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  1. Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
    9: ...br>They are not in the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]].<br>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br>1. Year deducted ...
    18: ...'s harem most probably in [[638]] (other possible date: [[636]]), and was made a ''cairen'' (&#25165;&...
    28: ...rable in the imperial court. Her power ended that day, and she had to step down while [[Emperor Zhongz...
    69: ..., and the [[Tang Dynasty]] was restored that same day, but the Shenlong era continued to be used until...
  2. Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
    5: ...[[Blois]], [[Chartres]], and [[Meaux]]. She was a daughter of [[William I of England|William the Conqu...
    7: Her birthdate is generally believed to have been between [[10...
    9: ...89]], making him one of the wealthiest men of his day. He was a proud and self-indulgent man, who had ...
    24: ...status of her children. Later that same year, her daughter Lucia-Mahaut was drowned in the wreck of th...
  3. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    11: ...h and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
    22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
    49: *''Lauda'' for alto, tenor, baritone, narrator, mixed choi...
    52: *''Dancer on a Tightrope (Der Seilt䮺er)'' for violin ...
    77: *''Mirage: The Dancing Sun'' for eight violoncelli (2002)
  4. California (63989 bytes)
    16: TradAbbreviation = Calif. |
    19: LandArea = 404,298 |
    31: AdmittanceDate = [[September 9]], [[1850]] |
    32: ...Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylight saving time|-7]] |
    63: ... = [[West Coast Swing]]; folk - [[Square dance]] |
  5. Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
    24: ...ive to note that a similar winning percentage nowadays would yield 129 wins.
    30: ...l of Fame|Hall of Famer]] is chiefly remembered today for his extreme racist views (which he stated in...
    35: ...]] (2B) and [[Frank Chance]] (1B) were three legendary Cubs infielders, who played together from [[190...
    37: ... staff [[earned run average]] that still stands today. Reulbach threw a one-hitter in the [[1906]] [[...
    39: ...ame. The trio was immortalized in [[Franklin P. Adams]]' poem ''Baseball's Sad [[Lexicon]]'', which f...
  6. Sicily (18450 bytes)
    52: ... Italian poetry and created the first Italian standard. The most famous, however, are [[Luigi Pirandel...
    64: ...]], [[Himera]], and [[Zancle]] or Messene (modern-day [[Messina]], not to be confused with the ancient...
    74: In AD [[440]] Sicily fell to the [[Vandal]] king [[Geiseric]]. A few decades later it came...
    80: ...ious outbreak of plague ([[1656]]), followed by a damaging earthquake in the east of the island ([[169...
    103: ...ies from Provence in the middle ages, and to this day, the San Fratellans speak a unique Proven硬-Sic...
  7. Palermo (10618 bytes)
    12: ...ni degli Eremiti and the Zisa. [http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/76.html]
    14: ...[baroque]] buildings, many of which still exist today.
    27: ... from the devastation of [[World War II]] and the damage caused by decades of uncontrolled urban growt...
    42: ...tices; signs of the zodiac show the various other dates throughout the year.
    44: ...Vernal Equinox]] occurred, to provide the correct date for [[Easter]].
  8. Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
    3: ... [[Azerbaijan]]. The Seljuk Turks and their descendants, the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]], played ...
    5: ...d himself Sultan and established a capital in Baghdad. [[Ahmed Sanjar]] was captured and held captive ...
    13: * Jalal ad-Dawlah [[Malik Shah I]] [[1072]]-[[1092]]
    20: * [[Dawud of Great Seljuk|Dawud]] (David) [[1131]]-[[1132]]
    47: * Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla [[Tutush I]] [[1085]]-[[1086]]
  9. Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
    53: [[Phillip Darrel Duppa|Darrel Duppa]] recommended the name ''Phoenix'', mem...
    74: ... the precious water supply. It functions to this day as the major agency for controlled use of irriga...
    76: ...heodore Roosevelt Dam]], then the largest masonry dam in the world, began operation. It created [[Roo...
