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Near_East
One such institution is the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents (CSAD) founded by and located centrally at Oxford University, Great Britain. Among its many activities CSAD numbers "a long-term project to create a library of digitised images of Greek inscriptions." These it arranges by region. The Egypt and the Ne...
What does CSAD stand for?
{ "text": [ "Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents" ], "answer_start": [ 28 ] }
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Near_East
One such institution is the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents (CSAD) founded by and located centrally at Oxford University, Great Britain. Among its many activities CSAD numbers "a long-term project to create a library of digitised images of Greek inscriptions." These it arranges by region. The Egypt and the Ne...
Who founded the CSAD?
{ "text": [ "Oxford University" ], "answer_start": [ 113 ] }
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Near_East
One such institution is the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents (CSAD) founded by and located centrally at Oxford University, Great Britain. Among its many activities CSAD numbers "a long-term project to create a library of digitised images of Greek inscriptions." These it arranges by region. The Egypt and the Ne...
Where is Oxford University?
{ "text": [ "Great Britain" ], "answer_start": [ 132 ] }
56f906719b226e1400dd1256
Near_East
A large percentage of experts on the modern Middle East began their training in university departments named for the Near East. Similarly the journals associated with these fields of expertise include the words Near East or Near Eastern. The meaning of Near East in these numerous establishments and publications is Midd...
Where did a large percentage of experts on the modern Middle East began their training?
{ "text": [ "university departments named for the Near East" ], "answer_start": [ 80 ] }
56f906719b226e1400dd1257
Near_East
A large percentage of experts on the modern Middle East began their training in university departments named for the Near East. Similarly the journals associated with these fields of expertise include the words Near East or Near Eastern. The meaning of Near East in these numerous establishments and publications is Midd...
What is the meaning of Near East in numerous establishments and publications?
{ "text": [ "Middle East" ], "answer_start": [ 316 ] }
56f906719b226e1400dd1258
Near_East
A large percentage of experts on the modern Middle East began their training in university departments named for the Near East. Similarly the journals associated with these fields of expertise include the words Near East or Near Eastern. The meaning of Near East in these numerous establishments and publications is Midd...
What is almost never mixed or confused with studies of the Ancient Near East?
{ "text": [ "Expertise on the modern Middle East" ], "answer_start": [ 329 ] }
56f906719b226e1400dd1259
Near_East
A large percentage of experts on the modern Middle East began their training in university departments named for the Near East. Similarly the journals associated with these fields of expertise include the words Near East or Near Eastern. The meaning of Near East in these numerous establishments and publications is Midd...
What includes such languages as Sumerian and Akkadian?
{ "text": [ "Near Eastern Languages" ], "answer_start": [ 558 ] }
56f92c369b226e1400dd125e
Zhejiang
Zhejiang (help·info), formerly romanized as Chekiang, is an eastern coastal province of China. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality to the north, Anhui province to the northwest, Jiangxi province to the west, and Fujian province to the south; to the east is the East China Sea, beyond which...
What was Zhejiang formerly romanized as?
{ "text": [ "Chekiang" ], "answer_start": [ 45 ] }
56f92c369b226e1400dd125f
Zhejiang
Zhejiang (help·info), formerly romanized as Chekiang, is an eastern coastal province of China. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality to the north, Anhui province to the northwest, Jiangxi province to the west, and Fujian province to the south; to the east is the East China Sea, beyond which...
Which province is Zhejiang bordered by to the northwest?
{ "text": [ "Anhui" ], "answer_start": [ 177 ] }
56f92c369b226e1400dd1260
Zhejiang
Zhejiang (help·info), formerly romanized as Chekiang, is an eastern coastal province of China. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality to the north, Anhui province to the northwest, Jiangxi province to the west, and Fujian province to the south; to the east is the East China Sea, beyond which...
Which province is Zhejiang bordered by to the west?
{ "text": [ "Jiangxi" ], "answer_start": [ 210 ] }
56f92c369b226e1400dd1261
Zhejiang
Zhejiang (help·info), formerly romanized as Chekiang, is an eastern coastal province of China. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality to the north, Anhui province to the northwest, Jiangxi province to the west, and Fujian province to the south; to the east is the East China Sea, beyond which...
Which province is Zhejiang bordered by to the south?
{ "text": [ "Fujian" ], "answer_start": [ 244 ] }
56f92c369b226e1400dd1262
Zhejiang
Zhejiang (help·info), formerly romanized as Chekiang, is an eastern coastal province of China. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality to the north, Anhui province to the northwest, Jiangxi province to the west, and Fujian province to the south; to the east is the East China Sea, beyond which...
Which body of water is to the east of Zhejiang?
{ "text": [ "East China Sea" ], "answer_start": [ 293 ] }
56f92d4b9e9bad19000a07f9
Zhejiang
The province's name derives from the Zhe River (浙江, Zhè Jiāng), the former name of the Qiantang River which flows past Hangzhou and whose mouth forms Hangzhou Bay. It is usually glossed as meaning "Crooked" or "Bent River", from the meaning of Chinese 折, but is more likely a phono-semantic compound formed from adding 氵...
What is the former name of the Qiantang River?
{ "text": [ "Zhe River" ], "answer_start": [ 37 ] }
56f92d4b9e9bad19000a07fa
Zhejiang
The province's name derives from the Zhe River (浙江, Zhè Jiāng), the former name of the Qiantang River which flows past Hangzhou and whose mouth forms Hangzhou Bay. It is usually glossed as meaning "Crooked" or "Bent River", from the meaning of Chinese 折, but is more likely a phono-semantic compound formed from adding 氵...
