WebThe An Lushan Rebellion was an uprising against the Tang dynasty of China towards the mid-point of the dynasty (from 755 to 763), with an attempt to replace it with the Yan dynasty.The rebellion was originally led by An Lushan, a general officer of the Tang military system. The event involved military activity and direct deaths from battle, but also …

WebHankou, alternately romanized as Hankow (simplified Chinese: 汉口; traditional Chinese: 漢口; pinyin: Hànkǒu), was one of the three towns (the other two were Wuchang and Hanyang) merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China.It stands north of the Han and Yangtze Rivers where the Han flows into the Yangtze. …

WebPedro Santana Familias, I marqués de las Carreras (29 de junio de 1801, Concepción de Hincha, Departamento Norte-14 de junio de 1864, Ciudad de Santo Domingo, Distrito de Santo Domingo) fue un hacendado, febrerista, militar, político, exmasón, noble y caudillo hispano-dominicano que se destacó en la guerra de independencia dominicana …

WebHōnen (法然, May 13 (April 7), 1133 – February 29, 1212) was the religious reformer and founder of the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism called Jōdo-shū (浄土宗, "The Pure Land School").He is also considered the Seventh Jōdo Shinshū Patriarch.. Hōnen became a Tendai initiate at an early age, but grew disaffected and …

WebSun Yuanhua (1581 or 1582 – 7 September 1632), also known as Ignatius Sun, was a Chinese mandarin under the late Ming.A Catholic convert, he was a protégé of Paul Xu (né Xu Guangqi). Like his mentor, he advocated repelling the Manchu invasion by modernizing Chinese weaponry and wrote treatises on geometry and military science influenced by …

WebThe imperial examination, or keju (Chinese: 科舉; lit. "subject recommendation") was a civil-service examination system in Imperial China, administered for the purpose of selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy.The concept of choosing bureaucrats by merit rather than by birth started early in Chinese history, but using written examinations as a tool of …

WebIván el Terrible (en ruso, Иван Грозный, Iván Grozny) es una película rusa histórica-dramática escrita y dirigida por Serguéi Eisenstein.Es la primera parte de un díptico sobre la historia y la figura del zar Iván IV de Rusia, más conocido como Iván el Terrible. [1] La primera parte se estrenó en 1944, año en que comenzó a filmarse Iván el Terrible, …

WebThe BFG (short for The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 book Danny, the Champion of the World.The book is dedicated to Dahl's late daughter, Olivia, who died of measles encephalitis at the age of seven in 1962.. An …

WebKayu (粥), or often okayu (お粥) is the name for the type of congee eaten in Japan, which typically uses water to rice ratios of 5:1 or 7:1 and is cooked for about 30 minutes.. Kayu may be made with just rice and water, and is often seasoned with salt.Eggs can be beaten into it to thicken it. Toppings may be added to enhance flavour; Welsh onion, salmon, roe, …

WebWu Sangui (Chinese: 吳三桂; pinyin: Wú Sānguì; Wade–Giles: Wu San-kuei; 8 June 1612 – 2 October 1678), courtesy name Changbai (長白) or Changbo (長伯), was a notorious Ming Dynasty military officer who played a key role in the fall of the Ming dynasty and the founding of the Qing dynasty in China.. In 1644, after learning of the death of his father, the Ming …