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WASP - The Idol
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  • Published: 18 Apr 2007
  • Duration: 4:11
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: OdinSDMF
From the 1992 album "The Crimson Idol."
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Captain America: Behind The Shield - by Norton
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  • Published: 09 Jun 2011
  • Duration: 3:38
  • Updated: 26 Mar 2012
Author: norton
on.fb.me - Visit the Norton Facebook Page to get even more Captain America! Enter for a chance to win great prizes, including an actual shield used in the movie signed by Chris Evans!
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FFX-2 - 1000 Words (English)
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  • Published: 05 May 2006
  • Duration: 3:59
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: hagrid026
Join Erepublik! www.erepublik.com
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BRNO ZH 301
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  • Published: 28 Sep 2011
  • Duration: 5:22
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: Stray03
I never could find a video of a BRNO ZH 301 when I wanted one, so I bought the gun not knowing much about it. Figured I'd put one up showing the features of the Shotgun. I apologize for my wandering off while speaking, I'm not used to talking to myself and it's a strange feeling to talk to a camera. Also I mention the breech sliding back, I mean the breech block. As a side note I mention different barrels, well the 301 is full over full, the 302 is skeet, and so on. So the model numbers usually will indicate the type of choke.
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Join Zahi Hawass Inside the Mysterious Tunnel in the Tomb of Seti I
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  • Published: 07 May 2009
  • Duration: 5:15
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: heritagekeymedia
( heritage-key.com ) - Zahi Hawass takes viewers deep into the mysterious tunnel that leads from the burial chamber of King Seti I. No explorer has ever reached the end of this steep passageway, and no one knows why it exists. Join Hawass as he discusses his team's work to excavate and restore the tunnel, and their hope of solving the mystery of what may lie at its end.
http://web.archive.org./web/20120417122523/http://wn.com/Join Zahi Hawass Inside the Mysterious Tunnel in the Tomb of Seti I
3. Pinyin (Initial Consonants : c, zh, ch, sh, r)
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  • Published: 06 Jan 2011
  • Duration: 4:23
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: podcastyou00
Lesson #3. Pinyin (Initial Consonants : c, zh, ch, sh, r) Initial Consonants z [ts] unvoiced zoo c [ts'] students, cats zh, ch, sh, r Initial Consonants Initials International Phonetic Systems zh [tʂ ] ch [tʂ'] sh [ ʂ ] r [ ʑ ] Sophia Qian www.seemile.com
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Matek ZH
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  • Published: 10 Oct 2007
  • Duration: 0:52
  • Updated: 13 Mar 2012
Author: szolzol
Október 30.
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ZH feat. EKR, G-StRING (8ERBAHN)
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  • Published: 18 May 2011
  • Duration: 3:56
  • Updated: 30 Mar 2012
Author: LOBANABOL
track vom gbzt album! beat: zhbeats text: ekr,g-string,zh video: LOBANABOL MEDIA
http://web.archive.org./web/20120417122523/http://wn.com/ZH feat. EKR, G-StRING (8ERBAHN)
/zh/
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  • Published: 29 Mar 2009
  • Duration: 2:50
  • Updated: 13 Mar 2012
Author: learnamericanenglish
An American English teacher demonstrates the /zh/ sound. This is similar to the "j" and the "sh" sounds combined. It's often spelled with an "s."
http://web.archive.org./web/20120417122523/http://wn.com//zh/
Gsezhlos (ZH, Don Fuego, Jason) - Illuminati
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  • Published: 04 Apr 2010
  • Duration: 4:00
  • Updated: 03 Apr 2012
Author: Eye2theStreet
Gsezhlos - Illuminati Text: ZH, Don Fuego, Jason Instrumental: ZH-HITTEK Regie, Kamera und Schnitt: Eye2theStreet Produktion: Gsezhlos & Eye2theStreet © Eye2theStreet 2010
http://web.archive.org./web/20120417122523/http://wn.com/Gsezhlos (ZH, Don Fuego, Jason) - Illuminati
neuer track vom kommenden gsezhlos tape!
4:02
GSEZH­LOS: RYTHM IS A GANGS­TA (zh, g-string,besko)
4:11
WASP - The Idol
3:38
Cap­tain Amer­i­ca: Be­hind The Shield - by Nor­ton
3:59
FFX-2 - 1000 Words (En­glish)
5:22
BRNO ZH 301
5:15
Join Zahi Hawass In­side the Mys­te­ri­ous Tun­nel in the Tomb of Seti I
4:23
3. Pinyin (Ini­tial Con­so­nants : c, zh, ch, sh, r)
8:29
Com­mand and Con­quer Gen­er­als: Zero Hour - USA Mis­sion 1 (Hard)
0:52
Matek ZH
3:56
ZH feat. EKR, G-StRING (8ER­BAHN)
2:50
/zh/
4:00
Gsezh­los (ZH, Don Fuego, Jason) - Il­lu­mi­nati
8:50
Com­mand & Con­quer Gen­er­als: Zero Hour - Chal­lenge Mode (Hard) Air Force vs Kwai part 1 / 2
11:32
Scoo­by Doo-na zh kanis h na min zh!
3:45
C&C; Gen­er­als Zero Hour Cold War Cri­sis Mod
8:12
Zero Hour: It's the first Hour Ep.5: IT'S ABOUT BLOODY TIME!
3:07
C&C; Gen­er­als Zero Hour music (Main Theme)
4:13
Zero Hour Mashup | Best Of Bol­ly­wood
31:48
IN­SIDE 9/11 : ZERO HOUR (PART 1 of 4)
3:42
C&C; Gen­er­als Zero Hour music (GLA An­them)
4:27
EK HUSN KI DEVI SE - MERI ZH­NAGH­MA
26:44
70 BRU­TAL KNOCK­OUTS (PART 1)


  • Gallus-Kapelle in Greifensee ZH (Switzerland), the Town hall to the left
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  • Pulpit of the Gallus chapel in Greifensee ZH, Switzerland
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  • Rüti (ZH) Jona river in so-called Joner Wald (Jona forrest).
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  • The Altstadt of Greifensee (ZH) and Greifensee castle in the background, as seen from the Gallus chapel
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  • Tunnel boring machine at the site of Weinberg tunnell Altstetten-ZH main station-Oerlikon near Oerlikon railway station.
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  • TED Spread Chart - Data 2008 zh-hant
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  • AS ZH iPhone3GS Launch
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  • English: zh:深水埗區 2010年香港電腦節
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  • Forch (ZH) as seen from Guldenen (Pfannenstiel), Forchbahn train station in the middle, Wehrmännerdenkmal to the right
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  • The eastern part of the small Altstadt of Greifensee (ZH), en:Gallus Chapel in the background.It is located on the lake Greifensee, approximately 12 km (7 mi) to the east of Zurich in Switzerland.
    Creative Commons / Roland zh
  • Greifensee at Greifensee (ZH) A ship connects small towns along the edge of the lake, Maur, Niederuster, Fällanden, Mönchaltorf and the town Greifensee with its charming Altstadt and Greifensee castle.
    Creative Commons / Roland zh
  • Hinwil ZH 1928, Aufnahme von Walter Mittelholzer (1894 - 1937). The village Hinwil from which the later municipality took its name is first mentioned in 745 as Hunichinwilari, in a donation made by Beata and Landolt to the Abbey of Saint Gall
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  • The Limmat valley at Spreitenbach as seen from Waidberg. Limmat (German pronunciation: [ˈlimət]) is the name of a 35 km (22 mi) long river located in the cantons of Zürich (ZH) and Aargau (AG).
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  • The Limmay valley at Altstetten (Zürich) Limmat (German pronunciation: [ˈlimət]) is the name of a 35 km (22 mi) long river located in the cantons of Zürich (ZH) and Aargau (AG).
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  • The valley and Rangierbahnhof Limmattal as seen from Heitersberg Pass. Limmat (German pronunciation: [ˈlimət]) is the name of a 35 km (22 mi) long river located in the cantons of Zürich (ZH) and Aargau (AG).
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  • Tann-Rüti, as seen from Haltberg in Rüti (ZH), Pfannenstiel in the background.
    Creative Commons / Roland zh
  • Catholic and methodist church in Tann-Rüti, as seen from Haltberg in Rüti (ZH) , Joweid and Jona river in the foreground
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  • Joweid Tann and Jona river at Joweid (= meadows on Jona river) in Rüti (ZH). Tann is located in the Zürcher Oberland, in the south of Dürnten, and is geographically part of the southern municipality of Rüti.
    Creative Commons / Roland zh
  • Rüti (ZH) in Switzerland as seen from Haltberg, Joweid to the right
    Creative Commons / Roland zh
  • Train station Rüti (ZH) in Switzerland, as seen from Walderstrasse, Bahnhofstrasse to the left, Wettsteinweg to the right, Joweid Center in the background.
    Creative Commons / Roland zh
  • Jona river in the Tannertobel in Rüti (ZH) respectively Tann (Switzerland)
    Creative Commons / Roland zh
  • Abbot's mitre, treasury of the former Premonstratensian Abbey in Rüti ZH in Switzerland . Premonstratensian Abbey, Ortsmuseum (museum of local history) in the Amthaus Rüti (Bailiff's house).
    Creative Commons / Roland zh
  • zh:長沙灣 魚缸 元州商場
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  • Taiwan old food zh
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  • Sihlsee dam and effluence of the Sihl river. Sihl (German pronunciation: [ˈsiːl]) is the name of a 68 km (42 mi) long river located in the cantons of Schwyz (SZ) and Zürich (ZH). The valley compromises parts of the the districts of Einsiedeln (SZ) (upper Sihl valley), Horgen (ZH) and Zürich.
    Creative Commons / Roland zh
  • Au seen from the north lake Zürich : Au peninsula at Au (ZH), southeasternly Zimmerberg plateu, Etzel mountain (to the left) and and Alps in the background.The Au peninsula is located in the Swiss Lake Zürich at the municipality Au between Wädenswil and Horgen in the Canton of Zurich.
    Creative Commons / Roland zh
  • The Beijing Botanical Garden (Chinese: 北京植物园; pinyin: Běijīng Zhíwùyuán) is a botanical garden situated in the northwestern outskirts of Beijing, China between Xiangshan (Fragrant Hills) Park and Jade Spring Mountain (zh:玉泉山) in the Western Hills. The Beijing Botanical Garden was established in 1955. It covers a large area of 564,000 square metres. The gardens include a dozen exhibition districts and halls, such as the tree garden, a perennial bulb garden, a rose garden, a peony garden, a tradit
    Creative Commons / FlickreviewR
  • Former Rüti Abbey, protestant rectory in Rüti ZH, Switzerland.
    Creative Commons / Roland zh
  • Kannada billboards in India. Kannada literary works employed letters ಱ (transliterated 'ṟ' or 'rh') and ೞ (transliterated 'ḻ', 'lh' or 'zh'), whose manner of articulation most plausibly could be akin to those in present-day Malayalam and Tamil
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  • KLdy1 - Jan07 - CHNdy1 - Air China (SEHK: 0753) (LSE: AIRC) (Pinyin: Zh¨­nggu¨® Gu¨®j¨¬ H¨¢ngk¨­ng G¨­ngs¨©, literally
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Yahoo Daily News Significant OpenEMR software code contributions from ZH Healthcare have provided new and enhanced features of the ONCHIT certified system. McLean, VA (PRWEB) March 30, 2012 Healthcare regulations and cost are often the subject of negative news and headlines. That doesn’t mean there are no...(size: 4.0Kb)
The Guardian The landmark human rights ruling from the UK supreme court on the rights of children born to illegal immigrants...(size: 0.7Kb)
Hoovers 2:28pm BRITISH Airways and Japan Airlines are cutting international flights due to slumping demand because of the war in Iraq. British Airways said yesterday it was reducing transatlantic and Middle Eastern services. BA also said it would accelerate plans to shed some 3,000 workers. "There are...(size: 2.6Kb)
The Daily Star National Bank limited (NBL) has opened a new branch at Z.H Sikder Women's Medical College and Hospital at Rayer Bazar in the city on Sunday, says a press release....(size: 1.1Kb)
The Daily Star The Z H Sikder Women's Medical College and Hospital has moved one step further in bringing world class medical services to the doors of the people in the country by opening its first branch in Gulshan in the city. The 150-bed hospital cum women's medical college, an extension of its first hospital...(size: 2.6Kb)
National Post Photo of people partying. When the sun sets over the Hollywood Hills, the stars come out to play. And while burly minders guard the doors, Tinseltown's most celebrated names let their hair down. Here, bar staff from three of Los Angeles' hippest hangouts lift the lid on the drinking habits of the...(size: 6.5Kb)
Dbusiness MINNEAPOLIS, April 20 (LocalBusiness.com) -- ZH Computer Inc., a Minneapolis-based incubator and developer of new technologies, is getting set to close on a $2 million-plus private placement. Download Now!...(size: 4.1Kb)
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Chinesename浙江省
PinyinZhèjiāng Shěng
EnglishnameZhejiang Province
NameZhejiang
Localtranscription1Wu Romanization: Tsek Kaon Sang
Abbreviation
AbbrevpinyinZhè, Wu: Tsek
Isoabbrev33
MapChina Zhejiang.svg
OriginofnameOld name of Qiantang River
AdministrationtypeProvince
CapitalHangzhou
LargestcityHangzhou
SecretaryZhao Hongzhu
GovernorXia Baolong
Area km2101800
Arearank25th
Latitude27° 09' to 31° 11' N
Longitude118° 02' to 122° 57' E
Popyear2010
Pop54,426,891
Poprank10th
Popdensity km2495
Popdensityrank8th
Gdpyear2010
Gdp2.72 trillion ($US402 billion)
Gdprank4th
Gdppercapita44,335 ($US6,490)
Gdppercapitarank4th
Hdiyear2008
Hdi0.841
Hdirank5th
Hdicathigh
NationalitiesHan: 99.2% She: 0.4%
DialectsWu
Prefectures11
Counties90
Townships1570
Websitehttp://www.zj.gov.cn }}
Zhejiang () is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word ''Zhejiang'' (crooked river) was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital. The name of the province is often abbreviated to its first character, "浙".

