text: The Zhou dynasty was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang dynasty and preceded the Qin dynasty. Although the Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history, the actual political and military control of China by the dynasty, surnamed Ji, lasted only until 771 BC, a period known as the Western Zhou.

text: The

text: Zhou

text: dynasty

text: was

text: Chinese

text: dynasty

text: that

text: followed

text: the

text: Shang

text: dynasty

text: and

text: preceded

text: the

text: Qin

text: dynasty

text: Although

text: the

text: Zhou

text: dynasty

text: lasted

text: longer

text: than

text: any

text: other

text: dynasty

text: in

text: Chinese

text: history

text: the

text: actual

text: political

text: and

text: military

text: control

text: of

text: China

text: by

text: the

text: dynasty

text: surnamed

text: Ji

text: lasted

text: only

text: until

text: BC

text: period

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: Western

text: Zhou

text: The Tang dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It is generally regarded as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture. Its territory, acquired through the military campaigns of its early rulers, rivaled that of the Han dynasty, and the Tang capital at Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) was the most populous city in the world.

text: The

text: Tang

text: dynasty

text: was

text: an

text: imperial

text: dynasty

text: of

text: China

text: preceded

text: by

text: the

text: Sui

text: dynasty

text: and

text: followed

text: by

text: the

text: Five

text: Dynasties

text: and

text: Ten

text: Kingdoms

text: period

text: It

text: is

text: generally

text: regarded

text: as

text: high

text: point

text: in

text: Chinese

text: civilization

text: and

text: golden

text: age

text: of

text: cosmopolitan

text: culture

text: Its

text: territory

text: acquired

text: through

text: the

text: military

text: campaigns

text: of

text: its

text: early

text: rulers

text: rivaled

text: that

text: of

text: the

text: Han

text: dynasty

text: and

text: the

text: Tang

text: capital

text: at

text: Chang'an

text: present

text: day

text: Xi'an

text: was

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: Macau (literally: "Bay Gate"), (in Portuguese, which is still widely used in the city) also spelled Macao (in English), officially the Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China, is an autonomous territory on the western side of the Pearl River Delta in East Asia. Macau is bordered by the city of Zhuhai in China to the North and the Pearl River Estuary to the East and South. Hong Kong lies about to its East across the Delta. With a population of 650,900 living in an area of , it is the most densely populated region in the world.

text: Macau

text: literally

text: Bay

text: Gate

text: in

text: Portuguese

text: which

text: is

text: still

text: widely

text: used

text: in

text: the

text: city

text: also

text: spelled

text: Macao

text: in

text: English

text: officially

text: the

text: Região

text: Administrativa

text: Especial

text: de

text: Macau

text: da

text: República

text: Popular

text: da

text: China

text: is

text: an

text: autonomous

text: territory

text: on

text: the

text: western

text: side

text: of

text: the

text: Pearl

text: River

text: Delta

text: in

text: East

text: Asia

text: Macau

text: is

text: bordered

text: by

text: the

text: city

text: of

text: Zhuhai

text: in

text: China

text: to

text: the

text: North

text: and

text: the

text: Pearl

text: River

text: Estuary

text: to

text: the

text: East

text: and

text: South

text: Hong

text: Kong

text: lies

text: about

text: to

text: its

text: East

text: across

text: the

text: Delta

text: With

text: population

text: of

text: living

text: in

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: densely

text: populated

text: region

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: The XiaShangZhou Chronology Project was a multi-disciplinary project commissioned by the People's Republic of China in 1996 to determine with accuracy the location and time frame of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. Tsinghua University professor Li Xueqin was the director, and some 200 experts took part in the project, which correlated radiocarbon dating, archaeological dating methods, historical textual analysis, astronomy, and other methods to achieve greater temporal and geographic accuracy. Preliminary results of the project were released in November 2000. However, several of the project's methods and conclusions have been disputed by other scholars.

text: The

text: XiaShangZhou

text: Chronology

text: Project

text: was

text: multi

text: disciplinary

text: project

text: commissioned

text: by

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: in

text: to

text: determine

text: with

text: accuracy

text: the

text: location

text: and

text: time

text: frame

text: of

text: the

text: Xia

text: Shang

text: and

text: Zhou

text: dynasties

text: Tsinghua

text: University

text: professor

text: Li

text: Xueqin

text: was

text: the

text: director

text: and

text: some

text: experts

text: took

text: part

text: in

text: the

text: project

text: which

text: correlated

text: radiocarbon

text: dating

text: archaeological

text: dating

text: methods

text: historical

text: textual

text: analysis

text: astronomy

text: and

text: other

text: methods

text: to

text: achieve

text: greater

text: temporal

text: and

text: geographic

text: accuracy

text: Preliminary

text: results

text: of

text: the

text: project

text: were

text: released

text: in

text: November

text: However

text: several

text: of

text: the

text: project

text: 's

text: methods

text: and

text: conclusions

text: have

text: been

text: disputed

text: by

text: other

text: scholars

text: Chang'an is an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history, today known as Xi'an. Chang'an means "Perpetual Peace" in Classical Chinese. During the short-lived Xin dynasty, the city was renamed "Constant Peace"; yet after its fall in AD 23, the old name was restored. By the time of the Ming dynasty, the name was again changed to Xi'an, meaning "Western Peace", which has remained its name to the present day.

text: Chang'an

text: is

text: an

text: ancient

text: capital

text: of

text: more

text: than

text: ten

text: dynasties

text: in

text: Chinese

text: history

text: today

text: known

text: as

text: Xi'an

text: Chang'an

text: means

text: Perpetual

text: Peace

text: in

text: Classical

text: Chinese

text: During

text: the

text: short

text: lived

text: Xin

text: dynasty

text: the

text: city

text: was

text: renamed

text: Constant

text: Peace

text: yet

text: after

text: its

text: fall

text: in

text: AD

text: the

text: old

text: name

text: was

text: restored

text: By

text: the

text: time

text: of

text: the

text: Ming

text: dynasty

text: the

text: name

text: was

text: again

text: changed

text: to

text: Xi'an

text: meaning

text: Western

text: Peace

text: which

text: has

text: remained

text: its

text: name

text: to

text: the

text: present

text: day

text: Beijing (formerly romanised as Peking) is the capital of the People's Republic of China and the world's third most populous city proper. It is also one of the world's most populous capital cities. The city, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts. Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighbouring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together the three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national capital region of China.

