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Turkistan

(Encyclopedia)Turkistan or Turkestan both: tûrkˌĭstănˈ, –stänˈ [key], historic region of central Asia. Western, or Russian, Turkistan extended from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Chinese frontier in th...

Handan

(Encyclopedia)Handan or Hantan both: hän-dän [key], city, SW Hebei prov., China. Its position as a communication and ...

Tseng Kuo-fan

(Encyclopedia)Tseng Kuo-fan dzŭng gwô-fän [key], 1811–72, Chinese general and statesman of the Ch'ing dynasty. He organized (1853) the Hunan army, the first of the great regional armies that were raised to sup...

Yung-lo

(Encyclopedia)Yung-lo yo͞ong-lô [key], 1359–1424, reign title of the 3d emperor (1403–24) of the Chinese Ming dynasty, whose personal name was Chu Ti. He rose to power in N China after being delegated by his ...

Chungju

(Encyclopedia)Chungju cho͞ongˈjo͞oˈ [key], city, North Chungcheong prov., central South Korea. Chungju is an ...

Chaozhou

(Encyclopedia)Chaozhou chouˈänˈ [key], city, E Guangdong prov., China, on the Han River. It is a transpo...

Southeast Asian art and architecture

(Encyclopedia)Southeast Asian art and architecture includes works from the geographical area including the modern countries of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Malaysia, Singapore and In...

Hanzhong

(Encyclopedia)Hanzhong hänˈcho͞ongˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 197,400), SW Shaanxi prov., China, on the Han River, near the Sichuan border. It is a major agricultural and trade center, with some timbering and...

Hui-tsung

(Encyclopedia)Hui-tsung hwē-dzo͞ong [key], 1082–1135, Chinese emperor of the Northern Sung dynasty, painter, and a great patron of art. Politically he was a rather ineffectual ruler, but he was said to have dev...

Gurkha

(Encyclopedia)Gurkha go͝orˈkə [key], ethnic group of Nepal and neighboring areas. They claim descent from the Rajputs of N India and entered Nepal from the west after being driven from India. They conquered (ear...