Zhejiang borders 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 lie the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

History

Zhejiang was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization during the Shang Dynasty (sixteenth century to eleventh century BC). Instead it was populated by peoples collectively known as the Yue, such as the Dongyue and the Ouyue. Starting from the Spring and Autumn Period, a state of Yue emerged in northern Zhejiang that was heavily influenced by Chinese civilization further north, and under King Goujian of Yue it reached its zenith and was able to wipe out, in 473 BC, the state of Wu further north, a major power at the time. In 333 BC, this state was in turn conquered by the state of Chu further west; and the state of Qin in turn subjugated all the states of China under its control in 221 BC, thereby establishing a unified Chinese empire.

Throughout the Qin Dynasty (221 to 206 BC) and Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD), Zhejiang was under the control of the unified Chinese state, though it was a frontier area at best, and southern Zhejiang was not under anything more than nominal control, it being still inhabited by Yue with their own political and social structures. Near the end of the Han Dynasty Zhejiang was home to minor warlords Yan Baihu and Wang Lang, who fell in turn to Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who eventually established the Kingdom of Wu (222–280), one of the Three Kingdoms.

From the fourth century onwards, China began to be invaded from the north by nomadic peoples, who conquered areas of North China and established the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern Dynasties. As a result, massive numbers of refugees arrived from the north and poured into South China, which hosted the refugee Eastern Jin Dynasty and Southern Dynasties; this accelerated the sinicization of South China, including Zhejiang.

The Sui Dynasty reestablished unity and built the Grand Canal of China, which linked Hangzhou to the North China Plain, providing Zhejiang with a vital link to the centers of Chinese civilization. The Tang Dynasty (618–907) presided over a golden age of China. Zhejiang was, at this time, part of the Jiangnandong Circuit, and there began to appear references to its prosperity. Later on, as the Tang Dynasty disintegrated, Zhejiang constituted most of the territory of the regional kingdom of Wuyue.

The Northern Song Dynasty re-established unity in around 960. Under the Song Dynasty, the prosperity of South China began to overtake North China. After the north was lost to the Jurchens in 1127, Zhejiang had its heyday: the modern provincial capital, Hangzhou, was the capital of the Han Chinese Southern Song Dynasty which held on to South China. Renowned for its prosperity and beauty, it may have been the largest city in the world at the time. Ever since then all the way to the present day, north Zhejiang has, together with neighbouring south Jiangsu, been synonymous with luxury and opulence in Chinese culture. Mongol conquest and the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty in 1279 ended Hangzhou's political clout, though Hangzhou continued to prosper; Marco Polo visited the city, which he called "Kinsay", and called the "finest and noblest city" in the world".

The Zhejiang province, particularly the Longquan district, became renowned during the Southern Song and Yuan dynasty for its production of a particular celadon (greenware) ceramic. The Southern Song Longquan celadon is characterized by a thick unctuous glaze of a particular bluish-green tint over an otherwise undecorated light-grey porcellaneous body that is delicately potted. Yuan Longquan celadons feature a thinner, greener glaze on increasingly larger vessels with decoration and shapes derived from Middle Eastern ceramic and metalwares. These were produced in large quantities for the Chinese export trade to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and in the Ming, Europe. Ming wares are mainly noted for a decrease in quality and it is in this period that the Longquan kilns declined, to be eventually replaced in popularity and ceramic production by the kilns of Jingdezhen, in neighboring Jiangxi province.

The Ming Dynasty which drove out the Mongols in 1368 were the first to establish Zhejiang Province, and the borders of the province have since changed little. With the invasion of Western capitalism, Zhejiang became the most important bridge between Shanghai, the national economic center, and wealthy Southern China. Following the Doolittle Raid during World War II, most of the B-25 American crews that came down in China eventually made it to safety with the help of Chinese civilians and soldiers. The Chinese people who helped them, however, paid dearly for sheltering the Americans. The Imperial Japanese Army began the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign to intimidate the Chinese from helping downed American airmen. The Japanese killed an estimated 250,000 civilians while searching for Doolittle’s men.

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 today. During the Cultural Revolution (1966–76), Zhejiang was in chaos and disunity, and its economy was stagnant, especially during its high tide (1966–69). These problems were intensified by an agricultural policy favoring grain production at the expense of industrial and cash crops. Mao’s self-reliance policy, and the reduction in maritime trade cut off the lifelines of the port cities of Ningbo and Wenzhou. While Mao invested heavily in railroads in interior China, no major railroads were built to improve the poor transportation conditions in South Zhejiang.

Zhejiang has been less favored by the central government due to the lack of natural resources, a location vulnerable to potential flooding from the sea, and an economic base at the national average. Zhejiang, however, has long been an epicenter of capitalist development in China, and has been leading the nation in marketisation and the development of private enterprises. Northeast Zhejiang, as part of the Yangtze Delta, is flat, more developed, and industry oriented, where the earliest civilization in Zhejiang was found. South Zhejiang is mountainous and ill-suited for farming, and has traditionally been poor and underdeveloped. The economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping, however, have brought change to that region unparalleled across the rest of China. Driven by hard work, an entrepreneuring spirit, low labour costs, and an eye for the world market, south Zhejiang (especially cities such as Wenzhou and Yiwu) has become a major center of export. This, together with the traditional prosperity of north Zhejiang, has allowed Zhejiang to leapfrog over several other provinces and become one of the richer provinces of China.

Although against the traditional Confucian ideas, intellectuals in Zhejiang, such as Shi Ye of the Yongjia School, had been promoting commercial activities. Over the years, Zhejiang has developed a tradition of active commercial activities and entrepreneurship.

Geography

Zhejiang consists mostly of hills, which account for about 70% of its total area. Altitudes tend to be highest to the south and west, and the highest peak of the province, Huangyajian Peak (), is located in the southwest. Mountains and mountain ranges include the Yandang Mountains, Tianmu Mountains, Mount Tiantai, and Mount Mogan, which traverse the province at altitudes of about .

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 along the Qujiang River around the cities of Quzhou and Jinhua. Major rivers include the Qiangtang and Oujiang Rivers. Most rivers carve out valleys in the highlands, with plenty of rapids and other features associated with such topography. Well-known lakes include the West Lake of Hangzhou and the South Lake of Jiaxing.

There are over three thousand islands along the ragged coastline of Zhejiang. The largest, Zhoushan Island, is Mainland China's third largest island, after Hainan and Chongming. There are also many bays with Hangzhou Bay being the largest.

Zhejiang has a humid subtropical climate with four distinct seasons. Spring starts in March and is rainy with changeable weather. Summer, from June to September is long, hot and humid. Fall is generally dry, warm and sunny. Winters are short but cold except in the far south. Average annual temperature is around 15 to 19°C, average January temperature is around 2 to 8°C, and average July temperature is around 27 to 30°C. Annual precipitation is about 1000 to 1900 mm. There is plenty of rainfall in early summer, and by late summer Zhejiang is directly threatened by typhoons forming in the Pacific.

