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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... - 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... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: ...:China_temple.jpg|thumb|300px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [http://classroomcl...
3: ...ion]]s have been practiced in [[China]] since the beginning of its [[history of China|history]]. [[Tem...
5: ...stem as either a religion or a [[philosophy]] can be problematic. Thus, some regard [[Confucianism]] a...
7: ...f systems. It is possible for someone to claim to be a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] while living life accordi...
9: ...ven]] and [[yin and yang]]. The Chinese have also believed in such practices as [[Chinese astrology|as... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[le...
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
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]]. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
3: ...ntries in Africa and in the world. Its small size belies the magnitude of the problems it faces in see...
28: population_census_year = 1978 |
38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] |
47: ...rom the latest International Comparison Programme benchmark estimates.
53: ... later a [[United Nations]] Trust Territory under Belgian administrative authority following [[World W... - 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: Ac (3800 bytes)
6: *[[Bernard Accama|Accama, Bernard]] (1697-1756), Dutch painter
9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
18: *[[Jean Acker|Acker, Jean]] (1893-1978)
29: ...[Nate Ackerman|Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon]] (born 1978)
33: ...ian Benedict Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
45: *[[Edwin Adams Cotto|Adams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dea...
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: Ai (1915 bytes)
9: ...tor, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
10: *[[Clay Aiken|Aiken, Clay]], (1978-), singer - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
3: '''Melisende''' ([[1105]] - [[September 11]], [[1161]]) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen...
5: ...ta]], abbess of St. Lazarus in [[Bethany (Israel)|Bethany]].
9: ...9]]. Women who inherited territory usually did so because war and violence brought many men to prematu...
13: ...nt). Throughout the negotiations Fulk insisted on being joint ruler with Melisende. Baldwin acquiesced...
15: ... of the ''Haute Cour'', whose own positions would be eroded if Fulk continued to dominate the realm. - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
5: ...ugh not raised by her mother, Sibylla would later become closer with Agnes and inherit her political s...
7: ...capacity as regent during Baldwin's minority (and beyond, as the king spent his brief adult life dying...
9: ... to campaign in [[Antioch]]. Additionally, the [[Ibelin]] family manoeuvered to have the princess marr...
11: ...in match. According to Bernard Hamilton, it could be assumed the emperor was investing in the future g...
17: ...ion, led by the Ibelins. At any rate, Baldwin of Ibelin was himself still in Constantinople. With pres... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
6: ...ns ''other Aenor'' in the ''langue d'oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil'' ...
8: ...e largest and richest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William ...
10: ...uis VI of France|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
12: ...s; the incident started a war and caused conflict between Eleanor and Louis. She insisted on taking pa...
14: ...n was made by Eleanor's servant, it was generally believed that it was really her directive. This did ... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
35: ...'Madeleine Korbel Albright''' ''n饧' '''Marie Korbel''' (born [[May 15]] [[1937]] in [[Prague]], [[Cz...
37: ...e U.S. government ([[Condoleezza Rice]] has since become the second female Secretary of State).
42: ...or foreign policy legislation. From [[1976]] to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legislative Assistant to S...
53: ...oming Secretary of State, Albright served as a member of President Clinton's Cabinet.
59: ...th of many [[Serbs]] in the former [[Yugoslavia]] because of her role in the [[Kosovo War|Kosovo]] and... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: [[Image:bbhutto.jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was ...
3: ...icated as well, and remained in jail until [[November]] [[2004]].
6: ...as a kind of assistant to him. This seems to have been a formative experience for her, in that watchin...
8: ... of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abroad.
11: ...cution, she was placed under house arrest. Having been allowed in 1984, to go back to the [[United Kin... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ... only former American citizen to hold the post ([[Benjamin Netanyahu]] is a native-born [[Israeli]] wh...
10: ...[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a grocery store. Beginning when she was only eight years old, Golda o...
12: ...t Morris Myerson, a sign painter, who would later become her husband.
14: ... at the urging of her father when she was 18. She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors f...
16: ...15]]. She married Morris Myerson in [[1917]] and began planning to emigrate to the [[Land of Israel]]... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
30: ...Wood, Reno's mother, raised her children and then became an investigative reporter for the Miami News....
32: ..., New York]], where she majored in [[chemistry]], became president of the [[Women's Self Government As...
34: ...ee, she had difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer because she was a woman.
36: ...left the state's attorney's office in [[1976]] to become a partner in a private law firm.
38: ...ted to the Office of State Attorney in November [[1978]] and was returned to office by the voters four m... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...ians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the [[United States House of Repr...
5: ...tion, she was instrumental in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military...
7: ...served one term in the Senate; he was defeated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|Bill Cohen]]).
9: ...ial Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]].
11: ...gh it did not produce immediate backlash, was the beginning of the end for McCarthy. He had successful... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
1: [[Image:Debbie Stabenow.jpg|right|Debbie Stabenow]]
3: ...aria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator.
5: ...am is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
7: She is a member of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Budget]], the ...
9: ... to have served as a Michigan state legislator to be popularly elected to the [[United States Senate|U... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
16: |[[13 October]] [[1925]]
27: ...on Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), a...
29: ...eral election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[2...
33: ...cher'''; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of th... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: '''Jane Austen''' ([[December 16]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was ...
5: ... she continued to live in relative seclusion, and began to suffer ill-health. It is now thought she ma...
7: ...ovel, the posthumously published ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'', pokes fun at the [[Gothic novel]]s of [[Ann...
12: ...e unliberated and disquieting; however one should bear in mind that a "good marriage" was then the onl...
14: The order in which she began and completed her novels is different from tha...
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