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European fascination with China – however ignorant and ill-informed – had no counterpart in Chinese intellectual circles, a measure perhaps of cultural self-confidence and the prestige of an unbroken classical tradition of exceptional range and subtlety.
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
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Bob Flaws • The Tao of Healthy Eating
The local Chinese commander, Ki Shen, who had succeeded Commissioner Lin, agreed to cede Hong Kong and pay an indemnity of 6 million Chinese silver dollars, worth about £300,000. When the news reached Peking, the emperor was left with no course but to agree.
Terence McKenna • Food of the Gods
Victor Hugo: Oeuvres complètes - 122 titres (Annotés et illustrés) - Arvensa Editions (French Edition)
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After Africanus’ victory at the Battle of Zama in 202 BCE, at the end of the war with Hannibal, Carthage had agreed to Rome’s demands. Fifty years later, it had just paid off the last instalment of the vast cash indemnity the Romans had imposed. Was this final campaign of destruction simply an act of Roman vengeance, carried out on some trumped-up
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