Administrative divisions

Zhejiang is divided into eleven prefecture-level divisions, all of them prefecture-level cities:

! Map ! # ! Name ! Hanzi ! Hanyu Pinyin ! Administrative Seat
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1 Hangzhou 杭州市 Hángzhōu Shì Gongshu District
2 Ningbo 宁波市 Níngbō Shì Haishu District
3 Huzhou 湖州市 Húzhōu Shì Wuxing District
4 Jiaxing 嘉兴市 Jiāxīng Shì Nanhu District
5 Jinhua 金华市 Jīnhuá Shì Wucheng District
6 丽水市 Líshuǐ Shì Liandu District
7 Quzhou 衢州市 Qúzhōu Shì Kecheng District
8 Shaoxing 绍兴市 Shàoxīng Shì Yuecheng District
9 台州市 Tāizhōu Shì Jiaojiang District
10 Wenzhou 温州市 Wēnzhōu Shì Lucheng District
11 Zhoushan 舟山市 Zhōushān Shì Dinghai District

The eleven prefecture-level divisions of Zhejiang are subdivided into 90 county-level divisions (32 districts, 22 county-level cities, 35 counties, and one autonomous county). Those are in turn divided into 1570 township-level divisions (761 towns, 505 townships, 14 ethnic townships, and 290 subdistricts).

See List of administrative divisions of Zhejiang for a complete list of county-level divisions.

Politics

The politics of Zhejiang is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

The Governor of Zhejiang is the highest ranking official in the People's Government of Zhejiang. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Zhejiang Communist Party of China Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Zhejiang CPC Party Chief". Zhejiang was home to Chiang Kai-shek and many high ranking officials in the Nationalist Party, who fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing the Civil War. Zhejiang has since become the forefront of China’s tense relations with Taiwan.

Economy

The province is traditionally known as the "Land of Fish and Rice". True to its name, rice is the main crop, followed by wheat; north Zhejiang is also a center of aquaculture in China, and the Zhoushan fishery is the largest fishery in the country. Main cash crops include jute and cotton, and the province also leads the provinces of China in tea production (the renowned Longjing tea is a product of Hangzhou). Zhejiang's towns have been known for handcraft production of products such as silk, for which it is ranked second among the provinces, and as market towns connecting the cities with the countryside.

Ningbo, Wenzhou, Taizhou and Zhoushan are important commercial ports. The Hangzhou Bay Bridge between Haiyan County and Cixi, is the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world.

Zhejiang's manufacturing is centered upon electromechanical industries, textiles, chemical industries, food, and construction materials. In recent years Zhejiang has followed its own development model, dubbed the "Zhejiang model", which is based on prioritizing and encouraging entrepreneurship, an emphasis on small businesses responsive to the whims of the market, large public investments into infrastructure, and the production of low cost goods in bulk for both domestic consumption and export. As a result, Zhejiang has made itself one of the richest provinces, and the "Zhejiang spirit" has become something of a legend within China. However, some economists are now worrying that this model is not sustainable, in that it is inefficient and places unreasonable demands on raw materials and public utilities, and also a dead end, in that the myriad small businesses of Zhejiang producing cheap goods in bulk are unable to move to more sophisticated or technologically-oriented industries. The economic heart of Zhejiang is moving from Hangzhou-surrounded North Zhejiang southeastward to more complex combinations of several strong municipalities. The per capita disposable income of urbanites in Zhejiang reached 24,611 yuan (US$3,603) in 2009, an annual real growth of 8.3%. The per capita pure income of rural residents stood at 10,007 yuan (US$1,465), a real growth of 8.1% year-on-year. Its nominal GDP for 2010 was 2.72 trillion yuan (US$402 billion) with a per capita of 44,335 yuan (US$6,490). In 2009, Zhejiang's primary, secondary, and tertiary industries were worth 116.2 billion yuan (US$17 billion), 1.1843 trillion yuan (US$173.4 billion), and 982.7 billion yuan (US$143.9 billion) respectively.

Zhejiang is the first province of China which has no counties in the poverty-county list of the central government. Zhejiang has become one of the most marketised and richest provinces in China. Compared to many other Chinese provinces, the development in different regions in Zhejiang is more balanced. While the countyside still lags behind, in 2006, the per capita disposable incomes for eleven major cities in Zhejiang were all ranked among the top 30 in Chinese cities.

Major cities:

  • Hangzhou
  • Haining
  • Ningbo
  • Jiaxing
  • Huzhou
  • Wenzhou
  • Shaoxing
  • Zhoushan
  • Yiwu
  • Taizhou
  • Economic and Technological Development Zones

  • Huzhou Economic Development Zone
  • Dinghai Industrial Park
  • Hangzhou Economic & Technological Developing Area
  • Hangzhou New & Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone
  • Hangzhou Export Processing Zone
  • Hangzhou Zhijiang National Tourist Holiday Resort
  • Jiaxing Export Processing Zone
  • Ningbo Economic and Technical Development Zone
  • Ningbo Daxie Island Development Zone
  • Ningbo Free Trade Zone
  • Ningbo Export Processing Zone
  • Quzhou Industrial Park
  • Shenjia Economic and Technological Development Zone
  • Wenzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone
  • Xiaoshan Economic and Technological Development Zone
  • Zhejiang Quzhou Hi-Tech Park
  • Zhejiang Zhoushan Economic Development Zone
  • Zhejiang Donggang Economic Development Zone
  • Demographics

    Han Chinese make up the vast majority of the population, and the largest Han subgroup are the speakers of Wu varieties of Chinese. There are also 400,000 members of ethnic minorities - which can be divided into approximately 200,000 She people and approximately 20,000 Hui. Jingning She Autonomous County in Lishui is the only She autonomous county in China.

    Media

    The Zhejiang Radio & Television, Hangzhou Radio & Television Group, Ningbo Radio & Television Group are the local broadcasters in Zhejiang Province. Programs are produced by Guinness of China Television and entertainment is produced by Wenzhou Television.

    Culture

    Languages

    Zhejiang is mountainous and has therefore fostered the development of many individual localized cultures. Linguistically speaking, Zhejiang is extremely diverse. The inhabitants of Zhejiang speak Wu, a branch of Chinese, but the Wu dialects are very diverse, especially in the south, where one valley may speak a dialect completely unintelligible to another valley a few kilometers away. Non-Wu dialects are spoken as well, mostly along the borders; Mandarin and Huizhou dialects are spoken on the border with Anhui, while Min dialects are spoken on the border with Fujian. (See Hangzhou dialect, Shaoxing dialect, Ningbo dialect, Wenzhou dialect, Taizhou (Zhejiang) dialect, Jinhua dialect, Quzhou dialect for more information).

    Throughout history there has been numerous ''lingua franca'' in the area to allow for better communication. The dialects spoken in Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo have taken on this role historically. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mandarin, which is not mutually intelligible with any local dialects, has been promoted as the standard language of communication in all of China. As a result, most of the population now have a good grasp on speaking and comprehending Mandarin and can code-switch when necessary, while the majority of the population educated since 1978 can speak Mandarin flawlessly. Urban areas tend to be more fluent in Mandarin than rural areas. Nevertheless, a Zhejiang accent is detectable in almost everyone from the area communicating in Mandarin, and the home dialect of any native resident remains an important part of the everyday lives and cultural identity of most Zhejiang residents.

    Music

    Zhejiang is the home of ''Yueju'' (), one of the most prominent forms of Chinese opera. ''Yueju'' originated in Shengzhou and is traditionally performed by actresses only, in both male and female roles. Other important opera traditions include Yongju (of Ningbo), Shaoju (of Shaoxing), Ouju (of Wenzhou), Wuju (of Jinhua), Taizhou Luantan (of Taizhou) and Zhuji Luantan (of Zhuji).

    Cuisine

    Longjing tea (also called dragon well tea), originating in Hangzhou, is one of the most prestigious, if not ''the'' most prestigious Chinese tea. Hangzhou is also renowned for its silk umbrellas and hand fans. Zhejiang cuisine (itself subdivided into many traditions, including Hangzhou cuisine) is one of the eight great traditions of Chinese cuisine.

    Place names

    Since ancient times, north Zhejiang and neighbouring south Jiangsu have been famed for their prosperity and opulence, and simply inserting north Zhejiang place names (Hangzhou, Jiaxing, etc.) into poetry gave an effect of dreaminess, as was indeed done by many famous poets. In particular, the fame of Hangzhou (as well as Suzhou in neighbouring Jiangsu province) has led to the popular saying: 上有天堂,下有苏杭 ("Above there is heaven; below there is Suzhou and Hangzhou"), a saying that continues to be a source of pride for the people of these two still prosperous cities.

    Notable people

    Politics and military

  • Gou Jian, king of Yue.
  • Sun Quan (182–252), founder of Wu in the Three Kingdoms period.
  • Ling Tong (189-217/237), general of Sun Quan during later Han and early Three Kingdoms era.
  • Qian Liu (852–932), king of Wuyue.
  • Liu Ji (1311–1375), legendary military strategist.
  • Yu Qian (1398–1457), Ming Dynasty Minister of Defence and a national hero.
  • Chiang Kai-shek (1887–1975), President of the Republic of China.
  • Qiu Jin (1875–1907), revolutionary heroine.
  • Chen Cheng (1897–1965), Kuomintang (KMT) general, Premier of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
  • Hu Zongnan (1896–1962), KMT general.
  • Tang Enbo (1898–1954), KMT general.
  • Zhou Enlai (1898–1976), Premier of the People's Republic of China.
  • Chiang Ching-kuo (1910–1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek and President of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
  • Arts

  • Wang Xizhi (303–361), most revered calligrapher.
  • He Zhizhang (659–744), Tang Dynasty poet.
  • Zhou Bangyan (1056–1121), Song Dynasty poet
  • Wang Meng (1308–1385), Yuan Dynasty painter.
  • Wang Shouren (1472–1529), Ming Dynasty neo-Confucianism philosopher.
  • Xu Wei (1521–1593), Ming Dynasty painter.
  • Chen Hongshou (1598–1652), Ming Dynasty painter.
  • Huang Zongxi (1610–1695), neo-Confucianism philosopher.
  • Wu Changshuo (1844–1927), painter.
  • Lu Xun (1881–1936), prominent writer, founder of modern Chinese literature.
  • Zhou Xinfang (1895–1975), Peking Opera actor.
  • Mao Dun (1896–1981), novelist.
  • Xu Zhimo (1893–1931), poet.
  • Jinyong (born 1924), Wuxia writer.
  • Sciences

  • Shen Kuo (1031–1095), scientist, general, statesman, author, mathematician.
  • Zhang Binglin (1868–1936), linguist.
  • Cai Yuanpei (1868–1940), educator and late president of Peking University.
  • Zhu Kezhen (1890–1974), meteorologist and late president of Zhejiang University.
  • Su Buqing (1902–2003), mathematician and late president of Fudan University.
  • S. S. Chern (1911–2004), mathematician, Wolf Prize winner.
  • Tsien Hsue-shen (born 1911), the "Father of Chinese Rocketry".
  • Tourism

