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- Aleksandra Lisowska (1848 bytes)
5: ...y in [[Rohatyn]]. She was captured and taken to [[Istanbul]] in the [[1520s]] as a [[slave]], but was select...
11: ...rusalem]], and the first to endow a [[mosque]] in Istanbul. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
11: ...nfirmary]] in [[London]] that became a public scandal, Nightingale became the leading advocate for imp...
19: ...46]]), a position he would hold again ([[1852]] – [[1854]]) during the [[Crimean War]]. Herbert ...
23: ...ctivity, and the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] foundations of the hospital. While at Kaiserwerth, Flore...
31: ... [[1854]]. In [[Scutari]] (modern-day [[ܳk? in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]) Nightingale and her nurses found w... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...s probably best known to the wider public for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professional Widow]]", her s...
10: ...nd her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt Sorum]] (later of [[the Cul...
13: ...se]], [[Will MacGregor]], [[Carlo Nuccio]], and [[Dan Nebenzal]], the record ended up full of raw, emo...
33: ...rgirl Hotel'', but like that album featured overt dance music influences and a relatively subdued pian...
50: ===''Welcome to Sunny Florida''=== - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
7: ...'s oldest noble families, and Stefania Goldfeder, daughter of a wealthy assimilated Jewish banker. Kr...
13: ...an Witkowski]], who would be killed in [[1942]] — it is unclear by whom or for what reason. Sev...
15: ...ngary]], to charm transit visas through French-mandated [[Syria]] from the pro-[[Vichy]] [[France|Fren...
17: ...] — to be, from [[1943]], head of [[SOE]] — in a letter of [[June 17]], [[1941]], to Polis...
19: ...ed Kowerski was working with our officials in [[Budapest]] on Polish affairs. He is now in Palestine ... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
3: ...eneral Assembly determines admission upon recommendation of the Security Council. The organization's h...
24: ..., [[United Kingdom]], and the [[United States]] — and by a majority of the other 46 signatories.
33: ...of atomic weapons and of all other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction".
35: ...d the UN Disarmament Commission. Items on the agenda include consideration of the possible merits of a...
55: ...ept and both the UN Service Medal, and the NATO Medal, are considered [[international decoration]]s in... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...] in [[1041]], the printing press as we know it today was invented in the West by a [[Holy Roman Empir...
8: ... in Europe is not accepted by all. The other candidate advanced is the [[The Netherlands|Dutchman]] [[...
12: ...limited the number of different pages created per day. Books produced in this period, between the firs...
18: ...anbul]] (a popular destination for thousands of Andalusian Jews).
45: ... print tens of thousands of copies of a page in a day. - Turkey (41694 bytes)
5: ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh) |
11: largest_city = [[Istanbul]] |latd=41|latm=1|latNS=N|longd=28|longm=57|longE...
16: sovereignty_type = [[National_Day|National Day]] |
18: established_dates = <br>[[April 23]], [[1920]] <br>[[October 29]...
58: ... rich history of people and the land laid the foundations of the current republic. Even though officia... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ... tip of the [[Balkan peninsula]]. It has land boundaries with [[Bulgaria]], the [[Former Yugoslav Repu...
50: ...e''', ({{lang-el|Ελλάδα}}, {{lang|el|''Elláda''}} ([[IPA]]: [{{IPA|e̞ˈlaða}}]), or {{lang|el...
52: ...], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a [[developed nation]], member of the...
59: ...Chinese language|Chinese]] {{lang|zh|希臘}} (Mandarin: Xīlà, Cantonese: Hei-laap).
65: ...ion|Minoan]] and the [[Mycenae]]n. After this, a Dark Age followed until around [[800 BC]], when a ne... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
4: There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning or the end of the Ancient Gr...
6: ...e term back to about [[1000 BC]]. The traditional date for the end of the Ancient Greek period is the ...
8: These dates are historians' conventions and some writers t...
10: ...ce is considered by most historians to be the foundational culture of [[Western world|Western Civiliza...
15: ...only scant archaeological evidence, survive. Secondary and tertiary texts such [[Herodotus]] "Historie... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...ite irregular because they usually follow the boundaries of states, countries or other administrative ...
4: [[image:Timezones.png|thumb|400px|Standard Time Zones of the World by the CIA]]
6: ...ve. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as distinct from time...
8: ... the remainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British...
12: *[[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00 UTC, then i... - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
15: ...ocument listing gifts to the high priestess of [[Adab]] on the occasion of her election]]
28: ... in 1923, and for fifty years it would be the standard for students studying Sumerian. Poebel's gramm...