text: Beijing

text: formerly

text: romanised

text: as

text: Peking

text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: of

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: and

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: third

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: proper

text: It

text: is

text: also

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: capital

text: cities

text: The

text: city

text: located

text: in

text: northern

text: China

text: is

text: governed

text: as

text: direct

text: controlled

text: municipality

text: under

text: the

text: national

text: government

text: with

text: urban

text: suburban

text: and

text: rural

text: districts

text: Beijing

text: Municipality

text: is

text: surrounded

text: by

text: Hebei

text: Province

text: with

text: the

text: exception

text: of

text: neighbouring

text: Tianjin

text: Municipality

text: to

text: the

text: southeast

text: together

text: the

text: three

text: divisions

text: form

text: the

text: Jingjinji

text: metropolitan

text: region

text: and

text: the

text: national

text: capital

text: region

text: of

text: China

text: The Book of Documents (Shujing, earlier "Shu-king") or Classic of History, also known as the Shangshu, is one of the Five Classics of ancient Chinese literature. It is a collection of rhetorical prose attributed to figures of ancient China, and served as the foundation of Chinese political philosophy for over 2,000 years.

text: The

text: Book

text: of

text: Documents

text: Shujing

text: earlier

text: Shu

text: king

text: or

text: Classic

text: of

text: History

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: Shangshu

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: Five

text: Classics

text: of

text: ancient

text: Chinese

text: literature

text: It

text: is

text: collection

text: of

text: rhetorical

text: prose

text: attributed

text: to

text: figures

text: of

text: ancient

text: China

text: and

text: served

text: as

text: the

text: foundation

text: of

text: Chinese

text: political

text: philosophy

text: for

text: over

text: years

text: Liu Xin (c. 50 BC  AD 23), courtesy name Zijun, was a Chinese astronomer, historian, and editor during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 9) and Xin Dynasty (AD 923). He later changed his name to Liu Xiu due to the naming taboo of Emperor Ai of Han. He was the son of Confucian scholar Liu Xiang (776 BC) and an associate of other prominent thinkers such as the philosopher Huan Tan (d. 28 AD). Liu founded the Old Text school of Confucianism.

text: Liu

text: Xin

text: BC

text: AD

text: courtesy

text: name

text: Zijun

text: was

text: Chinese

text: astronomer

text: historian

text: and

text: editor

text: during

text: the

text: Western

text: Han

text: Dynasty

text: BC

text: AD

text: and

text: Xin

text: Dynasty

text: AD

text: He

text: later

text: changed

text: his

text: name

text: to

text: Liu

text: Xiu

text: due

text: to

text: the

text: naming

text: taboo

text: of

text: Emperor

text: Ai

text: of

text: Han

text: He

text: was

text: the

text: son

text: of

text: Confucian

text: scholar

text: Liu

text: Xiang

text: BC

text: and

text: an

text: associate

text: of

text: other

text: prominent

text: thinkers

text: such

text: as

text: the

text: philosopher

text: Huan

text: Tan

text: AD

text: Liu

text: founded

text: the

text: Old

text: Text

text: school

text: of

text: Confucianism

text: Tianjin, formerly romanized as Tientsin, is a metropolis in northern coastal Mainland China, administered by the People's Republic of China and one of the five national central cities of China, with a total municipal population of 15,469,500. It is governed as one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of the PRC and is thus under direct administration of the central government. Tianjin borders Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality, bounded to the east by the Bohai Gulf portion of the Yellow Sea. Part of the Bohai Economic Rim, it is the largest coastal city in northern China.

text: Tianjin

text: formerly

text: romanized

text: as

text: Tientsin

text: is

text: metropolis

text: in

text: northern

text: coastal

text: Mainland

text: China

text: administered

text: by

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: and

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: five

text: national

text: central

text: cities

text: of

text: China

text: with

text: total

text: municipal

text: population

text: of

text: It

text: is

text: governed

text: as

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: four

text: direct

text: controlled

text: municipalities

text: of

text: the

text: PRC

text: and

text: is

text: thus

text: under

text: direct

text: administration

text: of

text: the

text: central

text: government

text: Tianjin

text: borders

text: Hebei

text: Province

text: and

text: Beijing

text: Municipality

text: bounded

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: by

text: the

text: Bohai

text: Gulf

text: portion

text: of

text: the

text: Yellow

text: Sea

text: Part

text: of

text: the

text: Bohai

text: Economic

text: Rim

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: coastal

text: city

text: in

text: northern

text: China

text: East Asia is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent, which can be defined in either geographical or ethno-cultural terms. Geographically and geopolitically, it includes China, Hong Kong, and Macao; Mongolia and Taiwan; North and South Korea; and Japan; it covers about , or about 28% of the Asian continent, about twice the area of Europe.

text: East

text: Asia

text: is

text: the

text: eastern

text: subregion

text: of

text: the

text: Asian

text: continent

text: which

text: can

text: be

text: defined

text: in

text: either

text: geographical

text: or

text: ethno

text: cultural

text: terms

text: Geographically

text: and

text: geopolitically

text: it

text: includes

text: China

text: Hong

text: Kong

text: and

text: Macao

text: Mongolia

text: and

text: Taiwan

text: North

text: and

text: South

text: Korea

text: and

text: Japan

text: it

text: covers

text: about

text: or

text: about

text: of

text: the

text: Asian

text: continent

text: about

text: twice

text: the

text: area

text: of

text: Europe

text: The Xia dynasty (c. 2070  c. 1600 BCE) is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese history. It is described in ancient historical chronicles such as the "Bamboo Annals", the "Classic of History" and the "Records of the Grand Historian". According to tradition, the dynasty was established by the legendary Yu the Great after Shun, the last of the Five Emperors gave his throne to him. The Xia was later succeeded by the Shang dynasty (c. 1600 c. 1046 BCE).