    Tourist destinations in Zhejiang include: Baoguo Temple, one of the oldest intact wooden structures in Southern China, north of Ningbo.
  • Mount Putuo, one of the most noted Buddhist mountains in China. Chinese Buddhists associate it with Guan Yin.
  • Qita Temple, Ningbo.
  • Shaoxing, site of the Tomb of Yu the Great, Wuzhen and other waterway towns.
  • The ancient capital of Hangzhou.
  • Mount Tiantai, (天台山), a mountain important to Zen Buddhism.
  • West Lake, in Hangzhou
  • Yandang Shan, a mountainous scenic area north of Wenzhou.
  • Qiandao Lake, lit. ''Thousand-island lake''.
  • Guoqing Temple, founded in the Sui Dynasty, the founding location of Tiantai Buddhism
  • Mount Mogan, a scenic mountain an hour from Hangzhou with many pre-WWII villas built by foreigners, along with one of Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang compounds
  • Sports

    Professional sports teams based in Zhejiang include:
  • Chinese Football Association Jia League
  • * Zhejiang Lücheng
  • Chinese Basketball Association
  • * Zhejiang Wanma
  • * Bayi Rockets (in Ningbo)
  • Colleges and universities

  • Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (浙江理工大学) (Hangzhou)--(原“浙江丝绸工学院”、“浙江工程学院”)
  • China Academy of Art (中国美术学院) (Hangzhou)
  • Hangzhou Dianzi University (杭州电子科技大学) (Hangzhou)
  • Hangzhou Normal University (杭州师范大学)(Hangzhou)
  • Ningbo University (宁波大学) (Ningbo)
  • University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China (诺丁汉大学宁波校区) (Ningbo)
  • Zhejiang Agricultural University
  • Zhejiang University (浙江大学) (Hangzhou)
  • Zhejiang University of Technology (浙江工业大学) (Hangzhou)
  • Zhejiang Medical University
  • Zhejiang Normal University (浙江师范大学) (Jinhua)
  • Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics (浙江财经学院) (Hangzhou)
  • Zhejiang Gongshang University (浙江工商大学) (Hangzhou)
  • Shaoxing University (绍兴文理学院) (Shaoxing)
  • Zhejiang Forestry University (浙江林学院) (Lin'an 临安)
  • Wenzhou Medical College (温州医学院)
  • Wenzhou Teachers College
  • Shaoxing College of Arts and Science
  • Zhejiang Institute of Education
  • Hangzhou Institute of Electronic Engineering
  • Hangzhou University of Commerce
  • Hangzhou Institute of Financial Managers
  • Schools

  • Hangzhou Foreign Language School 杭州 外国语 学校
  • Hangzhou High School 浙江省 杭州 高级 中学
  • Hangzhou Xuejun High School 杭州 学军 中学
  • Jiashan Senior High School 嘉善 高级 中学
  • Ningbo Middle School 宁波 中学
  • Xiaoshi Middle School 效实 中学
  • Zhenhai High School 镇海 中学
  • References

  • Economic profile of Zhejiang at HKTDC
  • External links

    Zhejiang Government website Zhejiang Hangzhou

    Category:Provinces of the People's Republic of China Category:Yangtze River Delta

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    Character nameCaptain America
    Convertedy
    Alter egoSteven "Steve" Rogers
    PublisherMarvel Comics
    Debut''Captain America Comics'' #1 (March 1941)
    CreatorsJoe SimonJack Kirby
    AlliancesIlluminati"Secret Avengers" (Civil War)AvengersInvadersAll-Winners SquadSecret DefendersS.H.I.E.L.D.Project: RebirthU.S. ArmyRedeemersNew AvengersSecret Avengers
    AliasesNomad, The Captain, Brett Hendrick, Roger Stevens, Weapon I
    PartnersBucky (James Barnes)FalconNomad (Monroe)Bucky (Rick Jones)Free SpiritJack FlagBucky (Rikki)Demolition ManSharon Carter
    Supports
    PowersPhysical attributes enhanced to peak of human potentialExpert martial artist and hand-to-hand combatantAll-terrain acrobaticsMaster tactician and field commanderVibranium-steel alloy shield
    Catsuper
    SubcatMarvel Comics
    Heroy
    SortkeyCaptain America }}
    Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in ''Captain America Comics'' #1 (March 1941), from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Over the years, an estimated 210 million copies of "Captain America" comic books have been sold in a total of 75 countries. For nearly all of the character's publication history, Captain America was the alter ego of Steve Rogers, a frail young man who was enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental serum in order to aid the United States war effort. Captain America wears a costume that bears an American flag motif, and is armed with an indestructible shield that can be thrown as a weapon.

    An intentionally patriotic creation who was often depicted fighting the Axis powers of World War II, Captain America was Timely Comics' most popular character during the wartime period. After the war ended, the character's popularity waned and he disappeared by the 1950s aside from an ill-fated revival in 1953. Captain America was reintroduced during the Silver Age of comics when he was revived from suspended animation by the superhero team the Avengers in ''The Avengers'' #4 (March 1964). Since then, Captain America has often led the team, as well as starring in his own series.

    Steve Rogers was purportedly assassinated in ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #25 (March 2007), although he was later revealed to be alive. The comic-book series ''Captain America'' continued to be published, with Rogers' former sidekick, James "Bucky" Barnes, having taken up the mantle, and keeping it at the insistence of Rogers, who upon his return began operating as an intelligence agent in the ''Secret Avengers'' title, and in the limited series ''Steve Rogers: Super Soldier''.

    Captain America was the first Marvel Comics character adapted into another medium with the release of the 1944 movie serial ''Captain America.'' Since then, the character has been featured in several other films and television series, including ''Captain America: The First Avenger,'' released on July 22, 2011. Captain America was ranked 6th on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes in 2011.

    Publication history

    In 1940, writer Joe Simon conceived the idea for Captain America and made a sketch of the character in costume . "I wrote the name 'Super American' at the bottom of the page," Simon said in his autobiography. "No, it didn't work. There were too many 'Supers' around. 'Captain America' had a good sound to it. There weren't a lot of captains in comics. It was as easy as that. The boy companion was simply named Bucky, after my friend Bucky Pierson, a star on our high school basketball team."

    Simon recalled in his autobiography that Timely Comics publisher Martin Goodman gave him the go-ahead from and directed that a Captain America solo comic book series be published as soon as possible. Needing to fill a full comic with primarily one character's stories, Simon did not believe that his regular creative partner, artist Jack Kirby, could handle the workload alone:

    Al Liederman would ink that first issue, which was lettered by Simon and Kirby's regular letterer, Howard Ferguson.

    Simon said Captain America was a consciously political creation; he and Kirby were morally repulsed by the actions of Nazi Germany in the years leading up to the United States' involvement in World War II and felt war was inevitable: "The opponents to the war were all quite well organized. We wanted to have our say too."

    ''Captain America Comics'' #1 — cover-dated March 1941 and on sale in December 1940, a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, but a full year into World War II — showed the protagonist punching Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in the jaw — sold nearly one million copies. While most readers responded favorably to the comic, some took objection. Simon noted, "When the first issue came out we got a lot of... threatening letters and hate mail. Some people really opposed what Cap stood for." Though preceded as a "patriotically themed superhero" by MLJ's The Shield, Captain America immediately became the most prominent and enduring of that wave of superheroes introduced in American comic books prior to and during World War II. With his sidekick Bucky, Captain America faced Nazis, Japanese, and other threats to wartime America and the Allies. Stanley Lieber, now better known by his pen name Stan Lee, contributed to the character in issue #3 in the filler text story "Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge," which introduced the character's use of his shield as a returning throwing weapon. Captain America soon became Timely's most popular character and even had a fan-club called the "Sentinels of Liberty."

    Circulation figures remained close to a million copies per month after the debut issue, which outstripped even the circulation of news magazines like ''Time'' during the period. After the Simon and Kirby team moved to DC in late 1941, having produced ''Captain America Comics'' through issue #10 (January 1942), Al Avison and Syd Shores became regular pencillers of the celebrated title, with one generally inking over the other. The character was also featured in ''All Winners Comics'' #1-19 (Summer 1941 – Fall 1946), ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #80-84 and #86-92, ''USA Comics'' #6-17 (Dec. 1942 – Fall 1945), and ''All Select Comics'' #1-10 (Fall 1943 – Summer 1946).

    In the post-war era, with the popularity of superheroes fading, Captain America led Timely's first superhero team, the All-Winners Squad, in its two published adventures, in ''All Winners Comics'' #19 and #21 (Fall–Winter 1946; there was no issue #20). After Bucky was shot and wounded in a 1948 ''Captain America'' story, he was succeeded by Captain America's girlfriend, Betsy Ross, who became the superheroine Golden Girl. ''Captain America Comics'' ended with issue #75 (Feb. 1950), by which time the series had been titled ''Captain America's Weird Tales'' for two issues, with the finale being a horror/suspense anthology issue with no superheroes.

    Atlas Comics attempted to revive its superhero titles when it reintroduced Captain America, along with the original Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner, in ''Young Men'' #24 (Dec. 1953). Billed as "Captain America, Commie Smasher!" Captain America appeared during the next year in ''Young Men'' #24-28 and ''Men's Adventures'' #27-28, as well as in issues #76-78 of an eponymous title. Atlas' attempted superhero revival was a commercial failure, and the character's title was canceled with ''Captain America'' #78 (Sept. 1954).

    Silver Age revival

    In the Human Torch story titled "Captain America" in Marvel Comics' ''Strange Tales'' #114 (Nov. 1963), writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby depicted the brash young Fantastic Four member Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, in an exhibition performance with Captain America, described as a legendary World War II and 1950s superhero who has returned after many years of apparent retirement. The 18-page story ends with this Captain America revealed as an impostor: it was actually the villain the Acrobat, a former circus performer the Torch had defeated in ''Strange Tales'' #106, who broke two thieves out of jail, hoping to draw the police away while trying to rob the local bank. Afterward, Storm digs out an old comic book in which Captain America is shown to be Steve Rogers. A caption in the final panel says this story was a test to see if readers would like Captain America to return.

    Captain America was then formally reintroduced in ''The Avengers'' #4 (March 1964), which explained that in the final days of WWII, he had fallen from an experimental drone plane into the North Atlantic Ocean and spent decades frozen in a block of ice in a state of suspended animation. He quickly became leader of that superhero team. Following the success of other Marvel characters introduced during the 1960s, Captain America was recast as a hero "haunted by past memories, and trying to adapt to 1960s society."

    After then guest-starring in the feature "Iron Man" in ''Tales of Suspense'' #58 (Oct. 1964), Captain America gained his own solo feature in that "split book," beginning the following issue. Kirby, Captain America's co-creator, was illustrating his hero's solo adventures again for the first time since 1941. Issue #63 (March 1965), which retold Captain America's origin, through issue #71 (Nov. 1965) was a period feature set during World War II and co-starred Captain America's Golden Age sidekick, Bucky.