What does the mouth of the Qiantang River form?
{ "text": [ "Hangzhou Bay" ], "answer_start": [ 150 ] }
56f92d4b9e9bad19000a07fb
Zhejiang
The province's name derives from the Zhe River (浙江, Zhè Jiāng), the former name of the Qiantang River which flows past Hangzhou and whose mouth forms Hangzhou Bay. It is usually glossed as meaning "Crooked" or "Bent River", from the meaning of Chinese 折, but is more likely a phono-semantic compound formed from adding 氵...
What does Zhe mean in Chinese?
{ "text": [ "Crooked" ], "answer_start": [ 198 ] }
56f92d4b9e9bad19000a07fc
Zhejiang
The province's name derives from the Zhe River (浙江, Zhè Jiāng), the former name of the Qiantang River which flows past Hangzhou and whose mouth forms Hangzhou Bay. It is usually glossed as meaning "Crooked" or "Bent River", from the meaning of Chinese 折, but is more likely a phono-semantic compound formed from adding 氵...
Which river does the province of Zhejiang derive its name from?
{ "text": [ "Zhe River" ], "answer_start": [ 37 ] }
56f92d4b9e9bad19000a07fd
Zhejiang
The province's name derives from the Zhe River (浙江, Zhè Jiāng), the former name of the Qiantang River which flows past Hangzhou and whose mouth forms Hangzhou Bay. It is usually glossed as meaning "Crooked" or "Bent River", from the meaning of Chinese 折, but is more likely a phono-semantic compound formed from adding 氵...
What does the Qiantang River flow past?
{ "text": [ "Hangzhou" ], "answer_start": [ 119 ] }
56f97a529e9bad19000a098b
Zhejiang
Zhejiang was the site of the Neolithic cultures of the Hemudu and Liangzhu. A 2007 analysis of the DNA recovered from human remains in the archeological sites of prehistoric peoples along the Yangtze River shows high frequencies of haplogroup O1 in the Liangzhu culture, linking them to Austronesian and Tai-Kadai people...
What kind of cultures were the Hemudu and Liangzhu?
{ "text": [ "Neolithic" ], "answer_start": [ 29 ] }
56f97a529e9bad19000a098c
Zhejiang
Zhejiang was the site of the Neolithic cultures of the Hemudu and Liangzhu. A 2007 analysis of the DNA recovered from human remains in the archeological sites of prehistoric peoples along the Yangtze River shows high frequencies of haplogroup O1 in the Liangzhu culture, linking them to Austronesian and Tai-Kadai people...
Where was the site of the Hemudu and LIangzhu cultures?
{ "text": [ "Zhejiang" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56f97a529e9bad19000a098d
Zhejiang
Zhejiang was the site of the Neolithic cultures of the Hemudu and Liangzhu. A 2007 analysis of the DNA recovered from human remains in the archeological sites of prehistoric peoples along the Yangtze River shows high frequencies of haplogroup O1 in the Liangzhu culture, linking them to Austronesian and Tai-Kadai people...
What year was there an analysis of the DNA recovered from human remains in Liangzhu culture?
{ "text": [ "2007" ], "answer_start": [ 78 ] }
56f97a529e9bad19000a098e
Zhejiang
Zhejiang was the site of the Neolithic cultures of the Hemudu and Liangzhu. A 2007 analysis of the DNA recovered from human remains in the archeological sites of prehistoric peoples along the Yangtze River shows high frequencies of haplogroup O1 in the Liangzhu culture, linking them to Austronesian and Tai-Kadai people...
Which culture were the Austronesian and Tai-Kadai peoples linked to in the DNA analysis?
{ "text": [ "Liangzhu" ], "answer_start": [ 253 ] }
56f97a529e9bad19000a098f
Zhejiang
Zhejiang was the site of the Neolithic cultures of the Hemudu and Liangzhu. A 2007 analysis of the DNA recovered from human remains in the archeological sites of prehistoric peoples along the Yangtze River shows high frequencies of haplogroup O1 in the Liangzhu culture, linking them to Austronesian and Tai-Kadai people...
What haplogroup did a DNA analysis of the Liangzhu culture reveal?
{ "text": [ "O1" ], "answer_start": [ 243 ] }
56f97b2e9b226e1400dd148e
Zhejiang
The area of modern Zhejiang was outside the major sphere of influence of the Shang civilization during the second millennium BC. Instead, this area was populated by peoples collectively known as the Hundred Yue, including the Dongyue and the Ouyue. The kingdom of Yue began to appear in the chronicles and records writte...
Who populated the areas of Zhejiang in the 2nd millennium BC?
{ "text": [ "Hundred Yue" ], "answer_start": [ 199 ] }
56f97b2e9b226e1400dd148f
Zhejiang
The area of modern Zhejiang was outside the major sphere of influence of the Shang civilization during the second millennium BC. Instead, this area was populated by peoples collectively known as the Hundred Yue, including the Dongyue and the Ouyue. The kingdom of Yue began to appear in the chronicles and records writte...
When did the kingdom of Yue begin to appear?
{ "text": [ "Spring and Autumn Period" ], "answer_start": [ 333 ] }
56f97b2e9b226e1400dd1490
Zhejiang
The area of modern Zhejiang was outside the major sphere of influence of the Shang civilization during the second millennium BC. Instead, this area was populated by peoples collectively known as the Hundred Yue, including the Dongyue and the Ouyue. The kingdom of Yue began to appear in the chronicles and records writte...
Where was the kingdom of Yue located according to chronicles?
