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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
7: ...ultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those ...
11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chin...
14: ...ished during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty...
15: ...ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ...r lived in [[France]] under the name '''Catherine de M餩cis''', was Queen of France as the wife of Ki...
5: ...t [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother was alive at the time, but who would bec...
7: ...ised little influence in France. She was young, a foreigner, in a country that had little weight in the great...
11: ...il 1]], [[1560]] she named as chancellor [[Michel de l'H?al]], who advocated a policy of conciliation. - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: '''Diane de Poitiers''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April ...
3: ...ng Fran篩s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Valentinois.
5: ...e noble foreigner [[Catherine de' Medici]], Diane de Poitiers would remain his lifelong true love. The...
7: [[Image:DianedePoitiers.jpg|left|frame|Diane de Poitiers]]
9: ...Paul III]] sent the new Queen Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal ... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
3: ...ly|Italian]]-born [[India]]n politician, the president of the [[Indian National Congress]] (Congress P...
7: ...arried]] in [[1968]], after which she took up residence in India. The name Sonia was given by her moth...
11: ...ntly played up the fact of her foreign birth, her declining to take up Indian citizenship for 15 years...
13: ...gressive campaign to unseat the ruling [[National Democratic Alliance]]. She had been tipped to be the...
15: ...s of the Congress party for Gandhi to reverse her decision. Gandhi instead took office as the chairper... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...logy]] and a two-time [[Nobel laureate]]. She founded the [[Curie Institute|Curie Institutes]] in [[Pa...
5: ...Eventually, with the monetary assistance of her elder sister, she moved to [[Paris]] and studied [[che...
7: ... was far more radioactive than uranium; thus on [[December 26]]th Marie Curie announced the existence ...
9: ...itially the chloride salts (refining radium chloride on [[April 20]], [[1902]]) and then two new [[che...
11: ... Becquerel]]". She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ...ia]]. It consists of two geographical regions divided by the [[South China Sea]]:
3: ...sular Malaysia, Malay Peninsula) shares a land border on the north with [[Thailand]] and is [[Johor#Li...
5: ... is bordered to the south by [[Indonesia]] and borders the Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south,...
7: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
12: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...nslation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'', the term first used by [[Germany|German...
5: ...deas may have travelled the whole way, ancient trade was probably conducted over sections of the route...
11: ...al exchange]]s among widely separated populations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] ma...
13: ...respassing on agricultural lands. This presented ideal conditions for [[merchant]]s, mounted [[warrior...
16: ... been in use as early as [[3500 BC]]. There is evidence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[expl... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...ch unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 1984 p. 353).
5: ...the roles of nobles and peasants, and overall key developments in the early growth of nations and new ...
8: ...t]] of [[1066]], defeating the [[Anglo-Saxon]] leadership and installing a new [[Anglo-Norman]] power ...
10: ... desire to re-take a former kingdom, and personal desires on the part of the nobility to gain wealth a...
13: ...Philip IV]] died, leaving three male heirs. The eldest son, [[Louis X of France|Louis X]], died in [[1... - Caesar Augustus (50559 bytes)
3: ... years of civil war that followed, Octavian would defeat such enemies as [[Marcus Brutus]], [[Gaius Ca...
5: ...[police force]] and the world's first [[fire brigade]]. He finished, repaired or rebuilt almost every ...
7: ...borders he established to become the [[natural borders]] for the Empire for over 400 years. His surnam...
10: ...ble but undistinguished family of the equestian order on [[September 23]], [[63 BC]]. His father was t...
12: ...y against Caesar’s orders that turned the tide of the battle and granted Caesar his last victory... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...klin was a member of the [[Freemasons]], corresponded with members of the [[Lunar Society]] and was al...
4: Franklin's [[invention]]s include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [[catheter]],...
9: ...[[Ecton]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thomas Franklin, ...
11: ...ing half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May... - Honolulu, Hawaii (19495 bytes)
8: founded = |
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29: ...°C) only rarely with lows in the 50's ?F (15 °C) occurring once or twice a year.
35: ... Head, Hawaii|Diamond Head]], [[Koko Head]] (includes [[Hanauma Bay]]), Koko Crater, Salt Lake, and &#...
43: Captain William Brown of England was the first foreigner to sail, in [[1794]], into what is now Honolulu H... - Indus Valley Civilization (23571 bytes)
7: ...ires of [[Mesopotamia]] and [[Ancient Egypt]]. It declined during the mid [[2nd millennium BC]] and wa...
11: Additionally, there is some evidence indicative of another large river, now long dr...
13: ...t as [[Delhi]], as far west as the [[Iran]]ian border, and as far north as the [[Himalayas]]. Among th...
15: ...a'', "foreigner, barbarian, non-[[Aryan]]" may be derived from the name.
17: ...its means of subsistence and the causes of its sudden disappearance, beginning around [[1900 BC]]. We ... - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
1: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
6: ...ultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those ...
11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chin...
14: ...ished during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty...
15: ...ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Peregrine Falcons (8580 bytes)
18: ...ngs and backs barred with [[black]]. Their undersides are [[white]] with light [[brown]] stripes. They...
28: ...cause [[bird migration|wintering]] birds often wander far from their frequently bleak breeding areas.
31: ...tline]]s and, increasingly, in cities. They are widespread and common in [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[North...
35: ... pair may mate for life. These birds aggressively defend the nesting area.
37: The nest is a scrape or depression dug in gravel on a cliff ledge. Sometimes... - Barbarian (4015 bytes)
3: ... duplication ("bar-bar") alleged attempts by outsiders to speak a "real" language. A "barbarism" in la...
5: ...The word is not used in these scriptures in the modern sense of "[[savage]]".
7: ...the [[History of China|Chinese Empire]] have regarded the [[Xiongnu]], [[Tatars]], [[Turkic people|Tur...
9: ...d sometimes the staunchest supporters of the more developed culture they have recently subverted. Hist...
13: ...pluses and portable luxuries: booty, loot and plunder.
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