Sentences with phrase «chinese dynasties»

«In analyzing the linkages they [Zhang et al.] found to exist among these different factors, the international (Chinese, French, German, Norwegian) team of researchers concluded that «food production during the last two millennia has been more unstable during cooler periods, resulting in more social conflicts,» while specifically noting that «cooling shows direct positive association with the frequency of external aggression war to the Chinese dynasties mostly from the northern pastoral nomadic societies, and indirect positive association with the frequency of internal war within the Chinese dynasties through drought and locust plagues,» which have typically been more pronounced during cooler as opposed to warmer times.»

found to exist among these different factors, the international (Chinese, French, German, Norwegian) team of researchers concluded that «food production during the last two millennia has been more unstable during cooler periods, resulting in more social conflicts,» while specifically noting that «cooling shows direct positive association with the frequency of external aggression war to the Chinese dynasties mostly from the northern pastoral nomadic societies, and indirect positive association with the frequency of internal war within the Chinese dynasties through drought and locust plagues,» which have typically been more pronounced during cooler as opposed to warmer times.»

The same global climate event seems to have brought down the Tang dynasty in China — in fact, according to Hsiang, most Chinese dynasties collapsed during dry spells.

Chinese dynasties were shaken when people held the corruption of the Emperor and his mandarins to blame for devastating floods; European and American communities into modern times declared days of public penance as an answer to droughts.

Reminiscent of the eastern landscape paintings of the great Chinese dynasties of the past, Michael Biberstein's work reveals a cosmology full of the eternal and the infinite, which now opens the Sky for the Santa Isabel Church in Lisbon, Portugal.

Includes: essay, selected images, chronology of Chinese dynasties and reigns.

Just like the predecessors, Dynasty Warriors 9 explores the storylines of tons of characters from different Chinese dynasties, as expected.

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Already, high school history students are recording reports on Chinese dynasties, while first graders are narrating paragraphs about their classs star of the week, and fourth grade classes produce a weekly news bulletin.

Just like the predecessors, Dynasty Warriors 9 explores the storylines of tons of characters from different Chinese dynasties, as expected.

For instance taoism does have a pantheon of gods and a hieracrchy much like the chinese dynastys of old and gods can be promoted and demoted as needed.

Undead Slayer Extreme SEA — All the infamous villains from the Chinese dynasty are ready to take action.

It's about forcing memory to the surface, making it relevant and no longer an element of history as forgotten as an old Chinese dynasty.

In Undead Slayer, you play as a slayer from an ancient Chinese dynasty, stuck in a world infested with zombies and other monsters that you'll need to kill in order to survive.

Whether it's a beautiful ornament or a unique drawing, wall art has many guises: modern, quirky, Dutch masters, renaissance, black and white photography, graffiti, Chinese dynasty, screen prints, tapestry, ethnic or even a cherished drawing by your 5 - year - old.

Not exact matches

Would you rather by the Chinese Ming Dynasty (or even modern China, let's be honest) and the Turkish Ottoman Empire with its seemingly easy ability to make decisions and control outcomes or the messy, imperfect, self - correcting United States?

At the press conference, the questions bore a remarkably aggressive tone — many of the reporters were from media outlets skeptical of the Chinese government, including the Falun Gong - linked New Tang Dynasty Television and the Epoch Times.

Guests at this hotel can stay inside a 1,000 - year - old Chinese temple that dates back to the Qing dynasty.

As HSBC managing director Ewan Rambourg explains in «The Bling Dynasty: Why the Reign of Chinese Luxury Shoppers Has Only Just Begun,» Louis Vuitton has been a big deal in China since around 2003, when sales peaked in Japan.

When the compass was invented by the Chinese during the Qin dynasty (221 - 206 B.C), it radically changed civilizations and ushered in many years later the Age of Exploration in the 15th century.

