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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
3: ...er, there are doubts as to whether they ever physically existed.
5: ... Some (circumstantial) evidence gathered at the excavation of the palace at [[Babylon]] has been accru...
7: ...ools of thought think that through the ages the location may have been confused with gardens that exis...
15: ...ate an alliance between the nations. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous...
17: ...just "hanging” but "overhanging," as in the case of a terrace or balcony. - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same n...
7: ...t inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ... after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place...
13: ...Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January Rive...
15: ...ntic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built an... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three day...
10: * [[1852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Pi...
12: ... of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Un... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...e|Russian]]: Екатерина I Але
...
5: ...rced to work in the laundry of the regiment which captured her.
7: Later she was sent to, and became the mistress of, Prince [[Aleksandr Danilovich ... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...III of Sweden]] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|e...
5: ...om illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine's supporters.
9: ... de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine drew up a document to reform the code of l...
11: ... control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catherine gave land in [[Ukraine]] to favored nobles...
13: ...rine relaxed the censorship law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class. - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow Germans in the government and...
7: ...hat time, her illegitimacy would be used by political opponents to challenge her right to the throne.
9: ... good, if not brilliant, but unfortunately her education was both imperfect and desultory. Her father ...
11: ...incess found herself at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress.
13: ...ov and hated the memory of Peter the Great, practically banished Peter's daughter from court. Elizabet... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...hus one of the very few "[[Old Bolshevik]]s" to escape death during the [[Great Purge]]s of the [[1930...
5: ...i did not side with either faction. However, she came to dislike aspects of Bolshevism and opted to j...
7: ...cy and educating women about the new marriage, education, and working laws put in place by the Revolut...
11: ...er which Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined. - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, one of the most significant Russian [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeist poets]]. - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...'' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Марина Иван...
8: ... fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristo...
10: ...Quarrels between the children were frequent and occasionally violent. There was considerable tension b...
12: ...Tsvetaeva's mother contracted [[tuberculosis]]. Because it was believed that a change in climate could...
14: ...g Man'. Voloshin came to see Tsvetaeva and soon became her friend and mentor. - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...1088;овна Терешко́ва}...
5: ...smonaut corps. Out of more than four hundred applicants, five were selected: [[Tatiana Kuznetsova]], [...
7: ...t woman and first civilian to fly into space. Her call sign in this flight was '''Chayka''' ([[English...
9: ...o her prominence she was chosen for several political positions: From [[1966]] to [[1974]] she was a m... - 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 ࠍarina Tsvetayeva'' for a capella choir - Larisa Latynina (2531 bytes)
3: ...([[Russian language|Russian]]: '''Лариса Семё...
11: ...as beaten in the all-around competition by [[Vera Caslavska|Věra Čᳬavsk of [[Czecho...
13: ...ips, finishing second with the Soviet team, and became a gymnastics trainer. She is a citizen of [[Rus... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Turkmenistan]], and has a coastline on the [[Caspian Sea]]. Kazakhstan is also a former republic ...
21: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
23: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationKazakhstan.png|290px]]
31: | '''[[Capital]]'''
64: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
1: ...ce [[2003]] in a loose [[confederation]]. It is located on the west-central [[Balkan Peninsula]].
3: ...eek full independence via a [[referendum]], which can be held in 2006 at the earliest.
5: ...043;ора<br/>Državna zajednica<br/>Srbija i Crna Gora'''</big><br/>State Union o...
17: | align=center colspan=2 | [[Image:LocationSerbiaAndMontenegro.png]]
25: | '''[[Capital]]''' - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: ...signation on [[April 4]], [[2005]], and the political situation in the country remains uncertain.
11: image_map = LocationKyrgyzstan.png |
14: capital = [[Bishkek]] |
33: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $2,061 |
34: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 144 | - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
1: '''Ukraine''' ({{lang-ua|Україна}}, ''Ukraina'' {{IPA...
3: ...t borders were only established in [[1954]]. It became independent once more following the [[fall of t...
6: |+<big><big>'''Україна<br>Ukrayina'''</big>...
20: | colspan="2" | [[image:LocationUkraine.png]]
24: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Kiev]] ({{lang-ua|''Kyiv''}}) - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
17: ...bert Uderzo|Uderzo, Albert]], (born 1927), French cartoonist of ''[[Asterix]]'' fame
33: *[[Sabine Ulibarr�libarr�Sabine]], American poet
51: ...(1609-1672), Puritan colonist and soldier in America
59: ...Johnny Unitas|Unitas, Johnny]], (1933-2002), American football player
64: *[[Carl Herman Unthan|Unthan, Carl Herman]], Austrian violinist without hands - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...a'''. For the digestive-system diseases commonly called "stomach '''flu'''" (and widely misunderstood...
2: ...px|Negatively stained flu virions. These were the causative agent of the [[Hong Kong Flu]] pandemic. ]...
4: ... [[astrology|astrological]] ''influences'' as the cause of the disease.
12: ...nd to have more resistance to influenza B and C because they only undergo [[antigenic drift]] and have...
14: ...uses can be further classified based on the viral capsid proteins [[haemagglutinin]] (HA or H) and [[n... - Meerkat (4260 bytes)
2: ...[[Image:Meerkat_Calgary_zoo.jpg|200px|Meerkat]] | caption = }}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Carnivora]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''''Suricata'''''}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''S. suricatta'''''}}
12: ...ens | color = pink | binomial_name = Suricata suricatta | author = [[Johann Christian Daniel von Schre... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...lti.jpg|thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the tenure of [[Pope Siricius]...
6: ...Apostles]], [[Supreme Pontiff]] of the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|Universal Church]], [...
7: ... has been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
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