text: The

text: Xia

text: dynasty

text: BCE

text: is

text: the

text: first

text: dynasty

text: in

text: traditional

text: Chinese

text: history

text: It

text: is

text: described

text: in

text: ancient

text: historical

text: chronicles

text: such

text: as

text: the

text: Bamboo

text: Annals

text: the

text: Classic

text: of

text: History

text: and

text: the

text: Records

text: of

text: the

text: Grand

text: Historian

text: According

text: to

text: tradition

text: the

text: dynasty

text: was

text: established

text: by

text: the

text: legendary

text: Yu

text: the

text: Great

text: after

text: Shun

text: the

text: last

text: of

text: the

text: Five

text: Emperors

text: gave

text: his

text: throne

text: to

text: him

text: The

text: Xia

text: was

text: later

text: succeeded

text: by

text: the

text: Shang

text: dynasty

text: BCE

text: The Shang dynasty or Yin dynasty, according to traditional historiography, ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Zhou dynasty. The classic account of the Shang comes from texts such as the "Book of Documents", "Bamboo Annals" and "Records of the Grand Historian". According to the traditional chronology based on calculations made approximately 2,000 years ago by Liu Xin, the Shang ruled from 1766 to 1122 BC, but according to the chronology based upon the "current text" of "Bamboo Annals", they ruled from 1556 to 1046 BC. The XiaShangZhou Chronology Project dated them from c. 1600 to 1046 BC.

text: The

text: Shang

text: dynasty

text: or

text: Yin

text: dynasty

text: according

text: to

text: traditional

text: historiography

text: ruled

text: in

text: the

text: Yellow

text: River

text: valley

text: in

text: the

text: second

text: millennium

text: BC

text: succeeding

text: the

text: Xia

text: dynasty

text: and

text: followed

text: by

text: the

text: Zhou

text: dynasty

text: The

text: classic

text: account

text: of

text: the

text: Shang

text: comes

text: from

text: texts

text: such

text: as

text: the

text: Book

text: of

text: Documents

text: Bamboo

text: Annals

text: and

text: Records

text: of

text: the

text: Grand

text: Historian

text: According

text: to

text: the

text: traditional

text: chronology

text: based

text: on

text: calculations

text: made

text: approximately

text: years

text: ago

text: by

text: Liu

text: Xin

text: the

text: Shang

text: ruled

text: from

text: to

text: BC

text: but

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: chronology

text: based

text: upon

text: the

text: current

text: text

text: of

text: Bamboo

text: Annals

text: they

text: ruled

text: from

text: to

text: BC

text: The

text: XiaShangZhou

text: Chronology

text: Project

text: dated

text: them

text: from

text: to

text: BC

text: The Communist Party of China (CPC) is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The CPC is the sole governing party of China, although it coexists alongside eight other legal parties that comprise the United Front; these parties, however, hold no real power or independence from the CPC. It was founded in 1921, chiefly by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao. The party grew quickly, and by 1949 the CPC had driven the nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) government from mainland China after the Chinese Civil War, thus leading to the establishment of the People's Republic of China. The CPC is currently the world's second largest political party with a membership of 88.76 million as of 2016 (while the Indian Bharatiya Janata Party appears to have remained the largest with a membership of 110 million as of the previous year, 2015). It also controls the world's largest armed force, the People's Liberation Army.

text: The

text: Communist

text: Party

text: of

text: China

text: CPC

text: is

text: the

text: founding

text: and

text: ruling

text: political

text: party

text: of

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: PRC

text: The

text: CPC

text: is

text: the

text: sole

text: governing

text: party

text: of

text: China

text: although

text: it

text: coexists

text: alongside

text: eight

text: other

text: legal

text: parties

text: that

text: comprise

text: the

text: United

text: Front

text: these

text: parties

text: however

text: hold

text: no

text: real

text: power

text: or

text: independence

text: from

text: the

text: CPC

text: It

text: was

text: founded

text: in

text: chiefly

text: by

text: Chen

text: Duxiu

text: and

text: Li

text: Dazhao

text: The

text: party

text: grew

text: quickly

text: and

text: by

text: the

text: CPC

text: had

text: driven

text: the

text: nationalist

text: Kuomintang

text: KMT

text: government

text: from

text: mainland

text: China

text: after

text: the

text: Chinese

text: Civil

text: War

text: thus

text: leading

text: to

text: the

text: establishment

text: of

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: The

text: CPC

text: is

text: currently

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: second

text: largest

text: political

text: party

text: with

text: membership

text: of

text: million

text: as

text: of

text: while

text: the

text: Indian

text: Bharatiya

text: Janata

text: Party

text: appears

text: to

text: have

text: remained

text: the

text: largest

text: with

text: membership

text: of

text: million

text: as

text: of

text: the

text: previous

text: year

text: It

text: also

text: controls

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: largest

text: armed

text: force

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Liberation

text: Army

text:
The Bamboo Annals, also known as the Ji Tomb Annals, is a chronicle of ancient China.
It begins at the earliest legendary times (the Yellow Emperor) and extends to 299 BC, with the later centuries focusing on the history of the State of Wei in the Warring States period. It thus covers a similar period to Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" (91 BC). The original may have been lost during the Song dynasty, and the text is known today in two versions, a "current text" (or "modern text") of disputed authenticity and an incomplete "ancient text".