1 55 million Second World War 20C 2 40 million Mao Zedong (mostly famine) 20C 3 40 million Mongol Conquests 13C 4 36 million An Lushan Revolt 8C 5 25 million Fall of the Ming Dynasty 17C 6 20 million Taiping Rebellion 19C 7 20 million Annihilation of the South and North American Indians 15C - 19C 8 20 million Iosif Stalin 20C 9 19 million Mideast Slave Trade 7C - 19C 10 18 million Atlantic Slave Trade 15C - 19C 11 17 million Timur Lenk 14C - 15C 12 17 million British India (mostly famine) 19C 13 15 million First World War 20C 14 9 million Russian Civil War 20C 15 8 million Fall of Rome 3C - 5C 16 8 million Congo Free State 19C - 20C 17 7 million Thirty Years War 17C 18 5 million Russia's Time of Troubles 16C - 17C 19 4 million Napoleonic Wars 19C 20 3 million Chinese Civil War 20C 21 3 million French Wars of Religion 16C

1 63 million Second World War 20C (Christians et al and Communists / atheists vs. Christians et al, Nazi - Pagan and «Shintoists») 2 40 million Mao Zedong (mostly famine) 20C (Communism / atheists) 40 million Genghis Khan 13C (Shamanism or Tengriism) 4 27 million British India (mostly famine) 19C (Anglican) 5 25 million Fall of the Ming Dynasty 17C (Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion) 6 20 million Taiping Rebellion 19C (Confucianism, Buddhism and Chinese folk religion vs. a form of Christianity) 20 million Joseph Stalin 20C 8 19 million Mideast Slave Trade 7C - 19C (Islam) 9 17 million Timur Lenk 14C - 15C 10 16 million Atlantic Slave Trade 15C - 19C (Christianity) 11 15 million First World War 20C (Christians vs. Christians) 15 million Conquest of the Americas 15C - 19C (Christians) 13 13 million Muslim Conquest of India 11C - 18C 14 10 million An Lushan Revolt 8C 10 million Xin Dynasty 1C 16 9 million Russian Civil War 20C (Christians vs Communists) 17 8 million Fall of Rome 5C (Pagans) 8 million Congo Free State 19C - 20C (Christians) 19 7 1/2 million Thirty Years War 17C (Christians vs Christians) 7 1/2 million Fall of the Yuan Dynasty 14C http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat0.htm

1 63 million Second World War 20C (Christians et al and Communists vs. Christians et al, Nazi - Pagan and «Shintoists») 2 40 million Mao Zedong (mostly famine) 20C (Communism) 40 million Genghis Khan 13C (Shamanism or Tengriism) 4 27 million British India (mostly famine) 19C (Anglican) 5 25 million Fall of the Ming Dynasty 17C (Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion) 6 20 million Taiping Rebellion 19C (Confucianism, Buddhism and Chinese folk religion vs. a form of Christianity) 20 million Joseph Stalin 20C (Communism vs. Christianity et al) 8 19 million Mideast Slave Trade 7C - 19C (Islam) 9 17 million Timur Lenk 14C - 15C 10 16 million Atlantic Slave Trade 15C - 19C (Christianity) 11 15 million First World War 20C (Christians vs. Christians) 15 million Conquest of the Americas 15C - 19C (Christians vs pagans) 13 13 million Muslim Conquest of India 11C - 18C 14 10 million An Lushan Revolt 8C 10 million Xin Dynasty 1C 16 9 million Russian Civil War 20C (Christians vs Communists) 17 8 million Fall of Rome 5C (Pagans vs Pagans) 8 million Congo Free State 19C - 20C 19 7 1/2 million Thirty Years War 17C (Christians vs Christians) 7 1/2 million Fall of the Yuan Dynasty 14C

The Chinese empire attained its greatest brilliance under the T'ang dynasty (618 - 907).

Chinese rule was restored by the Ming dynasty, in AD 1386, who in turn was ousted in 1664 by the Manchu dynasty.

