A Sancai (" Three colors ") plate ( left ), and a Ming dynasty | Ming-type blue-white vase ( right ), made in Northern Italy, mid-15th century.

By the end of the nineteenth century, in 1893, when the Big Three, Columbia, and Penn were populous centers of learning, Dartmouth graduated only sixty-nine.

The most important text for the study of early Korean is the Hyangga, a collection of 25 poems, of which some go back to the Three Kingdoms period ( 57 – 668 AD ), but are preserved in an orthography that only goes back to the 9th century AD ( Miller 1996: 60 ).

The constellations of the three schools were conflated into a single system by Chen Zhuo, an astronomer of the 3rd century ( Three Kingdoms period ).

Repeating crossbows, first mentioned in the Records of the Three Kingdoms, were discovered in 1986 in Tomb 47 at Qinjiazui, Hubei dated to around 4th century BC.

Three 20th century Danish authors have become Nobel Prize laureates in Literature: Karl Adolph Gjellerup and Henrik Pontoppidan ( joint recipients in 1917 ) and Johannes Vilhelm Jensen ( awarded 1944 ).

Three late tenth century and early eleventh century women presented their views of life and romance at the Heian court in Kagerō Nikki (" The Gossamer Years ") by " the mother of Michitsuna ", Makura no Sōshi ( The Pillow Book ) by Sei Shōnagon, and Genji Monogatari ( Tale of Genji ) by Murasaki Shikibu ( herself a Fujiwara ).

Three kingdoms came to dominate Iberia by the 15th century, those being the Kingdom of Portugal, Kingdom of Castile, and Kingdom of Aragon.

Three pre-16th century examples survive today ; the Brian Boru Harp in Trinity College, Dublin, and the Queen Mary and Lamont Harps, both in Scotland.

Three developments encouraged European interest in East Africa in the first half of the nineteenth century.

In the 20th century the traditions of Russian opera were developed by many composers including Sergei Rachmaninoff in his works The Miserly Knight and Francesca da Rimini, Igor Stravinsky in Le Rossignol, Mavra, Oedipus rex, and The Rake's Progress, Sergei Prokofiev in The Gambler, The Love for Three Oranges, The Fiery Angel, Betrothal in a Monastery, and War and Peace ; as well as Dmitri Shostakovich in The Nose and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Edison Denisov in L ' écume des jours, and Alfred Schnittke in Life with an Idiot and Historia von D. Johann Fausten.

Though opera patronage has decreased in the last century in favor of other arts and media ( such as musicals, cinema, radio, television and recordings ), mass media and the advent of recording have supported the popularity of many famous singers including Maria Callas, Enrico Caruso, Kirsten Flagstad, Mario Del Monaco, Risë Stevens, Alfredo Kraus, Franco Corelli, Montserrat Caballé, Joan Sutherland, Birgit Nilsson, Nellie Melba, Rosa Ponselle, Beniamino Gigli, Jussi Björling, Feodor Chaliapin, and " The Three Tenors " ( Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras ).

Three more municipalities were established in the 17th century.

Furthermore, similar to Xinjiang which was converted into a province earlier, the Qing government also turned Manchuria into three provinces in the early 20th century, officially known as the " Three Northeast Provinces ", and established the post of Viceroy of Three Northeast Provinces to oversee these provinces, making the total number of regional viceroys to nine.

The two regions, separated by the Jirisan Massif, nurture a rivalry said to reach back to the Three Kingdoms of Korea Period, which lasted from the fourth century to the seventh century A. D., when the kingdoms of Baekje and Silla struggled for control of the peninsula.

Three theories exercised great influence on nineteenth and early twentieth century mythography, beside the Tree worship of Mannhardt and the Totemism of J. F. McLennan, the " Sun myth " of Alvin Boyd Kuhn and Max Müller.

While no solid proofs exists, it is often assumed the Three Crown Castle, which preceded the present Stockholm Palace, originated from these wooden structures, and that the medieval city quickly expanded around it in the mid 13th century.

The origin of the term " supervolcano " is linked to an early 20th century scientific debate about the geological history and features of the Three Sisters volcanic region of Oregon, U. S. A.

* Weinburg, Mark ; " The Social Analysis of Three Early 19th century French liberals: Say, Comte, and Dunoyer ", Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol.

Three of the ten most costly wars, in terms of loss of life, have been waged in the last century.

According to archaeologists, sufficient archaeological correlates of state-level societies coalesced in the 4th century to show the existence in Korea of the Three Kingdoms ( AD 300 / 400 – 668 ) of Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla.

The Three Kingdoms of Korea persisted throughout the 6th century.

* Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories, Hardcover, 243 pages, Published 1985 by Dodd, Mead NY, ISBN 0-396-08747-7 includes 20 from 4 sets: The Tuesday Club Murders, The Regatta Mystery, Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, and Double Sin and Other Stories.

Three sets of possible boundaries for the region

** Mine Exploder T1E1 Roller ( Earthworm ): Three sets of 6 discs made from armor plate.

Three sets of demographic statistics are useful to governments and others concerned with their nations ’ political and economic stability.

* Xiao Wen Di sets up the " Three Leaders " system, under which native hamlet, village and district officers are responsible for taxation and conscription.

The 1992 Green Jellÿ song, Three Little Pigs ( and its claymation music video ) sets the story in Los Angeles.

Three sets of these hybrids were bred in the late 1890s and early 1900s by Carl Hagenbeck at his animal park in Hamburg, Germany.

Three " best of " collections as well as four sets devoted to individual series have been released for region one.

Three sets of three arches, those on the entrance front, three more between the vestibule and the salon, and the three leading from the salon to the garden are all aligned and permitted the arriving visitor to see through to the central axis of the garden even before entering the chateau.

In 2011 it was announced at the New York Toy fair that a second Elvis Mr. Potato Head ( based on his 1968 TV special ) would be released, as well as sets for The Wizard of Oz ( Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Lion ), the Three Stooges, and Star Trek ( Kirk and Kor ).

* German: Three box sets have been released.

Three months later, in May 1997, independent research revealed that the station was able to attract audiences of 500, 000, or 68 % of television sets in Ireland, for at least one hour's viewing per week.

Three sets of 8 two-story high outrigger trusses connect the columns to the core at six of the floors to provide additional support.

Indeed, one has to pay careful attention to figure out just what it is that who is doing to whom in Three Days of the Condor and, if I understood it correctly, it's never as horrifying as the real thing ... The suspense of the film depends less on this kind of plausibility than on Mr. Redford's reputation ( in a movie we accept the fact that he can do anything ) and on the verve with which Mr. Pollack, the director, sets everything up.

Three sets of eight registers each are " windowed ".

Three sets were released in July 2011 with Wave Four of the Playful Ponies.

* Three sets of triple swings: When censing the Most Blessed Sacrament

* Three sets of double swings: When censing images, relics, and other sacramentals, also when censing the celebrant.

* Three sets of single swings: When censing the congregation

* Regina Coeli: Three sets of triple swings during the verse ( Joy to thee, O Queen of Heaven, Alleluia ...) and then three sets of triple swings during the concluding prayer.

Three PVC figure sets, which included three figures per set, were released from May to June 2005.

In addition, the novels above are sometimes published as 3-in-1 volumes or omnibus box sets under various names playing on the general title themes ( such as Two Cats, Three Tales or The Cat Who Put Four in a Box ).

In Series Three, Hyacinth cannot bear the fact her neighbours get a celebrity to attend their barbecue, and she sets out to do the same at her function.