    In the 1970s, the post-war versions of Captain America were retconned into separate, successive characters who briefly took up the mantle of Captain America after Steve Rogers went into suspended animation near the end of World War II. The hero found a new generation of readers as leader of the all-star superhero team the Avengers, and in a new solo feature beginning in ''Tales of Suspense'' #59 (Nov. 1964), a "split book" shared with the feature "Iron Man". Kirby drew all but two of the stories in ''Tales of Suspense,'' which became ''Captain America'' with #100 (April 1968); Gil Kane and John Romita, Sr., each filled in once. Several stories were finished by penciller-inker George Tuska over Kirby layouts, with one finished by Romita Sr. and another by penciller Dick Ayers and inker John Tartaglione. Kirby's regular inkers on the series were Frank Giacoia (as "Frank Ray") and Joe Sinnott, though Don Heck and Golden Age Captain America artist Syd Shores inked one story each. The new title ''Captain America'' continued to feature artwork by Kirby, as well as a short run by Jim Steranko, and work by many of the industry's top artists and writers. It was called ''Captain America and the Falcon'' from #134-222 (although the Falcon's name was not on the cover for issues #193, 200, and 216).

    This series — considered ''Captain America'' volume one by comics researchers and historians, following the 1940s ''Captain America Comics'' and its 1950s numbering continuation — ended with #454 (Aug. 1996).

    After the Silver Age

    This series was almost immediately followed by the 13-issue ''Captain America'' vol. 2 (Nov. 1996 – Nov. 1997), the 50-issue ''Captain America'' vol. 3 (Jan. 1998 – Feb. 2002), the 32-issue ''Captain America'' vol. 4 (June 2002 – Dec. 2004), and ''Captain America'' vol. 5 (Jan. 2005 – July 2009). Beginning with the 600th overall issue counting these series, ''Captain America'' resumed its original numbering with issue #600, as if the series numbering had continued uninterrupted after #454.

    As part of the aftermath of Marvel Comics' company-crossover storyline "Civil War", Steve Rogers was ostensibly killed in ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #25 (March 2007). Series writer Ed Brubaker remarked, "What I found is that all the really hard-core left-wing fans want Cap to be standing out on and giving speeches on the street corner against the George W. Bush administration, and all the really right-wing fans all want him to be over in the streets of Baghdad, punching out Saddam Hussein." The character's co-creator, Joe Simon, remarked, "It's a hell of a time for him to go. We really need him now." Artist Alex Ross designed a slightly revised Captain America costume that former sidekick Bucky Barnes began to wear as the new Captain America in vol. 5, #34 (March 2008)

    The storyline of Rogers' return began in issue #600. Rogers, who was not dead but caroming through time, returned to the present day in the six-issue miniseries ''Captain America: Reborn'' (Sept. 2009 – March 2010).

    After Rogers' return, Barnes, at Rogers' insistence, continued as Captain America, beginning in the one-shot comic ''Captain America: Who Will Wield the Shield?'' (Feb. 2010). While Bucky Barnes continued adventuring in the pages of ''Captain America'', Steve Rogers received his own miniseries (''Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier'') as well as taking on the leadership position in a new ''Secret Avengers'' ongoing series.

    Spinoff series included ''Captain America Sentinel of Liberty'' (Sept. 1998 – Aug. 1999) and ''Captain America and the Falcon'' (May 2004 – June 2005). The 1940s Captain America appeared alongside the 1940s Human Torch and Sub-Mariner in the 12-issue miniseries ''Avengers/Invaders''. The 2007 mini-series ''Captain America: The Chosen'', written by David Morrell and penciled by Mitchell Breitweiser, depicts a dying Steve Rogers' final minutes, at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, as his spirit guides James Newman, a young American marine fighting in Afghanistan. ''The Chosen'' is not part of the main Marvel Universe continuity.

    Fictional character biography

    1940s

    Steve Rogers was born July 4, 1917, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, to Irish immigrants Sarah and Joseph Rogers. Joseph Rogers died when Steve was only a child and his mother, Sarah, died of pneumonia while Steve was a teen. By early 1940, before America's entry into World War II, Rogers is a tall but scrawny fine arts student specializing in illustration. Disturbed by the rise of the Third Reich, Rogers attempts to enlist, only to be rejected due to being in poor shape. U.S. Army General Chester Phillips, looking for test subjects, offers Rogers the chance to serve his country by taking part in a top-secret defense project — Operation: Rebirth, which seeks to develop a means of creating physically superior soldiers. Rogers volunteers for the research and, after a rigorous selection process, is chosen as the first human test subject for the Super-Soldier serum developed by the scientist "Dr. Josef Reinstein", later retroactively changed to a code name for the scientist Abraham Erskine.

    That night, Operation: Rebirth is implemented and Rogers receives injections and oral doses of the Super-Soldier Serum. He is then exposed to a controlled burst of "Vita-Rays" that activate and stabilize the chemicals in his system. Although the process is arduous physically, it successfully alters his physiology almost instantly from its relatively frail form to the maximum of human efficiency, greatly enhancing his musculature, reflexes, agility, stamina and intelligence. Erskine declares Rogers to be the first of a new breed of man, a "nearly perfect human being."

    The process he underwent has varied from account to account. In the original 1941 story, he was injected with the formula. When the origin was retold in ''Tales of Suspense'' #63, the Comics Code Authority and its prohibitions on demonstrations of drug use were in force, and the injection was replaced with drinking a formula. In ''Captain America'' #109, the Vita-Rays were first introduced, although a dialogue comment preserved continuity by mentioning that he had also drunk the formula beforehand. The retelling of the story in ''Captain America'' #255, however, stated that all three were used in combination. In addition, the limited series, ''The Adventures of Captain America'' reveals that Rogers also underwent rigorous physical training in combat prior to his enhancement.

    After the physical transformation, Nazi spy Heinz Kruger reveals himself and shoots Erskine. Because the scientist had committed crucial portions of the Super-Soldier formula to memory, duplicating it perfectly would be unlikely. The spy dies, killed either while running away to escape Rogers or because Rogers threw him into live machinery. In the 1941 origin story and the ''Tales of Suspense'' #63 version, he dies when running into the machinery but is not killed by Rogers; in the ''Captain America'' #109 and #255 revision, however, Rogers causes the spy's death by punching him into the machinery.

    The United States government, making the most of its one super-soldier and to hide all information about Operation: Rebirth and its failure, re-imagines him as a superhero who serves as both a counter-intelligence agent and a propaganda symbol to counter Nazi Germany's head of terrorist operations, the Red Skull. To that end, Rogers is given a uniform modeled after the American flag (based on Rogers' own sketches) a bulletproof shield, a personal side arm, and the codename Captain America. He is also given a cover identity as a clumsy infantry private at Camp Lehigh in Virginia. Barely out of his teens himself, Rogers makes friends with the camp's teenage mascot, James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes.

    Barnes accidentally learns of Rogers' dual identity and offers to keep the secret if he can become Captain America's sidekick. Rogers agrees and trains Barnes. Rogers meets President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who presents him with a new shield, forged from an alloy of steel and vibranium, fused by an unknown catalyst. The alloy is indestructible, yet the shield is light enough to use as a discus-like weapon that can be angled to return to him. It proves so effective that Captain America forgoes the sidearm. Throughout World War II, Captain America and Bucky fight the Nazi menace both on their own and as members of the superhero team the Invaders (as seen in the 1970s comic of the same name). Captain America also battles a number of criminal menaces on American soil, including a wide variety of costumed villains: the Wax Man, the Hangman, the Fang, and the White Death, the superhero team the Avengers discovers Steve Rogers' body in the North Atlantic, the Captain's uniform under his soldier's fatigues and still carrying his shield. After he revives, they piece together that Rogers had been preserved in a block of ice since 1945, surviving in such a state only because of his enhancements from Operation: Rebirth. The block had begun to melt after the Sub-Mariner, enraged that an Arctic Inuit tribe is worshiping the frozen figure, throws it into the ocean. Rogers accepts membership in the Avengers, and although long out of his time, his considerable combat experience makes him a valuable asset to the team. He quickly assumes leadership, and has typically returned to that position throughout the team's history.

    Captain America is plagued by guilt for having been unable to prevent Bucky's death—a feeling that does not ease for some time. Although he takes the young Rick Jones (who closely resembles Bucky) under his tutelage, he refuses for some time to allow Jones to take up the Bucky identity, not wishing to be responsible for another youth's death. Insisting that his hero finally move on from that loss, Jones eventually convinces Rogers to let him don the Bucky costume, but this partnership lasts only a short time; a disguised Red Skull, impersonating Rogers with the help of the Cosmic Cube, drives Jones away.

    Rogers also reunites with his old war comrade Nick Fury, who is similarly well-preserved due to the "Infinity Formula." As a result, Rogers regularly undertakes missions for the security agency S.H.I.E.L.D. for which Fury is public director. Through Fury, Rogers befriends Sharon Carter, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, with whom he eventually begins a romantic relationship.

    Rogers later meets and trains Sam Wilson, who becomes the superhero the Falcon, the first African-American superhero in mainstream comic books. The characters established an enduring friendship and adventuring partnership, sharing the series title for some time as ''Captain America and the Falcon''. The two later encounter the revived but still insane 1950s Captain America. Although Rogers and the Falcon defeat the faux Rogers and Jack Monroe, Rogers becomes deeply disturbed that he could have suffered his counterpart's fate.

    The series also dealt with the Marvel Universe's version of the Watergate scandal, making Rogers so uncertain about his role that he abandons his Captain America identity in favor of one called Nomad, emphasizing the word's meaning as "man without a country". During this time, several men unsuccessfully assume the Captain America identity. Rogers eventually re-assumes it after coming to consider that the identity could be a symbol of American ideals and not its government; it's a personal conviction epitomized when he later confronted a corrupt Army officer attempting to manipulate him by appealing to his loyalty, "I'm loyal to nothing, General... except the [American] Dream." Jack Monroe, cured of his mental instability, later takes up the Nomad alias. During this period, Rogers also temporarily gains super strength. Immediately after witnessing Number One's suicide, he is summoned to the future to participate in the Destiny War between Kang the Conqueror and Immortus (it is revealed over the course of the story that Rogers was selected from this time frame as, had he been taken from any other time period, his strong personality- shaken at this point by the events he had just witnessed- would have dominated the team and deprived them of the flexibility required to succeed in their mission, although his presence alone still brought cohesion to the group). He also learns of the apparent death of Sharon Carter.

