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1. 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...
2. Puritan (15882 bytes)
   1: ...mbers of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
   4: ...list]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
   5: ...at "Puritan" was most often used by opponents and detractors of the group, rather than by the practiti...
   8: ...nacceptably subservient to politics. Persecuted under [[Mary I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), Protestan...
   10: ...ble|biblical]] supremacy, and they shared, to one degree or another, a belief in the [[priesthood of a...
3. Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
   3: ... a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].
   7: ... predominantly Irish neighbourhood on the south side of Indianapolis. Her father, Paul, served as coun...
   9: ...e, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded her of Indianapolis. She led a successful campai...
   13: ...anagement Act of 1990]], which required cities to develop comprehensive growth plans, and she negotiat...
   15: ...e to narrowly defeat her in the Republican landslide year of [[1994]].
4. Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
   6: ... she believed the fashions of the day, which included such binding clothing as [[corsets]], were not h...
   8: ...[[1855]]. She married a fellow medical school student, Albert Miller, and they set up a joint practic...
   10: ... [[Battle of Chickamauga]]. Finally, she was awarded a commission as a "Contract Acting Assistant Sur...
   12: ...nry Thomas]]. On [[November 11]], [[1865]], President [[Andrew Johnson]] signed a bill to present her...
   16: ...soldiers, both in the field and hospitals, to the detriment of her own health, and has also endured ha...
5. Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
   8: ...round the country and gained fans among music insiders, including [[Tom Petty]], who would later cover...
   10: ...s as a songwriter. [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]] recorded a bowdlerized cover of "Passionate Kisses" (from...
   12: ...ritical acclaim, but her commercial success was moderate. [[Emmylou Harris]] said of Williams, "She is...
   16: ...''[[The Horse Whisperer]]'', the album received wide critical notice and soon went gold. It received a...
6. Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
   3: ...[[1827]] – [[July 16]],[[1915]]) was co-founder of [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Ad...
   5: ...also advocated [[vegetarianism]]). She was a [[leader]] who emphasized [[education]] and [[health]] an...
   9: ...and have moved the hearts of men and women. Considered by some to be the prophetess for the end-times...
   11: ...bute to the unity among Christians. She even considered Christian unity to be from Satan and one of th...
   19: ...ng in this condition for several months. She also describes moments of pure bliss while having positiv...
7. Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
   7: ...th [[Jack Nicholson]]), for which she won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1998]].
   9: ...first actress to win both an [[Emmy]] and an [[Academy Award]] in the same year.
   11: ...n [[July 18]], [[1999]]. The couple divorced on [[December 18]], [[2000]].
   18: *''[[The Curse of the Jade Scorpion]]'' (2001)
   24: *''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (Made for TV) (1998)
8. Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
   3: ...oren''' (born [[September 20]], [[1934]]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actres...
   7: ...[Rome]]. Around this time, she also worked as a model in the ''fotoromanzi'' (weekly ilustrated romant...
   9: ...er acting career took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
   11: ...ler in Pink Tights]]'' (in which she appeared blonde for the first time in her career).
   13: ...eing the first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English langua...
9. 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...
10. Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
    1: {| border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"
    4: {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
    10: | '''Order:''' || 16th President
    15: | '''Predecessor:''' || [[James Buchanan]]
    24: | '''Date of death:''' || [[April 15]], [[1865]]
11. Israel (51605 bytes)
    1: ...ba]] (also known as Gulf of [[Eilat]]), and the [[Dead Sea]].
    16: government_type = [[Parliamentary democracy]] |
    17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
    18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
    22: area_magnitude = 1 E10 |
12. 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...
13. Connecticut (28543 bytes)
    21: DensityRank = 4^th |
    22: 2000Density = 271.40 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 5^th |
    26: Longitude = 71?47'W to 73?44'W |
    27: Latitude = 40?58'N to 42?3'N |
14. Iowa (24205 bytes)
    9: Capital = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
    11: LargestCity = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
    21: DensityRank = 33^rd |
    22: 2000Density = 20.22 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 29^th |
15. Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
    10: ...rgestCity = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] |
    11: Governor = [[Ed Rendell]] |
    21: DensityRank = 10^th |
    22: 2000Density = 105.80 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 2^nd |
16. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    3: ...s ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
    60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]?
    66: ...ntury BC|200s BC]]: Compound [[pulley]]: [[Archimedes]]
    74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
    83: * [[9th century|800s]]: [[Black powder|Gunpowder]] in [[History of China|China]]
17. Influenza (10335 bytes)
    1: ...monly called "stomach '''flu'''" (and widely misunderstood as being instances of influenza), see [[gas...
    2: ...e the causative agent of the [[Hong Kong Flu]] pandemic. ]]
    4: ...ges in the virus have caused three influenza [[pandemics]] in the [[20th century|20^th centu...
    12: ...sistance to influenza B and C because they only undergo [[antigenic drift]] and have more similarity w...
    14: .... Only one H subtype and one N subtype have been identified for influenza B virus. At present, the mos...
18. Salem witch trials (12402 bytes)
    2: ...ing and [[Puritan]] [[paranoia]] which led to the deaths of at least 25 people and the imprisonment of...
    6: ...chusetts|Manchester]], [[Malden, Massachusetts|Malden]], [[Charlestown, Massachusetts|Charlestown]], [...
    9: ...at last one concluded that it was the hand of the Devil on them; in other words, they were possessed. ...
    11: ...nal interpretations of the trials, there is no evidence that she was anything but Native American.
    13: ...rminer|Court of Oyer and Terminer]] (to "hear and determine"). By then, Sarah Osborne had died in jail...
19. Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
    1: ...ation due to, for instance, race), which was considered too radical.
    2: ...New York City, 1912.jpeg|thumb|350px|Suffrage parade, New York City, 1912]]
    3: ...first modern polity where equal suffrage was extended to women.
    4: ..., which some claim to be a [[State|country]] extended suffrage to women in [[1838]]. In [[1893]], [[Ne...
    13: ... granted in [[New Jersey]] in [[1776]], but rescinded in [[1807]]. The [[Pitcairn Islands]] granted wo...
20. History of science (41710 bytes)
    2: Modern [[science]] is a body of verifiable [[empirical...
    4: ... change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still...
    6: ...] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects and systems, which differs ...
    11: ...mphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
    13: ...e, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of ...

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