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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigratio...
7: ...es, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first villages w...
14: ...shed during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|...
18: ...Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
28: ...ntil [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ueen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...]] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the t...
9: ...narch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Cobu...
12: ... I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince ...
16: ...ion for a child monarch, Victoria would have been eligible to govern the realm as would an adult. In o... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...of York|Duchess of York]]. In her own right she held the title of a [[Princess]] of Teck in the Kingd...
5: ...wels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...ther was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the young...
11: ...velled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], for...
13: ... fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived ... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...ate, and along with [[Washington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator...
5: ... a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
9: ... legislator had served in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], when [[Francis B. Stockbridge]] died.
11: ...th Dakota]]. Senator [[Dick Durbin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second-ran...
15: ...[[Spencer Abraham]] | title=[[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from ... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ... ''[[pen name]]'' of the [[England|English]] [[novelist]] '''Marie Louise de la Ram饧''.
3: ...". During her career, she wrote more than 40 [[novel]]s. For many years she lived in [[London]], but ...
5: ...lthough successful, she did not manage her money well and died in poverty on [[January 25]], [[1908]],...
13: * ''Findelkind'' (??) [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/1367 ...
15: * ''Helianthus '' (1908) - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
8: ...a's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...ly full sister, Anastasia, was born in 1894. Quarrels between the children were frequent and occasiona...
12: ...anges in school, and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German language...
14: ...irst collection of poems, ''Evening Album'', was self-published in [[1910]]. It attracted the attentio...
16: ...t Akhmatova until the 1940s. Describing the Koktebel community, the ''魩gr駧 [[Viktoria Schweitzer]]... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
8: ...rveed and learned the artists' techniques. She modeled for artists [[Edgar Degas]], [[Henri de Toulous...
12: ...Maurice Utrillo]], he became one of Montmartre's well known artists.
16: ...'The Bath''. ([[1908]]). [[Suzanne Valadon]]. Pastel. 60x49 cm. Grenoble: [[Mus饠des Beaux Arts]].]]
18: ...leaving him, he said, with "nothing but an icy loneliness that fills the head with emptiness and the h...
20: - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
2: '''Bessie Smith''' ([[April 15]], [[1894]] – [[September 26]] [[1937]]) in [[Chattan...
5: ...ped her develop a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [[1913]], at [[Atlanta]]'...
7: ...nd doing tent tours for the rest of the year (traveling in her own railroad car), Bessie Smith became ...
9: ...ade her only film appearance, starring in a two-reeler based on [[W. C. Handy]]'s "[[St. Louis Blues]]...
11: ...]] asked her to record four sides for the Okeh label. These were her final recordings and they are of ... - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
6: ...l keys. The sound is projected outward by the [[bell]].
8: ...er" mouthpieces are used to ease playing of extremely high register passages. Mouthpieces also vary w...
10: ==Relationship to other brass instruments==
11: ...e are also rotary-valve, or German, trumpets, as well as bass, alto and [[Baroque]] trumpets. The mode...
15: ...eed to transpose and produces a brighter, more lively sound than its cousin keyed in B♭. - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
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3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Grover Cleveland'''</font></caption>
4: ...colspan=2>[[Image:Grover Cleveland.jpg|Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
18: ... of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Caldwell, New Jersey|Caldwell]], [[New Jersey]]</td></tr>
21: ...><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (wife)</td></tr> - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
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54: ...ered this region, bringing with them the Islamic religion and incorporating the Turkmen into Middle Ea...
58: ...of the 11th century, the powerful Turks of the [[Seldjuk Empire]] concentrated their strength in the t... - Uganda (11554 bytes)
61: ...[[protectorate]] by the [[United Kingdom]] from [[1894]]. As several other territories and chiefdoms we...
63: ... had overthrown the constitution and declared himself [[President of Uganda|president]], ushering in a...
67: ...es to struggle with a [[Lord's Resistance Army|rebel insurgency]]. Uganda has demonstrated the most ef...
72: ...rs are elected for five-year terms during general elections.
78: ...a [[plateau]], averaging about 900 m above sea level. Although generally tropical in nature, the clim... - Flag of Mississippi (1142 bytes)
2: ...ag|Confederate battle flag]]. It was adopted in [[1894]].
4: ...01]], the voters of the state opted to retain the 1894 flag, over a new flag that some considered less o... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...tional icon. He was one of the first five players elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] and he was ...
4: ... York Yankees]]. His international fame helped fuel the rising interest in sports during the ''[[Roar...
9: ...orking with him for countless hours on hitting, fielding and later, pitching.
10: ... front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field]]
15: .... In 1914 the breakaway [[Federal League]], a rebel major league which would last only 2 years, place... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]] |
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38: .... The state capital is [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Ver... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
32: HighestElev = [[Black Mesa Mountain]] 1,516 |
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34: LowestElev = [[Little River]] 88 |
42: ...o]] and [[Texas]] (with part of the Texas border delineated by the [[Red River (Mississippi watershed)...
46: ...ing from Oak-Hickory mixed forest in the Eastern well-watered part of the state, to the Post Oak/Black... - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
4: ...and for public office in [[South Australia]] in [[1894]], along with universal suffrage in that state.
8: ==Timeline==
9: ''Main article: [[Timeline of women's suffrage]]''
15: ... (women were not initially permitted to stand for election) in a major country was granted in [[New Ze...
17: ...to stand for parliament was South Australia, in [[1894]]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...ure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained [[fortress]], usually of the [[Middle ...
2: ...tached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
7: ...0px|thumb|right|Castle found along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
12: ...ent]], whose defensive look was probably built merely to impress, and inside the castle is geared towa...
15: ...ers. For he could do what he liked without fear, relying on the protection of the castle, while others... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...[Tower of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...to control planes have advanced significantly as well. Initially planes were controlled by moving you...
15: ..., was made. Leonardo also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ...ce of mechanics might perhaps suggest a means, namely, a strong spiral spring. If these advantages and...
19: ...roviding the first detailed understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere.
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