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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...inese civilization. Politically, China alternated between periods of political union and disunion, and...
7: ...late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, wher...
14: ...pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
18: ...found on pottery and shells, have been alleged to be ancestors of modern [[Chinese character]]s, but s...
22: ...bone writings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of th... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...le "King." Early texts refer to him as ''[[dux]] bellorum'' ("war leader") and High [[Medieval]] Wels...
5: ...[Wales]], [[Cornwall]], or the west of what would become [[England]], but controversy over the centre ...
7: Some members of this school, most notably Geoffrey Ashe and ...
9: ...s there seems to be little reason for him to have become a major legendary figure.
11: ...ossibly fictive person like [[Beowulf (character)|Beowulf]]. - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the n...
3: ...on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civilization]] or multiple civiliz...
5: ...y|twentieth centuries]], China stagnated and fell behind, and was too weak militarily to repel [[Europ...
7: ...e PRC does not recognize the ROC, as it claims to be the sole successor of all China including Taiwan....
14: ...lated as "Middle Kingdom", but perhaps could also be translated as, "Central State". It literally mean... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[le...
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7: * [[1576]] - [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwe...
9: ...nd|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
10: ...om of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
13: === Abba - Abbe ===
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
16: ...ge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
23: *[[Ernst Abbe|Abbe, Ernst]], (1840-1905), physicist
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey|Abbey, Edwin Austin]], (1852-1911), artist, painter - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
67: ...cott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip
98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
4: *[[Bertie Ahern|Ahern, Bertie]], (born [[1951]]), [[Taoiseach|Irish prime m...
6: *[[Alf Ahlberg|Ahlberg, Alf]], Swedish writer
16: *[[Martti Ahtisaari|Ahtisaari, Martti]], (born 1937), UN diplomat & president of [[Finland]] - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</s...
7: ...', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudo...
9: ...d [[Humphrey Gilbert|Sir Humphrey Gilbert]]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive r...
11: ... Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth also reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thir...
13: ...er of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen". - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
19: | [[May 15]], [[1937]]
35: ...''' ''n饧' '''Marie Korbel''' (born [[May 15]] [[1937]] in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]], now in the [...
37: ...e U.S. government ([[Condoleezza Rice]] has since become the second female Secretary of State).
42: ...ty Council, as well as a [[White House]] staff member, where she was responsible for foreign policy le...
53: ...oming Secretary of State, Albright served as a member of President Clinton's Cabinet. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...sevelt''' ([[October 11]] [[1884]] – [[November 7]] [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] ...
9: ...rother in giving Eleanor's hand to her husband to be. Their marriage was blessed with six childeren, o...
11: ...n the 1640s. His grandsons, Johannes and Jacobus, began the [[Oyster Bay]] and [[Hyde Park, New York|H...
13: ...band, but that Franklin, and now Eleanor, were members of the Democratic Party, which Alice viewed as ...
15: ...ckok suggested the idea for what would eventually become the Mrs. Roosevelt?s column ''[[My Day]]''. A... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...l access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
5: ...he married William Sanger. Although stricken by tuberculosis, she gave birth to a son the following ye...
9: In 1914, Sanger launched ''The Woman Rebel'', a newspaper advocating birth control. She als...
13: ...rved as its president of until its dissolution in 1937 after birth control under medical supervision was...
15: ...International Information Center. In 1937, Sanger became chairperson of the Birth Control Council of A... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...sh]] and in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of ...
5: ... at [[Copenhagen]], [[Paris]], and [[Rome]]. She began publishing fiction in various Danish periodica...
9: She returned to Denmark and began writing in earnest, publishing ''Seven Gothic ...
20: * ''[[Out of Africa]]'' (1937 in Denmark and England, 1938 in USA) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...n]] [[folkloristics|folklorist]] and author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were W...
7: ... into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural and political.
9: Dialogue in Hurston's work is roughly transcribed so as to mimic the actual speech of the period, ...
15: ...ith Wright's writings, Hurston's work was ignored because it simply didn't fit in with this struggle. ...
17: ...r tales of [[zombie]]s, which was later proved to be correct. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...a's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Holly...
5: .... She subsequently played in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...so in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage na...
9: ...he sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films f...
11: ...on-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
12: ... she lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
15: .... She owned early works of [[Pablo Picasso]] (who became a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri M...
21: Ernest Hemingway describes how Alice was Gertrude's 'wife' in that Stein ra...
23: ... of speech she was Victorian, socially was more liberal than not, with developed individualism coupled...
26: ...ecution probably because of their friendship to [[Bernard Faÿ]], a gay collaborator with the Vich... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...r breaking new ground for female pilots, and remembered for her mysterious disappearance during a flig...
6: ...ed Amelia from her father and his [[alcoholism]]. Because of Edwin Earhart's inability to provide for ...
8: ...ornia]] where she became interested in flying and began taking lessons from [[Neta Snook]]. With finan...
10: ... the engagement had been broken and soon her life began to include George Putnam. The two developed a ...
14: ...National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]]. - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
1: ...rkness Love''' ([[February 14]], [[1914]] - [[October 22]], [[1976]]) was an [[United States|American]...
3: ...d in various jobs in [[aviation]]. She married Robert Maclure Love in [[1936]].
5: In [[1937]] and [[1938]] she was a [[test pilot]] for [[Gwi...
7: Robert Love, a reservist, was called to duty in [[Wash...
8: [[Women?s Flying Training Detachment]] to become the - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...#1123;таева) ([[October 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) w...
5:
8: ...ts roots in the depths of her displaced and disturbed childhood. Her father was Ivan Vladimirovich Tsv...
10: ...'s poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor...
12: ...luence on the impressionable Marina. The children began to run wild. This state of affairs was allowed... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...ficant figure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbury Group]].
7: ...ulation of the coterie's ideals, Woolf's work can be understood as consistently in dialogue with Bloom...
9: She began writing professionally in [[1905]], initially ...
13: ...centred novel. Her last and most ambitious work, "Between the Acts" sums and magnifies Woolf's chief p...
15: ...d can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest pos... - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ... many [[glider]] aerobatic and endurance records, being the first woman to fly the Alps in a glider, a...
6: ...lew the Fa 61 every night inside the arena of the Berlin Motor Show.
8: ...utting [[barrage balloon]] cables. Eventually she became [[Adolf Hitler]]'s favourite pilot. Reitsch ...
10: ...ugh a number of V-1s were so equipped as ''Reichenberg''s, they were never used in combat. (See [[Selb...
12: ...r parents, but he would not allow it. She escaped Berlin through heavy Russian anti-aircraft fire.
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