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- Plateau (3062 bytes)
2: ...ith a layer of particularly resistant rock, and underlain by softer rock.
4: ...[[basalt|flood basalts]], and were never associated with continents; the vast [[Ontong Jaya Plateau]]...
7: ...otable examples of it from around the world, including:
8: ...[Cumberland Plateau]] (a continuous landform with different local names)
10: * [[Colorado Plateau]] - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...e (such as the [[supernatural]]ist philosophies and [[religion]]).
7: ... from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period of the early [[20th century]].
10: ...ents were [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[Anaximander]] ("All is air").
12: ... concentrated in [[Athens]], which had become the dominant city-state in [[Greece]].
14: ...jects and methods of debate became highly developed. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: ...ristopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Ar...
3: ...ted permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ... general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ... in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
3: ..., although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
6: ...nd.jpg|right|thumb|A set of Scottish Great Highland bagpipes.<br>
11: 5) Tenor drones<br>
12: 6) Bass drone<br> - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...avid LeRoy, ''Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]
2: ...ed by 16th century Italian architectural theory and practice.)
4: ...at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
5: ...rus]] (enriched with interlaced guilloche) it stands upon.]]
6: ...ival]], it conveyed an air of archaic freshness and primitive, perhaps even republican, vitality. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...orld, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
11: ...arried to [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], and is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the Bri...
14: ...eft|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]] - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
2: ...an.jpg|center|250px]]|birth=[[625]]¹|death=[[December 16]], [[705]]|family_name=Wu (武)|po...
4: end_reign=Feb. 22, [[705]]<sup><small><small>5</sup><...
5: dynasty=Zhou (周)|
9: ...#8212;—<br>1. Year deducted from the age at death given in the<br>[[New Book of Tang]]''
10: ...deducted from the<br>[[Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government]]'' - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: ...age:stuart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
5: {{House of Stewart(Scotland)}}
7: ...he Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
9: ...1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ...ames V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]]. - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...attle of L?] ([[November 6]], [[1632]]) during Sweden's intervention in Germany in the [[Thirty Years...
3: <table border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=right style=margin-left:...
5: ...px|Christina of Sweden, depicted by S颡stien Bourdon]]
6: <tr valign=top><td>'''Reign'''<td>[[November 6]], [[1632]]-[[June 5]], [[1654]]
8: <tr valign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]], [[1650]] - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...ette1769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriage in [[177...
2: ...] and mother of [[Louis XVII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
3: ==Childhood==
4: ... new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
6: ...pold II|Leopold]], and Ferdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] ... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ... term of office to take up her post in the [[United Nations]].
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7: ...ze="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
8: ...;" align="center" colspan=2>[[Image:Robbo.jpg]]</td></tr> - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...] and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]].
3: ==Birth, marriage and children==
4: ...gave birth to another son (Jon Garth Murray) by a different father.
7: ...ne]] referred to Madalyn Murray as ''the most hated woman in America''.
9: ...." She acted as its first [[CEO]] before later handing the office on to her son Jon Garth. - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbury Gro...
5: ==Life and work==
7: ...informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: ...f the foremost [[Modernists]], though she disdained some artists in this category, such as [[James Jo...
11: ...chievements and creativity are influential even today. - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
1: [[image:AdaLovelace1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ada Lovelace]]
2: ...], [[1852]]) is mainly known for having written a description of
6: ...eed of Separation and left England for good a few days later. He never saw either again.
8: ... [[Augustus De Morgan]]. An active member of [[London]] society, she was a member of the [[Bluestocki...
10: [[Image:Ada Lovelace.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Ada Lovelace]] - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...Curie Institute|Curie Institutes]] in [[Paris]] and in [[Warsaw]].
5: ...he moved to [[Paris]] and studied [[chemistry]] and [[physics]] at the [[Sorbonne]], where she became...
7: ...um; thus on [[December 26]]th Marie Curie announced the existence of this new substance.
9: ...the other was named [[radium]] from its intense radioactivity.
11: ...ecquerel]]". She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
1: [[Image:Margaret_Mead.jpg|frame|Margaret Mead]]
3: ... – [[November 15]], [[1978]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[cultural anthropology|cultura...
5: ...e. (Source: ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'', Fifth Edition, 1993.)
7: ...d vividly enough for the general public to read and learn from her works--remains firm.
9: ...d in [[New York]] on [[15 November]] [[1978]], aged 76. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ...afitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
2: ...ocal range, she is noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly...
4: ... News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her ow...
6: ... "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
8: ...ed touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra." - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
6: ... full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ... just sat me down at the piano and the hits started coming."
10: ... Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best...
12: ... Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[198... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: ... Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div>
3: ...dia sensation in the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]], founder of the [[International Church of the Foursquare...
7: ...nal illness. (The age difference had caused a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to el...
9: ...letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local clergy, etc.
11: ...<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</small></div> - Julian of Norwich (1710 bytes)
1: ...f Divine Love'' (circa [[1393]]). This is believed to be the first book written by a woman in the [[...
3: ...f things shall be well", she has also been referred to as a proto-[[universalist]].
5: ...morated by the [[Anglican]] Church on [[May 8]] and by the [[Roman Catholic Church]] on [[May 13]].
8: *''Revelations of Divine Love''
11: ...org/j/julian/revelations/home.html Revelations of Divine Love]
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