text: The

text: Bamboo

text: Annals

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: Ji

text: Tomb

text: Annals

text: is

text: chronicle

text: of

text: ancient

text: China

text: It

text: begins

text: at

text: the

text: earliest

text: legendary

text: times

text: the

text: Yellow

text: Emperor

text: and

text: extends

text: to

text: BC

text: with

text: the

text: later

text: centuries

text: focusing

text: on

text: the

text: history

text: of

text: the

text: State

text: of

text: Wei

text: in

text: the

text: Warring

text: States

text: period

text: It

text: thus

text: covers

text: similar

text: period

text: to

text: Sima

text: Qian

text: 's

text: Records

text: of

text: the

text: Grand

text: Historian

text: BC

text: The

text: original

text: may

text: have

text: been

text: lost

text: during

text: the

text: Song

text: dynasty

text: and

text: the

text: text

text: is

text: known

text: today

text: in

text: two

text: versions

text: current

text: text

text: or

text: modern

text: text

text: of

text: disputed

text: authenticity

text: and

text: an

text: incomplete

text: ancient

text: text

text: Wu Xian ( Chinese :  ) was a Chinese Shaman . Wu ( Chinese :  ; pinyin : w ; Wade -- Giles : wu ; literally means `` shaman '' ) who have practiced divination , prayer , sacrifice , rainmaking , and healing in Chinese traditions dating back over 3,000 years . Wu Xian lived in the Shang dynasty ( c. 1600 -- 1046 BC ) of China . He is considered as one of the main ancient Chinese astronomers alongside more historical figures such as Gan De and Shi Shen , the latter two of whom lived during the Warring States ( 403 -- 221 BC ) . He has also been represented as one of the `` Three Astronomical Traditions '' on the Dunhuang map which was made during the Tang dynasty ( 618 -- 907 ) .

text: Wu

text: Xian

text: Chinese

text: was

text: Chinese

text: Shaman

text: Wu

text: Chinese

text: pinyin

text: Wade

text: Giles

text: wu

text: literally

text: means

text: shaman

text: who

text: have

text: practiced

text: divination

text: prayer

text: sacrifice

text: rainmaking

text: and

text: healing

text: in

text: Chinese

text: traditions

text: dating

text: back

text: over

text: years

text: Wu

text: Xian

text: lived

text: in

text: the

text: Shang

text: dynasty

text: BC

text: of

text: China

text: He

text: is

text: considered

text: as

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: main

text: ancient

text: Chinese

text: astronomers

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text: historical

text: figures

text: such

text: as

text: Gan

text: De

text: and

text: Shi

text: Shen

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text: latter

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text: during

text: the

text: Warring

text: States

text: BC

text: He

text: has

text: also

text: been

text: represented

text: as

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: Three

text: Astronomical

text: Traditions

text: on

text: the

text: Dunhuang

text: map

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text:
The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China (206 BC220 AD), preceded by the Qin dynasty (221206 BC) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220280 AD). Spanning over four centuries, the Han period is considered a golden age in Chinese history. To this day, China's majority ethnic group refers to itself as the "Han people" and the Chinese script is referred to as "Han characters".
It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han, and briefly interrupted by the Xin dynasty (923 AD) of the former regent Wang Mang. This interregnum separates the Han dynasty into two periods: the Western Han or Former Han (206 BC  9 AD) and the Eastern Han or Later Han (25220 AD).

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text: the

text: second

text: imperial

text: dynasty

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text: China

text: AD

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text: dynasty

text: BC

text: and

text: succeeded

text: by

text: the

text: Three

text: Kingdoms

text: period

text: AD

text: Spanning

text: over

text: four

text: centuries

text: the

text: Han

text: period

text: is

text: considered

text: golden

text: age

text: in

text: Chinese

text: history

text: To

text: this

text: day

text: China

text: 's

text: majority

text: ethnic

text: group

text: refers

text: to

text: itself

text: as

text: the

text: Han

text: people

text: and

text: the

text: Chinese

text: script

text: is

text: referred

text: to

text: as

text: Han

text: characters

text: It

text: was

text: founded

text: by

text: the

text: rebel

text: leader

text: Liu

text: Bang

text: known

text: posthumously

text: as

text: Emperor

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text: Han

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text: briefly

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text: Xin

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text: AD

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text: the

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text: regent

text: Wang

text: Mang

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text: the

text: Han

text: dynasty

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text: two

text: periods

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text: Han

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text: Shanghai (": Zånhae" ), often abbreviated as Hu or Shen, is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of the People's Republic of China. It is the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million . It is a global financial centre and transport hub, with the world's busiest container port. Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East China, Shanghai sits on the south edge of the mouth of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the Chinese coast. The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea.

text: Shanghai

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text: Hu

text: or

text: Shen

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: four

text: direct

text: controlled

text: municipalities

text: of

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: proper

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: with

text: population

text: of

text: more

text: than

text: million

text: It

text: is

text: global

text: financial

text: centre

text: and

text: transport

text: hub

text: with

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: busiest

text: container

text: port

text: Located

text: in

text: the

text: Yangtze

text: River

text: Delta

text: in

text: East

text: China

text: Shanghai

text: sits

text: on

text: the

text: south

text: edge

text: of

text: the

text: mouth

text: of

text: the

text: Yangtze

text: in

text: the

text: middle

text: portion

text: of

text: the

text: Chinese

text: coast

text: The

text: municipality

text: borders

text: the

text: provinces

text: of

text: Jiangsu

text: and

text: Zhejiang

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: south

text: and

text: west

text: and

text: is

text: bounded

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: by

text: the

text: East

text: China

text: Sea

text: Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia. Macau lies across the delta to the west, and the Chinese province of Guangdong borders the territory to the north. With a total land area of and a population of over 7.3 million of various nationalities, it ranks as the world's fourth most densely populated sovereign state or territory.