{ "text": [ "northern Zhejiang" ], "answer_start": [ 422 ] }
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Zhejiang
The area of modern Zhejiang was outside the major sphere of influence of the Shang civilization during the second millennium BC. Instead, this area was populated by peoples collectively known as the Hundred Yue, including the Dongyue and the Ouyue. The kingdom of Yue began to appear in the chronicles and records writte...
Who does Shiji claim that its leaders were descended from?
{ "text": [ "Yu the Great" ], "answer_start": [ 509 ] }
56f97b2e9b226e1400dd1492
Zhejiang
The area of modern Zhejiang was outside the major sphere of influence of the Shang civilization during the second millennium BC. Instead, this area was populated by peoples collectively known as the Hundred Yue, including the Dongyue and the Ouyue. The kingdom of Yue began to appear in the chronicles and records writte...
What does the Sword of Goujian bear?
{ "text": [ "bird-worm seal script" ], "answer_start": [ 1257 ] }
56f97c189b226e1400dd149b
Zhejiang
Kuaiji Commandery was the initial power base for Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's rebellion against the Qin Empire which initially succeeded in restoring the kingdom of Chu but eventually fell to the Han. Under the Later Han, control of the area returned to the settlement below Mount Kuaiji but authority over the Minyue hint...
What was the initial power base for Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's rebellion?
{ "text": [ "Kuaiji Commandery" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56f97c189b226e1400dd149c
Zhejiang
Kuaiji Commandery was the initial power base for Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's rebellion against the Qin Empire which initially succeeded in restoring the kingdom of Chu but eventually fell to the Han. Under the Later Han, control of the area returned to the settlement below Mount Kuaiji but authority over the Minyue hint...
Who did the kingdom of Chu eventually fall to?
{ "text": [ "the Han" ], "answer_start": [ 190 ] }
56f97c189b226e1400dd149d
Zhejiang
Kuaiji Commandery was the initial power base for Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's rebellion against the Qin Empire which initially succeeded in restoring the kingdom of Chu but eventually fell to the Han. Under the Later Han, control of the area returned to the settlement below Mount Kuaiji but authority over the Minyue hint...
In Later Han, which Mount did control of the area return to the settlement below?
{ "text": [ "Kuaiji" ], "answer_start": [ 279 ] }
56f97c189b226e1400dd149e
Zhejiang
Kuaiji Commandery was the initial power base for Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's rebellion against the Qin Empire which initially succeeded in restoring the kingdom of Chu but eventually fell to the Han. Under the Later Han, control of the area returned to the settlement below Mount Kuaiji but authority over the Minyue hint...
Who led a rebellion with Xiang Liang against the Qin Empire?
{ "text": [ "Xiang Yu" ], "answer_start": [ 65 ] }
56f97c189b226e1400dd149f
Zhejiang
Kuaiji Commandery was the initial power base for Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's rebellion against the Qin Empire which initially succeeded in restoring the kingdom of Chu but eventually fell to the Han. Under the Later Han, control of the area returned to the settlement below Mount Kuaiji but authority over the Minyue hint...
Which empire did Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu rebel against?
{ "text": [ "the Qin Empire" ], "answer_start": [ 94 ] }
56f97cd79b226e1400dd14a5
Zhejiang
At the beginning of the Three Kingdoms era (220–280 CE), Zhejiang was home to the warlords Yan Baihu and Wang Lang prior to their defeat by Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who eventually established the Kingdom of Wu. Despite the removal of their court from Kuaiji to Jianye (present-day Nanjing), they continued development of the...
When was the beginning of the Three Kingdoms era?
{ "text": [ "220–280 CE" ], "answer_start": [ 44 ] }
56f97cd79b226e1400dd14a6
Zhejiang
At the beginning of the Three Kingdoms era (220–280 CE), Zhejiang was home to the warlords Yan Baihu and Wang Lang prior to their defeat by Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who eventually established the Kingdom of Wu. Despite the removal of their court from Kuaiji to Jianye (present-day Nanjing), they continued development of the...
What was home to the warlord Yan Baihu?
{ "text": [ "Zhejiang" ], "answer_start": [ 57 ] }
56f97cd79b226e1400dd14a7
Zhejiang
At the beginning of the Three Kingdoms era (220–280 CE), Zhejiang was home to the warlords Yan Baihu and Wang Lang prior to their defeat by Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who eventually established the Kingdom of Wu. Despite the removal of their court from Kuaiji to Jianye (present-day Nanjing), they continued development of the...
What kingdom did Sun Ce and Sun Quan eventually establish?
{ "text": [ "the Kingdom of Wu" ], "answer_start": [ 188 ] }
56f97cd79b226e1400dd14a8
Zhejiang
At the beginning of the Three Kingdoms era (220–280 CE), Zhejiang was home to the warlords Yan Baihu and Wang Lang prior to their defeat by Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who eventually established the Kingdom of Wu. Despite the removal of their court from Kuaiji to Jianye (present-day Nanjing), they continued development of the...
Where was their court in Kuaiji removed to?
{ "text": [ "Jianye" ], "answer_start": [ 257 ] }
56f97cd79b226e1400dd14a9
Zhejiang
At the beginning of the Three Kingdoms era (220–280 CE), Zhejiang was home to the warlords Yan Baihu and Wang Lang prior to their defeat by Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who eventually established the Kingdom of Wu. Despite the removal of their court from Kuaiji to Jianye (present-day Nanjing), they continued development of the...
Along with Manchuria, where did trade reach as far as?