    1980s to 1990s

    The early 1980s included runs from such creators as Roger Stern, John Byrne, and J. M. DeMatteis. Stern had Steve Rogers considers a run for President of the United States in ''Captain America'' #250 (June 1980), and and introduced a new love interest, law student Bernie Rosenthal, in ''Captain America'' #248 (Aug. 1980). Stern also revisited and expanded Captain America's origin story.

    DeMatteis revealed the true face and full origin of the Red Skull in ''Captain America'' #298-300, and had Captain America take on Jack Monroe, Nomad, as a partner for a time. It is also around this time that the heroes gathered by the Beyonder elect Rogers as leader during their stay on Battleworld in the 1984 miniseries ''Secret Wars''

    Also during the 1980s, Mark Gruenwald wrote 137 issues of the book for 10 consecutive years from 1985 to 1995, the most issues by any single author in the character's history. Gruenwald created several new foes, including Crossbones and the Serpent Society. Other Gruenwald characters included new love interest Diamondback., Super Patriot (who would go on to become a replacement Captain America in a two-year story arc and became USAgent at that arc's conclusion), and some short-lived new partners that included Demolition Man.

    Gruenwald explores numerous political and social themes as well, such as extreme idealism when Captain America fights the anti-nationalist terrorist Flag-Smasher; and vigilantism when he hunts the murderous Scourge of the Underworld. Homophobia was also dealt with as Steve Rogers runs into a childhood friend named Arnold Roth who is gay.

    Rogers receives a large back-pay reimbursement dating back to his disappearance at the end of World War II, and a government commission orders him to work directly for the U.S. government. Already troubled by the corruption he had encountered with the Nuke incident in New York City, Rogers chooses instead to resign his identity, and then takes the alias of "the Captain". A replacement Captain America, John Walker, struggles to emulate Rogers' ideals until pressure from hidden enemies helps to drive Walker insane. Rogers returns to the Captain America identity while a recovered Walker becomes the U.S. Agent.

    Sometime afterward, Rogers avoids the explosion of a methamphetamine lab, but the drug triggers a chemical reaction in the Super-Soldier serum in his system. To combat the reaction, Rogers has the serum removed from his body, and trains constantly to maintain his physical condition.

    A retcon later establishes that the serum was not a drug per se, which would have metabolized out of his system, but in fact a virus-like organism that effected a biochemical and genetic change. This additionally explained how arch-nemesis Red Skull, who at the time inhabited a body cloned from Rogers' cells, also has the formula in his body.

    Because of his altered biochemistry, Rogers' body begins to deteriorate, and for a time he must wear a powered exoskeleton and is eventually placed again in suspended animation. During this time, he is given a transfusion of blood from the Red Skull, which cures his condition and stabilizes the Super-Soldier virus in his system. Captain America returns both to crime fighting and the Avengers.

    Following Gruenwald's departure on the book, Mark Waid took over and resurrected Sharon Carter as Cap's love interest. The book was then relaunched under Rob Liefeld as Cap became part of the Heroes Reborn universe for 13 issues before another relaunch restored Waid to the title in an arc that saw Cap lose his shield for a time using an energy based shield as a temporary replacement. Following Waid's run, Dan Jurgens took over and introduced new foe Protocide, a failed recipient of the Super Soldier serum prior to the experiment that successfully created Rogers.

    2000s

    Rogers reveals his identity to the world, and establishes a residence in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

    Following the events of ''Avengers Disassembled'', again under the employ of S.H.I.E.L.D., Rogers discovers that Bucky is alive, having been saved and deployed by Soviet espionage interests as the Winter Soldier. Rogers also resumes his on-again, off-again relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sharon Carter, who, after his death, believes she is pregnant with Steve Rogers' child.

    In the 2006-2007 "Civil War" crossover, Captain America opposes mandatory federal registration of all super-powered beings, which he sees as an erosion of civil liberties for the superhero community, and leads the Anti-Registration faction and resistance movement. He becomes a fugitive and opposes the heroes of the Pro-Registration group, including his former friend Iron Man. He adopts the alias "Brett Hendrick", a mall security guard, to avoid government detection. As the War continues, Cap enlists the assistance of several figures with whom he would not choose to ally himself under normal circumstances, such as the Punisher and the Kingpin.

    Captain America battles Iron Man during the climactic battle and has victory within his grasp when a group of civilians attempt to restrain him. Rogers realizes that he is endangering the very people he has sworn to protect. He then surrenders to the authorities and orders the Anti-Registration forces to stand down. As Rogers is led away in handcuffs, the Punisher retrieves Captain America's discarded mask.

    ''The Death of Captain America'' story arc follows his surrender. Steve Rogers is indicted on multiple criminal charges; as he is brought to a federal courthouse, a sniper shoots him in the back. In the chaos that ensues, he is wounded three more times in the stomach and chest by Sharon Carter. Rogers is taken to a hospital, where by all evidence he dies. The assassination, orchestrated by the Red Skull, involves Crossbones as the sniper and Dr. Faustus posing as a S.H.I.E.L.D. psychiatrist, who gives Carter a hypnotic suggestion to shoot Rogers at a crucial moment.

    The superhero community is shaken by the assassination. The Punisher temporarily adopts a costume similar to that of Captain America, while Winter Soldier and Wolverine seek to avenge Rogers' death. The Winter Soldier steals Captain America's shield, and the Punisher provides him with the mask from Steve Rogers' uniform. Captain America is publicly laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery, under a monument built in his honor. The body in Arlington is a fake: Tony Stark, accompanied by Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, returns Rogers' body to the Arctic where Rogers had been found years before. Namor attends the small private ceremony and vows no one will disturb the site.

    Stark receives a letter containing Rogers' final requests: Stark should "save" Bucky, and that, despite his demise, the world still needs Captain America. Bucky accepts Stark's offer to take on the mantle of Captain America in exchange for a promise of autonomy from Stark. Bucky kept Rogers' trademark shield, but donned a new costume and began carrying a pistol and a knife.

    ''Captain America: Reborn'' #1 revealed that Rogers did not die; instead, the villainous Red Skull had Sharon Carter use a gun that transported him to a fixed position in space and time. Since then, Captain America had been phasing in and out of space and time, appearing at events in his lifetime and fighting battles. The Red Skull brings Rogers back to the present, where he takes control of Rogers' mind and body. Rogers eventually regains control, and with help from his allies, defeats the Red Skull.

    In the one-shot comic ''Captain America: Who Will Wield the Shield?'', taking place after the conclusion to ''Reborn'', Rogers formally hands Bucky his Captain America shield and asks his former sidekick to continue as Captain America. Later, the American President grants Rogers a full pardon for his actions in ''Civil War''.

    2010s

    Following the company-wide "Dark Reign" and "Siege" story arcs, the Steve Rogers character became part of the "Heroic Age" arc. The U.S. president appoints Rogers, in his civilian identity, as head of the nation's security, replacing Norman Osborn. The Superhuman Registration Act is repealed and Rogers reestablishes the superhero team the Avengers. In the miniseries ''Steve Rogers: Super Soldier'', he encounters Jacob Erskine, the grandson of Professor Abraham Erskine and the son of Tyler Paxton, one of Rogers' fellow volunteers in the Super-Soldier program, the serum in his body being briefly deactivated before Rogers manages to force his enemies to restore it thanks to his combat training allowing him to hold his own despite his weakened physique. Rogers also becomes the leader of the Secret Avengers, a black-ops team that operates under a veil of secrecy.

    Marvel stated in May 2011 that Rogers, following the death of Bucky Barnes in the ''Fear Itself'' miniseries, would resume his Captain America identity in a sixth volume of ''Captain America'', by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Steve McNiven.

    Powers and abilities

    Captain America has no superhuman powers, although as a result of the Super-Soldier Serum and "Vita-Ray" treatment, he is transformed from a frail young man into a "perfect" specimen of human development and conditioning. Captain America's strength, endurance, agility, speed, reflexes, durability, and healing are at the zenith of natural human potential. Rogers' body regularly replenishes the super-soldier serum; it does not wear off.

    The formula enhances all of his metabolic functions and prevents the build-up of fatigue poisons in his muscles, giving him endurance far in excess of an ordinary human being. This accounts for many of his extraordinary feats, including bench pressing 1200 pounds (545 kg) and running a mile (1.6 km) in approximately 73 seconds. Furthermore, his enhancements are the reason why he was able to survive being frozen in suspended animation for decades. Rogers cannot become intoxicated by alcohol, drugs, or impurities in the air and is immune to terrestrial diseases. He is also highly resistant to hypnosis or gases that could limit his focus. The secrets of creating a super-soldier were lost with the death of its creator, Dr. Abraham Erskine. However, in the ensuing decades there have been numerous secret attempts to recreate Erskine's treatment, only to have predominantly all end in failure. Even worse, the attempts have instead often created psychopathic supervillains of which Captain America's 1950s imitator and Nuke are the most notorious examples.

    Rogers' battle experience and training make him an expert tactician and an excellent field commander, with his teammates frequently deferring to his orders in battle. Rogers' reflexes and senses are also extraordinarily keen. He has blended judo, western boxing, kickboxing, and gymnastics into his own unique fighting style and is a master of multiple martial arts. Years of practice with his indestructible shield make him able to aim and throw it with almost unerring accuracy. His skill with his shield is such that he can attack multiple targets in succession with a single throw or even cause a boomerang-like return from a throw to attack an enemy from behind. In canon, he is regarded by other skilled fighters as one of the best hand-to-hand combatants in the Marvel Universe. Although the super-soldier serum is an important part of his strength, Rogers has shown himself still sufficiently capable against stronger opponents, even when the serum has been deactivated reverting him to his pre-Captain America physique.

    Rogers has vast U.S. military knowledge and is often shown to be familiar with ongoing, classified Defense Department operations. He is an expert in combat strategy, survival, acrobatics, military strategy, piloting, and demolitions. Despite his high profile as one of the world's most popular and recognizable superheroes, Rogers also has a broad understanding of the espionage community, largely through his ongoing relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D. He occasionally makes forays into relatively mundane career fields, including commercial arts, comic book artistry, education (high school history), and law enforcement.

    Weapons and equipment

    Captain America uses several shields throughout his history, the most prevalent of which is a nigh-indestructible disc-shaped shield made from an experimental alloy of steel and the fictional vibranium. The shield was cast by American metallurgist Dr. Myron MacLain, who was contracted by the U.S. government, from orders of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, to create an impenetrable substance to use for tanks during World War II. This alloy was created by accident and never duplicated, although efforts to reverse-engineer it resulted in the discovery of adamantium.

    Captain America often uses his shield as an offensive throwing weapon. The first instance of Captain America's trademark ricocheting shield-toss occurs in Stan Lee's first comics writing, the two-page text story "Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge" in ''Captain America Comics'' #3 (May 1941).

