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  2. Google Street View in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A Google Maps Camera Car showcased on Google campus in Mountain View, California in November 2010. The United States was the first country to have Google Street View images and was the only country with images for over a year following introduction of the service on May 25, 2007. Early on, most locations had a limited number of views, usually ...

  3. Silk Road transmission of Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Zhi Yao (c. 185), a Kushan monk in the second generation of translators after Lokakṣema. Zhi Qian (220–252), a Kushan monk whose grandfather had settled in China during 168–190 Kang Senghui (247–280), born in Jiaozhi (or Chiao-chih) close to modern Hanoi in what was then the extreme south of the Chinese empire, and a son of a Sogdian ...

  4. Geography of New York City - Wikipedia

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    Geography. New York City is located on the coast of the Northeastern United States at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York state. It is located in the New YorkNew Jersey Harbor Estuary, the centerpiece of which is the New York Harbor, whose deep waters and sheltered bays helped the city grow in significance as a trading city.

  5. Hongwu Emperor - Wikipedia

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    Now located in the National Palace Museum, Taipei. Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398), [b] also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Ming ( 明太祖 ), personal name Zhu Yuanzhang ( 朱元璋; Chu Yüan-chang ), courtesy name Guorui ( 國瑞; 国瑞 ), was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1368 ...

  6. Panorama of the City of New York - Wikipedia

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    A scale model of the 1964 New York World's Fair site, showing all the buildings and pavilions of the time, is located in a separate area devoted to World's Fair exhibits. It is built to the same scale as the Panorama by Lester and Associates, and was one of originally 7 travelling models. A larger model of the Fair site that was 1 inch : 32 ...

  7. 'Googlers against Genocide' arrested after 10 hour sit-in at ...

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    Nine Google workers were arrested Tuesday night after staging a 10-hour sit-in protest at the company’s offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, California.

  8. Zhang Qian - Wikipedia

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    Zhang Qian was born in Chenggu district just east of Hanzhong in the north-central province of Shaanxi, China. [9] He entered the capital, Chang'an, today's Xi'an, between 140 BC and 134 BC as a Gentleman ( 郎 ), serving Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty. At the time the nomadic Xiongnu tribes controlled what is now Inner Mongolia and dominated ...

  9. California to tap generative AI tools to increase services ...

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    California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer and provide tax guidance, among other things, under new agreements announced ...