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Unification Church
Unification Church religious sect founded (1954) in Korea by Sun Myung Moon . Moon moved to the United States in 1971. He and his wife, Hak J. Han, are seen by followers as "True Parents." He claims to have communicated with Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the Buddha in his spiritual search, and ha... Read more
Johann Gustav Droysen
Johann Gustav Droysen , 1808-84, German historian. A member of the Frankfurt Parliament , he was a leading proponent of German unification under the leadership of his native Prussia. His Geschichte der preussischen Politik [political history of Prussia] (14 vol., 1855-86) poses the goal of German... Read more
Guangdong
Guangdong or Kwangtung , province (1994 est. pop. 66,910,000), c.76,000 sq mi (196,891 sq km), S China. The capital is Guangzhou . On coastal islands and adjacent mainland territories are Hong Kong and Macao . The island of Hainan , once part of Guangdong, became a separate province in 1988... Read more
Chinese Dynasties
Chinese Dynasties Chinese Dynasties Dynasty Characteristics and History Hsia  c.1994-c.1523 BC Semilegendary Emperor Yu built irrigation channels, reclaimed land. Bronze weapons, chariots, domestic animals used. Wheat, millet cultivat... Read more
Felice Orsini
Felice Orsini , 1819-58, Italian patriot who attempted to assassinate the French emperor Napoleon III. He was a follower of Mazzini in the movement for Italian unification. As a young man he became an active revolutionary in the Papal States and in Tuscany. He was jailed (1855-56) by the Austrians f... Read more
Giacomo Antonelli
Giacomo Antonelli , 1806-76, Italian cardinal and statesman of the Roman Catholic Church, adviser to Pope Pius IX . He received the red hat of the cardinalate in 1847, presided over the council drafting the constitution for the Papal States, and became the premier of the pope's first constitutional... Read more
Sun Myung Moon
Sun Myung Moon , 1920-, Korean religious leader. He was an engineering student and dock worker before founding (1954) the Unification Church with a doctrine loosely based on Christianity as interpreted by Moon, who has declared (2004) himself the "Messiah." Moon introduced the movement to the ... Read more
Han
Han , dynasty of China that ruled from 202 BC to AD 220. Liu Pang, the first Han emperor, had been a farmer, minor village official, and guerrilla fighter under the Ch'in dynasty. During the period of civil strife that followed the fall of the Ch'in , he advanced from the Huai River valley, defeate... Read more
Attica
Attica , region of ancient Greece, a triangular area at the eastern end of central Greece, around Athens . According to Greek legend, the four Attic tribes were founded by Ion; in later legend Theseus combined 12 townships into a single state. This process of unification, which probably occurred ov... Read more
British North America Act
British North America Act law passed by the British Parliament in 1867 that provided for the unification of the Canadian provinces into the dominion of Canada. Until 1982 the act also functioned as the constitution of Canada. The act enumerated the powers of the provincial legislatures and gave the... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Han unification"

Han
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...AD 220. Liu Pang, the first Han emperor, had been a farmer...Under Liu Pang and the succeeding Han emperors the task of unification begun by the Ch'in was carried...administration was retained, and the Han period saw the beginnings of one...
Unification Church
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Unification Church religious sect founded (1954...States in 1971. He and his wife, Hak J. Han, are seen by followers as "True Parents...as the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification for World Christianity, the church...
Quin Shi Huang-Di
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...of China's six other kingdoms. Han, Zhao, and Wei were the three kingdoms...first launch frontal attacks upon Han, Zhao, and Wei, and then attack...finally taking over Qi for the final unification. Han, the weakest kingdom, was conquered...
Chinese Dynasties
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...403-221 BC Ch'in  221-206 BC Unification of China under harsh rule of Shih Huang-ti...Roads, canals, much of the Great Wall built. Han  202 BC-AD 220 Unification furthered, but harshness lessened and Confucianism...
Six Dynasties
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Six Dynasties period of Chinese history between the fall of the Han dynasty (AD 220) and the unification of China under the Sui dynasty (AD 589). It is named for the six successive dynasties that appeared in S China during the period...
Sun Myung Moon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. By...with the largest number of Unification Church members. Meanwhile...marriage, Moon married Hak Ja Han, an event viewed by the movement...forms of mind control at the Unification camps and communal living...
Guangdong
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...interior are at Shantou on the Han River delta and at Guangzhou...Chinese suzerainty during the unification under the Ch'in dynasty...firmly absorbed during the Han dynasty. Guangdong was the...his drive (1920s) for the unification of the country.
Moon, Sun Myung (1920-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...popularly referred to as the Unification Church. Moon was born in...moved to Seoul and founded the Unification Church in 1953. Some of his...his present wife, Hak Ja Han, who has, in bearing 12...formed in the mid-1970s, the Unification Church was singled out as...
Ssu-ma Ch'ien
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...in (221-207 B.C.) and Han (from 202 B.C.) dynasties...with that of the contemporary Han emperor (Wu-ti). These...noblemen and officials (in the Han period), together with short...political history before its unification under one empire in 221 B...
Moravia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...tributaries. A fertile agricultural area that encompasses the Haná region (noted both for farming and horse breeding...revolution during which the Czechs of Bohemia and Moravia demanded unification of their historic lands and creation of a common diet, Moravia...

