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Lumpia are Indonesian and Filipino adaptations of the Fujianese rùnbǐng and Teochew popiah, usually consumed during Qingming Festival. [4][5] In Indonesia, lumpia has become a favorite snack, [6] and is known as a street hawker food in the country. [7] Lumpia was introduced by Chinese settlers to Indonesia during colonial times possibly in ...
Timeline of Chinese history. This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its dynasties. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China.
The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Yellow River valley, which along with the Yangtze basin constitutes the geographic core of the Chinese ...
Overview of Chinese history. The recording of events in Chinese history dates back to the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC). Many written examples survive of ceremonial inscriptions, divinations and records of family names, which were carved or painted onto tortoise shell or bones. [1][2] The uniformly religious context of Shang written records ...
China, for the last two millennia, was one of the world's largest and most advanced economies. [1][2][3] Economic historians usually divide China's history into three periods: the pre-imperial era before the rise of the Qin; the early imperial era from the Qin to the rise of the Song (221 BCE to 960 CE); and the late imperial era, from the Song ...
First disseminated by European missionaries in the 17th century, the expression is commonly found especially in the Chinese-speaking world by the early 20th century to show that China has a long-lasting history, although it is sometimes used by the governments and media as an instrument of Chinese nationalism. [2]
The events have been characterized as a genocide due to the intentions of its perpetrators to destroy the Osage nation. [254][255][256][257][258] Estimates vary widely, with 10% of 591 full-blood Osage being killed with the lowest estimate. [259] Armenian genocide. Ottoman Empire (now Turkey, Syria, and Iraq) 1915.
July 25: Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria, is shot dead as part of a failed Nazi coup d'état. August 1: The United States occupation of Haiti ends. August 2: With the death of Paul von Hindenburg, Hitler declares himself Führer of Germany. October 16: Mao Zedong begins the Long March.