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The United Nations for a better world; a forty-year chronology in pictures 1945-1985.
UN Chronicle
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April 1, 1985
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COPYRIGHT 1985 United Nations Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.
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In the four decades since the Charter of the United Nations was signed in San Francisco on 26 June 1945, the world has changed in a phenomenal way and so has the basic thrust and emphasis of United Nations activity.
As the peoples of Earth entered the atomic age, the main focus of the new-born Organization was "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". Forty years later, the United Nations continues its efforts to prevent and contain wars, but a vast majority of its wide-ranging human and financial resources is concentrated on ...
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From Genghis to Kublai.(Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Kublai was about nine years old...grandfather, Genghis Khan, for the first time...One afternoon, he took Kublai and his brother Hulegu...Ming dynasty replaced Kublai's once-flourishing...two horses of Genghis Khan. Their mane is like fire...
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History Pinning down kublai khan remains a writer's xanadu, says Tom Holland
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; Kublai Khan: The Mongol King Who Remade...one that wears the shape of Kublai Khan himself. This might seem...were Mongols who despised Kublai for his transformation into...been happier writing about a Khan who had lived a little more...
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At work for the Khan.(Kublai Khan)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...to serve the great Mongol leader Kublai Khan, the perils would be worth it...wonders of the Mongol Empire home to Kublai Khan. And, because of his great storytelling...OMITTED] Marco Polo on meeting Kublai Khan: The [Polos] knelt before...
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The most powerful man in history.("Kublai Khan: The Mongol King Who Remade China" by John Man)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Geographical
; Kublai Khan: The Mongol King Who Remade China by John...promising a 'highway into Christian Europe'. Kublai Khan, the subject of John Man's new book...subject of an interrupted Coleridge poem, Kublai achieved rather more than the creation of...
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Entering the secret world of Kublai Khan's Xanadu.(Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa)
; ...Quercus R195 'In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree... Most people know the name Kublai Khan from Samuel Taylor Coleridge...describing a palace in Xanadu that Kublai Khan really did build . How...the Silk Road, and had met Kublai Khan and been employed by ...
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MOTHER OF ALL PEARLS ; A very precious gem ++ Kublai Khan, Marco Polo, Adolf Hitler ... they all make an appearance in the extraordinary history of the Arco- Valley Pearl, which looks set to reach a record price at auction. Jonathan Brown reports
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; Kublai Khan liked to show his...last of the great Khans and the mighty conqueror...last mission for the Khan, escorting Princess...creamy surface. Kublai Khan gave the pearl...pearl was Genghis Khan, grandfather of Kublai. The fearsome warrior...the reign of the ...
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China exclusive: Chinese archaeologists sketch out layout of Kublai Khan's capital
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...archaeologists sketch out layout of Kublai Khan's capital HOHHOT, July 8 (Xinhua...the layout of the first capital of Kublai Khan's empire, known as Xanadu...built in 1256 under the command of Kublai Khan, the first emperor of Yuan...
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Archaeologists sketch out layout of first capital of Kublai Khan's empire
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...the layout of the first capital of Kublai Khan's empire, known as Xanadu in Marco...built in 1256 under the command of Kublai Khan, the first emperor of Yuan...probably received by the emperor Kublai Khan in Shangdu through the gate...
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Archaeologists sketch out layout of first capital of Kublai Khan's empire.
News Wire article from: Asian News International
; ...the layout of the first capital of Kublai Khan's empire, known as Xanadu in Marco...built in 1256 under the command of Kublai Khan, the first emperor of Yuan...probably received by the emperor Kublai Khan in Shangdu through the gate...
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China Exclusive: Aerial photography confirms Marco Polo's description of Kublai Khan's capital
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...confirms Marco Polo's description of Kublai Khan's capital by Yu Fei BEIJING, Oct...shed new light on the capital of Kublai Khan's empire, also known as Xuanadu...built in 1256 under the command of Kublai Khan who was enthroned there four...
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