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text: officially

text: the

text: Hong

text: Kong

text: Special

text: Administrative

text: Region

text: of

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: is

text: an

text: autonomous

text: territory

text: on

text: the

text: Pearl

text: River

text: Delta

text: of

text: East

text: Asia

text: Macau

text: lies

text: across

text: the

text: delta

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: and

text: the

text: Chinese

text: province

text: of

text: Guangdong

text: borders

text: the

text: territory

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: With

text: total

text: land

text: area

text: of

text: and

text: population

text: of

text: over

text: million

text: of

text: various

text: nationalities

text: it

text: ranks

text: as

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: fourth

text: most

text: densely

text: populated

text: sovereign

text: state

text: or

text: territory

text: China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia. With a population of over 1.381 billion, it is the world's most populous country. The state is governed by the Communist Party of China, and its capital is Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan. The country's major urban areas include Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Hong Kong. China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia, and has been characterized as a potential superpower.

text: China

text: officially

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: PRC

text: is

text: unitary

text: sovereign

text: state

text: in

text: East

text: Asia

text: With

text: population

text: of

text: over

text: billion

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: country

text: The

text: state

text: is

text: governed

text: by

text: the

text: Communist

text: Party

text: of

text: China

text: and

text: its

text: capital

text: is

text: Beijing

text: It

text: exercises

text: jurisdiction

text: over

text: provinces

text: five

text: autonomous

text: regions

text: four

text: direct

text: controlled

text: municipalities

text: Beijing

text: Tianjin

text: Shanghai

text: and

text: Chongqing

text: and

text: two

text: mostly

text: self

text: governing

text: special

text: administrative

text: regions

text: Hong

text: Kong

text: and

text: Macau

text: and

text: claims

text: sovereignty

text: over

text: Taiwan

text: The

text: country

text: 's

text: major

text: urban

text: areas

text: include

text: Shanghai

text: Guangzhou

text: Beijing

text: Chongqing

text: Shenzhen

text: Tianjin

text: and

text: Hong

text: Kong

text: China

text: is

text: great

text: power

text: and

text: major

text: regional

text: power

text: within

text: Asia

text: and

text: has

text: been

text: characterized

text: as

text: potential

text: superpower

question: date_of_death wu xian

answer: 1046 bce

text: 1046 bce


text: A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is used in the United States, Canada, Romania, China and Taiwan. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, county towns have a similar function.

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text: seat

text: is

text: an

text: administrative

text: center

text: seat

text: of

text: government

text: or

text: capital

text: city

text: of

text: county

text: or

text: civil

text: parish

text: The

text: term

text: is

text: used

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Canada

text: Romania

text: China

text: and

text: Taiwan

text: In

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: and

text: Ireland

text: county

text: towns

text: have

text: similar

text: function

text: Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia, with an estimated 2015 population of 463,878. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5,710,795 people and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County.

text: Atlanta

text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: of

text: and

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: U.S.

text: state

text: of

text: Georgia

text: with

text: an

text: estimated

text: population

text: of

text: Atlanta

text: is

text: the

text: cultural

text: and

text: economic

text: center

text: of

text: the

text: Atlanta

text: metropolitan

text: area

text: home

text: to

text: people

text: and

text: the

text: ninth

text: largest

text: metropolitan

text: area

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Atlanta

text: is

text: the

text: county

text: seat

text: of

text: Fulton

text: County

text: and

text: small

text: portion

text: of

text: the

text: city

text: extends

text: eastward

text: into

text: DeKalb

text: County

text: Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metro area in the US state of Georgia and the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States. Its economic, cultural and demographic center is Atlanta, and it had a 2015 estimated population of 5.7 million people according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The metro area forms the core of a broader trading area, the AtlantaAthens-ClarkeSandy Springs Combined Statistical Area. The Combined Statistical Area spans up to 39 counties in north Georgia and had an estimated 2015 population of 6.3 million people. Atlanta is considered an "alpha(-) world city". It is the third largest metropolitan region in the Southeast behind Greater Washington and South Florida.

text: Metro

text: Atlanta

text: designated

text: by

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Office

text: of

text: Management

text: and

text: Budget

text: as

text: the

text: Atlanta

text: Sandy

text: Springs

text: Roswell

text: GA

text: Metropolitan

text: Statistical

text: Area

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: metro

text: area

text: in

text: the

text: US

text: state

text: of

text: Georgia

text: and

text: the

text: ninth

text: largest

text: metropolitan

text: statistical

text: area

text: MSA

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Its

text: economic

text: cultural

text: and

text: demographic

text: center

text: is

text: Atlanta

text: and

text: it

text: had

text: estimated

text: population

text: of

text: million

text: people

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Census

text: Bureau

text: The

text: metro

text: area

text: forms

text: the

text: core

text: of

text: broader

text: trading

text: area

text: the

text: AtlantaAthens

text: ClarkeSandy

text: Springs

text: Combined

text: Statistical

text: Area

text: The

text: Combined

text: Statistical

text: Area

text: spans

text: up

text: to

text: counties

text: in

text: north

text: Georgia

text: and

text: had

text: an

text: estimated

text: population

text: of

text: million

text: people

text: Atlanta

text: is

text: considered

text: an

text: alpha(-

text: world

text: city

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: third

text: largest

text: metropolitan

text: region

text: in

text: the

text: Southeast

text: behind

text: Greater

text: Washington

text: and

text: South

text: Florida

text: The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité international olympique, CIO) is the supreme authority of the worldwide Olympic movement. It is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Its mission is enshrined in the Olympic Charter: to support the development of competitive sport by ethical and environmentally sustainable means.

text: The

text: International

text: Olympic

text: Committee

text: IOC

text: French

text: Comité

text: international

text: olympique

text: CIO

text: is

text: the

text: supreme

text: authority

text: of

text: the

text: worldwide

text: Olympic

text: movement

text: It

text: is

text: an

text: international

text: non

text: profit

text: non

text: governmental

text: organization

text: based

text: in

text: Lausanne

text: Switzerland

text: Its

text: mission

text: is

text: enshrined

text: in

text: the

text: Olympic

text: Charter

text: to

text: support

text: the

text: development

text: of

text: competitive

text: sport

text: by

text: ethical

text: and

text: environmentally

text: sustainable

text: means

text: The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is an international multi-sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years. The most recent Olympics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The International Olympic Committee organizes the games and oversees the host city's preparations. In each Olympic event, gold medals are awarded for first place, silver medals are awarded for second place, and bronze medals are awarded for third; this tradition began in 1904. The Winter Olympic Games were created due to the success of the Summer Olympics.

