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Sun Yat-sen | Biography, Achievements, Facts | Britannica Sun Yat-sen (born November 12, 1866, Xiangshan [now Zhongshan], Guangdong province, China—died March 12, 1925, Beijing) was the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang [Pinyin: Guomindang]), known as the father of modern China Influential in overthrowing the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1911 12), he served as the first provisional president of the Republic of China (1911–12) and
Hakka | History, Culture Language | Britannica Hakka, ethnic group of China Originally, the Hakka were North Chinese, but they migrated to South China (especially Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangxi provinces) during the fall of the Nan (Southern) Song dynasty in the 1270s Worldwide they are thought to number about 80 million today, although the number of Hakka speakers is considerably lower
India-Pakistan conflict | Overview, History, Kashmir, Timeline, Wars . . . In August 1947 the Indian Independence Movement culminated in the end of British rule over the Indian subcontinent However, the ecstasy of freedom was attended by the agony of partition, in which India and Pakistan were created as separate countries The partition was engineered by Lord Mountbatten as a solution to rising Hindu-Muslim tensions Although it allowed Muslims to exert self
Rock | Definition, Characteristics, Formation, Cycle, Classification . . . rock, in geology, naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of one or more minerals Such aggregates constitute the basic unit of which the solid Earth is composed and typically form recognizable and mappable volumes Rocks are commonly divided into three major classes according to the processes that resulted in their formation These classes are (1) igneous rocks, which have solidified from
Standing Rock protests | Summary, Violence, Outcome | Britannica The Standing Rock protests were a campaign undertaken in North Dakota in 2016 and 2017 to halt the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline Early resistance to the pipeline was launched by members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, but over time the demonstrations drew thousands of supporters from all across the United States
Rock - Structure, Texture, Composition | Britannica Rock - Structure, Texture, Composition: Physical properties of rocks are of interest and utility in many fields of work, including geology, petrophysics, geophysics, materials science, geochemistry, and geotechnical engineering The scale of investigation ranges from the molecular and crystalline up to terrestrial studies of the Earth and other planetary bodies Geologists are interested in
Metamorphic rock | Definition, Formation, Facts | Britannica Metamorphic rock, any rock that results from the alteration of preexisting rocks in response to changing conditions, such as variations in temperature, pressure, and mechanical stress, and the addition or subtraction of chemical components The preexisting rocks may be igneous, sedimentary, or other metamorphic rocks
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Rock - Social Change, Cultural Evolution, Music Revolution | Britannica Rock - Social Change, Cultural Evolution, Music Revolution: How, then, should rock’s contribution to music history be judged? One way to answer this is to trace rock’s influences on other musics Another is to attempt a kind of cultural audit (What is the ratio of rock masterworks to rock dross?) But such approaches come up against the problem of definition