 B.C.E. - ) *Chavin (1000 to 500 B.C.E.) ... that were the precursors of the Inca civilization. Not all Andean cultures ...46 KB (6,833 words) - 23:21, 26 August 2023
- has a long history of settlement and civilization, including the Indus Valley ... As one of the cradles of human civilization, the Pakistani region ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- The earliest known South American civilization was at Norte Chico ... From their capital city of Cusco, the Inca civilization dominated ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- and anticipates Niccolò Machiavelli. Ancient Chinese and Indian civilization resembled that of Ancient Greece in that there was a unified culture ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- Chinese religious devotees, See Chinese Rites Controversy. See also ... to enjoy himself. By the end of his civilization he had discovered that ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- insights from Taoism and other ancient Chinese traditions. Nevertheless ... Walden is often seen as a rejection of civilization. However Thoreau neither ...27 KB (3,979 words) - 07:13, 22 January 2024
- the ravages of time and the advances of civilization, particularly the agricultural ... miles in length is only exceeded by the Chinese wall, which makes a considerable ...11 KB (1,651 words) - 20:32, 13 May 2023
- The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley Civilization ... The collapse of Roman civilization saw the end of their urban planning ...40 KB (5,976 words) - 22:28, 13 November 2022
- that the East was home to a great civilization and that Europe were not ... he made use of siege engines, much as the Chinese troops had in earlier campaigns ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 21:26, 26 February 2023
- of typography are at least as old as civilization and the earliest writing ... The Chinese invention of paper and woodblock printing produced the ...43 KB (6,355 words) - 00:40, 3 May 2023
- sacrifice described in a sixth century Chinese text. The identification ... * Higham, Charles. 2001. The Civilization of Angkor. Berkeley: University ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
- to make a soft drink. Bamboo is used in Chinese medicine for treating infections ... first emerge from the soil, are called in Chinese, zhú sǔn (simplified: ...29 KB (4,488 words) - 04:24, 11 January 2023
- *The Six Dynasties form part of Chinese history *6 is a lucky number in Chinese culture *"Six" is used as ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- the family shrines of his Nepalese and Chinese wives, who were both Buddhists ... Chinese painting had a profound influence on Tibetan painting. Starting ...39 KB (5,852 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- In addition to the ruins of Gandhara civilization and ancient Buddhist/Hindu ... Taxila Museum, dedicated mainly to the remains of Gandhara civilization ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- diverged from the ancestors of the Han Chinese about 5,000–6,000 years ... China to constitute the Zhonghua Minzu or Chinese nation, although in anthropological ...35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- on understanding how the evolution of civilization came about, later being ... with findings of the Indus Valley Civilization at Harappa, China with ...28 KB (4,112 words) - 06:15, 12 August 2023
- were developed by the Indus Valley Civilization in Pakistan and North ... By the first century C.E., during the Han Dynasty, the Chinese also ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 13:24, 6 March 2024
- is part of the cradle of Polynesian civilization (along with Samoa and ... on Tongatapu, have become dominated by Chinese immigrants who arrived under ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- ago. The first written records of a civilization in the area appear in ... which is one the major entrepots for Chinese goods imported into CIS ...16 KB (2,289 words) - 02:47, 8 March 2023
- state he organized. He is cited in Chinese history as one of the greatest ... *Ebrey, Patricia B. Chinese civilization and society a sourcebook ...44 KB (7,021 words) - 13:34, 31 January 2022
- Micronesians with a considerable civilization, were estimated at 40 ... control has resulted in a large number of Chinese migrant workers employed ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- that key trade route, named after the caravans of Chinese silks that traversed it to be sold in the West, effected what McNeill calls the "closure ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 12:53, 5 November 2022
- thousand years ago, to the Greek civilization. The word gymnastics comes ... For instance, in 1998, world-class Chinese artistic gymnast Sang Lan ...18 KB (2,771 words) - 07:20, 28 July 2023
- specification, language code 4 is for the Chinese language. Codes for regional ... sì) is considered an unlucky number in Chinese and Japanese cultures because ...24 KB (3,319 words) - 06:45, 13 June 2023
