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- Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
1: ...sopotamia_4.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mesopotamia the reputation of being the "[[Cradle of Civilization]]"]].
2: ...ding lowland territories bounded by the [[Arabian Desert]] to the west and south, the [[Persian Gulf]]...
6: ...eoples who threatened or invaded these lands include the [[Hittites]] and the [[Elamite Empire|Elamite...
18: Early cities in this region include:
19: ...:Mesopotamia_2.jpg|thumb|350px|Writing|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... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...iron, but is also more [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon alloys wit...
5: ... [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...l><sub>2</sub></small>— [[Pyrite]]. Iron oxide is a soft [[sandstone]]-like material with limite...
11: ...similarly soft and metallic but can dissolve considerably more carbon (as much as 2.04 wt% carbon at 1...
13: ...ry similar unit cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires... - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
14: ...hands". Raccoons are intelligent omnivores with a reputation for slyness and mischief.
16: ...5.5 to 9.5 kg (12 to 21 pounds), the largest recorded being over 28 kg (61 pounds) [http://www.nature....
24: ...the largest animals to have adapted well to human development.
27: ...ay still have behavorial problems like biting and destructive and messy play. Raccoons are [[nocturnal...
29: ...vity and released often do not adapt to life outside. - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
6: ...rnment she allowed herself to be virtually superseded by Zoë's new husband, [[Constantine IX]], o...
8: ...od of 189 years ([[867]] - [[1056]]) was not considered to be a rightful Emperor. This resulted in a s... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[1124]] – [[March 31]...
6: ...], [[Duke of Aquitaine]], and her mother was Ʈor de Chⴥllerault, the daughter of Aimeric I, Vicomte...
8: ... and richest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, d...
10: ...uld remain independent of France, and Eleanor's eldest son would be both King of France and [[Dukes of...
12: ...paign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader. - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
1: ...humb|250px|right|style=margin-left:1em|Marguerite de Valois]]
2: '''Marguerite de Valois''' ([[May 14]], [[1553]] – [[May 27]...
4: ...f [[Henry II of France|Henri II]] and [[Catherine de' Medici]]. Three of her brothers became kings of...
6: ...eanne d'Albret died before the marriage was concluded.
8: ... It was reported that during the ceremony, the bride and groom stared straight ahead, never looking at... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]...
9: ...[[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ...ames V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
15: ...es of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
17: ...Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - 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... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
14: ...uchet, Lord Audley]] defeated by a Yorkist army under [[Richard Neville]].
16: ...t [[St Albans]] on 22 February 1461, at which she defeated the Yorkist forces of [[Richard Neville, Ea...
18: ... to Margaret's son, Edward, Prince of Wales, in order to cement the alliance, and Margaret insisted th...
20: ...ed. Over the previous ten years, she had gained a reputation for aggression and ruthlessness, but now she was ... - 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... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
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31: ...able of the [[G7|Group of Seven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the...
39: ...n in the [[Canadian federal election, 1988|1988 federal election]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Par...
41: ...ervative leadership convention]] that June. As leader of the Conservatives Campbell automatically beca... - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...ia Wyatt Caraway''' ([[February 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected...
7: Hattie Caraway married [[Thaddeus H. Caraway]] and moved with him to [[Jonesboro,...
9: ...entatives]] as a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] in [[1912]] and served in that office unt...
11: ...unfinished term. She was sworn in to office on [[December 9]], [[1931]] and was confirmed by a specia...
13: ...o speeches on the floor of the Senate but built a reputation as an honest and sincere Senator. - Emma Abbott (633 bytes)
2: ...[[United States]], where she enjoyed considerable reputation. In [[1873]] she married E. J. Wethereil. She d... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ... part of the [[Western canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life di...
5: ...scene of many episodes in her writings; after the death of her father in 1805, Jane, her sister and he...
7: ...often cited for their perfection of form, while modern critics continue to unearth new perspectives on...
10: ...cters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with''.
12: ...only available form of social security other than degrading work as governess, or living as hanger-on ... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...She was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], and attended school at [[Victoria University in the Universit...
4: ...ave feminism]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literatur...
6: ...he [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
8: ... fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made into a movie and an opera), or for her [[Booker P...
10: ...he French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]]. - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
3: ...ings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
7: ...more talent than her brothers, who worked along side her. She learned drawing, how to mix color and ho...
9: ...anna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]]
10: ...]] in [[Pommersfelden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guidance, Artemisia assimilated the rea... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...a Hamnett''' ([[February 14]], [[1890]] – [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, k...
3: ...[[France]] to study at [[Marie Vassilieff]]'s Academy.
5: ... with many of the leading members of the avant-garde living there at the time. In Montparnasse she als...
7: ... during [[World War I]] including at the Royal Academy in London as well as the ''[[Salon d'Automne]]'...
11: ...oto shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry. - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
3: ...cence]" (1912), and on the strength of it was awarded a scholarship to [[Vassar College]]. After her g...
9: ...ore flak from the literary critics for supporting democracy than [[Ezra Pound]] did for championing fa... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
7: ... in dialogue with Bloomsbury, particularly its tendency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) tow...
9: ...the twentieth century and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], though she disdained some artists in thi...
11: ...erimented with [[stream-of-consciousness]], the underlying psychological as well as emotional motives ...
13: ...nd visual impressions; Woolf is at her best in rendering self-soliloquizing existences whose perpetual...
15: ..., near her home in [[Rodmell]]. She left a [[suicide note]] for her husband: "I feel certain that I am...
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