Two other examples were Matteo Ricci (1552 - 1610), who adopted the opposite path to de Nobili by assimilating into upper - class Chinese society during the Ming dynasty, coming to China in 1580, eventually undergoing a profound cultural transformation as a Confucian scholar; and Charles de Foucauld, who served in the French army in the Algerian war where he witnessed moving scenes of Muslim personal piety, leading him to regain his own Christian faith, and becoming in everything a Tuareg Bedouin nomad.

1 63 million Second World War 20C (Christians et al and Communists vs. Christians et al, Nazi - Pagan and «Shintoists») 2 40 million Mao Zedong (mostly famine) 20C (Communism) 40 million Genghis Khan 13C (Shamanism or Tengriism) 4 27 million British India (mostly famine) 19C (Anglican) 5 25 million Fall of the Ming Dynasty 17C (Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion) 6 20 million Taiping Rebellion 19C (Confucianism, Buddhism and Chinese folk religion vs. a form of Christianity) 20 million Joseph Stalin 20C 8 19 million Mideast Slave Trade 7C - 19C (Islam) 9 17 million Timur Lenk 14C - 15C 10 16 million Atlantic Slave Trade 15C - 19C (Christianity) 11 15 million First World War 20C (Christians vs. Christians) 15 million Conquest of the Americas 15C - 19C (Christians) 13 13 million Muslim Conquest of India 11C - 18C 14 10 million An Lushan Revolt 8C 10 million Xin Dynasty 1C 16 9 million Russian Civil War 20C (Christians vs Communists) 17 8 million Fall of Rome 5C (Pagans) 8 million Congo Free State 19C - 20C (Christians) 19 7 1/2 million Thirty Years War 17C (Christians vs Christians) 7 1/2 million Fall of the Yuan Dynasty 14C

During the T'ang dynasty (ended 295; A.D. 907) and the Sung dynasty (349 - 678; A.D. 960-1279) foreign trade grew steadily as Arabs and Iranians took silk, art objects, Chinese porcelain, and other commodities to the Middle East and to Europe, returning with herbs, spices, pearls, and other products of those areas.

The Chinese Muslims reacted with violence several times and the Ch» ing dynasty retaliated with their army.

Epic tale of a Chinese - Canadian dynasty and revealing the sad state of women in Chinese traditional culture.

1 63 million Second World War 20C (Christians and Communists vs. Christians, Nazi - Pagans and «Shintoists») 2 40 million Mao Zedong (mostly famine) 20C (Communists / atheists) 40 million Genghis Khan 13C (Shamanism or Tengriism) 4 27 million British India (mostly famine) 19C (Anglican) 5 25 million Fall of the Ming Dynasty 17C (Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion) 6 20 million Taiping Rebellion 19C (Confucianism, Buddhism and Chinese folk religion vs. a form of Christianity) 20 million Joseph Stalin 20C (Communists / atheists) 8 19 million Mideast Slave Trade 7C - 19C (Islam) 9 17 million Timur Lenk 14C - 15C 10 16 million Atlantic Slave Trade 15C - 19C (Christianity) 11 15 million First World War 20C (Christians vs. Christians) 15 million Conquest of the Americas 15C - 19C (Christians) 13 13 million Muslim Conquest of India 11C - 18C 14 10 million An Lushan Revolt 8C 10 million Xin Dynasty 1C 16 9 million Russian Civil War 20C (Christians vs Communists / atheists) 17 8 million Fall of Rome 5C (Pagans vs Pagans) 8 million Congo Free State 19C - 20C (Christians vs Pagans) 19 7 1/2 million Thirty Years War 17C (Christians vs Christians) 7 1/2 million Fall of the Yuan Dynasty 14C

