During the early dynasties a two-horned genus extended into the northern heartland of Chinese civilization.

Explore New Zealand's northern heartland from the secluded beaches of the coast to the volcanic craters of the central plateau.

Today only three of 26 states are Communist run, and the left has never made inroads in the populous northern Hindi-speaking heartland.

For Luca di Montezemolo, chief executive of the boutique auto maker here in the northern Italian industrial heartland, it is a business whose past glory does not guarantee survival.

In 1575, the emerging Dutch Republic did not have any universities in its northern heartland.

In certain crucial respects Aquitaine was different from the northern heartlands of the Merovingians.

A state of emergency has now been declared in 22 provinces across the country - mostly in the protesters' northern heartlands - in a bid to stop more demonstrators heading to the capital.

In order to increase the production of rice, many Burmese migrated from the northern heartland to the delta, shifting the population concentration, and changing the basis of wealth and power.

The announcement came shortly after, but was not related to, a bad day for Fox's PAN party in state elections in its northern heartland.

Aristocratic enthusiasm for the tournament meant that it had travelled outside its northern French heartland before the 1120s.