In the Southern Song Dynasty, its use spread to Europe via Arabia, and Arabs called it affectionately "the Eye of Sailors".

南宋时，指南针经由阿拉伯传到欧洲，当时的阿拉伯人亲切地称指南针为“水手之眼”。

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The Ming History written during the Qing Dynasty includes very rich information about Europe.

清修《明史》包含相当丰富的欧洲内容。

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"Learning from Japan" and "Imitating Europe" had been the two paths of language reform in the late Qing dynasty.

晚清的文字改革一直走着“步武日本”与“规仿泰西”两条路。

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The palace was the home of the Habsburg dynasty which, from Vienna, ruled vast swathes of Europe between 1452 and 1918.

BBC: In the kitchen with Viennese history

After Gertrude's death, the dynasty she had put in place continued for thirty-two more years, while Europe plunged into war again after only thirteen, dragging the rest of the world with it.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Gertrude Bell'