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21Decline of the Roman Empire — This article is about the historiography of the decline of the Roman Empire. For a description of events, see Roman Empire. For the book by Edward Gibbon, see The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. For the film, see The Fall of… …
22Church of the East in China — Main articles: Church of the East and Christianity in China The Nestorian Stele, erected in Chang an 781. The Church of the East in China had a long but not continuous history between the 7th and 14th centuries. The Church of the East, or… …
23Dharma Bums, The — by Jack Kerouac (1958) Ann Charters says that the autumn of 1955, which jack kerouac spent in Berkeley, California, was probably “the three happiest months of his life.” This is the time period and the setting for Kerouac’s follow up novel to… …
24Pompey the Great — in full Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus born Sept. 29, 106, Rome died Sept. 28, 48 BC, Pelusium, Egypt Statesman and general of the Roman republic. His early military career was illustrious. He fought effectively for Sulla against Marius in the Social War …
25Recurring jokes in The Simpsons — There are many Recurring jokes in The Simpsons , many of which have been retired during the series or implemented later on in the run. The show s humor turns on cultural references that cover a wide spectrum of society so that viewers from all… …
26Annals of the Joseon Dynasty — Hangul 조선왕조실록 Hanja 朝鮮王朝實錄 Revised Romanization …
27Chinese classic texts — or Chinese canonical texts (zh cp|c=典籍|p=diǎnjí) refer to the pre Qin Chinese texts, especially the Confucian Four Books and Five Classics (四書五經). All of these pre Qin text were written in classical Chinese. They can be referred to as jing (經).… …
28Chinese classics — Chinese classic texts, or Chinese canonical texts, (Chinese: 典籍; pinyin: diǎnjí) today often refer to the pre Qin Chinese texts, especially the Neo Confucian titles of Four Books and Five Classics (四書五經), a selection of short books and chapters… …
29academic — adj 1. educational, educatory, instructional, pedagogical, academical; collegiate, college, university, scholastic, school; formal, institutional. 2.All U.S. humanistic, classical, philosophical, scientific, cultural; humanities, liberal arts,… …
30Gong Xian — (zh tspw|t=龔賢|s=龚贤|p=Gōng Xián|w=Kung Hsien) (1618 1689; some sources give his birth year as early as 1617 or as late as 1620; born in Kunshan, Jiangsu) was a Chinese painter, the most important of the Eight Masters of Nanjing and the leading… …
