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Ganymede (moon)
Ganymede, also known as Jupiter III, is Jupiter's largest moon and the largest in the solar system, discovered by Galileo in 1610, with evidence of a subsurface ocean.
Ganymede (Γανυμήδης) (mythology)
Ganymede (Γανυμήδης), Latin Catamitus, is the beautiful Trojan prince abducted by Zeus to serve as cupbearer of the gods, compensated with divine horses, later catasterized as Aquarius.
Ganymedes
Ganymedes was a eunuch at the Ptolemaic court and tutor of Arsinoe IV who took command of the Egyptian army against Julius Caesar in 48 BC.
Ganzfeld effect
Ganzfeld effect (German 'whole field'): perceptual phenomenon from viewing a homogeneous, unstructured visual field, introduced by Metzger in 1930; causes fading of color, loss of depth perception, and pseudo-hallucinations. Distinct from the ganzfeld telepathy experiments built on it.
Ganzfeld experiment
Ganzfeld experiment: parapsychological ESP test using homogeneous sensory deprivation (ping-pong ball halves, red light, white noise), pioneered by Honorton 1974; receiver picks 1 of 4 targets, 25% chance; replication disputed since the 1986 Hyman-Honorton communiqué.
Ganzhou (赣州)
Ganzhou (赣州), also Gannan, is Jiangxi's largest prefecture-level city in southern China: over 95% Hakka, Song dynasty walls and Fushougou drainage, Ruijin Soviet heritage, world-leading tung and rare earth reserves, and the world's largest navel orange planting area.
Ganzhou Uyghurs
The Ganzhou Uyghurs, also called the Hexi Uyghurs, were a Uyghur tribal polity centered on Ganzhou in the Hexi corridor, a substantial power of over 300,000 people conquered in 1028.
Gao
Gao (Mali): ancient Niger River trading city founded in the 7th century, capital of the Songhai Empire under Sunni Ali and Askia Mohamed, home of the 17-m Tomb of Askia (UNESCO, 2004), now a conflict-affected regional hub in northern Mali.
Gao (district)
Gao (Région de Gao) is an administrative region of northeastern Mali, 170,564 km² with capital Gao on the Niger River; former Songhai capital, contested since the 2012 rebellion by Tuareg, JNIM, and Islamic State armed groups.
Gao Aimin
Gao Aimin (高爱民) is a Chinese venture capitalist and general manager of SDIC Venture Capital in Beijing, known for its early backing of AI chip designer Cambricon.
Gao Baorong
Gao Baorong (高保融, 920–960) was a ruler of Nanping, one of the Ten Kingdoms, who held the title Prince of Nanping under the Later Zhou and died in 960 at age 41.
Gao Cheng
Gao Cheng (高澄) was an Eastern Wei statesman and general, eldest son of the chancellor Gao Huan, who held real power over the court and led the purge of corrupt magnates.
Gao clan of Bohai
The Gao clan of Bohai (渤海高氏) was a Chinese lineage serving the Northern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, and Tang states, its name attached to Northern Qi's imperial house.
Gao family of Mengcheng (Gao Qiong line)
The Gao family of Mengcheng was a Northern Song military lineage founded by general Gao Qiong, whose seven generations produced more than thirty generals and Empress Gao Taotao.
Gao Gang
Gao Gang (高岗) was a Chinese Communist leader of Shaanbei origin who headed the Northeast region and the State Planning Commission, then died by suicide after his 1954 purge.
Gao Gong
Gao Gong (高拱) was a Ming dynasty statesman, Grand Secretary and head of the Ministry of Personnel under the Longqing Emperor, who negotiated peace with Altan Khan.
Gao Heng
Gao Heng (高恒) was a Qing dynasty official of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner who served the Qianlong Emperor and was executed for corruption in 1768.
Gao Huan
Gao Huan (高欢) was a Northern Wei general who crushed the Er Zhu clan in 532 and ruled Eastern Wei as its de facto ruler until his death in 547.
Gao Huan's uprising at Xindu
Gao Huan's uprising at Xindu (高欢起兵信都) was the 531 revolt in which the general Gao Huan raised troops at Xindu, nominally to destroy the Erzhu clan.
Gao Jianfu
Gao Jianfu (高劍父, 1879–1951) was a Chinese painter and art educator who, with his brother Gao Qifeng and Chen Shuren, founded the reformist Lingnan School of painting.
Gao Jianli's attack on the First Emperor with his zhu
Gao Jianli's attack on the First Emperor with his zhu (高渐离击筑) was a failed assassination attempt on Qin Shihuang by the blind musician Gao Jianli.
Gao Jichong
Gao Jichong (高继冲) was a Jingnan military commissioner at the end of the Five Dynasties period who submitted his territory to the Song dynasty in 963 and died in 973.
Gao Jifan
Gao Jifan (高纪凡) is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Trina Solar in Changzhou in 1997 and leads it as chairman and CEO; Forbes estimated his family's wealth at $1.6 billion in 2026.
Gao Jiong
Gao Jiong (高颎), courtesy name Zhaoxuan, was chief minister of the Sui dynasty under Emperor Wen, directing the 589 conquest of Chen and planning the capital Daxing.
Gao Jixing
Gao Jixing (高季兴) was a military governor of the late Tang who founded Jingnan, one of the Ten Kingdoms, ruling from Jiangling from 907 until his death in 928.
Gao Jixing's founding of Jingnan (Nanping)
Gao Jixing's founding of Jingnan (高季兴建荆南) was the 907 establishment of the Jingnan regime, also called Nanping, when Later Liang's founder Zhu Wen appointed Gao Jixing military governor at Jiangling.
Gao Jixing's occupation of Jingnan
Gao Jixing's occupation of Jingnan, begun with his 907 appointment as military governor, founded the small Ten Kingdoms state of Jingnan, or Nanping, which lasted until 963.
Gao Kaidao
Gao Kaidao (高开道) was a Sui-dynasty rebel and warlord from Cangzhouyangxin who declared himself King of Yan at Yuyang in 618, later served the Tang, and died by suicide.
Gao Kang
Gao Kang (高亢) is a Chinese quantitative investor and founder of Yanfu Investments, a Shanghai quantitative hedge fund he started in 2019 after stints at Two Sigma and Ruitian Investment.
Gao Kegong
Gao Kegong (高克恭, 1248–1310) was a Chinese painter, poet, and senior official of the Yuan dynasty, serving as Minister of Justice and especially admired for his ink bamboo painting.