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Chinese literature
(Encyclopedia) Chinese literature, the literature of ancient and modern China. Fiction during the first years after the 1949 Communist revolution depicted the great social transformations taking…Chinese music
(Encyclopedia) Chinese music, the classical music forms of China. Throughout the political and social turmoil following World War I, Western (classical and popular) and Japanese sources dominated…Chinese Turkistan
(Encyclopedia) Chinese Turkistan: see Xinjiang.Chinese white
(Encyclopedia) Chinese white: see zinc oxide.Islamic art and architecture
(Encyclopedia) Islamic art and architecture, works of art and architecture created in countries where Islam has been dominant and embodying Muslim precepts in its themes. Among the ceramic types…paleography
(Encyclopedia) paleographypaleographypālēŏgˈrəfē [key] [Gr.,=early writing], term generally meaning all study and interpretation of old ways of recording language. In a narrower sense, it excludes…The Song of Hiawatha: The Peace-Pipe
The Four Winds The Peace-Pipe On the Mountains of the Prairie, On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry, Gitche Manito, the mighty, He the Master of Life, descending, On the red crags of…Nobel Peace Prize Quiz
/* /*]]>*/ Awarded on the 10th of December every year, the Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes created by Alfred Nobel. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded each year since 1901.Zapf, Hermann
(Encyclopedia) Zapf, Hermann, 1918–2015, German calligrapher and type designer, b. Nuremberg. While apprenticing as a photo retoucher (1934–38) Zapf became interested in the work of calligrapher and…Taiwan Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Taiwan Index: People History Administration Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Taiwan Relations PEOPLETaiwan has a population…Trending
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