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- 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. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...ize|Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
8: ... and at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]. While in [[England]]...
10: ...racy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.
12: ... for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered freedom if she wo...
14: ... a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people. - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
20: | [[Indian National Congress|Congress (I)]]
30: ! Predecessor:
33: ! Successor:
34: | [[Morarji Desai]] - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
3: ...rently the chairwoman of the ruling [[United Progressive Alliance]] in the [[Lok Sabha]].
7: ...e|married]] in [[1968]], after which she took up residence in India. The name Sonia was given by her m...
11: ...ok Sabha elections, assuming the helm of the Congress Party. With the charisma of the family name behi...
13: ...nt]] which was subsequently named the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
15: ...e lawmakers, despite pleas by members of the Congress party for Gandhi to reverse her decision. Gandhi... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...ish]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: ... Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
5: ...e:Finland.TarjaHolonen.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|President Tarja Halonen on a state visit to Brazil]]
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]]
13: *Minister of Justice [[1990]]–[[1991]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
12: |'''Predecessor'''
21: |'''[[Profession]]'''
22: |[[Professor|University Professor]]
25: |[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
27: ...inistration of [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the first [[Afr... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...(whom [[George W. Bush]] later named [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]) in [[2...
5: ... in [[2000]], but was elected to the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]. Stabenow was considered the...
7: ...Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry]], and the [[U.S. Senate Special Committee on ...
9: ... of the [[Seventeenth amendment to the United States Constitution]] in [[1913]], U.S. Senators were se...
11: ... D-Nev., to set the Democrats' agenda and priorities. Reid was elected to replace Minority Leader [[To... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
27: ... of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed th...
29: ... "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ...[feminism|feminist]] and [[journalist]] and a spokeswoman for women's rights. She is the founder and o...
5: ...e traveled in a trailer all around the United States, buying and selling. The family split in [[1944]...
8: ...cholarship winner. She majored in government studies and became politically active, working for [[Adla...
9: ...!'' magazine and also freelanced for other magazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance w...
12: ...n this role, Gloria managed to organize her lectures in ways that also brought other notable feminists... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...lion copies and translated in 27 different languages.
6: ...llende, the cousin of [[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. ...
8: ...hile in Bolivia, Allende attended an [[United States|American]] private school, and while in Lebanon a...
12: ...as y Lauchones," as well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also worked i...
16: ... of Spirits]]'' (1982). The book was a great success and was later made into a film (''[[The House of... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...sm]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian...
6: ...try]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]...
10: ...h version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
12: ...mote book-signing device" at an invitation-only presentation in Toronto. The device, also called the ... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ...t in the [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.
5: ...ell-versed in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[choreography]...
7: ...]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, she resumed her medical practice, working with CIGNA Heal...
9: Dr. Jemison, the youngest of three children, was born on [[October 17]], [...
11: ... camp. She completed her internship at [[Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center]] in 1982. - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
1: ...age:Tereshkova.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Valentina Tereshkova]]
3: '''Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova''' ({{lang-ru|Вале&#...
5: ...hanna Yerkina]], [[Valentina Ponomareva]], and Tereshkova.
7: ...a]] flew into space. None of the other four in Tereshkova's cosmonaut group ever flew.
9: ...he [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps by presidential order. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...r in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
5: In [[1943]] she joined the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]] and was assigned to work with [[Howard Aike...
7: ...[[1949]], Hopper became an employee of the [[J. Presper Eckert|Eckert]]-[[John Mauchly|Mauchly]] Compu...
9: ...lish rather than in [[machine code]] or in languages close to machine code, such as the [[assembler]]s...
12: Hopper retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander at the end of [[19... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publicatio...
6: ...r gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ...with producers [[Jerry Wexler]] and Arif Mardin, resulting in some of the most influential R&B recordi...
10: ...it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt...
12: ...cal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959...
5: ...s in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[music...
7: ...roup with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
11: ... on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
15: ...he legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier occupation than the recom... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...oni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: ...] and [[jazz]], to become one of the most highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th c...
5: ...xplain the unique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ... by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...her stardom and its costs, both in terms of its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it ent... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
2: ... [[singer-songwriter]] and occasional [[actor|actress]].
6: ... anger or resentment. Since the extraordinary success of ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'', Morissette's popu...
12: ...idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day an...
21: With the help of her childhood mentor [[Leslie Howe]], Morissette released "Fate Stay With Me...
23: ... to [[New York City]] to meet with record executives, an experience that she would later write about i... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
1: ...he_Very_Best_of_Sheryl_Crow.jpg|thumb|''The Very Best of Sheryl Crow'' album released October 2003]]
3: ...uri]], [[United States|USA]]) is an American [[blues rock]] [[singer]], [[guitarist]] and song writer....
7: ...n she moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] and found work as a [[backup vocalist]] for man...
9: ...d other musicians to form what they called "The Tuesday Night Music Club." They would get together and...
11: ...o"; Record of the Year for "All I Wanna Do"; and Best New Artist.
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