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  • 71Taj Mahal — The Taj Mahal (pronEng|tɑdʒ mə hɑl or pronEng|tɑʒ mə hɑl; Hindi: ताज महल; Persian/Urdu: تاج محل) , is a mausoleum located in Agra, India, that was built under Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal… …

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  • 72Bukhara — Infobox Settlement official name = Bukhara native name =Buxoro imagesize = 250px image caption = Mir i Arab madrasah image map caption = pushpin pushpin label position =bottom pushpin mapsize = 300 pushpin map caption =Location in Uzbekistan… …

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  • 73List of Chinese people — The following is a list of famous Chinese speaking/writing people. Note in Chinese names, the family name is typically placed first (for example, the family name of Xu Feng is Xu ). For westernized names, the family name is placed last (for… …

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  • 74Wang (surname) — Family name name = Wang imagesize= caption= pronunciation = meaning = king region = origin = related names = footnotes = [ [http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names files.html 1990 Census Name Files ] ] Wang (; pinyin: Wáng) is one of the most …

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  • 75Kūkai — ( ja. 空海) or also known posthumously as Kōbō Daishi ( ja. 弘法大師), 774 ndash;835 CE was a Japanese monk, scholar, poet, and artist, founder of the Shingon or True Word school of Buddhism. Kūkai is famous as a calligrapher (see Shodo ), engineer,… …

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  • 76Wei Shuo — (zh stp|t=衛鑠|s=卫铄|p=Wèi Shuò, 272–349), courtesy name Mouyi (茂猗), sobriquet He nan (和南), commonly addressed just as Lady Wei (衛夫人), was a calligrapher of Eastern Jin, who established consequential rules about the regular script. Her famous… …

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  • 77Su Shi — For the food, see Sushi. This is a Chinese name; the family name is Su. Su Shi Statue of Su Dongpo near the West Lake in Hangzhou Born …

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  • 78Du Fu — This is a Chinese name; the family name is 杜 (Dù). Du Fu (杜甫) There are no contemporaneous portraits of Du Fu; this is a later artist s impression. Born 712 D …

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  • 79Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Istanbul) — Infobox religious building building name=Sultan Ahmed Mosque caption=The Sultan Ahmed Mosque at dusk location=flagicon|TUR Istanbul, Turkey geo=coord|41|0|26.01|N|28|58|41.69|E|region:TR 34 type:landmark religious affiliation=Islam rite=… …

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  • 80Culture of the Ottoman Empire — Eighteenth century mirror writing in Ottoman calligraphy. Depicts the phrase Ali is the vicegerent of God in both directions …

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