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text: Summer

text: Olympic

text: Games

text: or

text: the

text: Games

text: of

text: the

text: Olympiad

text: first

text: held

text: in

text: is

text: an

text: international

text: multi

text: sport

text: event

text: that

text: is

text: hosted

text: by

text: different

text: city

text: every

text: four

text: years

text: The

text: most

text: recent

text: Olympics

text: were

text: held

text: in

text: Rio

text: de

text: Janeiro

text: Brazil

text: The

text: International

text: Olympic

text: Committee

text: organizes

text: the

text: games

text: and

text: oversees

text: the

text: host

text: city

text: 's

text: preparations

text: In

text: each

text: Olympic

text: event

text: gold

text: medals

text: are

text: awarded

text: for

text: first

text: place

text: silver

text: medals

text: are

text: awarded

text: for

text: second

text: place

text: and

text: bronze

text: medals

text: are

text: awarded

text: for

text: third

text: this

text: tradition

text: began

text: in

text: The

text: Winter

text: Olympic

text: Games

text: were

text: created

text: due

text: to

text: the

text: success

text: of

text: the

text: Summer

text: Olympics

text: The 1996 Summer Olympics, known officially as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially as the Centennial Olympic Games, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, from July 19 to August 4, 1996. A record 197 nations, all current IOC member nations, took part in the Games, comprising 10,318 athletes. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same year since 1924, and place them in alternating even-numbered years, beginning in 1994. The 1996 Summer Games were the first to be staged in a different year from the Winter Games. Atlanta became the fifth American city to host the Olympic Games and the third to hold a Summer Olympic Games.

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text: Olympics

text: known

text: officially

text: as

text: the

text: Games

text: of

text: the

text: XXVI

text: Olympiad

text: and

text: unofficially

text: as

text: the

text: Centennial

text: Olympic

text: Games

text: was

text: major

text: international

text: multi

text: sport

text: event

text: that

text: took

text: place

text: in

text: Atlanta

text: Georgia

text: United

text: States

text: from

text: July

text: to

text: August

text: record

text: nations

text: all

text: current

text: IOC

text: member

text: nations

text: took

text: part

text: in

text: the

text: Games

text: comprising

text: athletes

text: The

text: International

text: Olympic

text: Committee

text: voted

text: in

text: to

text: separate

text: the

text: Summer

text: and

text: Winter

text: Games

text: which

text: had

text: been

text: held

text: in

text: the

text: same

text: year

text: since

text: and

text: place

text: them

text: in

text: alternating

text: even

text: numbered

text: years

text: beginning

text: in

text: The

text: Summer

text: Games

text: were

text: the

text: first

text: to

text: be

text: staged

text: in

text: different

text: year

text: from

text: the

text: Winter

text: Games

text: Atlanta

text: became

text: the

text: fifth

text: American

text: city

text: to

text: host

text: the

text: Olympic

text: Games

text: and

text: the

text: third

text: to

text: hold

text: Summer

text: Olympic

text: Games

text: Conor Maloney ( born February 8 , 1974 ) is an Irish sprint canoer who has competed in the mid- 1990s . At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K - 2 500 m and the K - 2 1000 m event .

text: Conor

text: Maloney

text: born

text: February

text: is

text: an

text: Irish

text: sprint

text: canoer

text: who

text: has

text: competed

text: in

text: the

text: mid-

text: At

text: the

text: Summer

text: Olympics

text: in

text: Atlanta

text: he

text: was

text: eliminated

text: in

text: the

text: repechages

text: of

text: both

text: the

text: and

text: the

text: event

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question: country_of_citizenship conor maloney

answer: ireland

text: ireland


text: Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, that was established in its current form on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township. As of the 2010 United States Census, the municipality's population was 28,572, reflecting the former township's population of 16,265, along with the 12,307 in the former borough.

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text: government

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text: Jersey

text: United

text: States

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text: current

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text: Borough

text: of

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text: Princeton

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text: As

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Census

text: the

text: municipality

text: 's

text: population

text: was

text: reflecting

text: the

text: former

text: township

text: 's

text: population

text: of

text: along

text: with

text: the

text: in

text: the

text: former

text: borough

text: Ben Mezrich (born February 7, 1969) is an American author from Princeton, New Jersey, United States.

text: Ben

text: Mezrich

text: born

text: February

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: author

text: from

text: Princeton

text: New

text: Jersey

text: United

text: States

text: Mike Aponte , also known as MIT Mike , is a professional blackjack player and a former member of the MIT Blackjack Team . Aponte was one of the leaders of a team of MIT students that legally won millions at blackjack tables around the world by counting cards . He is one of the main characters , `` Jason Fisher , '' in the best selling book , Bringing Down the House , by Ben Mezrich . The bestselling book inspired the major motion picture , 21 .

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text: Aponte

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: MIT

text: Mike

text: is

text: professional

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text: player

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text: former

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: MIT

text: Blackjack

text: Team

text: Aponte

text: was

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: leaders

text: of

text: team

text: of

text: MIT

text: students

text: that

text: legally

text: won

text: millions

text: at

text: blackjack

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text: around

text: the

text: world

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text: counting

text: cards

text: He

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: main

text: characters

text: Jason

text: Fisher

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text: the

text: best

text: selling

text: book

text: Bringing

text: Down

text: the

text: House

text: by

text: Ben

text: Mezrich

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text: bestselling

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text: major

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text: Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The school offers a large full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, HBX and many executive education programs.