{ "text": [ "Funan" ], "answer_start": [ 484 ] }
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Zhejiang
Zhejiang was part of the Wu during the Three Kingdoms. Wu (229–280), commonly known as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, had been the economically most developed state among the Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE). The historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms records that Zhejiang had the best-equipped, strong navy force. The story ...
When was Zhejiang part of the Wu?
{ "text": [ "during the Three Kingdoms" ], "answer_start": [ 28 ] }
56f97d8a9e9bad19000a09b0
Zhejiang
Zhejiang was part of the Wu during the Three Kingdoms. Wu (229–280), commonly known as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, had been the economically most developed state among the Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE). The historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms records that Zhejiang had the best-equipped, strong navy force. The story ...
What is another name for Wu or Eastern Wu?
{ "text": [ "Sun Wu" ], "answer_start": [ 101 ] }
56f97d8a9e9bad19000a09b1
Zhejiang
Zhejiang was part of the Wu during the Three Kingdoms. Wu (229–280), commonly known as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, had been the economically most developed state among the Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE). The historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms records that Zhejiang had the best-equipped, strong navy force. The story ...
What was the most developed state among the Three Kingdoms?
{ "text": [ "Wu" ], "answer_start": [ 55 ] }
56f97d8a9e9bad19000a09b2
Zhejiang
Zhejiang was part of the Wu during the Three Kingdoms. Wu (229–280), commonly known as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, had been the economically most developed state among the Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE). The historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms records that Zhejiang had the best-equipped, strong navy force. The story ...
Which historical novel records that Zhejiang had the best-equipped, strong navy force?
{ "text": [ "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" ], "answer_start": [ 216 ] }
56f97d8a9e9bad19000a09b3
Zhejiang
Zhejiang was part of the Wu during the Three Kingdoms. Wu (229–280), commonly known as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, had been the economically most developed state among the Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE). The historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms records that Zhejiang had the best-equipped, strong navy force. The story ...
Along with Wei, which state avoided direct conflict with Wu?
{ "text": [ "Shu" ], "answer_start": [ 358 ] }
56f97e1c9e9bad19000a09b9
Zhejiang
Despite the continuing prominence of Nanjing (then known as Jiankang), the settlement of Qiantang, the former name of Hangzhou, remained one of the three major metropolitan centers in the south to provide major tax revenue to the imperial centers in the north China. The other two centers in the south were Jiankang and ...
What was Nanjing formerly known as?
{ "text": [ "Jiankang" ], "answer_start": [ 60 ] }
56f97e1c9e9bad19000a09ba
Zhejiang
Despite the continuing prominence of Nanjing (then known as Jiankang), the settlement of Qiantang, the former name of Hangzhou, remained one of the three major metropolitan centers in the south to provide major tax revenue to the imperial centers in the north China. The other two centers in the south were Jiankang and ...
What was the former name of Hangzhou?
{ "text": [ "Qiantang" ], "answer_start": [ 89 ] }
56f97e1c9e9bad19000a09bb
Zhejiang
Despite the continuing prominence of Nanjing (then known as Jiankang), the settlement of Qiantang, the former name of Hangzhou, remained one of the three major metropolitan centers in the south to provide major tax revenue to the imperial centers in the north China. The other two centers in the south were Jiankang and ...
Besides Qiantang and Jiankang, what was the other major metropolitan center in the south?
{ "text": [ "Chengdu" ], "answer_start": [ 320 ] }
56f97e1c9e9bad19000a09bc
Zhejiang
Despite the continuing prominence of Nanjing (then known as Jiankang), the settlement of Qiantang, the former name of Hangzhou, remained one of the three major metropolitan centers in the south to provide major tax revenue to the imperial centers in the north China. The other two centers in the south were Jiankang and ...
What year was Qiantang raised in status and renamed Hangzhou?
{ "text": [ "589" ], "answer_start": [ 332 ] }
56f97e1c9e9bad19000a09bd
Zhejiang
Despite the continuing prominence of Nanjing (then known as Jiankang), the settlement of Qiantang, the former name of Hangzhou, remained one of the three major metropolitan centers in the south to provide major tax revenue to the imperial centers in the north China. The other two centers in the south were Jiankang and ...
How many major metropolitan centers were there in the south at the time?
{ "text": [ "three" ], "answer_start": [ 148 ] }
56f97f069e9bad19000a09cb
Zhejiang
Following the fall of Wu and the turmoil of the Wu Hu uprising against the Jin dynasty (265–420), most of elite Chinese families had collaborated with the non-Chinese rulers and military conquerors in the north. Some may have lost social privilege, and took refugee in areas south to Yangtze River. Some of the Chinese r...
When was the Jin Dynasty?
{ "text": [ "265–420" ], "answer_start": [ 88 ] }
56f97f069e9bad19000a09cc
Zhejiang
Following the fall of Wu and the turmoil of the Wu Hu uprising against the Jin dynasty (265–420), most of elite Chinese families had collaborated with the non-Chinese rulers and military conquerors in the north. Some may have lost social privilege, and took refugee in areas south to Yangtze River. Some of the Chinese r...
Where did the clan of Zhuge Liang gather together?
{ "text": [ "Zhuge Village (Zhege Cun)" ], "answer_start": [ 623 ] }
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Zhejiang
Following the fall of Wu and the turmoil of the Wu Hu uprising against the Jin dynasty (265–420), most of elite Chinese families had collaborated with the non-Chinese rulers and military conquerors in the north. Some may have lost social privilege, and took refugee in areas south to Yangtze River. Some of the Chinese r...
When did Zhuge Village isolate itself until?