    The legacy of the shield among other comics characters includes the time-traveling mutant superhero Cable telling Captain America that his shield still exists in one of the possible futures; Cable carries it into battle and brandishes it as a symbol.

    When without his trademark shield, Captain America sometimes uses other shields made from less durable metals such as steel, or even a photonic energy shield designed to mimic a vibranium matrix. Rogers, having relinquished his regular shield to Barnes, carried a variant of the energy shield which can be used with either arm, and used to either block attacks or as an improvised offensive weapon able to cut through metal with relative ease. Much like his vibranium shield, the energy shield can also be thrown, including ricocheting off multiple surfaces and returning to his hand.

    Captain America's uniform is made of a fire-retardant material, and he wears a lightweight, bulletproof "duralumin" scale armor beneath his uniform for added protection. Originally, Rogers' mask was a separate piece of material, but an early engagement had it dislodged, thus almost exposing his identity. To prevent a recurrence of the situation, Rogers modified the mask with connecting material to his uniform, an added benefit of which was extending his armor to cover his previously exposed neck. As a member of the Avengers, Rogers has an Avengers priority card, which serves as a communications device.

    Captain America has also used a custom specialized motorcycle, modified by the S.H.I.E.L.D. weapons laboratory, as well as a custom-built battle van, constructed by the Wakanda Design Group with the ability to change its color for disguise purposes (red, white and blue), and fitted to store and conceal the custom motorcycle in its rear section with a frame that allows Rogers to launch from the vehicle riding it.

    Enemies

    Captain America has faced numerous foes in over 60 years of published adventures. Many of his recurring foes embody ideals contrary to the American values Captain America is shown to strive for and believe. Some examples of these opposing values are Nazism (Red Skull, Baron Zemo), Neo-Nazism (Crossbones, Doctor Faustus), technocratic fascism (AIM, Arnim Zola), Communism (Aleksander Lukin), anarchism (Flag Smasher and Viper), and international and domestic terrorism (HYDRA).

    Other versions

    In other media

    Collected editions

    The contents of ''Captain America Comics'' #1-10 were previously published as ''Captain America: The Classic Years'' two hardcover slipcase set in 1990. These were later re-issued as trade paperbacks in the late 1990s once again under the title ''Captain America: The Classic Years'' featuring new cover art by Kevin Maguire re-creating classic covers. Previous editions of ''War and Remembrance'', ''The Bloodstone Hunt'', ''Operation Rebirth'', ''Man Without a Country'', and ''To Serve and Protect'' were released prior to 2010 editions leading up to the Captain America: The First Avenger feature film.

    ! Title !! Material collected !! ISBN
    ''Marvel Masterworks Golden Age Captain America Comics, Vol. 1'' ''Captain America Comics'' #1-4
    ''Marvel Masterworks Golden Age Captain America Comics, Vol. 2'' ''Captain America Comics'' #5-8
    ''Marvel Masterworks Golden Age Captain America Comics, Vol. 3'' ''Captain America Comics'' #9-12
    ''Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Heroes, Vol. 1'' Includes Captain America stories from ''Astonishing'' #3-6, ''Young Men'' #24-28
    ''Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Heroes, Vol. 2'' Includes Captain America stories from ''Men's Adventures'' #27-28, ''Captain America Comics'' #76-78
    ''Essential Captain America, Vol. 1'' ''Tales of Suspense'' #59-99; ''Captain America'' #100-102
    ''Essential Captain America, Vol. 2'' ''Captain America'' #103-126
    ''Essential Captain America, Vol. 3'' ''Captain America'' #127-156
    ''Essential Captain America, Vol. 4'' ''Captain America'' #157-186
    ''Essential Captain America, Vol. 5'' ''Captain America'' #187-205, ''Annual'' #3, ''Marvel Treasury Special: Captain America's Bicentennial Battles''
    ''Essential Captain America, Vol. 6'' ''Captain America'' #206-230, ''Annual'' #4; ''Incredible Hulk'' #232
    ''Captain America and the Falcon: Secret Empire'' ''Captain America'' #169-176
    ''Captain America and the Falcon: Nomad'' ''Captain America'' #177-186
    ''Captain America and the Falcon: Madbomb'' ''Captain America'' #193-200
    ''Captain America: Bicentennial Battles'' ''Captain America'' #201-205; ''Bicentennial Battles'' #1
    ''Captain America and the Falcon: The Swine'' ''Captain America'' #206-214, ''Annual'' #3-4
    ''Captain America: War and Remembrance'' ''Captain America'' #247-255
    ''Captain America: Deathlok Lives'' ''Captain America'' #286-288
    ''Captain America: Scourge of the Underworld'' ''Captain America'' #318-320, back-up stories from #358-362; ''USAgent'' #1-4;
    ''Captain America: The Captain'' ''Captain America'' #332-350; ''Iron Man'' #228
    ''Captain America: The Bloodstone Hunt'' ''Captain America'' #357-364
    ''Captain America: Streets of Poison'' ''Captain America'' #372-378
    ''Avengers: Galactic Storm, Book 1'' ''Captain America'' #398-399, ''Avengers West Coast'' #80-81, ''Quasar'' #32-33, ''Wonder Man'' #7-8, ''Avengers'' #345-346, ''Iron Man'' #278 and ''Thor'' #445
    ''Avengers: Galactic Storm, Book 2'' ''Iron Man'' #279, ''Thor'' #446, ''Captain America'' #400-401, ''Avengers West Coast'' #82, ''Quasar'' #34-35, ''Wonder Man'' #9, ''Avengers'' #347, ''What If?'' #55-56
    ''Captain America: Man and Wolf'' ''Captain America'' #402-408
    ''Captain America: Fighting Chance: Denial'' ''Captain America'' #425-430
    ''Captain America: Fighting Chance: Acceptance'' ''Captain America'' #431-437
    ''Captain America: Operation Rebirth'' ''Captain America'' #444-448
    ''Captain America: Man Without a Country'' ''Captain America'' #450-453
    ''Heroes Reborn: Captain America'' ''Captain America'' vol. 2, #1-12
    ''Captain America: To Serve and Protect'' ''Captain America'' vol. 3, #1-7
    ''Captain America: American Nightmare'' ''Captain America'' vol. 3, #8-13, ''Annual 1998''
    ''Captain America: Red Glare'' ''Captain America'' vol. 3, #14-19, ''Captain America Spotlight''
    ''Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty'' ''Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty'' #1-12
    ''Captain America: The New Deal'' ''Captain America'' vol. 4, #1-6
    ''Captain America: The Extremists'' ''Captain America'' vol. 4, #7-11
    ''Captain America: Ice'' ''Captain America'' vol. 4, #12-16
    ''Captain America: Cap Lives'' ''Captain America'' vol. 4, #17-20; ''Tales of Suspense'' #66
    ''Captain America: Homeland'' ''Captain America'' vol. 4, #21-28
    ''Captain America and the Falcon: Two Americas'' ''Captain America and the Falcon'' #1-4
    ''Avengers Disassembled: Captain America'' ''Captain America'' vol. 4, #29-32; ''Captain America and the Falcon'' #5-7
    ''Captain America and the Falcon: Brothers and Keepers'' ''Captain America and the Falcon'' #8-14
    ''Captain America: Winter Soldier, Book One'' ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #1-7
    ''Captain America: Winter Soldier, Book Two'' ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #8-9, #11-14
    ''Captain America: Red Menace, Book One'' ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #15-17; ''Captain America 65th Anniversary Special''
    ''Captain America: Red Menace, Book Two'' ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #18-21
    ''Captain America: Civil War'' ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #22-24; ''Winter Soldier: Winter Kills''
    ''The Death of Captain America, Vol. 1: The Death of the Dream'' ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #25-30
    ''The Death of Captain America, Vol. 2: The Burden of Dreams'' ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #31-36
    ''The Death of Captain America, Vol. 3: The Man Who Bought America'' ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #37-42
    ''Captain America: The Man with No Face'' ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #43-48
    ''Captain America: Road to Reborn'' (HC) ''Captain America'' #600-601; vol. 5, #49-50
    ''Captain America: Reborn'' (HC) ''Captain America: Reborn'' #1-6
    ''Captain America: Two Americas'' ''Captain America'' #602-605; ''Who Will Wield the Shield?''
    ''Captain America: No Escape'' ''Captain America'' #606-610
    ''Steve Rogers: Super Soldier'' ''Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier'' #1-4
    ''Captain America: The Trial of Captain America ''Captain America'' #611-615 and #615.1, and material from CAPTAIN AMERICA 70TH ANNIVERSARY MAGAZINE
    ''Captain America: Prisoner of War ''Captain America'' #616-619
    Miscellaneous
    ''Captain America: The Legacy of Captain America'' ''Captain America Comics'' (1941) #1; ''What If?'' (1977) #4; ''Captain America'' #155, #333; ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #34; material from ''Captain America'' (1968) #178-183 SC:
    ''Captain America Vs. The Red Skull'' ''Captain America Comics'' (1941) #1; ''Tales Of Suspense'' #79-81; and ''Captain America'' #143, #226-227, #261-263 and #370; and material from ''Captain America Annual'' #13 and ''Captain America: Red, White & Blue'' #1'' SC:

    References

    Further reading

    External links

  • Captain America Library
  • Captain America: The First Avenger (July 2011)
  • "Captain America: An all-American hero goes back to his roots" - Aug 2011 review by Sasha Simic
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    NameZahi Hawassزاهي حواس
    Order1st Minister of Antiquities
    Term start131 January 2011
    Term end13 March 2011
    President1Hosni Mubarak
    Primeminister1Ahmed Shafik
    Predecessor1Newly created post
    Order1st Minister of Antiquities
    Term start25 April 2011
    Term end217 July 2011
    Primeminister2Essam Sharaf
    Order1st Minister of Antiquities
    Term start320 July 2011
    Term end3Present
    Primeminister3Essam Sharaf
    Birth dateMay 28, 1947
    Birth placeDamietta, Kingdom of Egypt
    Nationality
    Alma materUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of CairoAlexandria University
    ProfessionEgyptologist
    ReligionIslam
    Website
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    Zahi Hawass (; born 28 May 1947) is an Egyptian archaeologist, an Egyptologist, and former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs. He has also worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, the Western Desert, and the Upper Nile Valley.

    Hawass has received widespread publicity internationally, and was the subject of a reality television series in the United States, ''Chasing Mummies''. His views and links to business ventures and the Mubarak regime have engendered controversy. He was sentenced to a prison term, which was later lifted, in connection with the awarding of a gift shop contract at the Egyptian Museum.

    Life and career

    Hawass was born in Damietta, Egypt. He originally intended to become a lawyer, but then studied Greek and Roman archaeology at Alexandria University, where he obtained a B.Sc. degree. He obtained a diploma in Egyptology at the University of Cairo. In 1987 he received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied as a Fulbright Fellow.