34: ...as possible from the collections in Philadelphia, Istanbul, and Jena."
38: ...tablet, to see if any signs, especially broken or damaged signs, should be represented differently.
43: ...]] and [[Elamite language|Elamite]]. It was even adapted to [[Indo-European languages]] like [[Hittite... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...gns — usually sanctioned by the [[Papacy]]— that took place during the [[11th century|11th...
9: ... Spanish Catholics are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except during ...
18: ...a of a holy war emerged from this background.'' — [[Norman F. Cantor]]
51: ...of the Crusader states with a foolish attack on [[Damascus]]. In [[1149]], both leaders had returned t...
76: ...ed to a foolhardy attack on [[Cairo]], and an inundation of the [[Nile]] compelled them to choose betw... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
21: ...ls reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
46: ... Empire'''. There is no consensus on the starting date of the Byzantine period. Some place it during t...
51: ...te between Romans (Byzantines as we render them today) and [[Franks]], who, under [[Charlemagne]]'s ne...
63: ...]], albeit the former has now retreated to a secondary folkish name rather than a national synonym as ... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
41: ...d in [[1997]], which is due to expire on the last day of [[2007]].
43: ...e [[FIA]] vowed to improve the sport's safety standards; since that weekend, no driver has died on the...
53: ...f their use of [[Bridgestone]] tires (Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi are the only teams that don't use [[...
59: ...s race. For this qualifying session, held on Saturday, drivers set a timed "flying lap" on the empty t...
72: ...ler Chrysler]], [[Renault]], [[Toyota]], and [[Honda]], such privately-built engines have become less ... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
9: ...of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
42: Secondary sources on the Augustan Age include [[Tacitus]]...
46: ...lia, either through [[Julia Caesaris]], Augustus' daughter from his first marriage ([[Caligula]] and [...
52: ...utions with relish. Sejanus also began to consolidate his own power; in AD [[31]] he was named co-con...
66: ...tain|Britain]], [[Armenia]], [[Parthia]], and [[Judaea]]. Nero's inability to manage the rebellions an... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
4: ...llenges global governance |date=2009-04-09 |accessdate=2009-04-09 |publisher=[[Open Democracy]]}}</ref...
29: ...im raiders [[Sack of Rome (846)|sacked Rome]] and damaged the Vatican. In 911, the bishop of [[Narbonn...
31: ...] tribe settled the land of [[Pagania]] between [[Dalmatia]] and [[Zachlumia]] in the first half of th...
39: ...[[North Sea]] and the Baltic Sea was seriously in danger of attack by the pirates.
47: ...vilization.ca/aborig/haida/havwa01e.html|title=Haida Warfare}}</ref> - 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;я Дума, ''Gosudarstvennaya Duma''), comprising 450 ''deputies'' al...
58: ...tries, the great area south of these still accommodates a great variety of landscapes and [[climate]]s... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra)
20: | [[Istanbul|İstanbul]] ([[Constantinople]]/[[Asitane]]/...
45: ...sition as gateway between Europe and Asia. In its day, the Ottoman Empire was also commonly referred t...
47: ...antinople|captured]] [[Constantinople]] (modern [[Istanbul|İstanbul]]) from the [[Byzantine Empire]], ...
66: ...ng the [[Turkish War of Independence]] ([[1918]]–[[1923]]), and the [[Turkey|Republic of Turkey]... - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
2: ...agia-Sofia-01s.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey, June 1994]]
3: ...converted to a [[mosque]], now a [[museum]], in [[Istanbul]], formerly [[Constantinople]]. It is universally...
14: ...pg|right|thumb|400px|Interior of the Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey. Image provided by [http://classroomclipa...
24: The structure has been severely damaged several times by [[earthquakes]]. The dome c...
32: ...en.) For almost 500 years the principal mosque of Istanbul, Ayasofya served as model for many of the Ottoman... - Ankara (15129 bytes)
2: ...y]] and the country's second largest city after [[Istanbul]]. The city has a population of 5,153,000 (2005),...
23: ...ober 29]], [[1923]], Ankara having had replaced [[Istanbul]] (formerly Constantinople) as the capital of the...
34: ...yday, and the adjacent museum every day except Mondays).
41: ...art from the late [[19th century]] to the present day. There are also galleries which host guest exhib...
49: '''Ankara Citadel''': The foundations of the citadel were laid by the Galatians on...
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