Where Were Kites First Flown?
Where Were Kites First Flown? Kites have been used in Asia since time immemorial. Some evidence dates their invention at around 1,000 B.C. Kite flying has been a...
Read MoreWhere Were Kites First Flown? Kites have been used in Asia since time immemorial. Some evidence dates their invention at around 1,000 B.C. Kite flying has been a...
Read MoreWhy Was the Great Wall of China Built? The Great Wall of China was built in the 7th Century B.C. to keep out the raiding Tartars of Mongolia who were a tribal group...
Read MoreWho Was Kublai Khan? Kublai Khan (September 23, 1215 – February 18, 1294) was the greatest, most intelligent and most cultured of the great Mongol leaders of Asia. He...
Read MoreWhat Are Baigong Pipes? The Baigong pipes are a series of pipe-like features found on and near Mount Baigong, about 40 km southwest of the city of Delingha, in the...
Read MoreWhen Was Tea First Grown? We do not know when the tea plant was first cultivated, but the earliest mention of it occurs in a Chinese dictionary, the Erh Ya, about the...
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