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- David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...[May 1]], [[1873]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[missionary]] and [[List of explorers|explorer]] of the [[...
6: ...aughter he later married, and joined 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: ...ticular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
14: ...on his travels. At this time he resigned from the missionary society to which he belonged. - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: ...0px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
3: ... religions dot the landscape of China. The most widespread religion of China is [[Chinese traditional ...
9: ...r belief systems that developed within China include [[ancestor worship]], [[Chinese folk religion]], ...
11: ...etween the forces of heaven and earth. A central idea of the [[dynastic cycle]] was that an unjust imp...
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]]. - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...beknefru]] and Pharaoh [[Nitocris]] actually preceded her (though the latter is not certain to have ru...
4: ...ghout Egypt. She also began rebuilding Egypt's trade networks which had been disrupted by the [[Hyksos...
10: ...fe of Amun'' before either parent died. After the death of her father in [[1492 BC]] she married her h...
11: ...ose III]], by a lesser wife named Isis before his death.
13: ...t it soon became apparent that she had only one model in mind, Sobekneferu, the last monarch of the Tw... - 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... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
1: {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right...
2: |+'''Madeleine Albright'''
4: ...n="center" colspan=2 | [[Image:secalbright.jpg|Madeleine Albright]]
6: | '''Order:'''
12: | '''Predecessor:''' - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...]]. The uprising was carried out against Rosa's orders, and crushed by the remnants of the monarchist ...
6: ...fe Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
8: ...e]]. As a result, four of its leaders were put to death and the party was broken up. Some of its membe...
10: ...d]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Zurich University]], along with other socialis...
12: ...ally able to gain seats in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist memb... - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
5: ...9]], working as a domestic servant for over a decade and joining [[Elijah Pierson]] in evangelical pre...
8: ... a Woman?]]," a short but well pointed commentary delivered in [[1851]] at the Women's Convention in [...
10: ...ducation and Industry. When the association disbanded in [[1846]], she remained in [[Florence, Massach...
13: ...ued to work with former slaves. She also met President [[Abraham Lincoln]].
19: In [[1997]] the [[NASA]] [[Mars Pathfinder]] mission's robotic rover was named "Sojourner" after Sojou... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...' blasted into orbit aboard the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the f...
3: ... J flight, a [[United States|US]]/[[Japan]] joint mission. She conducted experiments in [[life sciences]] a...
5: ...ysician]], teacher and [[astronaut]], she has a wide range of experience in technology, engineering, a...
9: ...ldren, was born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois...
11: ...B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended [[Weill Cornell Medical College|Cornell Medical ... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...Famed American [[nurse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ...], [[nurse]], and [[humanitarian]]. She has been described as having had an "indomitable spirit" and ...
6: ...cated and extremely bright. It is said that her older brothers and sisters were kept busy answering he...
8: ...her became ill, for 2 years Clara stayed by his side and learned to administer all his medicine, inclu...
10: == Teaching, organizing, learning bureaucracy, a mission == - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ...ire-Atlantique]], [[France]], was a nurse and founder of the [[American Red Cross Nursing Service]].
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4: ...endent of Nurses at University Hospital in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].
6: ...o her profession resulted in her being named president of the American Nurses Association and chair of...
8: ...odern nursing profession, Delano almost single-handedly created [[American Red Cross]] [[Nursing]] whe... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
1: [[Image:Toriamos-dent.jpg|right|thumb|Tori Amos]]
3: ...ed following. She is probably best known to the wider public for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professio...
10: ...Al Stewart]]) as a backup vocalist. She also recorded a song called "Distant Storm" for the film [[Chi...
13: ...ovie soundtrack. A remix of the song is also included on the soundtrack.
15: ===''Under The Pink''=== - 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: ...]], an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ...sa in honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...[[20th century]]; currently being a focus of considerable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[C...
7: ...e River|Meuse]] to [[Jacques D'Arc]] and Isabelle de Vouthon, a [[peasant]] family later granted [[nob...
9: ===Visions and mission===
11: ...mb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the ... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
9: ... ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionist]] student organization.
11: Szenes graduated 1939 and decided to move to study in the Girls' Agricultural Scho...
13: ...oups. She was captured before she could begin her mission and was interned in the [[Horthy Miklos Prison]] ...
55: :''Happy is the blaze that burnt inside the hearts.''
59: The following lines were found in Hanna's death cell after her execution, (translated from the... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
5: | order=1st President
8: | preceded=None
9: | succeeded=[[John Adams]] - Volcano (27295 bytes)
1: ...o2.jpg|thumb|225px|left|Volcano Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
2: ...) where [[magma]] (rock of the earth's interior made molten or liquid by high pressure and temperature...
10: ...mple. This type of volcano has a tendency to explode because it easily plugs. [[Mount Pel饝] on the i...
12: ... and ''mafic'' are sometimes substituted by the older chemistry terms "acidic" and "basic", respective...
15: ... huge quantities of lava that gradually build a wide mountain with a shield-like profile. Their lava f... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...dro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Magellan]].
3: ...re a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the re...
6: ...isi's world map.JPG|200px|thumb|right|This map, made by Arab geographer [[al-Idrisi]], was one of the ...
7: ...iddle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links...
9: The first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who journeyed to [[Mongolia]] and... - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
1: ...[Gulf of Guinea]] in the south. Major cities include the capital [[Abuja]], the former capital [[Lagos...
2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
3: |+<big><big>'''Federal Republic of Nigeria'''</big></big>
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10: ...gn="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Nigeria|In Detail]]) - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...e signing of the [[Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement]] in December 1944. Ethiopia was historically called Abys...
3: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
4: |+<big>'''Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia'''</big><br>
5: <big>'''Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik'''</big><br>
9: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" - Turkey (41694 bytes)
14: leader_titles = [[President of Turkey|President]]<br>[[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime ...
15: leader_names = [[Ahmet Necdet Sezer]]<br>[[Recep Tayyip Erdogan|Recep Tayyip E...
17: ...ents = - Formation of Parliament<br> - Declaration of Republic |
21: area_magnitude = 1 E11 |
28: population_density = 89 |
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