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text: is

text: the

text: graduate

text: business

text: school

text: of

text: Harvard

text: University

text: in

text: Boston

text: Massachusetts

text: United

text: States

text: The

text: school

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text: large

text: full

text: time

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text: HBX

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text: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. Researchers worked on computers, radar, and inertial guidance during World War II and the Cold War. Post-war defense research contributed to the rapid expansion of the faculty and campus under James Killian. The current campus opened in 1916 and extends over along the northern bank of the Charles River basin.

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text: Massachusetts

text: Institute

text: of

text: Technology

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text: is

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text: university

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text: Massachusetts

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text: to

text: the

text: increasing

text: industrialization

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text: the

text: United

text: States

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text: adopted

text: European

text: polytechnic

text: university

text: model

text: and

text: stressed

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text: in

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text: science

text: and

text: engineering

text: Researchers

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text: on

text: computers

text: radar

text: and

text: inertial

text: guidance

text: during

text: World

text: War

text: II

text: and

text: the

text: Cold

text: War

text: Post

text: war

text: defense

text: research

text: contributed

text: to

text: the

text: rapid

text: expansion

text: of

text: the

text: faculty

text: and

text: campus

text: under

text: James

text: Killian

text: The

text: current

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text: northern

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text: Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1636, whose history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the world's most prestigious universities.

text: Harvard

text: University

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text: private

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text: League

text: research

text: university

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text: Cambridge

text: Massachusetts

text: established

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text: history

text: influence

text: and

text: wealth

text: have

text: made

text: it

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: most

text: prestigious

text: universities

text: The MIT Blackjack Team was a group of students and ex-students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, and other leading colleges who used card counting techniques and more sophisticated strategies to beat casinos at blackjack worldwide. The team and its successors operated successfully from 1979 through the beginning of the 21st century. Many other blackjack teams have been formed around the world with the goal of beating the casinos.

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text: MIT

text: Blackjack

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text: students

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text: students

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text: Massachusetts

text: Institute

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text: Technology

text: Harvard

text: Business

text: School

text: Harvard

text: University

text: and

text: other

text: leading

text: colleges

text: who

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text: card

text: counting

text: techniques

text: and

text: more

text: sophisticated

text: strategies

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text: beat

text: casinos

text: at

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text: team

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text: its

text: successors

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text: beginning

text: of

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text: century

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text: other

text: blackjack

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text: world

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text: the

text: goal

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question: educated_at mike aponte

answer: massachusetts institute of technology

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text: Holstein (Northern Low Saxon: "Holsteen", , Latin and historical ) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany.

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text: Northern

text: Low

text: Saxon

text: Holsteen

text: Latin

text: and

text: historical

text: is

text: the

text: region

text: between

text: the

text: rivers

text: Elbe

text: and

text: Eider

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: southern

text: half

text: of

text: Schleswig

text: Holstein

text: the

text: northernmost

text: state

text: of

text: Germany

text: Düsseldorf (Low Franconian, Ripuarian: "Düsseldörp" ) is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the seventh most populous city in Germany. Düsseldorf is an international business and financial centre, renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. The city is headquarters to one Fortune Global 500 and two DAX companies. Messe Düsseldorf organises nearly one fifth of premier trade shows.

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text: Low

text: Franconian

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text: Düsseldörp

text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: city

text: of

text: the

text: German

text: state

text: of

text: North

text: Rhine

text: Westphalia

text: and

text: the

text: seventh

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: in

text: Germany

text: Düsseldorf

text: is

text: an

text: international

text: business

text: and

text: financial

text: centre

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text: for

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text: fashion

text: and

text: trade

text: fairs

text: The

text: city

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text: one

text: Fortune

text: Global

text: and

text: two

text: DAX

text: companies

text: Messe

text: Düsseldorf

text: organises

text: nearly

text: one

text: fifth

text: of

text: premier

text: trade

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text: Lübeck is a city in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. On the river Trave, it was the leading city of the Hanseatic League, and because of its extensive Brick Gothic architecture is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. In 2015, it had a population of 218,523.

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text: city

text: in

text: Schleswig

text: Holstein

text: northern

text: Germany

text: and

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: major

text: ports

text: of

text: Germany

text: On

text: the

text: river

text: Trave

text: it

text: was

text: the

text: leading

text: city

text: of

text: the

text: Hanseatic

text: League

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text: because

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text: its

text: extensive

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text: Gothic

text: architecture

text: is

text: listed

text: by

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text: as

text: World

text: Heritage

text: Site

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text: had

text: population

text: of

text: Bothkamper See is a lake in Schleswig - Holstein , Germany . At an elevation of 25 m , its surface area is 1.36 km² .

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text: See

text: is

text: lake

text: in

text: Schleswig

text: Holstein

text: Germany

text: At

text: an

text: elevation

text: of

text: its

text: surface

text: area

text: is

text: Stuttgart ( Swabian: "Schduagert"), often nicknamed the ""Schwabenmetropole"" in reference to its location in the center of Swabia and the local dialect spoken by some natives, is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley locally known as the "Stuttgarter Kessel" an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Stuttgart's name comes from the Old High German word ""Stuogarten"," or "stud farm"  a reference to the city's founding in 950 AD as a stud farm. Stuttgarts urban area has a population of 623,738, and a further making it the sixth largest city in Germany, 2.7 million people live in the citys administrative region, and another 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany.

