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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... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ...ned the [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a minister.
8: ...t Livingstone made the one convert that he ever made in Africa. Within 6 months, they had rejected Chr...
12: ... In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
14: ...rned to England to try to garner support for his ideas, and to publish a book on his travels. At this ...
17: ... sent to central and east Africa at his urgings ended in disaster, with nearly every missionary dying ... - Treasury (1846 bytes)
3: ...e Service|IRS]] is the revenue agency of the [[US Department of Treasury]].
5: ...rst Lord of the Treasury]] is held by the [[Prime Minister]].
7: ...onsible for government [[procurement]], policy guidelines for [[commonwealth]], [[statutory authories]...
9: ...d the head is the Finance Minister. Examples include [[New Zealand]], [[Canada]], [[Malaysia]], [[Sing...
12: * [[United States Department of the Treasury]] - 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. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitr...
10: ...[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
12: ...bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Republican]... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
21: ...Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
26: ...s|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: *[[Alexander Emanuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
20: ...e immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
21: ...n, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman...
27: ...ro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]] - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
4: ...951]]), [[Taoiseach|Irish prime minister]] and leader of [[Fianna Fᩬ]]
11: ...ad|Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam]] ([[1839]]-[[1908]]), founder of [[Ahmadi]] sect
12: ...madullah|Ahmadullah, Qari]], [[Taliban]] interior minister
15: ...[Esko Aho|Aho, Esko]], (born 1954), Finnish prime minister
16: ...isaari, Martti]], (born 1937), UN diplomat & president of [[Finland]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
9: ...f state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
11: ...isters of the United Kingdom]] and numerous Prime Ministers in the other [[personal union|personal union]] n...
14: ...eft|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]]
15: ... of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary... - Irene (empress) (3748 bytes)
1: ...mb|300px|This [[solidus (coin)|solidus]] struck under Irene reports the legend <small>bASILISSH</small...
4: ... and confidence of her feeble husband, and at his death in [[780]] was left by him sole guardian of th...
10: ...[790]] into open resistance, and the soldiers, headed by the [[Armenia]]n guard, formally proclaimed C...
12: ...palace at [[Constantinople]]; and there, by the orders of his mother, his eyes were stabbed out. An [[...
14: ...ed on the throne [[Nicephorus I|Nicephorus]], the minister of finance. The haughty and unscrupulous princess... - Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
2: ...n]] served as France's [[Religious minister|chief minister]].
6: ...regency but entrusted the government to the prime minister, [[Jules Mazarin]], who was believed to be her lo...
8: ...e over her son. In [[1659]], the war with Spain ended with the [[Treaty of the Pyrenees]]. The followi...
10: In [[1661]], on the death of Mazarin, Anne retired to a convent where sh...
12: ...ne's memoirs were published in 1662 by [[Fran篩s de la Rochefoucauld]]. Many view her as a brilliant ... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
7: ...]], as her adviser. She never remarried after the death of her husband, but was reputed by her enemies...
10: ...in [[1730]]. They had hoped that she would feel indebted to the nobles for her unexpected fortune and ...
17: ... specially constructed house of ice, where the bride caught a cold and died within several days.
19: ...le hands of two other foreigners, who thoroughly identified themselves with Russia, [[Andrey Osterman]...
24: ...]] Anna declared war on [[Turkey]], but Charles made a separate peace with the Porte, forcing Russia t... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...er, she was also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his death in the next year.
5: ..., having been working at the time as a servant to minister Gluck of [[Marienburg]]. Russian forces captured...
20: ...4]]-[[1725]]''<br>''De-facto ruler Prince [[Alexander Menshikov]] [[1725]]-[[1727]]''}} - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...Gustav III of Sweden]] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absol...
5: ... the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[J...
9: ...ated to make this document the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly h...
11: ... freed the nobles from state service and taxes; made noble status hereditary; and gave the nobles full...
13: ...ncouraged foreign investment in economically underdeveloped areas. Third, Catherine relaxed the censor... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Peters...
7: ...[[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married a...
9: ...luency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and ...
11: ...hat on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne...
15: ...banishment to [[Siberia]], minus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...monarch of the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain...
10: ... crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland would co-opera...
12: Anne's reign was marked by the development of the two-party system. Anne personally...
15: ...rom France in [[1670]]. In about [[1673]], Anne made the acquaintance of Sarah Jennings, who would bec...
17: ...nued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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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... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...stemaker and the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler]].
8: ...lection. Elected on [[November 28]], [[1919]], in December she became the second woman elected, and th...
10: ...''"The Week"'' for spreading lies about the "Cliveden Set."
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