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Hambantota
(Encyclopedia) Hambantota, town, Southern prov., Sri Lanka, on the S coast 65 mi (105 km) E of Galle. The town is located in an area of salt production, which utilizes natural depressions called…block book
(Encyclopedia) block book. Before and after the invention of printing from movable types in the mid-15th cent., some books were printed in Europe from engraved wooden blocks, with one block for each…T'ang, Chinese dynasty
(Encyclopedia) T'angT'angtäng [key], dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907. It was founded by Li Yuan and his son Li Shih-min, with the aid of Turkish allies. The early strength of the T'ang…Kingston, Maxine Hong
(Encyclopedia) Kingston, Maxine Hong, 1940–, American writer, b. Stockton, Calif., grad. Univ. of California, Berkeley (1962). The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she explores the experience of…Gwadar
(Encyclopedia) Gwadar, port city (1998 est. pop. 43,850), Baluchistan prov., SW Pakistan, at the N end of the Arabian Sea. Traditional industries include fishing and fish processing; there also are…Tashi Lumpo
(Encyclopedia) Tashi Lumpo or Tashi LhümpoTashi Lumpotäˈshē l&oobreve;mˈpō [key] [Tibetan,=mount of blessing], lamasery, SE Tibet Autonomous Region, China, just outside Xigazê. Founded in the…Wang Wei
(Encyclopedia) Wang WeiWang Weiwäng wā [key], 699–759, Chinese poet. He was an extremely versatile man, being a musician and painter as well as a poet. He wrote quatrains almost exclusively; these…Sun Tzu
(Encyclopedia) Sun TzuSun Tzus&oomacr;n dz&oomacr; [key], fl. c.500–320. b.c., name used by the unknown Chinese authors of the sophisticated treatise on philosophy, logistics, espionage, and…Ürümqi
(Encyclopedia) Ürümqi or UrumchiÜrümqiboth: &oomacr;r&oomacr;mˈchē [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,130,300), capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, NW China, in the Dzungarian basin.…Three Kingdoms
(Encyclopedia) Three Kingdoms, period of Chinese history from 220 to 265, after the collapse of the Han dynasty. The period takes its name from the three states into which China was divided. Wei…Trending
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