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The Great Wall of China ( traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; simplified Chinese: 万里长城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng, literally "ten thousand li long wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from ...
The history of the Great Wall of China began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) [ 1] and Warring States periods (475–221 BC) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) against incursions by nomads from Inner Asia.
The China Study examines the link between the consumption of animal products (including dairy) and chronic illnesses such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and bowel cancer. [ 4] The book is "loosely based" [ 5] on the China–Cornell–Oxford Project, a 20-year study that looked at mortality rates from cancer ...
The park (right) running alongside the Rímac. The Park of the Wall ( Spanish: Parque de La Muralla) is a public park located in the central district of Lima, Peru. It was inaugurated in 2004. [1] Within its extension is part of the former Walls of Lima. The park is located between the Rímac River and the historic centre of Lima.
The Catholic Church (Chinese: 天主教; pinyin: Tiānzhǔ jiào; lit. 'Religion of the Lord of Heaven', after the Chinese term for the Christian God) first appeared in China upon the arrival of John of Montecorvino in China proper during the Yuan dynasty; he was the first Catholic missionary in the country, and would become the first bishop of Khanbaliq (1271–1368).
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The list contains all the cities with the administrative designation of "national central city" (国家中心城市) and "sub-provincial city" (副省级城市) – including five "cities with independent planning status" (计划单列市) and ten large "provincial capital cities" (省会城市), as well as some large "special economic zones" (经济特区城市), "open coastal cities ...
A satellite image of the Great Wall of China. This Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) sub-image covers a 12 × 12 km (7.5 × 7.5 miles) area in Northern Shanxi Province, China, and was acquired January 9, 2001.