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Mohism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...declined rapidly soon after the imperial unification of 221 b.c.e., to be rediscovered...x2013; c. 230 b.c.e.), and Han Feizi (c. 280 – 233 b.c.e.), as well as in the Han period texts (206 b.c.e. –...
Vietnam
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism ...no explanation. Early records also indicate that the late Han-dynasty governor of Chiao-chou, Shih Hsieh (Si Nhiep...local cults under the Buddhist umbrella, and aided in the unification of the country. In return, the Lý kings supported...

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Rep. Han Appointed as Foreign Minister; NIS Chief Becomes Unification Minister.
Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea); 3/27/2001; 700+ words ; ...Korea policy, to the post of unification minister, and appointed Rep. Han Seung-soo, 65, of the...director Lim's transfer to the Unification Ministry is aimed at bringing...characteristic. Park said that Han served a tour of duty as ambassador...
Bush Stresses Family in Tokyo Speech; Former President Addresses Followers of Unification Church Leader's Wife
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/15/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church. In a half-hour speech that was...Peace, whose founder and head is Hak Ja Han Moon, wife of the Unification Church leader. Hak Ja Han Moon said tonight that she and her husband...
(LEAD) Former Unification Minister Inaugurated as New Red Cross Head.
News Wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea; 12/16/2004; 591 words ; ...Yonhap) -- Former Unification Minister Han Wan-sang took office...and volunteer work." Han's inauguration came...North and South Korea," Han said. "The Red Cross...Korea." The former unification minister stressed the...
Korea and Its Future: Unification and the Unfinished War.(Review)
Magazine article from: Asian Affairs: An American Review; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...the fact that both division and unification threaten the myth of national...about Korea's complex word han (resentment) as it applies...Korean ambivalence about whether unification will resolve han and recover unity. Chapters...
Min. Lim Meets KEDO Chief Over NK Reactors Charles Kartman, executive director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), met Unification Minister Lim Dong-won yesterday.
Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea); 6/4/2001; 477 words ; ...New York, where his nomination was formally approved. In addition to meeting the unification minister, Kartman also met with Foreign Affairs-Trade Minister Han Seung-soo yesterday afternoon and had talks with the chairman of KEDO's executive...
Pro-unification activists blast S. Korea's 'arbitrary' policy on inter-Korean exchange.
News Wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea; 7/30/2009; 652 words ; ...unification movement. The Unification Ministry recently barred the...largest gathering of the civic unification movement," Park Deok-shin...this weekend. Kim Dong-han, a professor at Dongguk University...the committee, accused the Unification Ministry of violating the...
Mark E. Lewis. The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han.(Book review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Warring States period, the unification by Qin was not the historical...agreeing with Jia Yi, a Western Han thinker, argues that Qin was, after the unification, in a quandary because the...a paradox the subsequent Han dynasty faced. On the one...
Unification Minister to Visit U.S. Sunday to Discuss North Korea.
News Wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea; 9/24/2003; 438 words ; ...Yonhap) -- South Korean Unification Minister Jeong Se-hyun will...deliver a speech on Seoul's unification policy with Pyongyang at a...residents, said ministry spokesman Han Sang-il. Jeong also plans...s nuclear weapons program, Han said. Last month, the two...
(LEAD) Unification Minister Jeong Plans to Visit U.S. Sunday.
News Wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea; 9/24/2003; 460 words ; ...Sept. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Unification Minister Jeong Se-hyun plans to make...Jeong is to deliver a speech on Seoul's unification policy toward Pyongyang at a forum for...Korean residents, said ministry spokesman Han Sang-il. Jeong is also expected to...
Premier Han accuses N. Korea of meddling in S. Korea's presidential election.
News Wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea; 6/12/2007; 494 words ; ...June 11 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duk-soo accused North Korea Monday of...intervention in our domestic affairs," Han told parliament, adding that he will instruct the unification minister to get the North to stop doing...