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| | Encyclopedia: Great Wall of China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Wà nlÄ Chángchéng), is an ancient Chinese fortification built from the end of the 14th century until the beginning of the 17th century, during the Ming Dynasty, in order to protect China from raids by the Mongols and Turkic tribes. |
 | | Pinyin (Chinese: æ¼é³, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hà nyÇ PÄ«nyÄ«n (æ±è¯æ¼é³, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard... |
 | | The Manchu (Manchu: Manju; Simplified Chinese: 满æ; Traditional Chinese: 滿æ; pinyin:) are an ethnic group who originated in the dong bei or North East region consisting of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces, collectively known in English as Manchuria. |
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