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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...inese identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive ...
7: ...] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the mo...
11: ... such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China...
13: == Ancient history ==
14: ...7;皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of th... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...ident of the United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platfo...
4: ...x|Modern marker for site where two of Frémont's men were lost in Colorado]]
5: ...ring his expeditions in the Sierra Nevada, it is generally acknowledged that Frémont became the first...
7: ...ential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ...ber 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a different post (in [[West Virginia]]), but lost several ba... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...war leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...ntroversy over the centre of his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...eoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "King...
9: ...e little reason for him to have become a major legendary figure.
11: ... of thought believes that Arthur is a half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing so... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
7: ...When Marcos returned he told about a wealthy, golden city, called [[Cibola]]. Of course this raised Co...
9: ...e [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was sent back to [[Mexico]] in disgrace.
11: ....)|Colorado]]). [[Garcia Lopez de Cardenas]] was sent out to find this river, and found himself
12: ...s winter quarters in one of them, [[Tiguex]] (present-day [[Bernalillo]] near [[Albuquerque, New Mexic...
14: ...ere his main force had remained behind. Here he spent another winter. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...], although some historians claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire...
3: ...Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...c throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...] and [[South America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12...
9: ...[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...of the known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[India]], the [[Maldives]], [[Sri Lanka]], ...
4: ...e Sun of Religion". His full title and name is given as '''Shams ad-Din Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abdu...
6: ... exists of some parts of the world in the [[14th century]].
11: ... eventually covering about 75,000 miles over the length and breadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (a...
13: ...ose the least-travelled: a journey up the Nile, then east by land to the Red Sea port of [[Aydhad|'Ayd... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...s of [[musical instrument]], [[aerophone]]s using enclosed [[reed (music)|reed]]s. The term is equall...
11: 5) Tenor drones<br>
16: ...e bag usually consists of leather, but in more recent times many other materials, such as [[rubber]] a...
18: ...s for the Musette and Scottish Small Pipes). In general, chanters with a cylindrical bore will produc...
20: ...is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a bagpipe. - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ... audience estimated by Arbitron at 20 million listeners weekly.
6: ...whose wealth and power gave him considerable influence in Southeastern [[Missouri]], had once owned th...
8: ...theast Missouri State University]] for one year then [[dropout|dropped out]]. This would have normally...
10: ...claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''The Rush Limbaugh Show''.)
16: ...roadcasting. Limbaugh refers on-air to the "Excellence In Broadcasting Network", or "E-I-B"; however, ... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
4: | style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2 | [[Image:secalbright.jpg|Madelein...
13: | [[Warren Christopher]]
37: ...t ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government ([[Condoleezza Rice]] has since become the secon...
40: ... University's Department of Public Law and Government.
42: ...]], she served as Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator [[Edmund Muskie]]. - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...me|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ...solved. Her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has been implicated as well, and remained in jail until [[...
6: ...to him. This seems to have been a formative experience for her, in that watching her father in action ...
8: ...d when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abroad.
10: ==Imprisonment, Elections and Exile== - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ... an international leader in [[sustainable development]] and [[public health]].
5: ...ter February - October [[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having 8 female minister...
7: ...member of the Brundtland Commission - and for [[Agenda 21]].
9: ...ovember 3, [[1990]] until October 25, [[1996]], when she was succeeded by [[Thorbj?agland]]. She resig...
11: ...ue. Brundtland was recognized in [[2003]] by [[Scientific American]] as their ''Policy Leader of the Y... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: ...d lived and studied in the [[United States]] between [[1959]] and [[1970]].
4: ...ther King, Jr.]], she campaigned for [[Robert F. Kennedy]] and [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] in the [[1968]] ...
6: ...), she participated in numerous peace and environment campaigns in [[Germany]] and other countries.
8: ...[[Bundestag]] (West German Parliament) for the Greens.
10: ...w vision uniting ecological concerns with disarmament, social justice and human rights."'' (See [http:... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...ive supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
5: ...e ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...to be. Their marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived infancy. However their ma...
11: ...nded from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ... afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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19: |[[Grantham]], [[England]]
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: ...privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''I...
29: ...orce to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]]. - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...l War]] in [[1936]] as the English language representative in [[London]] of the [[Federacinarquist...
6: ...the seeds for her anarchist ideas and her independent attitude.
9: ...married, allowing her to retain her American citizenship.
13: ... she fondly referred to him) was jailed for fourteen years.
15: She also become friends with [[Hippolyte Havel]] at this time. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ... control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
5: ...h to a son the following year, followed in subsequent years by a second son and a daughter who died in...
7: ...aw|Comstock Law of 1873]] which outlawed as [[obscene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information...
9: ...or violating the post office's obscenity laws by sending birth control information by mail. Sanger fle...
11: ...very Mother Should Know''. That year, Sanger was sent to the workhouse for "creating a [[public nuisan... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
2: ...ading figure of the early [[women's rights]] movement in the [[United States]].
4: ... upon and carried, demanding voting rights for women.
6: ...the founding of the [[International Council of Women]].
12: ...ken supporter of the 19th century temperance movement.
14: ...e couple were married in 1840 and had seven children. Stanton died in [[1902]] and was interred in th... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...an era]], whose novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their [[realism]] and ps...
5: ...candals attending her relationship with [[George Henry Lewes]].
8: ...t that time that she began to live with [[George Henry Lewes]] in an extramarital cohabitation.
10: ...n ''[[Blackwood's Magazine]]''. The collected "Scenes" were well received and launched Evans on a nov...
12: ... at the age of 61 in London of a [[kidney]] [[ailment]] and was [[interred]] in [[Highgate Cemetery]] ... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...[France]] and [[England]] during the late [[12th century]]. Little is known of her early life; from th...
3: ...f France and Countess of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain.
7: ...e Lais of Marie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: University of Georgia Press, c1987.
9: ... (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959. ISBN 0198115881 - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...Randian [[hero]], a man whose ability and independence leads others to reject him, but who perseveres ...
19: ...cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
22: ...]'' in [[1932]] to [[Universal Studios]]. Rand then wrote the play, ''[[The Night of January 16th]]''...
24: ...ce from the [[Italy|Italian]] government under [[Benito Mussolini]]. These films were re-edited into a...
28: ...and launched the [[Objectivism|Objectivist]] movement to promote her philosophy.
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