Because anthropology developed from so many different enterprises ( see History of Anthropology ), including but not limited to fossil-hunting, exploring, documentary film-making, paleontology, primatology, antiquity dealings and curatorship, philology, etymology, genetics, regional analysis, ethnology, history, philosophy, and religious studies, it is difficult to characterize the entire field in a brief article, although attempts to write histories of the entire field have been made.

It is first attested by an inscription dated to 1224 or 1225 AD and by the Secret History of the Mongols, written in 1228 ( see Mongolic languages ).

For more details of this early work, see Alpha particle # History of discovery and use.

Additionally, though the Chronicler's principal source is the Deuteronomistic History, coming primarily, as stated above, from the books of 2 Samuel and 1 – 2 Kings and other public records and sources ( see above ), the Chronicler also uses other biblical sources, particularly from the Pentateuch, as redacted and put together by P ( the Priestly Source ).

( That the story assumes the city ’ s existence and deliverance from judgment may indeed reflect an older tradition dating back to the eighth-7th century BC ) Assyria often opposed Israel and eventually took the Israelites captive in 722-721 BC ( see History of ancient Israel and Judah ).

Since the incident on 19 September 2002 ( see History of Ivory Coast ), a civil war broke out, and the north part of the country has been seized by the rebels, the New Forces ( FN ).

For further information, see History_of_citizenship # Competing_senses_of_citizenship | History of citizenship.

Dante was a great poet, the Societa Dantesca Italiana did great work in editing and publishing a usable and affordable text, but the Divine Comedy was certainly used by the newly unified Italian government ( see History of Italy ) to encourage a more homogeneous, Tuscan-influenced dialect for the whole peninsula ( see Italian language ).

By 1996, tensions from the neighboring Rwanda war and genocide had spilled over to Zaire: see History of Rwanda.

( For more information, see History of special relativity.

However, given the right problem, the use of an appropriate 4GL can be spectacularly successful as was seen with MARK-IV and MAPPER ( see History Section, Santa Fe real-time tracking of their freight cars – the productivity gains were estimated to be 8 times over COBOL ).

:: Another example of Nomad's power is illustrated by Nicholas Rawlings in his comments for the Computer History Museum about NCSS ( see citation below ).

The later American-built canal used new lock designs ( see History of the Panama Canal ).

: For general Time Lord history, see History of the Time Lords.

For additional information about this period, see the History of Roman Catholicism in Spain.

Many Jews converted to Christianity, however, prejudice against Jewish converts persisted and led many of these former Jews to move to the New World ( see History of the Jews in Latin America ).

To read about the background to these events, see History of Poland.

The use of multiple manuals in a harpsichord was not originally provided for the flexibility in choosing which strings would sound, but rather for transposition ; for discussion see History of the harpsichord.

Cases vary greatly in weight and sturdiness: Italian harpsichords are often of light construction ; heavier construction is found in the later Flemish instruments and those derived from them ( see History of the harpsichord ).

However, Turing-completeness was never considered by Zuse ( who had practical applications in mind ) and only demonstrated in 1998 ( see History of computing hardware ).

* The traditional garment, either in its historical form, or in the modern adaptation now usual in Scotland ( see History of the kilt ), usually in a tartan pattern

** Datus, Rajas, and Sultans of the Philippine Islands, see Sultanate of Sulu and History of the Philippines

For an overview of the wider Macedonian region see History of the Region of Macedonia.

Here he was influenced by the American thinker Henry George ( see Georgism ) and German thinker Karl Marx ; the land value tax in Taiwan is a legacy thereof.

*** Governors and Chairpersons of Taiwan, see Taiwan Province

( see Special municipality of Taiwan )

NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, parts of South America ( except Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and French Guiana ), Myanmar, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories ( see map ).

* 1971 – The United Nations seated the People's Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China ( see political status of Taiwan and China and the United Nations )

For more information, see status of Taiwan.

Unless otherwise indicated, the statistics on this page pertain to mainland China only ; see also Demographics of Hong Kong, Demographics of Macau, and Demographics of Taiwan.

For the Republic of China ( Taiwan ), see Communications in the Republic of China.

Taiwan is a center of bird endemism ; see Endemic birds of Taiwan for further information.

In 1662, however, Koxinga expelled the Dutch from Taiwan ( see History of Taiwan ).

For history of the polity which currently governs Taiwan, see history of the Republic of China.

In 1662, following a nine month siege, Koxinga captured the Dutch fortress Zeelandia and Taiwan became his base ( see Kingdom of Tungning ).

Some aborigines see the rhetoric of Taiwan nationalism as favoring the majority Hoklo speakers rather than themselves.

Only after the lifting of martial laws in 1987 and mother tongue movement in the 1990s did Taiwan see a true revival in the Taiwanese language.

Within Taiwan, supporters of reunification tend to see " China " as a larger cultural entity divided by the Chinese Civil War into separate states or governments within the country.

Except for the most extreme Taiwan independence supporters, most Taiwanese support the popular sovereignty theory and no longer see much conflict between this theory of sovereignty and the ROC position.

May 2009 Taiwan's ( Republic of China ) Department of the Interior published a survey examining whether people in Taiwan see themselves as Taiwanese, Chinese or both.

The trip now included a " 9 day trip down South " which took all 1200 study tour participants on a bus tour around the entire island of Taiwan to see the major scenic areas.

Here he was influenced by the American thinker Henry George ( see Georgism ); the land value tax in Taiwan is a legacy thereof.

His base of support includes strong supporters of Chinese reunification, some rural voters ( particularly in northern and eastern Taiwan, who were grateful for the selective economic development undertaken while he was governor ) and some urban middle class voters who see him as a cleaner alternative to the KMT.

* Taiwan, Japan — see Taiwan under Japanese rule