{ "text": [ "this day" ], "answer_start": [ 800 ] }
56f97f069e9bad19000a09ce
Zhejiang
Following the fall of Wu and the turmoil of the Wu Hu uprising against the Jin dynasty (265–420), most of elite Chinese families had collaborated with the non-Chinese rulers and military conquerors in the north. Some may have lost social privilege, and took refugee in areas south to Yangtze River. Some of the Chinese r...
What kind of geography is in Zhejiang?
{ "text": [ "mountainous" ], "answer_start": [ 1028 ] }
56f97f069e9bad19000a09cf
Zhejiang
Following the fall of Wu and the turmoil of the Wu Hu uprising against the Jin dynasty (265–420), most of elite Chinese families had collaborated with the non-Chinese rulers and military conquerors in the north. Some may have lost social privilege, and took refugee in areas south to Yangtze River. Some of the Chinese r...
When did Zhuge Liang live from?
{ "text": [ "181–234" ], "answer_start": [ 426 ] }
56f982999b226e1400dd14ea
Zhejiang
Zhejiang, as the heartland of the Jiangnan (Yangtze River Delta), remained the wealthiest area during the Six Dynasties (220 or 222–589), Sui, and Tang. After being incorporated into the Sui dynasty, its economic richness was used for the Sui dynasty's ambitions to expand north and south, particularly into Korea and Vi...
When did the Six Dynasties end?
{ "text": [ "589" ], "answer_start": [ 132 ] }
56f982999b226e1400dd14eb
Zhejiang
Zhejiang, as the heartland of the Jiangnan (Yangtze River Delta), remained the wealthiest area during the Six Dynasties (220 or 222–589), Sui, and Tang. After being incorporated into the Sui dynasty, its economic richness was used for the Sui dynasty's ambitions to expand north and south, particularly into Korea and Vi...
What was the wealthiest area during the Six Dynasties?
{ "text": [ "Zhejiang" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56f982999b226e1400dd14ec
Zhejiang
Zhejiang, as the heartland of the Jiangnan (Yangtze River Delta), remained the wealthiest area during the Six Dynasties (220 or 222–589), Sui, and Tang. After being incorporated into the Sui dynasty, its economic richness was used for the Sui dynasty's ambitions to expand north and south, particularly into Korea and Vi...
Which dynasty restored and expanded the network that became the Grand Canal of China?
{ "text": [ "the Sui dynasty" ], "answer_start": [ 340 ] }
56f982999b226e1400dd14ed
Zhejiang
Zhejiang, as the heartland of the Jiangnan (Yangtze River Delta), remained the wealthiest area during the Six Dynasties (220 or 222–589), Sui, and Tang. After being incorporated into the Sui dynasty, its economic richness was used for the Sui dynasty's ambitions to expand north and south, particularly into Korea and Vi...
What river was one of the Grand Canal of China's hinterlands?
{ "text": [ "the Zhe River" ], "answer_start": [ 569 ] }
56f9839d9e9bad19000a09f7
Zhejiang
The Song dynasty reëstablished unity around 960. Under the Song, the prosperity of South China began to overtake that of North China. After the north was lost to the Jurchen Jin dynasty in 1127 following the Jingkang Incident, Hangzhou became the capital of the Southern Song under the name Lin'an. Renowned for its pros...
When did the Song dynasty reestablish unity around?
{ "text": [ "960" ], "answer_start": [ 44 ] }
56f9839d9e9bad19000a09f8
Zhejiang
The Song dynasty reëstablished unity around 960. Under the Song, the prosperity of South China began to overtake that of North China. After the north was lost to the Jurchen Jin dynasty in 1127 following the Jingkang Incident, Hangzhou became the capital of the Southern Song under the name Lin'an. Renowned for its pros...
When was the North lost to the Jurchen Jin dynasty?
{ "text": [ "1127" ], "answer_start": [ 189 ] }
56f9839d9e9bad19000a09f9
Zhejiang
The Song dynasty reëstablished unity around 960. Under the Song, the prosperity of South China began to overtake that of North China. After the north was lost to the Jurchen Jin dynasty in 1127 following the Jingkang Incident, Hangzhou became the capital of the Southern Song under the name Lin'an. Renowned for its pros...
What was Hangzhou known as while the capitol of the Southern Song?
{ "text": [ "Lin'an" ], "answer_start": [ 291 ] }
56f9839d9e9bad19000a09fa
Zhejiang
The Song dynasty reëstablished unity around 960. Under the Song, the prosperity of South China began to overtake that of North China. After the north was lost to the Jurchen Jin dynasty in 1127 following the Jingkang Incident, Hangzhou became the capital of the Southern Song under the name Lin'an. Renowned for its pros...
When was the Yuan dynasty established?
{ "text": [ "Lin'an" ], "answer_start": [ 291 ] }
56f9839d9e9bad19000a09fb
Zhejiang
The Song dynasty reëstablished unity around 960. Under the Song, the prosperity of South China began to overtake that of North China. After the north was lost to the Jurchen Jin dynasty in 1127 following the Jingkang Incident, Hangzhou became the capital of the Southern Song under the name Lin'an. Renowned for its pros...
What did Marco Polo call Lin'an when he visited it?
{ "text": [ "Kinsay" ], "answer_start": [ 712 ] }
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Zhejiang
Greenware ceramics made from celadon had been made in the area since the 3rd-century Jin dynasty, but it returned to prominence—particularly in Longquan—during the Southern Song and Yuan. Longquan greenware is characterized by a thick unctuous glaze of a particular bluish-green tint over an otherwise undecorated light-...
