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... China between " ancient " and " modern " as we are used to in European history . Another Chinese theme is periodical invasion and conquest by the nomads of Mongolia . These , though racially much like the Chinese , spoke languages of ...
... China between " ancient " and " modern " as we are used to in European history . Another Chinese theme is periodical invasion and conquest by the nomads of Mongolia . These , though racially much like the Chinese , spoke languages of ...
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... China through the centuries : comparatively simple in the North , floridly ornate in the South . The peculiar richness of Chinese building styles comes from the lavish use of lacquer , gilding , and colored tiles . A distinctive type of ...
... China through the centuries : comparatively simple in the North , floridly ornate in the South . The peculiar richness of Chinese building styles comes from the lavish use of lacquer , gilding , and colored tiles . A distinctive type of ...
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... Chinese possessed geared machinery from an early age - some think as far back as + IV . They readily took to the devices developed in the West in the Hellenistic Age and in + I began using water wheels and norias . Chinese engineers ...
... Chinese possessed geared machinery from an early age - some think as far back as + IV . They readily took to the devices developed in the West in the Hellenistic Age and in + I began using water wheels and norias . Chinese engineers ...
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One The Coming of the Engineers | 1 |
Two The Egyptian Engineers | 18 |
Three The Mesopotamian Engineers | 46 |
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