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- Aleksandra Lisowska (1848 bytes)
1: <div style="float:right;width:231px;padding:3px">[[Image:Khourrem.jpg]]</div>
5: ...y in [[Rohatyn]]. She was captured and taken to [[Istanbul]] in the [[1520s]] as a [[slave]], but was select...
11: ...rusalem]], and the first to endow a [[mosque]] in Istanbul. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
11: ...ged the support of [[Charles Villiers]], then president of the [[Poor Law Board]]. This led to her ac...
19: ...e met [[Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea|Sidney Herbert]], a brilliant politician who had been...
27: ...re sent to the Crimea, with the authorisation of Sidney Herbert.
31: ... [[1854]]. In [[Scutari]] (modern-day [[ܳk? in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]) Nightingale and her nurses found w...
35: ...an accident. Following this episode she used a solid Russian-built carriage, with waterproof hood and ... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...lic for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professional Widow]]", her sole single to reach number one on the ...
10: ...arted working with other artists (including Stan Ridgway of [[Wall of Voodoo]], [[Sandra Bernhard]] an...
13: ... desolation of "Me and a Gun", which received considerable critical attention. When the album was rele...
16: ...he album included "More Pink", a collection of B-Sides including a cover of the [[Joni Mitchell]] song...
20: ...t Plant]], contributed the song "Down by the Seaside" to the [[Led Zeppelin]] tribute album ''[[Encom... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
11: ...Gestapo had not been anxious to get on the wrong side of Krystyna's aunt and of the aunt's relation, t...
15: ...er better — with which she had managed in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]], during their flight from [[Hungary...
26: Krystyna now spent an appreciable hiatus, sidelined from substantial action. Her situation wou...
30: ... [[Gestapo]]. Krystyna — under the assumed identity of "Pauline Armand" — parachuted into...
34: ...she and her comrades had made good their escape, did it hit home: "What have I done! They could have... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
20: ...debated by governments and private citizens worldwide.
26: ... in [[New York City]] in [[1949]] and [[1950]] beside the East River on land purchased by an 8.5 milli...
30: ... and make future wars impossible, by fostering an ideal of [[collective security]]. Those hopes have o...
33: ...ly weeks after the signing of the Charter and provided immediate impetus to concepts of arms limitatio...
35: ...ament Commission. Items on the agenda include consideration of the possible merits of a nuclear test b... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
4: ...ck printing]], pressing sheets of paper into individually carved wooden blocks ([[xylography]]). It is...
6: ...as with alphabetic based languages. Movable type did spur, however, additional scholarly pursuits in [...
8: ...s in Europe is not accepted by all. The other candidate advanced is the [[The Netherlands|Dutchman]] [...
14: ... requiring a licence from the Catholic Church (an idea rejected in the end), but as early as in the 15...
16: ...es. It has been theorized that this incredibly rapid expansion shows not only a higher level of indust... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
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14: leader_titles = [[President of Turkey|President]]<br>[[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime...
49: ... Mediterranean) to the west. Some geographers consider Turkey to be, also a part of [[Europe]] due to ...
58: The rich history of people and the land laid the foundations of the current republic. Even tho...
68: ...ven years by the Grand National Assembly. The President does not have to be a member of parliament. - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...mills on the Island of Myconos, Greece. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
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6: ...large.png|125px|Flag of Greece]] || align=center width=130px | [[Image:Greece_coa.png|125px|Coat of Ar...
8: ...[Flag of Greece|National Flag]]) || align=center width=130px |
21: | '''[[List of Presidents of Greece|President]]''' || [[Karolos Papoulias|KᲯlos Papo?]] - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
10: Ancient Greece is considered by most historians to be the foundational cul...
15: ...no primary texts, and only scant archaeological evidence, survive. Secondary and tertiary texts such [...
17: ...rks have survived, notably [[Herodotus]], [[Thucydides]], [[Xenophon]], [[Demosthenes]], [[Plato]] and...
20: ... a written record begins to appear. Greece was divided into many small self-governing communities, a p...
24: ...taly|Syracuse]], [[Naples]], [[Marseilles]] and [[Istanbul]] had their beginnings as the Greek colonies Syra... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e generally centered on [[Meridian (geography)|meridian]]s of a [[longitude]] that is a multiple of 15...
6: ... reference point for Time Zones is the [[Prime Meridian]] ([[longitude]] 0?) which passes through the ...
8: GMT (UTC) is, incidentally, local time at Greenwich itself only betwe...