What were greenware ceramics made from?
{ "text": [ "celadon" ], "answer_start": [ 29 ] }
56f9849c9e9bad19000a0a02
Zhejiang
Greenware ceramics made from celadon had been made in the area since the 3rd-century Jin dynasty, but it returned to prominence—particularly in Longquan—during the Southern Song and Yuan. Longquan greenware is characterized by a thick unctuous glaze of a particular bluish-green tint over an otherwise undecorated light-...
What color tint is Longquan greenware characterized by?
{ "text": [ "bluish-green" ], "answer_start": [ 266 ] }
56f9849c9e9bad19000a0a03
Zhejiang
Greenware ceramics made from celadon had been made in the area since the 3rd-century Jin dynasty, but it returned to prominence—particularly in Longquan—during the Southern Song and Yuan. Longquan greenware is characterized by a thick unctuous glaze of a particular bluish-green tint over an otherwise undecorated light-...
What period did Longquan ceramics decline?
{ "text": [ "the Ming" ], "answer_start": [ 674 ] }
56f9849c9e9bad19000a0a04
Zhejiang
Greenware ceramics made from celadon had been made in the area since the 3rd-century Jin dynasty, but it returned to prominence—particularly in Longquan—during the Southern Song and Yuan. Longquan greenware is characterized by a thick unctuous glaze of a particular bluish-green tint over an otherwise undecorated light-...
What kilns were Longquan kilns replaced by in popularity and production?
{ "text": [ "Jingdezhen in Jiangxi" ], "answer_start": [ 872 ] }
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Zhejiang
Greenware ceramics made from celadon had been made in the area since the 3rd-century Jin dynasty, but it returned to prominence—particularly in Longquan—during the Southern Song and Yuan. Longquan greenware is characterized by a thick unctuous glaze of a particular bluish-green tint over an otherwise undecorated light-...
What decorations are Yuan Longquan celadons derived from?
{ "text": [ "Middle Eastern" ], "answer_start": [ 497 ] }
56f985239e9bad19000a0a13
Zhejiang
"In 1727 the to-min or 'idle people' of Cheh Kiang province (a Ningpo name still existing), the yoh-hu or 'music people' of Shanxi province, the si-min or 'small people' of Kiang Su (Jiangsu) province, and the Tanka people or 'egg-people' of Canton (to this day the boat population there), were all freed from their soci...
What do 'to-min' mean?
{ "text": [ "idle people" ], "answer_start": [ 24 ] }
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Zhejiang
"In 1727 the to-min or 'idle people' of Cheh Kiang province (a Ningpo name still existing), the yoh-hu or 'music people' of Shanxi province, the si-min or 'small people' of Kiang Su (Jiangsu) province, and the Tanka people or 'egg-people' of Canton (to this day the boat population there), were all freed from their soci...
What does 'yoh-hu' mean?
{ "text": [ "music people" ], "answer_start": [ 107 ] }
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Zhejiang
"In 1727 the to-min or 'idle people' of Cheh Kiang province (a Ningpo name still existing), the yoh-hu or 'music people' of Shanxi province, the si-min or 'small people' of Kiang Su (Jiangsu) province, and the Tanka people or 'egg-people' of Canton (to this day the boat population there), were all freed from their soci...
What does 'si-min' mean?
{ "text": [ "small people" ], "answer_start": [ 156 ] }
56f985239e9bad19000a0a16
Zhejiang
"In 1727 the to-min or 'idle people' of Cheh Kiang province (a Ningpo name still existing), the yoh-hu or 'music people' of Shanxi province, the si-min or 'small people' of Kiang Su (Jiangsu) province, and the Tanka people or 'egg-people' of Canton (to this day the boat population there), were all freed from their soci...
What does Tanka mean?
{ "text": [ "egg-people" ], "answer_start": [ 227 ] }
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Zhejiang
"In 1727 the to-min or 'idle people' of Cheh Kiang province (a Ningpo name still existing), the yoh-hu or 'music people' of Shanxi province, the si-min or 'small people' of Kiang Su (Jiangsu) province, and the Tanka people or 'egg-people' of Canton (to this day the boat population there), were all freed from their soci...
What is 'Keh Chiang' a romanization for?
{ "text": [ "Zhejiang" ], "answer_start": [ 413 ] }
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Zhejiang
During the First Opium War, the British navy defeated Eight Banners forces at Ningbo and Dinghai. Under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking, signed in 1843, Ningbo became one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened to virtually unrestricted foreign trade. Much of Zhejiang came under the control of the Taiping Heavenly K...
During which war did the British navy defeat Eight Banners forces at Ningbo and Dinghai?
{ "text": [ "the First Opium War" ], "answer_start": [ 7 ] }
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Zhejiang
During the First Opium War, the British navy defeated Eight Banners forces at Ningbo and Dinghai. Under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking, signed in 1843, Ningbo became one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened to virtually unrestricted foreign trade. Much of Zhejiang came under the control of the Taiping Heavenly K...
When was the Treaty of Nanking signed?
{ "text": [ "1843" ], "answer_start": [ 150 ] }
56f985bd9b226e1400dd1508
Zhejiang
During the First Opium War, the British navy defeated Eight Banners forces at Ningbo and Dinghai. Under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking, signed in 1843, Ningbo became one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened to virtually unrestricted foreign trade. Much of Zhejiang came under the control of the Taiping Heavenly K...
What became one of the five Chinese treaty ports under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking?
