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- Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s, because she didn't allow Germans in the government and not a single person was executed during her ...
7: ...macy would be used by political opponents to challenge her right to the throne.
9: ...nd could converse in these languages with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she deli...
11: ...n, the princess found herself at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress.
13: ...izabeth had inherited her fathers sensual temperament and, being free from all control, abandoned hers... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriage in [[1770]]]]
2: ...I]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
4: ...ienna]] on [[2 November]] [[1755]]. She was christened Maria-Antonia-Josepha-Johanna. ''Maria'' was in...
7: ...a-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was consider...
9: ...e - Marie-Antoinette (much to the Empress's amusement.) - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...nly with the opening of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s ...
3: ...tter a floor covering that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
10: ...]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, [[damask]], list, [[haircloth]], and...
12: ...y fabric such as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]].
14: ... the weave at a perpendicular angle. This supplementary weft is attached to the warp by one of three ... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
2: ...an]] who served as the twenty-eighth [[Vice President of the United States of America]] under [[Woodro...
5: ...ing to future President [[Benjamin Harrison]] present a case. Marshall studied law at [[Wabash Colleg...
7: ...rough the state legislature, nor in raising a convention to rewrite the state constitution.
9: == Vice Presidency ==
11: ...as reelected in [[1916]] and served as Vice President until [[1921]]. It is said that Marshall initia... - Andorra (11532 bytes)
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8: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Andorra_coa.png|Andor...
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Andorra|Flag]])
11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Andorra|Co... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
1: ...s center. In [[1965]], The Gambia became independent from the [[British Empire]]. [[Banjul]] is its ...
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7: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Gambia flag large.png...
8: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:gambiaarms21.PNG]]
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of The Gambia|In Deta... - 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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6: ...lspacing=0 style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;"
7: ... flag large.png|125px|Flag of Germany]] || align=center width=130px| [[Image:Bundesadler.png|100px|Ger...
10: | align=center width=130px| ([[Federal Coat of Arms of German... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
1: ...Saint Vincent and the Grenadines''' is an independent sovereign state of the [[Caribbean]], part of th...
3: |+<big><big>'''Saint Vincent and the Grenadines'''</big></big>
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7: ...g large.png|125px|Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]
8: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:svincent22.PNG]] - Indiana (20194 bytes)
15: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
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27: ...|DST]])</small><br/>[[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] <sma...
31: Length = 435 | - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
2: Name = Kentucky |
3: Fullname = Commonwealth of Kentucky|
4: Flag = Kentucky state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Kentucky]] |
6: Seal = Kentuckystateseal.jpg | - Ptolemy II of Egypt (4048 bytes)
2: ...ld style. E.J.Bickermann (''Chronology of the Ancient World'', 2nd ed. 1980) gives the date of his dea...
4: ...erished in the Gallic invasion of 280-79 (see [[Brennus]]).
6: ...of Egypt|Ptolemy I]] and [[Berenice I of Egypt|Berenice I]] from [[288 BC]]-[[285 BC]].
8: ...n Mediterranean; the Ptolemaic sphere of power extended over the [[Cyclades]] to [[Samothrace]], and t...
10: ...rried his daughter [[Berenice (Seleucid queen)|Berenice]] (''ca''. 250). - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
7: ... influx of European settlers in the early [[17th century]].
12: ...icy of benign neglect which permitted the development of an American spirit and culture which was dist...
17: ...ing this period the United States won its independence from the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] during th...
22: ...ississippi River waterway, removed the French presence from the western border of the United States, a...
24: ...s trade when it benefitted them, but opposed it when it did not. - World War I (62979 bytes)
1: ...s, 1917, in the vicinity of the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau ...
2: ..., the [[Romanov]]s, the [[Ottoman]]s and the [[Hohenzollern]]s, who had roots of power back to the day...
4: The causes of World War I were complex developments by themselves (see [[#Diplomatic and political ...
6: ...990s by Iraq. The Graeco-Turkish conflict, which ended in 1924, was the last direct major conflict of...
8: ...tide of nationalism that swept the European continent at this time. - World War II (58065 bytes)
2: ...in World War II. It was the most extensive and expensive armed conflict in the history of the World.
4: Attributed in varying degrees to the [[Treaty of Versailles]], the [[Great Depression]], nationalism, and mil...
6: ...ntil [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japan surrendered]] on [[15 August]] [[1945]] ([[V-J Day]]).
8: ...many [[Technology during World War II|war-time inventions]].
10: ...w pact]], alliances which were fundamental to the ensuing [[Cold War]]. In Asia, the United States' mi... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
1: ... [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1900]] to [[1929]]'''.
4: ...nal-atlas-1970-1900.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1900]]
11: ...[[1901]] - [[Theodore Roosevelt]] becomes [[President]]
13: *[[1901]] - [[Platt Amendment]]
18: ...n Robbery (movie)|Great Train Robbery]]'' movie opens - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...t]]. Finally, the era was capped by U.S. involvement in [[World War I]].
7: .... A series of laws, passed by the Federal government, established the conditions and procedures for r...
9: ...cades to enforce the civil rights of the formerly enslaved African-Americans in the South.
11: ...nstruction Act stated that "no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now...
13: ...stalling blacks into positions of power. These events led to the formation of the original [[Ku Klux ... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
1: {{French_Revolution}}
2: ...o were influenced by the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as power devo...
5: ...y absolute power was hemmed in by the (equally resented) power and prerogatives of the [[Second Estate...
7: ...nment, pushed for [[freedom of speech]], and challenged the [[Catholic Church]] and the prerogatives o...
9: ...m was just a [[plebeian]] way of dealing with the enemies of the bourgeoisie: absolutism, feudalism an... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
1: {{French Revolution}}
2: ...f the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...der the influence of the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as power devo...
12: * Resentment of royal [[political absolutism|absolutism]]. - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
1: ...e:Jacques_Montgolfier.jpg|thumb|250px|Jacques Étienne Montgolfier]]
3: ...5]] – [[August 2]], [[1799]]), [[inventor|invented]] the '''''montgolfière''''', or [[hot air ba...
5: ...]]. When playing with inverted paper bags over open fire they found that the bags exploded and caused...
9: ...tration, they sent up at Annonay a 900 m³ linen bag inflated with hot air. Its flight covered 2 k...
11: ...e air at higher altitude. This was performed at [[Versailles]], before [[Louis XVI of France]], to gain his pe... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
13: ...ion people, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]].
15: ... His intended [[Third Reich|thousand-year Reich]] ended shortly thereafter.
20: ..., Alois' niece and third wife. Of these six children, only Adolf and his younger sister [[Paula Hitler...
22: ...n Allied propaganda during the Second World War when pamphlets bearing the phrase "Heil Schicklgruber"...
24: ...l well after Maria Schicklgruber's alleged employment.{{ref|about}}
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