    97: ...le, Arizona|Scottsdale]], [[Glendale, Arizona|Glendale]], [[Tempe, Arizona|Tempe]], [[Chandler, Arizon...
    99: ...creational lake, called [[Tempe Town Lake]]. The dams are deflated to allow the river to flow unimped...
  10. Russia (28007 bytes)
    2: ...e the territory of the next-largest nation, [[Canada]]. It ranks eighth in the world in population, fo...
    17: ...uled the southern and central expanses of present-day Russia, while its western zone was largely incor...
    27: ...n Czar) of Russia, finalized this process, consolidated surrounding areas under Moscow's dominion, and...
    43: ...#1072;&#1103; &#1044;&#1091;&#1084;&#1072;, ''Gosudarstvennaya Duma''), comprising 450 ''deputies'' al...
    58: ...tries, the great area south of these still accommodates a great variety of landscapes and [[climate]]s...
  11. Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
    4: ...ution, the two branches continued to represent fundamentally opposing visions of Russia's future. The ...
    8: ...igned by Russia and three other union republics &mdash; Belarus, Ukraine, and what was then the Transc...
    12: ...t in June 1991, handily defeating five other candidates with more than 57 percent of the vote.
    16: ...plotters, caused the coup to collapse after three days.
    18: Following the failed coup, Gorbachev found a fundamentally changed constellation of power, with Yelt...
  12. Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
    10: ...entry passage lined with stone. They often buried daggers or some other form of military equipment wit...
    12: ...ntered what historians see as a [[Greek dark ages|dark age]]. During this period Greece experienced de...
    16: The [[pottery]] is characterised by dark paintings on a light background.
    17: ... Mycenean decorated pottery on the Greek mainland date to the beginning of the Late [[Bronze Age]] (La...
    20: Table 1 provides the approximate dates of the [[Late Helladic]] phases (LH) on the Gr...
  13. George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
    1: ...eb Bush]], the current [[Governor of Florida|Florida governor]]).
    6: | date1=[[January 20]], [[2001]]
    7: | date2=Present (Current Term will end on [[January 20...
    10: | date of birth=[[July 6]], [[1946]]
    13: | date of death=
  14. List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
    3: ... Augustus]] was deposed during his reign). Others date the beginning of the Empire even as late as [[H...
    7: ...ntius II]] (317 - 361, ruled [[337]] - [[361]]) &ndash; son of Constantine I
    8: ...e Apostate (331 - 363, ruled [[361]] - [[363]]) &ndash; son in-law of Constantine I, brother-in-law an...
    11: ...[[Jovian]] (332 - 364, ruled [[363]] - [[364]]) &ndash; soldier under Julian
    15: ...]] the Great (346-395, ruled [[379]] - [[395]]) &ndash; married to Valens' niece
  15. Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
    1: ...&#1082;&#1080;&#1081;}}) ([[June 17]], [[1882]] &ndash; [[April 6]], [[1971]]) was a [[Russia|Russian]...
    12: ...sed three major works for the [[Ballets Russes]]&mdash;''L'oiseau de feu'', ''[[Petrushka]]'' ([[1911]...
    17: ...ounts of his time and expenditure to his sons and daughters. He was still young when he married his c...
    25: ...essfully writing music for films. Stravinsky had adapted to life in [[France]], but moving to America ...
    43: ...lude: ''Renard'' ([[1916]]), ''[[L'histoire du soldat]] (A Soldier's Tale)'' ([[1918]]), and ''Les no...
  16. List of fruits (14101 bytes)
    1: ...t become popular. You should eat some fruits everyday to stay fit and healthy!
    5: ... the most widely grown and eaten, owing to their adaptability. Many other fruits are important regiona...
    50: * [[Lingonberry]] (''Vaccinium vitis-idaea'')
    54: * [[Barberry]] (''Berberis''; [[Berberidaceae]])
    79: ...eae]]), which grows wild in the prairies of [[Canada]]

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