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- Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]...
2: ...nly man in the Cabinet." She is the first (and to date only) female [[Prime Minister of Israel]], the ...
6: ...ld. Her sisters' names were Shayna and Zipke. Golda looked up to Shayna. Her father left for the Unit...
10: ... Beginning when she was only eight years old, Golda oversaw the store for a short time each morning a...
12: ...up school for work and to marry an older man. Golda rebelled and ran away. She went to Denver, where... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: Deren was born in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]]. In [[1922]], after a series of a...
8: ...5). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "Creative Work in the Field of...
14: ...t [[James Merrill]] (1926-1995) and his partner [[David Jackson]] (''?''-2001) during [[seance|s顮ces... - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
7: ..._of_salonica.jpg|thumb|150px|Early 12th-century [[Kiev]]an mosaic depicting [[St. Demetrius]].]]
18: ...e [[4th century]], wall and ceiling mosaics were adapted to Christian uses. The greatest development o...
22: ...f Iraq]] the mosaic was replaced with one of [[Saddam Hussein]]. - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
16: <tr><td>[[Amman]] <td>[[Jordan]]
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
20: <tr><td>[[Antananarivo]] <td>[[Madagascar]]
28: <tr><td>[[Baghdad]] <td>[[Iraq]]
31: ...r><td>[[Bandar Seri Begawan]] <td>[[Brunei|Brunei Darussalam]] - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
3: The territory of present-day Ukraine was a key centre of East Slavic culture ...
24: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Kiev]] ({{lang-ua|''Kyiv''}})
37: ...e of the Soviet Union|Independence]]'''<br> Date || From [[Soviet Union]]<br>[[August 24]] [[199...
53: ...ylistic reasons (compare "the Lebanon" and "the Sudan") and partly because of its implication that Ukr...
55: ...ainian and Kraina in Belarusian). Other more legendary ethymologies trace the name to a verb meaning, ... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...em of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate i...
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 ... - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...ses of the war]] are a matter of debate. On which date the war began is also debated, cited as either ...
6: ...an surrendered]] on [[15 August]] [[1945]] ([[V-J Day]]).
8: ...ee. [[Atomic weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[RADAR]] are only a few of many [[Technology during Wor...
10: ...y as the [[Warsaw pact]], alliances which were fundamental to the ensuing [[Cold War]]. In Asia, the U...
18: ...id they supply the Axis powers with any great abundance of troops or supplies. - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
9: ...of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
11: ...rian monarchs]]), the [[History of Russia|Russian/Kiev]] dynasties (see [[tsar|czars]]), and the [[Germa...
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... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...e the territory of the next-largest nation, [[Canada]]. It ranks eighth in the world in population, fo...
15: ...o [[11th century|11th centuries]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quit...
17: ...ia]] and [[Poland]]. The political dissolution of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russians |Russian people]] in...
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... - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
8: ...y and the temple priesthood, and later rabbinic Judaism.
10: ...a national one—the deliverer of [[Israel]]—and differs significantly from the Christian un...
12: ... beliefs are specifically commemorated on certain days each year, use of [[music]] in hymns and prayer...
14: *[[Judaism]]
29: ...de Laws]] subset of the [[Law of Moses]]. The [[Didache]] found in the [[Apostolic Fathers]] collectio... - Byzantine architecture (9737 bytes)
10: ...for the church architecture which mostly stands today. [[Brick]] replaced [[Rock (geology)|stone]], [...
18: ...e space under the dome was enlarged by having apsidal additions made to the octagon. Finally, at [[Hag...
30: ...le examples including the Ummayad Great Mosque of Damascus and the [[Dome of the Rock]] in Jerusalem. ...
37: :In modern day [[Egypt]]
40: :In modern day [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...ader who founded the [[Mongol Empire]] ([[1206]]–[[1368]]). He is considered a national hero in ...
5: ...y [[leader]] in [[world history]]. Born in modern day [[Mongolia]], he united the Mongol tribes of [[C...
11: Genghis Khan's descendants included [[Kublai Khan]], [[Babur]], and, alle...
25: ...to power by allying himself with his father's ''anda'' (sworn brother or [[blood brother]]). Genghis'...
38: ...empires (Western Xia, Jin Empire, etc.) in modern day [[China]] were established causing constant warf... - Viking (18085 bytes)
4: ...omantic]] connotations in the [[18th century]]. Today, somewhat controversially, the word is also used...
13: ...ng tax on their goods. The next recorded attack, dated June 8, [[793]], was on the monastery at [[Lin...
15: ...d and colonised large parts of [[England]] (see [[Danelaw]]). They travelled up the rivers of [[France...
17: ===Adam of Bremen===
18: [[Adam of Bremen]] records in his book ''Gesta Hammabur... - Holocaust (53541 bytes)
10: ... rites, gods of the earth and underworld received dark animals, which were offered by night and burnt ...
12: ...ction" since the [[Middle Ages]]), became the standard Hebrew term for the Holocaust as early as the e...
14: ...enerically to any mass killings such as the [[Rwandan Genocide]] and the actions of the [[Khmer Rouge]...
30: ...in other words, to kill them or have them killed—and to let the avengers in the form of the chil...
32: ...etter race by eliminating the designated "unfit"—along the same lines as their programs of [[com... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
2: {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}}
10: ...nland China]], [[December 25]] is not a legal holiday. The small percentage of Chinese citizens who co...
12: ...and [[Macau]] designate Christmas as a public holiday on December 25. Both are former [[colony|colonie...
20: ...ons play holiday music on Christmas Day and a few days before, while television stations are known to ...
22: ...ial services on [[Christmas Eve]] and [[Christmas Day]]. Young people especially enjoy the fellowship ...
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