    After 1988 Hawass taught Egyptian archaeology, history and culture, mostly at the American University in Cairo and the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1993 he left his position as Chief Inspector of the Giza Pyramid Plateau. According to Hawass, he resigned; others claim, however, that he was fired because a valuable ancient "statue" under the custody of Hawass was stolen from Giza. He was reinstated as Chief Inspector in early 1994. In 1998 he was appointed as director of the Giza Plateau. In 2002 he was appointed Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities.

    When U.S. President Barack Obama was in Cairo in June 2009 Hawass gave him personal tours of the sites of ancient Egypt. At the end of 2009 he was promoted personally by President Hosni Mubarak to the post of Vice Minister of Culture.

    In the midst of the 2011 Egyptian protests, Hawass arrived at the Egyptian Museum on January 29, 2011 to find that a number of cases had been broken into and a number of antiquities damaged. Police later secured the museum.

    In a blog on his website it was reported that Hawass "will continue excavating, writing books, and representing his country." In a statement, Hawass said that archeological sites in Egypt were being safeguarded and that looted objects had been returned. Regarding the Egyptian Museum looting, he said that "the museum was dark and the nine robbers did not recognise the value of what was in the vitrines. They opened thirteen cases, threw the seventy objects on the ground and broke them, including one Tutankhamun case, from which they broke the statue of the king on a panther. However, the broken objects can all be restored, and we will begin the restoration process this week." Hawass rejected comparisons with the looting of antiquities in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    On February 13 Hawass said that 18 artifacts, including statues of King Tutankhamun, were stolen from the Egyptian Museum in January. Among them were 11 wooden shabti statuettes from Yuya, a gilded wooden statue of Tutankhamun carried by a goddess and a statue of Nefertiti.

    Egyptian state television reported that Hawass called upon Egyptians not to believe the “lies and fabrications” of the Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya satellite television channels. Hawass later said “They should give us the opportunity to change things, and if nothing happens they can march again. But you can’t bring in a new president now, in this time. We need Mubarak to stay and make the transition.”

    On March 3, 2011 he resigned after posting a list on his personal website of dozens of sites across Egypt that were looted in the 2011 protests. On March 30, 2011 he posted a tweet stating that he was once again the Minister of Antiquities ("I am very happy to be the Minister of Antiquities once again!"). He was reappointed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf at that time, but resigned on July 17, 2011, after Sharaf informed him he would not be continuing in the position.

    Works

    Hawass has written and co-written many books relating to Egyptology, including ''King Tutankhamun: The Treasures from the Tomb'', published to coincide with a major exhibition in the UK. He has also written an article on Tutankhamun in ''Ancient Egypt'' magazine, and has written several articles for this bi-monthly UK-based magazine in the past.

    Hawass is a regular columnist for ''Egypt Today'' magazine and the online historical community, Heritage Key. He has narrated several videos on Egyptology, including a series on Tutankhamun.

    Appearances

    Hawass has appeared on television specials on channels such as the National Geographic Channel, The History Channel and Discovery Channel. Hawass has also appeared in several episodes of the U.S. television show ''Digging for the Truth'', discussing mummies, the pyramids, Tutankhamun, Cleopatra, and Ramesses II. He also appeared on ''Unsolved Mysteries'' during a segment on the curse of Tutankhamun's tomb. Hawass is currently appearing on a reality-based television show on The History Channel called ''Chasing Mummies''.

    Hawass also worked alongside Egyptologist Otto Schaden during the opening of Tomb KV63 in February 2006 — the first intact tomb to be found in the Valley of the Kings since 1922.

    In June 2007 Hawass announced that he and a team of experts may have identified the mummy of Hatshepsut in KV60, a small tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The opening of the sealed tomb was described in 2006 as "one of the most important events in the Valley of the Kings for almost a hundred years."

    Hawass helped create and host the documentary ''Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries''.

    Views

    Return of artifacts to Egypt

    thumb|200px|Zahi Hawass displays a Ptolemaic statue discovered at Taposiris Magna on 8 May 2010Hawass spearheaded a movement to return many prominent unique and/or irregularly taken Ancient Egyptian artifacts, such as the Rosetta Stone, the bust of Nefertiti, the Dendera zodiac ceiling painting from the Dendera Temple, the bust of Ankhhaf (the architect of the Khafra Pyramid), the faces of Amenhotep III's tomb at the Louvre Museum, the Luxor Temple's obelisk at the Place de la Concorde and the statue of Hemiunu, nephew of the Pharaoh Khufu, builder of the largest pyramid, to Egypt from collections in various other countries. In July 2003 the Egyptians requested the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum. Hawass, as secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, told the press, "If the British want to be remembered, if they want to restore their reputation, they should volunteer to return the Rosetta Stone because it is the icon of our Egyptian identity." Referring to antiquities at the British Museum, Hawass said “These are Egyptian monuments. I will make life miserable for anyone who keeps them.” Britain has refused to return them.

    The ''Wall Street Journal'' commented that the looting of antiquities during the 2011 civil unrest in Egypt made Hawass' quest to return Egyptian antiquities to Egypt "misguided or at least poorly timed." According to Hawass "Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it."

    DNA testing of Egyptian mummies

    Hawass is skeptical of DNA testing of Egyptian mummies. He stated that "From what I understand, it is not always accurate and it cannot always be done with complete success when dealing with mummies. Until we know for sure that it is accurate, we will not use it in our research". In December 2000 a joint team from Waseda University in Japan and Cairo's Ain Shams University tried to get permission for DNA testing of Egyptian mummies, but was denied by the Egyptian Government. Hawass added that DNA analysis was out of the question because it would not lead to anything. In February 2010 Hawass and his team announced that they had analyzed the mummies of Tutankhamun and ten other mummies and said that the king may have died from a malaria infection that followed a leg fracture. This has been doubted by German researchers Christian Timmann and Christian Meyer who have suggested alternatives as Tutankhamun's cause of death; e.g. sickle cell disease or other inherited disorders.

    Statements about Israel and Jews

    Hawass has been a long-standing opponent of normalized relations between Israel and Egypt.

    In an interview on Egyptian television in April 2009 Hawass stated that "although Jews are few in number, they control the entire world" and commented on the "control they have" of the American economy and the media. He later clarified that he was using rhetoric to explain political fragmentation among the Arabs and that he does not believe in a "Jewish conspiracy to control the world".

    Controversies

    Hawass has been widely accused of domineering behaviour, forbidding archaeologists to announce their own findings, and courting the media for his own gain after they were denied access to archaeological sites because, according to Hawass, they were too amateurish. Others however, including several Egyptologists, have said in interviews that most of what Hawass has done for the field was long overdue. Hawass has typically ignored or dismissed his critics, and when asked about it he indicated that what he does is for the sake of Egypt and the preservation of its antiquities. Hawass has instituted a systematic program for the preservation and restoration of historical monuments, while training Egyptians to improve their expertise on methods of excavation, retrieval and preservation.

    Criticism of Hawass increased following the protests in Egypt in 2011. ''The New York Times'' reported in a front page story in July 2011 that he receives an honorarium each year "of as much as $200,000" from National Geographic to be an explorer-in-residence, "even as he controls access to the ancient sites it often features in its reports."

    The Times also reported that he has relationships, which he says he does not profit from, with two American companies that do business in Egypt.

    On April 17, 2011, Hawass was sentenced to jail for one year for refusing to obey a court ruling relating to a contract for the gift shop at the Egyptian Museum to a company with links to Hawass. The ruling was appealed and the sentence was suspended pending appeal. On April 18, 2011, the National Council of Egypt’s Administrative Court issued a decree stopping the court ruling, specifying that he would not serve any jail time, and would remain in his position as Minister of Antiquities.

    Association with former Egyptian President Mubarak

    Hawass has been associated with former President Hosni Mubarak's government because he was briefly a member of the government as Minister of Antiquities at the end of Mubarak's presidency. His resignation as Minister on March 3, 2011 and his re-appointment to the Ministry on March 30, 2011 have been seen as part of the overall events surrounding Mubarak's resignation. It has been reported that his appointment is likely to anger anti-government factions, who have opposed the appointment of any of the old guard under Mubarak to new positions in the government.

    The 2011 Egyptian protests resulted in increased criticism of Hawass. Demonstrators have called for his resignation, and the upheaval has increased attention on his relationship with the Mubarak family and the way in which he has increased his public profile in recent years.

    Maimonides Synagogue incident

    In March 2010 Hawass canceled the official re-opening of the restored Maimonides Synagogue in Cairo. In his email cancellation message issued in Arabic he described the Jewish dedication ceremony on March 7, which included dancing and serving wine, as "provocation to the feelings of hundreds of millions of Muslims in Egypt and around the world...”. In an English-language statement issued a few hours later the remarks about "drinking and dancing" were removed. Hawass said that the decision was made at "a time when Muslim holy sites in occupied Palestine face assaults from Israeli occupation forces and settlers..." He later also said that canceling the ceremony was a "strong slap in the face" to "the Zionist enemy" and that he would "not allow any Jew to pray in the temple, and would not allow any Israeli to pray in the temple.” A private dedication ceremony closed to media was held instead for approximately 150 European Jews with historical ties to Egypt in attendance.

    Clothing line

    Hawass has lent his name to a line of men's apparel, described by ''The New York Times'' as "a line of rugged khakis, denim shirts and carefully worn leather jackets that are meant, according to the catalog copy, to hark 'back to Egypt’s golden age of discovery in the early 20th century.'" The clothing was first sold at Harrods department store in London in April 2011.

    Critics say the Hawass clothing commercializes Egyptian history and there were accusations, which proved incorrect, that models had sat on or scuffed ancient artifacts during a photo shoot for advertisements. Hawass already sells a line of hats similar to the ones he wears, which mimic the ones worn by Harrison Ford in the ''Indiana Jones'' movies.

    References

  • A Case in Antiquities for ‘Finders Keepers’, John Tierney, ''The New York Times'', 2009
  • Further reading

    External links

  • Explorer in Residence at National Geographic
  • Profile at ''Art Museum Journal''
  • Biography at the Minnesota State University
  • The king of the pharaohs, Tim Radford, ''The Guardian,'' 27 November 2003
  • Interview with Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director of the Pyramids, ''Pyramid'' on PBS NOVA
  • The Secrets of Egypt research discussion at The Entertainment Gathering, December 2008
  • Egypt's man from the past who insists he has a future, Jack Shenker in Cairo, ''The Guardian'', 19 May 2011
  • Category:Egyptian archaeologists Category:Egyptian Egyptologists Category:Arab archaeologists Category:Art and cultural repatriation Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:Alexandria University alumni Category:Cairo University alumni Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni Category:Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España recipients Category:People of the 2011 Egyptian revolution Category:Government ministers of Egypt

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