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- China (38909 bytes)
1: ...e [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...nding on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civilization]] or multiple c...
5: ...of China]] in [[1912]]; however the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Jap...
7: ...utes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
1: ...png|frame|[[Seal (device)|Seal]] of Margaret I of Denmark 1381 and 1403]]
2: ...on to [[Magnus VII of Norway]], [[Magnus II of Sweden]].
4: ...n, could now give her undivided attention to [[Sweden]], where the mutinous nobles were already in arm...
6: ...eld at [[Dalaborg]] Castle, in March 1388, the Swedes were compelled to accept all Margaret's conditio...
8: ...I of Denmark 1390.png|thumb|Seal of Margaret I of Denmark 1390]] - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
5: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...t always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as...
13: ... [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ur of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely h...
6: ...f her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one year younger.) Her other...
7: ...een years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in...
9: ...ld like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the hand of the Empress'...
11: ...d off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlands... - Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
3: ... badly, and she chose to leave her husband. In order to support herself she turned to the profession ...
5: ... into anthologies. She also founded and funded a charity for courtesans and their children.
7: ...without hardship. In 1575, a year of the [[Black Death]], she was forced to leave Venice and lost muc...
9: The life and times of Veronica Franco were made into the 1998 movie, "Dangerous Beauty". - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
5: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death=[[March 6]], [[1982]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ... values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase...
14: ... values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: <!-- FAIR USE of Mother-teresa-03.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima...
4: ...r]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...ward, the [[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] in [...
11: ...tion to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She w...
13: ...sa in honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...en presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] an...
6: ... of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized ''Norm...
8: ...Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done w...
10: ...ospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a men...
12: ...elf, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent... - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
3: ... of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is considered by some to be one of the greatest athletes in ...
5: ... and Stefania-Alexandrina; she was named after "Nadezhda" ("Hope"), the heroine of a Russian film.
7: ...ela Karolyi]] and his wife Marta, who would later defect to the [[United States]] and become coaches o...
11: Comaneci successfully defended her European all-around title in 1977, but the R...
13: ...t from her metal grip buckle. Against doctors' orders, she left the hospital and competed on beam whe... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ...], she became the first player to achieve the "Golden Slam" – capturing all four Grand Slam titl...
6: ...e of three he began teaching Steffi to swing a wooden racket in the family's living room. She began pr...
8: ...nament at the age of 13 in October [[1982]] at Filderstadt, Germany, and lost her first professional m...
10: ...ctice courts. This narrow focus meant that Graf made few friends on the tour in her early years, but l...
12: ... [[1986]] at [[Hilton Head]], [[South Carolina]], defeating [[Chris Evert]] in the final. She followed... - Society (6217 bytes)
4: == Definitions ==
6: ...fers to a group of people living together in an ordered community.{{fn|1}}
8: ...ciety'' is also sometimes defined as an interdependent [[community]].
10: ...a "friendly association with others." Societas is derived from ''socius'' meaning "companion" and thus...
15: ...eties, also called [[civilization]]s. Some consider [[Industry|Industrial]] and [[Post-Industrial]] ... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Madison
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
4: | order=4th President
7: | preceded=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Monroe]] - Flag of Louisiana (1128 bytes)
1: ...lag.jpg|thumb|right|Flag of Louisiana. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...n with the state motto: "Union, Justice, and Confidence." The current flag was adopted in [[1912]].
6: ... no official flag, though a flag similar to the modern one was often used. - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
4: ...the ''[[Roaring Twenties]]'' as the fan base expanded significantly and triggered major expansion of n...
7: ...ed above the saloon they owned and operated on Camden Street. Kate would walk to her father's home eac...
9: ...ry recalled how their father would beat Babe in a desperate attempt to bring the boy into line, but to...
12: ... every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe started mocking his own pitcher. Brother M...
15: ...ot in such good shape. In 1914 the breakaway [[Federal League]], a rebel major league which would las... - Alaska (24727 bytes)
23: DensityRank = 50<sup>th</sup> |
24: 2000Density = 0.42 |
25: AdmittanceOrder = 49<sup>th</sup> |
28: Latitude = 54?40'N to 71?50'N |
29: Longitude = 130?W to 173?E | - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...onship with the universe. In the course of the [[development of religion]], it has taken a huge numbe...
2: ...is used to designate what should be more properly described as a "religious organization" – that...
5: ...ht|Fishers of men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Venne]] ([[1614]])]]
10: ...e. The second interpretation, favoured by more modern scholars such as [[Tom Harpur]], is ''re + ligi...
12: ===Defining "religion"=== - Pope Soter (629 bytes)
1: ...tes [[162]] or [[168]] to [[170]] or [[177]]). He declared that [[marriage]] was valid only as a [[sac...
7: Predecessor=[[Pope Anicetus|Saint Anicetus]]| - Halloween (18290 bytes)
1: ...rt 3.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Halloween Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...[[Scotland|Scots]] and other immigrants brought older versions of the tradition to North America in th...
4: ... a day of celebration for [[Wicca]]ns and other modern [[pagan]] traditions, though the holiday has lo...
5: ... clipart 2.jpg|thumb|150px|Halloween Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
8: ...s the celebration of the harvest and honoring the dead. These traditions were then passed on to the [[... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
12: leader_title = [[Mayor]] |
13: leader_name = [[Gavin Newsom]] |
14: area_magnitude = 1 E8 |
21: population_density = 6958.45 |
26: latitude = 37°46' N | - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
2: {{Infobox President | name=James Earl Carter, Jr.
4: | image name=Presidentcarter.jpg
5: | order=39th President
8: | preceded=[[Gerald Ford]]
9: | succeeded=[[Ronald Reagan]]
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