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text: location

text: in

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text: center

text: of

text: Swabia

text: and

text: the

text: local

text: dialect

text: spoken

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text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: and

text: largest

text: city

text: of

text: the

text: German

text: state

text: of

text: Baden

text: Württemberg

text: It

text: is

text: located

text: on

text: the

text: Neckar

text: river

text: in

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text: valley

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text: known

text: as

text: the

text: Stuttgarter

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text: an

text: hour

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text: Swabian

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text: the

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text: 's

text: name

text: comes

text: from

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text: Old

text: High

text: German

text: word

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text: stud

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text: to

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text: city

text: 's

text: founding

text: in

text: AD

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text: has

text: population

text: of

text: and

text: further

text: making

text: it

text: the

text: sixth

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: Germany

text: million

text: people

text: live

text: in

text: the

text: citys

text: administrative

text: region

text: and

text: another

text: million

text: people

text: in

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text: metropolitan

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text: making

text: it

text: the

text: fourth

text: largest

text: metropolitan

text: area

text: in

text: Germany

text: Cologne is the largest city in the German federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-largest city in Germany (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich). It is located within the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, one of the major European metropolitan regions and the largest in Germany, with more than ten million inhabitants.

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text: the

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: German

text: federal

text: State

text: of

text: North

text: Rhine

text: Westphalia

text: and

text: the

text: fourth

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: Germany

text: after

text: Berlin

text: Hamburg

text: and

text: Munich

text: It

text: is

text: located

text: within

text: the

text: Rhine

text: Ruhr

text: metropolitan

text: region

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: major

text: European

text: metropolitan

text: regions

text: and

text: the

text: largest

text: in

text: Germany

text: with

text: more

text: than

text: ten

text: million

text: inhabitants

text: Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe. It includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world. Germany's capital and largest metropolis is Berlin. Other major cities include Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Düsseldorf.

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text: the

text: Federal

text: Republic

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text: Germany

text: is

text: federal

text: parliamentary

text: republic

text: in

text: central

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text: Europe

text: It

text: includes

text: constituent

text: states

text: covers

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: and

text: has

text: largely

text: temperate

text: seasonal

text: climate

text: With

text: about

text: million

text: inhabitants

text: Germany

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: member

text: state

text: of

text: the

text: European

text: Union

text: After

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: second

text: most

text: popular

text: immigration

text: destination

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: Germany

text: 's

text: capital

text: and

text: largest

text: metropolis

text: is

text: Berlin

text: Other

text: major

text: cities

text: include

text: Hamburg

text: Munich

text: Cologne

text: Frankfurt

text: Stuttgart

text: and

text: Düsseldorf

text: Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany as well as one of its constituent 16 states. With a population of approximately 3.5 million people, Berlin is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of rivers Spree and Havel, it is the centre of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations. Due to its location in the European Plain, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one-third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.

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text: the

text: capital

text: and

text: the

text: largest

text: city

text: of

text: Germany

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: one

text: of

text: its

text: constituent

text: states

text: With

text: population

text: of

text: approximately

text: million

text: people

text: Berlin

text: is

text: the

text: second

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: proper

text: and

text: the

text: seventh

text: most

text: populous

text: urban

text: area

text: in

text: the

text: European

text: Union

text: Located

text: in

text: northeastern

text: Germany

text: on

text: the

text: banks

text: of

text: rivers

text: Spree

text: and

text: Havel

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: centre

text: of

text: the

text: Berlin

text: Brandenburg

text: Metropolitan

text: Region

text: which

text: has

text: about

text: million

text: residents

text: from

text: more

text: than

text: nations

text: Due

text: to

text: its

text: location

text: in

text: the

text: European

text: Plain

text: Berlin

text: is

text: influenced

text: by

text: temperate

text: seasonal

text: climate

text: Around

text: one

text: third

text: of

text: the

text: city

text: 's

text: area

text: is

text: composed

text: of

text: forests

text: parks

text: gardens

text: rivers

text: and

text: lakes

text: Frankfurt am Main is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2015 population of 731,095 within its administrative boundaries, and 2.3 million in its urban area. The city is at the centre of the larger Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, which has a population of 5.8 million and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after Rhine-Ruhr. Since the enlargement of the European Union in 2013, the geographic centre of the EU is about to the east of Frankfurt's CBD, the Bankenviertel. Frankfurt is culturally and ethnically diverse, with around half of the population, and a majority of young people, having a migration background. A quarter of the population are foreign nationals, including many expatriates.

text: Frankfurt

text: am

text: Main

text: is

text: metropolis

text: and

text: the

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: German

text: state

text: of

text: Hesse

text: and

text: the

text: fifth

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: Germany

text: with

text: population

text: of

text: within

text: its

text: administrative

text: boundaries

text: and

text: million

text: in

text: its

text: urban

text: area

text: The

text: city

text: is

text: at

text: the

text: centre

text: of

text: the

text: larger

text: Frankfurt

text: Rhine

text: Main

text: Metropolitan

text: Region

text: which

text: has

text: population

text: of

text: million

text: and

text: is

text: Germany

text: 's

text: second

text: largest

text: metropolitan

text: region

text: after

text: Rhine

text: Ruhr

text: Since

text: the

text: enlargement

text: of

text: the

text: European

text: Union

text: in

text: the

text: geographic

text: centre

text: of

text: the

text: EU

text: is

text: about

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: of

text: Frankfurt

text: 's

text: CBD

text: the

text: Bankenviertel

text: Frankfurt

text: is

text: culturally

text: and

text: ethnically

text: diverse

text: with

text: around

text: half

text: of

text: the

text: population

text: and

text: majority

text: of

text: young

text: people

text: having

text: migration

text: background

text: quarter

text: of

text: the

text: population

text: are

text: foreign

text: nationals

text: including

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text: expatriates

text: Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital city is Kiel; other notable cities are Lübeck and Flensburg.

text: Schleswig

text: Holstein

text: is

text: the

text: northernmost

text: of

text: the

text: states

text: of

text: Germany

text: comprising

text: most

text: of

text: the

text: historical

text: duchy

text: of

text: Holstein

text: and

text: the

text: southern

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: former

text: Duchy

text: of

text: Schleswig

text: Its

text: capital

text: city

text: is

text: Kiel

text: other

text: notable

text: cities

text: are

text: Lübeck

text: and

text: Flensburg

question: lake_outflow bothkamper see

answer: eider

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