Rise of the New Imperialism — The Rise of the New Imperialism overlaps with the Pax Britannica period (1815 1870). The American Revolution and the collapse of the Spanish empire in the New World in the early 1810 20s, following the revolutions in the viceroyalties of New… … Wikipedia
List of Emperors of the Great Qing Empire — The Qing Dynasty was founded as the Later Jin Dynasty in 1616 by Nurhaci, a Manchu of the Aisin Gioro Clan, his son Hung Taiji changed its name to Qing in 1636. It lasted until 1912. In China proper, the Qing dynasty succeeded the Ming Dynasty in … Wikipedia
Chinese immigration to Australia — Chinese immigrants to Australia at the Pageant of Nations, Sydney Town Hall 1938 Chinese immigration to Australia dates back almost two hundred years, with Mak Sai Ying being the first recorded settler. The 2006 census showed that 221,995 people… … Wikipedia
Chinese diaspora in France — Total population 600,000 (2005)[1] 0.91% of the French population Regions with significant populations Rhône Alpes, Bouches du Rhône, Paris (Choisy, Belleville, Marne la Vallée), Lille … Wikipedia
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (film) — Infobox Film name = Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress image size = caption = Promotional poster for Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress director = Dai Sijie producer = Lise Fayolle writer = Dai Sijie Nadine Perront Based on a novel by … Wikipedia
The Church in China — The Church in China † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church in China Ancient Christians The introduction of Christianity into China has been ascribed not only to the Apostle of India, St. Thomas, but also to St. Bartholomew. In the… … Catholic encyclopedia
The Cantos — by Ezra Pound is a long, incomplete poem in 120 sections, each of which is a canto . Most of it was written between 1915 and 1962, although much of the early work was abandoned and the early cantos, as finally published, date from 1922 onwards.… … Wikipedia
Chinese nobility — Chinese sovereignty and peerage,[1] the nobility of China, were an important feature of traditional social and political organization of Imperial China. While the concepts of hereditary sovereign and peerage titles and noble families were… … Wikipedia
New Chronology (Fomenko-Nosovsky) — The New Chronology is a rewriting of world chronology, based on the contention that conventional chronology is fundamentally flawed. The central concepts of the New Chronology are derived from the ideas of Nikolai Morozov,cite… … Wikipedia
Chinese Bible translations — The creation of Chinese Bible Translations began in the nineteenth century, but availability only became widespread in the early twentieth century.Catholic translation workThe first translations of the Bible into Chinese were made by Catholic… … Wikipedia