1 55 million Second World War 20C 2 40 million Mao Zedong (mostly famine) 20C 3 40 million Mongol Conquests 13C 4 36 million An Lushan Revolt 8C 5 25 million Fall of the Ming Dynasty 17C 6 20 million Taiping Rebellion 19C 7 20 million Annihilation of the American Indians 15C - 19C 8 20 million Iosif Stalin 20C 9 19 million Mideast Slave Trade 7C - 19C 10 18 million Atlantic Slave Trade 15C - 19C 11 17 million Timur Lenk 14C - 15C 12 17 million British India (mostly famine) 19C 13 15 million First World War 20C 14 9 million Russian Civil War 20C 15 8 million Fall of Rome 3C - 5C 16 8 million Congo Free State 19C - 20C 17 7 million Thirty Years War 17C 18 5 million Russia's Time of Troubles 16C - 17C 19 4 million Napoleonic Wars 19C 20 3 million Chinese Civil War 20C 21 3 million French Wars of Religion 16C

@ohwilleke Also, the Ngyuen Dynasty monarchs in Vietnam promoted themselves to be Emperor of Vietnam, but only within Vietnam - in formal correspondence with China they continued to use the title of King because they know proclaiming themselves emperor wouldn't work well with the Chinese.

By dredging the destructive floodwaters, he tamed them, «earning him the divine mandate to establish the Xia dynasty... and marking the beginning of Chinese civilization,» Wu Qinglong and colleagues write.

The flood occurred in roughly 1920 BC, they say, which is several centuries later than traditionally thought — meaning the Xia dynasty, and its renowned Emperor Yu, likely had a later start than Chinese historians have thought, too.

It also suggests that the Chinese government's long - running efforts to tame the Yellow River with levees, dikes and drainage ditches actually made periodic flooding much worse, setting the stage for a catastrophic flood circa A.D. 14 - 17, which likely killed millions and triggered the collapse of the Western Han Dynasty.

«Humans have been changing Chinese environment for 3,000 years: Ancient levee system set stage for massive, dynasty - toppling floods.»

Chinese started keeping goldfish for their ornamental value around the year 1000, during the Song Dynasty.

Others see a skein of nationalism running through the attempt to establish a cohesive Chinese culture predating China's first dynasty, the Xia.

But by the time knowledge of dengue got to that Qin dynasty medical book, the Chinese were calling the illness «water poison,» and figured out that flying insects had something to do with it.

Influenced by the vegetarian teachings in Buddhism, the Han dynasty (202 BCE to CE 220), roughly contemporaneous with ancient Rome, was the period in which the Chinese invented tofu and other fermented soy products that now are main part of the Asian diet.

Many websites post new Chinese gender charts each year, but these yearly charts are not the same as the traditional Chinese gender chart created during the Qing dynasty.

It's called «Farewell at the Bridge of the Hanging Rainbow,» a Chinese handscroll painted during the Ming dynasty, circa 1508.

Exploring the stunning Ming Dynasty Chinese gardens in Vancouver, wearing cropped red silk pants and a cold shoulder cashmere sweater.

On «Running Man'this week, Song Ji Hyo and Kim Jong Kook responded to the dating rumors between the episode, each member brought gifts wi... The Song dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝; pinyin: Sòng cháo; 960 — 1279) was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279.

Chinese ceramics dating to the Tang and Song dynasties (8th to 13th.

A workaholic executive, and an unconventional woman agree to a Chinese death rituals follow a rich cultural tradition dating back to the earliest dynasties.

ALT Singles, swingers and Chinese coin reference guide for the periods of the Ch «in and Han dynasties, including the interregnum of Wang Mang, by Calgary Coin Gallery.

Beginning with the fall of the Han in 220AD, Dynasty Warriors depicts the ancient Chinese era known as the Three Kingdoms period in which the factions Shu, Wei, and Wu are continually engaged in battle to determine the founders of the next Dynasty.

Historically, it's known that The Great Wall of China was constructed over many centuries by uniting earlier fortresses and fortifications in order to defend Chinese territories against nomadic raiders from the Eurasian Steppe (principally but not exclusively the Mongolians); an undertaking set into motion by King Zheng, the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty around 221 BCE.