- projects with the goal of restarting civilization in "Year Zero." ... in 1925 to a moderately wealthy family of Chinese-Khmer descent. In 1935, ...22 KB (3,417 words) - 08:30, 24 November 2022
- *Johnson, David G. 1977. The medieval Chinese oligarchy. Boulder, ... oligarchy; the founding of American civilization. New York: C. Scribner ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
- *Ng, Mary W. 2006. Chinese Fables. Maple Ridge, BC: Aim Pub. ISBN 0968763731 *Thurber, James. 1991. Further Fables for our Time. Mandarin. ISBN ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- skills, such as hunting. Later, the ancient Chinese, Indian, and Egyptian civilizations had traditions of physical education and activity, most commonly ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- American professor in Japan, whose work on Chinese characters was developed ... and in particular his notes on the Chinese ideogram: Pound gives a ...34 KB (5,360 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- to the existence of a medieval Bantu civilization in the region. Linked ... * Asian ethnic groups (mostly Indian and Chinese): 0.5 percent. ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- variant known as "socialism with Chinese characteristics." and balances on power, which human civilization has learned is necessary ...32 KB (4,796 words) - 23:03, 14 September 2023
- Japan’s diplomatic relations with the Chinese Qing Dynasty. ... Studies in Japanese History and Civilization). University Publications ...12 KB (1,777 words) - 06:30, 11 March 2024
- Settlements in the Indus Valley Civilization were often fortified ... The Minoan civilization on Crete probably relied more on the defense ...44 KB (6,877 words) - 22:27, 15 May 2023
- Although large Chinese bridges existed in wooden construction since ... bridge, were used by the Inca civilization in the Andes mountains ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 20:15, 11 March 2024
- The first sculptures in India date back to the Indus Valley civilization ... Modern skilled Chinese artisans can trace their roots back to artifacts ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- sushi. Dried scallop is known in Cantonese Chinese cuisine as conpoy (乾瑤柱 ... Ocean, itself named after the Dying Civilization of Atlantis). The reference ...19 KB (2,833 words) - 02:31, 21 April 2023
- and taught his people the elements of civilization during his thousand-year ... still conducting their written work in Chinese, the early Catholics used ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- church buildings. Spanish culture and civilization played a major role in ... the Philippines, including a fusion with Chinese style. The Church's ...20 KB (2,841 words) - 08:18, 20 September 2023
- Primitive kilns date back to the early days of civilization and are ... The Chinese developed a climbing kiln in the fourth century C.E., ...23 KB (3,896 words) - 23:03, 3 March 2023
- In geometry, a polyhedron (plural polyhedra or polyhedrons) is often defined as a three-dimensional object with flat, polygonal faces and straight ...42 KB (6,082 words) - 00:20, 12 April 2023
- The Babylonians, Egyptians, Sumerians, Chinese, and Aztecs all held somewhat ... transmission from an alien civilization involves searching through ...28 KB (4,265 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- (Abrams, 1979), 62. Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th ... might favor things Turkish at one time, Chinese at another, and Japanese ...22 KB (3,274 words) - 02:42, 14 July 2022
- historians consider the Dong Son civilization that covered much of Southeast ... because some historians consider it a Chinese occupation while others ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- art treasures created by Far Eastern civilization. The grotto is found ... from granite. Although the Indian and Chinese influences are pronounced ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- Seodang, spending nine years studying Chinese classic literature and neo ... In the PC game Civilization IV expansion pack, Beyond the Sword, An ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- 1717, but were expelled by the armies of Chinese Emperor Kangxi in 1720. ... *Stein, R. A. Tibetan Civilization. Stanford University Press, 1972 ...21 KB (3,293 words) - 13:28, 25 September 2020
- to be held as a "sacred trust of civilization" by the countries ... The Japanese claim to Shandong was disputed by the Chinese. In 1914 ...26 KB (3,995 words) - 08:51, 18 November 2022
- being both part of the Indo-European civilization have interacted, with ... Philosophy has had a tremendous effect on Chinese civilization, and ...69 KB (10,119 words) - 04:14, 24 November 2022