{ "text": [ "Ningbo" ], "answer_start": [ 156 ] }
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Zhejiang
During the First Opium War, the British navy defeated Eight Banners forces at Ningbo and Dinghai. Under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking, signed in 1843, Ningbo became one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened to virtually unrestricted foreign trade. Much of Zhejiang came under the control of the Taiping Heavenly K...
What did much of Zhejiang come under control of during the Taiping Rebellion?
{ "text": [ "the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" ], "answer_start": [ 298 ] }
56f985bd9b226e1400dd150a
Zhejiang
During the First Opium War, the British navy defeated Eight Banners forces at Ningbo and Dinghai. Under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking, signed in 1843, Ningbo became one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened to virtually unrestricted foreign trade. Much of Zhejiang came under the control of the Taiping Heavenly K...
When did Wenzhou become Zhejiang's second treaty port?
{ "text": [ "1876" ], "answer_start": [ 423 ] }
56f9867d9e9bad19000a0a2f
Zhejiang
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, which led into World War II, much of Zhejiang was occupied by Japan and placed under the control of the Japanese puppet state known as the Reorganized National Government of China. Following the Doolittle Raid, most of the B-25 American crews that came down in China eventually made ...
What war did the Second Sino-Japanese War lead into?
{ "text": [ "World War II" ], "answer_start": [ 52 ] }
56f9867d9e9bad19000a0a30
Zhejiang
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, which led into World War II, much of Zhejiang was occupied by Japan and placed under the control of the Japanese puppet state known as the Reorganized National Government of China. Following the Doolittle Raid, most of the B-25 American crews that came down in China eventually made ...
Who occupied much of Zhejiang during the Second Sino-Japanese War?
{ "text": [ "Japan" ], "answer_start": [ 99 ] }
56f9867d9e9bad19000a0a31
Zhejiang
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, which led into World War II, much of Zhejiang was occupied by Japan and placed under the control of the Japanese puppet state known as the Reorganized National Government of China. Following the Doolittle Raid, most of the B-25 American crews that came down in China eventually made ...
How many estimated civilians were killed by the Japanese searching for Doolittle's men?
{ "text": [ "250,000" ], "answer_start": [ 630 ] }
56f9867d9e9bad19000a0a32
Zhejiang
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, which led into World War II, much of Zhejiang was occupied by Japan and placed under the control of the Japanese puppet state known as the Reorganized National Government of China. Following the Doolittle Raid, most of the B-25 American crews that came down in China eventually made ...
What type of American crews came down in China following the Doolittle raid?
{ "text": [ "B-25" ], "answer_start": [ 260 ] }
56f9867d9e9bad19000a0a33
Zhejiang
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, which led into World War II, much of Zhejiang was occupied by Japan and placed under the control of the Japanese puppet state known as the Reorganized National Government of China. Following the Doolittle Raid, most of the B-25 American crews that came down in China eventually made ...
The Japanese puppet state that occupied Zhejiang was called what?
{ "text": [ "the Reorganized National Government of China" ], "answer_start": [ 172 ] }
56f9872e9e9bad19000a0a39
Zhejiang
After the People's Republic of China took control of Mainland China in 1949, the Republic of China government based in Taiwan continued to control the Dachen Islands off the coast of Zhejiang until 1955, even establishing a rival Zhejiang provincial government there, creating a situation similar to Fujian province toda...
When did the People's Republic of China take control of Mainland China?
{ "text": [ "1949" ], "answer_start": [ 71 ] }
56f9872e9e9bad19000a0a3a
Zhejiang
After the People's Republic of China took control of Mainland China in 1949, the Republic of China government based in Taiwan continued to control the Dachen Islands off the coast of Zhejiang until 1955, even establishing a rival Zhejiang provincial government there, creating a situation similar to Fujian province toda...
When did the Republic of China control the Dachen Islands until?
{ "text": [ "1955" ], "answer_start": [ 198 ] }
56f9872e9e9bad19000a0a3b
Zhejiang
After the People's Republic of China took control of Mainland China in 1949, the Republic of China government based in Taiwan continued to control the Dachen Islands off the coast of Zhejiang until 1955, even establishing a rival Zhejiang provincial government there, creating a situation similar to Fujian province toda...
When was the Cultural Revolution?
{ "text": [ "1966–76" ], "answer_start": [ 355 ] }
56f9872e9e9bad19000a0a3c
Zhejiang
After the People's Republic of China took control of Mainland China in 1949, the Republic of China government based in Taiwan continued to control the Dachen Islands off the coast of Zhejiang until 1955, even establishing a rival Zhejiang provincial government there, creating a situation similar to Fujian province toda...
When was the high tide of the Cultural Revolution?
{ "text": [ "1966–69" ], "answer_start": [ 464 ] }
56f9872e9e9bad19000a0a3d
Zhejiang
After the People's Republic of China took control of Mainland China in 1949, the Republic of China government based in Taiwan continued to control the Dachen Islands off the coast of Zhejiang until 1955, even establishing a rival Zhejiang provincial government there, creating a situation similar to Fujian province toda...
What production did the agricultural policy favor over industrial and cash crops?
{ "text": [ "grain" ], "answer_start": [ 525 ] }
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Zhejiang
Zhejiang benefited less from central government investment than some other provinces due to its lack of natural resources, a location vulnerable to potential flooding from the sea, and an economic base at the national average. Zhejiang, however, has been an epicenter of capitalist development in China, and has led the ...
What type of resources does Zhejiang have a lack of?
{ "text": [ "natural" ], "answer_start": [ 104 ] }
56f987c29b226e1400dd151b
Zhejiang
Zhejiang benefited less from central government investment than some other provinces due to its lack of natural resources, a location vulnerable to potential flooding from the sea, and an economic base at the national average. Zhejiang, however, has been an epicenter of capitalist development in China, and has led the ...
