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- 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... - 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... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...s or used on tables. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbe...
3: ...floor covering that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
8: ...of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...eave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, [[damask]], list, [[haircloth]],...
12: ...ch as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]]. - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
2: ...ice President of the United States of America]] under [[Woodrow Wilson]] from [[1913]] to [[1921]].
5: ... Marshall wrote later of listening to future President [[Benjamin Harrison]] present a case. Marshall...
7: ...c Party|Democratic Party]] politics, but was regarded only as a competent small-town lawyer when he wa...
9: == Vice Presidency ==
11: ...was reelected in [[1916]] and served as Vice President until [[1921]]. It is said that Marshall initi... - Andorra (11532 bytes)
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33: ...sp;- Total (2003)<br> - [[Population density|Density]]:
36: | '''[[Independence]]''': || 1278
42: ...03) || [[List of countries by Human Development Index|NA]] – <font color=gray>unranked</font> - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
1: ...ts center. In [[1965]], The Gambia became independent from the [[British Empire]]. [[Banjul]] is its...
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10: ..."center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of The Gambia|In Detail]])
27: | '''[[List of Presidents of The Gambia|President]]''' - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ... is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to the south by [...
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4: |+<big>'''Bundesrepublik Deutschland'''</big>
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7: ...Germany]] || align=center width=130px| [[Image:Bundesadler.png|100px|Germany: Coat of Arms]] - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
1: ...'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines''' is an independent sovereign state of the [[Caribbean]], part of t...
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10: ... | ([[Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|In Detail]])
28: | Sir [[Frederick Ballantyne]] - Indiana (20194 bytes)
23: DensityRank = 16<sup>th</sup> |
24: 2000Density = 65.46 |
25: AdmittanceOrder = 19<sup>th</sup> |
26: AdmittanceDate = [[December 11]], [[1816]] |
28: Latitude = 37?47'N to 41?46'N | - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 23rd |
22: 2000Density = 39.28 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 15th |
26: Latitude = 36?30'N to 39?9'N |
27: Longitude = 81?58'W to 89?34'W | - Ptolemy II of Egypt (4048 bytes)
1: ...lemyII.jpg|thumb|right|Head of '''Ptolemy II Philadelphus''' ([[309 BC|309]]-[[246 BC]]), with [[Arsi...
2: ...ient World'', 2nd ed. 1980) gives the date of his death as [[January 29]].
8: ...tolemaic sphere of power extended over the [[Cyclades]] to [[Samothrace]], and the harbours and coast ...
10: ...n]]. In a second war with the Seleucid kingdom, under [[Antiochus II Theos]] (after 260), Ptolemy sust...
14: ...d his sister-wife, after her death (270), as Philadelphus. This surname was used in later generations ... - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
5: ''For details, see the main [[Pre-Colonial America]] artic...
10: ''For details, see the main [[Colonial America]] article.'...
12: ... which was distinct from that of its European founders.
15: ''For details, see the main [[History of the United States...
17: ...ring this period the United States won its independence from the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] during t... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...had roots of power back to the days of the [[Crusade]]s, all fell during or after the war.
4: The causes of World War I were complex developments by themselves (see [[#Diplomatic and po...
6: ...s the last direct major conflict of the war. The defeat of [[Germany]] in the war and failure to reso...
8: ...n diplomatic ineptitude as well as a tremendous tide of nationalism that swept the European continent ...
10: ... on the home front due to food shortages, [[genocide]], and ground combat. - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...er of debate. On which date the war began is also debated, cited as either the German [[Polish Septemb...
6: ...il [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan surrendered]] on [[15 August]] [[1945]] ([[V-J Day]]).
8: ...Strategic bombing|bombing of civilians]] to a new degree. [[Atomic weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[...
10: ...d States' military occupation of Japan led to its democratization, and China came to split into the Co...
16: ...ed in the war, more or less voluntarily, on the side of the power that in their neighbourhood was the ... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
11: *[[1901]] - [[Theodore Roosevelt]] becomes [[President]]
12: *[[1901]] - [[US Steel]] founded by [[John Pierpont Morgan]]
25: *[[1903]] - Department of Commerce and Labor created
38: *[[1908]] - [[Ford Model T]] appears on market
40: *[[1908]] - [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] established - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...uch of the native population. U.S. industry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 2...
7: ...preconditions. A series of laws, passed by the Federal government, established the conditions and pro...
9: ...tributed to the government's failure for many decades to enforce the civil rights of the formerly ensl...
11: ...n Act stated that "no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now exist in...
13: ...lled [[carpetbaggers]] by southerners, and were widely perceived as being motivated by graft and corru... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2: ...nment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, th...
7: ...French. Many in France attacked the [[democracy|undemocratic]] nature of the government, pushed for [[...
9: ...e French terrorism was just a [[plebeian]] way of dealing with the enemies of the bourgeoisie: absolut...
12: ===Debt===
13: ...es; however, because noble titles exempted the holder from future taxes, the purchasers of titles were... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien r駩me]]'', and ecl...
8: ...nment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, th...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the following:
14: ... The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
15: ... [[debt]], both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation. - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
5: ...the bags exploded and caused several severe third degree burns. This led them to cry and yell at the f...
7: ...of an 18 m³ silk bag, which reached an altitude of 250 m.
9: ...km, lasted 10 minutes, and had an estimated altitude of 1600 - 2000 m.
11: ...red on the top of the balloon, but the animals landed more or less safely. It flew for all of eight mi...
13: ... (12 or 14 according to Montgolfier), to an altitude of 26 m. - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
7: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death = [[30 April]] [[1945]] |
9: place_of_death = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
11: ...[[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party...
13: ...eople, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]].
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