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- Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
9: ...r]].<br>They are not in the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]].<br>———<br>1. Year dedu...
10: ...#21776;書), </big><small>''compiled in 1045-1060, which<br>is the year favored by modern historian...
11: ...mber [[689]] and<br>chose it as her given name. Became her taboo name when she<br>ascended the throne ...
16: ...ut other places have been proposed, including the capital [[Chang'an]].
18: ... (other possible date: [[636]]), and was made a ''cairen'' (才人), i.e. one of the nine co... - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
7: ...queror's children. She was a high-spirited and educated woman, with a knowledge of [[Latin]].
22: She employed tutors to educate her elder sons, and had her youngest son Henry ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
5: ...sponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by...
9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [[Gidon Kremer]]'s ...
19: *''Night in Memphis'' cantata (1968)
20: *''Musical Toys'' fourteen piano pieces for children (1969)
40: *''Hommage ŕ Ťarina Tsvetayeva'' for a capella choir - California (63989 bytes)
2: Name = California|
3: Fullname = State of California ! |
4: Flag = California state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of California]] |
6: Seal = California state seal.png | - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
2: ...re a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in [[Chicago]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[N...
4: ... Joined the National Association in [[1871]]. Became a charter [[National League]] member in [[1876]...
5: ...ed players. The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' tried to call the team the ''Spuds'' around this time, but th...
6: ...'' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60613-4397.
8: ...low the large "C", or the team will make use of a cartoon bear cub. - Sicily (18450 bytes)
5: capital = [[Palermo]] |
8: ...ssetta|Caltanissetta]]<br />[[Province of Catania|Catania]]<br />[[Province of Enna|Enna]]<br />[[Prov...
24: ...mare del Golfo]] Francavilla di Sicilia, and [[Abacaenum]] (now [[Tripi]]). The regional flag is divid...
30: ...pe. It is also one of the world's most active volcanos.
32: ...s are the [[Aegadian Islands]] to the west, [[Ustica Island]] to the north-west, and the [[Pelagian Is... - Palermo (10618 bytes)
3: ...us region of [[Sicily]], [[Italy]] as well as the capital of the [[Province of Palermo]]
6: ...s]] called it '''Panormus''', meaning all-port, because of its fine natural harbour. Palermo is widel...
8: ...he [[Roman Empire]] was split, Sicily and Palermo came under the rule of the Eastern [[Byzantine Empir...
10: ...cily by [[965]]. The Muslim rulers moved Sicily's capital to Palermo where it has been ever since. In ...
12: ...ered a unique hybrid style of [[architecture]] as can be seen in the Palatine Chapel, the church San G... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
5: ...n Baghdad. [[Ahmed Sanjar]] was captured and held captive by Turkish nomads from [[1153]] to [[1156]] ...
7: ... [[1260s]] and divided it into small [[emirates]] called the [[Anatolian beyliks]], which in turn were...
66: * [[Kutalmish]] [[1060]]-[[1077]]
102: *[http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/dynasties/seljuks.html The Seljuks... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
4: '''Phoenix''' is the [[capital]], largest [[City|city]] and largest [[metro...
7: * the largest capital city by area and population in the U.S. (inc...
13: Phoenix is called ''Hoodzo'' (lit. 'the place is hot') in [[Nav...
46: ...35 miles (217 km) of canals. Their disappearance ca. 1450 A.D. remains a mystery. Prolonged drought ...
49: ...]], he and others from Wickenburg had dug a short canal from the Salt River and founded a small farmin... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...twice the territory of the next-largest nation, [[Canada]]. It ranks eighth in the world in population...
4: ...mber [[1991]]. In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Repu...
13: ...entury]] onwards and slowly assimilated both the Scandinavians as well as native [[Finno-Ugric]] tribe...
15: ...y|11th centuries]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous,...
17: ... Duchy of [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]]. The political dissolution of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russians... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
2: ...sed military force to dissolve the parliament and called for new legislative elections (''see'' [[Russ...
4: ...ontinued to wane as Russia's regions gained political and economic concessions from [[Moscow]]. Althou...
6: ==Historical background==
8: ...t politics and government; they also controlled local administration.
10: ...d the creation or strengthening of various specifically Russian institutions in the RSFSR. Certain pol... - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
2: ...cenaean period takes its name from the archaeological site [[Mycenae]] in the northeastern [[Argolid]]...
8: ...eek language|Greek]]. The Mycenaean era script is called [[Linear B]].
10: ...and some of the nobility underwent [[mummy|mummification]].
12: ...reek people, the [[Dorians]], although the historical validity of this theory is now doubted.
18: ...rne Furumark]] based on the material from the [[excavation]]s of [[Asine]]. He provided a list of pott... - George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
1: ... of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], is part of the prominent [[Bush family]...
3: | nationality=american
16: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
19: ...ection, 2000|2000 presidential election]]. Bush became [[President_of_the_United_States|President]], d...
21: ==Personal life, service and education== - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ...o mark the start of the [[medieval]] period), [[Arcadius]] (treating [[Theodosius I]] as the last empe...
16: *[[Arcadius]], (377-408, ruled [[395]] - [[408]]) –...
17: ...01-450, ruled [[408]] - [[450]]) – son of Arcadius
18: ... ruled [[450]] - [[457]]) – son-in-law of Arcadius, brother-in-law of Theodosius II
35: *[[Phocas]] the Tyrant (???-610, ruled [[602]] - [[610]]) ... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...broad spectrum of ensemble combinations and classical forms. His oeuvre included everything from symp...
5: ...c''. In it, he famously claimed that music was incapable of "expressing anything but itself". Craft ...
10: ...ter. In [[1902]], at the age of 20, Stravinsky became the pupil of [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], proba...
14: ..., but Stravinsky also collaborated with [[Pablo Picasso]] (''Pulcinella'', 1920), [[Jean Cocteau]] (''...
16: ...]] collaborated on ''Pulcinella'' in [[1920]]. Picasso took the opportunity to make several sketches ... - List of fruits (14101 bytes)
13: * [[Chokeberry]] also called cooking apple (''Aronia'')
17: * [[Loquat]] (''Eryobotrya japonica'')
18: * [[Medlar]] (''Mespilus germanica'')
22: * [[Sorbus|Service tree]] (''Sorbus domestica''), bears a fruit known as a sorb or sorb apple
27: * [[Apricot]] (''Prunus armeniaca'' or ''Armeniaca vulgaris'')
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