What is Zhejiang's location vulnerable to from the sea?
{ "text": [ "flooding" ], "answer_start": [ 158 ] }
56f987c29b226e1400dd151c
Zhejiang
Zhejiang benefited less from central government investment than some other provinces due to its lack of natural resources, a location vulnerable to potential flooding from the sea, and an economic base at the national average. Zhejiang, however, has been an epicenter of capitalist development in China, and has led the ...
What type of development has Zhejiang been an epicenter of?
{ "text": [ "capitalist" ], "answer_start": [ 271 ] }
56f987c29b226e1400dd151d
Zhejiang
Zhejiang benefited less from central government investment than some other provinces due to its lack of natural resources, a location vulnerable to potential flooding from the sea, and an economic base at the national average. Zhejiang, however, has been an epicenter of capitalist development in China, and has led the ...
Which part of Zhejiang is part of the Yangtze Delta?
{ "text": [ "Northeast Zhejiang" ], "answer_start": [ 391 ] }
56f987c29b226e1400dd151e
Zhejiang
Zhejiang benefited less from central government investment than some other provinces due to its lack of natural resources, a location vulnerable to potential flooding from the sea, and an economic base at the national average. Zhejiang, however, has been an epicenter of capitalist development in China, and has led the ...
What type of geography is Northeast Zhejiang?
{ "text": [ "flat" ], "answer_start": [ 444 ] }
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Zhejiang
Zhejiang consists mostly of hills, which account for about 70% of its total area. Altitudes tend to be the highest to the south and west and the highest peak of the province, Huangmaojian Peak (1,929 meters or 6,329 feet), is located there. Other prominent mountains include Mounts Yandang, Tianmu, Tiantai, and Mogan, w...
What does Zhejiang consist mostly of?
{ "text": [ "hills" ], "answer_start": [ 28 ] }
56f9882e9e9bad19000a0a44
Zhejiang
Zhejiang consists mostly of hills, which account for about 70% of its total area. Altitudes tend to be the highest to the south and west and the highest peak of the province, Huangmaojian Peak (1,929 meters or 6,329 feet), is located there. Other prominent mountains include Mounts Yandang, Tianmu, Tiantai, and Mogan, w...
What percent of Zhejiang is hills?
{ "text": [ "70%" ], "answer_start": [ 59 ] }
56f9882e9e9bad19000a0a45
Zhejiang
Zhejiang consists mostly of hills, which account for about 70% of its total area. Altitudes tend to be the highest to the south and west and the highest peak of the province, Huangmaojian Peak (1,929 meters or 6,329 feet), is located there. Other prominent mountains include Mounts Yandang, Tianmu, Tiantai, and Mogan, w...
What is the highest peak of the province?
{ "text": [ "Huangmaojian Peak" ], "answer_start": [ 175 ] }
56f9882e9e9bad19000a0a46
Zhejiang
Zhejiang consists mostly of hills, which account for about 70% of its total area. Altitudes tend to be the highest to the south and west and the highest peak of the province, Huangmaojian Peak (1,929 meters or 6,329 feet), is located there. Other prominent mountains include Mounts Yandang, Tianmu, Tiantai, and Mogan, w...
How high is Huangmaojian Peak in meters?
{ "text": [ "1,929" ], "answer_start": [ 194 ] }
56f9882e9e9bad19000a0a47
Zhejiang
Zhejiang consists mostly of hills, which account for about 70% of its total area. Altitudes tend to be the highest to the south and west and the highest peak of the province, Huangmaojian Peak (1,929 meters or 6,329 feet), is located there. Other prominent mountains include Mounts Yandang, Tianmu, Tiantai, and Mogan, w...
How high is Huangmaojian Peak in feet?
{ "text": [ "6,329" ], "answer_start": [ 210 ] }
56f988a09b226e1400dd152c
Zhejiang
Valleys and plains are found along the coastline and rivers. The north of the province lies just south of the Yangtze Delta, and consists of plains around the cities of Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou, where the Grand Canal of China enters from the northern border to end at Hangzhou. Another relatively flat area is found...
What does the north of the province lie just south of?
{ "text": [ "the Yangtze Delta" ], "answer_start": [ 106 ] }
56f988a09b226e1400dd152d
Zhejiang
Valleys and plains are found along the coastline and rivers. The north of the province lies just south of the Yangtze Delta, and consists of plains around the cities of Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou, where the Grand Canal of China enters from the northern border to end at Hangzhou. Another relatively flat area is found...
Where does the Grand Canal of China end?
{ "text": [ "Hangzhou" ], "answer_start": [ 273 ] }
56f988a09b226e1400dd152e
Zhejiang
Valleys and plains are found along the coastline and rivers. The north of the province lies just south of the Yangtze Delta, and consists of plains around the cities of Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou, where the Grand Canal of China enters from the northern border to end at Hangzhou. Another relatively flat area is found...
What is a major river of the province in addition to the Qiangtang River?
{ "text": [ "Ou Rivers" ], "answer_start": [ 419 ] }
56f988a09b226e1400dd152f
Zhejiang
Valleys and plains are found along the coastline and rivers. The north of the province lies just south of the Yangtze Delta, and consists of plains around the cities of Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou, where the Grand Canal of China enters from the northern border to end at Hangzhou. Another relatively flat area is found...
What is a well-known lake of Hangzhou?
{ "text": [ "West Lake" ], "answer_start": [ 581 ] }