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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
69: ...[[1873]] (east wing), [[1879]] — [[1881]] (west wing), [[1884]] — [[1906]] (center)
81: ...— [[1891]] (wing added), [[1909]] — [[1911]] (wings added)
95: | [[Minnesota]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ...hey represent the Persepolis captured and partly destroyed by [[Alexander of Macedon]] has been beyond...
8: ...y be reached by means of an apparatus of ropes. Ctesias mentions further, with regard to a number of P...
12: ...III]] (Codomannus), who is one of those whose bodies are said to have been brought "to the Persians."
14: ...r, a good hour's walk above ''Takhti Jamshid''. These formed a single building, which was still intact...
16: [[Image:proskynesis.jpg|thumb|300px|Darius the Great]] - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ilizations, as a single [[state]] or multiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ..., the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...inese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
10: ...''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...r known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...i Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-...
7: ...|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
18: ...Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...]] [[philosopher]] and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a promin...
5: ... which many an article and sermon about consumer desire have been based.
7: ...o her are among the most graphic of all the pictures that we have of the daily life of the philosophic...
10: ... he presently added to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
12: ...omable uncertainty of the philosophy which professes to be so high above both church and world. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ge:Victoria Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bon...
3: ...[[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May''...
5: ...ls built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child an...
11: ...ting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s. - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...vil War]] in [[1936]] as the English language representative in [[London]] of the [[Federacinarqui...
6: ...ran a small inn. In the period of [[political repression]] after the [[assassination]] of [[Russian Ts...
9: ...e emigrated with her elder sister, Helene, to Rochester, NY, to live with their sister Lena. Goldman ...
13: ...ick]] made her highly unpopular with the authorities. Berkman (or Sasha as she fondly referred to him)...
18: ... the one year sentence, she developed a keen interest in nursing. - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: ...ndash; [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...urgh]], she was the daughter of a well-do-to businessman. Cassatt grew up in an environment that value...
6: ...llow male students, and the slow pace of her courses, she decided to study the [[Old Masters|old maste...
8: ...ishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled a...
16: ...] impressionist show. An active member of the impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friend... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
5: ...attending her relationship with [[George Henry Lewes]].
8: ...ime that she began to live with [[George Henry Lewes]] in an extramarital cohabitation.
10: ...abitation with Lewes was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be divorced, and so he remained ...
12: ...married a friend, [[John Cross]], an [[United States|American]] banker, who was 20 years her junior. T...
14: Friend and author [[Henry James]] once wrote of her: - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
9: ... reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
11: ... star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple was driving and ...
13: ...plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business schedule and Fairbanks' extramarital affair with...
15: ...tress's life. Before he died, he sent Pickford a message saying simply, "By the clock." Upon hearing o... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: .... She founded the [[Curie Institute|Curie Institutes]] in [[Paris]] and in [[Warsaw]].
5: ...n or Polish universities so she worked as a governess for several years. Eventually, with the monetary...
7: ...l explanation: that the pitchblende contained traces of some unknown radioactive component which was f...
9: ...d several tons of [[uraninite|pitchblende]], progressively concentrating the radioactive components, a...
11: ...ches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor [[Henri Becquerel]]". She was the first woman... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...[[The Johnson Brothers]], one of the earliest professional gospel groups.
3: ...elt she had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
5: ...ed, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''. Jackson died the... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
3: ...]], [[1179]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[abbess]], [[Monasticism|monastic]] leader, [[Mystics|my...
6: ...o the church (as was customary in [[medieval]] times). Hildegard was put in the care of Jutta (sister ...
8: ... of her, "Write what you see". At first she was hesitant about writing her visions, holding them insi...
11: During all these years Hildegard confided of her visions only to ...
13: ...s also overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy and hesitated to act. - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
1: ...:Lucyheadshot.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Lucille Ball (1911~1989)]]
2: ...e star]] of the [[1940s]], she became one of the best and most popular stars in American history.
5: ...ence. Right then, Ball decided that she needed to escape the traumas of her life.
7: ...royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was designated as her "king".
9: ...ff immediately and eloped the same year to much press attention. However, Arnaz's philandering and dri... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ... in many sports. She achieved her greatest successes in [[golf]] and [[athletics]]. She was born Mildr...
5: ...eclared Shiley the Olympic champion. After the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split their medals.
7: <div style="float:left">[[Image:BabeStamp.png]]<P>''Babe Zaharias as <BR>depicted on a ...
9: ...]] (of which she was a founding member) until illness shortened her career in the mid-1950s. She won t...
11: ..., but she managed two wins which were her final ones in competitive golf. Cancer took its toll and Zah... - Retina (13061 bytes)
1: ...art.com Classroom Clip Art]]] Many animals have eyes different from the human eye.]]
5: ...resulting neural signals then undergo complex processing by other [[neuron]]s of the retina, and are t...
7: ...in Physiology or Medicine]] for their scientific research on the retina.
9: The unique structure of the [[blood vessel]]s in the retina have been used for [[biometri...
12: ...]], a pit that is most sensitive to light and is responsible for our sharp central vision. Around the ... - Cornet (3752 bytes)
1: ...''' is a [[brass instrument]] that closely resembles the [[trumpet]].
3: ...d]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and other countries that have British-style brass bands.
7: ...be most effective in cutting through even the biggest climax.
9: ...re agile than the trumpet when playing fast passages. The cornet is often preferred for young beginner...
11: ...s a public domain image from Webster's Dictionary 1911]] - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
4: | order=2nd President
15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
18: ...dams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]). - Prime Meridian (3211 bytes)
2: ...ian at which longitude is 0 degrees. It is sometimes referred to as the Greenwich Meridian.
4: ...U.S. President]] [[Chester A. Arthur]], 41 delegates from 25 nations met in [[Washington, D.C.]], USA ...
6: ...onference the following important principles were established:
7: ...a single world meridian to replace the numerous ones already in existence.
9: ...all longitudes would be calculated both east and west from this meridian up to 180?.
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