- though usually on the outskirts of civilization. Communities of virgins ... Chinese Buddhist monks have been traditionally linked with the practice ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- the Greek Zeus, the Norse Odin and the Chinese Shang-di. These celestial ... With the extension of the Sumerian civilization into surrounding areas ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- of Kant and in 1923 The Philosophy of Civilization, a comprehensive historical ... entire life. His believed that Western civilization was in decay because it ...33 KB (4,954 words) - 05:02, 17 June 2023
- (not dissimilar to those of Sun Tzu, the Chinese author of the Art of War ... heartland. It would take a different civilization, that of the Seljuk Turks ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- Micronesians, with a considerable civilization, were estimated at 40 ... for Japanese (90 percent), Korean, and Chinese tourists. With over 20 large ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- Negatively, attitudes of racial, cultural, religious and civilization ... and Taiwan), and the emerging Indian and Chinese powers. ...36 KB (5,415 words) - 07:40, 14 January 2023
- form of book in the Hellenistic, Roman, Chinese and Hebrew cultures. The ... The Chinese inventor Pi Sheng made movable type of earthenware circa ...32 KB (5,045 words) - 07:24, 17 November 2023
- filters, tents, and in bookbinding. The first Chinese paper was made of cotton fiber, as is the modern United States dollar bill and federal stationery. ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 21:13, 23 May 2020
- to materially alter the direction of civilization. Milton is one of those ... of lectures under the auspices of the Chinese government; one in 1988 ...27 KB (3,928 words) - 20:26, 6 February 2024
- Tibet, called “Bod” by Tibetans, or 西藏 (Xīzàng) by the Chinese ... By virtue of its claim over all mainland Chinese territory, Tibet also has ...62 KB (9,319 words) - 23:23, 30 April 2023
- Greece, Ancient Rome, Indus Valley Civilization, and China. Each of these ... accessible manifestation of a complex civilization that often seems enigmatic ...53 KB (8,177 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- Sea Peoples who threatened the Aegean civilization in the thirteenth century ... pirate fleets of East Asia were those of Chinese pirates during the mid-Qing ...24 KB (3,715 words) - 06:18, 24 November 2022
- 250 px|Mohenjo-daro of the Indus Valley Civilization in present-day Pakistan.]] Eridu, Uruk, and Ur. The Indus Valley Civilization and China are two other ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- be traced back to the Bronze Age Hatti civilization, which was succeeded in ... for the swans received as a gift from the Chinese government), Abdi Ipekci ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- Libraries have played a historic role in the advance of civilization ... of topics. Collections of Hebraica and Chinese and Japanese works were ...24 KB (3,496 words) - 22:34, 25 October 2022
- Slavery has been a part of human civilization for thousands of years ... exchange for the blessings of European civilization, including Christianity. ...45 KB (6,987 words) - 14:55, 27 April 2023
- in Ptolemaic Egypt were called koinon. The Chinese hanghui probably existed ... Islamic civilization evidenced the notion of guilds for the artisan—most ...29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
- renovation and expansion. In 1984, Chinese-American architect Ieoh ... and expansion when the first plans by the Chinese-American architect Ieoh ...22 KB (3,221 words) - 04:13, 4 November 2022
- structured ritual. Especially in the Chinese Chán Buddhism school (which ... (among other texts), many indigenous Chinese practices have been concerned ...38 KB (5,451 words) - 00:07, 13 July 2021
- characteristics of Western civilization. His goal was to find ... Chinese civilization had no religious prophecy, nor a powerful priestly ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- role in the development of human civilization. Human scientific and ... air, water, and earth. For the ancient Chinese, there were five basic elements: ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- Nancy Steinhardt, Chinese Architecture (Princeton University Press ... * Knapp, Ronald G. Chinese Bridges: Living Architecture From China ...55 KB (8,185 words) - 23:26, 18 March 2024
- in Korean society, an adoption of Chinese culture, and a golden age ... Korean dynasties, similar to Chinese dynasties, pass through a birth ...39 KB (5,700 words) - 15:30, 6 May 2024
- The city was at the heart of a Buddhist civilization for centuries, with life ... countries. The statue of Buddha in the Chinese Temple is 200 years old ...16 KB (2,541 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- (Mozambique) and Mombasa, where he found Chinese traders, and Malindi (both ... had destroyed the Afro-Muslim Zendj civilization of East Africa that competed ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- JPG |thumb|Seals from the Indus Valley Civilization preserved at the British ... is often part of a repeating pattern. In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese art ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- by extensive adaptations from the Chinese, and also Chagatay Literature ... period as well as the Safavid dynasty, Chinese art and artists had a significant ...22 KB (3,337 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
