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| ARTICLES RELATED TO 581 | | | |  581: Encyclopedia II - Anhui - EconomyAgriculture in Anhui varies according to the climate zones that the province crosses. North of the Huai He river wheat and sweet potatoes are grown, while south of the Huai He it is rice and wheat instead.
Natural resources of Anhui include iron in Ma'anshan, coal in Huainan, and copper in Tongling. There are industries related to these natural resources (e.g. steel industry at Ma'anshan).
Compared to its more successful neighbours to the east, Zhejiang and Jiangsu, Anhui has lagged markedly behind in economic development, with ...
See also:Anhui, Anhui - History, Anhui - Geography, Anhui - Administrative divisions, Anhui - Economy, Anhui - Demographics, Anhui - Culture, Anhui - Tourism, Anhui - Miscellaneous topics, Anhui - Colleges and universities Read more here: » Anhui: Encyclopedia II - Anhui - Economy |
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| | | | | 581: Encyclopedia II - Anhui - Administrative divisions Anhui is divided into 17 prefecture-level divisions, all of them prefecture-level cities:
Hefei (Simplified Chinese: 合肥市, Hanyu Pinyin: Héféi Shì)
Suzhou (宿州市 Sùzhōu Shì)
Huaibei (淮北市 Huáiběi Shì)
Fuyang (阜阳市 Fǔyáng Shì)
Bozhou (亳州市 Bózhōu Shì)
Bengbu (蚌埠市 Bèngbù Shì)
Huainan (淮南市 Huáinán Shì)
Chuzhou (滁州市 Chúzhōu Shì)
Ma'anshan (马鞍山市 Mǎ'ānshān Shì)
Wuhu (芜湖市 W ...
See also:Anhui, Anhui - History, Anhui - Geography, Anhui - Administrative divisions, Anhui - Economy, Anhui - Demographics, Anhui - Culture, Anhui - Tourism, Anhui - Miscellaneous topics, Anhui - Colleges and universities Read more here: » Anhui: Encyclopedia II - Anhui - Administrative divisions |
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| | | | | 581: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - State Agriculture led to several major changes. It allowed far larger population densities, which organized themselves into states. There are several definitions used for the term "state." Max Weber and Norbert Elias defined the state as an organization of people that has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a particular geographic area.
The first states appeared in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in the late 4th and early 3rd millennia BC. Ancient Egypt began as a state without cities. In Mesopotamia there were several city-states. A state needs an army to impose the legitimate use of forc ...
See also:History of the world, History of the world - Hunter-Gatherers, History of the world - Agriculture, History of the world - State, History of the world - City and trade, History of the world - Bronze and Iron Ages, History of the world - The classical empires, History of the world - Age of kingdoms, History of the world - Rise of Europe, History of the world - Age of Discovery, History of the world - Twentieth century Read more here: » History of the world: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - State |
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| | | | | 581: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - Agriculture A major change, described by the great prehistorian Vere Gordon Childe as a "revolution," occurred around the 9th millennium BCE with the adoption of agriculture. Although research has tended to concentrate on the Fertile Crescent area of the Middle East, archaeology in the Americas, East Asia and Southeast Asia indicates that agricultural systems using different crops and animals may well have ...
See also:History of the world, History of the world - Hunter-Gatherers, History of the world - Agriculture, History of the world - State, History of the world - City and trade, History of the world - Bronze and Iron Ages, History of the world - The classical empires, History of the world - Age of kingdoms, History of the world - Rise of Europe, History of the world - Age of Discovery, History of the world - Twentieth century Read more here: » History of the world: Encyclopedia II - History of the world - Agriculture |
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| | | | | 581: Encyclopedia II - Historical pederastic couples - Problematics of the pederastic record In the premodern and modern west their equivocal status has made pederastic relationships hard to document, since it was in the interest of both participants to keep the relationship secret. Another obstacle to the documentation of such relationships has been the destruction of "incriminating" personal and public records, either to "preserve the honor" of the individuals involved, or as retribution against their perceceived transgressions.
Some examples of this destruction of personal records by solicitous next-of-kin are the burning ...
See also:Historical pederastic couples, Historical pederastic couples - Problematics of the pederastic record, Historical pederastic couples - Typology of relationships, Historical pederastic couples - Known or presumed pederastic couples, Historical pederastic couples - Antiquity, Historical pederastic couples - Middle Ages, Historical pederastic couples - Pre-modern period, Historical pederastic couples - 20th and 21st centuries, Historical pederastic couples - Sources Read more here: » Historical pederastic couples: Encyclopedia II - Historical pederastic couples - Problematics of the pederastic record |
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| | | | | 581: Encyclopedia II - Homosexuality - Historical and geographical practices Sexual customs have varied greatly over time and from one region to another. These, as well as the orientation of particular pre-contemporary figures continue to be studied. Modern Western gay culture, largely a product of 19th century psychology as well as the years of post-Stonewall gay liberation, is a relatively novel manifestation of same-sex love. It is generally not applicable as a standard when investigating same-gender sex and historical opinions and beliefs held by other people.
It is generally accepted that the lives of his ...
See also:Homosexuality, Homosexuality - Etymology and usage, Homosexuality - Academic study, Homosexuality - Anthropology, Homosexuality - Biology, Homosexuality - Psychology, Homosexuality - Nature versus nurture, Homosexuality - Societal attitudes, Homosexuality - Modern law, Homosexuality - Understudied phenomena, Homosexuality - Political aspects, Homosexuality - Military, Homosexuality - Youth groups, Homosexuality - Religion, Homosexuality - Polemic, Homosexuality - Historical and geographical practices, Homosexuality - Africa, Homosexuality - Americas, Homosexuality - East Asia, Homosexuality - Europe, Homosexuality - Middle East and Central Asia, Homosexuality - South Pacific, Homosexuality - Modern Developments, Homosexuality - Art and literature, Homosexuality - Articles, Homosexuality - Categories Read more here: » Homosexuality: Encyclopedia II - Homosexuality - Historical and geographical practices |
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