14: ...+ 2 (e.g. if it is 03:00 UTC, then it is 05:00 in Istanbul)
18: ...r time zones results in a time the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is o... - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
12: ...uages]], and [[Elamite]], which is an [[Elamo-Dravidian]] language.
22:
34: ...as possible from the collections in Philadelphia, Istanbul, and Jena."
40: ...eration is the process in which a Sumerologist decides how to represent the cuneiform signs in roman s...
43: ...lso had a [[Hieroglyph|hieroglyphic script]], as did the [[Egyptians]]) and [[Old Persian]], though th... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...lcolor_003.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
7: ...ith the [[Peace and Truce of God]] movements, forbidding violence against certain people at certain ti...
9: ...y Spanish Catholics are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except during...
11: ...affected by the Investiture Controversy, as both sides tried to marshal public opinion in their favor,...
13: ...region)|Palestine]] in the [[7th century]]. This did not interfere much with [[pilgrimage]] to Christi... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
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7: ...at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
29: ... of the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
46: ...e empire into a ''pars Orientis'' and a ''pars Occidentis''. Others place it during the reign of [[The...
51: ...ncient presecessors. Standardization of the term did not occur until the 17th century when French auth... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ...a racing|formula]] [[auto racing]]. It is a worldwide [[sport]], involving an annual World Drivers Cha...
9: ...South Africa]] have reinforced the sport's "worldwide" image.
16: ...nds Prix]] for results from past seasons and individual races.''
18: ...0s]]. A number of European racing organizations laid out rules for a World Championship before [[World...
24: ...al development, [[Cinquemani]]'s introduction of mid-engined cars, occurred in the [[1950s]]; [[Jack B... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
5: ...more centuries over the whole empire, although divided into the [[Eastern Roman Empire|Eastern]] and t...
19: ...itions seemed to threaten the republic - now placidly accepted one man rule.
27: *Creation of a [[civil service]] outside of the [[Roman Senate|Senatorial structure]], le...
40: ... currency|coinage]], has also provided valuable evidence about economic, social and military condition...
47: [[Image:Coliseum_rome.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...onal authorities, until this form of [[commerce raiding]] was outlawed in the 19th century.
4: ...ip, aircraft, persons, or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any state, in fact piracy ha...
10: ...sometimes resorted to piracy, and specialized in kidnapping boys and girls to be sold as [[slave]]s.<r...
12: ...e ransom to fifty talents. After the ransom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, pursued and captured the ...
16: ...lating the western Balkan peninsula. Constantly raiding the [[Adriatic Sea]], the Illyrians caused man... - Russia (28007 bytes)
17: ...and]]. The political dissolution of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north f...
27: ...en Czar) of Russia, finalized this process, consolidated surrounding areas under Moscow's dominion, an...
29: ...efeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the [[Russi...
31: ...]. The brutal rule of [[Joseph Stalin]] forced rapid [[industrialization]] of the largely rural countr...
37: In the mid and late 1980s General Secretary [[Mikhail Gorbac... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
1: ... 1em; background: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
20: | [[Istanbul|İstanbul]] ([[Constantinople]]/[[Asitane]]/...
45: ...ht of its power, it included [[Anatolia]], the [[Middle East]], part of [[North Africa]], and south-ea...
47: ...antinople|captured]] [[Constantinople]] (modern [[Istanbul|İstanbul]]) from the [[Byzantine Empire]], ...
53: ...s]] in the north. The Empire was situated in the middle of East and West and interacted throughout its... - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
2: ...agia-Sofia-01s.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey, June 1994]]
3: ...converted to a [[mosque]], now a [[museum]], in [[Istanbul]], formerly [[Constantinople]]. It is universally...
10: For architects Justinian chose [[Isidore of Miletus]] and [[Anthemius of Tralles]], pro...
12: ...ly and artistically decorated that Justinian is said to have proclaimed "[[Solomon]], I have surpassed...
14: ...r of the Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ... - Ankara (15129 bytes)
1: ...03.jpg|thumb|350px|right|View of Ankara|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
2: ...y]] and the country's second largest city after [[Istanbul]]. The city has a population of 5,153,000 (2005),...
16: ...11.jpg|250px|thumb|Anitkabir, mausoleum|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
23: ...ober 29]], [[1923]], Ankara having had replaced [[Istanbul]] (formerly Constantinople) as the capital of the...
26: ...section has the trappings of a more modern city: wide streets, hotels, theaters, shopping malls, and h...
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