- and Greek thought. Conversely, Chinese society was founded on men ... Jr., eds. Technology in Western Civilization, Oxford University Press ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- For the civilization of China and its history see China ... control of Taiwan. The resumption of the Chinese Civil War led to the loss ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 00:28, 4 January 2024
- and the countries of eastern Asia subject to Chinese cultural influence, such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam, use a naming system based on the five ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- and consequential artifacts of human civilization. It has played an enormous ... According to a Chinese court chronicle, in 105 C.E., the court official ...25 KB (4,009 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- ), a Chinese immigrant entrepreneur who sailed to the Philippines ... Aside from indigenous Filipino and Chinese ancestry, recent genealogical ...46 KB (7,008 words) - 06:33, 6 May 2024
- and seals found in the Indus Valley Civilization depict what appears to ... a new supplement on the Northern School of Chinese Zen. (Nanzan studies in ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- Bisexual behavior appears to have been common among Roman and Chinese ... *Crompton, Louis. Homosexuality and Civilization. London, 2003. ISBN ...20 KB (2,817 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- be defined as “spreading western civilization”—other problems emerge ... The attempt to spread western [i.e. donor] civilization across the ...36 KB (5,305 words) - 06:56, 16 June 2023
- a cremation and burial. The role of a Chinese prince held hostage by Shapur ... * Lewis, Naphtali, and Meyer Reinhold. 1990. Roman civilization: selected ...18 KB (2,788 words) - 14:13, 3 May 2023
- How The Catholic Church Built Western Civilization (Washington, DC: Regnery ... mathematical and astronomical works into Chinese and aroused the interest ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- Wu Hu (Chinese: 五胡; pinyin: Wǔ Hú; literally "Five Hu" ... 304, which resulted in the sacking of the Chinese capitals at Luoyang (311 ...40 KB (5,990 words) - 02:37, 16 November 2022
- where she earned a diploma in French civilization at the Université de ... French President François Mitterrand, Chinese President Li Xiannian; Romanian ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- the highest achievement of Persian civilization, constituting the last ... from Persia frequently traveled to China. Chinese documents report on thirteen ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- by the rise of the Khmer Empire, a civilization which flourished in the ... official language. The remainder include Chinese one percent, Vietnamese ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- 2007, there were an estimated 750,000 Chinese nationals working or living ... promotion of Western values and civilization, increasing conversion ...50 KB (7,266 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- For the civilization of China and its history see China. ... (PRC) officially, often called China (Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó; ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- the Tiananmen Square protest of 1989, Chinese student demonstrators in ... have used it as a setting, including Civilization II, Civilization IV, Rise ...27 KB (4,075 words) - 22:49, 9 May 2023
- consider the "golden age" of Swahili civilization. ... Indian and Zanzibari cuisine, as well as Chinese, Thai, Turkish, Italian ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- *the Confucian canon of Chinese classic texts Thus the concept of a ... of human culture since the beginning of civilization. From the dawn of humanity ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- Budha, after the son of Chandra (the Moon). The Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, and Vietnamese cultures refer to the planet as the water star, based on ...35 KB (5,451 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- of their own, and our people and their civilization as a nation of savages ... lack of fairness or her contempt of our civilization and the principles on ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- or even on the timescale of human civilization, and the slow loss of ... habitats instead. They argue that a civilization that knows how to live ...32 KB (4,766 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
- Korean tombs exhibit many styles borrowed by and from the Chinese, such as the styles of how the tombs were built and the use of the four guardian ...28 KB (4,185 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
