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31Society and culture of the Han Dynasty — A Western Han jade carved door knocker with designs of Chinese dragons (and two other jade figurines) The Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) was a period of ancient China divided by the Western Han (206 BCE – 9 CE) and Eastern Han (25–220 CE) periods …
32Philadelphia and Western Railroad — A preserved Philadelphia and Western multiple unit passenger car at Penn s Landing in 1990. The Philadelphia and Western Railroad was a high speed, third rail operated, commuter hauling interurban electric railroad operating in the western… …
33building materials and methods — The choice of materials for constructing houses, temples, and other structures in ancient Mesopotamia was dictated largely by the natural geology and topography of the area. The Mesopotamian plains were composed mostly of alluvial materials… …
34Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
35art and architecture, Oceanic — ▪ visual arts Introduction the visual art (art) and architecture of native Oceania, including media such as sculpture, pottery, rock art, basketry, masks, painting, and personal decoration. In these cultures, art and architecture have often …
36strip# — strip vb Strip, divest, denude, bare, dismantle can mean to deprive a person or thing of what clothes, furnishes, or invests him or it. Strip stresses a pulling or tearing off rather than a laying bare, though the latter implication is frequent;… …
37Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway — CL N (red) and other Pennsylvania Railroad lines (black) …
38List of enclaves and exclaves — In political geography, an enclave is a piece of land which is totally surrounded by a foreign territory, and an exclave is one which is politically attached to a larger piece but not actually contiguous with it. Many entities are both enclaves… …
39History of clothing and textiles — Ladies making silk, early 12th century painting by Emperor Huizong of Song (a remake of an 8th century original by artist Zhang Xuan), illustrates silk fabric manufacture in China. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and …
40rib·bon — /ˈrıbən/ noun, pl bons 1 : a narrow piece of cloth (such as silk) that is used to tie things or for decoration [count] She wore pink ribbons in her hair. She tied a ribbon around the present. [noncount] a length/piece of ribbon …
